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Digging and devotion at the Gap Nickel Mines since 1857

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Author: Lichty, Jean M.

Date of Publication: 1964

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Responsibility: Jean M. Lichty.

Author: Lichty, Jean M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1964

Physical Description: [121]-126 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.68, no. 3

Subjects: Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Township (Lancaster County); Nickel mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Gap Nickel Mines (Bart Township, Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 68, number 3 (1964), p. 121-126Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.68

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Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Subject Headings: 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 Blueprints

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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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A history of brewing in Lancaster County, legal and otherwise

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Author: Lynch, Charles O.,

Date of Publication: 1966

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

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Responsibility: by Charles O. Lynch and John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Lynch, Charles O.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1966

Physical Description: [1]-100 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v 70, no. 1

Subjects: Brewing industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Breweries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Beer - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Prohibition - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 70, number 1 (1966), p. 1-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.70

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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

Legal title to art work produced under the Works Progress Aministration

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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

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

Archive

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

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.

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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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

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Digging and devotion at the Gap Nickel Mines since 1857

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Archive

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Archive

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A history of brewing in Lancaster County, legal and otherwise

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A legal primer on managing museum collections

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Legal title to art work produced under the Works Progress Aministration

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

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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