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THE 2009-2010 ANNUAL REPORT

Pennsylvania Heritage® is a beautifully illustrated and popularly styled quarterly magazine featuring fascinating stories of the Commonwealth’s rich history and culture. Every issue brings informative and insightful perspectives authored by talented historians, curators, and archivists, as well as news about museum and preservation programs, plus the Pennsylvania Heritage Society newsletter.

Pennsylvania Heritage is co-published by the Pennsylvania Heritage Society and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Every member of the Pennsylvania Heritage Society receives a full year of Pennsylvania Heritage® magazine!

In the Current, Fall 2011 Issue...

Executive Director’s Letter	2
From the Editor	3
Letters	4
Wish You Were Here!	5
The Pottsville Maroons, Cheated Again and Again	6
Jimmy Stewart's Wonderful Life Began in Pennsylvania	12
The Indefatigable Daniel Hartman Hasting	24
Religion and Early Politics: Benjamin Franklin and his Religious Belief	34
Hands-on History: Digging Fort Hunter's History	36
Trailheads	39
Pennsylvania Heritage Society® Newsletter	41
Our Documentary Heritage	45
Bookshelf	46
Lost and Found	48
Marking Time	49

Meet the STAFF OF Pennsylvania Heritage®

Michael J. O’Malley III - Editor

Michael O’Malley has been the editor of Pennsylvania Heritage® since 1984, and has been with the PHMC since 1978. His most notable accomplishment was his editorial direction of the magazine series in the 1990s that profiled history makers in Pennsylvania such as Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers), David McCullough, Kitty Carlisle Hart, James Michener, and others notables. A native Pennsylvanian, O’Malley also enjoys reading, travel, antiques, and visiting museums and galleries.

Kim Krammes-Stone - Art Director

Kim Krammes-Stone has been with the magazine and the PHMC since 1992. She is a noted Harrisburg artist, and has experience in advertising. Her most notable accomplishment is the direction of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 issue (Summer 2006). Krammes-Stone also enjoys painting, teaching, bicycling and historical fiction.