Prior to joining the Chester County Historical Society, Ms. Hall, a Chester County native, was Vice President of Operations for the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry. In that capacity, she managed day to day operations, staff, Youth Leadership Program and the historic headquarters building, developed programs and raised funds for Chamber Foundation and the Chamber and serving as community liaison. Following the Chamber, she held the position of Keystone Innovation Zone Manager, a State initiative operated under the umbrella of the Chester County Economic Development Council.

Ms. Hall's volunteer activities have included serving as a director on the following Boards: West Chester YMCA, American Red Cross, Good Fellowship Ambulance and was Charter President of the Turks Head Exchange Club. She was recently accepted for the second time into the Leadership Exchange, a program of the Greater Philadelphia Economy League and is Vice-Chair of the Civil War Consortium.

Ms. Hall has had successful careers in sales and marketing. She holds a B.A. in Communication with honors from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Marketing minor. In addition, she became a Master Gardener while living in Atlanta and owned her own landscape design company.

Heather provides administrative support to the President and other departments. She also acts as the Staff liaison for the Young Friends of CCHS and volunteer opportunities.

Marjorie works with Rachel as a good will ambassador to ensure that every visitor has an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Rachel works with Marjorie as a good will ambassador to ensure that every visitor has an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Signe manages the CCHS database of members and donors and is responsible for the membership program.

Tom coordinates the many volunteers and exciting volunteer opportunities available at CCHS.

Diane is responsible for all aspects of the research library at CCHS, including the half million manuscripts in the collection, and can be contacted for possible donations of books, genealogies, family papers, and other manuscripts. She welcomes phone calls with any questions about our holdings.

Margaret processes and writes finding aids for manuscript collections as part of grant projects for CCHS, in addition to her time spent as a part-time reference librarian.

Ellen, as Director of Collections, oversees the museum, library, photo archives and County Archives. As the Curator she is responsible for the care, interpretation of and access to the museum collection. Contact her regarding the quilt documentation project, exhibits, institutional requests for object loans, illustrated lectures available through the CCHS Speakers Bureau, and reproduction and photo reproduction requests for objects.

Andrea is responsible for the preservation of and access to the 80,000 objects cared for at CCHS. Contact her with museum object research requests, questions regarding the collections management database, or to make an appointment to see a objects that are currently not on display.

Pam oversees the Photo Archives, which is the place to call if you are looking for historical photographs for research purposes or for publication in books, magazines, newspapers and videos. CCHS Photo Archives has over 80,000 historical photographs that document Chester County people and landscape from the 1840s to today. CCHS reproduction service can make reproductions suitable for display or to suit commercial needs.

Have a question regarding preserving your family's collection of photographs? Having a hard time assigning a date to a historical photo? The photo archivist can assist you.

Josh coordinates and manages the events and marketing for the Cultural Center Program. Along with his duties for the Cultural Center Josh also works with the respective committees to coordinates the Antiques Show and Annual Gala.

Beth plans and implements programs for the Historical Society – from school programs to family programs, from museum tours to community outreach, from teacher training to walking tours. Her job includes helping to develop exhibitions, visitor research, and overseeing the History Lab. She also coordinates interns, volunteers, and guides. Contact Beth if you would like to help develop programs or if an organization to which you belong would like to partner with the Historical Society.

Sue shares with Carol Samuelson responsibility for the day-to-day running of the youth programs at the Historical Society. She takes reservations from schools, schedules guides, plans family and school programs and teaches both at the museum and in classroom outreach programs. Teachers, scout leaders and other youth group leaders should contact her to get information about these programs or to schedule a group visit.

Carol shares with Sue responsibility for the day-to-day running of the youth programs at the Historical Society. She plans programs and teaches both at the museum and in classroom outreach programs. An avid quilter, she also has worked on the Quilt Documentation project, connecting students to the exhibit.

Carol was named coordinator of History Day in 1998, and as such, visits schools and teachers, helping them to prepare them for the regional contest held every spring.

Are you interested in county government records?

Chester County Historical Society administers the Chester County Archives in cooperation with the County of Chester. The Archives, which is open to the public for research, is located in the Government Services Center at 601 Westtown Road, just outside of West Chester. For information on historic county records, including searchable online indexes, please visit the Chester County Archives website at www.chesco.org/archives. You may also reach the Archives by telephone at 610-344-6760 or by e-mail at ccarchives@chesco.org.