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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Methodist Episcopal Church Armor’s Old Bookstore Articles of agreement Beaver Creek Black Horse Farm Bonds Business records Certificates Charles E. Wentz & Bros. Christ Lutheran Church Cocalico Creek Conestoga Steam Mills Constables Correspondence Court records Farmer’s Bank of Lancaster Farmer’s Hay and

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Lititz 250 : 1756 - 2006

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19129

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 974.815 LITB L782 DVD

Alternate Title: Lititz two hundred fifty

Place of Publication: Ephrata, PA

Publisher: Blue Ridge Communications.,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs ; 3/4 in.

Subjects: Community life - Pennsylvania - Lititz; Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz; Lititz (Pa.) - History.; Lititz (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Lititz (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.815 LITB L782 DVD

Lititz 250 : a historical anthology

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18533

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 974.815 LITB L778L

Alternate Title: Lititz two hundred fifty

ISBN: 1578644720 (hard cover : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Virginia Beach, VA

Publisher: Donning Co.,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Community life - Pennsylvania - Lititz; Lititz (Pa.) - History.; Lititz (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Lititz (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LITB L778L

William C. Hooker's Great American Mouse Trap : its survival and successful development in Lititz, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13425

Author: Drummond, David

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 648.7 D795

Responsibility: by David Drummond.

Author: Drummond, David

Place of Publication: Galloway, Ohio

Publisher: North American Trap Collectors Association, Inc.,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 34 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Hooker, William C. , - 1840-1909.; Animal Trap Company (Lititz, Pa.) - 1905-1910.; J.M. Mast Manufacturing Company (Lititz, Pa.); Animal Trap Company of America (Lititz, Pa.) - 1924-1966.; Woodstream Corporation (Lititz, Pa.) - 1966-

Additional Corporate Author: Brand,t Carl.; Koch, Jim.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 648.7 D795

250th anniversary of the naming of Lititz, 1756-2006 : historical vignettes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19723

Author: Reedy, R. Ronald.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 974.815 LITB R327a

Alternate Title: Two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the naming of Lititz, 1756-2006 :

Responsibility: researched and written by R. Ronald Reedy ; designed by Bill Dussinger.

Author: Reedy, R. Ronald.

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Printed by Miller Printing,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: [97] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]).

Subjects: Community life - Pennsylvania - Lititz; Lititz (Pa.) - History.; Lititz (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Dussinger, Bill.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LITB R327a

Tobias Hirte

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12478

Author: Knight, Glenn D.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Responsibility: by Glenn B. Knight.

Author: Knight, Glenn D.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: p.128-133 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.105, no.3

Notes: Includes bibliography.

Subjects: Hirte, Tobias.; Brothers House (Lititz, Pa.) - History.; Pharmacists - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Lititz Springs Park (Lititz, Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 105, number 3 (2003), p. 128-133Lancaster History Library - Book974.9 L245 v.105, no.3

The assembly of documentation, notes and oral history regarding the Forgotten Seasons at Jacob Huber's Tavern

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15772

Author: Groff, Dale R.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 974.815 LITB G874

Responsibility: by Dale R. Groff, co-owner with Suzanne Groff.

Author: Groff, Dale R.

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 63 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Huber family.; Gingrich family.; Erb family.; Snyder family.; Hershey family.; Becker family.; Groff family.; Forgotten Seasons Bed & Breakfast (Lititz, Pa.); Jacob Huber's Tavern (Lititz, Pa.)

Additional Author: Groff, Suzanne

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LITB G874

Our town, Lititz

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19283

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 974.815 LITB O93 VHS

Responsibility: a production of WITF and the people of Lititz ; producer, Sandy Kern ; executive producer, Thomas E. Keck, Angel Hernandez.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: WITF,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.

Summary: In October 2003, a group of volunteers from the Lititz area set out to capture the the stories and images the felt depicted a typical day-in-the-life of Lititz, Pennsylvania. using home camcorders, they've created a video scrapbook of the people, places and happenings that make up their community

Subjects: Lititz (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Additional Author: Kern, Sandy.; Keck, Thomas E.

Additional Corporate Author: WITF-TV (Television station : Harrisburg, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 974.815 LITB O93 VHS

The map collector library series antique map reference CD-ROMS 2000

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13505

Corporate Author: Heritage Map Museum.

Edition: Ed. 3.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 912.74815 H548 CD

Alternate Title: Antique map reference CD-ROMS 2000

Responsibility: Heritage Map Museum.

Corporate Author: Heritage Map Museum.

Edition: Ed. 3.

Place of Publication: [Lititz, PA]

Publisher: Heritage Map Museum,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 1 computer optical disc : col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Title from disc label.; Includes Everts and Stewart historical atlas of Lancaster County, 1875.; "CN00070832."

Summary: A reference archive of 15th-19th century atlases and maps compiled from the Heritage Map Museum's backlist of quarterly auction catalogs and the museum's collection. Lists more than 3000 maps and 1500 images as well as extensive descriptions and market values for the maps. Also includes the collected works of 24 cartographers and listings of the museum's entire collection arranged by date. The user can browse a world-wide geographical index, match mapmakers, titles, dates and images, compare market prices realized in specific time periods, research maps from a personal collection, review editions and states, and obtain cartobibliographic annotations and references.

Subjects: Heritage Map Museum - Catalogs.; Early maps - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Maps - Bibliography - Catalogs.; Map collections - Pennsylvania - Lititz - Catalogs.; CD-ROMs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 912.74815 H548 CD

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d45f823a-819f-4694-ad31-750891688150

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.

Object ID: 1-06-01-14

Date Range: c. 2005

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.

Description: Compass Mill at the intersection of Pierson Road and Rothsville Road (Route 772) just outside of Lititz. Built by the Moravian Congregation c. 1755.

Date Range: c. 2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Compass Mill; Lititz; Mills; Moravian Congregation; Pierson Road; Rothsville Road; Rothsville, Warwick Twp.; Warwick Twp.

Place: Warwick Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-06-01-14

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