Posts Tagged ‘Anthracite Mining Heritage Month’
AMHM – Mining in the 21st Century
As part of the greater celebration of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, on January 17th at 7pm, the Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to partner with the Anthracite Heritage Museum…
Read MoreMeet The Author: Jayne M. Booth
As part of the month-long celebration of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, the LCHS is proud to host a “Meet the Author” event featuring Ms. Jayne M. Booth and her book…
Read MoreDoing Anthracite Region Research: Some Available Resources
The Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to once again be participating in Anthracite Mining Heritage Month, as on Tuesday, January 25, from 7pm to 830pm we will be holding…
Read More“Family Life in the Coal Region”
The LCHS is proud to participate in the 2021 edition of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month on Friday, January 22nd at 7pm as part of a region wide observance of the…
Read MorePreservation and Perseverance in the Patches: A Woman’s Role in Coal County
Lewis Hine. Noon hour in the Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911. Images of miners covered in black coal dust and Lewis Hine’s iconic photographs of…
Read MoreAnthracite Heritage Month Schedule
A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place during January 2020. A wide variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Bethlehem, and…
Read MoreMining our Past: What We Can Learn from Photographs of the Past
A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place during January 2020. A wide variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Bethlehem, and…
Read More150th Anniversary of the Avondale Mine Disaster
On September 6-8, 2019, LCHS is partnering with the Lackawanna Historical Society, the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, the Plymouth Historical Society, Pennsylvania Labor History Society, and members of the Welsh…
Read MoreLuzerne County Historical Society to Present Radio Play on the Lattimer Massacre As Part of Anthracite Mining Heritage month Thursday January 10, 2019
In connection with the region-wide celebration of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month in January 2019, the Luzerne County Historical Society will present an original radio play on the 1897 Lattimer Massacre,…
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