Publications
Images of America: Tropical Storm Agnes in Greater Harrisburg
By Erik V. Fasick
Over 200 images documenting the effects of the June, 1972 flood in Harrisburg and surrounding neighborhoods
Arcadia Publishing, 2013
ISBN 0738598232
128 pages
Price: $21.99
Building Harrisburg: The Architects and Builders, 1719-1941
By Ken Frew
Over 350 images of Harrisburg history and architecture
Published by the Historical Society of Dauphin County and Historic Harrisburg Association, 2009
ISBN 9780615327662
400 pages
Price: $60.00
City Contented, City Discontented: A History of Modern Harrisburg
By Paul Beers, Edited by Michael Barton
Includes a series of 120 articles published in 1983-1984 and several dozen photographs
Midtown Scholar Press, 2011
ISBN 098395710X
404 pages
Price: $25.00
Images of America: Harrisburg Broadcasting
By Timothy P. Portzline
Over 175 images covering the history of the Harrisburg television and radio broadcasting industry
Arcadia Publishing, 2011
ISBN 0738575070
128 pages
Price: $21.99
Images of America: Greater Harrisburg's Jewish Community
By Simon J. Bronner
Many of the 175+ photographs are from HSDC's Arnold Zuckerman Collection
Arcadia Publishing, 2010
ISBN 0738573132
128 pages
Price: $21.99
Almost Harrisburg: The Confederate Attempt on Pennsylvania's Capital, Gettysburg Campaign, June & July 1863
By Cooper H. Wingert, a South Central Pennsylvania student with a strong interest in Civil War History. Cooper has spoken to several Civil War Round Tables across South Central Pennsylvania and has authored four books on the Gettysburg Campaign.
Includes several dozen photographs as well as maps by the author
2012
228 pages
Price: $12.95
The Battle of Sporting Hill: A History & Guide
By Cooper H. Wingert
2nd Edition; revised and expanded
Includes several photographs and maps pertaining to the northernmost engagement of the Gettysburgh Campaign
2012
96 pages
Price: $8.95
Harrisburg: An Illustrated History in Postcards
By the Hon. Joseph H. Kleinfelter
Over 400 color postcard images of Harrisburg history.
Schiffer Publishing, 2009
ISBN 9780764331664
144 pages
Price: $29.99
Postcard History Series: Harrisburg
By Jeffrey Adams
Over 200 postcard images of Harrisburg history.
Arcadia Publishing, 2009
ISBN 0738562939
127 pages
Price: $21.99
African Americans of Harrisburg
By John Weldon Scott and Eric Ledell Smith with the African American Museum of Harrisburg
Arcadia Publishing, 2005
ISBN 0738536687
128 pages with 100+ photographs
Price: $20.00
Pennsylvania Architecture: The Historic American Buildings Survey, 1933-1990
By Deborah Stephens Burns and Richard J. Webster
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 2001
ISBN 0892710861
629 pages
Price: $40.00
Historic Hershey Driving Tour - An Adventure to Remember (CD, 2008)
Narrated by Scott Taylor
Turn-by-turn audio driving instructions and a tour map are included.
Audio length is 57 minutes. The 12-mile loop takes 90 minutes to 3 hours to cover.
Price: $15.95
Images of America: Steelton
By Michael Barton and Simon J. Bronner
Over 175 pictures of Steelton history.
Arcadia Publishing, 2008
ISBN 0738557420
127 pages
Price: $19.99
Scenes of America: Harrisburg
By Linda A. Ries
Postcard-sized book contains over 50 pictures of Harrisburg life.
Arcadia Publishing, 2006
ISBN 0738524832
127 pages
Price: $3.00
Citizen Extraordinaire
The Diplomatic Diaries of Vance McCormick in London and Paris, 1917 - 1919, WIth Other Documents from a High-Minded American Life
Edited by Michael Barton with Cherie Fieser, Susan Meehan, and Teresa Weisser
Hardcover
Stackpole Books, 2004
ISBN 0811701212
400 pages
Price: $34.00
Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward
By Michael Barton and Jessica Dorman
Includes a series of 35 articles written by J. Howard West and originally published in the Harrisburg Patriot News from November 18, 1912 to July 14, 1913.
Arcardia Publishing, 2002
ISBN 073852378X
160 pages
Price: $25.00
Pennsylvania Folk Art of Samuel L. Plank
By James and Vivian Bonson, Jeannine Boring, Robert and Joan Conrad, and William Dancy
Limited First Edition
Hardcover
Kishacoquillas Valley Historical Society, 1994
ISBN 096437210X
67 pages
Price: $20.00
Susquehanna Herritage - Central Pennsylvania's Personal Civil War
Volumes 6 & 7, 2008-2009
Michael Barton, Guest Editor
Central Pennsylvania's Personal Civil War by Michael Barton
Civil War Studies at the Historical Society of Dauphin County and Penn State Harrisburg by Michael Barton
Notes from One of Sherman's Band: The Civil War Diary of Pvt. Alexander Bergstresser Edited by Robert Hill
Diary of a Signal Corps Soldier: Sgt. Luther C. Furst in the Civil War Edited by Jason Steven Jones
"We had a very hard fight": The Civil War Diary of Libor Winter, 81st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Edited by Raymond P. Chrobak
The Civil War Memoir of Matthew A. Taylor Edited by Linda A. Ries and Louis Waddell, Transcribed by Christine Geiselman
"Such a Day & Time as Harrisburg Has Never Before Witnessed": Charles Rawn Records Abraham Lincoln's Visits to Harrisburg by Rebecca Jean Hershner
"Soldiering was any thing but fun": Pvt. Daniel Hopkins' Reminiscence of the Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg Edited by Jennifer Lawhorn and Michael Barton
Governor Samuel Pennypacker Recalls Events at Gettysburg and at Fort Washington on the West Shore in 1863 Edited by Nancy Jones, Megan McGee, and Michael Barton
Published by HSDC
114 pages
Price: $6.00
Susquehanna Herritage - The Children's Industrial Home, Harrisburg
Volume 5, 2007
Linda A. Ries, Editor
A Redwood Tree in Harrisburg by Pearl Hane and Catherine Meikle
The Children's Industrial Home of Harrisburg by Steve Noel
One of History's Mysteries - Where is the "Fort" at Fort Hunter Mansion? by Kurt W. Carr, James T. Herbstritt, and Douglas McLearen
A Medal Associated with the John Harris Mansion and Pennsylvania Female College by T. R. McIntosh
The Growth of the Capitol Complex and Harrisburg's Black Community by Eric Ledell Smith
The Beck Family Artists of Harrisburg and Lititz by Donald A. Winer
Book Review - "A Forester's Legacy: The Life of Joseph E. Ibberson, Forester, Tree Farmer, Philanthropist" by Henry D. Gerhold, reviewed by Michael J. O'Malley III
Published by HSDC
100 pages
Price: $6.00
Susquehanna Heritage - Archaeology in Central Pennsylvania
Volume 4, 2006
Linda A. Ries, Editor
Our Own Past: In Introduction by Joe Baker
The First Native Americans in the Lower Susquehanna Valley by Kurt W. Carr
The Archaic Period in the Susquehanna Valley (8000 - 1000 BC) by Patricia C. Miller
A Soapstone Bowl from the Society's Collection
The Hershey Site: An Update by Janet Schulenberg, Jaimin Weets, and Peter Van Rossum
The Blunston Licenses: A Legacy of the Wild West on the Susquehanna by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Photography of the 1916 Susquehanna River Expedition by Linda A. Ries
Gayman Tavern: Nineteenth Century Life by the Canal by Jerry A. Clouse, Richard T. Baublitz, and Barbara J. Shaffer
Book Review - "Jacob My Friend: His Seventeenth Century Account of the Susquehannock Indians" by Barry C. Kent, reviewed by Michael J. O'Malley III
Published by HSDC
118 pages, PHOTOCOPY ONLY
Price: $10.00
Susquehanna Heritage - History of Medicine in Southcentral Pennsylvania
Volume 3, 2005
Linda A. Ries, Editor
Dorothea Dix and the Harrisburg State Hospital by Joan Leopold
Osteopathic Medicine in Central Pennsylvania by Sandy Eckert
"What is this dream, that thou hast dreamed?": Conversations with a Dauphin County Powwow Doctor by Erik Fasick
Epidemic Poliomyelitis in the Early Twentieth Century: One Community's Response by Suzanne M. Shultz and Dr. Peter Hartmann
The Development of the Cumberland County Medical Society, 1866 - 1900 by Pamela S. Wiwel
Dr. John Curwen and Victorian Psychiatry in Pennsylvania, 1851 - 1901 by Jean F. Hiler
"Made Known My Anxiety": The Civil War Journal of Dr. William Henry Egle edited by Erik Fasick
Book Review - "A Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania" by Vincent P. Carocci, reviewed by Michael J. O'Malley III
Published by HSDC
133 pages
Price: $6.00
Susquehanna Herritage - Short Mountain Breaker, from the Smink Collection
Volume 2, 2004
Linda A. Ries, Editor
The Underground Railroad in Dauphin County by Eric Ledell Smith
The Under Ground Railroad by S. S. Rutherford
The Upper Dauphin County Photography of Edward D. Smink by David E. Smink
"A Great Skedaddling": A Civil War Letter from Harrisburg by Christian Kunkel Keller
"To Make them Learned and Wise": The Pennsylvania Female College, 1853 - 1861 by Anne Marie Ickes
"Great Union Meeting!" Herman Alricks Speaks for National Harmony in 1859 edited by Michael Barton
Book Review - "Fort Hunter Mansion and Park: A Guide" by Carl A. Dickson, reviewed by Michael J. O'Malley III
Published by HSDC
87 pages
Price: $6.00
Susquehanna Heritage - The McCormicks of Harrisburg
Inaugural Issue, Volume 1, 2003
Dr. Michael Barton, Guest Editor
A New Beginning by Linda A. Ries, Editor
The McCormick Family Papers Project by Michael Barton
Cleaning Up Harrisburg: The Good Government Reforms of Mayor Vance C. McCormick, 1902 - 1903 by Thomas Clark
The Ablest Navigator: The Rise of Vance McCormick in the Wilson Years by Art Titzel
William McCormick's Work with Working Boys by Gary Tuma
"I am Raising Boys... not Grass;" The McCormick Homes in Central Pennsylvania by Emily Murphy
Book Review - "Rails Across the Susquehanna" by Dan Cupper, reviewed by Michael J. O'Malley III
Published by HSDC
110 pages
Price: $6.00
Lee's Secret Enemy
By Jefferson C. Barnhart, Edited by Jeffrey C. and Stephen H. Barnhart
Chronicles Robert E. Lee's medical condition during the Civil War
Boyer's Press, 2000
165 pages
Price: $5.00
Civil War Harrisburg - A Guide to Capital Area Sites, Incidents, and Personalities
Edited by Lawrence E. Keener-Farley and James E. Schmick
Acts as a guide to a walking tour of downtown Harrisburg and a driving tour of east and west shore sites in the Harrisburg area.
Revised 2006 Edition
Originally published by the Camp Curtain Historical Society in 2000
60 pages
Price: $8.00
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African American Notables of Harrisburg
A Game Book by John Weldon Scott
185 questions and answers about African American people, events, and communities, especially those relating to Harrisburg.
Published by Harrisburg School District, 2006
ISBN 0615130631
80 pages
Price: $13.00
Traders, Travelers, & Tomahawks
True Tales About Indians, Outlaws, Settlers, & Soldiers on the Pennsylvania Frontier
By John L. Moore
From "1681: The Colonial Era" to
"1782: The New Nation"
Published by John L. Moore
December, 2000
58 pages
Price: $8.00
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A Touring Guide to Dauphin County, 1985
By Thomas L. Schaefer
Produced by HSDC in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the County's founding, and funded by the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners
Includes 15 maps with marked points of interest, directions, and narratives about the locations
96 pages
Price: $7.00
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Walking Tour of Harrisburg Cemetery
150th Anniversary Edition
June 11, 1995
Includes index map, list of burial plots of famous people, art and symbolism index, and narrative with photographs of many markers
34 pages
Price: $3.00
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Society Publications from the Past
The following back issues of Historical Society publications are available in limited quantities. Issues are generally in fair to good condition, with some fading, foxing, edge wear, etc. For a few issues, there are no originals left for sale, but copies can be provided. These are noted as such.
Historical Society of Dauphin County Transactions, 1869 - 1905
Charter and By-Laws; List of Members (1869 - 1903); Abstracts of the Minutes (1869 - 1903); Memorials for A. Boyd Hamilton, William Henry Egle, M.D., Hon. John Wiggins Simonton, LL.D., Henry Buehler, M.D., and Meade David Detweiler, Esq.; and Proceedings from 1903 to June, 1905 meetings, which include addresses varying in length from one to several pages:
Old-Time Militia Training by George Bucher Ayres
Memories and Incidents of the Lancasterian School by the Hon. Theodore B. Klein
Personal Recollections of Harrisburg Fifty Years Ago by Dr. John P. Keller
Simon Girty by Harvey B. Bashore, M.D.
The Improvement of the Susquehanna River by the Hon. Theodore B. Klein
The Completion of the Conewago Canal reported by John Hall, Esq.
Fort Washington in 1863 by the Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, LL.D.
A Journey from Harris' Ferry to Shamokin in 1747 by John W. Jordan, LL.D.
Memoirs of Joshua Gilpin by Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Esq.
The Conrad Weiser Farm by Lewis S. Shimmell
An Address by the Hon. Marlin E. Olmstead, LL.D.
An Historical Review by the Hon. Theodore B. Klein
Reminiscences (1854 - 1864) by the Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D.
310 pages in four parts
Price: $10.00
Ceremonies and Historical Addresses in Commemoration of the Centenary of Independence, Harrisburg, July 4, 1876
The Ecclesiastical History of Dauphin County by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D.D.
The Heroes of Dauphin County in the Revolution by A. Boyd Hamilton
Historical Review of Dauphin County by William H. Egle, M.D.
The Progress and Development of Pennsylvania by John L. Sexton
Under the Auspicies of HSDC
32 pages
Price: $4.00
The Gettysburg Campaign of 1863
By the Honorable Michael William Jacobs
Read before the Historical Society at Its Fourty-fourth Anniversary
Thursday, June 12, 1913
20 pages
Price: $4.00
The Progress of Harrisburg
By A. C. Stamm, President of the Historical Society of Dauphin County
At a town meeting in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Harrisburg, held in the Forum of the Education Building
April 15, 1935
18 pages
Price: $4.00
Historical Society of Dauphin County Publications, 1928
The Under Ground Railroad by S. S. Rutherford
Esther Town by Miss Irma A. Watts
Some Old Routes of Travel Through Middletown by Edward L. Croll
Some of the Last Indians in Dauphin County by Nevin W. Moyer
28 pages, PHOTOCOPY ONLY
Price: $4.00
Friedrich List, The Father of German Railroads, His Residence in Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties
By R. W. Brown, LL.D., President, Reading Company
Address delivered before the Historical Society of Dauphin County
September 18, 1950
11 pages
Price: $4.00
Early History of Old Hanover Church
By Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, D. D.
Published in 1878 by HSDC
Reprinted in 1975, 1978, 1986, 1996, and 2002 by the Trustees of "Old Hanover" Churchyard
48 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1952
Volume I, Number I
History of the Dauphin County Courts by Judge Homer L. Kreider
Outside the Wooden Curtain by Rev. Roy Schreiner, D.D.
Published by HSDC
32 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1953
Volume II, Number I
History of Harrisburg Fire Companies by Mayor Claude R. Robins
The Juvenile Court by Judge Robert E. Woodside
How Union Deposit Was Named by Anna E. Eisenhour
Historical Sketch of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hummelstown by Frederick H. Bolton, Esq.
A Magical Name - Hershey: Genius at Work by Dr. Harry C. Chubb
Published by HSDC
41 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1954
Volume III, Number I
Esthertown-Coxestown-Estherton by Bishop J. Thomas Heistand
Abraham Lincoln’s Visit to Gettysburg, 1863 by Catherine McCurdy Zimmerman
Old Stagecoach Travel and Stops In Dauphin County by J. Allen Barrett
A Partial History of the Oldest Drug Stores In Harrisburg and Dauphin County by George C. Potts
Published by HSDC
44 pages, PHOTOCOPY ONLY
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1955
Volume IV, Number I
History of the 100 Years of the Harrisburg and Dauphin County Y.M.C.A.’s by W. Haines Kent
The Pennsylvania Railroad and Its Relation to Dauphin County by William B. McCaleb
These Old Stones Speak by John C. Dight (about Simon Cameron)
Published by HSDC
38 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1956
Volume V, Number I
History of Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania by Lloyd S. Spancake
History of the Harrisburg Post Office by George S. McCrone
Veterans Organizations of the United States, with Special Reference to Dauphin County by Mark T. Milnor
Farmers Markets of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Charles E. Walmer
Published by HSDC
40 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1958
Volume VI, Number I
Harrisburg: School of Journalism by W. Carl Sprout
Harrisburg the Objective of Lee’s Invasion of Pennsylvania, June 1863, Setting the Stage for the Gettysburg Campaign by Edward J. Stackpole
Further Review of the Work of Jacob Eichholtz 1776-1842 by Rebecca J. Beal
Published by HSDC
46 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1959
Volume VII, Number I
Some Noteworthy Events In Our Local History by Dr. Harvey B. Bashore
Appearance of the Town When First Laid Out by E. Hill Roberts
A Century Ago - Harrisburg and Its Residents by Mrs. Benjamin F. Africa
Harrisburg One Hundred Years Ago by Evan J. Miller
Published by HSDC
20 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1960
Volume VIII, Number I
One Hundred Stepping Stones, 1860 - 1960, Harrisburg Centennial by Jean Gray Allen
Published by HSDC
39 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1961
Volume IX, Number I
Communications Old and New by Eugene D. Lavery
History of Harrisburg School Buildings by David H. Porter
The Educational Background of the Presidents of the United States by Robert J. Evans
Historic Houses in Dauphin County by Evan J. Miller
Published by HSDC
22 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1962
Volume X, Number I
National Parks in America by James B. Myers
Covered Bridges in the Spotlight (no author)
Sunbury and Northumberland County Treasure Trove of History (no author)
History of the Motor Club of Harrisburg by Harold R. Prowell
Chambersburg, One of Our Neighbors Rich in History (no author)
Tinian, the Home of Colonel Burd Yesterday and Today by John D. Husband
Published by HSDC
16 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1963
Volume XI, Number I
1963 - The Gettysburg Centennial by Robert J. Evans
Published by HSDC
11 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1964
Volume XII, Number I
Vanderbilt’s Folly by William H. Shank (about South Pennsylvania Rail Road)
Our First Invasion, 1755 by William A. Hunter
History of Presbyterianism In Dauphin County by Rev. Morton G. Glise
Published by HSDC
31 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1965
Volume XIII, Number I
The Governors of Pennsylvania by Paul B. Beers
Personal Recollections of Earlier Days In Harrisburg by J. P. Keller
Some Old Routes of Travel Through Middletown, Dauphin County by Edward L. Croll
Published by HSDC
26 pages
Price: $4.00
Dauphin County Historical Review, December 1966
Volume XIV, Number I
Behind the Iron Furnace Curtains Of Dauphin County by Evan J. Miller
Steelton’s 100 Years of Steel Making by Walter B. Lang
The Sage of Donegal by Chester S. Nagel (about Simon Cameron)
Published by HSDC
51 pages, PHOTOCOPY ONLY
Price: $4.00