The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
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"Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
x, 330 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Early American studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the challenge of radical religion -- I: Religion and gender -- Radical religion in a colonial context -- Gender and confessional order in the Protestant world -- II: The Moravian challenge -- The challenge to gender order -- The ecumenical challenge -- III: Religious violence and the defense of order -- The Orthodox response -- The confrontation in the middle colonies -- Religious violence erupts -- Conclusion: The limits of radical religion in America.
Summary
"In the middle of the Great Awakening, a group of religious radicals called Moravians came to North America from Germany to pursue ambitious missionary goals. How did the Protestant establishment react to the efforts of this group, which allowed women to preach, practiced alternative forms of marriage, sex, and family life, and believed Jesus could be female? Aaron Spencer Fogleman explains how these views, as well as the Moravians' missionary successes, provoked a vigorous response by Protestant authorities on both sides of the Atlantic." [from the publisher]
Photograph- Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Photograph- Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Description
Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Photograph- Detail of Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Photograph- Detail of Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Description
Detail of Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Photograph- Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Photograph- Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
Description
Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.
