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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Object ID: MG0583

Date Range: 1727-1963

property. 3. Bond. George H. Pownall to George Whitson, paid $2,000 4. Land draft of 169 acres, 154 perches of George Pownall. Surveyed 1861 and 1862. Folder 29 Bonds between Lindley T. Brown and the Pownalls (Martha, Ellen, Deborah) a. Lindley T. Brown and Martha Pownall. $6,000. 1 April 1868. b. Lindley

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Description: The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.

Admin/Biographical History: "Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."; From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.

Date Range: 1727-1963

Year Range From: 1727

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1727-1963

Creator: Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bedard, A. J.; Beecher, Eleanor; Beecher, Samuel; Beyer, W. F.; Brinton, Susanna; Brown, Alice E.; Brown, Barbara; Brown, Clemson; Brown, David; Brown, David, Jr.; Brown, Elizabeth F.; Brown, Hannah; Brown, J. Norris; Brown, Jacob; Brown, John H.; Brown, John Henry; Brown, Leah; Brown, Lindley T.; Brown, Lizzie F.; Brown, Lydia; Brown, Margaret C.; Brown, Phares; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Sarah "Sallie"; Brown, William; Coates, Lindley; Davis, Benjamin F.; Dubree, Absolom; Dubree, Ann; Elliot, Joseph; Eshleman, Jacob; Fleming, John; Hipple, Mary Ann; Hostetter, Abraham F.; Howell, Philip; Jackson, Mary Louise; Kunkel, H. Clinger; Lindley T. Brown; McNeely, Abigail; Mews, Hannah; Mews, John; Moore, Thomas; Murray, John; Murry, John; Murry, Susanna; Pownall, Deborah; Pownall, Ellen; Pownall, George H.; Pownall, Harriet; Pownall, Levi; Wasson, Samuel; Pownall, Martha; Pownall, Theodore; Rhea, Ann; Samson, Margaret; Samson, William; Steele, Elizabeth; Steele, Hugh E.; Swanger, John H.; Taylor, Isaac; Walker, Asahel; Wasson, Ann; Wasson, Ruth; Wasson, Usher; Wayser, Janet L. Knox; Whitson, George; Williams, Robert

Subjects: Advertisements; Deeds; Family archives; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Probate records

Search Terms: Advertisements; Certificates; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Lutheran and Reformed Church; Manuscript groups; Pikeland Church; Probate records; Sadsbury Friends Cemetery; Simmontown School; Union Cemetery

Extent: 1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0583

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), 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.

Accession Number: 2010.MG0583

Other Numbers: MG-583

Classification: MG0583

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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A legal primer on managing museum collections

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Author: Malaro, Marie C.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 069.026 M237

Responsibility: Marie C. Malaro.

ISBN: 1560987626 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781560987628 (cloth : alk. paper); 1560987871 (paper : alk. paper); 9781560987871 (paper : alk. paper)

Author: Malaro, Marie C.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C. ; London

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: xx, 507 p. : forms ; 27 cm.

Notes: IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Museums - United States.; Musea.; Verzamelingen.; Beheer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 069.026 M237

Chains of titles for some early land owners of the Strasburg Village area : a legal perspective

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Author: Weaver, Robert Kean.

Date of Publication: 1993

Call Number: 974.815 STRB W363

Responsibility: by Robert Kean Weaver

Author: Weaver, Robert Kean.

Place of Publication: St. Augustine, FL

Publisher: The author

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: xii, 317 p. ill., maps 29 cm.

Subjects: Landowners - Pennsylvania - Strasburg.; Strasburg (Boro), Pa.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Strasburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 STRB W363

Legal title to art work produced under the Works Progress Aministration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12794

Date of Publication: 1992?]

Call Number: 708.973 W938 Addendum

Responsibility: [General Services Administration].

Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C

Publisher: General Services Administration,

Date of Publication: 1992?]

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : forms ; 28 cm.

Notes: Loose-leaf.

Contents: Background -- General concepts of Federal property ownership -- Title to WPA art work -- Impact on custodians of WPA art work -- Legal title to works produced under the Public Works of Art Project -- Forms.

Subjects: Public Works of Art Project (U.S.); Art patronage - United States.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. General Services Administration.; United States. Works Progress Administration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 708.973 W938 Addendum

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Postcard

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Collection: Postcard Collection

Title: Town signs

Object ID: 999-185

Date Range: 1994

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Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Title: Town signs

Description: Amish horse and buggy with signs for Bird-In-Hand, Intercourse and Blue Ball.

Date Range: 1994

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subject: Postcards

Classification: 999-185

Search Terms: Amish; Horse and buggies; Signs; Intercourse, Leacock Twp.; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Bird-In-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Publisher: Scene-Ics, 905 Wakefield Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA, 17055

Object ID: 999-185

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Conestoga River Correspondence Deeds Drowning Earl Twp. England Estate settlement Finding aids German Reformed Church of New Holland Haupt Elementary School Hutchings Printing House King Street

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Conestoga Memorial Park interments

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Date of Publication: [1994]

Call Number: 310.35 C747

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Typescript

Date of Publication: [1994]

Physical Description: 206 p. 23 cm.

Notes: Alphabetical list of all interments at Conestoga Memorial Park as of Oct. 1994.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 244 #17.

Subjects: Conestoga Memorial Park (Lancaster Twp. Pa.); Burial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster (Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvnia - Lancaster(Township)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 C747

Index and summary to connected draft maps--North Codorus Township, York County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo540

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Date of Publication: 1991

Call Number: 974.841 H676n

Author: Hively, Neal Otto.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1991

Physical Description: 133 p. ill. 21 cm

Series: York County original land records v.4.

Notes: Ask research staff for accompanying connected draft map in Map drawer 15. (Map 974.841 H676n Map # 12-14)

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - North Codorus Township (York County); York County (Pa.) - North Cororus Twp. - Land grants.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 H676n

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A legal primer on managing museum collections

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15105

Chains of titles for some early land owners of the Strasburg Village area : a legal perspective

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo852

Legal title to art work produced under the Works Progress Aministration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12794

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo858

Postcard

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Conestoga Memorial Park interments

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Index and summary to connected draft maps--North Codorus Township, York County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo540