Author Archives: Sierra Green

A Red, White and Green Gridiron Legend: Superstition and the Immaculate Reception

December 23, 1972. Raiders: 7, Steelers: 6. Twenty-two seconds to play. Fourth and ten. The AFC Division championship on the line. Sports aficionados know well this moment in NFL history. Suspended in time, this final play held captive the city … Continue reading

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American Archives Month Celebration: a Duet of Family Archives Workshops

Your great-grandmother’s wedding portrait.  Your grandfather’s first-grade report card.  Your great-uncle’s war journal.  Your grandmother’s scrapbook.  Your first home movie.  All of these treasured family items are pieces of your family’s mosaic.  Built piece by piece, year after year, these … Continue reading

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“A Sisterhood of Faithful Women:” the Zonta Club of Pittsburgh Collection

Among the “hidden collections” that have been processed thus far through the NHPRC grant awarded to the Heinz History Center Library and Archives is one donated by the Zonta Club of Pittsburgh.  To those not acquainted with Zonta International (as … Continue reading

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