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The English Pennsylvania Dutch dictionary : a glossary of English words and expressions with their Pennsylvania Dutch equivalents : together with an illustrated compilation of many unique and fascinating facets of the wonderful Pennsylvania Dutch people and their historical background, including their culture and customs, arts and crafts, folklore and folkways

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Author
Snader, Howard,
Date of Publication
c1965.
Call Number
437 S669
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Responsibility
by Howard Snader [and Ann Hark].
Author
Snader, Howard,
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Culinary Arts Press,
Date of Publication
c1965.
Physical Description
96, [4] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Parts of this book were originally published as a Glossary of Pennsylvania Dutch words, c1949, and by House & garden magazine, June 1941"--P. [4].
Subjects
English language - Dictionaries
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Additional Author
Hark, Ann.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437 S669
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Archive

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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Object ID
MG0237
Date Range
1880-2003
company invested in goldsmith, silversmith, and jewelry sales. The companies sold the shares for $150 per share. Signed 31 December 1958. Folder 23 Permit from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to Watt and Shand to place a historic marker, entitled “James Buchanan”, at the southeast
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Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Description
The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.
Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.
Admin/Biographical History
On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged by series.
Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory
Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners
Date Range
1880-2003
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1880-2003
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Ammon, Cora Mae Fox
Ammon, John M.
Appel, Eva Rengier
Appel, Percy L.
Baker, Miriam Rengier
Bell, Louise Price
Berger, R. R.
Blatchley, Charles A.
Breyers, C. J.
Buchanan, James
Drukenbrod, Lee Roy
Fehl, J. Herbert
Frantz, I. E.
Fritz, C. C.
Goodhart, E. C.
Groff, Alpheaus S.
Groff, Ella L.
Hermansader, T. F.
Hirsh, Bertha
Hirsh, Gabriel
Hostetter, D. B.
Lively, Henry
Long, Jacob M.
Loss, Natalie M.
Loss, Nathan
Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.
Marshall, Elizabeth Weber
Marshall, George A.
Marshall, George W.
Marshall, Maria L. Good
May, Jennie H.
Miller, E. N.
Myers, Harry
Myers, Maria
Myers, Patricia Marshall
Myrtetus, George B.
Noonan, Ella O.
Noonan, Raymond Smith
Prangley, James
Reed, George R.
Reichley, Jacob Christian
Reifsnyder, Arden P.
Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman
Rengier, Charles F.
Rengier, John S.
Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen
Rohrer, George Redsecker
Rohrer, Jeremiah
Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker
Roth, George R.
Rupert, L. H.
Schaller, Kimberly
Shand, James
Shand, Thomas Marshall
Sherrill, Anita B.
Sherrill, S. Edward
Short, Edwin P.
Skyllas, Drossos A.
Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert
Stiles, H. A.
Stirk, Isaac
Stirk, Sarah C.
Swarr, Donald
Urban, Cassius Emlen
Watt, Laura Louise Geiger
Watt, Peter T.
Weber, May H.
Wisegarver, Harry P.
Witmer, Albert F.
Other Creators
Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)
Subjects
Advertising
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Building leases
Calendars
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Letters
Menus
Newsletters
Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.)
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
A and S Realty and Investment Corporation
A. B. Rote & Co.
Advertising
Agreements
Air conditioning
American Blower Corporation
Appel & Weber
Architectural plans
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America
Awards
Blueprints
Bon-Ton
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
Booklets
C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.
Calendars
Catalogs
Central Automatic Sprinkler Company
Certificates
Columbia
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia
Correspondence
Deeds
Department stores
DUSCO Property Management, Inc.
East Hempfield Twp.
Employee handbooks
Employees
Ephemera
Escalators
Finding aids
Fire sprinklers
Floorplans
Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers
Gift certificates
Ground-rent
Hager and Bro., Inc.
Hager Realty Corporation
Heating and ventilation systems
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Job descriptions
Kroll Electric Company, Inc.
Lancaster
Lancaster Parking Authority
Lancaster Trust Company
Leases
Letters
Manuscript groups
Menus
Mortgages
Newsletters
Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.
Park City Mall
Penn Square
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Permits
Poetry
PPL
Price lists
Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
Reynolds and Reynolds Company
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Total Energy Leasing Corporation
Trion, Inc.
Watt and Shand
Workers' Compensation Act
York Corporation
Extent
4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0237
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-237
Classification
MG0237
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.
The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.
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What to see in Pennsylvania; a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for tourist, describing more than 500 places and things to see in Pennsylvania, completely indexed by cities as well as by the name of attractions with maps, 32 pages in full color and history of Pennsylvania

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Author
Carstens, A. H.,
Date of Publication
1965]
Call Number
974.80091 C321
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Responsibility
compiled by A. H. Carstens.
Author
Carstens, A. H.,
Place of Publication
[Cresco Pa
Date of Publication
1965]
Physical Description
128 p. col. illus., maps. 22 cm.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Guidebooks.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 C321
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Pennsylvania German Fraktur and color drawings, exhibited at Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, May 19-June 30, 1969

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley.
Date of Publication
1969]
Call Number
740 P415
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1969]
Physical Description
[72] p. illus., facsims. (both part col.) 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction, by D. Yoder.--Fraktur types; an interpretation, by V. S. Gunnion and C. J. Hopf.
Subjects
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 P415
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Economy : a report on the historical development, present characteristics, and future projections for the economy of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
352.94 L245e
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Corporate Author
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
152 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
"This is the fourth in a series of basic planning studies to be prepared by the Lancaster County Planning Commission."
Subjects
Economic conditions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.94 L245e
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The role played by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the "Main Line" area of Philadelphia : History of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad

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Author
Tripicion, Joseph F.
Date of Publication
1960.
Call Number
385 T835
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Responsibility
by Joseph F. Tripicion.
Author
Tripicion, Joseph F.
Date of Publication
1960.
Physical Description
21l [15]p.: ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Typescipt and photocopy.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad.
Pennsylvania Railroad - History.
Railroads - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 T835
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Transparency, Slide

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
5-04-02-02
Date Range
1960
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
General Collection
Description
Unveiling of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker for the Isaac Long Barn
Date Range
1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Isaac Long Barn
Markers
Signs
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
5-04-02-02
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Archive

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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 1988. The Ephrata Martyrs’ Mirror: Past and Present, by Daniel R. Heatwole. Mennonite Publishing House. No date. Insert 1 A German narrative written by S. M. in 1788 describing the visions of “the Other World” which one of the sisters had while she lay in a trance
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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A history of the Lancaster Law and Order Society

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Author
Betts, Peter J.,
Date of Publication
1965
the immorality as well as the nobler aspects of its community life. The historian shares with the sociologist a concern for the causes and effects of immorality, the former to understand what has occurred and why in the context of history, the latter to examine social change and socio-pathological
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Responsibility
by Peter J. Betts.
Author
Betts, Peter J.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1965
Physical Description
[216]-239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 69, no. 4
Subjects
Twombley, Clifford J.
Spotts, Charles Dewey, - 1899-1974.
Law and Order Society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sin - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gambling - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Prostitution - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 69, number 4 (1965), p. 216-239Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.69
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The triumph of militant Republicanism; a study of Pennsylvania and presidential politics, 1860-1872

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Author
Bradley, Erwin Stanley,
Date of Publication
1964
Call Number
974.804 B811
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Author
Bradley, Erwin Stanley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication
1964
Physical Description
467 p. ports. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 435-450.
Contents
Chapters: The Political Antecedents - The Republican Triumph of 1860 - The Crisis - Curtin Rides the Tide - Triumph of the Cameron Machine - The First Fruits of Victory - The Emergence of John White Geary - The Cameronian Path of Empire - The Witches' Brew of the Geary Regime - Voices of Protest - The Triumph of Reaction.
Summary
Scholarly account of how the Democrats lost Pennsylvania because of their stance in the Civil War, and how the corrupt Simon Cameron, rather than reformers like Andrew Curtin and Thaddeus Stevens, took their place.
Subjects
Republican Party. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1950.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.804 B811
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