Item 24: Wilkes-Barre Historical Record Vol. IV, no date

Item — Box: 17, Folder: 18

Staff Only

Dates

Created: no date

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Quarterly Publication

Condition Note:

Very poor.

Measurements:

9.75 x 8 in

Title:

The Historical Record

Description:

A quarterly publication dedicated to the early history of Wilkes-Barre, PA. This publication discusses the history of Wyoming Valley and surrounding areas. This contains historical articles and ends with a series of obituaries. The first article is a biography on Father Thomas P. Hunt. Father Hunt was an author who resided in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He wrote an autobiography called “Life and Thoughts of Thomas P. Hunt: An Autobiography.” This record also contains an article on the newly opened Osterhout Library. The library received a large addition of books into their collection. One of the articles, titled “Families of the Wyoming Valley,'' explores the lives and deaths of prominent valley residents. One article included was about clergyman Reverend E. Hazard Snowden from Kingston. Reverend Snowden was influential in the local Prespyterian church and conducted many charities in the area such as the tract society. There is also an obituary for Hon. Steuben Jenkins, who was a Representative for Luzerne and Lakawanna. The author also includes a description of Jenkins’ funeral that mourners from the Northeast Pennsylvania society attended.