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Eugene Glenn Stackhouse genealogical collection
Germantown resident Eugene Glenn Stackhouse held many interests, notable among which was genealogy. He was educated locally, served with the U. S. Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s, worked in virology at the Wistar Institute, and worked as an editor at Biological Abstracts from 1969 to 2002...
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| Collection: | Eugene Glenn Stackhouse Genealogical Collection |
| Collection Number: | 4448 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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40.0 Linear feet 42 containers |
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Germantown resident Eugene Glenn Stackhouse held many interests, notable among which was genealogy. He was educated locally, served with the U. S. Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s, worked in virology at the Wistar Institute, and worked as an editor at Biological Abstracts from 1969 to 2002. He also served on a few local boards, including the Germantown Historical Society and Laurel Hill Cemetery. He authored several works, such as "Stackhouse: An Original Pennsylvania Family" (1988) and "Germantown in the Civil War" (2010).
This collection extensively documents Eugene Stackhouse's interests in genealogy and Germantown/Philadelphia history. About a third the collection is made up of family files he created and collected on the Stackhouse family and related families, likely for his book on the Stackhouses. These alphabetically-arranged files mostly contain family forms, family trees, notes and correspondence, with the occasional vital record or stray piece of ephemera mixed in. These files are followed by several boxes of subject files that pertain primarily to genealogical work and local history, among other topics. The remainder of the collection is made up of various publications -- from books to magazines to newsletters -- Stackhouse collected in order to inform his work and genealogical interests. Included among them are runs of the "Germantown Crier" and the "Site and Relic Society Journal." Copies of his own books count among them. |