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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

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).

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-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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It happened in Paradise : an historical pageant

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Author: Denlinger, Robert C.

Date of Publication: 1963.

Call Number: 974.815 WLAM D396

Responsibility: by Robert C. Denlinger and Samuel S. Wenger.

Author: Denlinger, Robert C.

Place of Publication: [s.l

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: 1963.

Physical Description: 36 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: "Presented by the people of Paradise in 1962" in Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Paradise, Pa. - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 WLAM D396

Spaar-Spahr family, 1703-1853 : 150 years in America : descendants of Georg Michael Spaar (1703-1778). Vol. I

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18676

Author: Spahr, Max Curt

Date of Publication: 1962.

Call Number: 929 S732g

Responsibility: compiled by Max Curt Spahr.

Author: Spahr, Max Curt

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1962.

Physical Description: 48 p., 6 p. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Indexed.

Subjects: Spahr family.; Detter family.; Hershey family.; Oberdeer family.; Spaar family.; Strayer fmily.; Ulrich family.; Vogelsong family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S732g

Penn's great town; 250 years of Philadelphia architecture illustrated in prints and drawings

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Author: Tatum, George B.

Date of Publication: [1961]

Call Number: 720 T216 Oversize

1 website

Responsibility: Foreword by Theo. B. White. [Sponsors]: The Philadelphia Art Alliance and the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

Author: Tatum, George B.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Date of Publication: [1961]

Physical Description: 352 p. plates, map. 32 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 337-340.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720 T216 Oversize

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https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011960823?urlappend=%3Bseq=9

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Object ID: MG0153

Date Range: 1862-1987

parts and drawing of wagon. Image on cover by Charles O. Lynch. Bausman, Pa. No date. Gift of Charles O. Lynch, 1958, transferred from Objects Collection accession no. 1958.005. Folder 2 Department and Clothing Stores Insert 1 1. Flier from Hershey & Groff, New Holland, Pa. advertising dry goods

1 document

Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Description: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.

Date Range: 1862-1987

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1987

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bogle, George; Bortzfield, Jere; Butler, Smedley D.; Correll, Clint; Eberly, Jay M.; Evans, Melvern R,; Frueauff, W. Herman T.; Hawbaker, Gary; Houck, Leo; Huss, Arlene Rider; Jackson, J. T.; Jenner, Edward; Kelly, P. B.; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Lynch, Charles O.; Manning, Peggy Sheets; Martin, John W.; Miller, Charles F.; Musser, Andrew J.; Miller, J. R.; Rohrer, Willis; Ross, Betsy; Schuneman, Ray; Skiles, John D.; Slaymaker, R. M.; Smith, Lynn A.; Smith, Marjorie A.; Stauffer, Sarah Ann; Stumpf, Ed; Suydam, Henry; Tobias, Richard J.; Yecker, Paul C.; Rowe, Ceylon; Landes, Lizzie; Stehman, Henry L.

Subjects: Advertising; Ephemera; Advertising fliers; Fliers (Ephemera)

Search Terms: A&P; A. F. Huber Food Store; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Announcements; Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Aunt Betty's Playhouse; Big Boy Restaurants; Boston Insurance Company; Brochures; Brownstown, West Earl Twp.; Business; Christmas carols; Clarion Steam Printing House; Clipper Magazine; Colonial Theatre; Columbia; Columbia Flour Mills; Columbia Herald Job Printing Office; Columbian Printing Company; Cope Brothers; Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap; Drawings; E. H. Gochnauer and Sons; East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Ed Stumpf's Service Stations; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Express Steam Printers; Finding aids; Finks Baked Products; Flyers; Gardner and Craver; Gates Dental Company, Inc.; Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard; Grandview Heights; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heinitsh Furniture Company; Hershey and Groff; Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland); Invitations; John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing; John Herr's Mill; Kelly Cadillac; Kunkel and Brother; L. B. Herr & Son; Lakeland Stabling Company; Lancaster; Lancaster Advertiser's Club; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Chemical Company; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Heritage Magazine; Lancaster Dispensing Company; Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company; Lime Spring Farm; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort; Mills; Moderne Manor; Musselman and Slaymaker; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream; Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company; Pennsylvania Salt Company; Pequea Lime; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Place Marie; Restaurants; Restore 'N More; Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.; Russo Answer-Phone Service; Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton; Steinman Hardware; Stockyard Inn; Stores; Sunday News; Trivers Clothes; Trout and Shank; F. W. Woolworth Co.; H. L. Stehman and Co.; Heitshu's Drug Store

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0153

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-153

Other Number: MG-153

Classification: MG0153

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Manheim bicentennial, 1762-1962. "Our Stiegel heritage" June 2 through 10, 1962

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Date of Publication: 1960]

Call Number: 974.815 MANB M277b

Place of Publication: [Manheim, Pa. ?

Date of Publication: 1960]

Physical Description: unpaged : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Contain local business advertisements.

Subjects: Manheim (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; Manheim (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 MANB M277b

The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

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Author: Proud, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1798.

Call Number: 974.802 P968

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Author: Proud, Robert,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,

Date of Publication: 1798.

Physical Description: 2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania heritage series

Notes: Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718; Society of Friends.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Sweden - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 P968

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11

The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16384

Author: Proud, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1797-1798.

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1797

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Responsibility: written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.

Author: Proud, Robert,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,

Date of Publication: 1797-1798.

Physical Description: 2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Library has: vol. 1.; Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.; Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.; Evans

Contents: I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Society of Friends.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New Sweden - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.8 P544 1797

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000027692288&view=1up&seq=11

White chimneys : houseful of our history

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Date of Publication: Stel-mar , 1967.

Call Number: 728.37 W583

Alternate Title: The Historic Slaymaker Mansion.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: Stel-mar , 1967.

Physical Description: [35] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Tourist booklet.

Subjects: Slaymaker family.; White Chimneys (Gap. Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 W583

A history of Witmer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Stauffer, Amos K.

Date of Publication: 1961.

Call Number: 974.815 ELAM S798

Responsibility: by Amos K. Stauffer.

Author: Stauffer, Amos K.

Place of Publication: [S.L

Publisher: The author ]

Date of Publication: 1961.

Physical Description: 12, [1] l. : map ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Witmer (Pa.) - History.; Mount Sidney (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 ELAM S798

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Documents

It happened in Paradise : an historical pageant

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13688

Spaar-Spahr family, 1703-1853 : 150 years in America : descendants of Georg Michael Spaar (1703-1778). Vol. I

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18676

Penn's great town; 250 years of Philadelphia architecture illustrated in prints and drawings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7547

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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/486476d9-3b94-4fcf-bb28-126112171680

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Manheim bicentennial, 1762-1962. "Our Stiegel heritage" June 2 through 10, 1962

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2438

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3553

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16384

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White chimneys : houseful of our history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13714

A history of Witmer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4597