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Posts and Content Directly from the historical source of Historic Yellow Springs. The Moore Archives is host to over 10,000 items of local historic significance.
Throwback Thursday: Childs’ Play (I)
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
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…
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
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
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
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
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
(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)
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
(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…
Artifact of the Month: August 2025
Historic Yellow Springs and the Moore Archives Presents: The Sketchbook of Margaret Goddard From 1916 to 1952, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)…
A glimpse into the Holidays for PA Soldiers’ Orphan School in 1898
In reviewing Annual Reports at the PA Soldiers’ Orphan School at Chester Springs from the historical archives, we recently came across these holiday descriptions from…