MISSION STATEMENT

The Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society is a non-profit, permanent institution whose primary mission is interpreting, preserving, and celebrating our cultural, industrial, and ethnic heritage of the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas river valleys in southwestern Pennsylvania, a region embracing the surrounding areas from Harmar Township north to Freeport, and east to Apollo. The Society is committed to accomplishing this mission through the following objectives:

    1. Acquiring, preserving, and professionally exhibiting historically relevant material that illustrates the history of the region;

    2. Developing and facilitating cooperative partnerships among organizations with a similar mission;

    3. Providing educational and outreach opportunities for the public; and

    4. Serving as a catalyst for the private and public preservation, rehabilitation and/or adaptive re-use of historic sites.

Board of Directors: Dolly Mistrick (president), Joseph Bodick (vice president), Charles Culleiton (treasurer),  Jeanne Cecil, William Hall, Helen Strzesieski. Jim Thomas

Hartley Johnston (Emeritus), Warren Mansfield (Emeritus), Raymond Rennick (Emeritus)

 Rick Choltko on military leave, Becky Matt on leave, Gretchen Schmitt on leave

 

Contact us by mail, phone, or email

Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society
224 East Seventh Avenue
Tarentum, PA 15084
(724) 224-7666 
email: akvhs@salsgiver.com