Included in the mission statement of the Wayne County Historical Society is the objective to educate the population about the history of the area and its historic value. To comply with this stated goal, the society has assembled a list of speakers who are available to expound on a number of topics of Wayne County history at various events, organizational meetings, reunions, etc. Speakers and topics may be selected from the following list. A request for a topic that is not on the list must be made a month prior to the event to allow time for research.

To request a speaker please contact the Executive Director at 570-253-3240 or email wchs@waynehistroypa.com.

Other topics will be researched and presented on request.

Current Speakers

• CAROL HENRY DUNN
  • Boarding Houses of Berlin Township
  • Ice Harvesting
  • The Vanishing American Outhouse
  • Place Names in Wayne County
  • Early Honesdale in Photos

• DOROTHY KIEFF
  • The Bethel One-Room School
  • The Poor House (Honesdale and Texas Alms house)

• ANN O'HARA
  • The Civil War
  • First Families of Honesdale
  • James Ham Letters (Civil War)

• ANN O'HARA and KAY STEPHENSON
  • Wonderful, Wild, Wacky Women of Wayne County
  • Murder, Mayhem and Sundry Misadventures in Wayne County
  • Prohibition
  • From Pink to Steene
  • Colorful Characters of Wayne County

• KAY STEPHENSON
  • Lincoln’s Christmases during the Civil War Years

• SALLY TALAGA
  • Archiving 101 of Paper-Based Collections
  • Processing Items Donated to the Historical Society
  • Jennie Brownscombe, 1850-1936