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The holy experiment; a message to the world from Pennsylvania

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Author
Oakley, Violet,
Date of Publication
[©1922]
Call Number
751.73 P544 1922 Oversize Flat
751.73 P544 1922 Supplement Oversize Flat
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Responsibility
series of mural paintings by Violet Oakley ... in the governor's reception room and in the Senate chamber of the state capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Author
Oakley, Violet,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
[Priv. Print.],
Date of Publication
[©1922]
Physical Description
3 preliminary leaves, v-xii pages l leaves, l6 pages, 3 leaves, 19-38 pages, 2 leaves, 40-51, [7] pages illustrations, 22 mounted color plates (2 folded) 39 x 57 cm
Notes
Printed in black, red and blue.
In portfolio.
Title vignette.
Supplemented by: International supplement and key (111 p. ; 45 cm.) published: [Philadelphia : Priv. print., ©1922.
Supplement housed in portfolio.
Subjects
Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961.
Art, American - Pennsylvania.
Mural painting and decoration.
Painters, American - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
751.73 P544 1922 Oversize Flat
751.73 P544 1922 Supplement Oversize Flat
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Colonial and Revolutionary lineages of America : a collection of genealogical studies completely documented, and appropriately illustrated, bearing upon notable early American lines and their collateral connections

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Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
929.3 A512 Oversize
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Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Historical Company,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
683 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Subjects
United States - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 A512 Oversize
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Archive

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Collection
Geist Family Papers
Title
Geist Family Papers
Object ID
MG0294
Date Range
1865-1961
physical geography and American history, taken by Daniel W. Geist at Millersville State Normal School. 17 April 1894. Folder 4, Insert 2 Notebook Notebook. Contains notes for classes in several classes, such as psychology and geometry, taken by Daniel W. Geist at Pennsylvania State Normal School. 4
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Geist Family Papers
Title
Geist Family Papers
Description
The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.
Date Range
1865-1961
Year Range From
1865
Year Range To
1961
Date of Accumulation
1865-1961
Creator
Geist family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Alexander, James K.
Anderson, Howard
Bachman, Julie C.
Bard, Bertha
Brown, George
Bulleit, Edward Banister
Dague, Isaac W.
Dague, Lily C. Geist
Diller, Luther R.
Eshleman, John H.
Fox, Christian, Jr.
Geist, Adam
Geist, Agnes
Geist, Bertha Wanner
Geist, Daniel W.
Geist, Ettie G.
Geist, Everett S.
Geist, Harry Kohler
Geist, Lilly Kate
Groff, John M.
Heisher, Daniel
Hobson, Jesse
Hobson, Maria
Horst, Jacob G.
Kjorlien, Alvin C.
Leaman, William
Lyte, Eliphalet Oram
Martin, Luke W.
Milledge, Stanley
Miller, Helen Mildred Diller
Miller, Leon H. B.
Miller, Ruth
Ott, Janet F.
Overly, Herman Witmer
Overly, Richard Geist
Pond, B. C.
Pool, Virginia L.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Rush, Charles William
Rush, Harriet Geist
Shaub, Sadie
Shirk, H. S.
Shirk, Henry
Shirk, Lawrence
Stoner, H. K.
Weaver, C. R.
Weaver, George A.
Werner, John Thomas
Witmer, Clara
Wolf, Lemon A.
Wolfe, Helen
Subjects
Decedents' estates
Estates (Law)
Letters
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Taxation
Search Terms
A. Geist and Son
Adams County, Pennsylvania
Albert Pick Company
Births
Bismarck, North Dakota
Blue Ball Bank
Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.
Calling cards
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Correspondence
Death
Decedents' estates
Earl Twp.
East Earl Twp.
Ephrata
Estate settlement
Farmers National Bank
Finding aids
Florida
Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania
Funerals
Gap, Salisbury Twp.
Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Health
Hotel Gladstone
Hunters
Inheritance
Internal Revenue Service
Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Johnson City, Broome County, New York
K. Aslesen Company
Lancaster
Lancaster New Era
Leland-Parker Hotel
Letters
Manuscript groups
Masons
McClure House
Miami, Florida
Millersville
Millersville State Normal School
Millersville University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota
Mountville Farm Women's Society
New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey
Parades
Patterson Hotel
Pennsylvania State Normal School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Postage stamps
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Receipts
Republican Party
San Francisco, California
Schools
Stamps
Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.
Stocks
Tax returns
Taxation
Trusts and trustees
United Commercial Travelers of America
Vienna Bakery Company
Visiting cards
Washington, DC
West Cocalico School District
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wills
YMCA
Young Men's Christian Association
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0294
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).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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
2002.Hawbaker
Other Numbers
MG-294
Classification
MG0294
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 19 January 2022.
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Scrapbook

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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Scrapbook of Grace Anna Brosius Biddle
Object ID
MG0434_Box097_It02
Date Range
1926-1937
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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Scrapbook of Grace Anna Brosius Biddle
Description
Scrapbook of Grace Anna Brosius Biddle, 1926-1937. This scrapbook highlights Grace and Clement's involvement in the community and their international travel. Newspaper clippings describe Swarthmore College events, the Clement M. Biddle Historical Library, Boys Club Federation, Rotary Club, Community Chest campaign, Red Cross campaigns, Daylight Savings Bill, and an article from a Warsaw newspaper. The volume also contains ephemera, correspondence, telegrams, invitations, programs, and announcements regarding births, marriages, and deaths in the Biddle family.
Admin/Biographical History
Grace Anna Brosius was the daughter of Hon. Marriott Henry Brosius and Elizabeth Jackson Coates Brosius of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She attended Swarthmore College from 1895-1897. She married Clement Miller Biddle (1876-1959) on 28 November 1900 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
https://www.geni.com/people/Hon-Marriott-Brosius/6000000006598453470
https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/agents/people/16142
https://archive.org/stream/biddlefamilygene00gayp/biddlefamilygene00gayp_djvu.txt
Date Range
1926-1937
Creation Date
1926-1937
Year Range From
1926
Year Range To
1937
Creator
Biddle, Grace Anna Brosius, 1877-1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 22
People
Biddle, Caroline Cooper
Biddle, Clement Miller
Biddle, Grace Anna Brosius
Biddle, Lydia M.
Hoover, Herbert
Subjects
American Red Cross
American Red Cross. Disaster Services
Boys’ Clubs of America
Depressions--1929
Ephemera
International Court of Justice
National Council for Prevention of War (Great Britain)
Quakers
Scrapbooks
Society of Friends
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection
World War, 1914-1918
Search Terms
American National Bank
American Red Cross
Boys' Club Federation
Business and Professional Womens' Club of Mount Vernon, New York
City Hall, Mount Vernon, New York
Clement M. Biddle Historical Library
Conference on Child Health and Protection
Daylight Savings Bill
Ephemera
Friends' WWI Altar, Swarthmore College
Girls' Club, Mount Vernon, New York
Great Depression
League of Nations
Liberty Calendar (13-month calendar)
National Council for Prevention of War
Phi Kappa Psi
Primrose Club
Quakers
Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee
Red Cross, Chester County Chapter
Red Cross, International Conference, Japan
Rotary International
Scrapbooks
Swarthmore College
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
World Court
World War I
WWI
Extent
1 volume
Object Name
Scrapbook
Language
English
Object ID
MG0434_Box097_It02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College:
Swarthmore College Photograph Albums (SFHL-PA-010)
Biddle Family Papers (SFHL-RG5-177)
Related Item Notes
Scrapbooks:
1898-1900 (MG0434_Box096)
1911-1926 (MG0434_Box097_It01)
1935-1959 (MG0434_Box098)
Photograph albums and loose photographs (Grace Anna Brosius Biddle Collection)
Album 1, 1900s-1940s (GB-01-01-001 to GB-01-01-111)
Album 2, 1900-1907 (GB-01-02-01 to GB-01-02-41)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Scrapbook Collection (MG0434), Box #, Object ID, 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 for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2011.Malin
Other Numbers
MG-434
Other Number
MG-434, Box 97
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
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Encyclopedia of painting; painters and painting of the world from prehistoric times to the present day

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Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
927 S737
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Responsibility
Bernard S. Myers, editor. Contributing associates: Milton W. Brown [and others]
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crown Publishers,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
511 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
Notes
More than three thousand entries covering European, American, Oriental, Egyptian, Gothic, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine art feature biographies of major painters, including established contemporary artists, and analyses of important works and movements. Source: Publisher
Subjects
Painting
Painters
Additional Author
Myers, Bernard Samuel,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
927 S737
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Historic roadsides in New Jersey; a condensed description of the principal colonial and revolutionary landmarks in New Jersey, arranged for the convenience of students and motorists. The society of colonial wars in the state of New Jersey

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Corporate Author
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.). New Jersey.
Date of Publication
[1928]
Call Number
974.9 N531
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Corporate Author
General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.). New Jersey.
Place of Publication
Plainfield, N.J
Publisher
W. L. Glenney
Date of Publication
[1928]
Physical Description
1 p. l., 115 p. front., illus., fold. map. 23 cm.
Notes
Map mounted on lining-paper.
Bibliography: p. 111.
Subjects
Historic buildings - New Jersey.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.9 N531
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9b2691f8-9606-4fc2-ab26-506011958220
Collection
World War I Collection
Title
World War I Collection
Object ID
MG0045
Date Range
1916-1972
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Collection
World War I Collection
Title
World War I Collection
Description
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Date Range
1916-1972
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1972
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Andrews, David F.
Benda, W. T.
Beneker, Gerrit A.
Boyce, C. M.
Breitigan, Abraham
Brenner, William A.
Brown, Arthur William
Bryson, Raymond
Bull, Charles Livingston
Carbaugh, Calvin A.
Chambers, Charles E.
Christy, Howard Chandler
Cover, Martin
Culp, Guy
Daugherty, James A.
Davis, Robert Courtney
De Maris, Walter
Dommel, Elmer
Drepperd, C. W.
Eschbach, H. H.
Fergeson, George
Fisher, Harrison
Foringer, A. E.
Forsythe, Clyde
France, Charles
Fulton, Hugh R.
Gibble, Ammon
Griest, William Walton
Habel, Albert A.
Harner, Marvin
Helwig, John W.
Hendee, A.
Hiemenz, Edward A.
Hiestand, Benjamin
Hottenstein, H.
Kahl, William
Kellish, William
Kimmel, Harry
Krone, Herbert D.
Landis, Estes B.
Leber, Paul Revere
Lundy, Edwin H.
Lyons, Julius
Matricardi, Frank
McFarland, Owen
McKee, W. M.
Miller, Peter
Moore, Luther
Musser, John W.
Myers, S. W.
O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank
Orr, Alfred Everitt
Palm, Elam B.
Shafer, L. A.
Shenk, Roy
Shoop, J. M.
Small, W. F.
Snyder, James H.
Tittle, Walter
Usner, Isaac L.
Volk, Douglas
Wauk, S. J.
Worthington, Henry H.
Zellers, George
Subjects
Alco-Gravure
American Lithographic Co.
E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.
Fatherless Children of France (Organization)
Lithography
Posters
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.
Scrapbooks
Strobridge Lithographing Company
United States. Army
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
W.F. Powers Co.
William H. Forbes & Company
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
YMCA of the USA
Search Terms
28th Division
Alco-Gravure
Ambulance Company No. 111
American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111
American Lithographic Company
American Red Cross
Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society
E. Ketterlinus and Company
Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fatherless Children of France (Organization)
Finding aids
Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company
Lithography
Manuscript groups
Military draft cards
Posters
Prohibition
Rotoprint Gravure Company
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company
Scrapbooks
Strobridge Lithographing Company
United States Army
United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces
United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th
Veterans
W. F. Powers Company
William H. Forbes and Company
World War I
WWI
YMCA
Commission for Relief in Belgium
Extent
1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0045
Related Item Notes
MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
Additional Notes
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
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-45
Classification
MG0045
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.
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Sardi's, the story of a famous restaurant

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Author
Sardi, Vincent,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
1953
Call Number
642.5 S244
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Responsibility
by Vincent Sardi, Sr., and Richard Gehman.
Author
Sardi, Vincent,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Holt
Date of Publication
1953
Physical Description
244 p. port. 22 cm.
Summary
The co-author, Richard Gehman, was a native of Lancaster County, PA.
Notes
Richard Boyd Gehman (May 20, 1921 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania- died May 13, 1972 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was an American author of five novels and 15 nonfiction books, as well as more than 3,000 magazine articles, including over 400 features.[1] Gehman wrote under many different pen names, such as Meghan Richards, Frederick Christian, Martin Scott, Michael Robinson and F.C. Uffelman.[2]Gehman attended McCaskey High School in Lancaster, and worked on several daily newspapers in Lancaster before joining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in World War II. He served four years as a writer for The Oak Ridge Times in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. After the war he moved to Greenwich Village in New York City and began freelancing for Esquire, Life, Time, Cosmopolitan, Colliers, Argosy, True, Saga, and The Saturday Evening Post magazines. Gehman was an original Contributing Editor at Playboy.Gehman's circle of friends included many well-known American writers, editors, painters, and actors, including Robert Frost, Joseph Heller, E.B. White, Roger Angell, Jackson Pollack, Diane Arbus, Howard Memerov, Estelle Parsons, Jerry Lewis, Maurice Zolotow, Charlotte Zolotow, Morton Thompson and Anthony Hecht, among others. [from Wikipedia]
Subjects
Sardi's, New York.
Restaurants - New York.
Cookery, American.
Additional Author
Gehman, Richard,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
642.5 S244
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York county's historical heritage as the capital of the United States, 1777-1778 : including reproductions of the William Wagner collection of early American drawings and the Lewis Miller collection of early American folk art

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Date of Publication
1959]
Call Number
974.841 Y61yh
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Place of Publication
[York, Pa
Publisher
York Gazette Co.,
Date of Publication
1959]
Physical Description
39 [9] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Cover title: York county's heritage, rich in early American art and history.
Subjects
York County (Pa.) - History.
United States - Capital and capitol - Pennsylvania - York - 1777-1778.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 Y61yh
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Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies

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Author
Faust, Albert Bernhardt,
Date of Publication
1920-1925.
Call Number
929.3 F267
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Responsibility
by Albert Bernhardt Faust.
Author
Faust, Albert Bernhardt,
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
1920-1925.
Physical Description
2 v. facsims. 27 cm.
Notes
LCHS has vol. 1 only.
Vol. 2 compiled and edited by Albert Bernhardt Faust ... and Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh.
Subjects
Immigrants - United States - Registers.
Swiss - United States.
Switzerland - Emigration and immigration.
United States - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 F267
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