This scrapbook discusses many aspects about the Lancaster County Amish community. Several well-known Amish customs are mentioned throughout the newspaper clippings such as Rumspringa, barn raising, marriage season, and education. Other articles contain information about funeral customs, past-time activities, agriculture and other occupations. An article of special interest surrounds two Amish men arrested for religious beliefs.
Ferster, H. V. the Education of Amish Children. Buffalo, New York: Typescript, 1980.
Amish Traditions. Call Number: 289.71 Y54
The Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Call Number: 289.71 S819
Amish Beliefs, Customs and Discipline. Call Number: 289.71 L643
Notes
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Credit
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Other Numbers
MG-434
Other Number
MG-434, Box 21
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.
Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 158.
This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
6 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 56 x 49 cm. or smaller, sheet 56 x 88 cm.
Notes
Panel title.
"Copyright Bizcorp 1988."
Includes notes, indexes, directories, statistical table, location map inset, and col. ill.
Contents
Greater Lancaster -- Lancaster -- [Central business district] -- [Lancaster County showing points of interest, school districts, and historic districts] -- [Regional location map] -- Lancaster County municipal information.
5 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 56 x 49 cm. or smaller, sheet 56 x 88 cm., folded to 22 x 19 cm.
Notes
Panel title.
Alternate panel title: Franklin & Marshall.
"Copyright Bizcorp 1988."
Includes notes, indexes, directories, statistical table, location map inset, and col. ill.
Contents
Greater Lancaster -- Lancaster -- [Central business district] -- [Lancaster County showing points of interest, school districts, and historic districts] -- [Regional location map] --[Franklin & Marshall College map].
Historical Museum Commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
1 map ; 1985.
Notes
Photocopy.
"A draft: of eighty five (85) tracts of land, which when surveyed, were situate in the City of Lancaster and part of the Conestoga Manor in Lancaster County."
