Speakers

Included in the mission statement of the Wayne County Historical Society is the objective to educate the population about the history of the area and its historic value. To comply with this stated goal, the society has assembled a list of speakers who are available to expound on a number of topics of Wayne County history at various events, organizational meetings, reunions, etc. Speakers and topics may be selected from the following list. A request for a topic that is not on the list must be made a month prior to the event to allow time for research.

To request a speaker please contact Gloria McCullough at 570-253-3240 or wchs@ptd.net.

CAROL HENRY DUNN
- Boarding Houses of Berlin Township
- Ice Harvesting
- The Vanishing American Outhouse
- Place Names in Wayne County
- The Bethel One-Room School
RICHARD ELDRED (County Historian)
- History of the Wayne Courthouse
- History of Wayne County
LINDA DIX LEE
- A Farmer’s Daughter: Growing Up in Rural Wayne County
- Spencer Steam Tractor
- Around the Towns in Northern Wayne County Power Point Program
GLORIA McCULLOUGH
- Delaware & Hudson Canal
- Gravity Railroad
- Origins of Wayne County
- History of Photography in Wayne County
- The Old Stone Jail
- Colorful Characters in Wayne County
- Tracing the History of Your Property
- Miscellaneous Local History Topics
- Murder and Mayhem in Wayne County (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
- Genealogy and Family History (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
- History of Wayne County Fairs (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
- Civil War Letters of Capt. James Ham (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
- Early Settlers in Honesdale (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
- Railroads in Wayne County (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
- Rafting and Lumbering on the Delaware (as a team with Ann O’Hara)
ANN O'HARA
- Civil War in Wayne County
- History of Lock 31 House (formerly a Canal Lock House)
- O&W Railroad
- Genealogy and Family History (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
- History of Wayne County Fairs (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
- Murder, Mayhem & Sundry Misadventures (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
- Civil War Letters of Capt. James Ham (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
- Early Settlers in Honesdale (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
- Railroads in Wayne County (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
- Rafting and Lumbering on the Delaware (as a team with Gloria McCullough)
ALBERT RUTHERFORD
- Life of James Wilson
- Life of James Archbald
- Life of Horatio Allen
- Life of David McKelvy Peterson, WWI Ace
- Life of George W. Woodward
- Life of Civil War General Edwin S. Osborne
- Politics in 19th Century Wayne County
- History of Hebron County/ Life of Samuel Stanton
- Life of John Torrey
- Miscellaneous Local History Topics
MIMI STEFFEN
- Rural School Teachers of Yesteryear
KAY STEPHENSON
- Christmas in the Lincoln White House
GENE TAGLE
- Early Irish Experience in Wayne County
- History of Hawley/Irad Hawley
SALLY TALAGA
- Archiving 101 of Paper Based Collections
- Processing Items Donated to the Historical Society
- Jennie Brownscombe, 1850-1936