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Collection
Geist Family Papers
Title
Geist Family Papers
Object ID
MG0294
Date Range
1865-1961
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
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Collection
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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The Lancaster Federalists and the War of 1812

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Author
Madonna, G. Terry.
Date of Publication
1967
party nearly always controlled the State legisla- ture. On the other hand, the history of the Pennsylvania Federalists was one of continued failure. However, several Pennsylvania counties resisted this trend—Adams, Lancaster and Delaware—and resolutely held aloft the torch of Federalism against the
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by G. Terry Madonna.
Author
Madonna, G. Terry.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1967
Physical Description
[137]-164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 71, no. 3
Subjects
Federal Party (U.S.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.
United States - History - War of 1812.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 71, number 3 (1967), p. 137-164Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.71
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The triumph of militant Republicanism; a study of Pennsylvania and presidential politics, 1860-1872

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Author
Bradley, Erwin Stanley,
Date of Publication
1964
Call Number
974.804 B811
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Author
Bradley, Erwin Stanley,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date of Publication
1964
Physical Description
467 p. ports. 22 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 435-450.
Contents
Chapters: The Political Antecedents - The Republican Triumph of 1860 - The Crisis - Curtin Rides the Tide - Triumph of the Cameron Machine - The First Fruits of Victory - The Emergence of John White Geary - The Cameronian Path of Empire - The Witches' Brew of the Geary Regime - Voices of Protest - The Triumph of Reaction.
Summary
Scholarly account of how the Democrats lost Pennsylvania because of their stance in the Civil War, and how the corrupt Simon Cameron, rather than reformers like Andrew Curtin and Thaddeus Stevens, took their place.
Subjects
Republican Party. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1950.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.804 B811
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Let's look at our heritage in Eastern Lancaster County : "Breadbasket of the Revolution"

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Author
Russell, Paul M.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
974.815 EARL R966
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by Paul M. Russell.
Author
Russell, Paul M.
Place of Publication
[New Holland, Pa.]
Publisher
Elanco Chapter, Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
154 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Miscellanea.
Terre Hill (Pa.) - History.
Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - History.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Earl (Pa. : Township) - History.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EARL R966
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Lancaster diary, 1776 : excerpts from diaries, day-books, journals, newspapers, and court records of the daily life of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1776

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Date of Publication
1976 [c1975]
Call Number
973.31 A973
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Responsibility
compiled by Walter F. Ayars III for the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
The Chapter,
Date of Publication
1976 [c1975]
Physical Description
ix, 119 p. : maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Diaries.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Additional Author
Ayars, Walter F.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Greater Lancaster Chapter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
973.31 A973
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In recognition of their prominence : a case study of the economic and social backgrounds of an ante-bellum Negro business and farming class in Lancaster County

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Author
Oblinger, Carl D.
Date of Publication
1968.
. Fishel, Jr., "Repercussions of Reconstruction: The Northern Negro, 1870-1883", Civil War History, XIV (Dec., 1968), 334-335. 2I have used a number of terms to identify the geographical subdivisions of Lancaster County in the 1850's that a reader might find confusing. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution
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Responsibility
by Carl D. Oblinger.
Author
Oblinger, Carl D.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1968.
Physical Description
[65]-83 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 72, no. 2
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 72, number 2 (1968), p. 65-83Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.72
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Oaths of allegiance, Allegiance Book #1, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1777 : copy of oaths of allegiance taken before justices of Bucks County, Pennsylvania as recorded in the above named book in the office of the Register of Wills at Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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Author
Williams, Richard T.
Date of Publication
1973.
Call Number
974.821 W726o
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Responsibility
compiled & published by Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams.
Author
Williams, Richard T.
Place of Publication
Danboro, Pa
Publisher
Published by Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
99 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Oaths of allegiance, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1777-1786.
Includes index.
Subjects
Loyalty oaths - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Williams, Mildred C.
Brittingham, Janet R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 W726o
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Early History of the Church of the Brethren (German Baptist Brethren) in America, 1729-1890

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Author
Bomberger, Christian.
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
286.5 B844e
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Responsibility
revised and edited by Isaac Wayne Keller.
Author
Bomberger, Christian.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
26 leaves, 28 cm.
Notes
"Among the books and papers which have passed from generation to generation in the Keller family is a small leather-bound, hand-written booklet. The firsrt entry states: "Copy of memorandum of the Brethren's Church kept by Christian Bomberger, Rothsville." The copy was made by Lizzie W. Keller, Springville.
Translation of the German notes by Frielinde Kratz Ebersole.
Not indexed.
Subjects
Conestoga Church of the Breheren (Leola, Pa) - History.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Genealogy
Leola (Pa.) - Church history.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Author
Ebersole, Frielinde Kratz.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
286.5 B844e
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Preservation : The newsletter of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County

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Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1979-
Call Number
729 H673n
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Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Preservation Trust ,
Date of Publication
1979-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly.
Notes
Library has: Vol.1, no.1 (January 1979), vol.2,no.2 (April 1980), Vol. 11,no.1 (1989), vol. 11,no.4 (1989)--vol.19, no.2 (Summer 1992), vol.20, no.2 (Fall 1993), vol.21, no.1 (Spring 1994--vol.22,no.2 (Summer-Fall 1996)--vol.23,no.2 (Spring 1998), vol.24,no.1 (winter 1999)--vol.25,no.2 (Summer 2000), vol.26, no.2 (Summer 2001)
Name changed from Preservation to Preservation News in 1998.
Subjects
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.) - Periodicals.
Buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History, Local - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
729 H673n
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The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania

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Author
Lemon, James T.
Date of Publication
[1972]
Call Number
974.800912 L556
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[by] James T. Lemon.
ISBN
0801811899
Author
Lemon, James T.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Johns Hopkins Press
Date of Publication
[1972]
Physical Description
xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Land use - Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Social conditions.
Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 L556
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