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.
Biography of Rina
HYS’s artistic interpretation of what Rina most likely looked like during 1777-1778 | Read more about the choices we made in how to depict her here!…
Biography of Sarah Ruston Kennedy
Signature of Sarah Kennedy | digitally clarified and enhanced Family Background Sarah Ruston Kennedy was born in 1737 in Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, into the…
Biography of Dr. Bodo Otto Sr.
Painting of Dr. Bodo Otto Sr. (before 1755) | image digitally clarified and enhanced Family Background Dr. Bodo Otto was born in Hanover, Germany, in…
Biography of Dr. Samuel Kennedy
Signature of Dr. Samuel Kennedy | digitally clarified and enhanced Family Background Samuel Kennedy was born in 1731, recorded as being born at sea while…
Throwback Thursday: Making History- Winter at Washington Hall
Our Research to Imagine Key Figures from Yellow Springs' Past and Represent them to a New Audience Art Imitates Life In preparation for our upcoming…
Throwback Thursday: (Pottery) Fragments of the Past
We Identify and Date Several Pieces of Mysterious Pottery Found on the HYS Property Fragment of pottery found at Historic Yellow Springs (undated) Setting the…
Throwback Thursday: Medical Tools of the Revolution
As We Explore the Medicine of the 18th Century, The Uses of these Tools Intrigued Us Collection of medical tools from Historic Yellow Springs, replicas…
Throwback Thursday: Slipping into Slip-Trailed Redware
Could The Fragments of an Old Bowl be Connected to Life at Washington Hall? Shelves, Boxes, and Shards of the Past As we have mentioned…
Throwback Thursday: Valley Forge, The Doctors Otto, and Washington Hall
In Collaboration with the Valley Forge Park Alliance, We Analyze the Deep Winter of 1777–1778 and the Role of Dr. Bodo Otto, His Sons, and…
Throwback Thursday: A Study of Medical Services
A 1971 Report On Revolutionary War Hospitals Helps Us Understand Our Past Setting the Scene The Moore Archives at Yellow Springs are in the middle…
Throwback Thursday: The Will and Estate of Dr. Samuel Kennedy
Research is Bringing Notable Figures from Yellow Springs' Past to Life (and death) In Preparation for the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Healing…
Throwback Thursday: Banquet at Summer’s End in 1920
Over 100 years ago, the P.A.F.A. Summer School held a Thankful Banquet to Mark the End of Summer A week before Thanksgiving, we want to…