Supporting the Bradford Landmark Society

You'll see Bradford Landmark Society volunteers at the Crook Farm participating in the Crook Farm School Program introducing 4th & 5th grade students to 1880s life. The Crook Farm Country Fair finds volunteers coordinating dozens of activities including displays, tours, entertainment, vendors, scheduling, planning, and food preparation.

Volunteers at the Herbig Bakery Headquarters provide assistance to historical and family researchers, maintain genealogical information, input data into indexes, mail newsletters, answer questions by telephone, U.S. Mail and email, and provide historical assistance to area organizations.

We are in particular need of volunteers for:

• Data Entry. This is an activity that could be done long-distance with the Society supplying photocopies to work from. We have been using Excel as a database, but would consider files prepared in other programs provided it was discussed beforehand and we are certain we could utilize the data with the software we have in place.
• Filing, typing (yes, with an old-fashioned typewriter), and answering the telephone.
• Researching requests received via email, telephone, letters, and in person.
• Composing historical window displays at the Herbig Bakery.
• Scannning historical photos.
• Photographing homes and buildings in Bradford.
• Janitorial help.
• Demonstrating for, and helping children participate in chores, carpentry, weaving and candle-making for the School Program in the spring.
• Food service, Crook Farmhouse guides, Schoolhouse guides, Society Pavilion docents, clean up and correspondence related to the Crook Farm Fair at the end of August.
• Assistance in other areas, utilizing your particular talents, which would fit the objectives of the Society.

We welcome you to complete our Volunteer form to begin the process of becoming a volunteer.

Like any non-profit group, the Bradford Landmark Society welcomes donations to our organization. Monetary gifts are always welcome, and help to defray the costs of operating our facilities, both at the Historic Crook Farm, and at our headquarters, the Herbig Bakery.

However, from time to time we welcome other, more tangible gifts such as:

• Photographs of the Bradford area. We have an extensive photographic database and are always looking for new additions to the collection.
• Histories of local organizations, clubs and societies, including minute books, journals, events, and flyers.
• Memorabilia of local businesses, stores, and industries, such as letterheads, catalogs, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, etc.
• Scrapbooks of the local area; Evening Star and the Daily Record newspaper, Bradford News newspapers, Smethport Miner, Bradford Herald, Bradford Journals, and any other newspapers of limited run or time period. We do not need any Bradford Eras at this time.
• School yearbooks, including Bradford High School The Barker, The Tunungwant, The Blue and White; Central Christian The Rambler, St. Bernard's , The Gist and The Bernardian, The Bradford School of Nursing The Gusher, Fretz Junior High School The Falcon, and School Street Junior High School The Antler.
• Local magazines and publications, such as The City Limits, or Bradford Hospital's The Pulse.
• Blueprints of local buildings.
• Maps.
• Books on Local History.
• Unique artifacts indigenous to the Bradford area, such as railroad and oil artifacts.
• At this time, we do not need any wax, clothing, quilts, bibles, hats, shoes, furniture, or personal histories not directly related to the Bradford area.

The Bradford Landmark Society reserves the right to accept, to use, to transfer, or to display at our discretion; in addition, donors will be required to waive all present and future rights in, to, or over said property.

Monetary gifts are sincerely appreciated and gratefully accepted. Thank you for your support.

Would you like to memorialize or honor someone special to you? We are pleased to offer such a way. Simply click below for access to the form:

The Memorial and Honor Form (pdf)
OR Complete Online Form below and then make your donation online

Complete and mail the form along with your check or money order to:

Bradford Landmark Society
PO Box 1021
Bradford PA 16701

Please do not use the Seaward Avenue or East Corydon Street addresses to mail your donation.

A board member picks up the mail at the post office box and will inform a volunteer to acknowledge your donation.

Thank you for your kindness. It's only through donations such as this that the Bradford Landmark Society can continue to serve the community and beyond.