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A brief historical review of the achievements of German nationals in the early days of American colonization. The period from 1564 to 1682 inclusive

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Author
Lohr, Otto,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
974.8002 L833
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by Otto Lohr.
Author
Lohr, Otto,
Place of Publication
Hoboken [N.J.]
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
7, [1] p. 21 cm.
Series
Historical bulletin ; no. 1
Subjects
Germans - United States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8002 L833
Websites
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.1
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.20011010004br.2
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The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Author
Kocher, Alfred L.
Date of Publication
1920
, depending upon the racial antecedents of the first settlers and builders. By the general term "Colonial Architecture," we refer to the early architecture of the territory comprised within the present limits of the United States. Historically speaking, the buildings of the Colonists alone would be included
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by Alfred L. Kocher, A.I.A.
Author
Kocher, Alfred L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5
Subjects
Architecture.
Greek revival (Architecture)
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 5 (1920), p. 91-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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Furniture treasury : (mostly of American origin). All periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America, also American hardware and household utensils. 5000 illustrations with descriptions on the same page

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Author
Nutting, Wallace,
Date of Publication
1961 [c1928]
Call Number
749.2 N988
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by Wallace Nutting.
Author
Nutting, Wallace,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Macmillan Co.,
Date of Publication
1961 [c1928]
Physical Description
2 v. in 1 : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
"Unabridged."
Subjects
Furniture - United States.
Hardware - United States.
Implements, utensils, etc.
Clocks and watches.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
749.2 N988
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Archive

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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
Correspondence (3 items, 4 pages) Letter from The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, acknowledging receipt of four hand-hooked rugs for exhibition. Letterhead of Montclair Art Museum. 7 February 1952. Letter from Margaret E. [Bryner], Pasadena, regarding an order for a second rug. September 2. Order form for
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Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
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
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
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The Indian chiefs of Pennsylvania, or, A story of the part played by the American Indian in the history of Pennsylvania : based primarily on the Pennsylvania archives and colonial records, and built around the outstanding chiefs

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Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
c1927.
Call Number
974.8011 S618c
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by C. Hale Sipe ; with an introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo.
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Butler, Pa
Publisher
Ziegler Print. Co., Inc.,
Date of Publication
c1927.
Physical Description
569 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes information on the Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians, Delaware Indians, Conoy Indians, Shawnee Indians and Shikellamy (Indian chief).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618c
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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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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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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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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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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

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Date of Publication
1928.
Call Number
974.851 J86
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edited by T. Kenneth Wood.
Place of Publication
Williamsport [Pa.]
Publisher
Lycoming Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928.
Physical Description
38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6
Notes
"Occasional Publication No. 6."
Subjects
Farmers
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Wood, T. Kenneth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.851 J86
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The Reading militia in the great war / by J. Bennett Nolan ... published under the auspices of the Historical society of Berks county

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1921]
Call Number
974.816 R287n
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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Printed by F. A. Woerner
Date of Publication
[1921]
Physical Description
206 p. ; 19 cm.
Contents
The career of Company I, later known at Company D, 150th machine gun battalion, Forty-second division, American expeditionary force.--The career of Company A, later known as Company B, 106th machine gun battalion, Twenty-eighth division, American expeditionary force.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Machine Gun Battalion, 10th.
United States. - Army. - Machine Gun Battalion, 135th.
World War, 1914-1918 - Pennsylvania - Reading.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Berks County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 R287n
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The charm of the antique

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Author
Shackleton, Robert,
Date of Publication
1921, [c1914]
Call Number
708 S524
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by Robert and Elizabeth Shackleton.
Author
Shackleton, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Penn Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1921, [c1914]
Physical Description
307 p. illus. 24 cm.
Subjects
Furniture
Furniture - United States.
Additional Author
Shackleton, Elizabeth,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
708 S524
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