This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
American History Highlights and Local Notes
A condensed chronology marks events from 1862 to 1963 including New Orleans turnover to the Army under General Butler, Dewey’s Manila Bay victory, and the first ZIP code rollout. Birthdays for Manning, Adams, Ford, Rockefeller, Roszak, Sahl noted, plus Ki-Wives meeting in Taneytown and Khrushchev Egypt travel plans. Also Rome art students strike over pay and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ie Army
General Buter
Chicago
Cleveland
Asiatic
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
U.S
USS
Princeton
Hwachon Dam
North Korea
Edward Day
Richard Irvine Manning
Camden
8. C
Manning
Charleston
Sumter
House of Representatives
South Carolina
U.S. House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Congress
William Elias Adams
Nichols
Iowa
Glenn Ford
Quebec
Canada
Winthrop Rockefeller
New York City
Theodore Roszak
Posen
Poland
Mort Sahl
Montreal
Klwives
Taneytown
Taney Inn
Kitty Royer
Delmar Biffle
Ki-Wives Club
Mt. Airy