State/County - Bristol Borough

Bucks Recorder of Deeds Receives Federal Grant to Continue Preservation Project

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6 years ago

February 10, 2020

Provided by the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds

Dateline: Doylestown– Just in time for Black History month, Recorder of Deeds, Robin Robinson, is pleased to announce that her office has received a $125,000 federal grant to help continue the deed book preservation project that she started a little over a year ago. This grant, administered by the National Park Service in conjunction with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), was received in the fall of 2019.

The grant, called Save America’s Treasures, funds preservation on nationally significant historic collections. Besides the deed books, with historic land records, the Recorder of Deeds also has miscellaneous books that contain slave records, both bill of sales and manumissions. What makes these slave records so unique is that the manumissions, which is the emancipation of slavery, were done prior to the Civil War.Linda Salley, President of the African American Museum said, “It’s exciting, this is what we’ve been searching for, the true history of Bucks County. And now it will be revealed. I’m grateful to be a part of this, to share this history with all of Bucks County and the world.”

“As a history teacher for over two decades, I fully appreciate and support efforts to preserve our shared history,” said Commissioner Bob Harvie. “I want to thank the Recorder of Deeds, Robin Robinson, and the National Park Service for securing grant funding for this important project.”

These books will soon be on their way to a records preservation specialist as the next step in the project.

To contact the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds office, please call 215-348-6209 or visit us on the web at http://www.buckscounty.org/government/RowOfficers/RecorderofDeeds

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Dr. Patrick M. Jones (left), President & CEO of Bucks County Community College, and Carol Tyler admire the College’s floral design program’s exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show featuring “Joan of Arc at Orleans” by Stella Elkins Tyler. The sculpture, donated to the College by the Tyler family, is the centerpiece of the College’s award-winning “Rooted in Art” exhibit. The College was founded on the Tyler estate in Newtown more than 60 years ago. Credit: BCCC

In only its second year, Bucks County Community College (BCCC) picked up another medal at the prestigious horticultural expo for its ‘Rooted in Art’ tribute to Stella Elkins Tyler.

BCCC’s floral design program has once again taken home a prize in only its second year participating in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Students, alumni, and instructors earned a bronze medal for “Rooted in Art,” reflecting the College’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features Tyler’s sculpture “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” donated to the College by Carol Tyler, who visited the show with College President & CEO Dr. Patrick M. Jones (Feature Pic). The College was founded on the Tyler estate in Newtown more than 60 years ago. The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the College’s School of Arts and Communication.

Credit: BCCC

A team of 20 students, alumni, and instructors from BCCC’s floral design program helped install “Rooted in Art” at the Philadelphia Flower Show, which reflects the College’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features one of Tyler’s original bronze sculptures, “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” pictured in the background.

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Melanie Poff (left) and her mother Els Poff, both Certified Floral Designers from Doylestown and students in BCCC’s floral design program, helped surround “Joan of Arc at Orleans” by Stella Elkins Tyler with botanical beauty at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The sculpture is part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit, reflecting the deep connection between art, education, and nature that Stella Elkins Tyler championed throughout her life.

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Amparito Arriaga, a Certified Floral Designer from Exton and a student in BCCC’s floral design program, installs part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the College’s School of Arts and Communication.