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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Transcription of the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F002

Date Range: 2020/11

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Transcription of the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: Transcription of the diary of Frank E. Witmer, 1879.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 2020/11

Creation Date: 2020/11

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Brackbill, Thaddeus

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Transcriptions; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 60 pages

Object Name: Transcript

Object ID: MG0847_F002

Location of Originals: Original diary at LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, MG0847_F001

Related Item Notes: Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use the PDF.

Copyright: A PDF has been provided for research purposes only.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 2

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 2

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transcribed in November 2020.

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Index to the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F003

Date Range: 2020/11

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Index to the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: Index to the diary of Frank E. Witmer, 1879.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 2020/11

Creation Date: 2021

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Brackbill, Thaddeus

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Indexes; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 10 pages

Object Name: Index

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847_F003

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Original diary: MG0847_F001; Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: A PDF has been provided for research purposes.

Copyright: A PDF has been provided for research purposes only.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 3

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 3

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Index prepared in November 2020.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records, 1727-1929, 20th century Object ID: MG0846 5 boxes 4 cubic ft. 30 folders—35 documents and 90 pages to scan; original diaries and transcriptions

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Object ID: MG0982

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Description: Deeds, patents, letters, family papers of the Warfel, Bachman, Hess, Herr, Haverstick families of Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp., c. 1751 to 1860s:; 11 deeds, deed polls, patents, property records - ten are for property in Conestoga Twp., most at Slackwater; one is for land in Manor Twp.; Land drafts; Property records; Probate records: Estate inventory for Abraham Warfel, 1851; Administrators' account for Abraham Warfel, 1853; Personal papers of Jacob Warfel, 1833-1852; Abraham Warfel correspondence (Ohio and Iowa), 1846-1862; Martin B. Warfel correspondence (Indiana), 1856-1864; Lewis A. and Rachel Warfel Geiger correspondence (Pennsylvania and Texas), 1850s, 1862, 1869; J. Warfel correspondence (Illinois), 1860; Aaron Goode Bachman correspondence (Kansas), 1862; Benjamin R. Bachman correspondence (Tennessee), 1866; Hiram W. Bachman correspondence (Texas), 1865; John Bachman correspondence (Conestoga), 1842; David Bair correspondence (Ohio), 1840; J. C. Geiger correspondence (Texas), 1858; Samuel Hess correspondence (Salunga), 1869; John and Margaret Good, birthdates of their children, 1818-1842; Agreement for Conestoga Schoolhouse, 1828; Advertising for Thomas W. Evans & Co., Philadelphia, no date; Store account for Miss E. C. [Hess] from Fondersmith & [Son], Lancaster, 1851; Some Warfel and Haverstick genealogy, mostly copied from published sources with annotations; "Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, of the National Finance," 20 January 1863

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1751-1869

Creator: Warfel family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Bachman, Aaron Goode; Bachman, Benjamin; Bachman, Benjamin R.; Bachman, Hiram W.; Bachman, John; Bachman, Susan A. Barton; Bair, David; Breneman, Adam; Buchanan, James; Charles, Henry; Charles, Jacob; Dayton, William Lewis; Dunkle, George; Fillmore, Millard; Fremont, John Charles; Geiger, John C.; Geiger, Lewis A.; Geiger, Rachel H. Warfel; Good, Adam; Good, Catharine; Good, Christian; Good, Elizabeth; Good, Fanny; Good, Jacob B.; Good, John E.; Good, Margaret; Good, Margaret Brunner; Good, Valentine; Gramer, Peter; Harnish, Martin; Haverstick, Anna B. Miller; Haverstick, Charles Arthur; Haverstick, Clara May; Haverstick, Elvina C. Warfel; Haverstick, Florence Ray; Haverstick, Harry Hoyt; Haverstick, John M.; Haverstick, Levi H.; Hess, Christian; Hess, Elizabeth; Hess, John; Hess, Joseph; Hess, Samuel; Hess, Susan Good; House, John; Kaigey, Henry; McClelland, William Bloomfield; Mennert, Frederick; Mennert, Jacob; Morgan, John; Musser, John; Puterbaugh, Elizabeth Warfel Bachman Mennert "Lizzie"; Ross, Indiana McClelland Warfel; Schoch, Jacob; Shank, Michael; Shenk, John; Stauffer, Abraham; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stoner, Christian; Sweigart, Jacob H.; Taylor, Zachary; Warfel, Abraham; Warfel, George W.; Warfel, Jacob; Warfel, John Brenneman; Warfel, Leah Good; Warfel, Martin B.; Warfel, Mary B. Good; Wissler, Jacob; Worley, Caleb

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans--History; Deeds; Family archives; Letters; Real property; Slavery; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Accounts; Agriculture; Cedar Grove, Kaufman County, Texas; Civil War; Clermont, Marion County, Indiana; Conestoga Schoolhouse; Conestoga Twp.; Correspondence; Crops; Deeds; El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; Elections; Family archives; Finding aids; Galveston, Texas; Genealogy; Ice; Iowa; Land drafts; Letters; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Martic Twp.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; Mexico; Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad; Ohio; Persons of color; Politics; Postal service employees; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Real estate; Real property surveys; Rocky Mountains; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Tennessee; Texas; Thomas W. Evans and Company; Washington County, Iowa; Wayne County, Ohio; Wayne Twp., Marion County, Indiana; Weather; Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana

Extent: 66 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0982

Location of Originals: 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).; This collection was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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

Accession Number: 2023.053

Other Numbers: MG-982

Classification: MG0982

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection

Object ID: MG0240

Date Range: 1780-1984

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection

Description: This collection contains papers and local government records related to Black history in Lancaster County, including an index to Lancaster County's register of enslaved persons, Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, and a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington. There are official records for enslaved persons and their children in Lancaster County, as well as freemen within Lancaster City. The collection also contains a manumission paper from the state of Virginia, a certificate for free persons of color, and letters from anit-slavery societies.

System of Arrangement: Series 1 consists of the "Slave Registers," official county records registering enslaved women and their children after 1780.; Series 2 contains the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons," a manumission paper, correspondence, and other records.

Date Range: 1780-1984

Year Range From: 1780

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1780-1984

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Allen, Richard; Anderson, George L.; Anderson, James; Anderson, Mildred; Atchinson, John; Bacon, Izard; Bailey, Bessie; Bailey, Charles; Baker, John H.; Ball, James H.; Barber, Florence; Barton, William; Bayly, James; Beaubian, Beulah; Beaubian, Charles S.; Bigham, William; Black, Aaron; Blonden, Louisa; Boggs, Alexander; Book, Anna H.; Book, Simon; Boyd, William; Bradley, Daniel; Breading, David; Bridgett, Alexander; Broadnax, Joseph; Brown, E. D.; Brown, Ernest; Brown, H. H.; Brubaker, Jack; Cain, Annie; Cain, Jennie; Cain, John; Cain, Louisa; Caldwell, Andrew; Carpenter, Samuel; Carter, John C.; Carter, John W.; Carter, Laura; Carter, Nettie; Clark, Bryce; Clark, Josephine; Clark, Russia; Clark, Ruth; Clemson, James; Cohn, Jason; Conkle, William; Cook, James; Cooke, Samuel; Cooper, Bella; Craig, Mary; Craig, Samuel; Crawford, James; Cunningham, Janett; Currin, James; Davis, Edward; Davis, Emily; Davis, Robert; Dewers, Thomas; Dorsey, Steven; Edwards, Mary; Edwards, Susanna; Edwards, Thomas; Edwards, Thomas L.; Evans, James; Evans, John; Evans, Frances; Ewing, John; Fordney, William B.; Foster, Carrie; Foster, Daniel; Franklin, Benjamin; Frazier, Phebe; Galbraith, Bertram Gillespie; Gale, Anthony; Gamble, James; George, H. E., Mrs.; George, Harriet; Gibbons, Daniel; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Gibson, William; Givens, Joseph; Goins, Dora; Graves, B.; Green, Annie; Green, Charles; Green, Cora; Green, Jane; Green, Mary A.; Grubb, Peter; Hardy, Laura; Harrison, Thomas; Haydon, George; Hayes, Hannah; Hayes, O. H.; Heard, William Henry; Heaton, Jeremiah; Henderson, Archibald; Henry, Ella; Henry, Mary; Henry, William; Hill, Emily; Hill, Harriet; Hood, Solomon Porter; Hopkins, Ada; Hopkins, Sadie; Hopkins, Stanton; Hubley, John; Hudson, Edward; Hunter, Mabel; Hunter, Rosie; Hurdle, Emma; Hurdle, James; Jacks, James; Jackson, Florence; Jackson, Letitia; Jackson, Rebecca; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, John Carmichael; Johnson, Chester A.; Johnson, Estella Book; Johnson, Florence; Johnson, Henry; Johnston, John; Kelley, Calvin; Kelley, David; Keyes, Emma; King, Robert; La Barre, John; Leman, Christian; Link, John Lewis; Lockhart, Josiah; Long, Stephen; Lownes, Caleb; Lynch, Dora; MacNeal, William; Martin, James; Mason, Alice; Maxwell, Robert; McCally, James; McCamant, Isaac; McClure, William; McIntire, William; McLaughlin, George; Michener, James B.; Middleton, Anne; Middleton, John; Miller, John; Mitchell, Blanche; Moore, Martha; Moore, Zachary; Morrison, J. S.; Morrison, J. S., Mrs.; Moton, Charles; Murray, Clara P.; Neal, Thomas; Neel, Thomas; Nicholas, Michael; Nickumn, Theresa; Old, James; Oldden, John; Palmer, John M.; Patterson, James; Payne, Benedine; Peden, Hugh; Pembroke, Stephen; Pennington, James William Charles; Polite, Abraham L.; Polite, Blanche; Porter, Andrew; Porter, William; Potts, David; Price, J. C.; Ramsey, Elizabeth; Reigert, Christopher; Richardson, Ella M.; Robinson, Sara; Rosenthal, Isidore; Ross, George; Samson, George W.; Sanderson, George; Scott, Alexander; Sewell, Charles S.; Shissler, Simon; Shorter, George; Skiles, Henry; Slaymaker, Amos; Smith, Joseph; Smith, Margaret; Smith, William; Snow, Josephine; Spear, Robert; Spraggan, R. F.; Steel, William; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stewart, J. O.; Tall, Rebecca; Thomas, Mary B.; Thomas, Virginia; Thornton, Elizabeth; Toney, Joseph M.; Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"; Tryman, Mary; Turner, Ruth; Walker, Isaac; Wallace, Robert; Waters, Ruth; Watson, John; Webster, Frank T. M.; Weld, Theodore D.; Whitehill, James; William, Ella; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Albert E., Sr.; Wilson, Edith; Wilson, Helen; Wilson, Laura; Wilson, Maude; Wilson, Samuel; Winston, Charity; Winston, William; Witcher, W. E.; Wolford, Edward; Woods, Elizabeth; Work, Joseph; Yeates, James; Zantzinger, Paul

Other Creators: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Subjects: African Americans--History; Free Black people; Freedmen; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Certificates; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Finding aids; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 1 box, 33 folders, 128 items, 1,178 pages to scan, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this collection 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. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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-240

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was formerly called "The Slave Records of Lancaster County Collection." Name changed to "African American Records Collection" and arrangement changed on 13 June 2007. Name changed again in 2022 to "Black History Collection."; Added to database on 19 July 2017.

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Object ID: MG0205

Date Range: 1699-1934

. Yeates, John, Jr. Yeates, Margaret Yeates, Mary Yeates, Sarah Zantzinger, Paul Subject Headings: Business records Deeds Family records Law libraries Letters Library catalogs Wills Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Family records Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups Wills �230 North

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Description: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.

Date Range: 1699-1934

Year Range From: 1699

Year Range To: 1934

Date of Accumulation: 1699-1934

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Atkinson, Matthew; Bausman, William; Bond, Phineas; Bowman, Valentine; Bradford, W.; Brien, Edward; Burd, Edward; Carson, John; Coates, Samuel; Conyngham, David; Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates; Conyngham, Redmond; Dallas, George M.; Davis, Jonathan; Davison, Benjamin; Dickey, Robert; Duncannon, Thomas; Edward, Thomas; Erter, Henry; Ewing, John; Ferguson, John; Fohren, Michael; Gibson, John; Gillchrist, John; Godcharles, Frederic A.; Graff, Conrad; Gregg, Andrew; Grubb, Peter; Hamilton, Charles; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hand, Jasper; Hayes, A. L.; Henry, John; Hess, David; Jago, John; Javin, William; Keeportz, Daniel; Kittera, William; Kremer, Philip; Krug, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lindsay, William; Loudersmith, Wendel; Lyon, Joseph Barnet; Magaw, David; Marshall, J.; McClellan, John; McKean, Thomas; Millar, John; Miller, Michael; Minich, Henry; Muhlenberg, William Augustus; Nesbitt, John; Nissley, Martin; Ord, John; Philips, David; Postlethwaite, John; Poultney, Thomas; Price, Eli K.; Probst, John; Ramsey, Robert; Rawle, William; Riegart, Adam; Rine, Widow; Ross, George; Ross, J.; Scott, James; Sergeant, Thomas; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Evans Wallis; Shippen, Robert; Simpson, John; Smith, Charles; Smith, Mary Yeates; Stein, Charles; Steinman, Fredrick; Stevenson, Henry; Stewart, Charles; Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus; Thomas, John; Tilghman, Benjamin C.; Tilghman, E.; Tilghman, Edward; Tilghman, William; Tilghman, William B.; Towson, William; Underwood, John; Wallace, George; Wallace, William; Waln, Nicholas; Warden, J.; White, William; Wickersham, Elijah; Willson, Samuel; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, Jasper, Jr.; Yeates, John, Jr.; Yeates, John, Sr.; Yeates, Margaret; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Family records; Law libraries; Letters; Library catalogs; Wills

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Wills

Extent: 6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206); Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184); Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library; Objects in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.

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-205

Classification: MG0205

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.

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Collection: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Title: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Object ID: MG0206

Date Range: 1765-1810

Collection: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Title: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Description: The Yeates, Aungst Collection provides insight into the Yeates, Shippen, and Burd families, local social history, eighteenth century legal issues, and details of legal business from 1765-1810. The collection consists mainly of business correspondence and legal documents, and also includes receipts, an impression of the Burd family coat of arms, bail bonds, and a one shilling note.

Date Range: 1765-1810

Creation Date: 1765-1810

Year Range From: 1765

Year Range To: 1810

Creator: Yeates family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Aby, Jacob; Atlee, William Augustus; Bailey, William; Barr, John; Bickham, James; Biddle, Edward; Bradford, W.; Bright, Michael; Bryan, George; Burd, Edward; Burd, Edward S.; Clark, Brice; Coope, Caleb; Cunningham, James; Dunlop, Andrew; Edwards, Thomas; Evans, Joel; Findley, William; Galbreath, Bartram; Graydon, Andrew; Greides, Michael; Hamilton, William; Hanna, John A.; Hartley, Thomas; Hildebrand, Jacob; Hinkle, Jacob; Hollingsworth, John; Horner, Michael; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Irwin, Moses; Lowrey, Alexander; McCulloch, William; McGinnes, Hamilton; Mifflin, John; Montgomery, J.; Parke, Thomas; Peters, William; Porter, Thomas; Pusey, Joshua; Regg, Elisha; Rosenthal, L. N.; Rosenthal, Max; Ross, George; Rush, Richard; Sewright, William; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Joseph; Smith, James; Smith, Joseph; Smith, Thomas; Snyder, Charles; Strettells, Amos; Swift, Joseph; Townshend, George; Webb, James; Work, James; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Other Creators: Shippen family; Burd family

Subjects: Bail; Business records; Heraldry; Letters

Search Terms: Bail bonds; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Receipts

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0206

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205)

Notes: 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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0206

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database on 11 August 2017.

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Collection: Swisher and McElree Family Papers

Title: Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919

Object ID: MG0918

Date Range: 1788-1919

, Francinah Swisher, James Henry Swisher, John Swisher, Patrick B. Swisher, Rachel Swisher, Robert Subject Headings: Family records Search Terms: Bills of sale Family records Finding aids Manuscript groups Marriage certificates Memorial cards Probate records Related Materials: Items in Photograph Collections

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Collection: Swisher and McElree Family Papers

Title: Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919

Description: This collection contains documents and ephemera related to the Swisher and McElree families of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1788-1919

Year Range From: 1788

Year Range To: 1919

Date of Accumulation: 1788-1919

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Geyer, George S.; Groff, Frederick Fenninger; Huber, Christian S.; Huber, Hettie Ann Swisher; Kohr, John; Kohr, John Jr.; McElree, Catharine; McElree, Esther Ann; McElree, Joseph; McElree, Letitia; McElree, Martha Ann; McElree, Mary; McElree, Rachel; McElree, Rachel Rockafield; Moore, J. P.; Reese, Letitia; Strine, John Jacob; Swisher, Albert; Swisher, Catharine Jane; Swisher, Christen; Swisher, Eliza; Swisher, Elizabeth; Swisher, Elizabeth R. McElree; Swisher, Francinah; Swisher, James Henry; Swisher, John; Swisher, Patrick B.; Swisher, Rachel; Swisher, Robert

Subjects: Family records

Search Terms: Bills of sale; Family records; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Marriage certificates; Memorial cards; Probate records

Extent: 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0918

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photographs 1-05-01-39 to 1-05-01-44

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Swisher and McElree Family Papers, 1788-1919 (MG0918), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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

Accession Number: 1967.63

Other Numbers: MG-918

Classification: MG0918

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transferred from Document Collection Box 33, Folder 8, Items 1-12, 15 April 2022.

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Collection: Wheatland Diner Records

Title: Wheatland Diner Records

Object ID: MG0549

Date Range: 1955-1973

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Collection: Wheatland Diner Records

Title: Wheatland Diner Records

Description: This collection contains records of the Wheatland Diner, including correspondence, advertising, menu, recipe cards, blueprints and documents for the sale of the property. Newspaper articles report the plan for and delivery of the diner ,fires, 1956 fatal accident, problems with teenage customers and the sale of the property.

Admin/Biographical History: Wheatland Diner is now the Columbia Diner (2011).

Date Range: 1955-1973

Year Range From: 1955

Year Range To: 1973

Date of Accumulation: 1955-9173

Creator: Wheatland Diner, Inc.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Friend, Neal; Kusuplos, Spiros A.; Sanders, Ruth V.; Schaal, Dorothy C.; Snyder, Robert N.; Trott, M. William

Subjects: Advertising; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Diners (Restaurants); Menus; Recipes

Search Terms: Advertising; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Diners; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Menus; Newspaper clippings; Recipes; Wheatland Diner

Extent: 2 boxes, 10 folders, 3 sets of blueprints, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0549

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Wheatland Diner Records (M0549), Box #, Folder #, 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-549

Other Number: MG-549

Classification: MG0549

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by high school intern, JP, Summer 2010.

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Collection: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Object ID: MG0164

Date Range: 1744-1848

Reeme, Jacob Riem, Jacob Rihm, Daniel Rihm, Jacob Rihm, Samuel Sheaffer, Philip Smith, Samuel Snyder, John Stauffer, John Stump, J. Subject Headings: Deeds Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: Agreements Bonds Chambersburg, Franklin County Cocalico Twp. Deeds Donegal Twp. Finding aids Green Twp

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Collection: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Description: The Jacob Ream collection contains original documents pertaining to business conducted by Jacob Ream and his family of Donegal Township. Includes bonds, receipts, land agreement, mortgage, and fire insurance policy. The surname has various spellings, including Riem, Rihm, and Reeme.

Date Range: 1744-1848

Year Range From: 1744

Year Range To: 1848

Date of Accumulation: 1744-1848

Creator: Ream family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baller, Samuel; Balmer, Jacob; Balmer, Samuel; Barthemer, John; Beck, Conrad,; Berringer, Elizabeth; Blaser, Peter; Boll, Jacob; Brightbill, John; Carpenter, Samuel; Coble, David; Colt, James; Cunningham, James; Difenbaugh, Isaac; Eckenrode, Henry; Eckenroth, John; Elliott, Robert U.; Fletcher, John; Greene, Daniel; Hart, Barbara; Huber, Jacob; Hughes, Samuel; Jenkins, David; Lauger, Philip; Myers, Henry; Musselman, Christian; Negely, Leonard; Nicholas, Michael; Parthemer, John; Parthimer, Esther; Patimore, John; Ream, Abraham; Ream, Christina; Ream, Daniel; Ream, Elizabeth; Ream, Isaac; Ream, Jacob; Ream, Samuel; Reem, Jamy; Reeme, Jacob; Riem, Jacob; Rihm, Daniel; Rihm, Jacob; Rihm, Samuel; Sheaffer, Philip; Smith, Samuel; Snyder, John; Stauffer, John; Stump, J.

Subjects: Deeds; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Agreements; Bonds; Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Cocalico Twp.; Deeds; Donegal Twp.; Finding aids; Green Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Harford County, Maryland; Insurance policies; Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Mount Joy Twp.; Presbyterian Church; Real estate; Receipts; Releases; Taxes; West Donegal Twp.; West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0164

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Jacob Ream Collection (MG0164), Folder #, 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-164

Classification: MG0164

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. Added to database 7 September 2021.

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