Archives
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: Prime, Rina, and Primus
We Further Our Research into the Tragically Undocumented Lives of Enslaved People at Yellow Springs Robert M. Malcolm’s advertisement of reward if Primus is returned…
Biography of Samuel Culbertson
Descended from a prominent group of Scots-Irish who immigrated to the Thirteen Colonies (specifically Southeastern PA) in the early 18th century grandchild of William Culbertson…
Throwback Thursday: Making History- Forgotten Faces from Washington Hall
We Continue to Use Historical Research to Return Imagery to Lost Revolutionary Figures First page of the index of Kennedy’s Estate (circa 1778) Setting the…
Throwback Thursday: Making History- Medical Faces from The Revolution in Chester County
We Continue to Use Historical Research to Return Imagery to Lost Revolutionary Figures Setting the Scene Last week, our Throwback Thursday post used new technology…
Throwback Thursday: Making History- Faces from The Revolution in Chester County
We Continue to Use Historical Research to Return Imagery to Lost Revolutionary Figures Setting the Scene Last week, our Throwback Thursday post used new technology…
Throwback Thursday: Making History- Faces of the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion
We Use Historical Research to Return Imagery to Lost Revolutionary Figures Setting the Scene Last week, in our Throwback Thursday post, we explored letters between…
Throwback Thursday: Letters of Persifor Frazer
While Stationed at Fort Ticonderoga, Persifor Frazer wrote to his wife Polly, and mentioned the Kennedys of Yellow Springs Page 1 of letter from Persifor…
Throwback Thursday: Letter to Johnathan Potts from John B. Cutting
Examining Our Archives Uncovers a Scan of John B. Cutting's Original Letter to Jonathan Potts What Is This? This is a photographic scan of a…
Throwback Thursday: The Old Jersey Prison Ship
Inside the Old Jersey: The Brutal Prison Ship That Held Three Young Men from Yellow Springs Last week, in our Throwback Thursday post, we examined…
Throwback Thursday: Letter for Prisoner Exchange from Sarah Kennedy
Examining Our Archives has Uncovered Letters from Sarah Kennedy, wife of Samuel Kennedy, at Yellow Springs even after his death What Is This? This is…
Throwback Thursday: A Pledge of Allegiance
Our Archives Preserves Dr. Bodo Otto and Dr. Kennedy Signing an Official Pledge to the New United States of America What Is This? Found in…
Throwback Thursday: Descendants of Two Revolutionary Nurses from Yellow Springs
An Old Book From Our Library Tells Us About The Intertwined Families of Abigail Hartman-Rice and Christina Hench Inside cover of the Annual Hench and…