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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Object ID: MG0104

Date Range: 1774-1953

Headings: Catalogs Deeds Department stores Probate records Stores, Retail Search Terms: Advertisements Anniversaries Business Historical Society Bulletin Catalogs Deeds Department stores Express (Lititz) Financial records Frank T. Riley Publishing Company Fulton Theatre Hager's Department Store Hamilton

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Description: The Hager Store Collection contains anniversary booklets, invoices, advertisements, family papers, and newsletter of the Hager Department Store which was founded in Lancaster. The collection includes a children's book that was distributed by the store and a Christmas catalog. Among the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records.

Date Range: 1774-1953

Year Range From: 1774

Year Range To: 1953

Date of Accumulation: 1774-1953

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Arnold, Anna; Arnold, Frank W.; Cain, James M.; Cain, Kathryn; Conyngham, David H.; Dehaven, J. Harry; Demuth, Jacob; Diller, Isaac; Dowd, M. Jane; Dubbs, T. Wilson; Frey, Caroline; Frey, Jacob L.; Frosart, John; Gast, Emma L.; Gast, Henry; Graybill, Daniel; Hager, Anne Graham; Hager, Betty Rick; Hager, Charles F.; Hager, Christopher; Hager, Edward T.; Hager, Frances; Hager, Helen R.; Hager, John C.; Hager, John C., Jr.; Hager, John J.; Hager, Katherine; Hager, Margaret H.; Hager, Mary W.; Hager, Nathaniel E.; Hager, Redmond; Hager, Sarah Ellen; Hager, Susan B.; Hager, William H.; Hager, William H., Jr.; Hamilton, Margaret; Hartman, Annie M.; Hartman, George H.; Herr, Alice; Herr, C. S.; Herr, Magdalena; Herr, Rudolph; Hull, William; Keller, H.; Landis, Jacob; Lefevre, Mrs.; Miller, Charles; Randolph, Grace Lee; Randolph, John H.; Randolph, Margaret H.; Reigart, E. L.; Roy, Sue; Slaymaker, Henry; Stark, Martin N.; Steinman, George Michael; Stewart, Charles; Weber, George; Wentz, Jacob H.; Zimmerman, Mary Regina Malone; Zimmerman, Simon Ralph

Subjects: Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Probate records; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Advertisements; Anniversaries; Business Historical Society Bulletin; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Express (Lititz); Financial records; Finding aids; Frank T. Riley Publishing Company; Fulton Theatre; Hager's Department Store; Hamilton Watch Company; Invoices; Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association; Lancaster Free Press Weekly; Lancaster New Era; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maps; N. Trotter and Company; Newsletters; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Railroad; Philadelphia Electric Company; Postcards; Quarter Century Club; Receipts; Stocks; Stores; Stores, Retail; Taxes; UGI Corporation; Wills; Wondertown

Extent: 2 boxes, 37 folders, 1 framed document, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0104

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Other Numbers: MG-104

Classification: MG0104

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Recataloged by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 7 February 2019.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

, Albert F. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Advertising Architectural plans Blueprints Building leases Calendars Catalogs Deeds Department stores Historical markers Insurance policies Letters Manuscript groups Menus

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Collection: Adam Reigart Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Collection

Object ID: MG0122

Date Range: 1795-1869

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Collection: Adam Reigart Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Collection

Description: This Reigart family collection contains family papers and items related to Adam Reigart's business. The business items include licenses to sell wines and spirits, postage accounts, financial and legal documents, orders for wines and spirits, and correspondence. Receipts represent payments for direct tax, household furniture tax, water rent, and watch and lamp tax. An item of note is the 1795 stock certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.

Date Range: 1795-1869

Year Range From: 1795

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1795-1869

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.

Subjects: Business records; Letters

Search Terms: Business records; Letters; Correspondence; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0122

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Related Item Notes: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection, MG0331

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-122

Other Number: MG-122

Classification: MG0122

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997. Added to database 30 June 2021.

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Collection: Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection

Title: Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection

Object ID: MG0417

Date Range: 1940-1990

) Ephemera Finding aids Manuscript groups Victor Victor Woodstream Corporation Woodstream Corporation Related Materials: See the Photograph Collection See the Curatorial Collection �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Processing History

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Collection: Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection

Title: Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection

Description: This collection contains information, decals, catalogs, and an annual report for Woodstream Corporation in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Admin/Biographical History: J. M. Mast Manufacturing Company was organized in Lititz in 1901 to manufacture animal traps, patent fishing floats and vegetable graters. In 1905 the Mast Company was merged with the Animal Trap Company of Abingdon, Illinois; the new company was said to be "the largest concern of its kind in the world." (http://www.horseshoe.cc/pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/lancasterco/towns/lititz/lititz.htm, accessed 16 July 2009); The name was changed to Woodstream Corporation in 1966 and is headquartered in Lititz. Woodstream Corporation manufactures and markets pest control, and wildlife caring and control products for the United States, Canada, and European markets. The company offers rodent control products, caring control products for pets and wildlife, pest control products for the lawn and garden, and wild bird feeder segments. It also offers mouse traps, cage traps, toxic insecticides and fungicides, and bird feeders, as well as dog and small animal cages. It distributes its products through retail locations in the United States and internationally.; (http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=96531, accessed 16 July 2009)

Date Range: 1940-1990

Year Range From: 1940

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1940-1990

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Askins, Pete; Black, Carolyn; Endslow, Ellen; Wentzel, Leroy

Subjects: Annual reports; Business records; Catalogs; Decalcomania; Decoys (Hunting); Ephemera

Search Terms: Animal Trap Company of America; Annual reports; Business records; Catalogs; Decals; Decoys (Hunting); Ephemera; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Victor; Victor Woodstream Corporation; Woodstream Corporation

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .10 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0417

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection; See the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) Collection (MG0417), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folders 1 and 2: gift of Ellen Endslow, 5 February 2007. Folder 3: gift of Mrs. June R. Bomberger, 31 January 2009.

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

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-417

Classification: MG0417

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-2 processed by DS, 2007. Folder 3 added by HST, 2011. Added to database 16 December 2021.

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Collection: Dance of the Month Club Records

Title: Dance of the Month Club Records

Object ID: MG0436

Date Range: 1964-1982

, institutions, etc. Bedford Springs Hotel Bermuda Buck Hill Inn Business records By-laws Cards Cherry Hill Inn Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Colony Hotel Correspondence Dance of the Month Club Events Finding aids Flanders Hotel Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania Hamilton Club Hershey Hotel and Country

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Collection: Dance of the Month Club Records

Title: Dance of the Month Club Records

Description: The Dance of the Month Club Records contain a scrapbook filled with photographs, ephemera, club newsletters, membership lists, and organizational records for the Dance of the Month Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1964-1982

Year Range From: 1964

Year Range To: 1982

Date of Accumulation: 1964-1982

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Adee, Albert Wadsworth; Adee, Dorothy Henry; Barr, Martha; Barry, John Emil "Jack"; Barry, Mary D. Blichasz; Bartholomee, Eugene Theodore; Bartholomee, Vera A. Zabel; Bishop, Leroy D.; Bishop, Mrs. Leroy D.; Blaisdell, Lorraine; Blaisdell, Phil; Finnerty, Chris; Finnerty, Deb; Forney, Glenn Young; Forney, Shirley B. Eby; Game, Gretchen Huttle; Game, Vincent Allen; Garrett, Mrs. Robert Y.; Garrett, Robert Y.; Gunning, B. Nelson; Gunning, Helen H.; Herr, H. M.; Herr, Mrs. H. M.; Hitchcock, Mrs. Norman L.; Hitchcock, Norman L.; Holloway, Antoinette Reagin; Holloway, James Phillip; Hoskinson, Bernice N. Nyhuis; Hoskinson, Walter D.; Huffman, Edna B.; Huffman, Henry R.; Hyland, D. D.; Hyland, Mrs. D. D.; Ireland, C. E.; Ireland, Mrs. C. E.; Johnson, Mrs. Theodore J.; Johnson, Theodore J.; Matthews, Isabelle Porter; Matthews, Jackson K.; Maurer, Mrs. Richard H.; Maurer, Richard H.; Mooney, Charles; Mooney, Mrs. Charles; Pabst, Ethel G. Hemmerly; Pabst, Harry D.; Palmer, Dorothy; Powl, Martha Cooper; Powl, W. Robert; Ray, Joan Wolfe; Ray, Leonard N., Jr.; Rich, Mrs. Thomas L.; Rich, Thomas L.; Romero, Edward L.; Romero, Ruth P.; Schaller, D. C.; Schaller, Mrs. D. C.; Schutte, Becky; Scribner, Dorothy R. Rarick; Scribner, Eugene D.; Shenk, Elsie M. Sherer; Shenk, Willis W.; Slaugh, Mrs. Paul H.; Slaugh, Paul H.; Smith, Claude F.; Smith, Mrs. Claude F.; Tesnar, Edward Frank; Tesnar, Jeanne Edwards; Thomas, Maynard W.; Thomas, Tennyson S.; Urich, John; Urich, Mrs. John; Valaska, Mrs. Victor W.; Valaska, Victor W.; Van Dusen, C. L.; Van Dusen, Mrs. C. L.; VanBuren, Mrs. Wesley H.; VanBuren, Wesley H.; Wagner, Mrs. Richard; Wagner, Richard; Wilhelm, C. L.; Wilhelm, Mrs. C. L.; Zima, Mrs. Robert; Zima, Robert

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Allenberry Theatre; Associations, institutions, etc.; Bedford Springs Hotel; Bermuda; Buck Hill Inn; Business records; By-laws; Cards; Cherry Hill Inn; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Colony Hotel; Correspondence; Dance of the Month Club; Events; Finding aids; Flanders Hotel; Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania; Hamilton Club; Hershey Hotel and Country Club; Hotel Dennis; Hunt Valley Inn and Golf Club; Invitations; Ladew Topiary Gardens; Letters; Limestone Valley Dinner Theatre; Manuscript groups; Meadia Heights Country Club; Membership; Newspaper clippings; Pamphlets; Penn National Race Course; Photographs; Pocono Hershey Resort; Scrapbooks; Sheraton Inn; Southampton Princess Hotel; Tofttrees Country Club and Lodge

Extent: 1 box, 10 folders, 128 items, 144 pages, 1 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0436

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: The Couple Club of Lancaster Records (MG0799)

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).; The scrapbook in Box 1 was a gift of Jeanne S. DeLong, 21 August 2007. (Accession # 2007.MG0436.B1)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original items 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 collection 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-436

Classification: MG0436

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared May 2016. Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Business and Industry Collection

Title: Business and Industry Collection

Object ID: MG0107

Date Range: 1874-present

. H. Merlier, Franz de Nissley, J. Richard Miley, Frank D. Barto, J. Wilson Wiggins, J. B. Wiggins, J. F. Subject Headings: Advertisements Business enterprises Catalogs Ephemera Letters Newsletters Small business Search Terms: A. Buch's Sons Co. A. H. Hoffman, Inc. Advertisements American Machine

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Collection: Business and Industry Collection

Title: Business and Industry Collection

Description: The Business and Industry Collection contains catalogs, newsletters, and ephemera for businesses in Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1874-present

Date of Accumulation: 1874-1970

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Burri, Eric; Deichler, Albert M.; Garden, William O.; Garman, Lewis; Groff, Isaac M.; Heilbron, Samuel L.; Hess, Conrad Z.; Hoffman, A. H.; Hoffman, Byron; Knox, Willis R.; Livingston, S. H.; Merlier, Franz de; Nissley, J. Richard; Miley, Frank D.; Barto, J. Wilson

Subjects: Advertisements; Business enterprises; Catalogs; Ephemera; Letters; Newsletters; Small business

Search Terms: A. Buch's Sons Company; A. H. Hoffman, Inc.; Advertisements; American Machine and Foundry Company; Amos Eby and Company; Amsco Music Publishing Company; Bards Gift Shop; Baumgardner Company; Burger's Music House; Business enterprises; Catalogs; Champion Blower and Forge Company; Co-operative Mutual Life Insurance Company; Coble's Tire Service; Columbia Electric Light and Power Company; Connecticut Fire Insurance Company; Connecticut General Life Insurance Company; DeWalt, Inc.; Eby Fertilizer; Eichholtz and Bowman's Art Store; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Everite Pump and Manufacturing Company; F. A. Erickson and Company; Finding aids; Gundaker's Emporium; H. A. Darrenkamp; Hammond Pretzel Bakery, Inc.; Herr and Schroyer's Gents' Furnishing Store; Hoffman's Farm Seeds; Huth Engineers, Inc.; Independent Telephone Company of Lancaster County; Industries; J. B. Martin and Company; J. O. Cunningham and Company; J. H. Troup's Music House; John S. Gleim and Company; Keystone Hide Company; Kitchen Kettle Foods, Inc.; Lancaster County Seed Company; Lancaster Real Estate Company; Lancaster Stockyards; Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum; Leisure Miniature Golf Course; Lititz Mutual Insurance Company; Live Stock Commission; Manuscript groups; Mount Joy Fleet of Insurance Companies; New Holland Machine Company; Newsletters; Oblender's Furniture Store; Oblinger Brothers and Company; Permutit Company; Radio Corporation of America; Raub Supply Company; Rohrer's Liquor Store; Root's Nurseries, Inc.; Schroyer's Central Floral Depot; Sensenich Brothers; Small business; Southeastern Penna. Artificial Breeding Cooperative; Sperry New Holland; Stehli and Co., Inc.; Union Stock Yards; Utilities; Wenger Chiropractic Clinic; Wilson Laundry Machinery Company; Zook's Art Studio

Extent: 1 box, 28 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0107

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-107

Classification: MG0107

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 February 2019.

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Collection: F. W. Woolworth Collection

Title: F. W. Woolworth Collection

Object ID: MG0105

Date Range: 1904-1979

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Collection: F. W. Woolworth Collection

Title: F. W. Woolworth Collection

Description: The F. W. Woolworth Collection contains materials related to the F. W. Woolworth Store, including anniversary booklets, dinner menu, event program, and annual reports.

Admin/Biographical History: The first successful F. W. Woolworth Store opened in Lancaster, PA in July 1879.

Date Range: 1904-1979

Year Range From: 1904

Year Range To: 1979

Date of Accumulation: 1904-1979

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Landis, James D.; Woolworth, Frank Winfield

Subjects: Annual reports; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Ephemera; F.W. Woolworth Company; Letters; Menus; Programs (Publications); Sales catalogs; Variety stores

Search Terms: Annual reports; Catalogs; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Ephemera; F. W. Woolworth Company; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Stores

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0105

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment. 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-105

Other Number: MG-105

Classification: MG0105

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 19 February 2019.

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Collection: Pageant Collection

Title: Pageant Collection (MG-0014)

Object ID: MG0014

Date Range: 1926-1977

anniversary of the formation of Lancaster County (1729-1929). Included are scripts, minutes, programs, invitations, correspondence, financial records, tickets, photographs, blueprint of the grandstand, and sheet music. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) System of Arrangement: Organized by pageant: Box 1

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Collection: Pageant Collection

Title: Pageant Collection (MG-0014)

Description: Collection contains material pertaining to pageants, festivals, and celebrations in Lancaster County. The majority of the collection pertains to the "Pageant of Liberty," celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1776-1926), and the "Pageant of Gratitude," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the formation of Lancaster County (1729-1929). Included are scripts, minutes, programs, invitations, correspondence, financial records, tickets, photographs, blueprints, and sheet music.

System of Arrangement: Organized by pageant:; Box 1, Pageant of Liberty; Box 2, Pageant of Gratitude; Box 3, Other Pageants

Date Range: 1926-1977

Year Range From: 1926

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1926-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bruder, Edward; Burrell, Percy J.; Groff, John M.; Kready, Laura F.; Metzger, T. Warren; Musser, Frank; Seltzer, Richard; Thorbach, H. Clifton

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Pageants

Search Terms: Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Pageant of Gratitude; Pageant of Liberty; Pageants; Scripts; Sheet music

Extent: 3 boxes, 32 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0014

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-14

Classification: MG0014

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 February 2018.

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Object ID: MG0038

Date Range: 1808-1946

Invitation cards Letters New-England Anti-Slavery Society Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society Personal correspondence Receipts (Acknowledgments) School notebooks Social reformers Visiting cards Search Terms: Abolitionists Antislavery movements Correspondence Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups New-England

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Description: The Brinton Family Collection contains genealogy, estate records, receipts, school workbooks, correspondence, farm records, tax records, bank records, wedding and funeral announcements, invitations, visiting cards, and postcards.

Admin/Biographical History: The Brintons were a prosperous family, owned farms and mills, and participated in other business ventures. They were of English heritage and members of the Quakers, or Society of Friends. In order to escape religious persecution in England, William Brinton purchased 200 acres in Birmingham Twp., Pennsylvania in 1684. His descendants eventually moved further west to eastern Lancaster County.1; Cyrus Brinton (1830-1917), the fourth of six children, was the son of Samuel and Lydia P. Jackson Brinton. In 1813, Samuel purchased 200 acres of land in Christiana (land that was later bounded by the Christiana Machine Shop on the south, Pine St. on the west, Sadsbury Ave. on the north, and Rte. 41 on the east). The land was not ideal for farming, but the property was picturesque and the farm was successful. Cyrus married Rebecca Whitson and they farmed on his father's property for about ten years. At that time they purchased a farm and mill on the road from Cooperville to the Noble Road. The original woolen mill was later turned into a grist mill, then a creamery. Cyrus and Rebecca had five children: Francis, Thomas Luther, William Haslam, Anne Haslam, and Martha Alice.2; Genealogy:3; Thomas Whitson m. Martha Hobson; b. 7 February 1796 b. 10 November 1800; d. 27 November 1864 d. 18 June 1889; (Sadsbury, Chester County) (Sadsbury); They were married at New Salem Meeting, 17 May 1827. Rebecca was one of their eight children.; Cyrus Brinton m. Rebecca Whitson; b. 28 December 1830 b. 3 February 1832; d. 9 February 1917 d. 29 October 1903; (Sadsbury, Lancaster County) (Lancaster County); They were married at Christiana, PA, 12 February 1857.; Thomas Whitson m. Hannah Starr; b. 27 September 1760 b. 3 February 1765; d. 1 June 1826 d. 20 April 1836; (Sadsbury); The parents of Thomas Whitson, they were married 31 October 1787.; Francis Hobson m. Ann Johnson; b. 14 February 1768 b. 15 December 1775; d. 1835 (Lancaster County); farmer and shoemaker d. 1852; (New Garden) (New Garden); The parents of Martha Hobson, they were married 14 September 1797.; 1 Garrett, Mary. 1979. "Brintons of Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County: Where they originated, what they accomplished, and where they have gone." Octorara Area Historical Society 1:13.; 2 Ibid.; 3 Whitson Family Chart, August 1951. The Albert Cook Myers Collection. Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date Range: 1808-1946

Year Range From: 1808

Year Range To: 1946

Date of Accumulation: 1808-1946

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Brinton, Samuel; Garrison, William Lloyd; Whitson, Martha Hobson; Whitson, Thomas

Subjects: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Finance, Personal; Invitation cards; Letters; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Personal correspondence; Receipts (Acknowledgments); School notebooks; Social reformers; Visiting cards

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Calling cards; Correspondence; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Invitations; Land records; Letters; Manuscript groups; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Receipts; Sadsbury School District; Sadsbury Twp.; School books; Sharon Boarding School; Social reformers; Surveys; Visiting cards

Extent: 4 boxes, 40 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0038

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: The Chester County History Center (Pa.) also has information on the Brinton and Whitson families.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 40 was a gift of Betsey Collins, 5 March 1993.

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-38

Classification: MG0038

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 16 June 2021.

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Collection: Michael Brecht Family Papers, 1873-1945

Title: Michael Brecht Family Papers

Object ID: MG0893

Date Range: 1873-1945

: Deeds Family records Finding aids Lancaster Cemetery Legal documents Manuscript groups Promissory notes Receipts Related Materials: Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared by MSH, 2 March 2022. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and

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Collection: Michael Brecht Family Papers, 1873-1945

Title: Michael Brecht Family Papers

Description: The Michael Brecht Family Papers contain legal documents, receipts, and a deed for plots in Lancaster Cemetery belonging to Michael Brecht of Lancaster.

Admin/Biographical History: Michael Brecht was born 2 November 1854 and died 29 January 1930 in Lancaster. He owned property on South Duke Street in Lancaster.

Date Range: 1873-1945

Year Range From: 1873

Year Range To: 1945

Date of Accumulation: 1873-1945

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Brecht, Bernard; Brecht, Francis; Brecht, Michael; Brecht, Sally; Brecht, Sarah Elizabeth; Cornell, Emma; Evans, S. W.; Fritchey, A. H.; Herr, Allan A.; Reynolds, John M.; Schupp, Mary C.; Sullenberger, F. W.; Swarr, Hiram Behm

Subjects: Family records

Search Terms: Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Lancaster Cemetery; Legal documents; Manuscript groups; Promissory notes; Receipts

Extent: 14 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0893

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Michael Brecth Family Papers (MG0893), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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.

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Accession Number: Unknown.MG0893

Other Numbers: MG-893

Other Number: MG-893

Classification: MG0893

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from Brecht family file 4 August 1999. Transferred from Document Collection Box 28, Folder 10, 2 March 2022.

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