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Throwback Thursday: Ghost Tapes

Throwback Thursday: Ghost Tapes

Haunting Cassette Tapes from Yellow Spring's Past On the Eve of Halloween, this week’s Throwback Thursday showcases some ghostly-themed cassette tapes from the Moore Archive’s…

Throwback Thursday: Childs’ Play

Throwback Thursday: Childs’ Play

Identifying Specific Toys from Yellow Springs’ More Playful Past  For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are going to highlight some of the artifacts that have been stored in…

Throwback Thursday: Rediscovered Springs

Throwback Thursday: Rediscovered Springs

Two Additional Springs Discovered Along the Northridge Trail Spark Curiosities The Discovery Back in June, our Facilities Manager, Kevin McCraw, discovered something curious while exploring…

Progress and Positivity: Rebuilding and Moving Forward

As we prepare for this weekend’s Fall Festival, we’re feeling grateful and energized by all that has been accomplished in recent months. While the devastating…

Throwback Thursday: Sassafras Leaves & Lenape Traditions

Throwback Thursday: Sassafras Leaves & Lenape Traditions

From Clay to Leaf- Rediscovering Lenape Connections in the Landscape of Historic Yellow Springs Pot made by our Lenape Elder guests, made of native-dug clay…

Throwback Thursday: Piecing Together Medical Botany

Throwback Thursday: Piecing Together Medical Botany

The "Flower Book" from the Moore Archives is much older (and weirder) than We Thought Root Cause While organizing our library, we found a mysterious…

Yellow Springs and the Battle of the Clouds

Yellow Springs and the Battle of the Clouds

Researched and Written by Mark Ashton A blue and white flag with white stars (AI-generated. AI-generated content may be incorrect.) Head Quarters, at Yellow spring…

Throwback Thursday: Bog Garden Discovery of Archaic Projectile Points

Throwback Thursday: Bog Garden Discovery of Archaic Projectile Points

Indigenous Americans have been using the land at Yellow Springs for at least Four and a half Millennia Projectile points in their original wrappings A…

Throwback Thursday: The Cyclopedia of Chester County

Throwback Thursday: The Cyclopedia of Chester County

Compiled in 1893 by Samuel T. Wiley and Winfield Scott Garner This week’s Throwback Thursday features another hefty, aged leather-bound book discovered in the Moore…

Throwback Thursday: Lane Family Photo Album

Throwback Thursday: Lane Family Photo Album

(Cross-referencing this photo album with Orphan School Records) This week’s Throwback Thursday highlights the Lane family photo album, which donated to Historic Yellow Springs at…

Jack Harris: Father of the Blob (2015) 

Jack Harris: Father of the Blob (2015) 

Researched and Written by Mark Ashton D/O/M Neile Adams November 1956  Filming of Blob per Adams February 1958  McQueen died of mesothelioma in Mexico on Nov.…

Throwback Thursday: The Head of Walter

Throwback Thursday: The Head of Walter

(1926 Sculpture by Sydney R. Mudge) For the first week of September, our Throwback Thursday highlights Head of Walter, a plaster sculpture created in 1926…