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What's cookin' among our boys and girls in the Armed Forces : the Cocalico Valley and World War II : Volume I - December 1941 through April 1944, Volume II - May 1944 through December 1945

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18328
Date of Publication
2013-2014.
Call Number
974.815 EPHB W555
Responsibility
compiled by Clarence E. Spohn in cooperation with The Ephrata Review.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,
Date of Publication
2013-2014.
Physical Description
v. ; ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"This two-volume set of books is dedicated to all of the brave men and women from the Cocalico Valley who served during World War II."
Includes index.
"197 of Limited Edition of 1,000 copies."
Summary
"A second volume, picking up where Volume I left off, which continues to tell the stories of the men and women from the Cocalico Valley who served their country during WWII, as told by newspaper articles published in The Ephrata Review from May1944 through December 1945. The newspaper articles include letters written home by those in the military, along with articles found in the paper's weekly columns, "What's Cookin' Among Our Boys in the Armed Services," the weekly Denver column, "With Those in the Service," and extracts from community "Personals" and news columns relating to individuals in the military. Also included are articles on those killed and wounded in the service of their country. Each chapter begins with an abbreviated time-line of the War during the period covered by that chapter. The volume is indexed by surname." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EPHB W555
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The Landis Legacy: Descendants of Jacob and Anna (Witmer) Landis, 1717 immigrants to East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, following paternal lineages up to the twentieth century with an emphasis on generations one through seven

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22238
Author
Reeser, Robert L.
Date of Publication
©2018.
Call Number
929 L257
Responsibility
Robert L. Reeser.
Author
Reeser, Robert L.
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa. : the author
Date of Publication
©2018.
Physical Description
377 pages : Illustrations , 28 cm.
Subjects
Brubaker family.
Buckwalter family.
Groff family.
Kreider family.
Landes family.
Leaman family.
Rohrer family.
Weaver family.
Landis family.
Call Number
929 L257
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The right to work : presentation at a public hearing of the National War Labor Board in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 1943, opposing maintenance of membership in six pending cases submitted by the unions at the Armstrong Cork Company's plants at Millville, Gloucester City and Camden, New Jersey; Pittsburgh and Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; and South Braintre, Massachusetts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12909
Author
Prentis, H. W.
Date of Publication
1943]
Call Number
814 P927rt
Responsibility
By H.W. Prentis, Jr. ...
Author
Prentis, H. W.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Press, Inc.,
Date of Publication
1943]
Physical Description
32 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Armstrong Cork Company.
Open and closed shop - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 P927rt
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19607
Date of Publication
c. 1884.
Call Number
220 S649 1884
220 H586 1884
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa
Publisher
B.R. Witmer,
Date of Publication
c. 1884.
Physical Description
[1690] pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (inc. portraits) plates (some color), map ; 32 x 24 cm
Notes
Pagination : 11, vi-viii, 1-16, 32, [8], 6, 6, 12, 48, 128, 13, 18, 640, 104, [8],16, [48], vi, 643-1029, 8,32, 102, 36 p.
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881 and 1884. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Smith-Sweigert Bible: Bible through the Apocrypha copyright 1872; New Testament copyright 1881 and 1882.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Hess family Bible.
Smith-Sweigert Bible.
Other materials of the Hess family in MG-394.
Hess Bible: Genealogical record of Jacob W. Hess and Susan H. Lawrence1861-1919 at end of Apocrypha..
Smith-Sweigert Bible: Genealogical record of Theodore F. Sweigart and Hettie A Smith, 1856-1916 at end of Apocrypha. "Presented to Hettie A. Smith by her Grandfather, Feb. 19th, 1884".
Hess Bible: Two unidentified photographs, one male, one female, removed to MG-399 Hess family bible.
Smith-Sweigart Bible: Four pages containing 16 family photographs, some identified, at end of Bible.
Hess Bible: Morocco binding with pictorial scenes with gold tooling and depressed cover back and front; edge guilding.
Smith-Sweigart Bible: Morocco binding with pictorial scenes with gold tooling and depressed cover back and front; edge guilding.
Subjects
Hess, Jacob W., - 1862- .
Lawrence, Susan H., - 1861 .
Sweigart, Theodore F., - 1856-1923.
Smith, Hettie A., - 1864- .
Smith family - Genealogy.
Sweigert family - Genealogy.
Hess family - Genealogy..
Concordances.
Dictionaries.
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 S649 1884
220 H586 1884
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One room, one teacher : from one room schools to the consolidation of the South Eastern School District [Lancaster County, Pa.]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20627
Author
Wilson, Roger B.
Date of Publication
©2016.
Call Number
370 S726
Author
Wilson, Roger B.
Place of Publication
York, Pa
Publisher
Maple Press ,
Date of Publication
©2016.
Physical Description
208 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
First edition - First printing - 300 copies, June 2016.
Subjects
South Eastern School District [York County, Pa.)
County school systems - Pennsylvania - York County
Public schools - Pennsylvania - York County
Rural schools - Pennsylvania - York County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 S726
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Complete report of the Nessly centennial held at Brooklyn, West Virginia, Thursday, September 17, 1885, together with interesting historical gleanings in connection with the Nessly family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11816
Date of Publication
1885.
Call Number
929 N465
Responsibility
O.W. Walkup, reporter.
Place of Publication
Wellsville, Ohio
Publisher
A.P Howard.
Date of Publication
1885.
Physical Description
36 p.
Subjects
Nessly family.
Wellsville (Ohio)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 N465
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Battle field and prison pen, or Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons. A graphic recital of personal experiences throughout the whole period of the late war for the Union

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9893
Author
Urban, John W.
Date of Publication
[1882]
Call Number
817 U72b
Responsibility
By John W. Urban ...
Author
Urban, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Hubbard Brothers,
Date of Publication
[1882]
Physical Description
xii, 13-422 p. front., plates. ports. 19 1/2 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
817 U72b
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Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : containing reports of the surveys and re-surveys of the boundary lines of the commonwealth, accompanied with maps of the same. Prepared in compliance with a resolution of the General Assembly, approved the 7th day of May, 1885

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16197
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Internal Affairs.
Date of Publication
1887.
Call Number
353.3 P415 1887
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Internal Affairs.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
E.K. Meyers,
Date of Publication
1887.
Physical Description
xx, 650 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Field notes and astronomical observations of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. Made by them in their surveys of the boundary lines between the provinces of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. 1763-68. Transcribed from the original autograph manuscript of Mason and Dixon, now in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania": p. [59]-281.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Pennsylvania - Surveys.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
353.3 P415 1887
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Progressive music lessons : a course of instruction, prepared for the use of public schools

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3197
Author
Loomis, George Brace,
Date of Publication
c1885.
Call Number
780 L863
Responsibility
by George B. Loomis.
Author
Loomis, George Brace,
Place of Publication
New York ; Cincinnati
Publisher
American Book,
Date of Publication
c1885.
Physical Description
215, [1] p. : music ; 19 cm.
Notes
On cover: Revised edition.
Revised from First steps in music.
Fourth book.
Subjects
School songbooks.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
780 L863
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Home missions in the mother synod. Golden jubilee volume of the Board of home missions of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and the adjacent states

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12391
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Board of home missions.
Date of Publication
[c1946]
Call Number
284.1 H765
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Board of home missions.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
The Board of home missions of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the adjacent states and the United Lutheran publication house
Date of Publication
[c1946]
Physical Description
5 p. β., 136 p. incl. fronts. (ports.) 21 cm.
Notes
Lancaster information on pages 8-10, 54-59.
Bibliography: p. 127.
Subjects
Lutheran Church
Missions - Pennsylvania.
Missions - New Jersey.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania.
Church buildings - New Jersey.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 H765
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