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Collection: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection

Title: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection (MG-0029)

Object ID: MG0029

Date Range: 1916-1993

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Collection: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection

Title: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection (MG-0029)

Description: General Strickler was a three star general who served in the Mexican Conflict, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Far East Command in Japan. He was born in Columbia, Pa., educated as a lawyer, and served as Pennsylvania's Republican Lieutenant Governor from 1947-1950. Collection includes military citations and certificates, correspondence when elected, speaking engagements, clubs and organizations, and photographs.

Admin/Biographical History: Daniel Bursk Strickler; Personal Life:; Daniel Bursk Strickler was born on 17 May 1897 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His parents, Calvin Ruby Strickler and Harriet Bursk Strickler, raised him in Columbia. Strickler married Caroline Grace Bolton on 11 October 1924. Daniel and Caroline Strickler had two children, Nancy Cupper Strickler and Daniel Bursk Strickler, Jr. Daniel Bursk Strickler, Sr. died on 21 June 1992.; Military Career:; Daniel Strickler enlisted in the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Army National Guard under the command of General Edward C. Shannon as a private on 31 January 1916. By April, Strickler was promoted to corporal and in July was assigned to the Mexican Border Conflict as a sergeant. He soon showed his value as a soldier and leader, and in April of 1917 was elected second lieutenant of Company C of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Army National Guard.; In September, Strickler was promoted once again to first lieutenant, at the same time that Company C became Company B of the 109th Machine Gun Battalion of the 28th Infantry Division of the United States Army. His company was deployed to France in September 1917 during World War I. Strickler served in five French campaigns including the Battle of Argonne Forest, which was when he received his Purple Heart. He obtained several commissions over the next eleven years including captain in 1918, major in 1922 and lieutenant colonel in 1928.; Just seven years after being promoted to colonel, Strickler was sent to France for a second time. He was in command of the 28th Division, Infantry Regiment during World War II. In 1942, he started command with the 109th Unit and then the 110th Unit of the 28th Division. In June of 1944, Strickler and his men landed at Omaha Beach. Strickler commanded troops during the Battle of the Bulge in the following December. He returned to the United States after three years of fighting.; Strickler was presented the honor of brigadier general in March of 1946 and on 24 December 1947, he was promoted to major general. Strickler remained in the Army and served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Afterwards, he served as an advisor for the Army as a diplomat to Korea until his retirement in 1957. Strickler's final commission occurred on 8 February 1960 to lieutenant general. He had been honored many times and received military decorations for valor, heroism, and dedication including three stars.; Education:; Daniel Strickler attended Columbia area public schools until he graduated from Columbia High School in 1916. He was the captain of the track team, president of the junior and senior class, and a member of the baseball and basketball teams. Upon his return from World War I in 1918, Strickler enrolled at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York. He took on many more responsibilities at this stage of his life. Not only did he receive his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1922, but he was also a member of various organizations, clubs and teams during his three years at Cornell University. He was captain of the track team and a member of the Senior Honor Society. Strickler was also president of the following organizations: Senior Class, Student Council, Quill and Dagger Society and Alpha Kappa Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.; Professional Career:; Daniel Strickler was admitted to the Bar of several courts during the 1920s including Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Courts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Superior Court of Pennsylvania; United States District Court; and United States Supreme Court. He worked with several law firms after obtaining his degree and in 1930, between the births of his two children, he established his own law firm in Lancaster. His legal career was not much different from his military or educational careers. He was involved with various professional organizations such as Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lancaster Bar Association, The American Bar Association, the Blackstonian Club of Lancaster, and the Republican Club. Strickler served as Auditor for Lancaster County from 1927 to 1929 and on a Special Counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1930. In 1931, Strickler was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature to serve in the House of Representatives, thus jump-starting his political career.; Political Career:; The political career of Daniel Strickler brought him several new titles including auditor, special counsel member, representative, commissioner, solicitor, committeeman, delegate and lieutenant governor. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during 1931 and 1932, General and Special Sessions. In 1931, Strickler served as the delegate for Pennsylvania at the National Young Republican Conference in Washington, DC. He was the temporary president of the Young Republican State Committee (YRSC) during 1931 as well. After his temporary appointment, he became an executive committee member of YRSC until 1936 and was also appointed as treasurer from 1934 until 1936.; From April to December of 1932, Strickler became the commissioner of the police department of Lancaster City as a special temporary appointment. During this time, he was in charge of cleaning up the police department and taking a stand against corruption and crime. He was a strong prohibitionist and cleaned up the city. Upon selection, he became the solicitor for Lancaster County, the York-Lancaster Inter-County Bridge Commission, and the Lancaster Municipal Airport from 1933 to 1941. He also served as the Republican County Committeeman for the 1st Precinct, 6th Ward, in Lancaster City until 1941. In 1946, Strickler was elected lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, which he fulfilled from 1947 until 1950 when he resigned to serve in the Korean War.

System of Arrangement: Boxes 1-6 are organized by subject. Scrapbooks are organized by volume; Book 1: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, Military Records, November 1918-February 1933; Book 2: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, [1919-1922]; Book 3: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, October 1923-January 1947; Book 4: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, April 1932-November 1933; Book 5: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, February 1942-September 1975; Book 6: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, March 1945-January 1947; Book 7: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1947-May 1948; Book 8: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1947-October 1950; Book 9: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1958-March 1958

Date Range: 1916-1993

Creation Date: 1897-1992

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1993

Creator: Strickler, Daniel Bursk

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bradley, Omar Nelson; Clark, Mark; Eisenhower, Dwight David "Ike"; Eisenhower, Mary Geneva Doud "Mamie"; Groff, John; Ridgeway, Matthew Bunker; Strickler, Daniel Bursk; Taylor, Lydia Happer; Taylor, Maxwell Davenport

Subjects: Broadsides; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College Student Government, Cornell University; Columbia (Pa.); Cornell University--Track and field; Cornell University. Law School; France; Germany; Harrisburg (Pa.); Ithaca (N.Y.); Korean War, 1950-1953; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Letters; Mexican Border Conflict; Mexico; Military decorations--United States; Pennsylvania--Lieutenant Governor (1947-1951 : Strickler); Phi Delta Phi; Political cartoons; Politicians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University); Scrapbooks; Swimmandos; United States. Army Reserves; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Young Men's Christian Association of Lancaster, Pa.

Search Terms: Broadsides; College Student Government, Cornell University; Columbia; Cornell University Law School; Correspondence; France; Germany; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Ithaca, New York; Korean War; Lancaster; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lieutenant Governor; Mexican Border Conflict; Mexico; Military decorations; Phi Delta Phi; Political cartoons; Politicians; Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University); Scrapbooks; Swimmandos; Track and field; Veterans; World War I; World War II; WWI; WWII; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 6 boxes, 54 folders, 9 scrapbooks, 6 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0029

Associated Material: Located at Pennsylvania State Archives:; Daniel B. Strickler Collection, 1916- 1919, 1943- 1957, 1967, & undated, 3 cu. ft., Manuscript Group 356

Related Item Notes: Located in the LancasterHistory.org research library:; Distinguished Military Men: Word Portraits of Eight of Columbia's Finest, by Wayne Von Stetten, Call No. 923.5 V945; Coming of Age in Columbia, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 905.748 SM (Oct. 1981); Memoirs of Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Daniel Bursk Strickler, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 923.5 S917; Lancaster Law Library Association, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, esq., Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 39; Soul of America, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 71; Daniel B. Strickler, World War I Diary, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 923.5 S917d; 25 Cited as Most Influential Lancaster Countians of the Century, by John Ward Willson Loose, Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 102, no. 4; Please see the Curatorial Collection for objects and the Photograph Collection for photographs.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions for Boxes 1-6. Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Scrapbooks:; Book 1: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 2: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 3: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 4: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 5: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 6: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 7: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 8: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 9: Please make an appointment with the archivist.

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-29

Classification: MG0029

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Boxes 1-6 were cataloged prior to July 1997. Scrapbooks 1-9 were cataloged in 2008. Added to database 5 September 2017.

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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

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Author: Jones, U. J.

Date of Publication: c1940]

Call Number: 974.802 P968 1940

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Responsibility: By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...

Author: Jones, U. J.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: c1940]

Physical Description: 440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.

Notes: Maps on lining-papers.; First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.; Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Egle, William Henry,; Hoenstine, Floyd G.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 P968 1940

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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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Author: Richardson, William,

Date of Publication: 1940.

Call Number: 917.3 R521

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Responsibility: by William Richardson, 1815-1816.

Author: Richardson, William,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Priv. print. for Vale pilot corporation,

Date of Publication: 1940.

Physical Description: 2 p., 40 p. port., 4 facsim., fold. map. 25 cm.

Notes: "These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.; "Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."; Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).

Subjects: United States - Description and travel.; Mississippi River - Description and travel.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Additional Author: Wait, William Bell,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.3 R521

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The urban frontier; the rise of western cities, 1790-1830

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Author: Wade, Richard C.,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 977.02 W121

Author: Wade, Richard C.,

Place of Publication: Cambridge

Publisher: Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 362 p. 21 cm.

Series: Harvard historical monographs,

Notes: "Bibliographical note": p. [343]-345. Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents: Chapters: 1 The Beginnings of Western Urbanism // Part One : 1790 - 1815 / 2. The Economic Base / 3. The Emergence of Urban Problems / 4. Urban Society / 5. The seeds of culture // Part Two : 1815 - 1830 / 6. Depression , Recovery, and Expansion / 7. The Changing Social Structure / 8. The Better Life / 9. Toward Urban Maturity / 10. The Urban Dimension of Western Life

Summary: "The rural West has had many historians. Its growth, influence and importance are well known. Yet it is not always understood that almost from the very beginning there was also an urban West. In fact, Pittsburgh, St.Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Lexington were laid out and settlement begun before the surrounding area had fallen to the plow. From the earliest days they became centers of economic activity for the whole region, the focuses of cultural life, and scenes of great social change. Built on the spine of the new country, the Ohio Valley, the towns gave a stimulus and sophisication to a young, raw society.This volume attempts to tell the story of the first decades of the urban West. It is written largely out of the newspapers, records, and manuscripts of contemporaries, and as often as possible in their own words." [from the preface]

Subjects: City and town life - Ohio River Valley; Cities and towns - Ohio River Valley; Frontier and pioneer life - Ohio River Valley.; Ohio River Valley - Historical geography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 977.02 W121

A new nation of goods : the material culture of early America

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Author: Jaffee, David.

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 974 J23

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Responsibility: David Jaffee.

ISBN: 9780812242577 (hardcover : acidfree paper); 0812242572 (hardcover : acid-free paper); 9780812222005 (pbk.); 0812222008 (pbk.)

Author: Jaffee, David.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: xv, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Series: Early American studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-377) and index.

Contents: Painters and patrons -- The village enlightenment -- Cosmopolitan communities -- Itinerants and inventors -- A tale of two chairmaking towns -- Provincial portraits -- Daguerreotypes : the industrial image.

Summary: In the middle of the nineteenth century, middle-class Americans embraced a new culture of domestic consumption, one that centered on chairs and clocks as well as family portraits and books. How did that new world of goods, represented by Victorian parlors filled with overstuffed furniture and daguerreotype portraits, come into being? This work highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States, chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing, to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. As a whole, the book proposes an innovative analysis of early nineteenth century industrialization and the development of a middle class consumer culture. It relies on many of the objects beloved by decorative arts scholars and collectors to evoke the vitality of village craft production and culture in the decades after the War of Independence. It grounds its broad narrative of cultural change in case studies of artisans, consumers, and specific artifacts. Each chapter opens with an "object lesson" and weaves an object-based analysis together with the richness of individual lives. The path that such craftspeople and consumers took was not inevitable; on the contrary, as the author, a historian demonstrates, it was strewn with alternative outcomes, such as decentralized production with specialized makers. The book offers a collective biography of the post-Revolutionary generation, gathering together the case studies of producers and consumers who embraced these changes, those who opposed them, or, most significantly, those who fashioned the myriad small changes that coalesced into a new Victorian cultural order that none of them had envisioned or entirely appreciated.

Subjects: Material culture - Connecticut River Valley; Artisans - Connecticut River Valley; Villages - Connecticut River Valley; Social change - Connecticut River Valley; Community life - Connecticut River Valley; Industrialization - Connecticut River Valley; Middle class - Connecticut River Valley; Consumption (Economics) - Connecticut River Valley; Connecticut River Valley - Social life and customs - 19th century.; Connecticut River Valley - Social conditions - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974 J23

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Cannon Hill and the Hessian ditch with personal reminiscences of the Furnace Hills

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1940

Cannon Hill and the Hessian Ditch With Personal Reminiscences of the Furnace Hills By HERBERT H. BECK Cannon Hill, in northern Elizabeth Township, 1 is one of the hills in the red sandstone range which extends along the border line between Lancaster and Lebanon counties. All of this country

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1940

Physical Description: [21]-39 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 2

Subjects: Furnace Hills (Lancaster County, Pa.); Hessian Ditch (Lancaster County, Pa.); Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 44, number 2 (1940), p. 21-39Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.44

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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Earnest, Corinne P.

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 745 E12

Alternate Title: Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

Responsibility: Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.

ISBN: 9780911122633; 091112263X

Author: Earnest, Corinne P.

Place of Publication: Kutztown, Pa

Publisher: Published by the Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: ix, 302 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.

Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46

Notes: Illustrated lining papers.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.

Contents: Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.

Subjects: Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Folk art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Earnest, Russell D.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania-German Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745 E12

Historic Philadelphia : from the founding until the early nineteenth century : papers dealing with its people and buildings, with an illustrative map

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Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 974.811 P544t

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]

Publisher: American Philosophical Society,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: 331 p. : ill., fold. col. map, ports. 30 cm.

Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 43, pt. 1

Notes: "Part of old Philadelphia, a map showing historic buildings & sites from the founding until the early nineteenth century, compiled by Grant Miles Simon": 1 folded map in pocket.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Maps, Pictorial.

Additional Author: Simon, Grant Miles.

Additional Corporate Author: American Philosophical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 P544t

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Journal from Boston to the western country and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans

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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Historic Philadelphia : from the founding until the early nineteenth century : papers dealing with its people and buildings, with an illustrative map

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