Episode 1: The 1930s Banking Crisis and Independent Women of the PA Wilds
Marc Sanko Jeffrey Diamond Jessica Hilburn
sound recording-nonmusical
2020-03-25T00:00:00Z
In the inaugural episode of "Stories from the Pennsylvania Wilds", Dr.'s Marc Sanko and Jeffrey Diamond discuss the banking crisis of the Great Depression as it was seen from various counties and cities within the PA Wilds. The guest for the show was Jessica Hilburn, Historian and Research Librarian for the Benson Memorial Library in Titusville, PA. Ms. Hilburn talks about her first book "Hidden Histories of Northwest Pennsylvania" and the importance of women history in the region including the Battles Family and the Battles Bank from Girard, PA during the banking crisis.
sound recording
36 minutes