Now and Then

Now and Then is the quarterly magazine of history, biography and genealogy published by the Muncy Historical Society and Museum of History. The little historical magazine was started by J. M. M. Gernerd in June 1868, and published irregularly, hence the name.

 

 

 

 

 

VOL.

ISSUE

DATE

ARTICLE TITLE

PAGE

AUTHOR

 

NO.

 

 

 

 

X

1

7/1/1951

CELESTA AT ITS BEST

1

 

X

1

7/1/1951

MY BOYHOOD DAYS ON A SULLIVAN COUNTY FARM

3

H. DELBERT BIRD

X

1

7/1/1951

GEORGE MCKEARN ANSWERS RE:  JOHN ADLUM

16

 

X

1

7/1/1951

EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM SIMPSON, SURVEYOR

17

 

X

1

7/1/1951

STUDENTS & FACULTY OF MUNCY HIGH - 1892

23

 

X

2

10/1/1951

FREDERICK FLESCHHUT, MD

29

MRS. GUY MAYNARD BALDWIN

X

2

10/1/1951

THE ORIGINS OF THE WORD "QUACK"

37

JAMES LOGAN

X

2

10/1/1951

PENNA. PANTHERS & PIONEER DOCTORS

40

COL. HENRY SHOEMAKER & WOOD

X

2

10/1/1951

THE RHEINWALD PANTHER AND ITS KIND

41

HENRY SHOEMAKER

X

2

10/1/1951

PIONEER DOCTORS

43

T. KENNETH WOOD, MD

X

2

10/1/1951

A CLIPPING FROM THE MUNCY TELEGRAPH - 1835

45

 

X

2

10/1/1951

GILES SLOCUM & HIS MILITARY MAP POWDER HORN

47

 

X

2

10/1/1951

MT. VINA, THE QUYNNS & JOHANN FREDERICK AMELUNG

50

 

X

2

10/1/1951

AN EARLY BROADSHEET

53

 

X

3

1/1/1952

MRS. WHITTAKER'S CAPTIVITY, DAUGHTER OF SEBASTIAN STROPE

57

 

X

3

1/1/1952

TRIBUTE TO FRANCIS D. BRINTON

68

 

X

3

1/1/1952

THE MUNCY LIBRARY CLUB 1896

69

 

X

3

1/1/1952

PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1951

72

 

X

3

1/1/1952

SALUTE TO MUNCY'S NONAGENARIANS

82

GEORGE RAY APP

X

3

1/1/1952

THE FOWLER FAMILY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY

85

REV. PAUL H. GOSS

X

4

4/1/1952

JOHN HECKEWELDER'S TRAVELS

105

PAUL A. WALLACE

X

4

4/1/1952

73 DOCTORS FROM NORMAL SCHOOL

119

 

X

4

4/1/1952

THE ELIZABETHTOWN POTTERY:  ROCK COTTAGE & JOB PACKER

121

 

X

4

4/1/1952

FLEMING SHOEMAKER'S LETTER TO GERNERD

125

MISS JESSE SHOEMAKER

X

4

4/1/1952

ABIGAIL EDWARDS' DEATH

129

 

X

4

4/1/1952

MARRIAGES & DEATHS - 1852

133

 

X

5

7/1/1952

A GEORGIAN MARRIAGE FAN

137

 

X

5

7/1/1952

JOHN ADLUM & LYCOMING SPECULATION

139

 

X

5

7/1/1952

MAJOR CHARLES SEELEY

146

 

X

5

7/1/1952

EDWARD J. ELDRED'S DOCKET

151

 

X

5

7/1/1952

MARRIAGES & DEATHS 1852-1853

157

 

X

6

10/1/1952

WILLIAM KENT LATHY, MD

161

 

X

6

10/1/1952

REMINISCENCES OF A CIRCUIT RIDER'S DAUGHTER

166

MRS. EDITH DEWITT

X

6

10/1/1952

FIRST SETTLERS OF FORKSVILLE

173

MRS. SARAH HUCKELL DRUM

X

6

10/1/1952

THE PLANT HUNTERS

177

 

X

6

10/1/1952

JOHN DAVIDSON, SPINNING WHEEL MAKER

179

 

X

6

10/1/1952

BATS AT EAGLES MERE LAKE

179

 

X

7

1/1/1953

BOSS ANDY'S UNIQUE MANTELPIECE

189

 

X

7

1/1/1953

THE WILLIAMSON ROAD

190

CHARLES G. WEBB

X

7

1/1/1953

ANCIENT CONCH SHELL DINNER HORN

209

 

X

7

1/1/1953

VIEW FROM PENNY HILL- PAINTING

210

MRS. ANNA BEAR WOOD

X

7

1/1/1953

ANNUAL REPORT OF PRESIDENT

214

 

X

8

4/1/1953

THE "HOOK"

225

 

X

8

4/1/1953

TUNISON CORYELL

227

MRS. JOHN CORYELL

X

8

4/1/1953

THE MAKING OF MCCALL PIATT'S WEDDING CLOTHES

246

 

X

8

4/1/1953

LYCOMING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS

246

WARREN L. MARSH

X

8

4/1/1953

MARRIAGES & DEATHS - 1853

249

 

X

9

7/1/1953

STORY OF LEWIS LAKE

253

ELOISE WILLIAMSON

X

9

7/1/1953

SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL MEETING

261

 

X

9

7/1/1953

FORKSVILLE HOUSE GUESTS OR REGISTERS

262

 

X

9

7/1/1953

HISTORY OF THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF SULLIVAN COUNTY

266

 

X

9

7/1/1953

MARRIAGES & DEATHS - 1853

267

 

X

9

7/1/1953

CELESTIA

274

EDWARD C. PREBLE

X

10

10/1/1953

SAW DUST WAR OF 1872 & UNION ORGANIZATION

277

MARTIN R. ANSPACH

X

10

10/1/1953

 MOUNTAIN SPRING

285

MRS. MYRTLE E. MAGARGLE

X

10

10/1/1953

CORRECT BUT READABLE HISTORY

292

 

X

10

10/1/1953

THE CIRCUIT RIDER

294

CHESTER D. CLARK

X

10

10/1/1953

COLBERT'S JOURNAL

295

 

X

10

10/1/1953

MUNCY SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

299

 

X

11

1/1/1954

THE BUILDING OF A LOG HOUSE

305

 

X

11

1/1/1954

EXTRACTS FROM A TRAVELERS THRU N.-CENTR. PENNA. - 1794

307

 

X

11

1/1/1954

INDIAN NECKLACE AND PIPES

315

DR. THOMAS STEWART

X

11

1/1/1954

KATE M. SHOEMAKER

316

 

X

11

1/1/1954

BRONZE PULPIT LAMPS USED IN METHODIST CHURCH

317

 

X

11

1/1/1954

MC COY'S DEPOSITION RELATING TO "HUNTING LAKE"

320

 

X

11

1/1/1954

SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF MUNCY H.S.

321

 

X

11

1/1/1954

MARRIAGES & DEATHS - 1854

323

 

X

11

1/1/1954

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

326

 

X

12

4/1/1954

MINGO FARM

333

 

X

12

4/1/1954

MR. DAVY'S DIARY - 1794

336

DR. NORMAN WILKINSON

X

12

4/1/1954

WHAT IS IT? MAGNIFYING GLASS FOR VIEWING PRINTS, ETC.

344

 

X

12

4/1/1954

THE STRANGE SUICIDE OF R. H.

348

JOHN WALLIS LETTER

X

12

4/1/1954

BURIALS IN WALTON CEMETERY ON WATER STREET

350

 

X

12

4/1/1954

EPISCOPAL CHURCH GRAVEYARD RECORDS

353

 

X

12

4/1/1954

FOUR MUNCY INSTITUTIONS - 1882

354

 

X

12

4/1/1954

AN ENGLISH WINDING BRIDGE

355