Our Mission
from the CONSTITUTION of the
WARWICKTOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Hartsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
ARTICLE I - Name.
The name of this Society shall be: WARWICK TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
ARTICLE II - Non-Profit Corporation.
The Society has been designated a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation by the Internal Revenue Service; all activities conducted by the Society shall be in accordance with the IRS rules governing 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporations.
ARTICLE III - Purpose.
The business and purpose of the Warwick Township Historical Society shall be to bring together those people interested in history, and especially in the history of Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life, gives us a better understanding of our state and nation, and promotes a better appreciation of our American heritage.
The Society's major function will be to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the area, including but not limited to: its exploration, settlement, development, and activities in peace and war; its progress in population, wealth, education, arts, science, agriculture, manufacture, trade, and transportation. It will collect printed material such as histories, genealogies, biographies, descriptions, gazetteers, directories, newspapers, pamphlets, catalogs, circulars, handbills, programs, and posters; manuscript material such as letters, diaries, journals, memoranda, reminiscences, rosters, service records, account books, charts, surveys, and field books; and museum material such as pictures, photographs, paintings, portraits, scenes; aboriginal relics, and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events, and activities of the past and present.
The Society will provide for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility, as far as may be feasible, to all who wish to examine or study it, to cooperate with officials in insuring the preservation and accessibility of the records and archives of the county and of its cities, towns, villages, and institutions, and to undertake the preservation of historic buildings, monuments, and markers.
The Society will disseminate historical information and arouse interest in the past by publishing historical material in the newspapers or otherwise; by holding meetings with pageants, addresses, lectures, papers, and discussion; by marking historic buildings, sites and trails; and by using the radio, television, and the internet to awaken public interest.
The Society will co-operate with the county and state historical societies to collect and preserve materials of county or statewide significance so that these materials can be made available to students and scholars.
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