Papers 1920-1987.

Flaherty, Peter F., 1924-

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Peter (Pete) F. Flaherty was born on June 25, 1924 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants. He graduated from Allegheny High School and then entered the Army Air Corps in the midst of World War II. After serving as a navigator in the Pacific through the end of the war, Flaherty returned home and attended school first at Mount Mercy College (now Carlow University) and then Notre Dame Law School, graduating with his J.D. in 1951. Flaherty returned to Pittsburgh to practice law, sec...

American Youth Hostels, inc. Pittsburgh Council

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Youth hostels began in Germany in 1910 as a way to provide basic lodging facilities for traveling students. The idea soon spread internationally, with the first hostel in the United States opening in Northfield, Massachusetts. The concept proved ideal to young men and women looking to explore their own countries as well as others. Affordable travel, coupled with the bountiful outdoor activities that hostelling presented, opened up new opportunities for travel to large segments of the population,...

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

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The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) began as the Greater Pittsburgh Parks Association (GPPA) in 1932. This organization's first projects included transforming a barren stretch of land lying parallel to Bigelow Boulevard into a park (resulting in Frank Curto Park) and expanding Frick Park in Pittsburgh's East End. However, through the Depression and World War II, funding and interest for the Parks Association remained low, and accomplishments were sporadic. By 1951 the GPPA reestablished i...

Shady Side Academy (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Agora Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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City Farmers Club of Pittsburgh.

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Planned Parenthood (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Pennsylvania Roadside Council.

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Audobon Society of Western Pennsylvania.

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Pittsburgh Zoo (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Netting, M. Graham

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Dr. M. Graham Netting, director emeritus of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, has been very active in the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh Zoological Society and the Civic Club of Allegheny County, as well as other local and national civic and scientific organizations. From the description of Papers 1920-1987. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 30953187 ...

Civic Club of Allegheny County (Pa.)

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The Civic Club began in 1890, when a group of Pittsburgh women came together to form the Women's Health Protective Association to encourage the development and growth of the city's public health works and charities. John A. Brashear took a leadership role in the club by incorporating and chartering it in 1896. The accomplishments of The Civic Club included the establishment of city playgrounds, smoke abatement regulations, education programs of workers and immigrants, public baths and laundry in...

Pleasant Hills Arboretum (Pa.)

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University of Pittsburgh. United Faculty

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Throughout its history the University of Pittsburgh has received occasional support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s it suffered an unprecedented fiscal crisis and sought a solution that linked it to the Commonwealth. On August 23, 1966, House Bill No. 2 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania was signed and the University officially became state-related. From the description of State-related status of the University of Pittsburgh files, 1936-1983. (Universit...

Pittsburgh Zoological Society

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