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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/05377060-5f9a-49c7-bf37-432740131958
Collection
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Title
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Object ID
MG0711
Date Range
1917-2004
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Collection
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Title
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Description
This collection contains the Board Minutes for the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women from 1922 to 2004. These minutes include roll calls, treasurer reports, entertainment schedules and activity reports. Minutes from 1922 through 1971 are contained in leather bound books. The following years are in three-prong pocket folders or three-ring binders. This allowed for additional items to be put in with the minutes such as Thank-you cards, newspaper articles of events they sponsored and hand-written notes. By the 1990's the minutes are more sporadic, only a few or one from each year. There are programs from the annual convention of the County Society starting with the 13th convention in 1929 through the 60th convention in 1977. The following years are missing: 1934; 1943-1944; 1949-1954; 1957-1958; 1961-1962; 1965-1971. Some of the minutes also contain a copy of these programs. Later years and some of these missing programs may be found in the minutes themselves. There are four typed up documents that comprise the history of the Society that were drafted between 1929 through 1982. This includes a summary of the past years written in what they call a "skit." The final years also contain documentation regarding the duties of the officers of the society-elected board members.
Admin/Biographical History
The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania was established by Flora Black from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1914 when she invited her female neighbors to her farm for lunch. Mrs. Black began the meeting for fellowship, but she also wanted to establish a support system for women living in rural communities. It was also a goal of the society to teach women to take on leadership roles and help contribute to society. Their numbers grew rapidly making it necessary for County chapters. (Reading Eagle. 8 Oct 2014. Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania Celebrating 100th Anniversary. http://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/society-of-farm-women-of-pennsylvania-celebrating-100th-anniversary) The Lancaster County Chapter was formed in January, 1917. It was very popular and eventual grew to 33 separate societies throughout Lancaster by the 1980s. They founded many successful charity drives and scholarship programs, but also provided entertainment for their members, such as bus trips and vacation tours.
Date Range
1917-2004
Creation Date
1917-2004
Year Range From
1917
Year Range To
2004
Creator
Society of Farm Women of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
Subjects
Business records
Ephemera
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Meetings
Minutes (Records)
Women in agriculture
Search Terms
Agriculture
Business records
Ephemera
Farming
Finding aids
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Meetings
Minutes
Women in agriculture
Extent
3 boxes, 23 folders/binders, 80 items, 3168 pages to scan, 1.5 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0711
Location of Originals
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-711
Other Number
MG-711
Classification
MG0711
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/75ddf9ef-fb6f-479c-a945-820563037646
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Tom Thom wedding
Object ID
A-08-02-18
Date Range
1950
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Tom Thom wedding
Description
Bethel AME Church Women's Day Committee at Tom Thom wedding in 1950.
Date Range
1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Black men
Black women
Persons of color
Religion
Weddings
Women
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-08-02-18
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
L-184
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b3b3956b-fe55-48f8-a1d6-586042493004
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-08-02-87
Date Range
c. 1950
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
"Stations of the Cross" annual play at Bethel AME Church.
Date Range
c. 1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American Women
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregations
Performing arts
Persons of color
Religion
Women
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-08-02-87
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
L-279
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/36876bf3-ec5f-44e0-9d1e-868463296505
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Object ID
AUG 1801 F002 QS
Date Range
1801/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Date Range
1801/08
Year
1801
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Anthony
Basel, Nancy
Dick, Alexander
Jackson, John
Johnston, George
Killian, Susannah
McClosky, Patrick
Stone, John
Wilmot, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
African Americans--History
Prisoners
Search Terms
Charge: runaway
Incarcerated persons
Persons of color
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Women
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1801 F002 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Additional Notes
Calendar of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/927416c2-3529-4005-b0d1-373765594842
Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
(LHo-LOC sh 85129277) Montclair Art Museum (LHo-LOC n 78095800) Patterns for crafts (LHo-LOC sh 85098793) Fordney, William J. (William Jenkins), 1844-1926 (LHo-LOC no2007042066) American newspapers --Sections, columns, etc. -- Women (LHo-LOC sh2007000508) House & Garden (LHo-LOC nb2006009687) Woman’s
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Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b753fce3-b678-4a43-aab5-524545452540
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Object ID
AUG 1802 F002 QS
Date Range
1802/08
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Quarter Sessions
Title
List of incarcerated persons
Date Range
1802/08
Year
1802
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bomberger, Jacob
Bott, Jacob
Brown, Catharine
Doyle, David
Garman, Jacob
Jack
Lydia
McIntire, John
McPaul, James
Mehaffy, Hugh
Ned
Nelson, John
Sweep, Lewis
Tom
Vonkennan, Michael
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
African Americans--History
Prisoners
Search Terms
Incarcerated persons
Persons of color
Prisons
Quarter Sessions
Women
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1802 F002 QS
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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
Calendar of prisoners.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Susanna Wright

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo770
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Date of Publication
1959.
SUSANNA WRIGHT One of the outstanding Colonial women of Pennsylvania was Susanna Wright. She was born and educated in England, of Quaker ancestry. Most of her life, however, was lived in Hempfield Township (later Columbia), Lancaster County. Her rare personality made her a valued friend and cor
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Responsibility
by Marion Wallace Reninger.
Author
Reninger, Marion Wallace,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
[183]-190 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 63, no. 4
Subjects
Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784.
Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 63, number 4 (1959), p. 183-190Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.63
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a09368f8-976d-4555-8f31-566136114446
Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Object ID
MG0010
Date Range
1817-1996
17603 717.392.4633 · lancasterhistory.org Subject Headings: Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.) School catalogs Girls’ schools School notebooks School yearbooks Women--Education Search Terms: Broadsides Finding aids Girls' schools Linden Hall Linden Hall Echo Manuscript groups School catalogs School notebooks
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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Description
The Linden Hall Seminary Collection contains school catalogs and Linden Hall Echo, the school yearbook. Other items include financial records, fundraising information, school workbooks, and a diploma from 1886.
Admin/Biographical History
Linden Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States.
Date Range
1817-1996
Year Range From
1817
Year Range To
1996
Date of Accumulation
1817-1996
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Beverly, Jane B.
Kepler, Mary
Subjects
Girls' schools
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
School catalogs
School notebooks
School yearbooks
Women--Education
Search Terms
Broadsides
Finding aids
Girls' schools
Linden Hall
Linden Hall Echo
Manuscript groups
School catalogs
School notebooks
Yearbooks
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0010
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), 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-10
Classification
MG0010
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 Febraury 2018.
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Estate Inventory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d7e0ffff-5910-4e72-ba4a-021428893645
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of Harman Skiles
Object ID
Inv 1803 F008 S
Date Range
1803
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of Harman Skiles
Date Range
1803
Year
1803
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0111
People
Skiles, Harman
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
African Americans--History
Probate records
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Enslaved persons
Estate inventories
Persons of color
Probate records
Women
Place
Strasburg Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1803 F008 S
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Box Number
111
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 woman listed.
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
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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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8845cef7-bc80-4274-badc-767949072065
Collection
General Collection
Title
Sylvia Bertz's first communion
Object ID
1-21-03-14
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Sylvia Bertz's first communion
Description
Richard Bretz Sr., right, with his wife, Dorothy Bitzer Bertz and their two children, Sylvia Bertz and Richard Bertz Jr., possibly on the occasion of Sylvia Bertz's first communion.
Provenance
Gift of Charles Rohrer
Year Range From
1945
Year Range To
1950
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bertz, Richard Sr.
Bertz, Dorothy Bitzer
Bertz, Sylvia
Bertz, Richard Jr.
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-14
Search Terms
Families
Children
Women
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
3.75 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-21-03-14
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