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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Biographical and Historical Note: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. 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-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1850 F001 B

Date Range: 1850

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1850

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1850

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Barber, Rhoda

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1850 F001 B

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1852 F001 B

Date Range: 1852

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1852

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1852

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Bethel, Elizabeth

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1852 F001 B

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1852 F002 B

Date Range: 1852

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1852

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1852

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Bethel, Mary

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1852 F002 B

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1852 F003 B

Date Range: 1852

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1852

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1852

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Bethel, Susanna

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1852 F003 B

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Appraisal

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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: Coll App 1874 F005 B

Date Range: 1874

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1874

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Year: 1874

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Boyle, Thomas

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Columbia

Place: Columbia

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1874 F005 B

Box Number: 001

Additional Notes: 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #551

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Bennet, Christian; Bennet, James; Bennet, John; Brown, John G.; Clark, Samuel; Clowse, Emaly; Clowse, George; Ebeline, George; Fisher, George; Gallager, Henry; Gallager, John; Gallager, Mary; Houck, Margaret; Lockhard, Charles; Lockhard, Samuel; Lockhard, Sophia; Owings, Benjamin; Strein, Michael; Welsh, Mary; Welsh, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Columbia; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Columbia

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #551

Box Number: 009

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1994/06/16.

Additional Notes: Poor children; Bennet, Christian; Bennet, James; Bennet, John; Brown, John G.; Clark, Samuel; Clowse, Emaly; Clowse, George; Ebeline, George; Fisher, George; Gallager, Henry; Gallager, John; Gallager, Mary; Houck, Margaret; Lockhard, Charles; Lockhard, Samuel; Lockhard, Sophia; Owings, Benjamin; Strein, Michael. Teacher.; Welsh, Mary; Welsh, William; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1829 #009

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Albright, Susanna; Clinton, Jacob; Duck, Solomon; Hughes, Harvey; Hughes, Josiah; Hutton, Lydia; Hutton, Mary; Leapheart, Elisa; Leapheart, Martha; Mellinger, Sarah; Mellinger, Susanna; Nicholson, Matilda; Poor, Mary Ann

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Columbia; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Columbia

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1829 #009

Box Number: 009

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1993/02/02.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Albright, Susanna.; Clinton, Jacob.; Duck, Solomon.; Hughes, Harvey.; Hughes, Josiah.; Hutton, Lydia. Teacher.; Hutton, Mary.; Leapheart, Elisa.; Leapheart, Martha.; Mellinger, Sarah.; Mellinger, Susanna.; Nicholson, Matilda.; Poor, Mary Ann.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #127

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0008

People: Beaver, Frederick; Beaver, George; Bennet, Christian; Bennet, James; Bennet, John; Bogle, George; Clouse, Emily; Clouse, George; Currie, Catharine; Currie, Rebecca; Deitweiter, Jacob; Findlay, Uriah; Hewes, Harvey; Hewes, Josiah; Kulp, John; Lewis, Joseph; Lloyd, Thomas; Maxton, Ann; Maxton, George; Taylor, Hannah; Trainor, Rosanna; Walsh, William; Walsh, Mary; Walsh, Henry; Walsh, Mary Ann; Watts, William

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Columbia; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Columbia

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #127

Box Number: 008

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/03/17.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Beaver, Frederick.; Beaver, George.; Bennet, Christian.; Bennet, James.; Bennet, John.; Bogle, George.; Clouse, Emily.; Clouse, George.; Currie, Catharine.; Currie, Rebecca.; Deitweiter, Jacob.; Findlay, Uriah.; Hewes, Harvey.; Hewes, Josiah.; Kulp, John.; Lewis, Joseph.; Lloyd, Thomas. Teacher.; Maxton, Ann.; Maxton, George.; Taylor, Hannah.; Trainor, Rosanna.; Walsh, William. Father of Walsh, Mary.; Walsh, Henry. Father of Walsh, Mary Ann.; Watts, William.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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