431 Scotch Valley Rd.
Hollidaysburg, PA. 16648
814-696-3492
Meetings at the library, 7 p.m., third Thursday monthly except July & December.
January 19, 2012
Dr. Michael G. Farrow
Blair County Theatres
Dr. Michael G. Farrow, recipient of the Blair County Historical Society Excellence in Historic Preservation and Heritage award in 2011, retired geneticist recently returned to hometown Altoona, is presently authoring a book on the theatres of Altoona and Blair County - 125 theatres to date, from 1848 to the present. He was recently was elected to a three-year term to the Board of Trustees of the Blair County Historical Society.
February 16, 2012
Alan Greiner
Tips & Tricks on using Google
A quality assurance automation engineer at Optical Image Technology in State College, Al's specialty is collecting and searching large amounts of data.
March 15, 2012
Sue Kellerman & Karen Morrow
Extra, Extra, Read All About It
L. Suzanne Kellerman is the Head of the Digitization & Preservation Dept. and is the Judith O. Sieg Chair for Preservation Librarian at Penn State University Libraries. Karen Morrow is the Project Manager for the Pennsylvania Digital Newspaper Project at the Penn State University Libraries. Program change: Cheri Banks, Budget Assistant, Digitization and Preservation Department will present with Karen Morrow.
April 19, 2012
Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
Dick Ogden
Dick Ogden has collected historical documents for the past 27 years. These include stocks, bonds, currency and any other items of interest for Hollidaysburg, the Pennsylvania canal system, old turnpike roads, presidential signatures and items on Abraham Lincoln.
May 17, 2012
Mary Netreba
Blair County Featured as a Backdrop in a Historical Novel
Mary is a Blair county native who writes Christian inspirational romance novels. Rosemary for Remembrance
June 21, 2012
Christopher G. Lee
Discovering Columbus & America
Chief Executive Officer of the Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum will talk about Columbus and the Columbus Chapel in Boalsburg, inherited and imported to Boalsburg in 1909 by descendants of the famous explorer in the Boal family.
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