Community Conversations Series

Doing Local History in Beaver County

During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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On episode 3 of the Listening Library: Beaver County Podcast, we continue our Community Conversations Series by talking about the necessity of capturing, preserving, and sharing local history during the COVID-19 pandemic with prominent Beaver County public historians Dave Holoweiko, Brenda and Roger Applegate, Lauraly Burnecke, Ron Main, Brady Crytzer, and Aaron Cowan.

In our conversation we ask:

What is the history of pandemics in Beaver County, and what lessons can we learn to help us understand and endure today’s coronavirus pandemic?

How are local historians in Beaver County connecting with their communities and maintaining public outreach?

In what ways are local historians in Beaver County capturing and preserving current events in their communities?

What are the most pressing needs of local history organizations and how can the public help?

These stories will be archived with the Listening Library: Beaver County - a special community multimedia collaborative project that captures, preserves, and shares the voices and stories of our time.

This episode was recorded April 21, 2020 via Zoom internet conferencing in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Host: Kevin Farkas. Guests: Dave Holoweiko, Brenda and Roger Applegate, Lauraly Burnecke, Ron Main, Brady Crytzer, and Aaron Cowan. Audiography: Kevin Farkas. Music (available on SoundCloud.com): DelayLlama (“B”), Pipe Choir Records (“Adam Are You Free”), “Acoustic Instrumental.”  Other sounds (available on YouTube.com): Universal Nostalgia (“Vicks VapoRub, 1960s”), TEYL Channel (“TEYL - Keep Listening Active”), Nurse Killam (“Shut up and Listen - Make the world a better place!”), Bushfire Press (“Listening Room - Liberty Bell March music appreciation lesson”), ICNA (“Listening to People’s Voices – A Must for Unity by Naeem Baig | ICNA-MAS Convention 2018”). Other sounds (available on the LLBC Podcast): What is History? Montage, Beaver County History Podcast, Episode 11 (“Brenda Applegate: Beaver County History Coalition"). Herb Bailey Poetry, LLBC Podcast, Episode 01 (“This. Is. My. Story.”). ©LLBC Podcast/ Listening Library: Beaver County, The Social Voice Project.  All rights reserved.

 

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Dave Holoweiko is a long-time volunteer and board member of the Little Beaver Historical Society, located in Darlington, Pennsylvania. Since 1962, LBHS's mission has been to “maintain, preserve, and restore the historical facts and material of the area, and to seek out historical sites of interest, and mark the same for the public and historical purposes.” The museum manages five historic buildings, including the famed Greesburg Academy, and it also has a deep connection to local Civil War history and prehistoric artifacts.

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Brenda & Roger Applegate are long-time public historians and researchers with the Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation, located in the 1826 Captain William Vicary Mansion, Freedom, Pennsylvania.  The Foundation exists to research, collect and archive local history and artifacts, recognize Beaver County landmarks and educate the local and national audience via instructional programs, reference materials, publications, referrals and special events.

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