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UnCaged – Extraordinary Women of the American Civil War
Free Event! Tuesday, March 12th 7:00 p.m. Tyler Mahoning Valley History Center, 325 West Federal Street, Downtown Youngstown Free adjacent parking Traci Manning, the Historical Society’s Curator of...
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Extraordinary Woman – Laura Keene
Laura Keene was born in England in 1826 and took the stage early in the 1850s. She moved to America in 1852 to advance her craft in the emerging world of American theatre. She found success on the...
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Call For Entries – Historic Preservation Awards Program
The Historic Preservation Committee of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society is seeking nominations for its ninth annual Historic Preservation Awards program. The awards honor those in the Valley who...
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The Flood of 1913
FROM THIS DIRECTION Those who live in the Mahoning Valley are blessed with abundant water—above ground, below ground, in streams, creeks, rivers, ponds and reservoirs. Water for drinking, irrigation,...
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John D. Megown – An Early 20th Century Perspective
John D. Megown was a professional photographer in Youngstown during the early decades of the 20th Century. Megown photographed a wide variety of subjects, both commercial and scenic. His work is a...
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Founders Day Open House
Founders Day Open House at the Arms Family Museum Sunday September 15th from 1-5 p.m. The museum will be open for tours The education staff will have indoor and outdoor games and activities for all...
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The Pivotal Right, A History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Traci Manning, The Historical Society’s Curator of Education, will speak about the brave and out-spoken women who fought to gain voting rights in the 19th and 20th centuries. Their struggle,...
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David Tod & The Civil War
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s next free History to Go lecture will be on Thursday, November 7th at 6:30 p.m. in the Tod Homestead Cemetery Chapel. Traci Manning, The Historical Society’s...
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Founding Mothers: Great Women in Mahoning Valley History
”Founding Mothers: Great Women in Mahoning Valley History!” Catherine Dougherty Hillman, Margaret Van Horn Dwight, Dora Schwebel, Mary Ann Campana…The lives of these women are woven into the history...
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An Ordinary Hero: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
The Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past in collaboration with the Youngstown City Schools and the Mahoning Valley Historical Society present: An Ordinary Hero Film Screening & Panel Discussion with...
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Free Presentation: The Role of African Americans in Civil War Medicine
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society in partnership with YSU’s Melnick Medical Museum welcome Betsy Estilow for a free presentation at the Tyler History Center on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 7:00 p.m....
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The History of Idora Park (1899—1984)
The History of Idora Park (1899—1984) by Rick Shale In the mid-1890s streetcar companies across America looked for ways to increase ridership in the evenings and on the weekends when the regular...
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2014 Historic Preservation Award Winners
The Historic Preservation Committee of the MVHS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Historic Preservation Awards. These awards honor those in Mahoning and Trumbull...
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Wick Avenue Walking Tour
Wick Avenue Walking Tour Saturday, May 10th 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Youngstown State University Center for Applied History, in partnership with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, will...
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History to Go: The Rayen School & Rayen Mural
Saturday, August 16, 2014 – Noon-3:00 p.m. Join the MVHS Young Leader’s Advisory Board on Saturday, August 16th from noon to 3:00 p.m. to learn about the history of the Rayen School and view the...
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Founders Day Open House
Founders Day Open House at the Arms Family Museum Sunday September 7th from 1-5 p.m. The museum will be open for tours The education staff will have indoor and outdoor games and activities for all...
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October 6: Nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement
Minijean Brown Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine, and Jeff Steinberg, director of Sojourn to the Past, from San Mateo, California, will be speaking at 6:00 p.m. at the Tyler History Center on the...
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October 14: Screening of “Rise Above The Mark”
A documentary that brings to light the heartbreaking realities of public education. It’s the story of what happens when politics enters the classroom.
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Archives Library Now Open at History Center
Archives Library hours are Tuesday-Friday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
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