HAVE A GUEST LECTURER AT YOUR EVENT
The Speakers’ Bureau is a service offered to the public by the Crawford County Historical Society. No honorarium or fee is required by the Historical Society or by any of the listed speakers, nor to the Historical Society; however, you are welcome to make an optional donation to the Society through our website if you so choose. (We ask that you not hand any donations to the speakers directly so that we are able to provide documentation for tax purposes.)
The following topics are listed below for 20 to 40-minute presentations on matters of local history. If there’s a topic you’d like the Society to speak on, let us know using the form on our Contact Us page, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your request.
Details for requesting a speaker are included at the bottom of the page.
OUR ROSTER OF TOPICS
- Mount Hope: the Baldwin Reynolds House
- James and Elizabeth Tarr and their Oil Boom Mansion
- Local American Artist, Austa Sturdevant
- The Political Career of Supreme Court Justice, Henry Baldwin
- Architecture of Titusville and the Oil Region
- Thomas Atkinson, Pioneer and Newspaperman
- The Roberts Brothers: Society Dentists Turned Inventors of Fracking
- Caring for Antiques and Family Heirlooms (objects)
- Major AC Huidekoper and Holland Hall
- Greendale Cemetery
- Exposition / Conneaut Lake Park
- The Bousson Sisters of Frenchtown
- Crawford County’s Early Political History
- Immigration in Crawford County
- Crawford County’s Role in the Underground Railroad
- 1892 Titusville Flood Disaster
- Mark Twain in Crawford County
- Meadville Rye Whiskey
- Ballooning Pioneers, Samuel and Alic Thurston
- The McHenry House and Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Depot
- Oak Grove Park, history and current plans
- Military History
- Desegregation of Schools in Pennsylvania
- George Washington’s Time in Crawford County
- Civil War
- World War II
- Trolley and Transportation History
How to Request a Speaker
There are two ways to request a speaker for your next event.
- Contact the speaker directly using the information provided.
- Using the form on our Contact Us page, select “Speaker Request” in the dropdown and provide details in the comment box.
To ensure availability, please allow for three weeks’ advance notice when scheduling.
