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The Journal of the Lycoming County Historical Society
VOLUME LXV, Winter 2009/2010 Edition
"The Stained Glass Window of Williamsport:
Always in View, Rarely Observed"
"A Walking Tour of Ten Churches from East to West"
By: Dr. Amy Golahny
The windows in the houses of worship of Williamsport are remarkable for their variety of images and their connections to the people who dedicated them. This article presents the windows of nine churches and one Jewish temple with the goal of enhancing public understanding of religious decoration and the city’s architectural importance. The selected houses of worship were all built before 1910 and most of the windows were made before 1915. The windows and their buildings are notable for their decoration, preservation, and function within the community. This article examines the windows and their buildings as artifacts of history and the visual arts in America. The Williamsport windows reflect the range of styles of stained glass from around 1840 onward, including the Gothic Revival, the opalescent glass of the 19th century Tiffany Company and Lamb Company, and the Arts and Crafts style of the late 19th/early 20th century.
VOLUME XLIV, 2008 Edition
There are three articles on very diverse subjects in this issue of the Journal. In the first, "Tracking the Fate of Private John Richner, a Pennsylvania Volunteer in the Civil War", Mark E. Richner (with Brian R. Mathias) tells the story of his efforts to locate the final resting place of a Williamsport relative who fought in the Civil War and was captured by the Confederates. The second article, "Maple Street A.M.E. Zion Church" by Louisa M. Stone, outlines the history of a long-standing congregation in Williamsport. In the final article, "The Marbles of the James V. Brown Library", Amy Golahny discusses several statues currently standing in the Brown Library, analyzing their place in art history and their possible meanings to the members of the Brown family who collected them.
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List of Journals
| Issue | Main Topic | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 1955, Vol. I, No.2 | Sketch of the Life of Gen. John Burrows of Lycoming County | General John Burrows |
| Spring 1956, Vol. I. No. 3 | Ocean Voyage of the Kiess Family -- The Diary | George Kiess |
| Fall 1956, Vol. I, No.4 | Memories of Wild Life On Young Woman's Creek | Henry W. Shoemaker |
| Spring 1957, Vol I, No. 5 | Early Lumbering in Cogan House Township | Milton Landis |
| Winter 1958, Vol I, No. 8 | What Lumbering Meant to the U.S.A. | Dr. Lewis E. Theiss |
| Spring 1958, Vol. 1, No. 7 | Fort Augusta: What It Meant to the Pioneers of the Susquehanna Valley | Dr. Lewis E. Thiess |
| Summer 1959, Vol. I, No. 9 | Freedom Road | Ralph L. Lester |
| Winter 1959, Vol I, No.10 | The Williamson Road | Charles G. Webb |
| Summer 1960, Vol. II, No.1 | Life in a Small Town | Mrs. J. Wesley Little |
| Winter 1961, Vol. II, No. 4 | The Great Runaway of 1778 | Helen H. Russell |
| Summer 1962, Vol. II, No.5 | The Susquehanna Boom | Gibson Antes |
| Winter 1963, Vol. II, No. 7 | The Culbertson Path | Carlton E. Fink |
| Spring 1963, Vol II, No. 6 | Stump Pulling in Cogan House Township 1890 -- 1930 | Berton E. Beck, D.D.S. |
| Summer 1966, Vol III, No. 1 | To The West For Gold | William H. Chamberlin |
| Spring 1968, Vol V, No. 1 | Local History As A Hobby | Rev. Charles F. Berkheimer, D.D. |
| Spring 1969, Vol VI, No. 1 | Life of John Bartram | Richard L. Mix |
| Fall 1973, Vol IX, No. 2 | Sequoyah of the Cherokees | Gladys A. Tozier |
| Spring 1975, Vol XI, No. 1 | The Story of Peter Herdic | |
| Spring 1982, Vol XVIII, No 1 | Early Episodes in Williamsport's History | Paul Gilmore |
| Fall 1984, Vol XX, No. 2 | Some Important Milestones in Lycoming County Archaeology | James P. Bressler |
| Spring 1985, Vol XXI, No. 1 | John Alden Knight and the Solunar Tables | |
| Fall 1985, Vol XXII, No. 2 | Unraveling the Wertman Site Mysteries | James P. Bressler |
| Winter 1986, Vol XXIV, No. 2 | "Stilling Birch" in Cogan House Township | Carl B. Taylor |
| Summer 1987, Vol XXV, No 1 | Tom Fausett (The Record of a Trifle Lone Tragedy) | Henry W. Shoemaker |
| Summer 1988, Vol XXVII, No. 1 | Gifford Pinchot Pioneer Conservationist -- Part I | Stephanie Zebrowski |
| Winter 1988, Vol XXVIII, No. 2 | Gifford Pinchot Pioneer Conservationist -- Part II | Stephanie Zebrowski |
| Winter 1988, Vol XXVI, No 2 | The Last Hanging in Lycoming County | Everett Rubendall |
| Summer 1989, Vol XXIX, No. 1 | Debunking a Myth -- Were There Really Buffalo in Pennsylvania? | Stephanie Zebrowski |
| Summer 1990, Vol XXXI, No. 1 | Regional Industries and Environmental Impact | Julia Gano |
| Winter 1990, Vol XXXII, No. 2 | A Death Shout (A Story of the Senecas) | Henry W. Shoemaker |
| Winter 1992, Vol XXXIV, No. 1 | Excavation of a Shenks Ferry Habitation Complex on Canfield Island,... | James P. Bressler |
| Summer 1995, Vol XXXV, No. 1 | Personal Journal of Evan Russell | Captain Evan Russell |
| Winter 1996, Vol XXXVI, No. 1 | John Hazel: The Wizard Cornetist | John Hunsinger |
| Fall 1997, Vol XXXVII, No. 1 | A Path of Discovery: Reevaluating Pennsylvania Prehistory | Mark E. Stamm |
| Winter 1997/98, Vol XXXVII, No. 2 | The Park Home Collection - Special Edition | |
| Fall 1998, Vol XXXVIII, No. 1 | The John Sloan Collection | |
| Fall/Winter 1999 | Floods - Refugee Camp at Brandon Park, 1889 Flood | |
| Vol XXXIX, 2000/2001, No. 1 | An Historical Walking Tour of Millionaires' Row | |
| Winter 2001/2002 | Grand Tours and Artistic Friendships Art from the Thomas T. Taber Museum and Park Home Collections |
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| 2002/2003, Vol XL, No. 1 | Remembrances of September 11, 2001 | |
| 2003, Vol XLI | Historical Walking Tour of Downtown Williamsport | |
| Winter 2004/2005, Vol XLII | Women at Work in North-Central Pennsylvania | Alison Hirsch, Ph.D. |
| 2007, Vol XLIII | The Birth of a Historical Society | Sandra Rife |
| 2008, Vol XLIV | - Tracking the Fate of Private John Richner, a
Pennsylvania Volunteer in the Civil War - Maple Street A.M.E. Zion Church, Williamsport, PA - The Marbles of the James V. Brown Library |
- Mark E. Richner with Brian R. Mathias - Louisa M. Stone - Dr. Amy Golahny |
| Winter 2009/2010, Vol XLV | -The Stained Glass Windows of Williamsport -A Walking Tour of Ten Churches from East to West |
Dr. Amy Golahny |