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Object ID: 2-14-06-36

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Object Name: Negative

Collection: General Collection

Description: Letter written to Henry Slaymaker from Robert Coleman from Martic Forge, May 14, 1819.

Provenance: From the Slaymaker Collection

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Coleman, Robert; Slaymaker, Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Correspondence; Documents; Letters

Object Name: Negative

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: 2-14-06-36

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to James Buchanan Henry

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.177

Date Range: 1866/01/05

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan

Title: Letter from James Buchanan to James Buchanan Henry

Description: Letter from James Buchanan to James Buchanan Henry acknowledging receipt of three certificates of the Quick Silver Mine and awaiting the arrival of the power of attorney. With envelope addressed to 14 Wall Street, New York. Wheatland.

Date Range: 1866/01/05

Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 1, Box 2

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan

Subjects: Letters; Mercury mines and mining; Stock certificates

Search Terms: Letters; Correspondence; Quick Silver Mine; Mercury mines and mining; Stock certificates; James Buchanan; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 2 items, 4 pages to scan, 5.25 x 8.25 in. and 3.25 x 5.5 in.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 1 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 1.1.1.177

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 Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.163a-b

Other Number: JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 177

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection

Title: Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection

Object ID: MG0360

Date Range: 1774-1916

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Collection: Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection

Title: Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection

Description: The Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection contains a deed for property in Lancaster Borough, an early collection of recipes, a receipt book for the Hamilton Lots, a valentine, stock certificate books for the New Process Steel Corporation, and Civil War letters. The Honorable Paul A. Mueller, Jr. is a descendant of the Zahm, Shreiner, and Cochran families on his mother's side. The items in this collection were passed down through the family for several generations.

Admin/Biographical History: Klein, Huffnagle, and Mussertown; The deed shows the sale of property in Mussertown by innkeepers Leonard and Rosina Klein to Peter Huffnagle. Leonard (1725-1793) married Amalia Rosina Waidlin (1732-1795) at Warwick, Lancaster County in December 1749. At that time he was a saddler in Lancaster. Although they did not have children, they were sponsors at several baptisms at the Moravian Church and Trinity Lutheran Church, both in Lancaster. Peter Huffnagle (1746-1806) and his wife, Charlotte, had their children baptized at the First Reformed Church in Lancaster. They were also buried in that churchyard. Mussertown was laid out in 1760 by John Musser, and was later added onto by Henry Musser. Its original boundaries were the streets now called Church, Strawberry, Locust, and Rockland.; Hamilton Lots; In 1730, Andrew Hamilton, a skilled lawyer, purchased a tract of land in the newly incorporated Lancaster County and convinced the commissioners to place the county seat within his holdings. Queen Street and King Street run through that tract. James Hamilton (1710-1783) acquired 500 acres of land from his father in 1734, and started selling lots by 1735. Although Hamilton sold the lots, he imposed ground-rents so tenants had to pay for the right to occupy and improve the land that they owned. Tenants were also required to build dwellings on their property within two years and to meet certain building specifications. He continued to acquire and sell lots until 1773. Ground-rents were still being collected on the Hamilton Lots after World War II.; Zahm and Shreiner; Godfried Zahm was a brushmaker in Lancaster. His son, Michael (d.1883), learned the brushmaking business from his father and then learned the watchmaking and jewelry business from his brother-in-law, Martin Shreiner, Jr. (1767-1866). Godfried's daughter, Maria, married Martin Shreiner who is best remembered as a Lancaster clockmaker. Maria kept a trimming shop on North Queen Street in Lancaster.; Cochran and New Process Steel Corporation; Harry B. Cochran, great-grandfather of Paul A. Mueller, Jr., was the president of New Process Steel Corporation in 1916. New Process Steel Co. began as New Process Steel Wire Manufacturing Co. and was renamed in 1907. This manufacturer of drill rods and special steel shapes became a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation in 1919. It is significant that Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. owned stock in the New Process Steel Corporation in 1916. Sloan was president of Hyatt Roller Bearing Company when it merged with the United Motors Corporation in 1916. He then became president of United Motors which merged with General Motors Corporation in 1918. Sloan was president and CEO of General Motors from 1923-1946.

Date Range: 1774-1916

Year Range From: 1774

Year Range To: 1916

Date of Accumulation: 1774-1916

Creator: Mueller, Paul A., b. 1930

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Albright, F. S.; Angeoine, Harry W.; Balsbach, Andrew; Barrett, Richard L.; Bough, Mathias; Bubach, Gerhart; Buback, Garret; Bugie, Henry A.; Burkhart, Samuel H.; Burkholder, I. Dora; Burkholder, John D.; Cochran, Harry B.; Cochran, John S.; Cochran, Thomas; Curtis, John; Eberman, P. G.; Eshleman, Benjamin; Fairer, A.; Frantz, Carrie B.; Goble, Jacob; Godshalk, Earl M.; Good, Henry; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, William; Harnish, Aaron B.; Hartman, John K.; Hinerdeer, Henry G.; Hite, Edward B.; Hoofnagle, Peter; Hostetter, A. H.; Ingersoll, Charles H.; Ingersoll, Fred R.; Keller, A. S.; Kline, Leonard; Kline, Rosina; Knell, Henry; Kreider, Elizabeth; Kunkle, Aaron; Lefever, George D.; Lenher, Philip; Leonard, Philip; Loucks, Aaron; Lowry, William; Martin, Samuel O.; McCleery, Carpenter; McClure, H. L.; McClure, Harry L.; McCoy, Sarah A.; Messenkop, John A.; Michenfelder, Caspar; Moore, John; Moore, Martin A.; Mueller, Jane Moffat; Mueller, Paul A.; Musselman, Amos; Musser, Ann; Musser, Henry; Nauman, David; Newman, Charles; Parry, Vaughn Ingersoll; Price, John; Reichenbach, William; Scott, George A.; Shertz, Jacob; Sherwood, Warren A.; Shreiner, John F.; Shrum, William; Sloan, Alfred P. Jr.; Stoddard, Williston B.; Stoner, C. L.; Turbett, Samuel; Weaver, Henry M.; Weidler, David; Weiss, Jay G.; Wenger, A. D.; Wenger, D. H.; Wenger, D. M.; Wentz, Henry; Witmer, Amos K.; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zantmiller, Kate; Zercher, Jacob

Other Creators: Shreiner family; Cochran family; Zahm family

Subjects: Cookbooks; Deeds; Letters; Recipes; Stock certificates; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Valentines

Search Terms: Boswell and McCleery; Civil War; Cookbooks; Correspondence; Finding aids; General Motors Corporation; Hamilton lots; John Meaner and Company; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mussertown, Lancaster; New Process Steel Corporation; New Process Steel Wire Manufacturing Company; Recipes; Stock certificates; Valentines

Extent: 1 box, 10 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0360

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Shand, William and Dean Keller. 1965. "Twentieth Century Industrial Development of Lancaster." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 69: 151-162.; Wood, Stacy B. C. 1994. "Martin Shreiner: from Clocks to Fire Engines." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 96: 114-137.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection (MG0360), 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-360

Other Number: MG-360

Classification: MG0360

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-9 cataloged in 2005. Folder 10 cataloged in 2009. Added to database 7 September 2017.

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Content Note: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

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

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

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

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

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

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

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

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Bon-Ton Beauty Salon Booklets C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc. Calendars Catalogs Central Automatic Sprinkler Company Certificates Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Commonwealth

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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.

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Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Collection: Mary Brecht Pulver Papers

Title: Mary Brecht Pulver Papers

Object ID: MG0284

Date Range: 1882-1957

certificates Clippings Correspondence Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups Marriage certificates Memorabilia Newspaper clippings Obituaries Photographs Poetry �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Related Materials: Photograph Collection

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Collection: Mary Brecht Pulver Papers

Title: Mary Brecht Pulver Papers

Description: The Mary Brecht Pulver Papers contain papers related to the Brecht and Pulver families. The collection includes letters, newspaper articles, obituaries, and memorabilia. A biography of Mary Brecht Pulver accompanies samples of her poetry and a scrapbook of the work of her sister, Edith Brecht.

Admin/Biographical History: Mary Brecht Pulver, one of five children of Milton J. and Mary M. Wolfe Brecht, was born on 3 March 1882. Milton was an educator. Mary Agnes Brecht married George Winfield Pulver; their son, Gordon Winfield, was born in 1912. Mary Brecht Pulver was a poet and author of short stories.

Date Range: 1882-1957

Year Range From: 1882

Year Range To: 1957

Date of Accumulation: 1882-1957

Creator: Sumner, Pamela, 1941-2016

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Brecht, Edith; Brecht, Harold; Brecht, Mary Mehaffey Wolfe; Brecht, Milton J.; Doerschuk, Ernest E., Jr.; Pulver, George Winfield; Pulver, Gordon Winfield; Pulver, Mary Agnes Brecht; Russell, Florence Brecht; Wolfe, Henry; Wolfe, Rebecca Alstead

Other Creators: Pulver, Gordon Winfield, 1912-1983

Subjects: Binghamton (N.Y.); Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Family records; Lancaster County (Pa.); Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Binghamton, New York; Biographies; Birth certificates; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Marriage certificates; Memorabilia; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Photographs; Poetry

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, 1 scrapbook, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0284

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Mary Brecht Pulver Photograph Collection, 147 Family photographs (MB-01-01-01 to MB-01-05-08); National publications containing short stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver : and her biography, including a collection of her verse and a listing of her stories (810.54 P983 Oversize); National publications containing short stories by Mary Brecht Pulver: and her biography, including a collection of her verse and a listing of her stories (810.54 P983s Oversize)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Mary Brecht Pulver Papers (MG0284), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at the 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.

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Accession Number: 1997.Sumner

Other Numbers: MG-284

Classification: MG0284

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared 2012. Added to database 7 November 2017.

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-14-06-32

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Object Name: Negative

Collection: General Collection

Description: First part of a letter written by Jasper Yeates from Lancaster July 24, 1792.

Provenance: From the Slaymaker Collection

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Yeates, Jasper

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Correspondence; Negatives

Object Name: Negative

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: 2-14-06-32

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Object ID: 2-14-06-33

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Object Name: Negative

Collection: General Collection

Description: Second part of letter written by Jasper Yeates from Lancaster July 24, 1792.

Provenance: From the Slaymaker Collection

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Yeates, Jasper

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Correspondence; Negatives

Object Name: Negative

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Object ID: 2-14-06-33

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 4 Henry Elliott Johnston

Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 4

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers

Title: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 2 Papers of Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 4 Henry Elliott Johnston

Description: The James Buchanan Family Papers Part 2, Harriet Lane Johnston, Series 4 contains the papers of her husband, Henry Elliot Johnston. The series is divided into four subseries, including correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, and ephemera. The correspondence includes letters sent by Henry Elliot Johnston to H. B. Swarr from 1867-1873 regarding the distribution from President Buchanan's estate and letters from Isaac Hiester and George Ticknor Curtis. The financial and legal documents include the sale of land, cemetery arrangements, the disposition of presidential papers including those held by E. Y. Buchanan, the choice of President Buchanan's biographer, and legal papers regarding bequests to Mary C. Speer and Louise Speer.

System of Arrangement: JBFP Part 2 Series 4 Papers of Henry Elliot Johnston; Subseries 1 Correspondence; Subseries 2 Financial documents; Subseries 3 Legal documents; Subseries 4 Ephemera

Creator: Johnston, Henry Elliot, 1831-1884

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

People: Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot

Other Creators: Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903; James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

Subjects: Biographies; Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Legal documents; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Biographies; Buchanan Collections; Correspondence; Harriet Lane Johnston; James Buchanan; Letters; Probate records; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Legal documents; Estate settlement; Decedents' estates; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 box, 47 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Correspondence

Language: English

Object ID: JBFP Part 2 Series 4

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 Family Papers; James Buchanan Collection, MG0096; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.; Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material. 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.; Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Collection: Henry Slaymaker Collection

Title: The Henry Slaymaker Collection

Object ID: MG0004

Date Range: 1790-1835

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Collection: Henry Slaymaker Collection

Title: The Henry Slaymaker Collection

Description: Collection includes waste books and an account book from the Salisbury Store, Justice of the Peace dockets, child's school exercise books, receipts, summons, letters, and other papers.

Date Range: 1790-1835

Creation Date: 1790-1835

Year Range From: 1790

Year Range To: 1835

Creator: Slaymaker, Henry F. (Henry Fleming), 1789-1860

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Chambers, P.; Leech, George; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Isabella; Slaymaker, Jasper; Small, Henry

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: Business records; Court calendars; Family records; Legal documents; Letters; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township); School notebooks

Search Terms: Bethania Seminary; Business records; Correspondence; Court calendars; Family records; Finding aids; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Promissory notes; Salisbury Store; Salisbury Twp.; School notebooks

Extent: 2 boxes, 12 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0004

Related Item Notes: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, MG0268; Curatorial Collection; Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use the photocopies provided for items in Folders 6 and 7.

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-4

Classification: MG0004

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection was cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 1 March 2018.

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