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Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 1, 1937-1943; Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 2, 24 December 1971- 15 April 1987

Object ID: MG0434_Box079and080

Date Range: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 1, 1937-1943; Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 2, 24 December 1971- 15 April 1987

Description: Catharine B. Spitler, a resident of Landisville, Pennsylvania, compiled these scrapbooks. Book one contains information primarily about World War II. The newspaper clippings include information about Lancaster natives, both men and women that were involved in World War II, including ranks and location of service. There are also articles about the United States involvement in World War II. Interesting local articles and programs discuss the World War II Memorial in West Hempfield Township. Columbia's Sesquicentennial was documented through a series of newspaper clippings located in this scrapbook.; Book two is a compilation of newspaper clippings, engagement announcements, wedding announcements and obituaries pertaining to Lancastrians. Locations around Lancaster County that were mentioned are as follows: Lancaster, Hempfield, Ephrata, Maytown and Mount Joy. An interesting subject within the second scrapbook is the1972 Flood of Lancaster (Hurricane Agnes).

Date Range: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Creation Date: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Year Range From: 1937

Year Range To: 1987

Creator: Spitler, Catharine Bard, 1911-1989, compiler

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

People: Spitler, Catharine Bard

Subjects: Announcements; Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Ephrata Cloister; Floods--Pennsylvania; Hurricane Agnes, 1972; Hurricanes; Methodists--Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Programs (Publications); Scrapbooks; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Ephrata; Lancaster; Maytown, East Donegal Twp.; Mount Joy; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Scrapbooks; West Hempfield Twp.; World War II; WWII

Extent: 2 volumes

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box079and080

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request these items by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: These 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Boxes 79 and 80

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 28 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Books 128 and 130.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Railroad Conestoga Traction Company Conestoga Transportation Company Conewago Water & Power Company Correspondence Dallastown, York County Drawings Duke Street East Belt line East King Street East Petersburg Elizabethtown Engleside, Lancaster Twp. Ephemera Ephrata Express Printing Co. Greeting cards

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Patriot's Day Ephrata, Penna., Sept. 17th, 1977

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Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB P314 1977

Alternate Title: Rededication and exercises marking the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the Mt. Zion monument :

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Hocking Printing,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 22 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Soldiers' monuments - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Patriots' Day.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Monuments.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB P314 1977

Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ephrata Township Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ; parochial registers 1753-1915

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Date of Publication: 1973

Call Number: 284.1 B494 1973

Responsibility: revised by Pastor Frederick S. Weiser.

Place of Publication: typescript

Date of Publication: 1973

Physical Description: 195 pgs. : 29 cm.

Notes: Baptisms 1753 - 1915; burials 1834 - 1850, 1850 - 1859.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", page 180, #1.; Use with CR 284.1 B494 1935, Church record book translated by Mr. and Mrs. M. Luther Heisey.

Subjects: Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ephrata Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Ephrata Township; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Ephrata Township

Additional Author: Heisey, Mr.and Mrs. Luther; Weiser, Frederick S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 B494 1973

The Hauck-Fry (Frey) Cemetery

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Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1977

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa.]

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: p. 61-63 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, vol. 2 (1977).

Subjects: Hauck-Fry (Frey) Cemetery (Ephrata, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1977

Furniture of the Ephrata Cloister

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Author: Kraft, John L.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1978

Responsibility: by John L. Kraft.

Author: Kraft, John L.

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa.]

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: p. 35-58 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, vol. 3 (1978).

Subjects: Furniture - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Cabinetmakers - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1978

The Ephrata paper mill

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Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1977

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: p. 37-60 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v.2 (1977).; Includes bibliographical references.; Includes indentures to the property.

Subjects: Paper mills - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Paper mills; Ephrata,Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1977

A report of archaeological investigations at the Ephrata Cloister, 1963-1966

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Author: Biever, Dale E.

Date of Publication: 1970.

Call Number: 905.748 TPG v. 3

Responsibility: by Dale E. Biever.

Author: Biever, Dale E.

Place of Publication: Breinigsville, Pa

Publisher: The Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: 53 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: In: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society v. 3.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Pennsylvania - Antiquities.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 TPG v. 3

Ephrata in the 1830's : the reminiscences of George R. Barr

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Author: Barr, George R. ,

Date of Publication: 1976-1978.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1976

Responsibility: by George R. Barr.

Author: Barr, George R. ,

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1976-1978.

Physical Description: p. 3-58, 5-36, 15-33 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley. v.1 (1976) ; v.2 (1977) ; v .3 (1978).

Subjects: Barr, George R. , - 1826-1885.; Ephrata, Pa.

Additional Author: Tshudy, James A.; Strunk, Lawrence N.

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV 1976

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Scrapbook

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Archive

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Archive

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Patriot's Day Ephrata, Penna., Sept. 17th, 1977

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19804

Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ephrata Township Lancaster County, Pennsylvania ; parochial registers 1753-1915

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1060

The Hauck-Fry (Frey) Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10644

Furniture of the Ephrata Cloister

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10155

The Ephrata paper mill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10156

A report of archaeological investigations at the Ephrata Cloister, 1963-1966

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19131

Ephrata in the 1830's : the reminiscences of George R. Barr

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9845