Pennsylvania Historic Preservation

Blog of the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office

Volunteer a Few Minutes of Your Time to Advance Baseline Survey Recommendations

There are many ways in which we contribute to our communities, and if you are reading this blog, I have a hunch that you are interested in recognizing, protecting, and celebrating historic places in your community. If I guessed correctly, please read on to learn about one easy task you can do the week of April 20-26, which happens to be National Volunteer Week, to identify historic places in your area.

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PA SHPO is Hiring a new PASS Coordinator!

Are you interested in a career where you have the opportunity to work with a pro-active, dedicated team of preservationists, historians, and archaeologists? If so, consider joining the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Preservation Support Division as the Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey (PASS) Coordinator.

This position allows you to utilize your experience as you oversee the Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey program (PASS). Our goal is to maintain the integrity of archaeological sites and survey information in the SHPO data management system (PA-SHARE) in order to assist the SHPO, other agencies, and the public in evaluating the archaeological resources within the Commonwealth.

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Get to Know the State Library!

Last year, PA SHPO staff had the opportunity to visit the State Library here in Harrisburg and learn more about their work and research collections. The Forum Building – built in 1931 and now home to the State Library – had just reopened after a long renovation project.

I asked Kathy Hale, Supervisor for Public Services & Government Documents Librarian if she’d be willing to share the treasures that are the Pennsylvania State Library collections with our readers.

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