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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

handbooks Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County Historical markers Heating and ventilation systems Insurance policies Job descriptions Kroll Electric Company, Inc. Lancaster Lancaster Parking Authority Lancaster Trust Company Leases Letters Price lists Manuscript groups Menus Newsletters

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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: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Object ID: MG0583

Date Range: 1727-1963

Terms: Advertisements Certificates Deeds Family records Finding aids Genealogy Horse breeders Lutheran and Reformed Church Manuscript groups Pikeland Church Probate records Sadsbury Friends Cemetery Simmontown School Union Cemetery Related Materials: See also the Photograph Collections Processing

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Description: The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.

Admin/Biographical History: "Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."; From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.

Date Range: 1727-1963

Year Range From: 1727

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1727-1963

Creator: Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bedard, A. J.; Beecher, Eleanor; Beecher, Samuel; Beyer, W. F.; Brinton, Susanna; Brown, Alice E.; Brown, Barbara; Brown, Clemson; Brown, David; Brown, David, Jr.; Brown, Elizabeth F.; Brown, Hannah; Brown, J. Norris; Brown, Jacob; Brown, John H.; Brown, John Henry; Brown, Leah; Brown, Lindley T.; Brown, Lizzie F.; Brown, Lydia; Brown, Margaret C.; Brown, Phares; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Sarah "Sallie"; Brown, William; Coates, Lindley; Davis, Benjamin F.; Dubree, Absolom; Dubree, Ann; Elliot, Joseph; Eshleman, Jacob; Fleming, John; Hipple, Mary Ann; Hostetter, Abraham F.; Howell, Philip; Jackson, Mary Louise; Kunkel, H. Clinger; Lindley T. Brown; McNeely, Abigail; Mews, Hannah; Mews, John; Moore, Thomas; Murray, John; Murry, John; Murry, Susanna; Pownall, Deborah; Pownall, Ellen; Pownall, George H.; Pownall, Harriet; Pownall, Levi; Wasson, Samuel; Pownall, Martha; Pownall, Theodore; Rhea, Ann; Samson, Margaret; Samson, William; Steele, Elizabeth; Steele, Hugh E.; Swanger, John H.; Taylor, Isaac; Walker, Asahel; Wasson, Ann; Wasson, Ruth; Wasson, Usher; Wayser, Janet L. Knox; Whitson, George; Williams, Robert

Subjects: Advertisements; Deeds; Family archives; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Probate records

Search Terms: Advertisements; Certificates; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Lutheran and Reformed Church; Manuscript groups; Pikeland Church; Probate records; Sadsbury Friends Cemetery; Simmontown School; Union Cemetery

Extent: 1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0583

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), 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.

Accession Number: 2010.MG0583

Other Numbers: MG-583

Classification: MG0583

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Object ID: MG0720

Date Range: 1798-1939

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Description: This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.

Date Range: 1798-1939

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1939

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1939

Creator: Woerner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Bassler, Maria; Bernhard, Henry; Bernhardy, Henry; Breitigan, Daniel Mumma; Bomgardener, Elias; Burkholder, Ann; Buckwalter, Barbara; Buckwalter Daniel W.; Buckwalter, David Joseph; Buckwalter, Elam; Buckwalter, Harry Sahm; Burkholder, Henry; Buckwalter, Henry W.; Buckwalter, Hiram; Buckwalter, Ivan; Buckwalter, Joseph; Burkholder, Martha; Buckwalter, Stella; Burkholder, Rebecca; Burkholder, Veronica; Cross, Peter; Drutt, George; Dunlap, W. M.; Dutt, Anne; Dutt, George; Eberle, Ann; Eberly, H. S.; Fory, Zeno; Frank, Christian; Fulmer, Phillip; Hackman, Andrew; Harnish, M. M.; Hartman, Frank; Heidman, Elizabeth; Heilmand, John; Herr, Isaac; Herr, Walter; Hollersten, Peter; Homsher, Fred; Huber, Abraham; Kreider, Abraham; Kreiter, Christian; Landis, Levi; Myers, N. S.; Myers, Samuel; Masterson, Maria; Masterson, Thomas; Newcomer, Jacob; Nolly, Loretta Jane; Peifer, Amos; Ritter, Benjamin; Ruth, John; Sahm, Aaron; Sahm, David C.; Sahm, Eliza Gross; Sahm, George; Sahm, Henry Gross; Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker; Sahm, Levi; Sahm, Menno L.; Shriner, Daniel; Snyder, H. B.; Spacht, Ralph M.; Stauffer, Christian; Weidman, David; Witmer, David M.

Subjects: Airports; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; Inventories; Loans; Maps; Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Runways (Aeronautics); Stocks; Taxation; Wills

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Agreements; Airports; American Union Telephone Company; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Estate inventories; Executors' accounts; Farm Debt Adjustment Committee; Farmers Market Company; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Financial records; Guardianship accounts; Inventories; Kissel Hill Telephone Company; Lancaster Abattoir Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Leaf Tobacco Company; Livestock; Loans; Manheim Fairview Cemetery; Manheim Twp.; Maps; Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; Penn Twp.; Phoenix Water Power Company; Probate records; Reading Transit and Light Company; Receipts; Runways; Stocks; Taxation; Taxes; Warwick Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0720

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), 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-720

Other Number: MG-720

Classification: MG0720

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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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: McCaa Collection

Title: McCaa Collection

Object ID: MG0281

Date Range: 1825-1922

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Collection: McCaa Collection

Title: McCaa Collection

Description: The McCaa Collection contains the papers of and collected by the family of James McCaa in northeastern Lancaster County. Among the items are account and ledger books, a physician's visiting book, legal papers, deeds, certificates for commissions, receipts, letters, and estate papers.

Date Range: 1825-1922

Year Range From: 1825

Year Range To: 1922

Date of Accumulation: 1825-1922

Creator: McCaa family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Bechard, Philip; Beichey, Abraham; Binney, Horace; Brinton, Edward Penrose; Brooks, E. G.; Brown, Bill; Brumbaugh, Martin G.; Burlingame, Daniel; Cadwalader, John; Cadwalader, Thomas; Compton, George W.; Curtin, Andrew Gregg; Dehaven, Philip; Eberly, A. J.; Eberman, Jacob; Fonts, Martin; Frantz, Joseph; Good, J. J.; Groff, Israel M.; Gundacker, John; Hahl, John N.; Hall, N. Franklin; Hamilton, Andrew; Handwork, George; Hertzler, John; Hohn, Leona J.; Hollinger, Moses; House, N. E.; Jacobs, Harrison B.; Jacobs, William B.; Jenkins, Robert; Johnson, Allen; Johnston, Libbie; Kauffman, S. S.; Kenney, William; Kieffer, Sarah Ann; Kinport, Martin; Kinsers, Saby; Konigmacher, Edwin; Kreider, Isabella; Kurtz, Catharine; Kurtz, Christian; Leaman, George; Lengel, Paul; Levy, William; Groff, Lizzie H.; McCaa, D. Galen; McCaa, David Jenkins; McCaa, James; McCaa, William J.; McGill, I.; McGill, John; Mintzer, Rebecca; Mintzer, William; Nevin, John W.; Packer, William F.; Patts, Clement R.; Robeson, Andrew; Robeson, James J.; Robinson, H. W.; Rohrer, George R.; Royer, George S.; Shurk , Francis R.; Slaymaker, Henry Young; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Lessie; Snader, A. W.; Sparr, William; Spotts, Jacob; Stephenson, Anna J.; Stoutzenberger, David; Styer, David; Tener, John K.; Trout, Paul; Welch, George; Welch, Ruth Ann; Welsh, George; Welsh, George, Sr.; Wilson, Joseph N.; Winger, Frank; Witman, Amos; Wood, William; Wright, Benjamin

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Deeds; Invoices; Letters; Mortgages; Probate records; Promissory notes; Real property; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Wills

Search Terms: Bonds; Business records; Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.; Correspondence; Deeds; Finding aids; Herr and Bowman; Invoices; Land drafts; Legal papers; Letters; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Mortgages; New Garden Academy; Probate records; Promissory notes; Real estate; Receipts; Releases; Stauffer and Russell; Wills; Windsor Forge

Extent: 2 boxes, 13 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0281

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Notes: Preferred Citation: McCaa Collection (MG0281), Box #, 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-281

Other Number: MG-281

Classification: MG0281

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The volumes in Folder 11-13 were transferred from MG-266 Daybook and Ledger Collection, Series 3 on 5 March 2009.; Added to database 5 October 2017.

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 21 J. P. McCaskey Insert 1 Photocopy of newspaper article about the reading of Harold F. Diffenderffer’s paper about J. P. McCaskey at the Lancaster County Historical Society. “’Jack’s Boys’ Never Forget,” Daily Intelligencer Journal

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents 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.

Accession Number: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Collection: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Title: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Object ID: MG0007

Date Range: 1744-1927

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Collection: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Title: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection

Description: The Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection contains church records, property records, legal documents, a songbook, and a liturgy book.

Admin/Biographical History: Peace United Church of Christ was formed in the late 1960s by the joining of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Adamstown and Muddy Creek United Church of Christ. Muddy Creek UCC is one of the earliest German Reformed churches in the area, its founding marked with the first recorded baptisms in January of 1731.

Date Range: 1744-1927

Year Range From: 1744

Year Range To: 1927

Date of Accumulation: 1744-1927

Creator: Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bechtolt, Catherine; Bechtolt, William; Becker, Jacob E.; Egly, Marcus; Frey, Jacob; Frey, Peter; Grill, Adam; Haller, Henry; Hartung, Maria; Hartung, Richard; Hartung, Solomon; Hefft, George; Lauch, Henry; Laush, Mary; Lesher, Samuel; Lutz, Casper; Penn, Richard; Penn, Thomas; Schnider, Valantin; Schober, Philip; Shoup, Christopher; Swartz, Levi P.; Swartz, Lydia; Weiss, Peter

Subjects: Lutheran Church; Reformed Church; German Reformed Church; Church records and registers; Deeds; Hymnals; Liturgies

Search Terms: Calvinist Reformation Congregation; German Reformed Congregation of Muddy Creek Church; Lutheran Congregations of Muddy Creek Church; Muddy Creek Church; Lutheran Church; Reformed Church; German Reformed Church; Financial records; Surveys; Church records and registers; Deeds; Hymnals; Liturgies; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 10 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0007

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 3: Please use photocopy in Folder 3a; make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to use original.

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-7

Classification: MG0007

Description Level: Fonds

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

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Collection: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Title: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Object ID: MG0363

Date Range: 1806-1950

the trustees to the English Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, for lot of ground on Grant Street. 16 March 1875. Folder 3, Insert 2 Deed between Esther R. Barton to John Carr for house and lot on East King Street, Lancaster. 24 March 1847. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125

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Collection: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Title: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Description: The Andrew B. Rote Collection contains the business records of C. V. Rote & Co., which later became A. B. Rote & Co., and some family records. The Lancaster company specialized in awnings and ironwork. Deeds, mortgages, and other property records are for property owned by the Rotes and used for their business. The record books of the company, 1881-1942, show accounting, clients, cash flow, bids, and inventory. A catalog of architectural bronze and iron works illustrates their products. There are also stock certificates for a number of local and regional businesses such as Farmers Trust Company, Union Trust Company, and Meadia Heights Golf Club.

Admin/Biographical History: C. V. Rote & Company was founded by Charles V. Rote, Jacob F. Bender, and John W. Holman on 3 March 1881, specifically for the manufacture of awnings. Bender and Holman provided the financing, space for the shop, the time they could commit, and the use of their horse and buggy. Rote committed his labor and time in manufacturing the awnings. Their initial success continued when they added architectural bronze and iron work. Andrew B. Rote took over the business in 1894, which was then located at 111-117 E. Chestnut Street, Lancaster.

Date Range: 1806-1950

Year Range From: 1806

Year Range To: 1950

Date of Accumulation: 1806-1950

Creator: Rote, Andrew B., 1928-2015

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bender, Jacob F.; Holman, John W.; Rote, Andrew B. "Andy"; Rote, Andrew Baker; Rote, Charles Victor

Other Creators: A. B. Rote & Company

Subjects: Architectural ironwork; Awnings; Business records; Decorative cast-ironwork; Deeds; Ironwork; Patents; Stocks

Search Terms: A. B. Rote & Co.; Account books; Awnings; Bonds; Business records; C. V. Rote and Company; Deeds; Farmers Trust Company; Finding aids; Highway Emergency Service; Ironwork, Architectural; Ironwork, Decorative; Lancaster Concrete Tile Company; Manuscript groups; Meadia Heights Golf Club; Mortgages; National Building Units Corporation; Patents; Penn-Mont Mining and Milling Company; Pennsylvania Chautauqua Society; Stocks; Union Trust Company of Lancaster

Extent: 3 boxes, 27 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0363

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Andrew B. Rote Collection (MG0363), 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.

Accession Number: 2003.MG0363

Other Numbers: MG-363

Classification: MG0363

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from James Gibbons in Chester, Chester County to Abraham Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding his plan to sell the mill and tavern in Lancaster County with woodland and cleared

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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