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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7697d6ea-ff7d-4c6c-9b6d-912074124906
Collection
General Collection
Title
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Object ID
1-01-07-77
Date Range
1992
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Description
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse during Lancaster city's 250th Celebration.
Date Range
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Celebrations
Costumes
Courthouses
Lancaster County Courthouse
Persons of color
Uniforms
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-01-07-77
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e95cf22b-2675-44cd-af41-896107814490
Collection
General Collection
Title
Girls and boys in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Object ID
1-01-07-87
Date Range
1992
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Girls and boys in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Description
Girls and boys in costume on the steps of the courthouse during Lancaster city's 250th Celebration.
Date Range
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Boys
Celebrations
Costumes
Courthouses
Girls
Lancaster County Courthouse
Persons of color
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-01-07-87
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2cf4ace2-049b-4ccc-ba33-369703281570
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Title
Black man and boy
Object ID
LR-03-05-06
Date Range
July 1994
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Title
Black man and boy
Description
Unidentified man and boy
Date Range
July 1994
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Boys
Children
Persons of color
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
LR-03-05-06
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No balm in Gilead : Lancaster's African-American population and the Civil War Era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo93
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1993.
Antebellum Era in Pennsylvania was a period of crisis for persons of color. In his pioneer study of African-American communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania between 1780-1860 Carl Oblinger characterizes economic life in rural Pennsylvania in the following terms:' By mid-century, the new, and depressing
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Responsibility
by Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
[20]-40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.95, no.1
Subjects
Confederate States of America. - Army - History.
United States. - Army - History
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 95, number 1 (1993), p. 20-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.95
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Separate but equal? : residential racial segregation in Lancaster : considerations for community planning-- 1997 : a special report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17155
Date of Publication
[1997?]
Call Number
363.51 S479
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Responsibility
by the Fair Housing Program, Lancaster County Human Relations Commission.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Lancaster County Human Relations Commission,
Date of Publication
[1997?]
Physical Description
59 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).
Subjects
Discrimination in housing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Hispanic Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster City-County Human Relations Commission. Fair Housing Program.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
363.51 S479
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Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and freedom

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8832
Date of Publication
c1998.
Call Number
326 R386
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Responsibility
edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller.
ISBN
1565844254 (set) :
Place of Publication
New York : Washington, D.C
Publisher
The New Press ; in association with The Library of Congress,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
lii, 355 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. + 2 sound cassettes.
Notes
"Published by the New Press, in conjunction with the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, to accompany the book Remembering slavery, edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller" -- Cassettes.
"This book is published in conjunction with two sixty-minute audio tapes of live recordings and dramatic readings."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
Contents
Slavery as memory and history -- The faces of power: slaves and owners -- Work and slave life -- Family life in slavery -- Slave culture -- Slaves no more: Civil War and the coming of freedom -- Appendixes.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
African Americans
United States - History - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Berlin, Ira,
Favreau, Marc.
Miller, Steven F.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 R386
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c948cc4-d329-4874-8c43-095096694740
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
Custodial History
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Finding a place called home : a guide to African-American genealogy and historical identity

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Author
Woodtor, Dee.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1999.
Call Number
929.1 W898
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Responsibility
Dee Parmer Woodtor.
ISBN
037540595X
Author
Woodtor, Dee.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Random House,
Date of Publication
1999.
Physical Description
xi, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-439) and index.
Subjects
African Americans
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 W898
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In hope of liberty : culture, community, and protest among northern free Blacks, 1700-1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10406
Author
Horton, James Oliver.
Date of Publication
1997.
Call Number
973.0496 H823
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Responsibility
James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton.
ISBN
019504732X (acidfree paper)
Author
Horton, James Oliver.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
1997.
Physical Description
xii, 340 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-323) and index.
Contents
Slavery and slave trading in the colonial north -- Culture, race, and class in the colonial north -- Revolution and the abolition of northern slavery -- A life in freedom : the evolution of family and household -- Coping with urban life : poverty, work, and regional differences -- Sustaining and serving the community : building institutions for social and spiritual welfare -- Culture, politics, and the issue of African-American identity -- Ambivalent identity : colonization and the question of emigration -- The growth of the antebellum antislavery movement -- The widening struggle, growing militancy, and the hope of liberty for all.
Subjects
African Americans
Free African Americans
Additional Author
Horton, Lois E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.0496 H823
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The Negro in the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14043
Author
Quarles, Benjamin.
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
973.315 Q1
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Responsibility
Benjamin Quarles ; with a new foreword by Thad W. Tate and a new introduction by Gary B. Nash.
ISBN
0807846031 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Quarles, Benjamin.
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg Va., by the University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
xxxiii, 231 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Originally published: 1961.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-223) and index.
Subjects
African Americans
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - African Americans.
Additional Corporate Author
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.315 Q1
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