North Beaver recently issued the following announcement.
Lawrence County Historical Society Virtual Program “The Health of Lawrence County Immigrants”
Thursday, November 11, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Lawrence County Historical Society will be presenting four virtual programs on Zoom or Facebook Live.
Westminster College interns under the direction of Andrew Henley, board member and founder and president of Pleasant Hills Historians, will be presenting the programs. The third program, “The Health of Lawrence County Immigrants,” will be presented by Ryan Armstrong, a sophomore history and biology double major, Armstrong’s work focuses on the “Melting Pot Project,” which was initiated at the historical society in 2017 as a way of preserving its immigration collection through digitalization. Armstrong utilized the height and weight documented in Lawrence County’s Court of Common Pleas Declarations of Intention to review the health of immigrants. This collection contains more than 8000 individuals’ declarations.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6833596633
Facebook: facebook.com/lawrencechs
724-658-4022
Original source can be found here.
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