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What did they mean by that? : a dictionary of historical & genealogical terms old & new

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11767

Author: Drake, Paul,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 929.1 D762

Responsibility: Paul Drake.

ISBN: 0788416545

Author: Drake, Paul,

Place of Publication: Bowie, Md

Publisher: Heritage Books,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: xiv, 335 p., [2] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335).

Summary: "In addition to terminology, such as the names of the many courts and legal processes, this collection of more than 4500 words includes many occupations, descriptions of early furniture and foods, common medical terms and herbal remedies, and many all but forgotten expressions."; Patrons may also want to consult "A medical miscellany for genealogists", LHO call number 610.14 J55.

Subjects: English language - Dictionaries.; English language - Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Genealogy - Dictionaries.; History - Dictionaries.; Genealogy; History

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 D762

The watch of the future: the story of the Hamilton electric watch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17657

Author: Rondeau, RenÃ©.

Edition: 4th rev. ed.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 681.1 R771

Responsibility: by Rene Rondeau.

ISBN: 0962221953; 9780962221958

Author: Rondeau, RenÃ©.

Edition: 4th rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Corte Madera, CA

Publisher: R. Rondeau,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: 255 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Hamilton Watch Company - History; Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Wrist watches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Clocks and watches, Electric - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 681.1 R771

Clockmakers of Montgomery County, 1740-1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15039

Author: Forman, Bruce Ross.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 681 F724

Responsibility: Bruce Ross Forman.

ISBN: 096785380X

Author: Forman, Bruce Ross.

Place of Publication: Norristown, PA

Publisher: The Historical Society of Montgomery County,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: xviii, 309 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Montgomery County; Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Montgomery County - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 681 F724

Copyright in cyberspace : questions and answers for librarians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12437

Author: Hoffmann, Gretchen McCord.

Date of Publication: c2001.

Call Number: 346.7304 H699 Librarian's office

Responsibility: Gretchen McCord Hoffmann.

ISBN: 1555704107 (alk. paper)

Author: Hoffmann, Gretchen McCord.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers,

Date of Publication: c2001.

Physical Description: xvii, 264 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Neal-Schuman netguide series

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257) and index.

Subjects: Copyright and electronic data processing - United States - Miscellanea.; Fair use (Copyright) - United States - Miscellanea.; Cyberspace - Miscellanea.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 346.7304 H699 Librarian's office

Archive

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

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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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Turning boxes with friction-fitted lids

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20890

Author: Bowers, Bill.

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 684.08 B786

Responsibility: Bill Bowers.

ISBN: 9780764330278; 0764330276

Author: Bowers, Bill.

Place of Publication: Atglen, PA

Publisher: Schiffer Pub. Ltd.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Series: A Schiffer book for wood turners

Subjects: Turning (Lathe work); Wooden boxes.; Decorative arts.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 684.08 B786

My Lancaster County : a coloring book for kids

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15823

Author: Asher, Sandy

Date of Publication: 2009

Call Number: 372.5 A825

Responsibility: by Sandy Asher

Author: Asher, Sandy

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Cooper Printing, Inc. ,

Date of Publication: 2009

Physical Description: n.p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Pictures to color of local places: Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, Demuth Museum, Fulton Theatre, Hole in the Wall Theatre, Living the Experience, North Museum of Natural History and Science, Lancaster Science Factory, President James Buchanan's Wheatland, Rockford Plantation, Long's Park, Roberto Clemete Park, Reservoir Park, Central Market, Eastern Market, Amish Farm, Amish House, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Hans Herr House, Ephrata Cloister, National Watch and Clock Museum, Hands-On House, Landis Valley Museum, Wolf Sanctuary of Pennsylvania and Lancaster Public Libraries.

Subjects: Creative activities and seat work; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Places

Additional Author: Kornhauser, Barry

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 372.5 A825

Forging America : ironworkers, adventurers, and the industrious revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12122

Author: BezÃs-Selfa, John,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 338.47669 B564

Responsibility: John BezÃs-Selfa.

ISBN: 0801439930 (cloth)

Author: BezÃs-Selfa, John,

Place of Publication: Ithaca, N.Y

Publisher: Cornell University Press,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: xi, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-267) and index.

Subjects: Iron industry and trade - United States; Work ethic - United States; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 338.47669 B564

The encyclopedia of Civil War usage : an illustrated compendium of the everyday language of soldiers and civilians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14018

Author: Garrison, Webb B.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 973.7 G241

Responsibility: Webb Garrison with Cheryl Garrison.

ISBN: 1581821867

Author: Garrison, Webb B.

Place of Publication: Nashville

Publisher: Cumberland House,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274).

Summary: More than 2,500 entries and 250 illustrations cover the terms, equipment, and organizations for the three million soldiers who fought inthe war.

Subjects: Soldiers - United States - Encyclopedias.; English language - United States - Encyclopedias.; Americanisms - Encyclopedias.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Language - Encyclopedias.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects - Encyclopedias.

Additional Author: Garrison, Cheryl D.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 G241

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Documents

What did they mean by that? : a dictionary of historical & genealogical terms old & new

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11767

The watch of the future: the story of the Hamilton electric watch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17657

Clockmakers of Montgomery County, 1740-1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15039

Copyright in cyberspace : questions and answers for librarians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12437

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Documents

Turning boxes with friction-fitted lids

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20890

My Lancaster County : a coloring book for kids

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15823

Forging America : ironworkers, adventurers, and the industrious revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12122

The encyclopedia of Civil War usage : an illustrated compendium of the everyday language of soldiers and civilians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14018