History programs at Tyler

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s next Bites and Bits of History Lunch Program will take place June 18 at noon at the Tyler History Center, 325 W. Federal St., with Lea Mollman, MVHS curator, discussing how Greystone (now The Arms Family Museum) has changed.

Attendees will see Olive Arms’ original drawings, several sets of early photographs, along with photos from 1960 and current images.

Parking is available for $2 at the center. Overture restaurant at the DeYor, across the street, offers a $6 lunch special; call 330-744-9900 to place your order. Go to mahoninghistory.org or call 330-743-2589 for information.

Here is the rest of the schedule:

July 16: “The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial: A Centennial,” by Patricia Scarmuzzi, curator of collections, National McKinley Birthplace Museum

Aug. 20: “Phebe Sutliff,” by Melissa Karman, director, Sutliff Museum, Warren. The Sutliffs were a pioneer family in Trumbull County, coming from Massachusetts in 1804. Brothers Levi and Milton supported the Abolition movement and the Underground Railroad financially and politically. Levi’s daughter, Phebe T. Sutliff, a scholar and the first woman president of Rockford College in Illinois, was instrumental in the formation of many of many civic organizations in Warren.

Sept. 17: “James L. Wick, Jr.: A Community Leader During Times of Change”: H. William Lawson, MVHS executive director, will discuss Wick, a business, civic and cultural leader in Youngstown. Wick was an incorporator of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society in 1909.