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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1829 #251
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Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0009
People
Meldrum, Sarah
Van Wyck, William
Wallace, Betsey
Wallace, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Locust Grove, Conoy Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Locust Grove, Conoy Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1829 #251
Box Number
009
Notes
Entered into Q&A 1993/04/23.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Meldrum, Sarah.
Van Wyck, William. Teacher.
Wallace, Betsey.
Wallace, John.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ccce5564-17e0-43fa-b5ba-190747312492
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-04-23
Date Range
1888
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Industrial Parade, Locust Street, Columbia
Date Range
1888
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Parades
Locust Street
Place
Columbia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 5 inches
Object ID
2-07-04-23
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ff6c5749-df0e-4c1e-b023-266650011657
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-04-24
Date Range
1888
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Industrial Parade, Locust Street, Columbia
Date Range
1888
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Parades
Locust Street
Place
Columbia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 5 inches
Object ID
2-07-04-24
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1ecf6781-01c2-4e78-a9e6-641464702760
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-04-01-29
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Northeast corner of Front and Locust Streets showing stores and Post Office.
Year Range From
1861
Year Range To
1890
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Columbia Post Office
Front Street
Locust Street
Post offices
Place
Columbia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7 x 5 inches
Dimention Details
7 x 5 inches (8.75 x 6.75 inches)
Object ID
2-04-01-29
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/73c12a21-ed3b-4196-9c85-902031218335
Collection
Lewis Wood Collection
Title
Lewis Wood Collection
Object ID
MG0311
Date Range
1870-1915
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Collection
Lewis Wood Collection
Title
Lewis Wood Collection
Description
The Lewis Wood Collection contains items that were mailed or otherwise delivered to Lewis Wood at Kirks Mills in Little Britain Twp. The items include invitations to dances and picnics; programs and resolutions for the Pleasant Grove Lodge, International Order of Good Templars; and an advertising card for jeweler Edward J. Zahm.
Date Range
1870-1915
Year Range From
1870
Year Range To
1915
Date of Accumulation
1870-1882
Creator
Wood, Lewis, 1854-1918
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Barnard, J. T.
Brown, Sadie
Carter, Kate
Fite, Alice
Kellough, Jennie
Moore, Jacob
Patton, Robert
Rheas, Philip
Whitman, William
Wood, Lewis
Wood, Mary
Zahm, Edward J.
Wood, Ida Phoebe
Wood, Robert K.
Coates, Howard Bennett
Lamborn, C. Linneus
Subjects
Advertising cards
Ephemera
Invitation cards
Search Terms
Advertising cards
Brown's Orchestra
East Land School House
Ephemera
Finding aids
International Order of Good Templars
Invitations
Keffer's Orchestra
Kirks Mills, Little Britain Twp.
Manuscript groups
Millers' Orchestra
Pleasant Grove Lodge
Taylor's Orchestra
Trade cards
Extent
4 folders, .15 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0311
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Lewis Wood Collection (MG0311), 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-311
Other Number
MG-311
Classification
MG0311
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 5 October 2021.
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Proposal

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Proposal for bridge repairs
Object ID
Bridge F0080 I012
Date Range
1884
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Proposal for bridge repairs
Description
[Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.]
Location: [Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.]
Document type: Proposal for bridge repairs
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1884
Year
1884
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Little Britain Twp.
Octoraro Creek, West Branch
Proposals
Spruce Grove Bridge
Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.
Place
Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Proposal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0080 I012
Box Number
001
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b4f24a81-c384-4abe-895b-833919929900
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-01-05-09
Date Range
c. 1881
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Black Horse School, Paradise Twp., about 1881. B. Frank Book was the teacher. First pupil left, back row, was John K. Ranck, then 18 yrs. old. Girl in front of him was Emma Hostetter, then 18 yrs. old. Later these two married. Mr. Ranck was school director in Paradise for many years.
Date Range
c. 1881
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Book, B. Frank
Ranck, John K.
Ranck, Emma Hostetter
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Schoolhouses
Students
Teachers
Education
Place
Paradise Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 6.75 inches
Object ID
2-01-05-09
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5d9b1d02-237b-43d4-831d-522893088167
Collection
Temperance Collection
Title
Temperance Collection
Object ID
MG0154
Date Range
1815-1959
aids Friends Academy Harrisburg Lancaster Lancaster County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Lititz Locust Valley, Long Island, New York Manheim Manuscript groups Minutes (Records) National Woman’s
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Collection
Temperance Collection
Title
Temperance Collection
Description
The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Date Range
1815-1959
Year Range From
1815
Year Range To
1959
Date of Accumulation
1815-1959
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Aikin, Francis
Alexander, Eleanor B.
Brosius, Letitia
Brubaker, George
Eckman, Benjamin F.
Geist, Jacob Miller Willis
Harlan, E. W.
Heiges, George Leonard
Jackson, Josephine
Richardson, Benjamin W.
Rineer, A. Hunter
Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle
Seberry, Cora E.
Thomas, A. Elizabeth
Willard, Frances Elizabeth
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Minutes (Records)
Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Programs (Publications)
Temperance
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Search Terms
Associations, institutions, etc.
Bart Society
Business records
Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.
Christiana
Churches
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Conventions
Dauphin County Historical Society
Eastland Female Temperance Society
Finding aids
Friends Academy
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lititz
Locust Valley, Long Island, New York
Manheim
Manuscript groups
Minutes
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Pageants
Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union
Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Poetry
Programs
Reports
Songs
Strasburg
Temperance
Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Extent
1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0154
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), 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-154
Classification
MG0154
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-25-08-01
Date Range
c. 1880
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Salem Church of God, 328 West Orange Street, Lancaster. Built in 1877, congregation dissolved in 1884. Property conveyed to Covenant United Brethren Church, 1884 to 1926. Became First Pentecostal Church, Assembly of God from 1927 to 1959. Theobald School of Ballet from 1959 to 1986. Now Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster.
Date Range
c. 1880
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Churches
Religion
Salem Church of God
Covenant United Brethren Church
First Pentecostal Church, Assembly of God
Theobald School of Ballet
Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-25-08-01
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/66cb17b8-b9eb-4fd3-bac0-218854159505
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
3-01-01-20
Date Range
1886
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Lancaster High School Orchestra - father of A. R. Taylor Denues is the violinist second from right in the back row.
Date Range
1886
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Denues, Arthur Russell Taylor
Denues, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Education
Music
Lancaster High School Orchestra
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 14.5 inches
Object ID
3-01-01-20
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