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Collection: David Lynch Collection

Title: David Lynch Collection

Object ID: MG0173

Date Range: 1834-1862

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Collection: David Lynch Collection

Title: David Lynch Collection

Description: The David Lynch Collection consists of personal and business correspondence. The bulk of the collection is political and legal correspondence between David Lynch, Esq. and James Buchanan. There are also personal and business letters of David Lynch, Mrs. David (Mary) Lynch, Robert S. Lynch, as well as letters to President James K. Polk.

Date Range: 1834-1862

Year Range From: 1834

Year Range To: 1862

Date of Accumulation: 1834-1862

Creator: Lynch family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Buchanan, James; Lynch, David; Lynch, Mary; Lynch, Robert S.; Polk, James Knox

Subjects: Letters

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Correspondence; Finding aids; James Buchanan; Letters; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 22 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0173

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: David Lynch Papers (MC-13), Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, http://chrc-phila.org/faids/view.php/Lynch_David.xml

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096); James Buchanan Family Papers (JBFP); Wheatland, Klein Collection (MG0097)

Notes: Preferred Citation: David Lynch Collection (MG0173), 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-173

Other Number: MG-173

Classification: MG0173

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to database 24 August 2021.

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Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Object ID: MG0131

Date Range: 1859-1956

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Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Description: The papers in this Pennsylvania Railroad Collection are largely the documents of legal actions against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Among the items are property records, agreements, a construction contract, correspondence, and a proposal for a footbridge.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1859-1956

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1956

Creator: Pennsylvania Railroad

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.); Contracts; Deeds; Footbridges; Lancaster (Pa.); Letters; Pennsylvania Railroad

Search Terms: Columbia; Contracts; Correspondence; Deeds; Finding aids; Footbridges; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pennsylvania Railroad

Extent: 3 boxes, 68 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0131

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection (MG0131), Box #, 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. 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-131

Other Number: MG-131

Classification: MG0131

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 7 September 2021.

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

of Abraham Lincoln. The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson. Creator: Whitson & Sproul. Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), 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-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

, 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

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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: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Object ID: MG0380

Date Range: 1739-1883

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org People: Ball, John Ball, Joseph Barclay, James Barclay, Mary Black, James Boyd, Ann Margaret Boyd, Hugh Boyd, Isabella R. Boyd, Samuel Buchanan, James Calvert, John Churchman, George Churchman, John Clark, Nathaniel Clerk, Nathan Collins

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Description: The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.

Date Range: 1739-1883

Year Range From: 1739

Year Range To: 1883

Date of Accumulation: 1739-1883

Creator: Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Ball, John; Ball, Joseph; Barclay, James; Barclay, Mary; Black, James; Boyd, Ann Margaret; Boyd, Hugh; Boyd, Isabella R.; Boyd, Samuel; Buchanan, James; Calvert, John; Churchman, George; Churchman, John; Clark, Nathaniel; Clerk, Nathan; Collins, Cornelius; Crawford, David; Crawford, Edward; Crawford, Robert; Dickson, Samuel; Ensminger, Samuel; Fairman, George Walter; Findlay, William; Forsh, Jonathan; Gardner, Valentine; Gill, George; Gryder, Jacob; Harrah, Patrick; Hecket, Frank; Hibshman, Jacob; James, John; King, Robert; Lamborn, Robert; Long, Harry Lincoln; Long, Hugh; Long, James; Long, Robert H.; Martin, Hugh; McElray, John; McPherson, James; McPherson, Martha; Mitchell, John; Mitchell, Samuel; Moore, Alexander; Neel, Thomas; Pennepacker, Henry W.; Penny, Hugh M.; Penny, John Joseph; Porter, Thomas; Quin, Bryan; Rippey, Matthew; Robertson, James; Robinson, James; Seiple, Samuel; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Smith, Howard; Smith, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Walker, John; Warner, Rily; White, William; Widmyer, C.; Worrell, Elijah; Worrell, Elizabeth; Worrell, Joseph; Yost, Jacob

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property surveys; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Accounts; Agreements; Altick and McGinnis; Baltimore, Maryland; Bank of the United States; Barns; Broadsides; Correspondence; Deeds; Drumore Twp.; Estate settlement; Finding aids; Fishing Creek; Independent Whig Steam Press; Insurance policies; Invoices; Land drafts; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Promissory notes; Real estate; Real property surveys; Receipts; Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County; Surveys

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0380

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: 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: 2005.MG0380

Other Numbers: MG-380

Classification: MG0380

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.; Added to database 20 February 2022.

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Collection: Blanche Nevin Papers

Title: Blanche Nevin Papers

Object ID: MG0730

Date Range: 1850s-1920s

: Artists China Contracts Correspondence Essays Finding aids Japan Letters Manuscript groups Pets Poetry Sculptors Travel Related Materials at LancasterHistory: Leather portfolio (2014.020) Blanche Nevin Collection (MG0039) See also the Photograph, Library, and Curatorial Collections Archival History

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Collection: Blanche Nevin Papers

Title: Blanche Nevin Papers

Description: The Blanche Nevin Papers include manuscripts of Blanche Nevin's prose and poetry, the 1878 contract for her statue of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, letters, essays, biographies, and articles about her travels.

Date Range: 1850s-1920s

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: [1850s-1920s]

Creator: Nevin, Blanche, 1841-1925

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Buchanan, James; Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel; Nevin, Blanche

Other Creators: Nevin family

Subjects: Essays; Letters; Pets; Poetry; Travel

Search Terms: Artists; China; Contracts; Correspondence; Essays; Finding aids; Japan; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pets; Poetry; Sculptors; Travel

Extent: 1 box, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0730

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Leather portfolio (2014.020); Blanche Nevin Collection (MG0039); See also the Photograph, Library, and Curatorial Collections

Notes: The collection has not been fully processed-please see the inventory below.; Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used-contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at the 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-730

Classification: MG0730

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Inventory prepared by donor, 2014. Added to database 26 December 2023.

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Collection: Lancaster Electric, Light, Heat and Power Company Collection

Title: Lancaster Electric, Light, Heat and Power Company Collection

Object ID: MG0136

Date Range: 1844-1911

South, Side 4 Scope and Content Note: The Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company Collection contains the contracts and specifications for building the Slackwater, Rock Hill and Wabank plant to generate electricity for the Lancaster area. There are lists of costs to provide lighting for the

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Collection: Lancaster Electric, Light, Heat and Power Company Collection

Title: Lancaster Electric, Light, Heat and Power Company Collection

Description: The Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company Collection contains the contracts and specifications for building the Slackwater, Rock Hill and Wabank plant to generate electricity for the Lancaster area. There are lists of costs to provide lighting for the Millersville State Normal School. There is also a list of residents in Lancaster city using incandescent lamps in 1901.

Date Range: 1844-1911

Year Range From: 1844

Year Range To: 1911

Date of Accumulation: 1844-1911

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Brenneman, Joseph P.; Burke, Susanna; Campbell, Amos; Stark, Kate

Subjects: Electric industries; Electricity

Search Terms: Blueprints; Contracts; Correspondence; Edison Electric Company; Finding aids; Generators; Keller and Hook; Lamps; Lancaster; Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company; Legislation; Letters; Lighting; Manuscript groups; Millersville State Normal School; Ordinances; Pennsylvania Water and Power Company; Platt Iron Company; Proposals; Rock Hill Power Plant; Slackwater Power Plant; Specifications; Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company; Sturgass Governor Engineering; Transformers; Turbines; Wabank Power Plant

Extent: 1 box, 28 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0136

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: 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 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-136

Classification: MG0136

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

February 5, 1832. Second bridge Construction of the second Columbia–Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid- 1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Description: The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842

Admin/Biographical History: First Bridge; Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.; Second bridge; Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.; Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.

System of Arrangement: The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.

Date Range: 1809-1843

Year Range From: 1809

Year Range To: 1843

Date of Accumulation: 1809-1843

Creator: Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Albright, William; Chew, Benjamin; Coleman, Robert; Dickson, William; Gilpin, Joshua; Gilpin, Thomas; Grimler, Benjamin; Haldeman, C.; Hamilton, William; Harbaugh, Leonard; Hoff, John; Hopkins, James; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Lloyd, Evan; Mifflin, Joseph; Poulson, Zachariah; Reynolds, John; Rittenhouse, Joseph; Shaffner, Casper; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Samuel; Varle, Charles; Wilson, Edward; Wilson, Thomas A.; Witmer, A.; Wright, William; Wolcott, John

Subjects: Bridges; Business records; Columbia (Pa.); Letters; Minutes (Records); Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River

Search Terms: Advertising; Applications; Board of Directors; Bonds; Bridges; Broadsides; Business records; By-laws; Checks; Columbia; Columbia Bridge Company; Construction; Contracts; Correspondence; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Financial records; Finding aids; Gatekeepers; Invoices; Letters; Loans; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Murray Draper and Company; Promissory notes; Receipts; Reports; Salaries; Stockholders; Stocks; Susquehanna River; Taxes; Tollhouses; Tolls

Extent: 5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0217

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Collection: Lancaster County Monumental Association Records

Title: Lancaster County Monumental Association Records

Object ID: MG0390

Date Range: 1871-1979

Lionel Horting Printing Associations, institutions, etc. Batterson, Canfield and Company Bonds Business records By-laws Cards Charters Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Concord House Real Estate Constitutions Contracts Correspondence Finding aids Fulton National Bank Haldy Memorials Invoices Keener

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Collection: Lancaster County Monumental Association Records

Title: Lancaster County Monumental Association Records

Description: The Lancaster County Monumental Association Records date from 1871 to 1979. The organization's constitution, charter and by-laws are included in the collection, as well as invoices for repairs to the monument. The meeting minutes record the official proceedings of the association. Discussion and debate on whether the monument should be moved from its current spot is also well-documented.

Date Range: 1871-1979

Year Range From: 1871

Year Range To: 1979

Date of Accumulation: 1871-1979

Creator: Lancaster County Monumental Association (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bartholomae, John W.; Bush, L. L.; De Laurentis, Peter; Hammond, F. W.; Kessler, Charles H.; Long, Audrey M.; Long, George W.; Rehm, William C.; Stamm, Harry C.

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Minutes (Records)

Search Terms: Arthur Lionel Horting Printing; Associations, institutions, etc.; Batterson, Canfield and Company; Bonds; Business records; By-laws; Cards; Charters; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Concord House Real Estate; Contracts; Correspondence; Finding aids; Fulton Bank; Haldy Memorials; Invoices; Keener Memorials; Lancaster City Council; Lancaster County Monumental Association; Lancaster New Era; Letters; Manuscript groups; Memorial Day; Minutes; Monuments; Newspaper clippings; Receipts; Reports; Resolutions; Soldiers and Sailors Monument; Stationery

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0390

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Monumental Association Records (MG0390), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Other Numbers: MG-390

Classification: MG0390

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Barbara Valavanes Papers

Title: Barbara Valavanes Papers

Object ID: MG0509

Date Range: 1922-1956

” Subject Headings: Boxers Boxing Boxing matches Ephemera Football Letters Programs (Publications) Search Terms: Boxers Boxing matches Brooklyn Dodgers Contracts Correspondence Danceland Ephemera Football Fulton Opera House Harrisburg Eagles Lancaster Presidents Lancaster Red Roses Letters O. S. Wright

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Collection: Barbara Valavanes Papers

Title: Barbara Valavanes Papers

Description: The Barbara Valavanes Papers contain programs from boxing and football events, an advertisement for dancing at Rocky Springs Park, and correspondence to Barbara Valavanes.

Date Range: 1922-1956

Year Range From: 1922

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1940-1955

Creator: Valavanes, Barbara, d. 2016

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Bass, Benjamin Baruch J. "Benny"; Brenner, Len; Campanis, Albert Sebastian; Campanis, Basiliki Georgiades "Bessie"; Dussinger, Paul P. "Battling Willard"; Hedland, Rhody Wilford; Reynolds, Leo; Ross, Harry "Kid"; Ruth, George Herman "Babe"; Schiff, Sammy; Stoy, Charles William "Rosey"; Sullivan, Marty; Valavanes, Barbara; Villamore, Derrico; Wright, O. S.

Subjects: Boxers (Sports); Boxing; Boxing matches; Ephemera; Football; Letters; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Boxers (Sports); Boxing matches; Brooklyn Dodgers; Contracts; Correspondence; Danceland; Ephemera; Finding aids; Football; Fulton Opera House; Harrisburg Eagles; Lancaster Presidents; Lancaster Red Roses; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission; Programs; Roamers, The; Stumpf Field

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder, .10 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0509

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Barbara Valavanes Papers (MG0509), 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.

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Accession Number: 2006.MG0509

Other Numbers: MG-509

Classification: MG0509

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 12 March 2022.

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