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History of Ephrata, Pa., and its cloister/ by Milton H. Heinicke

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Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Date of Publication
ca. 1956.
Call Number
286.3 H469
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Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
ca. 1956.
Physical Description
various paging: maps. ; 28 cm.
Contents
Letter to Elizabeth Keifer detailing his research - Appraisal of Adam Koningmacher's estate - The Gibbons tract, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pa. (map and text) - [Indenture:] James Gibbons to Moses Brinton - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congregation, Conestoga, 172?-1732 Foreward - First early English land grants - Pennsylvania granted to William Penn,1681 - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congretation Conestoga, 1721-1732 (map) - Conestoga German Baptist Congregaton (map) - Founding of the Germapn Baptist Sabbatarians at Conestogao 1721-1732 (text) - German Seventh Day Baptist branches: Virginia - Ephrata Borough limits and underlying Penn grants (map and text) - Cloister properties with surrounding properties with date warranted (map) - Disposal of various Cloister properties (map) - Approximate location of all Cloister buildings (map) - Chronology of land in Cloister - Acquisition of 27 1/2 acres and buildings by the state including inventory of personal property - Various names by which theGermanSabbatariaons and site were known.
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Ephrata Cloister.
Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 H469
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Archive

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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
.” Pennsylvania Trail of History site. Distributed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. May 1975. “Amen.” Distributed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. [1983]. Insert 6 Calendar of Events, Ephrata Cloister Associates. 2005, 2007. Folder 17 Regulations for the Seventh Day
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--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 site 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.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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The Ephrata Cloister : an introduction

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Author
Doll, Eugene Edgar.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
286.3 D665
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Responsibility
by Eugene E. Doll ; drawings by Ralph D. Dunkelberger.
Author
Doll, Eugene Edgar.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Ephrata Cloister Associates,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 32.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister - History.
Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania
Germans - Pennsylvania - Ephrata
Ephrata (Pa.) - Religious institutions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 D665
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A study of two distinct periods of Ephrata Cloister history

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1951
StudyofTwo Distinct Periods Perio Ephrata (.,Coiner BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE I. Mills of the Cloister The Ephrata Cloisters owed its founding, if not its raison d'etre to Johann Conrad Beissel, who was born in April, 1690, at Eberbach in the German Palatinate. Beissel's father was an intemperate
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by Jack Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[145]-[179] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 6
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Miller, Johann Peter.
Eckerling family.
Ephrata Cloister.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Printing - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Mysticism - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 6 (1951), p. 145-179Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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The history of a flintlock pistol and the Peter Grubbs of Cornwall / by Samuel E. Dyke

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Author
Dyke, Samuel E.
Date of Publication
1955.
The History of Flintlock AND THE PETER GRUBBS OF CORNWALL By Samuel E. Dyke This is the story of an American Flintlock Pistol and the authentication of its owners, together with discovery of hitherto unknown facts concerning their lives and personalities. Flintlock pistols of American origin were
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Author
Dyke, Samuel E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
[81]-107 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 59, no. 4
Subjects
Grubb family.
Pistols - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 59, number 4 (1955), p. 81-107Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.59
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The Ephrata Union School District developes a school improvement program for her public schools

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Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
373.224 E63
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Responsibility
Clarence E. Ackley and Associates.
Place of Publication
[Camp Hill, Pa.]
Publisher
Clarence E. Ackley,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
84 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
On cover: A survey report, November, 1957.
Summary
A survey authorized by the Ephrata Union School Board to determine the adequacy of Ephrata's present school plant and program.
Subjects
Ephrata Union School District (Ephrata, Pa.) - Education.
Schools - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Educational surveys - Ephrata Union School District (Ephrata, Pa.)
Additional Corporate Author
Ephrata Union School Board (Ephrata, Pa.)
Clarence E. Ackley and Associates.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
373.224 E63
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A history of the Jews in Lancaster: Compiled in commemoration of the tercentenary of the arrival of Jews in America in 1654

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Author
Klein, Frederic Shriver,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
296.8 K64
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Responsibility
by Frederic Shriver Klein.
Author
Klein, Frederic Shriver,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Frederic Shriver Klein,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
46 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
296.8 K64
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Public utilities of Ephrata Borough

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Author
Franck, Ira Stoner,
Date of Publication
1950
. The principal sources for my information which is incorporated in this report are the following: The Minutes of the Ephrata Town Council, dating from 1891; the personal notes and recollections of Mr. S. L. Sharp, who had a personal connection with these utilities for almost fifty years; Mr. John 1
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Responsibility
by Ira S. Franck.
Author
Franck, Ira Stoner,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[41]-60 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 3
Subjects
Ephrata Water Company (Pa.) - History.
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 3 (1950), p. 41-60Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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History of the Senate seals : a history of the seals used by the Senate of the United States, 1804-1952

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Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
737.6 S474
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Place of Publication
[Washington]
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
iii, 34 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Series
Senate document / 82d Congress, 2d session ; no. 164
Notes
Cover title: History of seals used by United States Senate, 1804-1952.
"Presented by Mr. Saltonstall, July 4 (legislative day June 27), 1952. Ordered to be printed with illustrations."
"Based mainly upon data gathered by Mr. Emery L. Frazier, Chief Clerk of the Senate"--P. iii.
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Seal.
Seals (Numismatics) - United States.
Additional Author
Frazier, Emery L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
737.6 S474
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By-laws of Lodge No. 43, free and accepted masons, of Lancaster, Pa. : together with extracts of the warrant of the lodge, a short sketch of masonry in Lancaster County, and a list of officers, past-officers and members of Lodge No. 43 ; approved by Grand Lodge, June 6, 1956

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Corporate Author
Freemasons. Lodge No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
366.1 F855Lo
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Alternate Title
Lodge No. 43, F. & A.M., Lancaster, Pa.
Corporate Author
Freemasons. Lodge No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
75 p. ; 15 cm.
Subjects
Freemasons. - Lodge No. 43 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Freemasons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Freemasonry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
366.1 F855Lo
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