series of mural paintings by Violet Oakley ... in the governor's reception room and in the Senate chamber of the state capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
The holy experiment, our heritage from William Penn; series of mural paintings in the governor's reception room, in the Senate chamber, and in the supreme courtroom of the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
Lebanon County Historical Society : Donald Blyler Offset,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
221 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Special publication".
Contents
Chapters: Robert Coleman : an American Dynasty --- Mt. Gretna: the early yrs --- Chautauqua in America --- 1892 : Chaurauqua Campus --- United Brethren --- 1892 : Woodland Chapel --- End of a Dynasty; Growth of a Resort --- A New Century --- Coming of Age ReflectionsAlso included : A history of the Chatauqua Movement in America by Joyce Ebright --- A history of the United Brethren faith by Violet Nagle Shelley
Summary
Jack Bitner researched the history of Mt. Gretna from the time the area was used for wood to make charcoal for the Cornwall Iron Furnace a few miles away to the development of the area as the town of Mt. Gretna with its amusement park, the home of the PA National Guard from 1885 to 1935 to the founding of the PA Chautauqua and the settlement of The Brethren in Christ Campmeeting, both in 1892. This book was written and published in 1992 to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the PA Chautauqua & the Campmeeting. This is a colorful story about Robert Habersham Coleman, owner of the land, developing this community until his financial reversals in 1893 and the struggles to provide the unique community it is today.
St. Joseph's School of Nursing, class of 1926. Identified are: Anna Mary Courtney, Evelyn Dennis, Mildred Cross, Mary Elias, ? Mahoney, ? Frye, Jeanette Ibbotson, Anna Young, Grace Stoner, Ethel May Postern, Margaret Kohlmaier, Bernadette Hackenberger, Marie Riley, Mary Himmelbach, Margaret Ziegler, Anna Dehm, Beulah Gilgore, Violet Hover, Margaret Sullivean, ? Randall, Gertrude Krall, Miriam Frye, Dorothy Frye.
Elementary school class, probably in Elizabethtown. Identified are: teacher, Mary Gross. Top row, left to right: Esther Young, Violet Wealand, Sadie Cobb, Ruth Meckley, Rhoda Martin, Anna Olweiler. Second row: Salome Heim, Viola Measley, Anna Stern, Bertha Belser, Elizabeth Fackler, Frank Geib, Bertha ?, Emma Heilman, Ethel Olweiler. Thired row: ? Shaeffer, Earl Bringman, Russell Ober, Walter Shauk, Harry Reid, Wilber Heisey, Wiley Flowers, Clyde Coble. Fourth row: Martha Oberholtzer, Howard Landvater, Martin Seiders, Paul Bishop, Helen Diffenbaugh, Elizabeth Reoting, Phares Heisey, Charles Nauman.
