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Less-known biologists of Lancaster County

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Author: Rightmyer, Eugene R.

Date of Publication: 1953.

entomology, he published twenty-nine papers covering, for the most part, insects of the garden and orchard. Rathvon received his chief encouragement in entomology through associations with the elder Samuel Haldeman. In 1842, 8 S. M. Sener, "Simon S. Rathvon, Ph.D.," p. 7. 9 Ibid., p. 10. �Professor Haldeman

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Responsibility: by Eugene R. Rightmyer.

Author: Rightmyer, Eugene R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: [49]-67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 57, no. 3

Subjects: Stauffer, Jacob, - 1808-1880.; Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, - 1812-1880.; Rathvon, Simon Snyder, - 1812-1891.; Porter, Thomas C. - 1822-1901.; Biologists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 57, number 3 (1953), p. 49-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.57

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A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)

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Author: Pehrson, Immanuel C.

Date of Publication: 1950

director. Manny's diary is full of the home and its children. 1 His biography by S. S. Rathvon appears in Alexander Harris' Biograph- ical History of Lancaster County, 1872, pp. 346-56. 2 A year earlier she had lived on West Chestnut Street which accounts for Manny attending the West Ward School. �With Mrs

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Responsibility: reviewed by Elizabeth C. Kieffer.

Author: Pehrson, Immanuel C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1950

Physical Description: [17]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 2

Subjects: Pehrson, Immanuel - Diaries.; Diaries.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 2 (1950), p. 17-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54

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The House of Krupa : a history of the motion picture industry in Lancaster, Pa

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Author: Krupa, Catharine,

Date of Publication: 1965.

heights and he was eternally grateful to this country for his good fortune. Some of the notables who attended the Capitol opening were Michael Shulman, S. Wittman, William Doyle, Dave Miller and Al Fineman (all of Universal Pictures); Bill Heenan and Frank Leon- ard (First National Pictures); David

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Responsibility: by Catharine Krupa as told to her daughter, Beatrice Broden.

Author: Krupa, Catharine,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1965.

Physical Description: [187]-214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 69, no. 4

Subjects: Krupa, Elsie Johns Shaub, - 1880-1940.; Krupa, Catharine, - 1899-; Krupa, George Martin, - 1873-1961.; Motion picture theaters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Author: Broden, Beatrice.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 69, number 4 (1965), p. 187-214Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.69

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A study of two distinct periods of Ephrata Cloister history

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1951

into the wilderness. The only practical thing for Beissel to do was to continue his dual task of earning a living and studying theosophy. Since Germantown already had its share of bakers, Beissel learned to weave. It was hardly coincidence that Beissel chose to indenture himself to Peter Becker, master

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Responsibility: by Jack Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [145]-[179] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 6

Subjects: Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.; Miller, Johann Peter.; Eckerling family.; Ephrata Cloister.; Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Printing - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Mysticism - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 6 (1951), p. 145-179Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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Social statistics for Lancaster County 1860

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Date of Publication: 1965.

Call Number: Drawer 15, sec. 2

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Alternate Title: Federal nonpopulation census schedules for Pennsylvania, 1850-1880, sociasl statistics and supplemental schedules

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration,

Date of Publication: 1965.

Physical Description: 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Series: National Archives microfilm publication ; microcopy no. 597.

Notes: Each census arranged alphabetically by county.; Library owns: Reel 4 - Social Statistics 1850 Jefferson to Northumberland Counties -- Reel 7 - Social Statistics 1860 Crawford to Monroe Counties -- Reel 16 Dependent, Defective and Delinquent Classes 1880 Lakawanna to Lebanon Counties.; Record Group 29.

Contents: The LancasterHistory Research Center only holds the "Social Statistics 1860: Crawford to Monroe Counties" microfilm reel. Digital files associated with this resource provide all pages related to Dauphin, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties. The entire series of this resource include the following: Reels 1-5. Social Statistics, 1850. -- Reels 6-8. Social Statistics, 1860. -- Reel 10. Social Statistics, 1870. -- Reels 11-23. Dependent, defective, and deliquent classes, 1880.

Summary: The Social Statistics presents data for each township and borough in the county. The types of data include the following: Valuation of estate, real, and personal; Annual taxes; Seasons and crops with "usual average crop"; Schools/colleges/academies and the number of students; libraries and the number of volumes; Newspapers/periodicals and their circulation; Religious organizations/churcHes along with the number of persons they can accommodate and the valuation of church property; number of paupers; number of criminals; and average wages for six different categories of work.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Census, 1850.; Pennsylvania - Census, 1860.; Pennsylvania - Census, 1870.; Pennsylvania - Census, 1880.; United States - Census, 1850.; United States - Census, 1860.; United States - Census, 1870.; United States - Census, 1880.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service.; United States. Census Office.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, sec. 2

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Journal of Ensign Thomas Hughes

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1954.

his "Travels through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters" (London, 1789), left interesting and valuable observations on Lancaster and Lancaster County ; but Ensign Hughes lived in the town for eighteen months, during which time he noted his life and the life about him. There is no

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Responsibility: compiled and annotated by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1954.

Physical Description: [1]-25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 58, no. 1

Subjects: Hughes, Thomas, - 1759-1790.; Diaries.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 58, number 1 (1954), p. 1-25Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.58

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Diary

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F001

Date Range: 1879

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family, such as farm work (planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops); building a hog pen; helping a neighbor move a carriage house; washing the buggies; canning; preparing for market; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the processes involved in moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school; and the leisure activities of the young men. Daily Journal for 1879, published annually for the trade, from I. B. Seeley's Truss & Bandage Establishments, 1347 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia and No. 737 Broadway, New York. The volume also contains a counting-house calendar, rates of postage, and interest tables.

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: 1879

Creation Date: 1879

Creator: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: 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; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 146 pages to scan (26 pages are loose), 13.75 x 4.25 inches

Object Name: Diary

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847_F001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Transcription: MG0847_F002; Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 1

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847

Date Range: 1879, 2020

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This collection contains Frank E. Witmer's original 1879 diary, as well as a transcription and index prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace. The diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family. He primarily records the work involved in running a truck farm--planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops, and preparing for market. Other entries of interest include helping a neighbor move a carriage house; building a hog pen; canning; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the process of moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school and the leisure activities of the young men.

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: 1879, 2020

Creation Date: 1879, 2020

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

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

Other Creators: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

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

Extent: 3 items, 146 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; 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: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: PDFs of the transcription and index are attached to the correlating records.

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Less-known biologists of Lancaster County

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A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)

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The House of Krupa : a history of the motion picture industry in Lancaster, Pa

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A study of two distinct periods of Ephrata Cloister history

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Social statistics for Lancaster County 1860

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Journal of Ensign Thomas Hughes

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