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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Object ID: HC0001

Date Range: 1905-1974

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Archive of Alice P. Fordney, 1905-1974 Object ID: HC0001 3 boxes 37 folders 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan 4.5 cubic feet Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location

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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Description: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.

Admin/Biographical History: Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.; Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.; Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.; Works Cited:; "Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.; "Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.; "Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.; "One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.

Date Range: 1905-1974

Year Range From: 1905

Year Range To: 1974

Date of Accumulation: 1905-1974

Creator: Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 28

People: Appel, Charles Rengier; Bohlen, Sidney Franklin; Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.; Boyer, R. J.; Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard; Brown, Hazel Dell; Chiarell, Fred P.; Clark, George W.; Daugherty, Harvey P.; Demuth, Charles; Dodge, Arthur B.; Embsweiler, Ruth; Erb, Edna; Fordney, Alice Potter; Fordney, William Bush Jr.; Fordney, William Jenkins; Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney; Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine; Gilbert, L. J.; Gingrich, Milton E.; Graybill, John M.; Griest, Charles J.; Higby, Everett; Hostetter, A. K.; Howe, John; Irvine, Blanche; Kent, William Winthrop; Knodle, Edward; Krone, Herbert B.; Lindenmuth, J. D.; Long, Yvonne; Maclay, Helen Hurley; Malone, Clarence; Morris, Charles R.; Morris, Grace M.; Nauman, Gertrude Colson; Orr, Barclay; Pennypacker, Charles A.; Pennypacker, James G.; Randall, Meda; Rannels, Paul; Stokes, Agnes M.; Strickler, Belle; Wolf, Emily

Other Creators: Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006

Subjects: American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women; Antique dealers; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; F. Schumacher & Co.; Farm Journal Media; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Letters; Montclair Art Museum; Patterns for crafts; Rugs; Rugs, Hooked; Student newspapers and periodicals; Woman's world magazine

Search Terms: Albert Steiger Company; Antique dealers; Antique sales; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Berlinwork patterns; Blue and Brown (Yeates School); Cheney Silks; Cheney Weaves; Christmas; Correspondence; Cricket Club; Dickinson Presbyterian Church; Estate sales; F. Schumacher and Company; Farm Journal Media; Fiber arts; Finding aids; Gilbert's store; Griest Homestead; Guernsey Sales Pavilion; Hager's Department Store; Hershey Fire Hall; Hooked rugs; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Kleinfelter's auction rooms; Letters; Manuscript groups; Montclair Art Museum; Odd Fellows Hall; Olson Rugs; Patterns for crafts; Rossmere Hotel; Rug patterns; Rugs; State Armory Hall; V-mail; Woman's World Magazine; Yeates School

Extent: 3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: HC0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.

Related Item Notes: See photograph collection.; See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.; Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.

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: G.04.23.52

Classification: HC0001

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.; Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Title: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Object ID: MG0980

Date Range: 1861-

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Title: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Description: Research files on Civil War soldiers, including photocopies of Civil War records from Mr. Hawbaker's research at the National Archives.; Box 1: Surnames A - F; Box 2: Surnames G - Ma; (William Manger's alias is Michael High.); Box 3: Surnames Mc - Q; (Victor Enault--see John McLain); Box 4: Surnames R - Z; (Wolfert also appears as Wolbert and Wolpert)

Date Range: 1861-

Creator: Hawbaker, Gary Thomas, 1944-2023

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Afflebach, William; Armstrong, Henry; Albright, Adam; Aument, Amos; Aument, Franklin; Aument, William F.; Backet, James; Bair, Abraham E.; Baker, John; Barber, John; Bear, Nathan S.; Barr, Edward; Barton, Thomas B., Jr.; Bauman, George M.; Bear, William L.; Benedict, Benjamin F.; Beymount, Isaac; Bitner, Albert H.; Bitzer, Thomas J.; Black, Thomas S.; Black, William; Blackburn, James; Bonce, George; Bowman, Charles; Brady, Andrew; Breneman, Edward DeWitt; Brindle, Jacob; Bubb, William H.; Buford, William H. H.; Cake, William J.; Childs, Charles A.; Chilson, Stephen L.; Coffey, James; Coleman, Henry A.; Cohick, Samuel; Cooper, Samuel J.; Cox, George A.; Cox, William W.; Crummel, Jacob H.; Cunningham, Israel; Cunningham, James; Curley, William B.; Danner, Thomas Jefferson; Davis, Charles; Dellet, William; Diffenderfer, Jacob; Dougherty, Andrew; Downey, David; Duchman, Augustus C.; Dunkle, Benjamin F.; Eicherly, John G.; Eicholtz, John C.; Elliott, John; Elmyer, George; Engle, George W.; Eshbach, Richael; Everts, Strickler R.; Feller, Henry; Fisher, James G.; Flick, Henry; Foreman, Harrison; Foreman, Joseph; Forney, Isaac H.; Fralich, Daniel C.; Frankford, Edward; Frecht, James L.; Freeland, Edwin D.; Freitag, Frederick D.; Gable, Jacob F.; Garber, John; Getz, Jacob; Greenawalt, Abraham B.; Greenly, Andrew J.; Gregg, William B.; Gross, Joseph; Grow, John H.; Hackman, Henry; Hahn, George; Haines, Franklin A.; Hamp, William H.; Hannum, Abel K.; Hargreaves, William F.; Harman, Cyrus; Harman, William H.; Hart, Mattias; Hartman, Lewis S.; Harvey, John C.; Hasselbach, Francis; Hauke, Philip B.; Heighstreet, Jacob; Heiser, Peter Martin; Herr, Lorenzo D.; Hiestand, Harry G.; Hine, Jacob D.; Hoffmeier, William M.; Holt, Robert; Hook, Harry; Hoover, Benjamin; Hoover, Henry; Hoover, William W.; Hopwood, John; Horner, George W.; Hughes, David; Hughes, Edward; Hughes, William; Hultzhouse, Elam; Humes, James G.; Jackson, John K.; Judge, Thomas; Kaley, Jesse; Kauffman, Jacob G.; Kaufman, Tobias B.; Keech, George; Keene, George; Keene, Joseph M.; Keiffer, Thompson; Keller, Martin V. B.; Kendig, George W.; Killian, Henry M.; King, George W.; Klein, Gottleib Christian; Kline, John; Kunkel, Peter; Kurtz, Isaac W.; Kurtz, Obadiah; Lambert, David; Leedars, Charles; Lefever, Elam; Lefever, John S.; LeFevre, Hiram L.; Leonard, William; Lewis, James; Lithgow, David; Lockwood, George T.; Lutz, Josiah Alfonso Howlett; Lonious, William A.; Manger, William; Markley, Charles A.; Marshbank, Robert B.; Mason, John H.; Maynard, Ambrose; McCall, Franklin; McCauley, Henry C.; McClain, John C.; McClain, William G.; McCracken, John C.; McCulley, James T.; McCumsy, William; McGinley, John A.; McGinnis, Peter L.; McGrann, John L.; McIntire, Henry M.; McKeegan, John; McLain, John; McPhail, William T.; Mercer, George A.; Metzgar, Emanuel C.; Metzger, Emanuel; Miller, Alfred H.; Miller, George; Miller, George B.; Miller, Jacob M.; Miller, Samuel S.; Millicsock, Augustus; Milton, William; Mishler, Henry L.; Moffet, James; Mohow, Jacob; Morrison, Jasper; Morrison, John H.; Moss, John A.; Murphy, Calvin L.; Murray, William E.; Myer, Grabill B.; Myers, David M.; Myers, Gilbert C.; Nauman, John L.; Neff, Aldus J.; Nyman, Ambrose F.; Ochs, George H.; O'Neil, Charles; O'Rourke, Patrick I.; O'Rourke, Washington A.; Parvin, Theodore C.; Patton, Edwin C.; Phrame, Rohrer J.; Pickel, Isaac H.; Pinkerton, Charles R. G.; Potts, Junius B.; Powers, Ambrose C.; Price, Thomas P.; Quinn, Patrick; Rauch, Lewis A.; Read, Lewis W.; Reed, John C.; Renner, John B.; Resser, Jacob; Rettican, John; Riley, John B.; Rinier, Hiram; Rinier, Jacob; Rinier, Samuel; Roberts, R. Biddle; Robinson, John; Rock, Miles; Rockafellow, Andrew D.; Rooney, Joseph C.; Rupert, Alfred; Ruth, David; Ruth, Hiram; Rutter, John K.; Rutter, Joseph; Sanders, Daniel L.; Seibert, John; Setley, Samuel; Shanes, Joseph; Sheaffer, John; Short, Andrew; Sprecher, Philip L.; Stark, Charles C.; Stauffer, William D.; Spece, Frederick; Stayley, William H.; Steers, Isaac B.; Steers, Thomas J.; Steinheiser, George F.; Stewart, William Warren; Stone, Augustus; Stoner, Samuel; Strachan, James E.; Strachan, Samuel S.; Strickler, Jacob M.; Styer, Jonathan; Swope, George K.; Talley, William Cooper; Templeton, Jacob; Thomas, Joseph R.; Todd, Lemuel; Varnes, Henry C.; Waggoner, John A.; Weaver, Joseph; Weidler, Milton; Weidel, John; Weiler, Jacob; Wenditz, Theodore; Werntz, George L.; Wherry, John A.; Whitlock, Franklin; White, John; Winour, George; Wolfert, Peter; Worth, Joseph P.; Wortz, John M.; Zellers, Jacob T.

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Pensions, Military; Military records; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 4 boxes, 254 files, 4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0980

Location of Originals: National Archives (archives.gov)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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 site 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: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-980

Classification: MG0980

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Box list added to database 1 February 2024.

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Collection: Ward & Miley Family Papers

Title: Ward and Miley Family Papers

Object ID: MG0984

Date Range: 1967-1942

Collection: Ward & Miley Family Papers

Title: Ward and Miley Family Papers

Description: Papers of the Ward and Miley families:; Birth Record certificate of B. Frank Ward (MG0984_F001); Confirmation certificate of Franklin David Miley (MG0984_F001); Marriage certificate of Franklin David Miley and Margaret May Thatcher (MG0984_F001); 4 Bible pages with genealogical data of the Thatcher and Spiese families (MG0984_F002); Frank Ward's General Science notes from Lancaster Boys High School, 1915-1916 (MG0984_F003); Frank Ward's Zoology notes from Lancaster Boys' High School, 1916-1917 (MG0984_F004); Report of Boy Scout Troup No. 6 trip to Washington, DC, in 1915, typescript, with 5 photographs (MG0984_F005); Badge and certificate of election (MG0984_F006) of Frank D. Miley to Lancaster City Council from the 6th Ward, 1921; Armstrong Rod & Gun Club topographical map of the Hunting District. Near Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, revised 1925. (MG0984_F007); Bill of Sale from Central Machine Works, Lancaster, 1895 - scanned and original returned

Date Range: 1967-1942

Year Range From: 1967

Year Range To: 1942

Date of Accumulation: 1967-1942

Creator: Ward, James

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Adams, Charlotte May; Adams, Esther Virginia; Adams, Lloyd Ervin; Adams, Martha Elizabeth; Aument, Stephen; Boyle, William; Custer, Charles H.; Erisman, Kenneth; Gregg, Joseph; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Himmelsbach, Charles; Loechner, Robert; Miley, Franklin David; Miley, Harry Albert; Miley, Louisa Phillip Kuhlman; Miley, Margaret May Thatcher; Parmer, Roy D.; Shaub, Raymond; Stoll, Frank; Thatcher, Anna Elizabeth; Thatcher, Arthur Franklin; Thatcher, Benjamin Franklin; Thatcher, David M.; Thatcher, Elmer Washington; Thatcher, Elmira Ann; Thatcher, Elsie Josephine; Thatcher, Esther Jane Spiese; Thatcher, George Washington; Thatcher, Grace Alberta; Thatcher, Harry S.; Thatcher, Helen May; Thatcher, Jacob E.; Thatcher, Mary Jane; Thatcher, Ulysses Grant; Ward, Benjamin Frank; Ward, Maude L. Craig; Ward, William Henry Brooks, Jr.

Subjects: Family archives

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong Rod and Gun Club; Bible records; Birth records; Boy Scouts; Confirmation certificates; Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Family archives; Grace Lutheran Church; Manuscript groups; Maps; Marriage certificates; Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; School notebooks

Extent: 7 folders, 14 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0984

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Class photograph of Lancaster Girls' (Stevens) High School, 1919 (4-02-01-56); Class photograph of Lancaster Boys' High School, 1919 (4-02-01-55); Badge of Frank D. Miley to Lancaster City Council from the 6th Ward, 1921 (Curatorial Collection)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment--request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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 site 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: 2023.Ward

Other Numbers: MG-984

Classification: MG0984

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 4 March 2024.

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Collection: Hydroelectric Power Collection

Title: Hydroelectric Power Collection

Object ID: MG0084

Date Range: 1907-1967

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Collection: Hydroelectric Power Collection

Title: Hydroelectric Power Collection

Description: Contains pamphlets, booklets, and annual reports from various water and power companies on the Susquehanna River. They include information about dams, hydroelectric projects, and how electricity is generated; maps and history of the region; and pictures of the river and hydroelectric stations.

Date Range: 1907-1967

Year Range From: 1907

Year Range To: 1967

Date of Accumulation: 1907-1967

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Rutter, Edward H.

Subjects: Hydroelectric power plants; Pamphlets; Business records

Search Terms: Business records; Certificates; Conestoga Substation; Conewago Water and Power Company; Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company; Dams; Finding aids; Fuller Company; General Electric; Historic Strasburg Inn; Holtwood Dam; Hydroelectric power plants; Lake Aldred District; Manuscript groups; McCall Ferry Power Company; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Pennsylvania Water and Power Company; Philadelphia Electric Power Company; S. Morgan Smith Company; Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation; Sunday Sun; Susquehanna Power Company; Susquehanna River

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0084

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

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-84

Classification: MG0084

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Updated 9 January 2008, 19 September 2008, 5 February 2009, 4 February 2010 HST

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Collection: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Title: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Object ID: MG0085

Date Range: 1856-1913

Subject Headings: Bonds Letters Real property Receipts (Acknowledgments) Taxation Search Terms: Bonds Correspondence Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups Real estate Receipts Susquehanna River Taxes Processing History: This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional

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Collection: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Title: Frederick S. Brown Collection

Description: The Frederick S. Brown Collection contains tax receipts, bonds, and letters belonging to Mr. Brown. Also, an agreement for the sale of land along the Susquehanna River.

Date Range: 1856-1913

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1913

Date of Accumulation: 1856-1913

Creator: Brown, Frederick Street, 1875-1936

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Brown, Frederick Street

Subjects: Bonds; Letters; Real property; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: Bonds; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Real estate; Receipts; Susquehanna River; Taxes

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder, .1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0085

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Frederick S. Brown Collection (MG0085), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-85

Classification: MG0085

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 November 2018.

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Collection: Lancaster County Librarian Association

Title: Lancaster County Librarian Association

Object ID: MG0086

Date Range: 1931-1973

Collection: Lancaster County Librarian Association

Title: Lancaster County Librarian Association

Description: Collection consists of the minutes, bylaws, financial records and membership lists for the Lancaster County Librarian Association, originally the Lancaster County School Librarian Association.

Date Range: 1931-1973

Year Range From: 1931

Year Range To: 1973

Date of Accumulation: 1931-1973

Creator: Lancaster County Librarian Association

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Bolbach, Dorothy H.; Doering, Laura; Einolf, A. L.; Eshelman, Mabel S.; Graham, Robert L.; Groff, Betty; Hacker, Ray K.; Herr, Harold D.; Hess, E. Pearl; Jenkins, Mr.; Jones, C. R.; Jones, Carroll; McCracken, Bonnie L.

Other Creators: Lancaster County School Librarian Association

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Librarians; Business records

Search Terms: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Conestoga National Bank; Correspondence; Dutch Town and Country Inn; Feldser Printing and Office Supplies; Financial records; Hotel Douglas; Invoices; Lancaster County Librarian Association; Librarians; Meadow Hills Dining House; Metzger Publicity Service, Inc.; Millersville State College; Millersville University; Minutes; Receipts; Silver Skillet

Extent: 1 box 8 folders .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0086

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Lancaster County Librarian Association (MG-86), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0086

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works Records

Title: Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works Records

Object ID: MG0714

Date Range: No date

Collection: Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works Records

Title: Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works Records

Description: This collection contains two blank billheads of Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works, 231-233 East Grant Street, Lancaster, PA.

Date Range: No date

Creation Date: no date

Creator: Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

Subjects: Tobacco; Billheads; Business records

Search Terms: Tobacco; Bare's Tobacco Resweating Works; Billheads; Business records; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder, 2 items, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0714

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-714

Classification: MG0714

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by RC, May 2017.

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Collection: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs Records

Title: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs

Object ID: MG0476

Date Range: 1950-1951

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Collection: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs Records

Title: Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs

Description: On 10 January 1950, Marian L. Baker was brutally murdered by Edward Lester Gibbs. This collection contains W. Hensel Brown's copies of the clerk's file, transcripts, appeal briefs, and other court records from the murder trial of Edward L. Gibbs, 1950. Newspaper articles report on the 1950 trial and his 1951 electrocution.

Admin/Biographical History: Edward Lester Gibbs (1924-1951), veteran (98th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force) and husband of Helen Woodward, was from Gloucester County, NJ. In 1950, he was a student at Franklin and Marshall College. (1); Marian Louise Baker (1928-1950), the daughter of Walter M. Baker and Helen Beatrice Soule Britcher, was originally from New Bloomfield, Perry County, PA. (2) She had spent much of her childhood in Conestoga, PA with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy O'Donel. (3) In 1950, she worked as a cashier and secretary in the treasurer's office at Franklin and Marshall College (4) and was engaged to Edward Rankin. (5); W. Hensel Brown was the attorney chosen to defend Gibbs.; "On January 10, 1950, Marian Louise Baker was brutally slain by being; beaten to death with a lug wrench. Eight days later Edward Lester; Gibbs, defendant, confessed the killing. Thereafter, he was indicted in; Lancaster County, tried by a jury, and convicted of murder in the first; degree with the penalty fixed at death. Prior to his bringing this appeal, his motion for new trial was denied and sentence was imposed in accordance with the verdict.; At the time of the killing, defendant, a married war veteran twenty-five years of age, was a student at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. *185 In the early afternoon of January 10, 1950, he was in downtown Lancaster when he saw Miss Baker, an employee of the college. He offered to drive her back to the campus in his car and she accepted. However, instead of returning directly to the college, they rode out of town and into the open country. When they reached an isolated spot several miles from the city she commented on the view and defendant stopped the car so that they both might enjoy it. While sitting there he suddenly reached over and began choking her. She broke away and got out of the car. He followed her and after choking her again, he returned to the car, unlocked and opened the luggage compartment, removed the lug wrench, and beat her over the head with it until she was dead. He then left but later returned to hide the body and remove any incriminating evidence. The body was not discovered until four days later.; On January 18, 1950, defendant admitted committing the crime and on that same day he signed a statement setting forth the facts as we have synopsized them here. Neither at the trial nor at any other time did he deny the truth of that confession and substantially all of the facts contained in it were verified by the independent investigation of the Pennsylvania State Police." (6); 1 "Edward Lester Gibbs," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76555590/edward-lester-gibbs.; 2 "Marian Louise Baker," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632108/marian-louise-baker.; 3 "Vintage photos, the 1950 murder of an F&M secretary," PennLive.com, last modified January 8, 2016, https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/vintage_photos_the_1950_murder.html.; 4 "Marian Louise Baker," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632108/marian-louise-baker.; 5 "Vintage photos, the 1950 murder of an F&M secretary," PennLive.com, last modified January 8, 2016, https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/vintage_photos_the_1950_murder.html.; 6 "Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Drew, November 20, 1950," Justia, accessed November 27, 2018, https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1950/366-pa-182-0.html.

Date Range: 1950-1951

Creation Date: 1950-1951

Year Range From: 1950

Year Range To: 1951

Date of Accumulation: 1950-1951

Creator: Brown, W. Hensel, b.1902.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Brown, W. Hensel; Baker, Marian Louise; Gibbs, Edward Lester

Subjects: Murder; Trials (Murder); Trial transcripts; Trials; Court records; Jury selection; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Court records; Finding aids; Jury selection; Manuscript groups; Murder; Newspaper clippings; Trial transcripts; Trials; Trials (Murder)

Extent: 1 box, 15 folders, 24 items, 1,081 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0476

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Information about photographs used as evidence may be found in the Photograph Collection-many of the photographs are restricted.; ObjectID 2-15-04-01 to 2-15-04-21; Information about photographs used as evidence may be found in the Photograph Collection-many of the photographs are restricted.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folders 12-15 are restricted. Use photocopies in Folders 8-11.

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 Number: MG-476

Classification: MG0476

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by RC, May 2017.

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Collection: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Title: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Object ID: MG0071

Date Range: 1726-1922

Margaretta [Graunnon] as taken from church records in Stuttgart, Germany. In German. 23 November 1784. Naturalization paper for Jacob Schnierer of Cocalico Twp. 10 April 1762. Promissory note to repay Robert Mayor. Signature cut out (obligation satisfied). Witnessed by John Moor. 26 October 1749. Certificate

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Collection: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Title: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Description: Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.

Date Range: 1726-1922

Year Range From: 1726

Year Range To: 1922

Date of Accumulation: 1726-1922

Creator: Ellmaker family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Cochran, Thomas B.; Eichholtz, Jacob; Elder, Thomas; Ellmaker, Alfred; Ellmaker, Amos; Ellmaker, Ana Margareta; Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker; Ellmaker, E. Ben; Ellmaker, Edgar O.; Ellmaker, Elizabeth; Ellmaker, Enos; Ellmaker, John Leonard; Ellmaker, John Watson; Ellmaker, Leonard; Ellmaker, Lucy H.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Ellmaker, Thomas; Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta; Haverstick, H. B.; Hoofgardner, Ferdinand; Hornberger, Maria; Hubbard, Elbert; Huston, R. M.; Koning, P.; Mayor, Robert; Moor, John; Nicolaas, I.; Pancoast, Dr.; Schnierer, Jacob; Snyder, Edwin L.; Snyder, John A.; Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.

Other Creators: Ellmaker, John Leonard

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Deeds; Family records; Genealogy; Letters; Marriage records; Stocks; Wills

Search Terms: Aoelian Hall; Carnegie Hall; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Deeds; Ephrata Cloister; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Marriage records; Metropolitan Opera House; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Philharmonic Society of New York; Roycroft; Stocks; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, Dutch

Object ID: MG0071

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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 site 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.

Classification: MG0071

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.

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Collection: Lancaster City and County Hospital Collection

Title: Lancaster City and County Hospital Collection

Object ID: MG0077

Date Range: 1898-

Collection: Lancaster City and County Hospital Collection

Title: Lancaster City and County Hospital Collection

Description: Collection of materials from three hospitals in Lancaster: St. Joseph Hospital, Lancaster General Hospital, and Community Hospital of Lancaster (formerly the Osteopathic Hospital). Consists of histories, programs, in-house magazines and newsletters, annual reports, and fund-raising campaign materials.; The Lancaster General Hospital Scrapbook, 1916 contains typed and handwritten letters, staff lists, committee lists, and newspaper clippings. The items in the book discuss the financial, administrative and public state of the hospital in 1916. The book covers the Lancaster General School for nurses, staff lists, debts, and lists of committees and members. Individuals who supported the institution include Milton T. Garvin, F. L. Suter, Lilliam F. Wardell, Hugh R. Fulton, Elam H. Risser and William Shand.

Admin/Biographical History: Lancaster General Hospital opened in December 1893 with the mission to deliver the best possible care to anyone in need, regardless of ability to pay. In 1903, the hospital established the Nurses' Training School with the first graduating class of 1905. The hospital purchased its first motorized ambulance in 1916. The Department of Physical Therapy was started in the early 1950s. During 1970, Dr. Nikitas Zervanos developed the Family Practice Residency Program. Seven years later, Lancaster General Hospital received the equipment to make CAT scans possible. The Women's Health Pavilion, which was located inside Lancaster General Hospital, was completed in 1986. After many years of development and construction, the Lancaster General Health Campus was completed in 1994, and Women and Babies' Hospital opened in 2000; both are located on Harrisburg Pike.; Note: The Lancaster General Hospital Scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

System of Arrangement: Arranged by hospital name.; A. St. Joseph Hospital; B. Lancaster General Hospital; C. Community Hospital (formerly Osteopathic Hospital)

Date Range: 1898-

Date of Accumulation: 1898-

Creator: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Carter, John H.; Coyle, Harry B.; Eshelman, Mrs. Paul B.; Good, M. G.; Heiges, George Leonard; Hostetter, George F.; Lestz, Gerald J.; McDowell, Ephraim; Neuhauser, W. J.; Prizer, E. T.; Risk, Robert Blair; Shand, William; Singleton, Ross W.; Teitell, Conrad; Weidman, I. G.; Young, Michael A.

Other Creators: LancasterHistory.org (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Hospitals; Newsletters; Business Records; Marginalia; Scrapbooks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence

Search Terms: Business Records; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Hospitals; Marginalia; Newsletters; Scrapbooks

Extent: 3 boxes 46 folders, 1 scrapbook 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0077

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0077

Description Level: Fonds

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