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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/af1d901d-6a9b-4302-9d68-879024869014
Collection
Mary Warfel Collection
Title
Mary Warfel Collection
Object ID
MG0138
Date Range
1887-1945
ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Warfel, Mary Sophia Subject Headings: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Harpists Musicians Programs (Publications) Scrapbooks Women musicians Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Finding aids Harpists Manuscript groups Musicians
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Collection
Mary Warfel Collection
Title
Mary Warfel Collection
Description
The Mary Warfel Collection contains materials collected by or pertaining to Mary Warfel, world renowned harpist from Lancaster County. There are scrapbooks, newspaper articles, programs, reviews, event announcements, and correspondence.
Admin/Biographical History
Mary Warfel was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1888 to a family of exceptional musical talent. Both her parents were musicians and her grandfather was a Viennese baritone. From an early age Warfel is said to have shown signs of her brilliance as she displayed unusual common sense and sound judgment. As a young lady Warfel decided to follow in the footsteps of her family as she went to study music at St. Mary's College, Notre Dame in 1905. While at St. Mary's Warfel studied the harp and the piano. Warfel wrote in her diary which she kept through the duration of her time at St. Mary's that the harp was her favorite instrument to study. Finishing her studies in 1906 Warfel would go on to graduate with honors.
Upon leaving college Warfel traveled to Philadelphia where she would study under the tutelage of Constantin von Sternberg. During this period of her life Mary Warfel's studies were more focused on the piano however the harp still remained her first love and she never abandoned hope of someday becoming a prominent harpist.
After her time with von Sternberg Warfel returned to Lancaster where she began her music career. Warfel kept track of her career by saving the newspaper articles and various letters wrote to her throughout her career. The first record that Mary Warfel saved came from a concert in Philadelphia on April 11, 1909 where she played the Woodland Presbyterian Church. From this point on until her breakout season Warfel played a handful of concerts every year mostly being recognized as a auxiliary performer barely getting much recognition.
Warfel's career took off after she played a concert in New York City on Palm Sunday in 1914. This was Warfel's final performance of the 1913-14 season. The 1914-15 season would turn out to be huge for Warfel as she would play concerts in Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York City.
The 1916-17 season would be even bigger for Warfel as she became a well-known name in New York and played several large venues such as the Biltmore Hotel and Carnegie Hall. Despite Warfel's success on a grand stage she never divorced herself from her home town. For Mary Warfel, Lancaster City was home and she prided herself on trying to make Lancaster a premier music town by bringing in various big name artists to play concerts. Fritz Kreisler was one of the big names that Warfel brought to Lancaster, who was referred to by the local paper as the world's greatest violinist. Warfel also never stopped playing local venues herself. Throughout her career and no matter how big her name got Warfel had always played concerts at the Iris Club and the Fulton. By the end of the 1916-17 season Warfel's prestige had grown greatly and she became recognized as an elite harpist being compared to Ada Sassoli another great harpist of the era. A newspaper article that Warfel saved towards the end of the season mentioned that she was in high demand in New York.
Warfel's career would continue to grow and her reputation would as well. Her prestige grew to the point where she became recognized as the premier harpist in the United States and throughout all her success her attitude never changed. An article from a paper in Altoona in 1918 described Mary as, "Someone who distinguishes herself by not being the type of musician who will not do something because it is not in her contract." She was known to go out of her way to do things for others and such behavior gained her a great deal of followers.
During the twenties Warfel played less concerts and focused on her music series, bringing prominent names to Lancaster. Mary Warfel certainly would have been a well-known name amongst music lovers during her lifetime. Unfortunately she did not leave much of a legacy because all of her work consisted of live performances. The remaining records of Mary Warfel are newspaper articles from various cities that she saved, personal letters addressed to her, and several short excerpts from history books on Lancaster County. Regardless of what Mary Warfel did or did not leave she still stands among Lancaster's most distinguished citizens as a nationally recognized musician who played one of the most difficult instruments to master.
Date Range
1887-1945
Year Range From
1887
Year Range To
1945
Date of Accumulation
1887-1945
Creator
Warfel, Mary Sophia, 1888-1955
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Warfel, Mary Sophia
Other Creators
Kaseman, Paul Warren, 1921-2009
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Harpists
Musicians
Programs (Publications)
Scrapbooks
Women musicians
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Finding aids
Harpists
Manuscript groups
Musicians
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Scrapbooks
Women
Women musicians
Extent
3 boxes, 18 folders, 2.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0138
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), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The items in Folders 10 and 11 were a gift of Paul Kaseman.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 16 is restricted. All other items in the collection may be used--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at the 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-138
Classification
MG0138
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid by PW. Biographical information by DJ, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 December 2023.
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Scrapbook

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/38219ca9-1166-4b88-9044-077390963137
Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Edith Raub Helm Scrapbooks
Object ID
MG0434_Box044and045
Date Range
1929-1943
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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Edith Raub Helm Scrapbooks
Description
These volumes contain various newspaper clippings, printed materials, and ephemera collected by Edith Raub Helm. The books provide insight into her life including the schools she attended-Shippen School for Girls and Briarcliff Junior College. The scrapbooks focus on the social aspects of women's lives, featuring the theatre, wedding invitations, and engagement, marriage, and birth announcements.
System of Arrangement
Edith Raub Helm, Book 1, 1929-1940
Edith Raub Helm, Book 2, January 1939-May 1943
Date Range
1929-1943
Creation Date
1929-1943
Creator
Helm, Edith Raub, 1918-1978
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 22
People
Helm, Edith Raub
Subjects
Briarcliff Junior College (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Ephemera
Invitation cards
Playbills
Scrapbooks
Women--Education
World War, 1939-1945
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Ephemera
Invitations
Junior League of Lancaster
Lancaster Country Club
Newspaper clippings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Shippen School
Women
World War II
WWII
Extent
2 volumes
Object Name
Scrapbook
Language
English
Object ID
MG0434_Box044and045
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
No restrictions. Please request these items by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.
Copyright
These 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-434
Other Number
MG-434, Boxes 44 and 45
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 25 October 2023.
Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Books 10 and 11.
This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fff0fda3-fab4-473e-80bc-522687643664
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-12
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 12: Round Top, Accomac, August 14, 1903; From Round Top, August 14, 1903; Round Top House, August 14, 1903; From Chickies Rock looking toward Marietta, August 14, 1903; Baby in carriage, two older children and an African American woman; From near Chickies Rock looking toward Columbia, August 14, 1903.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Accomac, Hellam Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
African American women
Babies
Chickies Rock
Children
Persons of color
Recreation
Round Top
Round Top House
Susquehanna River
Women
York County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-12
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/65184a0e-1226-4cd6-9ed0-152539591383
Collection
Paul and Ellen Robinson Gutfleisch Photograph Collection
Title
Photograph of a group of people in front of a frame building
Object ID
PRG-01-03-09
Date Range
August 1904
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Paul and Ellen Robinson Gutfleisch Photograph Collection
Title
Photograph of a group of people in front of a frame building
Description
Front row, from left: Will Yeager, Dr. Harvey Miller, Anna Lenker Robinson, Minnie Snyder, Clem Straup, Wesley Reiker. Back row, from left: Milt Miller, Dr. Joe Walburn, Dan Lubold, Dr. Lehr, Rev. Saylor, Lawyer Johns. People possilby affiliated with the Berrysburg Seminary, Berrysburg, Dauphin County.
Provenance
Transfer from Schuylkill County Historical Society
Date Range
August 1904
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Johns, Lawyer
Lubold, Dan
Miller, Harvey
Miller, Milt
Reiker, Wesley
Robinson, Anna Lenker
Snyder, Minnie
Straup, Clem
Walburn, Joe
Yeager, Will
Subject
Photographs
Classification
PRG-01-03-09
Search Terms
Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Berrysburg Seminary
Portraits
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4.75 x 6.75 inches
Dimention Details
On backing board measuring 6 in. x 10 in.
Object ID
PRG-01-03-09
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f7cbb294-0cae-4c67-aed2-496696141104
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Object ID
D-11-02-17
Date Range
1923/02/12
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Description
Woman at Intelligencer and News Journal offices being present with a box of Miesse's Candies. Customer: Intelligencer
Date Range
1923/02/12
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Newspapers
Offices
Women
Miesse Candies & Ice Cream
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-11-02-17
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
576-357
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bc3c7da0-0cbc-4ed3-b0cd-401553493314
Collection
Slaymaker Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
SF-05-02-25
Date Range
1925
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Slaymaker Family Photograph Collection
Description
African American woman seated in chair reading a book. Formal portrait. From "Captives' Mansion" by S. R. Slaymaker II, page 195: ". . . accompanied by my ninety-year old black nanny, 'Nana,' who was born a slave in the South and had come to Colonel Slaymaker's household as a young woman. She had cared for S. R. I, S. C. II, and me, when I visited the farm."
Date Range
1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Bachrach Studios
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Books
Chairs
Freedmen
Persons of color
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7.25 x 9.25 inches
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
SF-05-02-25
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7b64781c-6441-4e06-8422-181046310877
Collection
General Collection
Title
Unidentified young woman
Object ID
1-21-02-81
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Unidentified young woman
Description
Unidentified young woman with light hair pulled up, long skirt and ruched blouse.
Provenance
Gift of Sheri Nozawa
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1910
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Bew's Photo Studio
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-02-81
Search Terms
Portraits
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4 x 5.75 inches
Object ID
1-21-02-81
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4da81c18-920c-4600-842d-432650123022
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
James and Anna Goldthwait at Belle Isle Park
Object ID
WBH-01-09-12
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
James and Anna Goldthwait at Belle Isle Park
Description
Anna Hornberger Goldthwait, possibly standing on the deck of a steamer boat from New York to Michigan on Lake Huron.
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1910
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Goldthwait, Anna Hornberger
Subject
Photographs
Classification
WBH-01-09-12
Search Terms
Boats
Lake Huron
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
2 x 3.5 inches
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
Photograph is torn around the edges and very fragile
Object ID
WBH-01-09-12
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e3abaebd-73e1-4926-92ef-103057577936
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Lizzie Hornberger and a nephew of Mike Mullen
Object ID
WBH-01-09-17
Date Range
1926
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Lizzie Hornberger and a nephew of Mike Mullen
Description
Lizzie L. Eckert Hornberger and a nephew of Mike Mullen.
Date Range
1926
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hornberger, Lizzie L. Eckert
Subject
Photographs
Classification
WBH-01-09-17
Search Terms
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
WBH-01-09-17
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bd1d8c53-e9e1-4cea-8995-676042685459
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Amanda Hornberger and Ida Zartman at Hershey Park
Object ID
WBH-01-09-19
Date Range
1905
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Amanda Hornberger and Ida Zartman at Hershey Park
Description
Two women sitting on a bench by a gazebo, possibly at Hershey Park. The women are identified as Amanda Louisa Buch Hornberger and Ida Zartman.
Date Range
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hornberger, Amanda Louisa Buch
Zartman, Ida
Subject
Photographs
Classification
WBH-01-09-19
Search Terms
Women
Gazebos
Parks
Benches
Place
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
2.5 x 4 inches
Object ID
WBH-01-09-19
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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