Goings On

Mike Harich - CEO Beaver County YMCA 11-16-2022
Mike Answers Questions While Describing the Impact of the YMCA in Beaver County

Art Cornell - Beaver Cemetery Presentation 10-19-2022
Art Cornell - President of the Beaver Cemetery Board of Directors discusses the unique design of Colonel James P Leaf stone mausoleum.

Judy Enslen - Beaver County Clerk of Courts 9-21-2022
Judy Enslen, Beaver County Clerk of Courts presents the "Pardon Project of Beaver County".

Fran Nash - Captain Thomas Washington Poe - Monthly Meeting 8-17-2022
Georgetown native Fran Nash discusses the family history, adventures and tragedies of Georgetown steamboat Captain Thomas W. Poe.

Beaver County Veterans Affairs - July 20, 2022 Monthly Meeting
Following meeting, attendees examine Veteran Affairs documents & reference material. Presented by Kathy Nairn - BC Director of Veterans Affairs.

Unloading the Beaver County Farmers' Markets Display Board June 15, 2022
Chuck Malone & Wayne Harley of the Beaver County Farmers' Markets, Inc. Celebrate 40 Years!
1982 - 2022

J. Michael Spratt - The Irish-Townsend House ... yesterday, today and tomorrow - May 18, 2022
Mike Spratt of the New Brighton Historical Society discusses the history of the recently acquired Irish-Townsend House and the restoration efforts currently underway.

Beaver County History Weekend - May 7th & 8th 2022 at the BCG&HC.
"Communication Through Cartoons" - The John Shevchik Archival Collection. Visitors donned white gloves for a chance to view the original pen & ink drawings!

Beaver County History Weekend - May 7th & 8th 2022 at the BCG&HC. The John Shevchik Archival Collection on display.
"Communication Through Cartoons" - White gloved visitor enjoys a laugh over the Pittsburgh Pirates cartoon & the "Green Weenie"!

Beaver County History Weekend - May 7 & 8 2022
"Communication Through Cartoons" - John Shevchik Archival Cartoon Exhibit
Join us for a weekend featuring our archival collection of over 1,300 original pen & ink from Beaver County editorial cartoonist John Shevchik!

Brenda & Roger Applegate present "The 1918 Spanish Flu" - April 20, 2022.
Brenda Applegate, BCHR&LF Director and Roger Applegate, local author & researcher discuss Roger's research on the waves of "Spanish Flu" encircling the globe and the effects on Beaver County.

BCG&HC 50th Anniversary Celebration - November 17, 2021
Gene Rees & Elbie Yaworsky of the Performing Arts Legends Museum in Ambridge, PA Headline a Retrospective of the Beaver Valley Music Scene in 1971.

50th Anniversary Celebration Sign In 11-17-2021
BCG&HC Program Chairman Bob Headland Mans Sign In as Guest Joe Kaldon Arrives.

BCG&HC 50th Anniversary Celebration! Admission Free - Please RSVP.
Join us as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary with speakers from the new Performing Arts Legends Museum in Ambridge, PA. Remember the 1970's in the Beaver Valley!

Eric Lidji presents "Jewish Migration in Beaver County 1854 - 2006" - October 20, 2021
Eric Lidji, Director - Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center, discusses the arrival, structure and development of Jewish communities in Beaver County.

Michael Rossi - Beaver County Prothonotary - September 15, 2021
Michael Rossi Discusses Beaver County Naturalization Records

BCG&HC Volunteers at Garrison Day 9-4-2021
Thanks to the new members who signed up and everyone who visited!

Open House Staff & Visitors - July 21, 2021
Center staff working with visitors in the surname files and index card areas. Background visitors receiving research assistance.

Open House Visitors Browsing Library Shelves - July 21, 2021
Staff member Miriam Young talks with open house visitors browsing the library shelves.

Monthly Meeting Presentation by Art Cornell - June 16, 2021
Art Cornell Discusses the business history of Cook-Anderson

The Cook-Anderson Company Presentation 6-21-2021.
Speaker Art Cornell shares photo of Mr. Cook shown with young actor Ronald Reagan on a Hollywood Studio Tour!

BCG&HC Family Researchers Check Out the Beaver County Monopoly Game - March 2021
You never know what you'll find here!

Speaker Don Inman - Beaver County Industrial Museum 7-15-2020
Don Inman demonstrates the glow of Fry Vaseline Glass under black light.
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