People & the arts
Explore this record →From Breaker Work to Mine Safety
A retirement profile traced Forbes’s path from local mining and teaching to work with the federal Bureau of Mines.
Shamokin Stories collection
Stories
Reviewed accounts of Shamokin’s people, industries, neighborhoods, institutions, and public life.
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Joseph Zupicich’s Life Beyond the Sea
A late-life recollection connected a Shamokin resident’s seafaring past with migration, mining, and a neighborhood business.
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Mary LeSawyer’s Expanding Stage
Hometown coverage followed Mary LeSawyer from a New York opera debut toward an international engagement.
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Three Different Ways to Belong
Herbert Hopwood, Michael Luchkovich, and Shirley Chater had different connections to Shamokin and different public careers.
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Two Women, More Than One Milestone
Reports about Radle and Helen Shaffer show why entry into the legal profession cannot be reduced to an unqualified claim of “first.”