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Collection
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Title
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Object ID
MG0277
Date Range
1798-1993
scrapbook of Conestoga View. Creator: Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: Restrictions noted at the item level. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at
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Collection
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Title
Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
Description
The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.
Date Range
1798-1993
Year Range From
1798
Year Range To
1993
Date of Accumulation
1798-1993
Creator
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Ash, Phineas
Bachman, J. M.
Bachman, John
Bair, Ivan
Baney, William
Bard, R. W.
Bare, Adam
Bausman, John
Bubach, Gerhart
Carpenter, Sam
Centini, Jane E.
Clark, Thomas
Coleman, Thomas
Colwell, James
Dale, Samuel
Dorwart, Jonas
Dunlap, Stephan
Eaby, George W.
Esler, P. O.
Gibbons, William
Good, William
Graybill, N. W.
Graybill, H.
Gryder, Christian
Haines, Timothy
Halbach, W. A.
Harnish, Jacob
Harnish, Samuel
Heck, Lewis
Herr, Christian
Hershey, W. E. H.
Hildebrant, W.
Hollinger, George
Humes, Samuel
Jackson, James J.
Kean, Thomas M.
Kready, David C.
Lane, P. C.
Lenegan, Archibald M.
Light, John
Livingston, J. B.
Long, Jacob
Metzger, John W.
Meyers, Samuel M.
Murray, William
Musser, George
Nauman, J. W.
Nicholson, John
Overholzer, H. D.
Patterson, D. W.
Reed, John K.
Schwartz, Conrad
Slaymaker, Henry
Snyder, Simon
Stone, Abraham
Strine, Jacob S.
Summy, A.
Sweigart, E.
Weaver, B. F.
Webb, Will
Wein, John
Wentz, Thomas
Witmer, Abraham
Witters, Jacob W.
Young, Mathias
Zantzinger, Paul
Other Creators
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Subjects
Almshouses
Almshouses--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
Auditors' reports
Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.)
Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Almshouses
Auditors' reports
Conestoga View
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Scrapbooks
Extent
3 boxes, 33 books and folders, 3.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0277
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, 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.
Classification
MG0277
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.
Added to database 21 July 2017.
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Virtue, industry, and independence : almshouses and labor in the Philadelphia region, 1791-1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11218
Author
Bourque, Monique C.-E.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
362.5 B749v
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Responsibility
by Monique C.-E. Bourque.
Author
Bourque, Monique C.-E.
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
xv, 372 leaves : ill., map, plan ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Almshouses - Pennsylvania.
Almshouses - New Jersey.
Almshouses - Delaware.
Poor - Pennsylvania.
Poor - New Jersey.
Poor - Delaware.
Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.)
Poor - Pennsylvania
Poor - New Jersey
Poor - Delaware
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
362.5 B749v
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/79c7bd01-9764-43b8-92d6-442143672881
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- After demolition of the Rock Hill Dam on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Object ID
1-03-03-32
Date Range
1998
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- After demolition of the Rock Hill Dam on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Description
After demolition of the Rock Hill Dam on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Date Range
1998
Creator
Loose, John Ward Willson
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Dams
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-03-03-32
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c75759e6-5865-485f-94b5-611629754369
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of gates to Rock Hill power house on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Object ID
1-03-03-31
Date Range
1998
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of gates to Rock Hill power house on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Description
Remains of gates to Rock Hill power house on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Date Range
1998
Creator
Loose, John Ward Willson
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-03-03-31
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Genealogies cataloged by the Library of Congress since 1986 with a list of established forms of family names and a list of genealogies converted to microform since 1983

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo467
Corporate Author
Library of Congress.
Date of Publication
1992
Call Number
016.9291 L697
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Corporate Author
Library of Congress.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Library of Congress
Date of Publication
1992
Physical Description
viii, 1349 p. 30 cm.
Subjects
Library of Congress - Catalogs.
Genealogy
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.9291 L697
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This list of deaths is from the ledger of Johannes Bachman, 1769-1829/ List of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7903
Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
310.35 B124
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Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa
Publisher
Ellis R. Bachman ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
10 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
"The original ledger is written in German script. The translation and copy has been by Noah G. Good."
Also contains list of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg. The range is fro February 1875 through August 1880.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
310.35 B124
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Poor school children record Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1810-1836

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1606
Date of Publication
1992
Call Number
974.813 P823
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Responsibility
compiled by Lucy Simler and Chester County Archives.
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Chester County Historical Society
Date of Publication
1992
Physical Description
iii, 239 p. 29 cm.
Subjects
Poor - Chester County.
Taxation - Chester County.
School children
Chester County - Poor.
Additional Author
Simler, Lucy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 P823
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Channeling through time : Landscape evolution, land use change, and stream restoration in the Lower Susquehanna Basin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12526
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
551.483 C458
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Responsibility
Trip leaders: Dorothy Merrits, Robert Walter & Andrew de Wet.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Franklin & Marshall College]
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
88, 20 p. ill. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Southeastern Friends of the Pleistocene Fall 2003 Field trip Guidebook..17-19 October 2003", hosted by Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Subjects
Stream conservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stream ecology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Little Conestoga Creek - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Millers Run - Pennsylvania - East Hempfield Twp.
Additional Corporate Author
Southeastern (Pa.) Friends of the Pleistocene.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
551.483 C458
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The two hundred year history of the Lancaster County almshouse and hospital / by Page Talbott

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8746
Author
Talbott, Page.
Date of Publication
2000.
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Author
Talbott, Page.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
82-113 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.102, no. 2/3.
Subjects
Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.).
Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Almshouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 102, number 2/3 (2000), p. 82-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v.102
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The creation of the almshouse : solutions to the problem of poverty

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8833
Author
Bourque, Monique
Date of Publication
2000.
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Responsibility
by Monique Bourque.
Author
Bourque, Monique
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
56-81 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.102, no. 2/3.
Subjects
Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.).
Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Almhouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 102, number 2/3 (2000), p. 56-81Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.102, no.2/3
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