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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/972b0b92-8473-43f6-9d1d-139700191446
Collection
Steele Family Papers
Title
Steele Family Papers
Object ID
MG0591
Date Range
1775-1990
Source of Acquisition: Gift of Leonard G. Murphy, September 2010. Accruals: No further accruals are expected. Preferred Citation: Steele Family Papers (MG0591), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Subject Headings: Family archives Genealogy Letters Obituaries Probate records Scrapbooks
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Steele Family Papers
Title
Steele Family Papers
Description
The Steele Family Papers contain genealogical records, notes, and documents supporting the lineage between Mary Edna Cowell Murphy (DAR No. 297765) and Revolutionary War soldiers Robert Bailey, John Cowell, Adam Reigart, Henry Slaymaker, and John Steele, and architect Robert Smith.
Date Range
1775-1990
Date of Accumulation
1775-1990
Creator
Steele family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
Subjects
Family archives
Genealogy
Letters
Obituaries
Probate records
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Correspondence
Family records
Finding aids
Genealogy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Obituaries
Probate records
Scrapbooks
Extent
1 box, 18 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0591
Related Item Notes
Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331)
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection (MG0268)
See also the Photograph Collection
See also the Curatorial Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Steele Family Papers (MG0591), 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.
Accession Number
2011.001
Other Numbers
MG-591
Classification
MG0591
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Early American probate inventories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo227
Date of Publication
1989
Call Number
658.89 E12
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Responsibility
editor, Peter Benes
Place of Publication
Boston, MA
Publisher
Boston University
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
184 p. ill. 23 cm.
Series
Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, v. 12
Subjects
Probate law and practice - United States
Inventories of decedents' estates
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Congresses.
Additional Author
Benes, Peter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
658.89 E12
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An index to the will books and intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1850 : with an historical sketch and classified bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13784
Author
Fulton, Eleanore Jane,
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
346.054 F974
346.3054 F974
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Alternate Title
Will index, Lancaster County, PA 1729-1850.
Responsibility
prepared by Eleanore Jane Fulton and Barbara Kendig Mylin.
Author
Fulton, Eleanore Jane,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
ix, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1936 ed.
Spine title: Will books & intestate records, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Bibliography: p. 111-136.
Subjects
Probate records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Indexes.
Wills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Mylin, Barbara Kendig.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Lancaster History Archive - Government Record
Call Number
346.054 F974
346.3054 F974
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/677d6b6f-a9a2-43d2-9835-437250034335
Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Object ID
MG0207
Date Range
1700-1874
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Description
The Yeates, Carson Collection covers several generations and a variety of topics and gives insight into family and local social history from 1700-1874. The items in the collection include business and legal papers, receipts, estate accounts, correspondence, a biographical sketch of Jasper Yeates' grandfather, land surveys, indentures, financial records, and land agreements. The collection also contains a list of books sent to Phineas Bond for binding, certificates with seals, copies of poems, eviction notices, and requests for items to be delivered to Simon Girty and others in 1776.
Date Range
1700-1874
Year Range From
1700
Year Range To
1874
Date of Accumulation
1700-1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Boreman, John
Girty, Simon
Morgan, George
Neville, John
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Subjects
Business records
Delaware Nation (To 1795)
Letters
Ojibwa Indians
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Search Terms
Business records
Chippewa (Ojibwa)
Correspondence
Delaware Nation
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Ojibwa
Receipts
Extent
3 boxes, 94 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0207
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
MG0205 Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
MG0206 Yeates, Aungst Collection
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
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-207
Classification
MG0207
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2d368360-b0e0-4514-9de6-423512199228
Collection
United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records
Title
United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records
Object ID
MG0514
Date Range
1934-1990
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records, 1934-1990 Object ID: MG0514 8 boxes 206 folders 6 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South
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United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records
Title
United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records
Description
The United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records contain minutes of union meetings, negotiations with Armstrong Cork Company and Kerr Group, Inc., publications of Local 285 and Armstrong, correspondence with national union representatives, union flyers and other documents related to labor issues and strikes at Armstrong.
Date Range
1934-1990
Year Range From
1934
Year Range To
1990
Date of Accumulation
1934-1990
Creator
United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 11
Subjects
Business records
Labor unions
Labor unions--Records and correspondence
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Newsletters
United Steelworkers of America. Local 285 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Armstrong Cork Company
Business records
Correspondence
Finding aids
Kerr Group, Inc.
Labor unions
Letters
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Newsletters
United Steel Workers Union, Local 285
Extent
8 boxes, 206 folders, 6 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0514
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Armstrong World Industries Collection (MG0032)
Kerr Group, Inc. and Armstrong Cork Company Architectural Drawings, 1916-1992 (MG0372)
Photograph Collection
Notes
This finding aid is a box list showing folder titles in order to make the collection available to researchers. The documents within the folders have not yet been cataloged at the item level. LancasterHistory replaced the folders with acid-free archival folders and retained the original folder titles. The newsletters, Local 285 Spotlight and Floor Plant Journal, were organized and placed in folders.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), United Steel Workers Union, Local 285, Records (MG0514), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
This collection is not fully cataloged, but may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
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
2009.MG0514
Other Numbers
MG-514
Classification
MG0514
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Pennsylvania German marriages : marriages and marriage evidence in Pennsylvania German churches

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Author
Irish, Donna R.
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
929.32 I68
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Responsibility
compiled by Donna R. Irish.
ISBN
0806309652
Author
Irish, Donna R.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
xiv, 817 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
See also "A Listing of Churches by County and Township" compiled by Peggy Sheets Manning to accompany this book (R 929.32 I68 List)
Contents
Allemaengel Lutheran Church, l768-1863 (Albany twn. Berks County)--Friedens Union Church, 1771-1876 (Albany twn. Berks County)--Rosenthal Church, 1761-1853 (Albany twn. Berks County)--Zion Reformed Church, 1765-1861)--Allentown, Lehigh County)--St. Paul's Church, 1754-1802 (Amity twn. Berks County)--Quitophahilla (Hill) Church, 1745-1854 (Near Annville, Lebanon County)--Keller's Lutheran Church, 1751-1870 (Bedminster twn. Bucks County)--Whitpain Reformed Church, 1764-1834 (Bluebell, Montgomery County)--Reiher's Reformed Church, 1766-1831 (Near Brickerville, Lancaster County)--Catawissa Congregation, 1796-1870 (Columbia County)--North & Southampton Dutch Reformed Church, 1710-1820 (Churchville, Bucks County)--St. Jacob's (Stone) Church, 1756-1858 (Codorus twn. York County)--Quickel's Lutheran & Reformed Church, 1765-1842 (Conewago twn. York County)--Coventry Reformed Church, 1743-1831 (Coventry twn. Chester County)--Blymire's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1767-1834 (Dover twn. York County)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church, 1743-1810 (East Cocalico twn. Lancaster county)--Cocalico Reformed Church, 1766-1859 (Ephrata twn. Lancaster County)--Schwartzwald Reforemd Church, 1781-1811 (Exeter twn. Berks County)--Indian Field Lutheran Church, 1753-1840 (Franconia twn. Montgomery County)--Indian Creek Reformed Church, 1753-1851 (Franconia twn. Montgomery County)--St. John's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1796-1865 (Friedensburg, Schuylkill County)--Upper Saucon Union Church, 1763-1852 (Upper Saucon twn. Lehigh County)--Germantown Reformed Church, 1753-1856 (Germantown, Philadelphia County)--Dunkel's Reformed Church, 1746-1832 (Greenwich twn. Berks County)--Hamilton Union Church, 1763-1830 (Hamilton twn. Monroe County)--Emmanuel's Reformed Church, 1770-1856 (Hanover, York County)--Salem Reformed Church, 1788-1842 (Harrisburg, Dauphin County)--Reformed Church at Creutz Creek,1757-1855 (Hellam twn. York County)--Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church, 1748-1864 (Jackson twn. Lebanon County)--Swatara Reformed Church, 1740-1862 (Jonestown, Lebanon County)--Lykens Valley Lower Church, 1774-1844 (Upper Paxtang twn. Dauphin County)--Stone Church, 1773-1822 (Moore twn. Northampton County)--First Reformed Church, 1736-1806 (Lancaster, Lancaster County)--Bermudian Union Church, 1745-1864 (Latimore twn. Adams County)--Tabor First Reformed Church, 1764-1851 (Lebanon, Lebanon County)--Conewago Church, 1747-1871 (Near Littlestown, Adams County)--Lowhill Reformed Church, 1769-1881 (Lowhill, Northampton County)--Longswamp Reformed Church,1762-1810 (Longswamp twn. Berks County)--Cacusi Reformed Church, 1745-1805 (Lower Heidelberg twn. Berks County)--Stone Valley Church, 1774-1854 (Lower Mahanoy twn. Northumberland County)--Christ Union Church, 1756-1845 (Lower Saucon twn. Northampton County)--Canadochly Lutheran Church, 1755-1819 (Lower Windsor twn. York County)--Hoffman Reformed Church, 1781-1855 (Lykens Valley, Dauphin County)--Millbach Reformed Church, 1747-1875 (Millbach twn. Lebanon County)--Salem Lutheran & Reformed Church, 1774-1840 (Moore twn. Northampton County)--Dryland Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1763-1808 (Nazareth twn. Northampton County)--Falcknwer Swamp Reformed Church, 1748-1854 (New Hanover twn. Montgomery County)--Seltenreich Reformed Church, 1746-1887 (New Holland, Lancaster County)--Pequea Reformed Church, 1758-1872 (New Providence, Lancaster County)--Nockamixon Lutheran Church, 1766-1820 (Nockamixon twn. Bucks County)--Lischy's Reformed Church, 1773-1901 (North Codorus twn. York County)--St. Jacob's Reformed Church, 1754-1887 (North Lebanon, Lebanon County)--Schlosser's Reformed Church, 1765-1846 (North Whitehall twn. Lehigh County)--Oley Reformed Church, 1763-1860 (Oley, Berks County)--First Reformed Church, Philadelphia,1748-1831 (Philadelphia)--Oley Hill Church, 1754-1799 (Pike twn. Berks County)--Plainfield Reformed Church, 1763-1853 (Plainfield twn. Northampton County)--Trinity Reformed Church, 1770-1865 (Pottstown, Montgomery County)--St. Luke's Reformed Church, Trappe, 1755-1838 (Providence twn. Montgomery County)--Heidelberg Reformed Church, 1765-1864 (Schaefferstown, Lebanon County)--Christ Lutheran Church, 1782-1833 (Hanover twn. Lehigh County)--Jordan Reformed Church, 1765-1858 (South Whitehall twn. Lehigh County)--Jordan Lutheran Church, 1740-1801 (South Whitehall twn. Lehigh County)--Trinity Union Church, 1751-1795, Lutheran Church (Springfield twn. Bucks County)--Trinity Union Church, Reformed Church, 1760-1829 (Springfield twn. Bucks County)--Tohickon Reformed Church, 1745-1869 (Bedminster twn. Bucks County)--Tohickon Lutheran Church, 1750-1880 (Bedminster twn. Bucks County)--Trexlertown Union Church, 1784-1882 (Upper Macungie twn. Lehigh County)--Jerusalem Reformed Church, 1783-1893 (Western Salisbury, Lehigh County)--Western Salisbury Lutheran Church, 1759-1786 (Western Salisbury, Lehigh County)--Lower Milford Reformed Church, 1769-1843 (Milford twn. Bucks)--Spiess's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1774-1845 (Upper Alsace twn. Berks County)--St. Michael's Reformed Church, 1810-1858 (Upper Bern twn. Berks County)--Marriages by Rev. Henry Dieffenbach (Berks County)--Marriages by Rev. William Boos (Boas) (Berks County)--Upper Mount Bethel Union Church, 1774-1833 (Upper Mount Bethel twn. Northampton County)--Schwaben Creek Union Church, 1774-1846 (Washington twn. Northumberland County)--Weissenburg Union Church, 1757-1862 (Weissenburg twn. Lehigh County)--Swamp Reformed Church, 1788-1882 (West Cocalico twn. Lancaster County)--Wolf's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1764-1894 (West Manchester twn. York County)--Zion's Lutheran & Reformed Church, 1762-1867 (Windsor twn. Berks County)--St. Paul's Church, 1766-1875 (Windsor twn. Berks County) Host Church, 1748-1855 (Near Womelsdorf, Berks County)--Wentz's Reformed Church, 1763-1858 (Worcester twn. Montgomery County)-- First (Trinity) Reformed Church, 1744-1853 (York, York County)--Upper Milford Reformed Church, 1757-1885 (Zionsville, Lehigh County)--Helffrich Personal & Pastoral Records, 1790-1810, 1816-1862 (Berks & Lehigh Counties)--East Vincent Reformed Church, 1758-1833 (Vincent twn. Chester County)--Old Organ Church (East Pikeland twn. Chester County)--Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church, 1751-1828 (Upper Salford twn. Montgomery County)--Falkner Swamp Lutheran Church,1745-1886 (New Hanover twn. Montgomery County)--New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, 1731-1832 (Upper Hanover twn. Montgomery County)--Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, 1764-1833 (Upper Salford twn. Montgomery County)--Great Swamp Reformed Church, 1736-1833 (Lower Milford twn. Lehigh County)
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - York County.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.32 I68
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b72b0b4a-6d43-4181-b4e0-957663483477
Collection
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Object ID
MG0573
Date Range
1923-2003
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Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Description
This collection contains genealogy for some of the descendants of Philip Lefever. Family history includes family sheets for several descendants, the family crest and a family tree. Copies of the will and estate inventory of Martin K. Lefever are among the documents. Minutes are preserved from the Adam Lefever Descendants Reunions, 1945-1979. There are also legal papers and information for the Philip Lefever Cemetery and Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association, including the rededication of the cemetery in 2001.
Date Range
1923-2003
Creation Date
1923-2003
Year Range From
1923
Year Range To
2003
Creator
Lefevre family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Brandt, Kathleen
Brenneman, Mabel
Brubaker, Ann Mary Lefever
Brubaker, John H.
Buckwalter, Nancy
Buckwalter, Naomi
Buckwalter, Nathan
Dagen, Florence Lefever
Dagen, Jacob Jr.
Dagen, Jacob L.
Dagen, Lester L.
Eaby, Christian Earl
Eshleman, Arlene
Eshleman, Chester L. Jr.
Frey, Furry H.
Gontner, Lizzie
Hess, Edith A. Lefever
Houser, Emma Lefever
Huber, Christian
Huber, Elizabeth Lefever
Kirk, Ethel
Knight, Mary Lefever
Lefever, Adam K.
Lefever, Ruth M.
Lefever, Benjamin M.
Lefever, Charles
Lefever, Charles J., Sr.
Lefever, Charles R.
Lefever, Christian
Lefever, Clair
Lefever, Edna
Lefever, Elizabeth
Lefever, Elizabeth M. Gerlach
Lefever, Emilie A.
Lefever, Enos
Lefever, Ernest
Lefever, Frank K.
Lefever, Gertrude M.
Lefever, Gladys Brenneman
Lefever, Harry M.
Lefever, Henry
Lefever, Henry K.
Lefever, Isaac
Lefever, John A.
Lefever, John M.
Lefever, Leon
Lefever, Martin
Lefever, Martin K.
Lefever, Martin M.
Lefever, Mary Buckwalter
Lefever, Mary C.
Lefever, Mengen
Lefever, Parke M.
Lefever, Paul S.
Lefever, Philip
Lefever, Walter F.
Martin, Anna G. Lefever
Martin, Reba Mae
Meck, Robert A.
Mellinger, Catherine
Metzler, Mary L. Lefever
Morrow, Grace
Mylin, Amanda C.
Mylin, Frank H.
Mylin, Martha Lefever
Rohrer, Betty P. Lefever
Sensenig, Gladys
Shimp, Charles
Shimp, Verna Lefever
Smith, Dottie
Stoltzfus, Amos L.
Stoltzfus, Clarence L.
Stoltzfus, Elmer L.
Stoltzfus, Marjorie E. Lefever
Williams, Steven A.
Subjects
Family records
Cemeteries
Genealogy
Business records
Family reunions
Search Terms
Business records
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Family records
Family reunions
Finding aids
Genealogy
Grave Concerns, Inc.
Harvest Presbyterian Church
Letters
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association
Philip Lefever Cemetery
Wills
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 binder, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0573
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.
Other Numbers
MG-573
Classification
MG0573
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/dfa85562-b46d-4828-be51-889753575846
Collection
Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection
Title
Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection
Object ID
MG0264
Date Range
1851-1997
materials. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folders 16-18 Burial records. Interment orders, 1987-1995. In addition to the interment orders, there are invoices to funeral directors, obituaries, cremation certificates, and related
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Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection
Title
Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection
Description
The Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection contains records of the cemetery from 1851-1997, such as the charter and by-laws, board minutes, lot holder records, plans, programs, financial documents, and grant proposals. The records include the names of thousands of people who were employed by, buried at, served on the cemetery board, or were otherwise associated with the cemetery.
Admin/Biographical History
For more than 150 years, Woodward Hill Cemetery has been one of Lancaster’s most significant historic sites. As the final resting place of numerous prominent citizens including President James Buchanan, with a layout reflecting Victorian ideals of landscape design and containing fine examples of funerary monuments, Woodward Hill’s national significance was recognized in 2005 when the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Woodward Hill was the largest and most elaborate of the new rural cemeteries established in Lancaster during the mid-nineteenth century. Rural cemeteries were designed as vital open spaces or public parks for the community; they provided a place for recreation as well as veneration of the dead. As a final resting place for illustrious citizens, Woodward Hill is a “museum” of notable clergy, educators, civic leaders, and veterans. Today the cemetery occupies 32 acres and contains approximately 13,750 grave markers ranging in date from the late eighteenth century to the present day. They illustrate the 200-year evolution of funerary art, sculpture and associated symbolism. In addition to tombstones, there are numerous obelisks and mausoleums representing Victorian, neoclassical, and early modern architectural styles. Founded in 1852 by Trinity Lutheran Church, Woodward Hill Cemetery is one of Lancaster's significant historic sites. The cemetery was the largest and most elaborate of the new "rural" cemeteries established in the mid- nineteenth century. It was designed as vital open space, allowing for recreation as well as veneration of the dead. The final resting place of many notable clergy, veterans, education, civic and business leaders, Woodward Hill's best known grave site belongs to James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States http://www.woodwardhillcemetery.com/ 8/11/17
Date Range
1851-1997
Year Range From
1851
Year Range To
1997
Date of Accumulation
1851-1997
Creator
Woodward Hill Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 07
Subjects
Business records
Cemeteries
Death registers
Deeds
Lancaster (Pa.)
Minutes (Records)
Search Terms
Burial records
Business records
Cemeteries
Deeds
Finding aids
Lancaster
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Extent
3 boxes, 34 folders,1 volume,3 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0264
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
MSAccess database in the Research Center.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Woodward Hill Cemetery Collection (MG0264), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folders 11-15 contain restricted materials.
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-264
Classification
MG0264
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Collection
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Title
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Object ID
MG0205
Date Range
1699-1934
Ledger Collection, Series 10 Estate Records on 20 March 2009. Folder 36 Restricted access—please use transcription in the library. Letter copybook of Jasper Yeates. Contains copies of his correspondence to friends, family members and colleagues13 and is indexed. The letters are on a variety of topics as
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Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Title
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Description
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.
Date Range
1699-1934
Year Range From
1699
Year Range To
1934
Date of Accumulation
1699-1934
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Atkinson, Matthew
Bausman, William
Bond, Phineas
Bowman, Valentine
Bradford, W.
Brien, Edward
Burd, Edward
Carson, John
Coates, Samuel
Conyngham, David
Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates
Conyngham, Redmond
Dallas, George M.
Davis, Jonathan
Davison, Benjamin
Dickey, Robert
Duncannon, Thomas
Edward, Thomas
Erter, Henry
Ewing, John
Ferguson, John
Fohren, Michael
Gibson, John
Gillchrist, John
Godcharles, Frederic A.
Graff, Conrad
Gregg, Andrew
Grubb, Peter
Hamilton, Charles
Hamilton, James
Hamilton, John
Hamilton, William
Hand, Edward
Hand, Jasper
Hayes, A. L.
Henry, John
Hess, David
Jago, John
Javin, William
Keeportz, Daniel
Kittera, William
Kremer, Philip
Krug, Jacob
Kurtz, William
Lindsay, William
Loudersmith, Wendel
Lyon, Joseph Barnet
Magaw, David
Marshall, J.
McClellan, John
McKean, Thomas
Millar, John
Miller, Michael
Minich, Henry
Muhlenberg, William Augustus
Nesbitt, John
Nissley, Martin
Ord, John
Philips, David
Postlethwaite, John
Poultney, Thomas
Price, Eli K.
Probst, John
Ramsey, Robert
Rawle, William
Riegart, Adam
Rine, Widow
Ross, George
Ross, J.
Scott, James
Sergeant, Thomas
Shippen, Edward
Shippen, Evans Wallis
Shippen, Robert
Simpson, John
Smith, Charles
Smith, Mary Yeates
Stein, Charles
Steinman, Fredrick
Stevenson, Henry
Stewart, Charles
Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus
Thomas, John
Tilghman, Benjamin C.
Tilghman, E.
Tilghman, Edward
Tilghman, William
Tilghman, William B.
Towson, William
Underwood, John
Wallace, George
Wallace, William
Waln, Nicholas
Warden, J.
White, William
Wickersham, Elijah
Willson, Samuel
Yeates, Catharine
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Jasper, Jr.
Yeates, John, Jr.
Yeates, John, Sr.
Yeates, Margaret
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Zantzinger, Paul
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Family records
Law libraries
Letters
Library catalogs
Wills
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Family records
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Wills
Extent
6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0205
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206)
Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207)
George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184)
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library
Objects in the Curatorial Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.
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-205
Classification
MG0205
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.
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Collection
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Title
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Object ID
MG0711
Date Range
1917-2004
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Collection
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Title
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Description
This collection contains the Board Minutes for the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women from 1922 to 2004. These minutes include roll calls, treasurer reports, entertainment schedules and activity reports. Minutes from 1922 through 1971 are contained in leather bound books. The following years are in three-prong pocket folders or three-ring binders. This allowed for additional items to be put in with the minutes such as Thank-you cards, newspaper articles of events they sponsored and hand-written notes. By the 1990's the minutes are more sporadic, only a few or one from each year. There are programs from the annual convention of the County Society starting with the 13th convention in 1929 through the 60th convention in 1977. The following years are missing: 1934; 1943-1944; 1949-1954; 1957-1958; 1961-1962; 1965-1971. Some of the minutes also contain a copy of these programs. Later years and some of these missing programs may be found in the minutes themselves. There are four typed up documents that comprise the history of the Society that were drafted between 1929 through 1982. This includes a summary of the past years written in what they call a "skit." The final years also contain documentation regarding the duties of the officers of the society-elected board members.
Admin/Biographical History
The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania was established by Flora Black from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1914 when she invited her female neighbors to her farm for lunch. Mrs. Black began the meeting for fellowship, but she also wanted to establish a support system for women living in rural communities. It was also a goal of the society to teach women to take on leadership roles and help contribute to society. Their numbers grew rapidly making it necessary for County chapters. (Reading Eagle. 8 Oct 2014. Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania Celebrating 100th Anniversary. http://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/society-of-farm-women-of-pennsylvania-celebrating-100th-anniversary) The Lancaster County Chapter was formed in January, 1917. It was very popular and eventual grew to 33 separate societies throughout Lancaster by the 1980s. They founded many successful charity drives and scholarship programs, but also provided entertainment for their members, such as bus trips and vacation tours.
Date Range
1917-2004
Creation Date
1917-2004
Year Range From
1917
Year Range To
2004
Creator
Society of Farm Women of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
Subjects
Business records
Ephemera
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Meetings
Minutes (Records)
Women in agriculture
Search Terms
Agriculture
Business records
Ephemera
Farming
Finding aids
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Meetings
Minutes
Women in agriculture
Extent
3 boxes, 23 folders/binders, 80 items, 3168 pages to scan, 1.5 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0711
Location of Originals
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.
Other Numbers
MG-711
Other Number
MG-711
Classification
MG0711
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by KB, 11 December 2015. Added to database 26 May 2021.
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