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Collection
History Collection: Events, Lancaster Bicentennial
Object ID
2008.045.2
Date Range
January 8, 2004
Collection
History Collection: Events, Lancaster Bicentennial
Description
Orange plastic reel with recording tape for reel-to-reel taperecorder in a cardboard box. Label on front reads: "Gordon Associates, Fair Acres Farm, Leola, PA 17540." Typed onto label: "Lancaster Bicentennial / 8 60-sec. radio spots / 7.5 ips 0.5 track heads out"
Date Range
January 8, 2004
Year Range From
1976
Year Range To
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 3
Storage Cabinet
Unit 14
Storage Container
Box 0378
Subcategory
Multiple Use Artifacts
Object Name
Tape, Audio Reel
Diameter (in)
5
Dimension Details
5-inch plastic reel in a 5.25 x 5.25 x .5 inch cardboard box with lid.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2018-09-17
Object ID
2008.045.2
Accession Number
2008.045
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Object ID
1942.001.1
Date Range
1756-1790
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Description
Wrought iron chain of 0.75"-long oval links. One end of chain has large iron ring attached; nothing at other end.
Metal strip (42.1.1A) is unattached with unknown purpose. Dimensions are: 0.5" W 9.375" L and 1/16" Thick. Each end is slightly widened with two holes at each end.
Note attached to chain reads, "Wrought Iron Chain Pull for Door Bolt from building erected in 1756 in Lancaster, Pa"
Date Range
1756-1790
Year Range From
1756
Year Range To
1790
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 46
Subcategory
Multiple Use Artifacts
Object Name
Chain
Material
Iron
Length (in)
37
Diameter (in)
0.5
Dimension Details
Chain dimension. End ring is 2" diameter.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-04-09
Condition Notes
Significant surface rust on all parts of chain and metal strip. Strip is also delaminating with some edge losses from rust.
Object ID
1942.001.1
Accession Number
1942.001
Images
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Cream Pitcher
Object ID
G.95.24.3
Date Range
1750
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Cream Pitcher
Description
Small redware cream pitcher of ovoid form with flared lip; pinched spout and applied strap handle; rust covered with heavy mustard colored mottling on interior of rim and lighter mottling on exterior. "MADE BY BIXLER" hand-printed on bottom in white.
Provenance
Ex-collection of Sarah Musselman.
Date Range
1750
Made By
Bixler, Absalom, attributed
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Pitcher, Cream
Material
Redware
Dimension Details
Height: ; Width: ; Length: ; Depth; Diameter:
Object ID
G.95.24.3
Place of Origin
Bowmansville, Brecknock Twp.
Credit
Gift of Warren J. Robbins, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.95.24
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Object ID
1915.003
Date Range
1755
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Description
Cast Iron Stove Plate, "Jacob Huber" 1755
Date Range
1755
Year Range From
1755
Year Range To
1755
Made By
Huber, Jacob
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Unit 54
People
Huber, Jacob
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Plate, Stove
Material
Iron
Height (in)
26
Width (in)
26.5
Object ID
1915.003
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Accession Number
1915.003
Images
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Object ID
1915.001
Date Range
1758
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals
Description
Iron Stove Plate with heart and tulip motif, "Stiegel / Elizabeth / 1758"
Elizabeth Furnace
Date Range
1758
Year Range From
1758
Year Range To
1758
Made By
Stiegel, Henry William
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 56
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
People
Stiegel, Elizabeth
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Plate, Stove
Material
Iron
Height (in)
26.25
Width (in)
28.25
Condition
Good
Object ID
1915.001
Place of Origin
Elizabeth Twp.
Accession Number
1915.001
Images
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 003
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Watt, David S.
World War II veteran
00:02:00 Introduction
00:16:03 Watt born in India
00:24:07 Parents were missionaries from Lancaster
00:31:00 Presbytarian
00:39:00 Born in northern India
01:17:00 Student at F & M.
01:33:00 Studied Business Administration at F & M.
01:43:00 Enlisted
01:47:00 Pilot experience
01:55:00 Had an aircraft
02:06:00 Learned to fly before enlistment
02:13:00 Training at Lancaster Airport
02:32:00 Interviewed Jessie and Howard Eckhart
03:20:00 Primary training in Oklahoma (Air force)
03:45:00 San Antonio (West Point of the Air)
04:07:00 Married current wife four years ago
04:18:00 Attended flight school as officer
04:23:00 flew B-24 Liberator bombers
04:36:00 Transition from small plane to large bomber
05:04:00 Ten people on B-24
05:32:00 Range of a B-24
05:46:00 Targets mostly in southern Europe
05:56:00 Targeted mostly harbors
06:23:00 Mission to hold Suez Canal against Rommel
06:54:00 B-24 against German anti-aircraft gunners
07:08:00 German fighters worst hazard
07:18:00 Watt flew twenty-seven missions
07:48:00 Memorable mission a disaster.
07:51:00 Attack on Ploesti oil refineries
08:05:00 Old organization and old planes
08:19:00 never announced that job was to eliminate air force
08:25:00 mission was low level attack
08:37:00 Not many people and planes survived
09:22:00 Attack was end of air force
09:28:00 Part of design but no one said so
09:55:00 Thirty-six planes sent out on Ploesti raid
10:17:00 No indication before hand
10:25:00 had done job assigned to unit
11:10:00 Making friends. Stationed in Palestine
11:42:00 Moved to Little Bitter Lake in Egypt
12:01:00 Relaxed between missions
12:14:00 Considered "assigned pilots"
12:43:00 Played poker for entertainment
13:21:00 Flew about every three weeks
13:47:00 Believed in performance not good luck
14:07:00 Became second in command of squadron
14:32:00 Medals brought by David Watt
16:05:00 Important document to service member
16:52:00 Medals awarded while in service
17:27:00 campaign medal
17:57:00 Bracelet he made for his first wife
18:27:00 also has frat pin from F & M
18:53:00 Silver Star
19:01:00 Silver Star, second highest medal
19:53:00 Received Silver Star in 2000
20:51:00 mission through bad fog
22:40:00 Watt was operations officer
22:44:00 Broke on top of cloud bank.
23:00:00 Attacked target with other bombers
23:02:00 Was attacked by German fighters
23:38:00 Status of war
24:30:00 Watt's Veterans Day Rememberance talk starts
31:45:00 Worked at Watt and Shand (3rd generation Watt)
32:27:00 Worked in Toy, Jewelry, Candy Departments
32:39:00 First Floor Manager
33:06:00 No problem with transition to civilian life
33:17:00 Family did not have a background in flying
34:49:00 Any thoughts to pass on to future military and current
35:09:00 Keep head up. And NOT up ….
Collection Date
2004-10-19
Collector
Newton, Beverly
People
Watt, David S.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 003
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 007
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Snyder, Charles V., Jr.
World War II Veteran
Graduated from F & M. Enlisted in the army, 1942. Military intelligence. Security for Bob Hope, Frances Langford, Al Jolson. Undercover agent/had privilieges of field grade officers. Called back in 1951. Served as first lieutenant.
00:00:22 life prior to military
00:00:29 from Lancaster,
00:00:32 Graduated from McCaskey, (first class in 1938)
00:00:38 attended F & M College (1938 to 1942)
00:00:49 drafted six months before graduation
00:00:56 obtained six month deferment
00:01:13 obtained degree in 1942 (sociology)
00:02:14 One hundred plus in graduating class
00:02:29 Lowell Thomas speaker at graduation
00:03:02 wanted military intelligence work
00:03:09 Basic at Keesler field, Mississippi
00:03:22 Went to radio school in Sioux Falls, SD
00:03:32 trouble learning morse code
00:03:48 transferred to counter-intelligence corp
00:04:12 school about three months long
00:04:28 learned lockpicking and investigative work
00:04:54 went to Miami, Florida
00:05:20 detachment with ATC
00:05:46 Snyder had experience with radio
00:06:07 others had gone to air mechanics school
00:06:28 worked undercover in radio and mechanics fields
00:07:09 trips back and forth to Africa
00:08:00 flight miles totalled 41,790
00:08:58 sent to Marikesh
00:09:27 worked undercover on base
00:09:33 tried to stop any sabatoge
00:10:07 investigations did not turn up any sabatours
00:10:36 assigned to USO tours
00:11:14 Bob Hope, Gracie Fields and others
00:11:38 "short snorter"
00:11:49 flights over the equator
00:12:53 start with a dollar bill
00:14:04 General Gerow and Secretary Stinson autograph
00:14:24 helped with billets and security for USO
00:14:57 Served in Casablanca
00:15:31 went undercover. Did not wear insignia on uniform
00:16:05 passed as civilians on government duty
00:17:03 lived in officers quarters
00:17:10 had field grade officers privilgeces
00:17:24 personnel investigations
00:17:38 made connections with other allied intelligence forces
00:18:08 Germans had been evicted from North Africa
00:19:46 agents strung across North Africa
00:20:05 Reports sent by courier
00:21:14 lived in an apartment in Casablanca
00:21:54 learned French from lady landlord
00:22:38 carried a weapon.
00:23:01 picked to go to Africa due to training
00:23:22 did not find any sabatoge
00:24:16 maintained relations with local law enforcement
00:24:45 Overseas April 1943 to December 1944
00:25:25 Went to 2nd Air Force in Colorado Springs
00:25:58 discharged at Ft Meade, Maryland
00:26:48 went to law school at Dickinson college
00:27:12 Father was a dentist
00:27:42 tried to get into Univ of Pennsylania
00:27:53 graduated from Dickinson after two years
00:28:34 received direct commission to 1st Lt
00:28:48 recalled during Korean War
00:29:14 served a year and a half
00:29:36 served in counter intelligence
00:29:54 practice handled by older attorney
00:30:13 practiced law for 52 years
00:30:20 semi-retired now
00:30:43 soliticor for RRTA and Sheriff of Lancaster county
00:31:18 used G.I. Bill for schooling
00:32:04 tuition $400 to $500 a year in the 1940s
00:32:44 main thrust, maintain security for air bases
00:33:24 C-47s and C-46s airplanes
00:34:04 had contact with local law officials
00:34:11 not a member of VFW or Legion
00:35:50 King Farouk of Egypt
00:37:08 Trip to Holy Land
00:38:10 Flying hours - 230
00:39:27 flew through some storms
00:39:37 Accident day before his arrival
00:39:55 close
Collection Date
2004-10-18
Collector
Newton, Beverly
People
Snyder, Charles V., Jr.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 007
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 012
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Fisher, Paul G.
World War II veteran
Army Air Force, 1943. 353rd Air Force Band, trumpeter. Basic at St Petersburg, FL.
Collection Date
2004-10-22
Collector
Newton, Beverly
People
Fisher, Paul G.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 012
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 023
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Snavely, James L.
World War II veteran
Drafted senior year in high school. Sent to Europe at end of war.
Collection Date
2004-10-15
Collector
Newton, Beverly
People
Snavely, James L.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 023
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 025
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Myers, Joseph
Baseball
Collection Date
2004-02-17
Collector
Rauhauser, Barry
People
Myers, Joseph
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 025
Notes
Needs Transcribed
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