Search Results - Research Collections

I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20913

Author: Singmaster, Elsie,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 813.54 S428i

Responsibility: by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.

Author: Singmaster, Elsie,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J.C. Winston Co.,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Series: Land of the free series

Summary: This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.

Subjects: Families - Fiction.; Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.; German Americans - Juvenile fiction.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.; Pennsylvania.; Juvenile works.; History.

Additional Author: Pitz, Henry C.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 S428i

Lovina, a story of the Pennsylvania country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20946

Author: Milhous, Katherine,

Date of Publication: 1940

Call Number: 813.52 M644

Responsibility: story and pictures by Katherine Milhous.

Author: Milhous, Katherine,

Place of Publication: New York; London

Publisher: Scribner

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [48] pages illustrations (some color) 23 x 25 cm

Subjects: Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.; Mennonites.; Amish in Pennsylvania; Mennonites in Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania.; Family stories - 1940.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Publishers' advertisements - 1940.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.52 M644

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/846a0c4b-c0c6-4fa8-8cd0-287456126150

Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

2 documents

Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: 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.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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).; "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.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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-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.

Documents

MG0184_Ser02.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF

Chooky

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20938

Author: Wallower, Lucille,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 813.52 W215

Responsibility: written and illustrated by Lucille Wallower.

Author: Wallower, Lucille,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: D. McKay,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: 92 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary: The story is about a young girl in a farmhouse and her baby chicken, Chooky.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.; Farm life - Juvenile fiction.; Brothers and sisters - Juvenile fiction.; Chicks - Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.52 W215

Yonie Wondernose

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20927

Author: De Angeli, Marguerite,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 813.52 D281

Responsibility: by Marguerite de Angeli ; for three little wondernoses, Nina, David and Kiki.

Author: De Angeli, Marguerite,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Garden City, New York

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 39 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes: Art techniques used: Full page black and white, and color illustrations. Color separations created using pen, ink, pencil and watercolor.

Summary: Caldecott Honor.

Subjects: Farm life - Juvenile fiction.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.; Mennonites--Fiction.; Picture books for children - 1944.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Picture books.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.52 D281

The Quakers : a brief account of their influence on Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4948

Author: Comfort, William Wistar,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.802811 C732f

Responsibility: by William Wistar Comfort.

Author: Comfort, William Wistar,

Place of Publication: Gettysburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical Assn.,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: iii, 65 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania history studies,

Notes: Cover title.; "A select bibliography": p. 64-65.

Subjects: Society of Friends - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802811 C732f

The shoo-fly pie

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16442

Author: Jordan, Mildred,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 813.52 J82

Responsibility: by Mildred Jordan, Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.

Author: Jordan, Mildred,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: A.A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 3 p. 1., 118 p. 1 l. : ill. col. plates (2 double) ; 24 cm.

Notes: "First edition."

Summary: Because she was tired of being told she was "too young", Debby tried to disprove it, and found herself in all kinds of trouble.

Subjects: Humorous stories.; Family life - Fiction.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.; Farm life - Juvenile fiction.; Family life - Juvenile fiction.

Additional Author: Pitz, Henry Clarence,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.52 J82

The roll of drums

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20972

Author: Wallower, Lucille,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 813.54 W215r

Responsibility: by Lucille Wallower, illustrated by the author.

Author: Wallower, Lucille,

Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill

Publisher: A. Whitman & Co.,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: 111 pages including color frontispiece illustrations (some color) 24 x 20 cm

Summary: "The author, in selecting the background for her story, turns to the famous Ephrata Cloister in the Pennsylvania Dutch country of southeastern Pennsylvania. This cloister contains serious-minded, religious men and women who feed the soldiers and bind their wounds. They like young Stephen so much that they are especially nice to him. In return, and at considerable risk of which he thinks nothing, he eagerly volunteers to thwart a plot against the life of General Washington who is planning to visit the wounded soldiers." [dust jacket]

Subjects: Washington, George, - 1732-1799; Ephrata Cloister - Fiction.; Ephrata Cloister.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 W215r

Revise Search

Data Source

Collection

Subject

Name

Place

Decade

Material

Archival Hierarchy

Online Media

I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20913

Lovina, a story of the Pennsylvania country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20946

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/846a0c4b-c0c6-4fa8-8cd0-287456126150

Documents

Chooky

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20938

Yonie Wondernose

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20927

The Quakers : a brief account of their influence on Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4948

The shoo-fly pie

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16442

The roll of drums

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20972

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d391e387-cf6e-4b89-a872-845439687754

Documents

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d79ad565-f113-4c97-aef7-199214451280

Documents