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Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6923

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication: [Reading? Pa.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Appropriate for juvenile literature.; Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.

Contents: The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Taylor, Francis Starr

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5264

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Responsibility: prepared by the Pennsylania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration .

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Board of County Commissioners,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 409 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Archives - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Berks Count (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylania Historical Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13087

Corporate Author: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 974.816 J56

Responsibility: by John L. Kistler.

Corporate Author: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 62 p. ; 26 cm.

Series: Special publications of the National Genealogical Society ;

Notes: Transcribed from the church's 1st record book, Jan. 24, 1768-Feb. 14, 1863.; "Reprinted from the National Genealogical Society quarterly."

Subjects: Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church (Kempton, Pa.); Baptismal records - Pennsylvania - Kempton.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lehigh County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Kistler, John L.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 J56

Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Responsibility: J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.

Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.; Vol. 3 consists of biographies.; LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.; Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16919

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047

Date of Publication: 1870.

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Kilburn, Francis.

Websites

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A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1136

Author: Harris, Alexander,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Call Number: 923.2 S846ha

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Responsibility: By Alexander Harris.

Author: Harris, Alexander,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: T.H. Pollock,

Date of Publication: 1876.

Physical Description: vii, [9]-517 p. 24 cm.

Notes: African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; United States - History - 1849-1877.; United States - Politics and government - 1849-1877.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.2 S846ha

Websites

https://archive.org/details/reviewofpolitica01harr/page/n3

The political class-book of the state of Pennsylvania; comprising a familiar exposition of its constitution, and of some of the more important features of the political institutions established in accordance therewith; together with copious remarks on the general principles of governmental power

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3540

Author: Fuller, Daniel,

Date of Publication: 1853.

Call Number: 375 F969

Responsibility: By Daniel Fuller.

Author: Fuller, Daniel,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: E. C. & J. Biddle,

Date of Publication: 1853.

Physical Description: 120 p. 19 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania. Constitution. 1838-1958.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 375 F969

Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4291

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11849

Corporate Author: League of Women Voters of Lancaster County, Pa.

Date of Publication: 1953-

Call Number: 362.65 L433

County are now forwarded to the State by twenty state registrars appointed by the Governor. Birth certificates are for- warded on the 10th and death certificates on the 5th of each month. REFERENCES DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, Harrisburg, Pa. Borough Code Charts-Organization of Borough Government

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Corporate Author: League of Women Voters of Lancaster County, Pa.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The League,

Date of Publication: 1953-

Physical Description: v. : ill., maps ; 23-25 cm.

Notes: Title varies.; LCHS has 1953, revised 1958, 1964,1970, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1986, 2005.

Subjects: Social service - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Social service - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 362.65 L433

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Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6923

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5264

Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church, Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13087

Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16919

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16047

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The political class-book of the state of Pennsylvania; comprising a familiar exposition of its constitution, and of some of the more important features of the political institutions established in accordance therewith; together with copious remarks on the general principles of governmental power

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3540

Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Lancaster

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