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"Painful leisure" and "awful business": Female death workers in Pennsylvania

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Author
Weaver, Karol K.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.140
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Responsibility
by Karol K. Weaver
Author
Weaver, Karol K.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
31-55 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 140, no. 1
Summary
Abstract: In late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Pennsylvania, women were the primary caretakers of the dying and dead. Watchers tended to the physical, spiritual, and social needs of the dying. Layers out of the dead washed, groomed, fixed, and dressed dead bodies. Watchers and layers included female relatives and neighbors and women who offered their services for pay. By the second half of the nineteenth century, most Pennsylvania women did not participate in these activities; the care of the dying and dead became the responsibility of formally trained and licensed professionals. The Civil War, industrial tragedies, the rise of undertaking and embalming as professions, and the increasing dependence on medical institutions such as hospitals and homes for the incurable contributed to the changes in the care of the dying and dead.
Subjects
Death care industry - Pennsylvania
Death
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.140
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Across the river : murder at Accomac

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Author
Maloney, Michael.
Date of Publication
c2012
Call Number
813.54 M257
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Responsibility
Michael Maloney.
ISBN
9780985046606
0985046600
Author
Maloney, Michael.
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
M. Maloney,
Date of Publication
c2012
Physical Description
480 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Pulled from local news headlines, court records, trial transcripts, and land records, this story weaves together the history of the Accomac river crossing, the town of Marietta, and the untimely death of an innocent young girl. Against a rich historical backdrop, the murder and ensuing legal proceedings provide a compelling account of life Across the river."--P. [4] of cover.
2d edition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-480).
Subjects
Myers, Emily - Death.
Coyle, John - Trials, litigation, etc.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Marietta.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - York.
Marietta (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 M257
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Death Index : Sorted by last name

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22331
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
310.5 D671
Barr Barr Robert 1823 Sep 14 infant Lancaster Journal 1823 Sep 19 son of Rev. Joseph of Sondersburg Barr Simon F 1886 Apr 3 53 y New Era Barrack Ann Elizabeth 1882 Feb 15 62 y New Era 1882 Feb 15 �Last name First name Middle name Date of death Age Newspaper name Newspaper date mis info Barret Mrs. Mary
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2019.
Series
LancasterHistory Series of Transcribed Data.
Summary
This resource is a PDF copy of a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet provides a list of death notices found in Lancaster County and City newspapers, primarily from the 19th century. The data is sorted by last name.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Call Number
310.5 D671
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Civil War pension affidavits and index to ledgers of Dr. Benjamin F. Porter, 1864-1888

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Author
Porter, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
974.841 P844
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Responsibility
[transcribed by Cynthia Hartman].
Author
Porter, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
46 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication ; number 71
Notes
"July 2011."
Subjects
Porter, Benjamin Franklin, - 1827-1886.
Military pensions - United States
Military pensions - Pennsylvania - York County.
Affidavits - Pennsylvania - York County.
Account books - Pennsylvania - York County
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Hartman, Cynthia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 P844
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4088f15c-7609-4924-b191-735213387660
Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Object ID
MG0753
Date Range
1920-2010
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Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Description
This collection contains the minutes of the James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star.
Admin/Biographical History
The James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star was founded in 1920 and was dissolved in 2011.
Date Range
1920-2010
Creation Date
1920-2010
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
2010
Creator
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
Subjects
Fraternal organizations
Lancaster (Pa.)
Minutes (Records)
Order of the Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Finding aids
Fraternal organizations
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Lancaster
Extent
6 boxes, 30 volumes, 3 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0753
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-753
Other Number
MG-753
Classification
MG0753
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by RR and SM in Summer and Fall 2015; and SW in Spring 2016. Added to database 23 May 2021.
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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Earnest, Corinne P.
Date of Publication
2012.
Call Number
745 E12
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Alternate Title
Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Responsibility
Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.
ISBN
9780911122633
091112263X
Author
Earnest, Corinne P.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
Published by the Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
ix, 302 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
Contents
Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
Subjects
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Earnest, Russell D.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 E12
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Pennsylvania state history of the Daughters of the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21710
Date of Publication
2012.
Call Number
369.135 P415 2012
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Place of Publication
[Place not identified.]
Publisher
[Publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
[494] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Subjects
Daughters of the American Revolution - History.
Daughters of the American Revolution - Registers.
Registers (Lists)
Additional Author
Davis, Deborah L,
Hull, Ann Haller,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.135 P415 2012
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Les plees des coron, diuisees in plusors titles & cm̳on lieux. Per queux home pluis redement & plenairement trouera quelque chose que il quira, touchant les dits plees, composees per le tresreuerend judge monsieur Guilliaulme Staundforde chiualer, dernierment corrigee auecques vn table parfaicte des choses notables contenus en ycelle, nouelment reueu & corrigee. Anno Domini 1583

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Author
Staunford, William,
Date of Publication
[1583]
Call Number
Book 943 1583
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Author
Staunford, William,
Place of Publication
[Londini]
Publisher
in aedibus Richardi Tottellj
Date of Publication
[1583]
Physical Description
12 preliminary leaves, 196 (i.e. 198) leaves 20 cm
Notes
Colophon: [printer's mark] Imprinted at London in Fleetestrete within Temple Barre, at the sign of the Hand and starre, by Rychard Tottel. An, 1583.
Signatures: A², [printer's mark]³⁻[⁸], [two printer's marks]⁴, A-Z⁸, & ⁸, [printer's mark]⁶
Irregularities in foliation: leaves 11 and 72 omitted, leaves 12 and 71 repeated in numbering; leaves 79 and 198 incorrectly numbered 67 and 196, respectively.
Title within ornamental border.
At foot of t.p.: [paragraph mark] Cum priuilegio.
"Cest Table ne fuit collect nefait par mounsieur Stanforde, mes per vu auter [William Rastell]": verso of 12th prelim. leaf.
Pleas of the crown.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law library.
Yeates's signature under that of struck former owner.
Book number 943 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Pleas of the crown - Early works to 1800.
Criminal law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Criminal law.
Pleas of the crown.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full leather (Binging)
Stamped title on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Rastell, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 943 1583
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Celebrating our past, focused on the future : Middle Creek Church of the Brethren, 150 years, 1864-2014

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Date of Publication
©2014.
Call Number
286.5 M627
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ISBN
9781601264213
1601264216
Place of Publication
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren,
Date of Publication
©2014.
Physical Description
vi, 162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.) - History.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Middle Creek - History.
Middle Creek (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Corporate Author
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.5 M627
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Landmarks along the way : a history of the Green Hill Evangelical and United Brethren Church 1887 to 1962 and 1962 to 2012 second edition

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Author
Witmer, J. Melvin
Edition
2nd ed.
Date of Publication
2012.
Call Number
289.91 W819 2012
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Responsibility
by J. Melvin Witmer
Author
Witmer, J. Melvin
Edition
2nd ed.
Publisher
Xulon Press,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
278 p. : photos. 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliography.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 81 #10.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren (Conestoga Township, Pa.) - History
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.91 W819 2012
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