Lawrence County’s Black Orphanage
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) – originally posted on our Facebook page February 13, 2021 Established and Supported by Black Women In 1896, the National Federation…
Notes From a Schoolboy in the 1820s
By Robert Galbreath, Collections Curator October 28, 2017 Documents written by ordinary people - such as letters, diaries, meeting minutes, or even notes scrawled in a book - can reveal…
Nannie L. Mitcheltree
1886-1972
Nannie L. Mitcheltree: an Educator
A name synonymous with education in New Castle for many years was that of Miss Nannie L. Mitcheltree. Ms. Mitcheltree was born December 11, 1886 in Edinburg. Commuting from Edinburg…
Rose Point Academy
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Volunteer) Rose Point Academy Association was incorporated on October 20, 1891 as a nonsectarian, advanced education institution. Its stated purpose was the "promotion of Christian…