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Willow, oak & rye : basket traditions in Pennsylvania

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Author: Lasansky, Jeannette.

Date of Publication: 1979.

Call Number: 746.41 L294

Responsibility: Jeannette Lasansky ; [photography, William W. Irwin].

ISBN: 0271002298

Author: Lasansky, Jeannette.

Place of Publication: University Park, Pa

Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: 1979.

Physical Description: 60 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: "An oral traditions project."; "Keystone Books."; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 58-59.

Summary: "This book examines the 19th- and 20th-century baskets made by immigrants and their descendants, and points out in what ways these baskets resemble or differ from those made in other parts of the country. Regional styles within the state are identified and baskets are discussed in terms of changing construction methods, materials, and the forms or shapes used by the makers." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Basket making - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 746.41 L294

Clockmakers of Lancaster County and their clocks, 1750-1850

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Author: Wood, Stacy B. C.

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 681 W879

Responsibility: Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., Stephen E. Kramer, III ; with a study of Lancaster County clock cases by John J. Snyder, Jr.

ISBN: 0442295316

Author: Wood, Stacy B. C.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Kramer, Stephen E.; Snyder, John J.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 681 W879

The Chinese bead and the romance of the bead-jewelry trail

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Author: Fenstermaker, G. B.

Date of Publication: c1979.

Call Number: 739.27 F341

Responsibility: by G.B. Fenstermaker, Alice T. Williams.

Author: Fenstermaker, G. B.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: G.B. Fenstermaker,

Date of Publication: c1979.

Physical Description: iv, 51 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: "Translation of cover characters: "For wisdom is better than rubies"."--Verso of t.p.; Bibliography: p. 48.

Subjects: Beadwork.; Jewelry - China.; Jewelry making.

Additional Author: Williams, Alice T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 739.27 F341

Chester County clocks and their makers

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Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: 2d, enl. and rev. ed.

Date of Publication: c1976.

Call Number: 974.813 J28

Responsibility: by Arthur E. James.

ISBN: 0916838048

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: 2d, enl. and rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Exton, Pa

Publisher: Schiffer Pub.,

Date of Publication: c1976.

Physical Description: 222 p. : ill., map (on lining papers) ; 23 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 217-219.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28

Possible Joseph Gorgas tall case clock located

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Author: Wood, Stacy B. C.

Date of Publication: 1973.

Possible Joseph Gorgas Tall Case Clock Located by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Certified Clockmaker I was recently engaged by a local moving firm to prepare a "rare Grandfather's clock" for shipment to the West Coast. While making arrangements, I inquired as to the maker and was informed it was Joseph

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Alternate Title: Clock and watchmakers of Lancaster County, 1750-1850

Responsibility: by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., certified clockmaker.

Author: Wood, Stacy B. C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: [171]-182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 4

Subjects: Gorgas, Joseph, - 1770-; Clock and watch makers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Clock and watch making - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 4 (1973), p. 171-182Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77

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Record, Judicial

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Final decree for the transfer of custody of historical document

Object ID: MG0096 F034 In03

Date Range: 1971/12/02

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Collection: James Buchanan Collection

Title: Final decree for the transfer of custody of historical document

Description: Final decree for the transfer of custody of historical document. Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1971/12/02

Creator: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

Storage Container: Box 0001

Subjects: Legal documents; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Legal documents; Court of Common Pleas; Wills; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 33 x 22 cm

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Parent Object ID: MG0096

Object ID: MG0096 F034 In03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760; James Buchanan Family Papers; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Wheatland Collection; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Number: MG-0096, Folder 034, Insert 03

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e19e7bb2-0627-4e43-82cf-316718170740

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Civil Case Papers, Divorce Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 2308 Microfilm

Date Range: 1873-1997

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Civil Case Papers, Divorce Papers

Description: Papers filed with the Court of Common Pleas during all proceedings of a civil case. Civil cases are non-criminal cases usually involving property rights, such as divorce, but also include injury and worker's compensation cases. Records may include pleadings, depostitions, commissions and interrogatories, warrants of attorney in every action, notes of testimony, reports of auditors, assignees, court rulings. Photographs and other forms of evidence may appear with the records. Documents show names of parties, dates, case number, and nature of plea.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then by case number.

Date Range: 1873-1997

Year Range From: 1873

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1873-1997

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Court records; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court cases; Court of Common Pleas; Court records; Depositions

Extent: 3702 reels of microfilm

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2308 Microfilm

Copies: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Only available on microfilm. See microfilm finding aid.; For the year 1997, the microfilm boxes are labeled LC1997 and the cases are still identified as CI-1997.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2308

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 54 rolls : a microfilm project

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

Responsibility: sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities ; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project director, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant project director ; Roland M. Baumann, editor, Douglas H. West, editorial associate.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978 [c1979]

Physical Description: vii, 351 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Title on spine: Guide to microfilm of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Sources - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865 - Sources - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Whipkey, Harry E.; Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.

Additional Corporate Author: National Endowment for the Humanities.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415prg

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Willow, oak & rye : basket traditions in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8231

Clockmakers of Lancaster County and their clocks, 1750-1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4004

The Chinese bead and the romance of the bead-jewelry trail

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8191

Chester County clocks and their makers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5873

Possible Joseph Gorgas tall case clock located

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo629

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Archive

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Archive

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Record, Judicial

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Record, Judicial

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Guide to the microfilm of the records of Pennsylvania's revolutionary governments, 1775-1790 (record group 27) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 54 rolls : a microfilm project

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9293