PRINTER'S NO. 3122
No. 363 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, BROWN, BAKER, BELARDI, BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, L. I. COHEN, COLAFELLA, COY, CURRY, DiGIROLAMO, FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, GEIST, HALUSKA, HARHART, HERSHEY, HORSEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, MAITLAND, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, OLASZ, PESCI, PIPPY, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROSS, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, WOJNAROSKI AND BARD, MARCH 12, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 12, 1998
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1 Memoralizing the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee of the United 2 States Postal Service to consider and recommend to the United 3 States Postal Service Board of Governors the issuance of an 4 "Ida Tarbell" commemorative stamp. 5 WHEREAS, Ida Minerva Tarbell was born in 1857 in a log home 6 on her maternal grandfather's farm located in northwest 7 Pennsylvania; and 8 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was raised in Titusville during the 9 1860s when the oil industry was developing and flourishing; and 10 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was one of the first women to enter 11 Allegheny College in the fall of 1876; and 12 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell authored 23 major books, including "The 13 History of the Standard Oil Company" and nine books about 14 Abraham Lincoln; and 15 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was a historian and journalist in search 16 of documented facts and not the advocate of a cause or a
1 reformer; and 2 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell pioneered historical research and set 3 standards which professionals today strive to emulate; and 4 WHEREAS, Ida Turbell died of pneumonia on January 6, 1944, 5 and was buried at the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in 6 Titusville; and 7 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell's passion for truth and knowledge is an 8 enduring legacy for the citizens of this Commonwealth and 9 deserves special recognition; therefore be it 10 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly 11 memoralize the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee of the United 12 States Postal Service to consider and recommend to the United 13 States Postal Service Board of Governors the issuance of an "Ida 14 Tarbell" commemorative stamp. L18L82DMS/19980H0363R3122 - 2 -