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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: 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…
SEPTEMBER 17, 1777
YELLOW SPRINGS…On this day in early morning, General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, marched into the village of Yellow Springs with his wet,…