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PA State Archives Website Update



State Archives Launches Documentary Heritage on Web  Site

The Pennsylvania State Archives has added a new feature called Doc Heritage to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's (PHMC) Web site.  Doc Heritage, short for documentary heritage, provides  visitors with a sampling of government records and historical manuscripts in the custody of the Archives.  The initial offering of twenty-four themes is primarily the result of the collaboration between Dr. John B. Frantz, the Archives staff, and the PHMC web team.  Frantz, a retired Professor Emeritus of History at The Pennsylvania State University, selected the documents and wrote twenty of the contextual essays while he was collaborative scholar under the PHMC's Scholars-in-Residence program.

Currently, the Web site features twenty-four historical themes, with plans to expand the total to 100 by next year. Doc Heritage includes images of one or more documents per theme.  Brief narratives explain the significance of the records, placing them in regional, state or national context.  Where appropriate, transcriptions of each record are provided, as well as helpful links for further research.  Included on this time line of documents are the 1681 Charter of King Charles to William Penn; the 1737 Walking Purchase; an 1857 photograph of the Horseshoe Curve; photographs of the ruins of Chambersburg taken in 1864 during the Civil War; the 1878 Death Warrant for John J. Kehoe, who had been found guilty of murder during the famous trial of the Molly Maguires; and a letter to Governor Duff relating to the 1948 smog disaster in Donora, Washington County.

To see Doc Heritage, go to www.docheritage.state.pa.us <http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us> or go to the PHMC Web site at www.phmc.state.pa.us <http://www.phmc.state.pa.us>.


State Archives adds to ARIAS

The Pennsylvania State Archives has added records from the Mexican Border Conflict to its online Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) [www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us]. Cards, bearing the title Mexican Emergence, Call of President, June 18, 1916, contain the following information about veterans: name and rank, regiment and company, age and place of birth, a physical description, date of commission or enlistment into service, home station and date of rendezvous, and date of acceptance into United States service.  All cards bear a stamp indicating that a Mexican Service Medal was issued to the veteran, along with a corresponding number.

In addition to this latest addition to the online digital archives, records from the Revolutionary War, World War I and the Spanish-American War are also available.  ARIAS may also be accessed from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Web site at www.phmc.state.pa.us.

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