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Wheatland, home of James Buchanan : 15th President of the United States, 1857-1861

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Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 728.37 K64

Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Penna

Publisher: Stel-mar,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [28] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: "Text by Frederic S. Klein; Color Photography by Marshall Dussinger; Cover from an Original Painting by Florence Starr Taylor; Copyright by M. A. Dussinger."

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States

Additional Author: Dussinger, Marshall..; Taylor, Florence Starr..

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 K64

History of the Mountwaybia Club

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Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Date of Publication: 1970.

History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of

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Responsibility: by Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [23]-29 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Breneman, W. P., - Mrs.; Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.); Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 23-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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The old home scene, Conestoga : a look back

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Author: Hess, Larry E.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H586

Responsibility: by Larry E. Hess.

Author: Hess, Larry E.

Place of Publication: [Conestoga, Pa.?

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 60 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Reflection -- Early history -- Conestoga naviagation -- Iron works -- Colemanville Forge -- Match factory -- Railroad -- Magnetic ore mine -- Paper mill -- Dynamite factory -- Casket factory -- Mills -- Tobacco warehouse -- cigar manufacturers -- Hotels, taverns, innkeepers -- Stores -- Gunsmiths, tanyard, post office -- Transportation --Education -- Lodges and tribes -- General Reynolds Band -- Safe Harbor dam -- Do you remember -- Chronology.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Conestoga (Pa.).; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H586

The heritage of Lancaster

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863

Responsibility: by John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Woodland Hills, Cal

Publisher: Windsor publications,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: xi, 226 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Published under the sponsorship of the Lancaster Association of Commerce and Industry.; Research provided by the Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Association of Commerce and Industry.; Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863

Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Physical Description: 2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: A series of pamphlets bound together.

Contents: Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.; Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.

Subjects: Timlow, P.J.; St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.; Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.; Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.); Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Millersville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

St. James' Church (Protestant Episcopal) at mid-century

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Author: Diller, William F.

Date of Publication: 1971.

Call Number: 283 J29d

Alternate Title: Saint James' Church (Protestant Episcopal) at mid-century

Responsibility: by William F. Diller.

Author: Diller, William F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Vestry, St. James' Church,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: v, 163 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 155.

Subjects: St. James' Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 283 J29d

Bart Twp. 1833-1845/ Brecknock Twp. 1833/ Caernarvon Twp. 1844/ Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829/ Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831/ Manheim Twp. 1822-1823 [Tax Records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

Alternate Title: Brecknock Township tax lists; Bart Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."; Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.; Brecknock Twp. 1833; Caernarvon Twp. 1844; Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829; Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831; Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

The predecessor cotton mill of Lancaster City : also known as Jacob Miller & Co. Mill, Lancaster Cotton Works, Humes Mill, Rockland Mill, the Old Factory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5239

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 621 C948p

Responsibility: compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Publisher: ill. :

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 56, [2] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "A history of the creation, management and ultimate fate of a cotton textile enterprise in Lancaster Borough and Township - Pennsylvania - 1812-1870 - together with the lineage of Jacob Miller and history of the Old Facatory Bridge."

Subjects: Miller family; Rockland Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); The Old Factory (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster Cotton Works (Lancasater, Pa.); Jacob Miller & Co. Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Humes Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Cotton Manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Manufacturers - Pennsylvnai - Lancaster

Additional Author: Miller, Jacob

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 621 C948p

100 years of camera scenes: views of eastern Lancaster county in our nation's second century. A bicentennial project of the eastern Lancaster county chapter of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee, inc

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Corporate Author: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.

Date of Publication: 1978]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO E13

Corporate Author: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.?

Publisher: George Roland ;

Date of Publication: 1978]

Physical Description: X, 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; East Earl (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; West Earl (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.; New Holland (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Terre Hill (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO E13

Lancaster today; a description of community life

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Corporate Author: Lancaster Tomorrow.

Date of Publication: 1977?]

Call Number: 352.96 L244de

Corporate Author: Lancaster Tomorrow.

Place of Publication: [n.p

Date of Publication: 1977?]

Physical Description: vii, 131 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: A compilation of 24 papers on various aspects of life in Lancaster county, Pa. in 1976.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Industry -- Retailing --Private finance -- Office space -- Tourism --Agriculture -- Jobs and Income -- Government finance -- Housing -- Culture and the Arts -- Historic Resources -- Education and Learning -- Minorities -- Poverty -- Recreation -- Criminal Justice -- Government organization -- Health Care -- Utilities -- Transportation -- Land use -- Environment -- Urban design -- Planning.

Subjects: Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Housing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Statistics.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.96 L244de

Let's look at our heritage in Eastern Lancaster County : "Breadbasket of the Revolution"

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Author: Russell, Paul M.

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 974.815 EARL R966

Responsibility: by Paul M. Russell.

Author: Russell, Paul M.

Place of Publication: [New Holland, Pa.]

Publisher: Elanco Chapter, Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 154 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Miscellanea.; Terre Hill (Pa.) - History.; Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - History.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Earl (Pa. : Township) - History.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; New Holland (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EARL R966

A brief history of the Lancaster County Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12259

Date of Publication: 1970?]

Call Number: 027.4748 B853

Place of Publication: [Lancaster

Date of Publication: 1970?]

Physical Description: 19 l. 28 cm.

Notes: Based on Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer's address before the Lancaster Historical Society in 1944.

Subjects: Lancaster County Library, Lancaster, Pa.

Additional Author: Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 027.4748 B853

The Revolutionary leadership

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Author: Madonna, G. Terry.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245ra

Responsibility: by G. Terry Madonna ; original ill. by Henry M. Libhart.

ISBN: 0915010070 :

Author: Madonna, G. Terry.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Lancaster County during the American Revolution

Notes: On cover: Revolutionary Lancaster.; Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph Walker, editor.; "A Bicentennial book."; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Traces the careers of twelve Lancaster County residents who fought against British rule before the Revolutionary War. The patriots are: William A. Atlee, William Bausman, Charles Hall, William Henry, John Hubley, Alexander Lowrey, Adam Reigart, George Ross, Caspar Schaffner, Edward Shippen, Matthias Slough, Jasper Yeates.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Additional Author: Libhart, Henry M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245ra

Regulations and catalogue of books of the Shoch Library, of the public schools of Columbia, Penn'a. January, 1869

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Date of Publication: 1869 (printed at Herald office).

Call Number: 017.5 R344

Place of Publication: Columbia, Pa

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1869 (printed at Herald office).

Physical Description: 31 p. : 22 cm.

Subjects: Shoch Library - Catalogs and collections.; Library rules and regulations - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Library catalogs - Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Additional Corporate Author: Columbia Borough School District (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 017.5 R344

Map of Lawn Crypt Garden, Conestoga Memorial Park

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Date of Publication: 1973.

Call Number: 7974.815 LACI 706

Responsibility: George Johnstone.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: CMS east, inc. ,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: 1 map : photocopy ; 61 x 91 cm.

Notes: Blue line print.

Subjects: Conestoga Memorial Park (Lancaster, Pa.) - Maps.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township); Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 7974.815 LACI 706

Parcel plan, Garden of Love, Conestoga Memorial Park

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Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 700 505

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Huth Engineers, Inc. ,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 1 map : photocopy ; 61 x 91 cm.

Notes: Blue line print. Gives lot numbers.

Subjects: Conestoga Memorial Park (Lancaster, Pa.) - Maps.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township); Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 700 505

1875 historical atlas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Everts and Stewart.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 912.74815 E93

Responsibility: compiled, drawn, and published from personal examinations and surveys by Everts & Stewart.

Corporate Author: Everts and Stewart.

Place of Publication: Knightstown, IN

Publisher: Bookmark,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: xviii, 120 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 43 cm.

Notes: Reprint of the 1875 ed. published by Everts and Stewart, Philadelphia under title: Combination atlas map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; "Sponsored by the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania."; Kept on top of counter-height shelving unit in Reading Room.

Subjects: Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co. - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Everts and Stewart.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 912.74815 E93

An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

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Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.).

Date of Publication: 1834.

Call Number: 090 L224mh 1834

Responsibility: Arr. and published by Councils.

Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.).

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Publisher: Printed by Hugh Maxwell,

Date of Publication: 1834.

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.

Notes: Library copy missing title page.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834); Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 L224mh 1834

1978, Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church : 64 Hershey Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 281.9495 A613aL

Alternate Title: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church

Corporate Author: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lexington, Ohio ; Columbia, Pa

Publisher: 20th Century Publications & Printing : in association with Jean Woodall,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: [68] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes "Historical highlights of our parish, 1902-1977" (p. [8-9]) and historical photographs.

Subjects: Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - Directories.; Annunciation Hellenic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Orthodox (Orthodox Eastern Church) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Directories.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 281.9495 A613aL

Cocalico 1809-1838; East Cocalico 1842-1846; West Cocalico 1842-1848 [Tax records]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20753

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #5

Alternate Title: Cocalico twp. taxes; Cocalico Township tax lists

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm. Cocalico, 838 frames; East Cocalico, 107 frames; West Cocalico, 133 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 5".

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1808-1814, 1816-1822, 1824-1827, 1830, 1832-1836, 1838. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township.; The records for East and West Cocalico follow the records for Cocalico.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; West Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 2: #5

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