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Collection: Musical Events Programs

Title: Musical Events Programs

Object ID: MG0267

Date Range: 1858-2005

item is a gift of Barbara Lehman, 2009. Jose Iturbi presented by The Choir of Grace Evangelical and United Brethren Church of Millersville directed by Patrick Hayes at McCaskey High School. 27 April 1948 Program for Three Days Festival of Music at Trinity Lutheran Church. Patriotic service of music 30

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Collection: Musical Events Programs

Title: Musical Events Programs

Description: This collection of Musical Events Programs contains programs for the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster Conservatory of Music, Lancaster Community Concert Association, The American Guild of Organists, Pennsylvania Academy of Music, Musical Arts Society, The Oratorio Society, and Lancaster Opera Company. Venues include camp meetings, local schools, churches and the Fulton Opera House. There is also an autographed program for a concert by the Trapp Family Singers in 1949.

Date Range: 1858-2005

Year Range From: 1858

Year Range To: 2005

Date of Accumulation: 1858-2005

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Adler, Larry; Alexay, Alexander; Algard, Erik; Allan-Allen, Baldwin; Amram, David; Ansara, Edward; Antoine, Josephine; Armstrong, Martha; Aument, Karl B.; Austin, Christopher; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Balogh, Erno; Bamboschek, Giuseppe; Baromeo, Chase; Barsumian, Puzant; Bartlett, Ethel; Baughey, H. B.; Bay, Emanuel; Beecham, Thomas; Benner, James; Benoist, Andre; Bentonelli, Joseph; Berberian, Ara; Biggs, E. Power; Birchall, Alice A.; Bjoerling, Jussi; Blair, Abbie; Bogue, Laurence; Borton, Michael; Bos, Coenraad V.; Bower, Jacob; Bowman, Charles L.; Breiner, Scott; Broderick, William; Buccelli, Luigi; Burdino, Andre; Burger, Chris; Burrows, Stanley; Bussotti, Carlo; Campbell, Edna; Campbell, John; Carter, John; Casadesus, Robert; Castor, Doris; Castor, Godwin; Cerny, William; Charnley, Milne; Collins, L. John; Colton, Charles; Connel, Horatio; Conner, Nadine; Cooper, E. Virgil; Cossack, Don; Costello, Marilyn; Cowhick, Fred E.; Crooks, Richard; Cummings, Eva; Darrenkamp, John; Davis, Peter; de Paur, Leonard; Dearborn, Harold; Demidoff, Eugene; Demus, Joerg; Devine, Maude Metzger; Devine, Ned; Diller, Carolyn V.; Dja, Devi; Dosia, Elen; Douglass, Myrtle; Douty, Nicholas; Drake, Victoria; Draper, Paul; Dravonette, Jessica; Duncan, Todd; Eby, Gordon M.; Echternach, Earle; Edson, Edward; Edwards, Thomas; Endich, Sara Mae; Esbenshade, Charles; Faas, Mildred; Farrell, Eileen; Fasano, Renato; Ferrante, Arthur; Ferrier, Kathleen; Fidele, David; Fiedler, Arthur; Fink, Arnold Frederick; Fisher, E. Ruth; Fisher, Violet; Fleisher, Leon; Flock, Allen W.; Forrester, Maureen; Fowler, Frederick C.; Fox, Virgil; Frailey, Minnie; Francescatti, Zino; Frey, Percy; Garner, Adam; Gast, Marie R.; Getz, Russel; Geyer, Gwynne; Gibson, Barbara; Giddings, Hart; Godden, Reginald; Graseck, James; Greco, Jose; Greenhouse, Bernard; Grossman, Ferdinand; Guilet, Daniel; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Habecker, Dorothy S.; Haglegans, Marguerite; Hall, Ray B.; Harris, Edward; Harris, Roy; Harrison, Guy Fraser; Hay, Phillip Jeffrey; Hayes, Patrick; Heiney, lIene Geller; Helm, Enos; Hemberg, Eskil; Henry, Cora; Hershey, Laura; Hess, Mildred M.; Hilger, Elsa; Hill, Robert; Hollinger, Daryl; Hollister, Carrol; Holt, Dean; Hoover, Annie; Howell, Henry B.; Huss, Mildred M.; Iturbi, Jose; Jamanis, Frances Veri; Jamanis, Micheal; Janis, Byron; Jaroff, Serge; Johannesen, Grant; Johnston, Kathyrn Byers; Joio, Norman Dello; Jollif, Jonas, Marla; Jones, Carol; Kapell, William; Karlsrud, Edmond; Keenen, Margaret; Kent, Arthur; Kindler, Hans; Kirk, Florence; Koo, Katcha; Kooiker, Anthony; Kopleff, Florence; Kreider, Amos; Kreider, Jacob; Kreisler, Fritz; Krsmanovich, Branko; Kullman, Charles; Kunz, Alfred; Lambdin, Thomas; Lamson, Carl; Lang, J. M.; Lau, Daniel; LeFever, Elizabeth; LeFevre, Wayne; LeFevre, Wayne B.; Lehman, Barbara; Leindorf, Erich; Lewis, Jack R.; Liebling, Joseph; Lockwood, Charlotte Matthewson; Long, Emma; Lunt, Reginald F.; Malcolm, Scott; Mann, Bertha; Marsh, Ozan; Martin, Hildreth; Martin, Margaret; Martinelli, Giovanni; May, John; Maynor, Dorothy; McAllister, Gertie; McConnell, Frank A.; McNeal, Lem; Melchior, Lauritz; Melton, James; Mentzer, Edna J.; Messner, Lucile Lane; Mileradoff, Igor; Miller, Harry; Miller, Mitch; Miquel, Pablo; Mittler, Frank; Moeller, Edith; Moffo, Anna; Mohr, Katharine; Mohr, Margaret; Morgana, Nina; Morini, Erika; Mowrey, Helen; Moyer, Karl; Murr, Harry; Newmark, John; Olheim, Helen; Onegin, Sigrid; Oswald, Belinda; Oswald, Mark; Padwa, Vladimir; Pan, Xun; Papavasilion, Ernest; Paray, Paul; Parnova, Lisa; Paulee, Mona; Pavlovsky, Valentin; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Piston, Walter; Pleam, R. R.; Pratt, Charles E.; Quillian, James; Rakestraw, Sue L.; Ralston, Howard; Reiner, Fritz; Rex, Charles; Rich, Thaddeus; Riddle, George; Ringwall, Rudolph; Robertson, Rae; Rodgers, George B.; Rodzinski, Artur; Roland, Robert; Romero, Trini; Ross, Stuart; Round, Carrie; Round, Clara; Salvi, Alberto; Sander, Arpad; Sandoval, Miguel; Sangree, Margaret; Santelmann, William F.; Satcher, Herbert Boyce; Sayao, Bidu; Schauwecker, Frederick; Schick, George; Schmitt, Elvin; Schroeder, Carl E.; Schuller, Gunther; Seigel, Charles; Seiver, Rebecca; Serkin, Rudolf; Sessions, Roger; Seyfert, Otto; Shaw, Robert; Shuk, Lajos; Shuman, William; Sieger, P. George; Silba, Muri; Simons, John; Slenczynska, Ruth; Slichter, Emma; Smith, Brooks; Snavely, Annie E.; Snell, Milford; Snow, Harry; Sokoloff, Vladimir; Somer, Hilde; Sousa, John; Spalding, Albert; Spitalny, Phil; Steinberg, William; Stever, Eleanor; Stewart, Reginald; Stopak, Josef; Svetlova, Marina; Sykes, Harry A.; Szell, George; Taleff, Carol; Tamayo, Ernesto; Tedick, Feodore; Thomas, John Charles; Tochette, Charles; Traubel, Helen; Trees, Sylvia; Trovillo, George; Valente, Benita; Van Vliet, Cornelius; Veri, Francis; Vilee, Gergrud V.; Vyner, Louis; Vyner, Mary; Wager, Karl H.; Walker, Mallory; Warfield, William; Warren, Leonard; Watts, Andre; Weede, Robert; Welsh, Francis; White, Roger; Willhoite, Earl; Williams, Camilla; Williamson, Francis H.; Wisner, Charles E.; Wittel, Ivan; Wittemore, Arthur; Wolf, Andrew; Wolle, J. Fred; Wood, Edna; Zardo, Eric; Zercher, Kathryn M.

Subjects: Advertisements; Broadsides; Choirs (Music); Choral societies; Glee clubs; Musicians; Orchestra; Programs (Publications); Symphonies

Search Terms: Advertisements; American Business Club; American Guild of Organists; American Guild of Organists, Lancaster Chapter; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Benefactors; Boston Pops Orchestra; Broad Street Methodist Church; Broadsides; Brochures; Busch Symphony Orchestra; Chicago City Opera Company; Choirs; Cleveland Orchestra; Composers; Concerts; Conductors; Dancers; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Elizabethtown; Ephrata Cloister; Exchange Club of Lancaster; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Franklin and Marshall Academy; Franklin and Marshall College Glee Club; Fulton Opera House; Gordonville Gotwald Chapel; J. B. Kevinksi's Music Store; J. P. McCaskey High School; Junior League of Lancaster; Kiwanis Club of Lancaster; Lancaster; Lancaster Church of the Brethren; Lancaster Community Concert Association; Lancaster Conservatory of Music; Lancaster County Choral Festival; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster Drama Club; Lancaster Mennonite High School; Lancaster MusiComedy Guild; Lancaster Opera Company; Lancaster Stock Company; Lancaster Symphony Orchestra; Lancaster Trust Building; Landisville Camp Meeting; Leacock Twp.; Manheim Township High School; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Opera Association; Metropolitan Quartet; Mount Joy; Music Naturally Summer Institute Festival; Musical Art Society of Lancaster; Musical instruments; Musicians; National Association of Organists, Lancaster Chapter; National Symphony Orchestra; Orchestras; Pearsol and Geist; Pennsylvania Academy of Music; Philadelphia Orchestra; Pianists; Pittsburgh Symphony Society; Programs; Recitals; Robert Shaw Chorale and Concert Orchestra; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Rocky Springs Park Theater; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, England; Shindig at Cripple Creek; Six Piano Ensemble of the Musical Art Society; Soloists; Southern District High School Chorus Festival; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's Lutheran Church; Tableaux of the Young Ladies of the Conestoga Collegiate Institute; Trapp Family Singers; Trinity Lutheran Church; Twilight Concert Series; United States Marine Band; Violinists; West Orange Street; Youth Symphony; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 box, 39 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, Pennsylvania German, German

Object ID: MG0267

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Fulton Opera House Collection (MG0103); Fulton Theatre Archives (MG0942)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Musical Events Programs (MG0267), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions 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-267

Classification: MG0267

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AN, May 2013. Added to database 31 January 2022.

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Collection: Steele Family Papers

Title: Steele Family Papers

Object ID: MG0591

Date Range: 1775-1990

�230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Correspondence Family records Finding aids Genealogy Letters Manuscript groups Obituaries Probate records Scrapbooks Related Materials: Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122) Adam Reigart Jr

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Collection: Steele Family Papers

Title: Steele Family Papers

Description: The Steele Family Papers contain genealogical records, notes, and documents supporting the lineage between Mary Edna Cowell Murphy (DAR No. 297765) and Revolutionary War soldiers Robert Bailey, John Cowell, Adam Reigart, Henry Slaymaker, and John Steele, and architect Robert Smith.

Date Range: 1775-1990

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1990

Creator: Steele family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

Subjects: Family archives; Genealogy; Letters; Obituaries; Probate records; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Letters; Manuscript groups; Obituaries; Probate records; Scrapbooks

Extent: 1 box, 18 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0591

Related Item Notes: Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122); Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331); Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection (MG0268); See also the Photograph Collection; See also the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Steele Family Papers (MG0591), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Accession Number: 2011.001

Other Numbers: MG-591

Classification: MG0591

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by MK, 2014. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Berks County church records of the 18th century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Alternate Title: Berks County, Pennsylvania church records of the 18th century

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright.

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. Allegheny Reformed Church, St. Gabriel's Church, Schwartzwald Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church, St. Paul's Church, Amityville, Robeson Church -- v. 2. Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, De Long's Reformed Church, Peter's Church, St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Township -- v. 3. Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Township); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegal's) Church, Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Township); Host Church; Hains Church (Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt -- v.4. First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Zion's or Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of John Casper Stoever, Atolheo Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of Rev. John Henry Helffrich, Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens) - v. 5. Greenwich Union (or New Bethel Zion Church), Pinegrove Township, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

Subjects: Stoever, John Caspar.; Helffrich, John Henry.; Waldsmidt, John.; Allegheny Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pa.; Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; Salem Reformed Church, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity Township, Berks County, Pa.; Oley Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks County, Pa.; Longswamp Church, Berks County, Pa.; Exeter Friends Meeting, Berks County, Pa.; Zion (Moselem) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; DeLong's Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Peter's Reformed Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Congregation, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; Friedens Union Church, Berks County, Pa.; Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Blue Mountain Church, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Rosenthal Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; New Bethel Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Corner Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Dunkel's Reformed Church, Virginville, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church, Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; Reed's Church, Berks County, Pa.; Bern Church, Bern Township, Berks County, Pa.; Tulpehocken Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. John's Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa.; First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Zion's (Spiess) Union Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pa.; Atolheo Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Berks County, Pa.; Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens), Penn Township, Berks County, Pa.; Robeson Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pa.; Forest Lutheran Church, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Social history; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 W949

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Collection: Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)

Title: Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)

Object ID: MG0573

Date Range: 1923-2003

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Collection: Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)

Title: Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)

Description: This collection contains genealogy for some of the descendants of Philip Lefever. Family history includes family sheets for several descendants, the family crest and a family tree. Copies of the will and estate inventory of Martin K. Lefever are among the documents. Minutes are preserved from the Adam Lefever Descendants Reunions, 1945-1979. There are also legal papers and information for the Philip Lefever Cemetery and Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association, including the rededication of the cemetery in 2001.

Date Range: 1923-2003

Creation Date: 1923-2003

Year Range From: 1923

Year Range To: 2003

Creator: Lefevre family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Brandt, Kathleen; Brenneman, Mabel; Brubaker, Ann Mary Lefever; Brubaker, John H.; Buckwalter, Nancy; Buckwalter, Naomi; Buckwalter, Nathan; Dagen, Florence Lefever; Dagen, Jacob Jr.; Dagen, Jacob L.; Dagen, Lester L.; Eaby, Christian Earl; Eshleman, Arlene; Eshleman, Chester L. Jr.; Frey, Furry H.; Gontner, Lizzie; Hess, Edith A. Lefever; Houser, Emma Lefever; Huber, Christian; Huber, Elizabeth Lefever; Kirk, Ethel; Knight, Mary Lefever; Lefever, Adam K.; Lefever, Ruth M.; Lefever, Benjamin M.; Lefever, Charles; Lefever, Charles J., Sr.; Lefever, Charles R.; Lefever, Christian; Lefever, Clair; Lefever, Edna; Lefever, Elizabeth; Lefever, Elizabeth M. Gerlach; Lefever, Emilie A.; Lefever, Enos; Lefever, Ernest; Lefever, Frank K.; Lefever, Gertrude M.; Lefever, Gladys Brenneman; Lefever, Harry M.; Lefever, Henry; Lefever, Henry K.; Lefever, Isaac; Lefever, John A.; Lefever, John M.; Lefever, Leon; Lefever, Martin; Lefever, Martin K.; Lefever, Martin M.; Lefever, Mary Buckwalter; Lefever, Mary C.; Lefever, Mengen; Lefever, Parke M.; Lefever, Paul S.; Lefever, Philip; Lefever, Walter F.; Martin, Anna G. Lefever; Martin, Reba Mae; Meck, Robert A.; Mellinger, Catherine; Metzler, Mary L. Lefever; Morrow, Grace; Mylin, Amanda C.; Mylin, Frank H.; Mylin, Martha Lefever; Rohrer, Betty P. Lefever; Sensenig, Gladys; Shimp, Charles; Shimp, Verna Lefever; Smith, Dottie; Stoltzfus, Amos L.; Stoltzfus, Clarence L.; Stoltzfus, Elmer L.; Stoltzfus, Marjorie E. Lefever; Williams, Steven A.

Subjects: Family records; Cemeteries; Genealogy; Business records; Family reunions

Search Terms: Business records; Cemeteries; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Family records; Family reunions; Finding aids; Genealogy; Grave Concerns, Inc.; Harvest Presbyterian Church; Letters; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association; Philip Lefever Cemetery; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 21 folders, 1 binder, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0573

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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-573

Classification: MG0573

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, February-March 2014.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Title Company of Philadelphia Correspondence Deeds Department stores DUSCO Property Management, Inc. East Hempfield Twp. Employees Ephemera Escalators Mortgages Finding aids Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers Gift certificates Ground-rent Hager and Bro., Inc. Hager Realty Corporation Employee

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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 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.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

, Massachusetts Brenner & Reed Cambridge, Massachusetts Cape May, New Jersey Charles C. & J. Watson Christ Church Burial Ground Cincinnati, Ohio Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence Delaware Dixon Walker & Co. Earp & Bros. Finding aids Grape Hotel Greene County, New York H. Behlen & Co. Illnesses

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), 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.

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Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection

Title: Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection

Object ID: MG0264

Date Range: 1851-1997

Cemeteries Death registers Deeds Lancaster (Pa.) Minutes (Records) Search Terms: Burial records Business records Cemeteries Deeds Finding aids Lancaster Manuscript groups Minutes (Records) Woodward Hill Cemetery Related Materials at LancasterHistory: MSAccess database in the Research Center. Processing

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Collection: Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection

Title: Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection

Description: The Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection contains records of the cemetery from 1851-1997, such as the charter and by-laws, board minutes, lot holder records, plans, programs, financial documents, and grant proposals. The records include the names of thousands of people who were employed by, buried at, served on the cemetery board, or were otherwise associated with the cemetery.

Admin/Biographical History: For more than 150 years, Woodward Hill Cemetery has been one of Lancaster’s most significant historic sites. As the final resting place of numerous prominent citizens including President James Buchanan, with a layout reflecting Victorian ideals of landscape design and containing fine examples of funerary monuments, Woodward Hill’s national significance was recognized in 2005 when the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Woodward Hill was the largest and most elaborate of the new rural cemeteries established in Lancaster during the mid-nineteenth century. Rural cemeteries were designed as vital open spaces or public parks for the community; they provided a place for recreation as well as veneration of the dead. As a final resting place for illustrious citizens, Woodward Hill is a “museum” of notable clergy, educators, civic leaders, and veterans. Today the cemetery occupies 32 acres and contains approximately 13,750 grave markers ranging in date from the late eighteenth century to the present day. They illustrate the 200-year evolution of funerary art, sculpture and associated symbolism. In addition to tombstones, there are numerous obelisks and mausoleums representing Victorian, neoclassical, and early modern architectural styles. Founded in 1852 by Trinity Lutheran Church, Woodward Hill Cemetery is one of Lancaster's significant historic sites. The cemetery was the largest and most elaborate of the new "rural" cemeteries established in the mid- nineteenth century. It was designed as vital open space, allowing for recreation as well as veneration of the dead. The final resting place of many notable clergy, veterans, education, civic and business leaders, Woodward Hill's best known grave site belongs to James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States http://www.woodwardhillcemetery.com/ 8/11/17

Date Range: 1851-1997

Year Range From: 1851

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1851-1997

Creator: Woodward Hill Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

Subjects: Business records; Cemeteries; Death registers; Deeds; Lancaster (Pa.); Minutes (Records)

Search Terms: Burial records; Business records; Cemeteries; Deeds; Finding aids; Lancaster; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Woodward Hill Cemetery

Extent: 3 boxes, 34 folders,1 volume,3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0264

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: MSAccess database in the Research Center.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection (MG0264), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folders 11-15 contain restricted materials.

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-264

Classification: MG0264

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Title: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Object ID: MG0588

Date Range: 1908-1991

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Collection: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Title: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Description: The Rossmere Sanatorium Records contain a 1908 membership list for the Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County, a charter for the Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County, property records and annual reports for Rossmere Sanatorium and programs for commemorative events.

Admin/Biographical History: The Rossmere Hotel, which was located in Manheim Twp., opened in 1898. The building became a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1925; the ballroom was converted into a ward for female patients. The sanatorium closed in 1957 and was eventually demolished.

Date Range: 1908-1991

Year Range From: 1908

Year Range To: 1991

Date of Accumulation: 1908-1991

Creator: American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

Subjects: Annual reports; Business records; Deeds; Sanatoriums; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis--Hospitals

Search Terms: American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties; American Lung Association of Lancaster County; Annual reports; Business records; Deeds; Finding aids; Huff and Puff Club; Manuscript groups; Rossmere Sanatorium; Sanatoriums; Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County; Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County; Tuberculosis-Hospitals

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0588

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: American Lung Association Photograph Collection; American Lung Association of Lancaster County Records (Archives, not cataloged); Banners in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rossmere Sanatorium Records (MG0588), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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-588

Other Number: MG-588

Classification: MG0588

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Title: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Object ID: MG0514

Date Range: 1934-1990

) Newsletters United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.) Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company Business records Correspondence Finding aids Kerr Group, Inc. Labor unions Letters Manuscript groups Minutes Newsletters United Steel Workers Union, Local 285 Related Materials at LancasterHistory

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Collection: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Title: United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records

Description: The United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records contain minutes of union meetings, negotiations with Armstrong Cork Company and Kerr Group, Inc., publications of Local 285 and Armstrong, correspondence with national union representatives, union flyers and other documents related to labor issues and strikes at Armstrong.

Date Range: 1934-1990

Year Range From: 1934

Year Range To: 1990

Date of Accumulation: 1934-1990

Creator: United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

Subjects: Business records; Labor unions; Labor unions--Records and correspondence; Letters; Minutes (Records); Newsletters; United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Kerr Group, Inc.; Labor unions; Letters; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Newsletters; United Steel Workers Union, Local 285

Extent: 8 boxes, 206 folders, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0514

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Armstrong World Industries Collection (MG0032); Kerr Group, Inc. and Armstrong Cork Company Architectural Drawings, 1916-1992 (MG0372); Photograph Collection

Notes: This finding aid is a box list showing folder titles in order to make the collection available to researchers. The documents within the folders have not yet been cataloged at the item level. LancasterHistory replaced the folders with acid-free archival folders and retained the original folder titles. The newsletters, Local 285 Spotlight and Floor Plant Journal, were organized and placed in folders.; Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records (MG0514), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection is not fully cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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.

Accession Number: 2009.MG0514

Other Numbers: MG-514

Classification: MG0514

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Harold Morrin Collection

Title: Harold Morrin Collection, Series 3 Family Papers

Object ID: MG0358_S03

Date Range: 1879-2000

Collection: Harold Morrin Collection

Title: Harold Morrin Collection, Series 3 Family Papers

Description: Series 3 of the Harold Morrin Collection contains family papers and photographs from Harold Morrin's estate.; Harold B. Morrin items:; Photographs of Harold as a baby (1), boy (3), teen/young adult (2), military (2); Newspaper clipping, 1948; "Scenes at Manor Township Farm Show at Millersville," 1938; "Binoculars, Books and Boots are Birder's Gear", 1978; "Concern Widespread on North Museum's Future," partial, no date; Obituary, 2012; Certificate of appreciation, volunteer, North Museum, [artwork by John A. Jarvis, 1977]; Humorous certificate regarding birdwatching, 1988; Humorous "wanted poster" for Harold [upon retirement?]; Panoramic photograph of Co. C, 1st Ordnance Training Battalion, Aberdeen, 1943 (everyone is identified); Cradle Roll certificate, Harold, Bird-in-Hand Methodist Church, 1923; Millersville Junior High School diploma, Harold, 1937; Baptismal certificate, Harold, Bird-in-Hand Methodist Episcopal Church, 1923; Hugh Morrin WWI items (Harold's Dad):; Officer's record book; PRR pass; Letter from Maj. Gen. Howze upon discharge, 1919; Army Candidates School certificate, AEF, France, December 1918; YMCA article, "A Seven Fold Cord Binding to Home" with picture of someone Hugh knew; The New York Herald, European Edition, 16 July 1918; Ardeche Leave Area, France, booklet for US soldiers; Souvenir de Metz postcard album; Album von Goblenz souvenir postcard album; Certificate of appointment, battalion sergeant, 1917; Army Candidates School lecture notes; Travel instructions/papers; Roll of Honor, roster of Company I, 4th US Infantry, August 1917; Soldier's Record, Hugh, 1917-1919; Baptismal certificate, Hugh, Bird-in-Hand Methodist Episcopal Church, 1911; Honorable discharge, 1919--copy 1946; Military history, 1917-1919; Infantry Drill Regulations, 1911 -publication date 1917?; Manual of Interior Guard Duty, 1914 with European currency - 1917 revisions; Book--History of the Third Division of the United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919; Hilda Erisman and Hugh Morrin items (Harold's parents):; Wedding invitation for Hilda and Hugh; Pocket notebook from Williamson's department store, Lancaster, with addresses and phone numbers; Programs for Millersville University 50th class reunion and alumni association meeting, 1969; PA State Sabbath School Association diploma, Hidla M. Erisman, 1918; Teachers' certificate, Millersville, Hilda, 1919; East Lampeter High School diploma, Hugh, 1915; Birthday and Easter cards for Hilda from her parents (3); Certificate of recognition from the Post Office Department to Hilda M. Morrin upon her retirement, 1960; Family items:; Cabinet card of Harry D. Erisman (Elmer's brother?); Photograph of Elmer D. Erisman and Emma Hostetter Erisman, 1906; Obituaries for Nancy Morrow Morrin, Barton R. Morrin, Amos Longenecker Morrin, Mrs. Elizabeth Longenecker, Janet M. Pleam, Margaret D. Norris, Henry D. Erisman; Marriage announcements for James M. Morrin and Mrs. Helen H. Gardner; Blanche L. Morrin and Roy M. Pleam; Newspaper social news regarding Mrs. George C. Brandt (Hilda's sister), their parents 50th wedding anniversary, and the sudden death of their brother Clyde H. Erisman; Letter from B. R. Morrin to Irene Longenecker, 1890; "East Lampeter People give Red Cross Report," WWI?; Methodist Temperance Society Pledge card, Amos L. Morrin, 1916; Flooded street and people in boat, winter 1936?; Photograph of a boy in oval frame; Photograph of a child in oval frame; Centennial anniversary celebration of the Erisman Mennonite Church--History of the Erisman Mennonite Church; program for 13 August 2000 service; "Descendants of Melchior Erisman," by Dr. Oliver J. Smith IV; and printed PowerPoint slides for Smith presentation "Erisman: History, Genealogy & Kinship"; Erisman, Herr, Hostetter genealogy and notes; Invitation, Millersville graduation, 1925; 3 small envelopes of newspaper clippings--not itemized; Garrett estate newspaper articles, letters, etc. (there is a Lancaster connection and perhaps a family connection that will need more research); Article about the funeral of Christian E. Hostetter, 1879; Photograph of Emma Hostetter (age 13); Copies of photographs of Christian E. Hostetter; Maria Haverstick Hostetter; Jacob, Aaron and Ephraim Hostetter as children; Aaron H. Hostetter; Lizzie Charles Hostetter; Mary Charles Hostetter (3); Ephraim and Mary Hostetter (3); Photograph of Mary Charles Hostetter; Photograph of Mary Snyder and her students at "public school"; Booklet--The Hostetter Family with photographs of Great-Grandmother Denlinger and Great-Grandfather John Denlinger; Hostetter, Erisman, Herr genealogy; Morrin genealogy; Poem--"Daisy and Dobbin" written/copied by Edna H. Erisman; Drawing book; Valentine card from Grandmother Hostetter to Magdelena Hostetter; Hostetter family bible--keep and accession genealogy pages only; Erisman family Bible--keep and accession genealogy pages only; Local history items:; John Baer's Agricultural Almanac-keep 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1950 as duplicates

Admin/Biographical History: Harold B. Morrin was born on 20 May 1923 in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Hugh B. and Hilda M. (Erisman) Morrin. His father, Hugh, passed away at an early age from complications associated with exposure to mustard gas during his service in World War I. In his 20s, Harold enlisted in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 during World War II. During this time he sent letters to his mother Hilda M. Morrin about his life in the army, traveling, and social activities (the collection of correspondence can be found in MG0358_S01).; Harold graduated with a degree in business from Franklin and Marshall College. During his career, he served as president of the Lancaster Chapter of Administrative Management and served on the board of the National Association of Accountants. In 1985, Harold retired as secretary- treasurer of Lancaster Press and Tapsco companies. In addition to his career, Harold was also very active in the community, serving in leadership positions in many organizations. He was a member (since 1947) and past president of the Millersville Lions Club, an international service organization that provides humanitarian and volunteer services to the local community. Other involvements included the Lancaster County Philatelic Society (national stamp collection organization), North Museum Associates (local nature and science museum), the Millersville Borough Council, Lancaster County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Lancaster County Elementary Envirothon, Boy Scouts of America (Troop 45), past director of the Tanger Arboretum, member of the Hamilton Park United Church of Christ, Millersville pool committee, zone chairman, steering committee, board member of the Millersville Bicentennial celebration and the Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) (LCBC 2012).; Harold was recognized as one of the "101 of the Most Vital People in South Central PA" in the local APPRISE magazine where he was pictured on the cover in 1988. It would seem as though Harold had no time for hobbies or travel with his career and community involvement but that was not the case. Harold was an avid baseball fan, seeing games in 45 major league ballparks throughout the United States. He even witnessed Babe Ruth play!; His other two passions, birding and traveling, went hand in hand. It was not until the age of 31 that Harold began birding. In 1954, he decided to start the journey of a life-list and in that first year he was able to add 70 species to the list. By the time he finished, Harold had over 3,800 species on his life-list. Harold enjoyed traveling and documented his trips with daily journal entries and species checklists of all the bird species seen. He birded in all 50 U.S. states and Canada and traveled to all 7 continents during his lifetime.; Harold's love for birds, nature and travel continued to grow thus, his participation in the Lancaster County Bird Club grew. Harold served as president from 1972-76 and again from 1984-85, and a member of the bird club's Board of Directors for over 20 years. He was also an editor for the LCBC newsletter for many years and editor of The Natural Attractions of Lancaster County, published by the LCBC in November 1977 as a supplement to "Call Notes" which included articles about the flora and fauna found in numerous areas of Lancaster County. Harold also edited and wrote portions of the book, A Guide to the Birds of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1984) and assisted with the second edition in 1991. He authored Birding the 49th State: An Alaskan Saga in 1978 about his birding adventures on an Alaskan trip. In his later years, Harold led a weekly adult birding group in collaboration with the Lancaster County Parks Department. On February 9, 2001 the LCBC Board of Directors made Harold an honorary lifetime member of the club, an honor bestowed to only a few since the inception of the club. At this time they also decided to rename the Scholarship Program, "The Harold B. Morrin Scholarship Award" (LCBC 2012).; The Lancaster County Bird Club credits Harold with the development and growth of the club as one of the largest and most active bird clubs in the mid-Atlantic region. He inspired many renowned birders, ornithologists and photographers like Andrew Mack, Eric Witmer, Theodore A. Parker III, Jeffrey Lepore and Kenn Kaufman. On January 7, 2012 Harold passed away at the age of 88. His impact on the community was immeasurable and he is remembered by many as a "humble, selfless man, who devoted so much of his time and effort to others" (Crable 1999).; Works Cited:; Crable, Ad. "Harold Morrin: gently, he helps star birdwatchers spread their wings" New Era. 9 July 1999.; Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC). "In Memoriam Harold B. Morrin" Call Notes. 2012.; LancasterOnline. "Harold B. Morrin Obituary" LancasterOnline. 12 September 2013.

System of Arrangement: Series 1 World War II Letters, 1943-1946; Series 2 Birding Records, 1962-2004; Series 3 Family Papers, 1879-2000

Date Range: 1879-2000

Creation Date: 1879-2000

Year Range From: 1879

Year Range To: 2000

Creator: Morrin family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Erisman, Edna N.; Morrin, Harold B.; Morrin, Hilda M. Erisman; Morrin, Hugh Barton

Subjects: Family archives

Search Terms: Certificates; Family archives; Family records; Invitations; Letters; Manuscript groups; Obituaries; World War I; WWI

Extent: 2 boxes

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0358_S03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Harold Morrin Collection, Series 1 World War II Letters (MG0358_S01); Harold Morrin Collection, Series 2 Birding Records (MG0358_S02); Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Given in memory of Harold B. Morrin.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Accession Number: 2023.045

Other Numbers: MG-358, Series 2

Classification: MG0358

Description Level: Series

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