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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Object ID: HC0001

Date Range: 1905-1974

ordered from Alice P. Fordney. Letterhead of F. Schumacher & Co. 3 March 1944-15 December 1944. (24 items, 24 pages) Envelope addressed to Alice Potter Fordney, Lancaster, PA from F. Schumacher & Co., New York, NY. 15 December 1944. Invoice form for F. Schumacher & Co., $500 payment made to Alice P

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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Description: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.

Admin/Biographical History: Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.; Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.; Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.; Works Cited:; "Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.; "Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.; "Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.; "One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.

Date Range: 1905-1974

Year Range From: 1905

Year Range To: 1974

Date of Accumulation: 1905-1974

Creator: Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 28

People: Appel, Charles Rengier; Bohlen, Sidney Franklin; Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.; Boyer, R. J.; Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard; Brown, Hazel Dell; Chiarell, Fred P.; Clark, George W.; Daugherty, Harvey P.; Demuth, Charles; Dodge, Arthur B.; Embsweiler, Ruth; Erb, Edna; Fordney, Alice Potter; Fordney, William Bush Jr.; Fordney, William Jenkins; Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney; Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine; Gilbert, L. J.; Gingrich, Milton E.; Graybill, John M.; Griest, Charles J.; Higby, Everett; Hostetter, A. K.; Howe, John; Irvine, Blanche; Kent, William Winthrop; Knodle, Edward; Krone, Herbert B.; Lindenmuth, J. D.; Long, Yvonne; Maclay, Helen Hurley; Malone, Clarence; Morris, Charles R.; Morris, Grace M.; Nauman, Gertrude Colson; Orr, Barclay; Pennypacker, Charles A.; Pennypacker, James G.; Randall, Meda; Rannels, Paul; Stokes, Agnes M.; Strickler, Belle; Wolf, Emily

Other Creators: Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006

Subjects: American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women; Antique dealers; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; F. Schumacher & Co.; Farm Journal Media; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Letters; Montclair Art Museum; Patterns for crafts; Rugs; Rugs, Hooked; Student newspapers and periodicals; Woman's world magazine

Search Terms: Albert Steiger Company; Antique dealers; Antique sales; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Berlinwork patterns; Blue and Brown (Yeates School); Cheney Silks; Cheney Weaves; Christmas; Correspondence; Cricket Club; Dickinson Presbyterian Church; Estate sales; F. Schumacher and Company; Farm Journal Media; Fiber arts; Finding aids; Gilbert's store; Griest Homestead; Guernsey Sales Pavilion; Hager's Department Store; Hershey Fire Hall; Hooked rugs; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Kleinfelter's auction rooms; Letters; Manuscript groups; Montclair Art Museum; Odd Fellows Hall; Olson Rugs; Patterns for crafts; Rossmere Hotel; Rug patterns; Rugs; State Armory Hall; V-mail; Woman's World Magazine; Yeates School

Extent: 3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: HC0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.

Related Item Notes: See photograph collection.; See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.; Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.

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: G.04.23.52

Classification: HC0001

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.; Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.

Documents

Finding Aid

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History of the Moravian congregation of Lititz, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17380

Author: Huebener, Mary Augusta,

Date of Publication: 1949.

Call Number: 284.6 H874

Responsibility: by Mary Augusta Huebener.

Author: Huebener, Mary Augusta,

Place of Publication: Bethlehem, Pa

Publisher: Times Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1949.

Physical Description: p. 199-310, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: "This volume is published in connection with the celebration of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Moravian Congregation at Lititz, Pennsylvania [...] The following pages have appeared in the Transaction of the Moravian Historical Society (Volume XIV, Parts 3 and 4)". -- Foreword.; Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Bicentennial history of the Lititz Moravian congregation / by Mary Augusta Huebener -- The Beck Family School / by Herbert Huebener Beck -- Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls, 1748-1948 / by W.N. Schwarze.

Subjects: Moravian Church - Pennsylvania - History.; Beck Family School for Boys.; Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls.; Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Lititz (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Huebener, Mary Augusta,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,; Schwarze, William Nathaniel,

Additional Corporate Author: Moravian Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 284.6 H874

Yonie Wondernose

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20927

Author: De Angeli, Marguerite,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 813.52 D281

Responsibility: by Marguerite de Angeli ; for three little wondernoses, Nina, David and Kiki.

Author: De Angeli, Marguerite,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Garden City, New York

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 39 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes: Art techniques used: Full page black and white, and color illustrations. Color separations created using pen, ink, pencil and watercolor.

Summary: Caldecott Honor.

Subjects: Farm life - Juvenile fiction.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.; Mennonites--Fiction.; Picture books for children - 1944.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Picture books.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.52 D281

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-08-01-97

Date Range: April 7, 1990

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Habitat for Humanity volunteers gather outside the Wooden Nickel Tavern, 321 South Queen Street, before tearing out the interior to begin restoration.

Date Range: April 7, 1990

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Habitat for Humanity; Wooden Nickel Tavern; Bars; Taverns; South Queen Street

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-08-01-97

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: L-150

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b94d55e6-3a0c-4c2a-bc98-849584546500

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-08-01-96

Date Range: November 1990

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: The Bonilla family gathered at their renovated house at 317 South Queen Street. Jose Bonilla is in the center. Clockwise from Jose: Maria, Emiline, William, and Jose, Jr. The home was revamped by Habitat for Humanity.

Date Range: November 1990

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Bonilla, Jose; Bonilla, Maria; Bonilla, Emiline; Bonilla, William; Bonilla, Jose Jr.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Families; Habitat for Humanity

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-08-01-96

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: L-149

Images

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6ff02910-7563-4711-946e-007060315503

Collection: General Collection

Title: Gap Clock Tower 100th anniversary celebration

Object ID: 1-21-04-09

Date Range: 4 October 1992

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Gap Clock Tower 100th anniversary celebration

Description: Gap Clock Tower 100th anniversary celebration. Group of people seated at tables. Man at podium is Lancaster County Commissioner James Huber.