I have as yet failed to mention the pressure we have here at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. It starts with pleasing our many bosses. We represent the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as Full time Missionaries, serving in the Family History, records preservation Family Search. We work with people in Salt Lake City, Utah and Montreal, Canada. Then we have the directors here who are hoping to get the Brown and Green collection scanned so that the records will be on line meeting the contract they have set up with Findmypast head quartered in Ireland. So, a few weeks ago the Donahues came from Seattle, Washington to serve with us using a much larger scanner for the books that would not fit on our scanner. We have had fun helping them get adjusted and getting to know them.
So, being the good tour guides we are, on Presidents Holiday we took them to two of our favorite thrift stores and we enjoyed a visit to Doylestown. One that snowy day we saw the James Mitchener Museum, Fonthill Castle, and Mercer Museum-- a National Historic Landmark.
Henry Mercer was an Anthropologist. He believed that Man's story was told by the tools he had! Sound familiar!
He made concert castle using rebar reinforced concert showcasing his collection of tiles and prints, He mixed Medieval , Gothic and Byzantine architectural styles and highlighted his Moravian pottery. This was great fun for the men, the thrift store were great fun for the girls
Cool castle!
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