The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.
The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 Steinman Album https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
Notes
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"Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."
John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Kenneth L. Ames, Barbara Franco, and L. Thomas Frye, editors.
ISBN
0761989323 (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Walnut Creek, CA
Publisher
AltaMira Press, published in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
viii, 336 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
American Association for State and Local History book series
Notes
Originally published: Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History, c1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Been so long: a critique of the process that shaped "From victory to freedom: Afro-American life in the fifties" / Clement Alexander Price ---- "The way to independence": a new way to interpret a Native American collection / Peter H. Welsh ---- Collections and community in the generation of a permanent exhibition: the Hispanic heritage wing of the Museum of International Folk Art / Michael Heisley ----"Folk roots, new root: folklore in American life": serious intentions, popular presentations - Mary Ellen Hayward // "Fit for America": how fit for visitors? - Lizabeth Cohen //"Minor league, major dream": keeping your eye on the idea - Tom McKay // Forging a balance: a team approach to exhibit development at the Museum of Florida History - Candace Tangorra Matelic // A priority on process: the Indianapolis Children's Museum and "Mysteries in history" - Cynthia Robinson and Warren Leon // Telling a story : "The automobile in American life" - Carroll Pursell // "Brooklyn's history museum": the urban history exhibit as an agent of change - Michael Frisch // Fueled by passion: the Valentine Museum and its Richmond history project - Lonnie Bunch
Summary
"Ideas and Images presents eleven case studies, walking you through the process of developing interpretive history exhibits. Learn how to identify and build new audiences, work with consultants and experts, cope with institutional change, present temporary and permanent exhibitions, and experiment with new subjects, design techniques and media." [Amazon.com]
made available as a public service by the Lebanon County Historical Society ; researched, compiled, cartographed and prepared by Earl P. Leiby & Charles C. Stine ; with editing by Henry C. Westenberger & John J. Foster ; annexation map by Allen A. Freed.
