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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22249
Date of Publication
©1999.
Call Number
974.817 D598
Alternate Title
Eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County
Place of Publication
Mt. Vernon, Ind
Publisher
Windmill Publications,
Date of Publication
©1999.
Physical Description
1060 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes
Facsimile reproduction of the ed. from: Lebanon, Pa. : E.E. Schartel, 1891.
"The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society"--Title page verso.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Registers of births, etc.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Census, 1890.
United States - Census, 11th, 1890.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
United States.
Census data.
Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Schuylkill County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 D598
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22253
Date of Publication
1916 date not identified..
Call Number
974.817 S397g
917.817 S397g
Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Plac of publication not identified
Publisher
J.H. Beers, Publisher not identified,:
Date of Publication
1916 date not identified..
Physical Description
2 volumes, 45 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Notes
Paged continuously.
Includes indexes.
LHO copy is a reprint with no publishing information.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
Genealogy.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
J.H. Beers & Co.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 S397g
917.817 S397g
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22250
Author
Rice, Phillip A.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
©1995-
Call Number
974.817 R495
974.817 R495s
Responsibility
[compiled] by Phillip A. Rice and Jean A. Dellock.
ISBN
155856182X
9781558561823
1558562192
9781558562196
1558562206
9781558562202
Author
Rice, Phillip A.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Apollo, PA
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
©1995-
Physical Description
volumes <1-3> ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Registers of births, etc.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Genealogy.
Additional Author
Dellock, Jean A.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 R495
974.817 R495s
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Who am I? : Identity and the printed birth and baptism certificate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17506
Author
Becker, Marilyn A.
Responsibility
by Marily A. Becker.
Author
Becker, Marilyn A.
Physical Description
p. 33-51.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dutch
Baptismal certificates - Pennsylvania.
Birth certificates - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Der Reggeboge v. 46, no. 1,Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 PGSR, v. 26, no. 1.
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History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents, and interesting facts in the early history of these counties; with an appendix, containing matters of deep interest

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13115
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
197-.]
Call Number
974.82 R946
Responsibility
compiled from various authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp.
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
[Exton, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Ltd.,
Date of Publication
197-.]
Physical Description
xiv, 568 p. : ill. 22 cm.
Notes
Facsimile reprint of the 1845 ed. published by G. Hills, Lancaster, Pa., printed by Hickok and Cantine, Harrisburg, Pa.
"A journal of James Young, commissary general, of musters--from June 19 to June 26, 1756": p. [407]-420; "A journal of Captain John Van Etten, at Fort Hyndshaw and Fort Hamilton, in the Pennsylvania forces, from Dec. 1, 1756 to July 21, 1757": p. [421]-455; "A journal of Colonel James Burd, from Feb. 16th, 1758 to Mar. 10th, 1758": p. [447]-459; "Fragment of a journal containing an account of doings at Fort North Kill ... June 13 to Aug. 31 [1754]": p. [463]-477.
Subjects
Coal - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Northampton County (Pa.) - History.
Lehigh County (Pa.) - History.
Monroe County (Pa.) - History.
Carbon County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Additional Author
Young, James.
Van Etten, John.
Burd, James,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.82 R946
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Evangelical Congregational Church microfilm [Grace Evangelical Congregational Church, Schuylkill Haven: Church records, 1892-1929, including members, baptisms, marriages and burials in two volumes]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16076
Corporate Author
Grace Evangelical Congregational Church, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pa.
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 3: #254
Corporate Author
Grace Evangelical Congregational Church, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pa.
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled on box #254 parts 2 and 3.
Subjects
Grace Evangelical Congregational Church (Schuylkill Haven, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 2, sec. 3: #254
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History of Schuylkill County, Pa. : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22252
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
974.817 H673
Place of Publication
Mt. Vernon, Ind
Publisher
Windmill Publications,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
390, 60 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
Extra numbered pages (40a-b, 213a-g, 305a, 309a, 311a) and unnumbered pages inserted.
"The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, 14 N. Third Street, Pottsville, Pa 17901"--Title page verso.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W.W. Munsel, 1881.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 H673
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Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22254
Author
Wiley, Samuel T.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
974.817 W682
Responsibility
by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county ; carefully revised and edited by Henry W. Ruoff.
Author
Wiley, Samuel T.
Place of Publication
Mt. Vernon, IN
Publisher
Windmill Publications,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
811 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes
Reprint, with new index. Originally published: Philadelphia : Rush, West and Co., 1893.
Subjects
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.
Biographies.
History.
Additional Author
Ruoff, Henry W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.817 W682
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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Black History Collection, Series 2
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02
Date Range
1779-1984
Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Black History Collection, Series 2
Description
Series 2, Black History Records, contains the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, a census of free persons of color living in Lancaster city; a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington; and items related to early twentieth century Black History in Lancaster County. The collection also contains letters from anti-slavery societies, papers related to abolitionist activity, a letter regarding the American Colonization Society, and a manumission paper from the state of Virginia.
Date Range
1779-1984
Year Range From
1779
Year Range To
1984
Date of Accumulation
1779-1984
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Allen, Richard
Anderson, George L.
Anderson, Mildred
Bailey, Bessie
Bailey, Charles
Ball, James H.
Barber, Florence
Beaubian, Beulah
Beaubian, Charles S.
Blonden, Louisa
Book, Anna H.
Book, Simon
Bradley, Daniel
Bridgett, Alexander
Broadnax, Joseph
Brown, E. D.
Brown, Ernest
Brown, H. H.
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Cain, Annie
Cain, Jennie
Cain, John
Cain, Louisa
Carter, John C.
Carter, John W.
Carter, Laura
Carter, Nettie
Clark, Josephine
Clark, Russia
Clark, Ruth
Cohn, Jason
Cooper, Bella
Craig, Mary
Craig, Samuel
Davis, Emily
Davis, Robert
Dorsey, Steven
Edwards, Mary
Edwards, Thomas L.
Foster, Carrie
Foster, Daniel
George, H. E., Mrs.
George, Harriet
Goins, Dora
Green, Annie
Green, Charles
Green, Cora
Green, Jane
Green, Mary A.
Hardy, Laura
Hayes, Hannah
Hayes, O. H.
Heard, William Henry
Henry, Ella
Henry, Mary
Hill, Emily
Hill, Harriet
Hood, Solomon Porter
Hopkins, Ada
Hopkins, Sadie
Hopkins, Stanton
Hunter, Mabel
Hunter, Rosie
Hurdle, Emma
Hurdle, James
Jackson, Florence
Jackson, Letitia
Jackson, Rebecca
Johnson, Chester A.
Johnson, Estella Book
Johnson, Florence
Kelley, Calvin
Kelley, David
Keyes, Emma
La Barre, John
Link, John Lewis
Lynch, Dora
MacNeal, William
Mason, Alice
Mitchell, Blanche
Moore, Martha
Morrison, J. S.
Morrison, J. S., Mrs.
Moton, Charles
Murray, Clara P.
Nickumn, Theresa
Palmer, John M.
Payne, Benedine
Polite, Abraham L.
Polite, Blanche
Price, J. C.
Richardson, Ella M.
Robinson, Sara
Rosenthal, Isidore
Shissler, Simon
Shorter, George
Snow, Josephine
Spraggan, R. F.
Stewart, J. O.
Tall, Rebecca
Thomas, Virginia
Thornton, Elizabeth
Toney, Joseph M.
Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"
Tryman, Mary
Turner, Ruth
Waters, Ruth
Webster, Frank T. M.
William, Ella
Williams, Mary
Wilson, Albert E., Sr.
Wilson, Edith
Wilson, Helen
Wilson, Laura
Wilson, Maude
Winston, Charity
Winston, William
Witcher, W. E.
Wolford, Edward
Woods, Elizabeth
Other Creators
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)
Subjects
Abolitionists
African Americans--History
Antislavery movements
Free Black people
Freedmen
Letters
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Certificates
Correspondence
Court of Quarter Sessions
Enslaved persons
Free persons of color
Freedmen
Letters
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
17 folders, 35 items, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240_Ser02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Conestoga Elks Lodge Records (MG0760)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.
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-240, Series 2
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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