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Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9502

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 016.9748 P415mrw

Responsibility: Roland M. Baumann, project director and editor, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant editor, Douglas H. West, assistant editor.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 22 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.; West, Douglas H.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415mrw

Descriptive list of the map collection in the Pennsylvania State Archives : catalogue of maps in the principal map collection (MG 11)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10318

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 016.9748 P415m

Responsibility: compiler, Martha L. Simonetti ; editors, Donald H. Kent, Harry E. Whipkey.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 178 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts.; Pennsylvania - Maps - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Simonetti, Martha L.; Kent, Donald H.; Whipkey, Harry E.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415m

Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 54 rolls : a microfilm project

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9293

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

Responsibility: sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project director, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director ; Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Physical Description: vii, 351 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Title on spine: Guide to microfilm of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.; Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.

Additional Corporate Author: National Endowment for the Humanities.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

Guide to the manuscript groups in the Pennsylvania State Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9386

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 016.9748 P415ma

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Harry E. Whipkey.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 131 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: On spine: Manuscript groups in the Pennsylvania State archives.; Includes index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.; Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415ma

Guide to the Archives of the University of Pennsylvania from 1740 to 1820

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1905

Corporate Author: University of Pennsylvania. Archives.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 370 D146

Responsibility: compiled by Francis James Dallett.

Corporate Author: University of Pennsylvania. Archives.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]

Publisher: The Archives,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 213 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: University of Pennsylvania. - Archives - Catalogs.; University of Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; University of Pennsylvania; Archives.; Records - catalogs.

Additional Author: Dallett, Francis James,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 370 D146

A guide to the manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library; accessions through the year 1965

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1

Corporate Author: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library.

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 017 E39

Responsibility: by John Beverley Riggs.

Corporate Author: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library.

Place of Publication: Greenville, Del

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: xxii, 1205 p. 26 cm.

Subjects: Eleutherian Mills Historical Library.; Manuscripts - Delaware; Middle Atlantic States - Economic conditions - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Middle Atlantic States - Economic conditions - Manuscripts - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Riggs, John Beverley,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 017 E39

Genealogical resources in Pattee Library, the Pennsylvania State University : with special reference to Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16511

Date of Publication: 1979 (1980 printing)

Call Number: 016.929 G326

Responsibility: edited by Leon J. Stout.

Place of Publication: Boalsburg, Pa. (P.O. Box 403, Boalsburg 16827)

Publisher: Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: 1979 (1980 printing)

Physical Description: 159 leaves ; 28 cm.

Series: Publication / Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2

Subjects: Pennsylvania State University. - Library - Catalogs.; Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History, Local - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Author: Stout, Leon J.

Additional Corporate Author: Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.929 G326

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

company invested in goldsmith, silversmith, and jewelry sales. The companies sold the shares for $150 per share. Signed 31 December 1958. Folder 23 Permit from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to Watt and Shand to place a historic marker, entitled “James Buchanan”, at the southeast

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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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Records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives : a microfilm project

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19209

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: Drawer 15 Section 3

Responsibility: sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project directors, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director, Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate, George R. Beyer and Gabrielle W. Smith, editorial assistants.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 54 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + 1 index (77 p. ; 23 cm.)

Notes: Library owns reels, #31, Appointments File : Military (A-R); #32 Appointments File : Military (S-Z) and Political (A-F); #33, Appointments File : Political (F-S); and #34, Appointments File : Political (S-Z).; Use with guidebook and index shelved at LCHSBK 016.9748 P415prg and index.; Low reduction.

Subjects: Political science.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources.; Pennsylvania.; Sources.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.; Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.

Additional Corporate Author: National Endowment for the Humanities.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15 Section 3

Guide to genealogical and historical research in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5547

Author: Hoenstine, Floyd G.

Date of Publication: 1978-<1995 >

Call Number: 929.1 H694

Responsibility: by Floyd G. Hoenstine.

Author: Hoenstine, Floyd G.

Place of Publication: Hollidaysburg, Pa. (P.O. Box 208, Hollidaysburg 16648)

Publisher: F.G. Hoenstine,

Date of Publication: 1978-<1995 >

Physical Description: 604 p. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Subjects: Hoenstine Rental Library - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History, Local - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 H694

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