Item 46a: Tioga Point Museum Bulletins, Volumes VI, 1948

Item — Box: 18, Folder: 19a

Staff Only

Tioga Point Museum Bulletins, Volumes VI-VIX, 1948-1953

Dates

Created: 1948

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:

Bulletin.

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

9.25 x 6 in.

Title:

Tioga Point Museum Bulletin Vol. VI, No. 1.

Description:

A bulletin for the Tioga Point Museum in Athens, PA. This is a bulletin that was published in December 1948. It includes short articles about what the Museum has been doing to work with local history. The first article is “Fifty Years’ Occupancy” in which the fifth anniversary of the museum is recorded. At this event many historians gave speeches on the work they have been doing with the museum. Schuyler Lawerance, who was the honorary curator of genealogy, gave a biography of Judge Matthias Hollenback. Judge Hollenback fought in the Battle of Wyoming, was a businessman, and eventually a judge for Luzerne County. Then Charles Lucy, a curator of Anthropology, shared his work on local Native American anthropology sites he worked on with his colleague Leroy Vanderpoel. Raymond Ward discussed his use of microfilm in researching Samuel Wallis. Wallis was a British naval officer who fought in the American revolution for the British. Lucy’s work focuses on Wallis’ secret correspondence with Benedict Arnold. Arnold was an American general who defected to the British side. Wallis and Arnold were secretly planning on forging maps to give to the Continental army. Also discussed is the rivalry between Wallis and Robert Morris. Morris was a businessman who fought with Wallis over land rights. Howard Bishop, the museum’s curator of philately, spoke about the funds they were raising for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Dr. Donald Guthrie also spoke at this event. Dr. Guthrie was born in Wilkes-Barre, but opened the Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pa. His speech was on his uncle Harrison Wright. Wright was one of the earliest officials of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. In 1884 conducted the first excavations of Wyoming Valley. The curator of archaeology, Ellsworth Cowles, gave the most popular speech of the evening on Native tribes of the Chemung and Susquehanna. The final speaker of the event was Margaret Maurice. Maurice gave a report on funds that were raised for the museum. The next article is “Welles Souvenirs Escape the Buzz Bomb”. This article discusses some artifacts that Francis C. Miles Welles inherited from his great grandfather George Welles. The third article included is “Mouse-Nibbled Records of the Valley’s First Trading Center”. This describes some early settlements in the Tioga area. The trading post that Judge Matthias Hollencack established in Wilkes Barre, and others are discussed. Late 18th century trading practices are listed. The last article in this booklet is “Assault on Azilum of Three Story Tellers”. The article discusses three books that were being written on French Azilum authored by Gilbert Gabriel, Mildred Jordan, and an unnamed author. All three novels are about an alternative history where Queen Marie Antoinette fled to Azilum. The first two were criticized by the museum but were said to have some historical accuracy. The final novel was said to be “crude and inaccurate” while describing Azilum. Finally there is a brief description of an exhibit on the Knights Templar that occurred in May, 1948.