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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-11-04-75
Date Range
March 1968
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Near Speedwell Forge
Provenance
Gift of Beverly Wagaman
Date Range
March 1968
Creator
Bixler, Robert Theodore
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Speedwell Forge
Place
Elizabeth Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-11-04-75
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-11-04-81
Date Range
1968
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Farm near Speedwell Forge
Provenance
Gift of Beverly Wagaman
Date Range
1968
Creator
Bixler, Robert Theodore
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Speedwell Forge
Farms
Place
Elizabeth Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-11-04-81
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-34
Date Range
c. 1960
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Poole Forge Bridge, west of Churchtown in Caernarvon Township on starting branch if Conestoga Creek. 99 feet long, built 1859.
Provenance
digital image only - original owned by Milton Haldeman
Date Range
c. 1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Poole Forge
Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Covered bridges
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-34
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Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Object ID
A-09-03-03
Date Range
May 9, 1969
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Description
Pirates Cruise to Valley Forge Military Academy, May 8, 1969. Front from left: General Milton Baker, General Daniel Strickler, Chief Wally Davis, Doug Darmstetter, Sam Slaymaker, A. C. Darmstetter. Rear from left: Miles Kieffer, Ray Hall, Dick Ladner, Ralph Hill, Harry Espenshade, Ira Honeman
Date Range
May 9, 1969
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Milton
Darmstaetter, A. C.
Darmstaetter, Douglas
Davis, Wally
Espenshade, Harry
Hall, Ray
Hill, Ralph
Honeman, Ira
Kieffer, Miles
Ladner, Dick
Slaymaker, Samuel
Strickler, Daniel Bursk
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Pirates Club
Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Military
Outings
Place
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-09-03-03
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-275
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-11-04-92
Date Range
1968
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Mansion at Spring Grove Forge
Provenance
Gift of Beverly Wagaman
Date Range
1968
Creator
Bixler, Robert Theodore
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Spring Grove Forge
Place
Earl Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-11-04-92
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-11-04-93
Date Range
1968
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Mansion at Windsor Forge
Provenance
Gift of Beverly Wagaman
Date Range
1968
Creator
Bixler, Robert Theodore
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Windsor Forge Mansion
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-11-04-93
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Valley Forge, yesterday and today

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4126
Author
Heaton, Ronald E.,
Date of Publication
c1960.
Call Number
974.8029 H437
Responsibility
by Ronald E. Heaton.
Author
Heaton, Ronald E.,
Place of Publication
Norristown, Pa
Publisher
R.E. Heaton,
Date of Publication
c1960.
Physical Description
48 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Valley Forge (Pa.)
Valley Forge National Historical Park (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8029 H437
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Valley Forge, crucible of victory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4544
Author
Reed, John Ford,
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
974.80293 R323 Oversize
Responsibility
by John F. Reed.
Author
Reed, John Ford,
Place of Publication
Monmouth Beach, N.J
Publisher
Philip Freneau Press,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
76 p. illus., maps. 32 cm.
Series
[Philip Freneau Press bicentennial series on the American Revolution]
Notes
Bibliography: p. 69.
Subjects
Valley Forge (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80293 R323 Oversize
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
5-03-06-41
Date Range
1962
  1 image  
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
General Collection
Description
White Rock Forge Covered Bridge over West Octoraro Creek.
Date Range
1962
Creator
Einolf, Albert L.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Covered bridges
Creeks
Forges
Octoraro Creek, West Branch
West Octoraro Creek
White Rock Covered Bridge
White Rock Forge Covered Bridge
Place
Colerain Twp.
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
5-03-06-41
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Lancaster Land drafts Lemon Street School Letters Manuscript groups Mortgages New Design, Earl Twp. New Holland Newspaper clippings Programs Real estate Real property surveys Reigart's Landing Susquehanna River Texas Texas Frontier Forces Windsor Forge Related Materials: Processing History: Cataloged by HST
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
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).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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