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The search by blacks for employment and opportunity : industrial education in Philadelphia

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Author
Silcox, Harry.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v. 4
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by Harry Silcox.
Author
Silcox, Harry.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
p. 38 - 43.
Series
Pennsylvania Heritage ; v. 4, no. 1
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Heritage, v. 4, no. 1 (December 1977).
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v. 4
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The economic status of Negroes in late nineteenth century Lancaster

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Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
1973.
suggests that several Negro males in 1880 were not excluded from the mainstream of Lancas- ter's economy. An examination of the influence of "place of birth" on occupa- tion failed to reveal any distinction between those born in the South, possibly in slavery, and those born in Pennsylvania. 16 In con
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Responsibility
by Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[124]-132 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 3
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
African Americans
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 3 (1973), p. 124-132Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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The U.S. Army and the Negro

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2040
Corporate Author
US Army Military History Research Collection.
Date of Publication
1971.
Call Number
016.326 S634
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by John Slonaker.
Corporate Author
US Army Military History Research Collection.
Place of Publication
Carlisle Barracks, Pa
Publisher
U.S. Army Military History Research Collection,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
ix, 97 p. : group port. ; 27 cm.
Series
Special bibliography - U.S. Army Military History Research Collection ; 2
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
United States. - Army - African American troops - Bibliography.
African American soldiers - United States
African Americans
Additional Author
Slonaker, John.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.326 S634
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-50
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 50: Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Baby in carriage in front of house, "Abram's baby"; Group seated on deck, "Wild Cat Falls, August 21, 1903"; Girl walking down stairs, "Coming from Glen Orchard, August 21, 1903"; "Glen Orchard Club, August 21, 1903"; "Jane Caanan, Pittsburg, Pa., November 1902", African-American woman.
Provenance
First 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, between 1901 and 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
People
Caanan, Jane
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Wild Cat Falls, Hellam Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Glen Orchard, York County, Pennsylvania
Persons of color
Baby carriages
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-50
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The Black family in slavery and freedom, 1750-1925

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Author
Gutman, Herbert George,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
326 G983
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Herbert G. Gutman.
ISBN
0394471164
Author
Gutman, Herbert George,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Pantheon Books,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
xxviii, 664 p. : ill., genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
African American Resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Summary
"Herbert G. Gutman uses quantitative records from the United States census intermixed with qualitative materials such as letters slaves wrote each other, testimony given to Government Commissions, and observations of foreign travelers to assure us that the black family was never disorganized by slavery. He aptly refutes the theory that the slave experience resulted in broken black families. He insists that the black family has always been an effective means for transmitting a black cultural heritage...The volume was stimulated by the public and academic controversy surrounding Daniel P. Moynihan's The Negro Family in America: The Case for National Actions (1965). Moynihan argued that American blacks were caught in a "tangle of pathology" resulting from the deterioration of the black family." [from Endnotes.com]
Subjects
African American families
African Americans
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 G983
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Letters from Tuskegee; being the confessions of a Yankee

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Author
Von Grabill, Stanton Becker.
Date of Publication
1905.
Call Number
378.75 T964 1905
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Author
Von Grabill, Stanton Becker.
Place of Publication
Birmingham, Ala
Publisher
Printed for the author, by Roberts & Son,
Date of Publication
1905.
Physical Description
viii, 43 p. 18 cm.
Notes
Content warning: this item contains racist language and references to abortion.
Library has a copy that appeared to belong to the author. His stamp is inside the front cover, and indicates he was at "The Hamilton" in Lancaster at the time.
Contents
Introductory.--Tuskegee school.--Virtue and morals.--Religion.--Social equality.--Industry and criminality.--Fidelity.
Summary
Stanton Becker Von Grabill was a respected pianist who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His criticism of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee School reflects a racist point of view not uncommon for 1905. His text does provide information about Mr. Washington's project and serves as an example of white critiques of Black enfranchisement after Reconstruction. Content warning: this item contains racist language and references to abortion.
Subjects
Tuskegee Institute.
African Americans
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
378.75 T964 1905
Websites
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951p00688247n
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The emergence of black religion in Pennsylvania, 1776-1850

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Author
Coleman, Charles L.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v. 4
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Responsibility
by Charles L. Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Charles L.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
p. 24 - 28.
Series
Pennsylvania Heritage ; v. 4, no. 1
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Heritage, v. 4, no. 1 (December 1977).
Summary
"The emergence of Black churches at the beginning of the nineteenth century was crucial to the survival of Black people in Pennsylvania and in the North because it provided two key resources. First, it provided a sense of meaning and destiny grounded in hope. Secondly, the Black church provided the institutional base for the economic, social, and political struggle of Blacks, including the struggle to eliminate slavery and all forms of racism. For Blacks throughout the nineteenth century, religion was both an instrument of protest and a source of relief. " [from the article]
Subjects
Allen, Richard.
Jones, Absalom.
African Americans
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v. 4
Websites
http://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/emergence-black-religion-pennsylvania-1776-1850/
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Documents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dace2212-fa6b-4188-ba11-775375300638
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #038
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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 0008
People
Book, Charlotte
Book, Jacob
Booth, David
Boot, David
Booth, Mary
Boot, Mary
Booth, Valentine
Boot, Valentine
Glutz, Mary
Glutz, Susanah
King, Martha
McNeil, Harriotte
Moor, Samuel
Moor, Slater
Peck, Samuel
Sharsz, Samuel
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Colerain Twp.
Drumore Twp.
Poor children
Teachers
African Americans
Persons of color
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Colerain Twp.
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #038
Box Number
008
Notes
Entered into Q & A 1994/02/24.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Colerain and Drumore townships.
Book, Charlotte
Book, Jacob
Booth, David. Alias Boot, David.
Booth, Mary. Alias Boot, Mary.
Booth, Valentine. Alias Boot, Valentine.
Glutz, Mary
Glutz, Susanah
King, Martha
McNeil, Harriotte
Moor, Samuel
Moor, Slater
Peck, Samuel. African American.
Sharsz, Samuel. Teacher.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #306
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Collection
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 0008
People
Brown, David
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Courthouses
African Americans
Persons of color
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #306
Box Number
008
Notes
Entered into Q & A Jun 28, 2001.
Additional Notes
Courthouse.
Payment for making indexes for Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions and Index for Slave Register.
Brown, David.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/45a5a096-d624-453e-b7ef-142322264495
Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #380
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Collection
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 0008
People
Ayres, William
Berkhizer, Catharine
Knowles, Amos
Knowles, William
Livingston, John Jr.
Nokers, Edward
Nokers, Martha
Nokers, Mary
Simon, Emeline
Simon, James
Smith, Margaret
Thorn, Charlotte
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Poor children
Teachers
African Americans
Persons of color
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1828 #380
Box Number
008
Notes
Entered into Q & A Feb 25, 2004.
Additional Notes
Poor children.
Ayres, William.
Berkhizer, Catharine.
Knowles, Amos.
Knowles, William.
Livingston, John Jr. Teacher.
Nokers, Edward. African American.
Nokers, Martha. African American.
Nokers, Mary. African American.
Simon, Emeline.
Simon, James.
Smith, Margaret. African American.
Thorn, Charlotte.
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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