A writer's visit to the Coal Region and his fascinating, but scathing opinions about what he found - Summer of 1873
A visit to the Coal Region in the summer of 1873 – The Atlantic Magazine

A writer's visit to the Coal Region and his fascinating, but scathing opinions about what he found - Summer of 1873
Sergeant Schwartz announces to his friends and family that he will be leaving Europe soon and heading for home in Schuylkill County, PA.
Sergeant Schwartz learned of the Japanese surrender in August 1945 while at a US Army sporting event in Nuremberg, Germany.
A newspaper for the US Army's 1st Division interview Sergeant Schwartz about his time Nice, France in 1945.
Sergeant Schwartz describes his return from brief journey to vacation on the French Riviera in the summer of 1945.
Early industrialist and political power broker Charles Miner describes the opportunity for the future of the mining industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Civil War veterans in Tower City, PA were infuriated by an insulting story about them in a local newspaper. So they took action.
Irvin Schwartz's letter to his family in Schuylkill County was printed in the West Schuylkill Press-Herald in the summer of 1944.
As a French town fell to Irvin Schwartz's 26th Infantry Regiment, he documented the amusing scenes he witnessed among celebrating French civilians.