Welcome to the New Holland Area Historical Society
Steve Loewen 1958 - 2025
The New Holland Area Historical Society is saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Steve Loewen. Steve was a founding member of the Society. For many years he served as its president and was the editor of the quarterly newsletter. His vision for the organization and his unfailing energy to see it grow inspired others to join with him to achieve a shared dream. We are indebted to him and are moved by his example to continue the work
he loved so dearly.
new holland clarion archives
Online Copies of the Clarion Currently Available
The Power Library site shown to the left houses digital copies of the town newspaper published from 1873 through 1950.
Digitizing Clarion issues 1951 through the Final Edition Project
We are in the process of digitizing the final batch of Clarions and hope to complete the process in the coming months. Stay tuned for status updates.
The papers are stored in 3 different collections based on their publication date.
The collections are shown to the left.
This link takes you to the Clarion Collection list shown to the left Individual collections are listed alphabetically, so scroll down through the list till you come to the section entitled "LancasterHistory - New Holland Clarion Newspaper"
Note
The Power Library website is not owned by or affiliated with the New Holland Area Historical Society. We do not provide any support or assistance to those wanting to utilize this resource.
Support assistance is available through the "? Help" menu found in the extreme right-hand side of the menu bar.
This resource is a real treasure trove of historical information for the New Holland area, and we hope that you enjoy your time doing some research into our history!
Looking for a little help from our friends
Unidentified Photos
The museum is blessed with thousands of New Holland area photos that were donated by countless supporters of our efforts to preserve our history . Many of them include some type of identification information, and others were identified my NHAHS members based on local knowledge or other photographic evidence.
But there are hundreds of interesting - and potentially historically significant - photos that we are not able to identify. The purpose of this initiative is to solicit your help in identifying these photos.
The plan is to place small batches of these pictures on the website in the Photos section, including whatever info we have for each, and providing you with a contact form where you can tell us how you can help identify these treasures. Each photo is assigned a number, and all you need to do is tell us that "photo #7 is a picture of my great grandmother Elvira's birthplace, located just east of N Railroad avenue." That's it. If you'd like to include your name that would be great.
As information is received we will update the captions for these photos, and after a reasonable amount of time (no idea what this means exactly) we'll publish the information gathered along with the contributors. Then we'll publish the next set of photos and repeat the exercise.
It's a chance for you to participate in the work of the NHAHS, and we greatly appreciate your assistance.
Thanks!
