On back: “A twilight view of Lagoon Park with Grundy Commons and its clock tower in the background. As part of the Delaware Canal, the lagoon was the only widewater area along the historic waterway originally intended for recreation. Restored in 1998 through the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, the Lagoon has reclaimed its key place in the community of Bristol. Photographer John D. Sikora, Yardley, PA."
John D. Sikora, Atlantic Images, Yardley, PA
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Civil War
Poetry
Diary
Fort Sumter
Michael Dougherty (1844-1930)
A small diary filled with poems, some of which are signed by Michael Dougherty, notes, drafts of letters, and a small amount of record-keeping notes. The diary contains a poem about the death of Colonel Edward D. Baker at Ball's Bluff, which ends with the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12th, 1861. It describes the early stages of the Civil War.
Michael Dougherty Collection
The Grundy Archive
Physical diary, bound in leather, 7 x 4.5 inches
Diary (manuscript)
Handwritten prisoner of war diary belonging to Michael Dougherty
Prisoner of War
Andersonville
Libby Prison
A handwritten diary that documents Michael’s time spent as a prisoner of war in Pemberton, Barrett's, Belle Isle, Libby, and Andersonville prisons up to his release. Michael was captured on October 12th, 1863, sent to Andersonville in March 1862, and was released at the end of the Civil War in 1865. The presence of ink and pencil suggests revisions were made to entries, possibly before the diary was published in 1908 with the help of his son Chas. A. Dougherty.
Physical diary, bound in leather, 6 2/8 x 3 6/8 inches
© The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library.
Bristol's Puerto Rican Day Festival
A float in Bristol's Puerto Rican Day Festival in the 1980's. The woman in the purple dress is Albida Rivera.
Joel Berrocal
John Milner Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for the Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey, Bureau for Historic Preservation, PA Historical & Museum Commission.
Bureau for Historic Preservation, PA Historical & Museum Commission.
Emiliano Sr. and Elba Rivera, with their children Carlos, Emiliano Jr., and Albida (Berrocal), at a Puerto Rican Festival in the 1970s.
Roundtable discussion at Bristol Borough Hall regarding Hurricane Maria relief efforts
Hurricane Maria Relief
Roundtable discussion at Bristol Borough Hall regarding relief efforts and plans for reconstruction moving forward. A few of those in the picture: Joel Berrocal, Bristol Borough Councilwoman Betty Rodriguez, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, and Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez.
Roundtable discussion at Borough Hall regarding relief efforts and plans for reconstruction moving forward. A few of those in the picture: Joel Berrocal, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, and Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer Rodriguez.
Bristol, PA.
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and various ephemera pertaining to Bristol history.
Digitized versions of archival materials made available by The Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library are intended for study, research, and scholarly purposes only with proper citation of the material. For inquiries regarding use permissions, please contact the Archivist directly at archive@grundylibrary.org.
Physical Scrapbook containing newspaper, pamphlets, and other paper ephemera.
Scrapbook
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other ephemera pertaining to both national and local politics.
Physical leather scrapbook containing paper newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and various ephemera.
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and pamphlets pertaining specifically historical facts.
Physical scrapbook consisting of a variety of pamphlets and newspaper clippings
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and various ephemera pertaining to Bristol history and politics.
Physical hardcover scrapbook containing paper newspaper, pamphlets, and other ephemera.
Bristol, PA
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other ephemera pertaining to politics and the Penn MFP Association.
Physical scrapbook containing paper newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and various ephemera.
A Scrapbook containing newspapers, pamphlets, and other ephemera pertaining to US politics and Bristol history.
Physical Scrapbook containing newspapers, pamphlets, and other ephemera
Scrapbook of Articles of Hazing and Death of Cadet Oscar L. Booz, West Point -1900
Bristol History
The scrapbook contains various newspaper clippings from across the country detailing the hazing incident that led to the death of Oscar L. Booz.
Scrapbooks
Bristol, PA. American History.
Scrapbook of Songs and Poems - Doron Green
A scrapbook filled with songs and poems by Doron Green, primarily centering Christmas and Bristol, PA.
Senior Class Bristol High School Mount Vernon May 8, 1941
[Featuring Helen and Vincent Boccardo Jr.]
Bristol High School Yearbook 1941: Les Memoirs
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial- The American Battle Monuments Commission
Vincent Boccardo Jr.
Sienna Berrocal holding a Thank You sign
Sienna Berrocal holding a Thank You sign at Josefina's Unisex Salon during a donation drive.
Sienna Berrocal in front of a Christmas tree during Las Posadas
Las Posadas
Sienna Berrocal in front of a Christmas tree during Las Posadas.
Sienna Berrocal playing el guiro. A traditional Puerto Rican percussion instrument.
Sienna Berrocal playing las maracas. A traditional Puerto Rican percussion instrument.
Sienna Berrocal pulling her wagon full of donation boxes to the post office
Sienna Berrocal pulling her wagon full of donation boxes to the post office.
Southeast Corner of Cedar and Walnut Streets - Spotlight Holy Temple II, First Baptist Church
Constructed in 1851 as Bristol's First Baptist Church. Owned by Spotlight Holy Temple II at time of survey.
survey conducted April 1986 ; building built 1851
Southeast Corner of Pond and Mulberry Streets - Municipal Building / Fire House, Bristol Municipal Building
Owned by Bristol Borough Municipal Building at time of survey.
survey conducted April 1986 ; building built 1927
Southeast Corner of Radcliffe and Market Streets - Bristol Theater
Owned by The Grundy Foundation at time of survey.
survey conducted April 1986 ; period of building 1925-1949
Southeast Corner of Wood & Walnut Streets - Saint James Parish House
Owned by Saint James Church Cemetery at time of survey.
survey conducted April 1986 ; building built 1877
Chita Rivera- my Broadway Bristol Christmas Chorus - undated Bristol Christmas Chorus - 2004 Bristol Christmas Chorus- n/d Noel and Gertie Steve Solomon’s My Mother’s Italian My Father’s Jewish I’m in Therapy Book of Moron Two By Two Broadway Fantasy Ball- 1989
Bristol Riverside Theatre
St. Mark Parish Puerto Rican Community celebrate Las Posadas
Members of the St. Mark Parish Puerto Rican Community celebrate Las Posadas with traditional Catholic Puerto Rican Christmas music.
St. Marks Roman Catholic Church, Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, Churchyard Cemetery, 1845
From the primary author, Hazel Lamon, February 29, 1996: "This book is divided into two parts. The first part contains a short history of the St. Marks R.C. Church at Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pennsylvania, taken from 'History of Bristol, Pennsylvania' by Doron Green - 1911. A history of St. Marks School is taken from 'History of Old Homes on Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pa.' by Doron Green - 1938. Many of the tombstones in the churchyard cemetery have been in the ground for one hundred and fifty years and some are illegible. They are a monument to those who came from Ireland in search of a better life and made their home here in America. I have relied on the record for a list of those in unmarked graves. The second part contains the St. Marks R.C. Cemetery on Bristol Pike, Pennsylvania. Ground was purchased on April 1, 1892 from the Bristol Cemetery Land Company, Inc. by the Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, Archbishop of Philadelphia. See page #37 & etc. for details of the graveyard in part two of this book."
1996 ; some additions made from 1998-2001
Grundy Archive volunteers Harold and Carol Mitchener provided additions at the back of the book.
Individual pages have been uploaded to this website as JPEG files -- a single PDF file is available from the Grundy Archive upon request.
St. Michael the Archangel Church Newsletter
Bristol, PA. 1933
Parish newsletter for St. Michael the Archangel Church in Bristol, PA.
Pamphlet