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Recording, Video

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with Arlene Huss

Object ID: OH0168

Date Range: 2009/03/11

Lancaster County Historical Society Veterans History Project Interviewer: Miles Shugar Interviewee: Arlene Huss Location: Lancaster County Historical Society Subject: World War II Experiences Date of Interview: March 11, 2009 Transcription Date: March 16, 2009 Transcriber: Miles Shugar [] indicates

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with Arlene Huss

Description: Lancaster County Historical Society Veterans History Project World War II Experiences

Date Range: 2009/03/11

Creation Date: 11 March 2009

Date of Interview: 2009-03-11

Creator: Huss, Arlene Rider, 1922-2020

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Huss, Arlene Rider; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: Shugar, Miles

Narrator: Huss, Arlene

Subjects: Oral history; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Oral histories; World War II; WWII

Place of Interview: LancasterHistory

Object Name: Recording, Video

Language: English

Object ID: OH0168

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Archive

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Object ID: MG0078

Date Range: 1764-present

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Description: This collection contains documents beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. There are account books, notes and written letters, vouchers, inspections of camps, receipts of payments, honorable discharge certificates, lists of absentees, envelopes used during the Civil War, and lists of unpaid fines during the service of the Pennsylvania Militia soldiers. There are also newsletters and articles relating to World Wars I and II and the Korean War for advertisement and description of items including the history of the Philadelphia Naval Base.

Date Range: 1764-present

Date of Accumulation: 1764-present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Alexander, Peter; Andre, John; Andrews, George; Auxer, Jacob; Barton, David R.; Baughman, George; Bausman, Frederick; Bethel, Samuel; Bevins, George; Biddle, George; Bietz, George; Billman, William L.; Bitner, Abraham; Bowers, George; Bowers, Lerina; Bowers, M. F.; Bradd, John; Brant, John; Brenner, Henry; Brush, George; Buchanan, James; Calwell, James; Cassidy, John; Cockley, David; Coleman, Robert; Comstock, Elmo; Comstock, Willard; Conyngham, G.; Cooke, Jacob; Crider, David; Dallas, A. L.; Demuth, William D.; Diffenderfer, Jacob; Diller, Adam; Duchman, John H.; Eshleman, John; Eugstler, Philip; Ewing, William; Fulton, Eleanore J.; Gardner, Daniel; Garrison, Lindley M.; Gidy, Peter; Graeff, Matthias; Haerrs, Dane; Hamilton, William; Hamilton, Robert; Hand, Edward; Haughman, George; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard; Heitler, Richard R.; Hiester, Gabriel; Hubley, Adam; Irvine, William; Jackson, Cyrus E.; Jacobs, Barnet; Jameson, Samuel; Johnson, Edward; Johnson, Relief; Johnson, Thomas; Kearns, Christian; Keller, Adam; Kendig, Adam; Kendig, Benjamin F.; King, Alexander; King, Robert, Jr.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kissel, Frederick; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, Charles; Light, John; Lloyd, Thomas; Longenecker, John; Lutz, John; McCarty, Isaiah; McConnel, Abraham; McElhattan, Alexander; McKean, Thomas; McSherry, J. L., III; Megrady, Patrick; Mifflin, Thomas; Morgan, Thomas; Morrison, A. K.; Morrison, Alexander W.; Morrison, Samuel W.; Neal, Thomas; Nicholson, John; Ohlen, John; Paster, Peter; Patterson, James; Price, Rebecca L.; Price, Robert C.; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Christopher; Reinoehl, Adolphus; Roath, E. D.; Ross, James; Russell, A. L.; Sample, Nathaniel W.; Scarritt, Jeremiah M.; Scott, Hugh; Shippen, Joseph; Skiles, William; Skillings, Charles W.; Smith, John M.; Smith, Richard; Snyder, Eberhart Michael; Snyder, Eugene; Speel, Alexander R.; Strickler, M. M.; Sutherland, Thomas Jefferson; Thompson, R. W.; Wager, Philip; Weller, John; White, John; Witmer, David M.; Witmer, Sarah; Wolf, Joseph; Work, Joseph; Wright, Horatio G.; Zahm, Mary; Zeilin, William F.; Buchen, Martin L.; Hildebran, James; Pratt, J. E.; Elias, C. Harry; Martin, E. K.; McClain, Frank B.; Hewitt, A. G.; Negley, J. S.; Ritner, Joseph; Burrowes, Thomas; Eckman, Joseph

Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--War of 1812; Mexican War, 1846-1848; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Letters; Business records; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Business records; Civil War; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Discharge certificates; Envelopes; Finding aids; Jackson Riflemen; Korean War; Lancaster Militia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mexican War; Military history; Military records; Monuments; Newsletters; Pennsylvania Militia; Programs; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers and Sailors Monument; War of 1812; World War I; World War II; Reunions

Extent: 2 boxes, 36 folders, 1 oversized item 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0078

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Curatorial Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-78

Classification: MG0078

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by DD, Summer 2000. Updated by HST, 2010, 2011.

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0025

Date Range: 2006/03/17

Lancaster County? Joe: Yes. I: And about when? J: 1921 I: 1921? Yeah. And lived in Lancaster County your entire life? J: All, except the service. I: Were you in the army? J: Airforce. I: Airforce? Yeah, during the war? J: Oh yeah. I: During WWII? J: Between August ‘42 to December ‘45. I: And where were you

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Oral history interview with World War II veteran and Baseball enthusiast, Joe Myers

Date Range: 2006/03/17

Date of Interview: 2006-03-17

Creator: Myers, Joe, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Eckhart, Howard; Myers, Joe

Interviewer: Rauhauser, Barry

Narrator: Myers, Joe

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Oral histories

Place of Interview: LCHS

Quantity: 1

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:50:02

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0025

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0031

Date Range: 2004/07/30

ahead of us was sunk by an Air Force B-25, so we went down the east coast of the United States, the same as we operated off the coast of Japan. On the surface, only at night and so on, and we went through the Panama Canal and out to Honolulu and from there on we went on out and onto the northern side of

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: World War II veteran and F&M College alumni, Dr. Howard Eckhart

Date Range: 2004/07/30

Date of Interview: 2004-07-12

Creator: Eckhart, Howard, 1925-2014, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Eckhart, Howard

Interviewer: Newton, Beverly

Narrator: Eckhart, Howard, 1925-2014

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Oral histories

Place of Interview: LCHS

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Videotape

Length of Interview: 00:31:24

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0031

Notes: Contact ID Mark Subject; 31 00:00:11 Intro of Jesse and Howard Eckhart; 31 00:00:22 Jesse was civilian flight instructor (WW II); 31 00:00:33 Jesse's father started first airport in Lancaster; 31 00:00:54 First airports were grass fields; 31 00:01:07 Jesse's father taught her to fly.; 31 00:01:13 Jesse soloed on 16th birthday in 1940; 31 00:01:25 She soloed and instructed in single engine aircraft; 31 00:01:36 Older sister Helen invited to join WAFS; 31 00:01:50 Helen was not interested; 31 00:01:51 Jesse invited to be flight instructor at WAF school; 31 00:02:09 Jesse stayed home and became a flight instructor; 31 00:02:18 Jesse quit college (Penn State) after war started; 31 00:02:35 Jesse worked for father in Navy instruction program; 31 00:03:02 Training for pilots not unique to Lancaster.; 31 00:03:12 Aircraft used: examples N3N, Stearman; 31 00:03:23 Training equivalent to private pilots license; 31 00:03:34 Restriction on travel. Trainees could not do cross country flights; 31 00:03:58 Navy training had five students in a class (all male).; 31 00:04:15 Each class lasted five months.; 31 00:04:39 Howard joined navy at age 17; 31 00:04:46 Had been at F & M the year before.; 31 00:04:53 Volunteered for the draft board. Enlistments closed.; 31 00:05:06 Went to boot camp in New York state.; 31 00:05:24 Went to Treasure Island California; 31 00:05:39 Volunteered for submarine duty; 31 00:05:43 Went to New London, Connecticut for submarine school.; 31 00:06:00 Captain Bill Hazard and Howard were first two people assigned to SS324; 31 00:06:06 Went to sea for two week shakedown cruise.; 31 00:06:11 Went along eastern coast of U.S. Sub ahead of them was sunk by by Air Force B-25.; 31 00:06:22 Proceeded then at night on the surface.; 31 00:06:30 Went through Panama Canal to Hawaii then to Subic Bay Phillipines; 31 00:06:49 Christmas Day 1944 sub sank first Japanese ship; 31 00:06:55 Navy had broken Japanese radio code; 31 00:08:40 Had rooms in town. All expenses paid for three weeks.; 31 00:08:52 Has pictures of his navy days.; 31 00:09:22 Sank ships in bay at capital of Java.; 31 00:07:01 Intercepted and sank Japanese troop transport; 31 00:07:27 Destroyers depth charged Howard's sub for ten hours.; 31 00:07:38 Captain Hazard put a CO2 bottle in a torpedo tube and launched it.; 31 00:07:46 Japs followed trail of CO2 bottle and Hazard backed away losing Jap ships; 31 00:07:54 Lombk Straits.; 31 00:08:27 Had liberty in Australia; 31 00:08:34 Received their back pay, and had food not available on sub; 31 00:09:37 Smokey Roberts (from Lancaster) took Howard to sinking of SS324 in the 1980s.; 31 00:10:07 Howard went to Baltimore. Had to show demolition crew where to place charges.; 31 00:10:22 Maryland Department of Fish and Game wanted sub to create reef.; 31 00:10:50 Twenty six former crew went on party boat to watch sinking nine miles off coast of Maryland (Ocean City).; 31 00:10:58 Howard has a tape of sinking.; 31 00:11:12 Crew of sub cried when it sank; 31 00:11:27 Howard was a oral surgeon for 38 years; 31 00:11:39 Howard and Jesse's son has his practice now.; 31 00:11:56 Jesse's father supported her in her flying; 31 00:12:12 Jesse and her sisters all had to learn to fly before learning to drive a car.; 31 00:12:29 Jesse's dad taught her how to hunt and do other things.; 31 00:12:55 Jesse went hunting for deer and small game.; 31 00:13:08 Howard and Jesse have three sons.; 31 00:13:29 Jesse did fly cross country (ferrying airplanes).; 31 00:14:17 Jesse flew whenever there was a free plane at the airport.; 31 00:14:32 Flew out to Kansas by herself.; 31 00:14:40 Had to come back on train.; 31 00:15:00 Sister Helen was also a flight instructor.; 31 00:15:25 Youngest sister Carolyn did learn to fly.; 31 00:15:50 Stayed in contact. Got mail and pay when sub was in port.; 31 00:16:04 Home port was Perth, Australia.; 31 00:16:26 Sea captain had brought rabbits to Australia years before.; 31 00:16:29 Rabbits had no natural enemies in Australia.; 31 00:16:39 Rabbit population so bad that farmers had to bury fences in ground to keep them from crops.; 31 00:16:46 Farmers asked sailors to come and shoot rabbits to cut population; 31 00:16:50 Sailors used .30 caliber semi-automatic rifle; 31 00:16:56 Howard shot sixty rabbits in one day.; 31 00:17:00 Did not eat rabbits. Just left them lay.; 31 00:17:34 Left service and came back to F & M. Had G.I. Bill; 31 00:18:13 Howard was in the reserves.; 31 00:18:24 Howard would go to Philadephia Navy Yard once a month.; 31 00:18:45 Received orders to go to New London, CT - active duty.; 31 00:18:52 Howard applied for a commission. He had been a Chief Petty Officer.; 31 00:18:58 Commission approved.; 31 00:19:16 Went into Dental Corp; 31 00:19:33 Belong to the VFW in Millersville.; 31 00:19:41 Did belong to Ephrata American Legion.; 31 00:19:48 Has contact with Submarine Veterans of WWII; 31 00:20:15 Howard has tapes of days in navy; 31 00:20:26 Photographs available to make copies.; 31 00:20:41 Jesse also has photos of airport, planes, people.; 31 00:20:51 Jesse talks about their sons.; 31 00:20:59 Her sons can fly. Taught by Jesse's dad.; 31 00:21:06 Michael, oral surgeon in Lancaster, Howie is in insurance, David is in investments around Pottstown.; 31 00:21:23 All her sons have their private pilots license. Howard also has a ATP (air transport pilot) license.; 31 00:21:38 Howard had flown for Eastern until they went broke.; 31 00:21:46 Howard and Jesse have three main ratings.; 31 00:21:59 They have had a progression of planes.; 31 00:22:19 Did not have a plane for some time. Could not afford $15 hangar fee.; 31 00:22:24 Flew brother in laws Tri-Pacer.; 31 00:22:38 Had a four seat Comanche.; 31 00:23:04 Got a six seat Aztec.; 31 00:23:13 Aztec is fully instrumented, with GPS.; 31 00:23:34 "Jesse flew with her father in ""tail-draggers""."; 31 00:24:16 Jesse reluctantly got rid of Luscombe.; 31 00:24:24 Luscombe only had room for a couple of hankerchiefs in baggage compartment.; 31 00:24:33 Observation towers during WWII; 31 00:25:31 "Closed area of east coast ""Violet Defense area""."; 31 00:26:17 Closed area came in about 100 miles from coast.; 31 00:26:32 Towers were manned by trained observers. Observers attended a class in aircraft identification.; 31 00:26:59 Jesse did see these observers at the airport. They had their own uniforms; 31 00:27:24 Jesse's english teacher was one of the observers.; 31 00:27:31 He was later principal of McCaskey High School.; 31 00:28:04 About ten to twelve instructors at airport.; 31 00:28:14 About 25 at Carlisle.; 31 00:28:24 Training program ended about three months before end of war.; 31 00:28:53 Instructor input into trainees log book affected where they were assigned.; 31 00:29:19 What is NMI? No Middle Initial; 31 00:29:49 Howard was fortunate to get into subs. Only a few taken. Paid well. Close knit group.; 31 00:30:16 Four cooks on sub. Howard got shift that coinsided with baker finishing.; 31 00:30:56 Modern subs like plush Pullman car; 31 00:31:09 closing.

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0058

Date Range: 2005/09/28

Lancaster County Historical Society Oral History Project Interviewee: Mrs. Wagner Interviewer: Unknown Place of Interview: Date of Interview: Transcriber: Katie Fichtner Date of Transcription: 09/28/2005 Edited by: Narrator: Mrs. Wagner, first of all, I’d like to ask you have you always lived in

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Last Time the Liberty Bell was in Lancaster; Operation Remember

Date Range: 2005/09/28

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Wagner, Edna

Narrator: Wagner, Edna

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Oral histories; Liberty Bell

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:07:21

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0058

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #1A

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0059

Date Range: 2006/03/24

Lancaster County Historical Society Oral History Project Interviewee: Harris C. Arnold Interviewer: Tom Roy Date Recorded: Transcriber: Philip L. Moyer Date Transcribed: March 24, 2006 I: My name is Tom Roy and we’re doing a Lancaster County oral history interview and talking to Harris C. Arnold

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Oral history interview former attornery Harris Arnold

Date Range: 2006/03/24

Date of Interview: 2006-03-24

Creator: Arnold, Harris, 1933-2014, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Arnold, Harris C.

Interviewer: Roy, Tom

Narrator: Arnold, Harris C.

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Oral histories

Place of Interview: LancasterHistory

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:19:18

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0059

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #1B

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0060

Date Range: 2006/03/23

Lancaster County Historical Society Oral History Project Interviewee: Lester Herr Interviewer: Tom Roy Date Recorded: Transcriber: Philip Moyer Date Transcribed: March 23, 2006 I: My name is Tom Roy, and I’m talking again this time to another person about April firsts in Lancaster County. This is a

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Oral interview with Lester Herr

Date Range: 2006/03/23

Date of Interview: 2006-03-23

Creator: Herr, Lester, 1921-2005, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Herr, Lester

Interviewer: Roy, Tom

Narrator: Herr, Lester

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Oral histories

Place of Interview: LancasterHistory

Quantity: 1

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:10:31

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0060

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #2A

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0061

Date Range: 2006/05/27

Lancaster County Historical Society Oral History Project Interviewee: Wilmer Eshelman Interviewer: Mike Frey Place: Date: Transcriber: Warren Metzger Date of Transcription: 05/27/2006 Edited by: N: Wilmer Eshelman on farming. Interviewer, Mike Frey. Ok, Mr. Eshelman, would you like to start by

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Oral history interview about grain operations and farming with Wilmer Eshelman

Date Range: 2006/05/27

Date of Interview: 2006-05-27

Creator: Eshelman, Wilmer, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Eshleman, Wilmer J.

Interviewer: Frey, Mike

Narrator: Eshleman, Wilmer J.

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Farming; Oral histories

Place of Interview: LancasterHistory

Quantity: 1

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:30:26

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0061

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #2B

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Charles Kessler Papers

Title: Charles Kessler Papers

Object ID: MG0432

Date Range: 1939-2004

H. Buchanan, James Johnston, Harriet Lane Subject Headings: Authors Family records Jewish veterans Letters World War, 1939-1945 Search Terms: Authors Correspondence Family records Finding aids Jewish veterans Letters Manuscript groups World War II World War, 1939-1945 Processing History: The

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Collection: Charles Kessler Papers

Title: Charles Kessler Papers

Description: The Charles Kessler Papers contain some personal and professional correspondence, research for articles and books, and manuscripts for published and unpublished works. Kessler authored several pamphlets and books on local history including Lancaster in the Revolution in 1975 and President Buchanan: Trapped in a Whirlwind in 2003.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles H. Kessler, a World War II veteran, began his career as a reporter for the Reading Eagle Times, and later worked for the Lancaster New Era until his retirement in 1984.

Date Range: 1939-2004

Year Range From: 1939

Year Range To: 2004

Date of Accumulation: 1939-2004

Creator: Kessler, Charles H., 1921-2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Kessler, Charles H.; Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subjects: Authors; Family records; Jewish veterans; Letters; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Authors; Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Jewish veterans; Letters; Manuscript groups; World War II; WWII

Extent: 13 boxes, 127 folders, 6.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0432

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Charles Kessler Papers (MG0432), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the folder or item level.

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. 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-432

Classification: MG0432

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection has not been fully cataloged. Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Howard C. Bare Papers

Title: Howard C. Bare Papers

Object ID: MG0430

Date Range: 1911-2002

Poetry World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons Search Terms: Autobiographies Finding aids Genealogy Letters Manuscript groups Memoirs Poetry World War II World War, 1939-1945 Related Materials at LancasterHistory: See also the Curatorial Collection and Photograph Collection

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Collection: Howard C. Bare Papers

Title: Howard C. Bare Papers

Description: The Howard C. Bare Papers contain documents created and collected by Mr. Bare. His baby book, college degrees, certificate to practice as an attorney, original writings and correspondence are among the personal papers. His memories of being a prisoner of war and discharge papers provide information about his service during World War II. There is also considerable genealogy and related correspondence for the Bare family.

Admin/Biographical History: Howard C. Bare was an attorney in Lancaster, PA. He served during World War II and was taken Prisoner of War. He took the place of his brother, Kendig C. Bare, as Mayor of Lancaster from 1950-1951, when Kendig was called to service during the Korean Conflict. Please see Folder 1 for more information.

Date Range: 1911-2002

Year Range From: 1911

Year Range To: 2002

Date of Accumulation: 1911-2002

Creator: Bare, Howard C., 1911-2002

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Baer, Friederick; Bare, Edith C.; Bare, Howard C.; Bare, Kendig Charles "Casey"; Bare, Kendig Herr; Bare, Robert C.; Barr, Christian; Barr, Elias J.

Subjects: Autobiographies; Genealogy; Letters; Poetry; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons

Search Terms: Autobiographies; Finding aids; Genealogy; Letters; Manuscript groups; Memoirs; Poetry; World War II; WWII

Extent: 5 boxes, 69 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0430

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Curatorial Collection and Photograph Collection.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Howard C. Bare Papers (MG0430), 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.

Accession Number: 2002.MG0430

Other Numbers: MG-430

Classification: MG0430

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The items in this collection were selected from Mr. Bare's estate by the staff of LancasterHistory.; Processed and box list prepared by TH, Spring 2015. Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0165

Date Range: 2006/10/17

C. Bridgett of the Three Fifty—Thirty Five Twenty First Quartermaster Trucking Company who was the first negro veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to be killed in action in World War II. The elder of two sons of Alexander and Louisa Bridgett, he was born December 21st 1917 at 410 Locust Street and

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Description: African American Veterans Oral History interview with Sydney Bridgett Sr. Bridgett discusses how the African American-American Legion Post 780 was established in Lancaster County.

Date Range: 2006/10/17

Date of Interview: 2006-10-17

Creator: Bridgett, Sydney Sr., 1925-2016, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Bridgett, Sydney, Sr.; LeFever Carole; Shugar Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carol

Narrator: Bridgett, Sidney

Subjects: African American veterans; African Americans; Oral history; Veterans

Search Terms: African American American Legion Post 780; African American Veterans; African American Veterans Oral History; Oral histories; Persons of color; Veterans

Place of Interview: Home of Sidney Bridgett

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 1:00:36

Object ID: OH0165

Notes: Mark Subject; 0:05:08 First annual military ball held at Crispus Attucks Comunity Center; 0:05:38 Orginal program from where the charter was presented; 0:07:31 Contains three chapter verses of the Negro Naitonal Anthem and call to order

Classification: OH0165

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0166

Date Range: 2006/02/13

Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Wilkerson, Ruby and Spencer Location: Home of the Wilkersons Subject: Military experiences Date of Interview: February 13, 2006 Transcription Date: February 23, 2009

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Description: African American Veterans Oral History interview with Ruby Wilkerson.

Date Range: 2006/02/13

Date of Interview: 2006-02-13

Creator: Wilkerson, Ruby, 1925-2007, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Wilkerson, Ruby; LeFever, Carole; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carole

Narrator: Wilkerson, Ruby

Subjects: African American veterans; African American women; African Americans; Oral history; Veterans

Search Terms: African American American Legion Post 780; African American Veterans; African American Women; Oral histories; Persons of color; Veterans; Women

Place of Interview: Home of Ruby Wilkerson

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 1:00:36

Object ID: OH0166

Notes: Mark Subject

Classification: OH0166

Description Level: Item

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Recording, Video

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b4d5126e-6e98-48cf-84e8-943766199193

Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson

Object ID: OH0163

Date Range: 2007/03/15

Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Hazel Jackson Location: home of Hazel Jackson Subject: Date of Interview: March 15, 2007 Transcription Date: January 16, 2009 Transcriber: Miles Shugar [] indicates

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson

Description: Oral history interview with Hazel Jackson, the first African American teacher in the School District of Lancaster.

Date Range: 2007/03/15

Date of Interview: 2007-03-15

Creator: Jackson, Hazel, 1926-2014, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Jackson, Hazel; LeFever, Carol; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carol

Narrator: Jackson, Hazel

Other Creators: Shugar, Miles, collector

Subjects: African Americans; African American women; African American teachers; African American Veterans; Oral history

Search Terms: African American teachers; African American Veterans; African American women; Local figures; Oral histories; Persons of color; Teachers; Veterans; Women

Area / Region: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Place of Interview: Home of Hazel Jackson

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 1:31:50

Object ID: OH0163

Description Level: Item

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4d1ca7b2-72f7-4ceb-bbca-575715192816

Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0164

Date Range: 2006/10/19

Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Nelson Polite Location: Home of Nelson Polite Subject: American Legion Post 780 Date of Interview: October 19, 2006 Transcription Date: January 23, 2009 Transcriber: Miles

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: African American Veteran oral history interview with Nelson Polite Sr., a prominent African American leader in Lancaster City.

Date Range: 2006/10/19

Date of Interview: 2006-10-19

Creator: Polite, Nelson Sr, 1923-2016, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: LeFever, Carole; Polite, Nelson Sr.; Shugar, Miles

Interviewer: LeFever, Carol

Narrator: Polite, Nelson Sr.

Subjects: African Americans; American Legion; African American veterans; Oral history

Search Terms: African American Veterans; African American American Legion Post 780; Local figures; Oral histories; Persons of color; Veterans

Place of Interview: Home of Nelson Polite Sr.

Object Name: Recording, Video

Length of Interview: 00:48:21

Object ID: OH0164

Classification: OH0164

Description Level: Item

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Veterans' graves in African-American Cemetery, South Duke Street, Lancaster (Pa.) Stevens-Greenland Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15650

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 310.35 S844v

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Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 4, [1] l. : map ; 28 cm.

Notes: RIneer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 245 #28.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Stevens-Greenland Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers; African Americans; Lancaster (Pa.) - Cemeteries.; United States - History - Veterans.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 S844v

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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Object ID: MG0341

Date Range: 1912-2000

. Peter’s Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania Trivia World War II WWII Related Materials: Processing History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection

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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Description: This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.

Date Range: 1912-2000

Year Range From: 1912

Year Range To: 2000

Date of Accumulation: 1912-2000

Creator: Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Appel, Roberts R.; Browne, George I.; Cooper, John Wallace; Cramer, Margaret Snader; Cramer, William Stuart; Davidson, Paul; Dippell, Marion Fox; Dippell, Victor William; Distler, Theodore A.; Donner, M. M.; Dotterer, Ray H.; Duke, Robert W.; Hager, E. M.; Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker; Hamblin, Dora Jane; Hartman, Edwin Mitman; Hartman, Mr.; Herman, Emma Garrigan; Herman, Theodore F.; Honig, Margaret; Honig, Stanley; Jefferson, Thomas; Jordan, Paul; Jurgelski, Susan; Kell, R. M.; Kilby, Tom; Kunkel, Arthur King; Lincoln, Abraham; Maugans, David; Mencken, Henry Louis; Michalak, Beverly; Michalak, Stanley; Moore, C. Eugene; Parks, Cynthia; Poole, H. Herbert; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Roy, John; Rudisill, Carl; Rudisill, Flo; Sayres, Alfred Nevin; Schmitchew, Peter; Schwalm, Ted; Smith, Howard P.; Steinmetz, Rollin; Thornley, Richard; Twombly, Clifford Gray

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Letters; Minutes (Records); Obituaries

Search Terms: Accomac Inn; Alfred's Victorian Restaurant; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Bynden Wood; Conestoga Bridge; Correspondence; Finding aids; Flyers; Franklin and Marshall College; Hamilton Club; Huachung University; Letters; Manuscript groups; Membership; Minutes; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Outings; Poetry; Republican Party; Restaurants; Sphinx Club; St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Trivia; World War II; WWII

Extent: 1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0341

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents 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.

Accession Number: 2004.MG0341

Other Numbers: MG-341

Classification: MG0341

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Archive

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Collection: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Title: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Object ID: MG0798

Date Range: 1917-2014

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Collection: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Title: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Description: The World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel collection contains materials written and collected by three brothers who fought during World War I in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. The collection contains letters written by the brothers to their families while in the service, and some other letters from their loved ones. There are also newspaper articles, literature on the battalion they fought in, post cards, military paperwork, and photographs.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Kegel (1895-1958), James Kegel (1891-1927), Victor Kegel (1898-1923) were three brothers who served together in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. Their parents were Charles and Mary Rogers Kegel, and they had eleven children. Their family home was on 59 Locust Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They were all drafted in 1917, and were trained in Camp Hancock in Augusta, Georgia. After their extensive training, they were sent to fight in the trenches in France. On separate occasions, each brother was wounded during the war, but they all survived and came home to Lancaster after the war in 1919.; James L. Kegel was born on August 10, 1891. He was a poultry dresser and dealer and was married to Arabella E. Raymond Kegel (1884-1966) on August 27, 1911. They had three children: Charles, James, and Mary Annabelle. James passed away at the age of 35 on February 9, 1927, due to pneumonia.; Thomas Kegel was born on January 18, 1895. He married Veronica R. "Fannie" Karch Kegel. Together, they had four children: Thomas, Helen, Dorn Anne, and John. He was a watchmaker, in addition to other various occupations. By a doctor's recommendation in 1939, Thomas and his family moved to Miami, Florida, due to his injuries and struggles with PTSD. He passed away on February 18, 1958.; Victor A. Kegel was born on March 29, 1898. He was a poultry dresser after coming back to Lancaster from the war in 1919. He was married to Ellen F. Kegel. He passed away on December 26, 1923, due to inflammation of the brain. He was 25 years old.

Date Range: 1917-2014

Creation Date: 1917-2014

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 2014

Date of Accumulation: 1917-2014

Creator: Kegel, Thomas, 1895-1958

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Delmarra, Red; Eickert, Earl; Fillinger, Joe; Grim, George; Heidig, Hen; Hersh, Ted; Kegel, James; Kegel, Thomas; Kegel, Victor; Kimmel, Fred; Metzger, George; Metzger, Harvy; Rodgers, Harry; Seachrist, Harry

Other Creators: Kegel, James, 1891-1927; Kegel, Victor, 1898-1923

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Machine Gun Training Center (Camp Hancock, Ga.); Photographs; Trench warfare; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Camp Hancock, Georgia; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Machine Gun Training Center; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Photographs; Trench warfare; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 61 folders, 91 items, 281 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Condition Notes: The dosuments in folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision.

Object ID: MG0798

Related Item Notes: World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

Notes: Donation was made possible with the assistance of Charles and Mary Brill.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level. The documents in Folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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-798

Other Number: MG-798

Classification: MG0798

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EM, January/February 2019.

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: 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).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document 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.; The use of the original album is restricted. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Estate Inventory

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of John Hay

Object ID: Inv 1764 F005 H

Date Range: 1764

1 document

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of John Hay

Date Range: 1764

Year: 1764

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0048

People: Hay, John

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: African Americans--History; Probate records; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Children; Enslaved persons; Estate inventories; Persons of color; Probate records; Women

Place: None

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Object ID: Inv 1764 F005 H

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 048

Additional Notes: Enslaved persons listed, one woman and one child.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment-contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG-03-00-0133

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of John Hopkins

Object ID: Inv 1764 F009 H

Date Range: 1764

1 document

Collection: Estate Inventories

Title: Estate inventory of John Hopkins

Date Range: 1764

Year: 1764

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0048

People: Hopkins, John

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: African Americans--History; Indentured servants; Probate records; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Administrators' bonds; Boys; Children; Enslaved persons; Estate inventories; Indentured servants; Persons of color; Probate records; Servants; Slaveholders; Women

Place: Salisbury Twp.

Extent: 2 items, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Estate Inventory

Object ID: Inv 1764 F009 H

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 048

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document 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.

Additional Notes: Enslaved boy listed.; Indentured servant woman listed.; Also administrators' bond. 2 items, 2 pieces

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Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG-03-00-0133

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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