The contents of recent issues of the Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society’s History Quarterly



Summer 2008, Volume 45, Number 3
The Old Roads of Tredyffrin – Mike Bertram
Brackbill Farm Markets – K. Varden Leasa
Tredyffrin Historic House Tour – Pattye Benson
Notes & Comments
Then... and Now: Valley Forge Road and Mount Joy

Spring 2008, Volume 45, Number 2
A Great Valley Legend Examined: Where Did Washington Really Sleep on September 15, 1777? – K. Varden Leasa
The Way We Were: Oral Histories from Our Community
Book Review: Eyewitness to the Settlement of the West: Jacob Wright Harlan’s California 1846-1888
Notes & Comments
Then... and Now: The Mount Joy Observation Tower
Supplemental Web Content (corrected map for p.59) for this issue available here.

Winter 2008, Volume 45, Number 1
The Last Days of William Wolfe: Commemoration for the Fallen September 7, 2007 – Sean Moir
“We Scrapples”: From the Memoirs of Molly TenBroek – Craig TenBroek
The Creation of a Tricentennial Celebration – Pattye Benson and Judy DiFilippo
The Berwyn Fire Company & Peacock Rescue Society – Bob Goshorn
Then... and Now: Great Valley Presbyterian Church Carriage Sheds
Supplemental Web Content for this issue available here.

Fall 2007, Volume 44, Number 4
– Special Issue: A History of the Society and its Publication 1937-2007
Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society: A Short Look at a Long History – C. Herbert Fry
“Club Members Remember”: A List of Features – J. B. Post
70 Years of Publishing the Quarterly – Joyce A. Post
7 Decades of Maps: 1937-2007 – J. B. Post
Annual Indexes to Volume 44, 2007

Summer 2007, Volume 44, Number 3
The Importance of the Paoli Massacre – Philip Gibson (Kirkner Essay Contest Winner)
The Ryan Connection: The Relationship between the Main Line Airport, Paoli, Pennsylvania and Ryan Aeronautical Corporation, San Diego, California – Roger D. Thorne
“We Scrapples: Philadelphia’s Main Line as it Really Was!” – book review
The Yohn Farm in Chesterbrook – Mike Bertram
The Shoe Makers Shoe Maker: The Quici Family of Berwyn – Bill Bellew
The Men’s Garden Club of Berwyn – excerpt from April 1956 Quarterly
Pursuing a Local Automotive Mystery: Edwards Garage – Roger D. Thorne
Then....& Now: Devon Boulevard, Devon

Winter/Spring 2007. Volume 44, Numbers 1 and 2 (double issue)
– Special double issue celebrating the 300th Anniversary of Tredyffrin Township
The History of Tredyffrin Township 1707 – 2007 – Mike Bertram, editor

Fall 2006, Volume 43, Number 4
The Blue Ball Inn of Tredyffrin Township – Caroline Hager (Kirkner Essay Contest Winner)
The Plank Family and Plank Avenue of Paoli – Gerald Schneider, Bonnie Haughey, Joyce A. Post
Scenes Along the Chester Valley Railroad in Tredyffrin – James Brazel
Sand, Railways and Movies: The Bean Family Business – Mike Bertram
Then....& Now: Wynburne Inn, Berwyn
Annual Indexes to volume 43, 2006

Summer 2006, Volume 43, Number 3
Valley Forge Music Fair – Joyce A. Post
General Washington’s Housekeeper – Nancy K. Loane
The Excavations at Valley Forge Station – Mike Bertram
An Old Road and a Dig: Discovering the History of a House in the Valley – Joyce A. Post
Selected Notes from Township Supervisors’ Minutes – Jolene Buffman, compiler
Then....& Now: Surrey Services for Seniors

Spring 2006, Volume 43, Number 2
Private Schools in Easttown Township, 1865 – 1965 – C. Herbert Fry
Thomas Jones, Colonial Farmer and Carpenter – Mike Bertram
Real Colonial Women Don’t Weave Cloth – Kathy King
James B. Matthews, Matthews Ford, Matthews Family – Joyce A. Post and C. Herbert Fry
Then....& Now: Warren Shops, Malvern

Winter 2006, Volume 43, Number 1
Citizens to Save Valley Forge – Robert Toland, Jr.
Great Valley Area Limestone Quarries, Part 3, Valley Forge and Port Kennedy – Joyce A. Post
Evolution of Chester County Architecture – Seth Hinshaw
Then....& Now: Lancaster Turnpike and Howellville Road, Berwyn

Fall 2005, Volume 42, Number 4
Yellow Springs Road in Valley Forge National Park: A History – Mike Bertram
Growing Up on Yellow Springs Road: Reminiscences – Craig A. TenBroeck
Great Valley Area Limestone Quarries, Part 2, Cedar Hollow – Joyce A. Post
Teamer Field Renovation, Conestoga High School – Joyce A. Post
Then....& Now: Curry’s Store, Cedar Hollow

Summer 2005, Volume 42, Number 3
Vassar Show Houses in Tredyffrin and Easttown Townships, 1967 – 2005 – C. Herbert Fry
Mapping the Main Line – Andrew H. Amsterdam
Great Valley Area Limestone Quarries, Part 1, Howellville – Joyce A. Post
Then....& Now: Berwyn Fire Company Fair

Spring 2005, Volume 42, Number 2
The Pennsylvania Railroad During World War II – Carl Landeck and Roger D. Thorne
Reverend William Currie, 1710 – 1803 – Mike Bertram
The Mailman’s Party – Molly TenBroeck
Then....& Now: Howellville Road

Winter 2005, Volume 42, Number 1
Segregation on the Main Line: The “School Fight” of 1932–34 – Roger D. Thorne
The Story of Two Main Line Aviators: Matthew Corbin and Charles Anderson – Roger D. Thorne
Why the Phoenixville, Valley Forge and Strafford Railway Never Reached Strafford – Mike Bertram
A. Edward Newton and Oak Knoll – J. B. Post
Then....& Now: USMC Camp Fuller, Paoli

Fall 2004, Volume 41, Number 4
Elda Farm: History and Recollections – Conrad Wilson
Memories of Elda Farm – William F. Wilson
A Local Band of Brothers: The 97th Pennsylvania Infantry During the Civil War – Roger Arthur
Devereux in Easttown and Tredyffrin Townships – J. B. Post
Then....& Now: General Jackson Inn, Paoli

Summer 2004, Volume 41, Number 3
Water and Fire: The Rise and Fall of Valley Forge Industry – Mike Bertram
A Brief Historical Overview of Valley Forge Industry – Sue Andrews
Early Photographs of Valley Forge – Joyce A. Post
Three Pre-Revolutionary War Houses with a Family Connection – Nancy Pusey
The Practice of Domestic Medicine During the Colonial Period – L. G. Eichner, M.D.
Then....& Now: Paoli Railroad Station

Spring 2004, Volume 41, Number 2
The British Encampment in Tredyffrin, September 1777 – Thomas J. McGuire
Blacksmiths: Images Through the Ages – Kelly Smyth
Tally Ho: A Tale of a Thanksgiving Day Chester Valley Hunt – William L. Nassau III
Then....& Now: North Berwyn School

Winter 2004, Volume 41, Number 1
A History of Devon – C. Herbert Fry
Devon Dramatic Association: The Belgian Consul General and His Family – Paul Hagemans
The Military Practice of Medicine During the Revolutionary War – L. G. Eichner, M.D
Strafford Village – Stephan C. Schifter
Then....& Now: Blue Ball Inn (Second)

 

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