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Elizabeth Furnace Plantation Site : Archaeological information from the website of the Archaeology program at Millersville University

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22206
Author
Millersville University.
Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
672 M646
. Furthermore, an extensive documentary record for the furnace survives as do numerous examples of its product. In short, Elizabeth Furnace provides an excellent opportunity to study 18th century iron production. IRON PRODUCTION Iron production in the 18th century required an abundance of natural resources
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Author
Millersville University.
Place of Publication
Millersville, PA
Publisher
Millersville University
Date of Publication
n.d.
Subjects
Elizabeth Furnace Plantation (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Excavations - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
672 M646
Websites
https://www.millersville.edu/archaeology/research/elizabeth-furnace/index.php
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The Lancaster Comb Factory, 1824-1906

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17230
Author
Poole, H. Herbert,
Date of Publication
2012.
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Responsibility
H. Herbert Poole, Jr. and Robert E. Marion, Jr.
Author
Poole, H. Herbert,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
pp. 4-23.
Notes
Appendix: A partial list of comb-makers in Lancaster 1824-1899.
Subjects
Voorhis, Peter
Weitzel, Charlotte Elizabeth.
Hamersley, George.
Hambright, Adam F.
Shaffner, John.
Voohis, Michael.
Ziegler, Charles.
Graham, Dana.
Flagg, Charles.
The Lancaster comb factory.
Comb industry - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Marion, Robert E.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 1/2 (2012), pp. 4-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.114
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=915bb13ee7b95c83af9b76123aae82e0
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African American lives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15002
Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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Responsibility
a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
ISBN
1415716943
Edition
Widescreen format.
Place of Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Contents
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Summary
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Subjects
African Americans
African American families
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary - Feature.
Additional Author
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris,
Jones, Quincy,
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Jemison, Mae,
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi,
Additional Corporate Author
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
Websites
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html
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