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Our heritage : a history of the First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg, Pennsylvania as it relates to the growth of the Strasburg Community

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Author: Carson, Linda Loeser.

Date of Publication: 1960.

Call Number: 285.1 F527s

Responsibility: Linda Loeser Carson.

Author: Carson, Linda Loeser.

Place of Publication: [Strasburg, Penna.]

Publisher: The Women's Association of the First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg, Penna.,

Date of Publication: 1960.

Physical Description: 80 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: First Presbyterian Church (Strasburg, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 F527s

The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the twelfth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 2000?]

Call Number: 974.83 C748 2000

Meeting: Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (12th : 2000 : Nanticoke, PA)

Place of Publication: [Nanticoke, PA

Publisher: Luzerne County Community College,

Date of Publication: 2000?]

Physical Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; "Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Lynett, Elizabeth R.; Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company.; International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.; Electric railroads - Pennsylvania; Women's rights - Lackawanna County (PA); Clothing factories - Pennsylvania; African-American children - Wilkes-Barre (PA); African-American - Wilkes-Barre (PA); African-American politicians - Wilkes-Barre (PA); Strikes and lockouts; Census - Wilkes-Barre (PA); Coal mines and mining in art - Pennsylvania.; Coal miners in art - Pennsylvania.; Art, modern - Pennsylvania.; Wilkes-Barre (PA) - History - Spanish-American War, 1898 - Participation, African-Americans.; Wyoming Valley (PA) - History.; Lackawanna Valley (PA) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Department.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.83 C748 2000

A brief history of the turnpikes of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18222

Date of Publication: 1964.

Call Number: 388.122 M989

Responsibility: compiled by Richard W. Musser,

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1964.

Physical Description: 17 leaves : map , 28 cm.

Notes: "Presented to American Vecturist Assocition, 16th annual convention, August 8-9, 1964.

Subjects: Toll roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 388.122 M989

History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15186

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

Responsibility: R.C. Smedley ; introduction by Christopher Densmore.

ISBN: 0811731898

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: xx, 406 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : Office of the Journal, 1883.; Includes index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Summary: This book was written in 1883 by Robert Clemons Smedley, a Chester County Pennsylvania physician who interviewed participants in the underground railroad. He was not a historian and was not unbiased. But he is considered to have been conscientious in his efforts to record the stories he was told. He wrote about events as described to him by person who themselves were involved, both those fleeing slavery and those assisting them.Topics in chapters 1 & 2 include William Wright and Columbia, PA. Chapter 8 is about the "Christiana Tragedy".

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Chester County; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

From the Alps to the Appalachians; a brief history including some of the Neff families of Switzerland, Germany, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and statistics on the descendants of Michael H. Neff, 1833-1922, of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5363

Author: Smith, Hilda Neff,

Date of Publication: 1967.

Call Number: 929 N383

Author: Smith, Hilda Neff,

Place of Publication: Arlington, Va

Publisher: Beatty,

Date of Publication: 1967.

Physical Description: xii, 148 p. illus., coat of arms, ports. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 131-133.

Subjects: Neff family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 N383

The role played by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the "Main Line" area of Philadelphia : History of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12816

Author: Tripicion, Joseph F.

Date of Publication: 1960.

Call Number: 385 T835

Responsibility: by Joseph F. Tripicion.

Author: Tripicion, Joseph F.

Date of Publication: 1960.

Physical Description: 21l [15]p.: ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Typescipt and photocopy.

Subjects: Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad.; Pennsylvania Railroad - History.; Railroads - Pennsylvania

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 385 T835

Strasburg Railroad Company Archives finding aid

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Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 385 S897

Responsibility: compiled by Kurt R. Bell.

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: 20 l. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Contents of the collection is housed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pa.

Subjects: Strasburg Railroad.; Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (Strasburg, Pa.); Library catalogs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Bell, Kurt R.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 385 S897

A brief history of the Italian-American community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18747

Author: Lombardo, James J.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Responsibility: by James J. Lombardo.

Author: Lombardo, James J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: p. 2 - 35 : ill. ; 23 c.

Series: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no.1 (Spring 2007).

Notes: An addendum to this article appeared in the summer 2007 ( v. 109, no. 2) , p. 54 - 55, issue of the Journal.

Subjects: Italian Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Italian American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 1 (2007), p. 2-35Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

instructions. May be one of several volumes regarding rail operations in Pennsylvania for 1874. There is some data regarding the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. (p. 413) and the Reading & Columbia Railroad Co. (p. 487). Insert 1 Railroad Report. 1874. Insert 2 The loose pages with paste-overs. �230 North

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania trail of history guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12260

Corporate Author: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 625.1 R152

Responsibility: text by Dan Cupper.

ISBN: 0811729567 (pbk.)

Corporate Author: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Series: Pennsylvania trail of history guides

Notes: "Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.; Railroad museums - Pennsylvania - Strasburg.

Additional Author: Cupper, Dan.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 625.1 R152

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