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Collection
General Collection
Title
Girls and boys in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Object ID
1-01-07-87
Date Range
1992
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Girls and boys in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Description
Girls and boys in costume on the steps of the courthouse during Lancaster city's 250th Celebration.
Date Range
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Boys
Celebrations
Costumes
Courthouses
Girls
Lancaster County Courthouse
Persons of color
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-01-07-87
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Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Title
Black man and boy
Object ID
LR-03-05-06
Date Range
July 1994
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster Recreation Commission Photograph Collection
Title
Black man and boy
Description
Unidentified man and boy
Date Range
July 1994
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Boys
Children
Persons of color
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
LR-03-05-06
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Object ID
1-01-07-77
Date Range
1992
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse
Description
Three unidentified men in costume on the steps of the courthouse during Lancaster city's 250th Celebration.
Date Range
1992
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
Celebrations
Costumes
Courthouses
Lancaster County Courthouse
Persons of color
Uniforms
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-01-07-77
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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Civil War Collection
Object ID
MG0018
Date Range
1859-1990
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Collection
Civil War Collection
Title
Civil War Collection
Description
The Civil War Collection consists of material acquired over many years from different sources. Coverage is of Lancaster County soldiers and of daily life in the county during the Civil War. The collection contains records of various military units, family correspondence, "Home Front" papers, Civil War era diaries, the Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of Commissary papers, celebration and reunion materials, images, newspaper clippings, and general orders.
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized by category into ten series.
The oversized documents of Series A, C, F, and H are oversized and filed flat in Box 4.
Series A Military Units: Series A contains documents of military units, including muster rolls, enlistment papers, discharge certificates, assignment and promotion records, and papers of individual soldiers and officers.
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pennsylvania Militia
Certificate of State Regiments
U.S. Regiments
Series B Civil War Families
Benjamin Reed Family
Soldier's Letters
Series C The Lancaster Home Front
The Bounty Funds
Pension Claims
Articles
Letters
Series D Lancaster Notables
Series E Civil War Era Diaries
Series F The Captain John R. Bricker/Dept. of PA Commissary Papers
Series G Celebrations & Reunions
Series H Appendix
Articles, Photographic Prints, Blank Forms
Series I Printed General Orders
Series J Books
Date Range
1859-1990
Year Range From
1859
Year Range To
1990
Date of Accumulation
1859-1990
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Clark, James
Fass, John
Flick, Henry
Harris, Samuel
Hess, Martin D., Mrs.
Watson, George W.
Subjects
Letters
Soldiers
Soldiers, Black
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Search Terms
Autobiographies
Civil War
Discharge papers
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Memoirs
Muster rolls
Persons of color
Soldiers
Soldiers, Black
United States Army
Extent
15 boxes, 212 folders, 11 books, 9 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0018
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Abraham H. Good Family Papers (MG0542)
Henry Seiger's Civil War Letters (MG0570)
Lewis Jones Family Papers (MG0541)
Robert Clark Morrison Family Papers (MG0543)
Springer Family Letters (MG0540)
William M. McClure Family Papers (MG0544)
William McCaskey Civil War Letters (MG0355)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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-18
Classification
MG0018
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Much of the collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 March 2022.
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Conestoga Cotton Mill No. 3, later Water Street Rescue Mission, located in entire block bounded by South Water Street, Farnum Street, South Prince Street and Conestoga Street. Railroad tracks ran down Water Street.
Object ID
1-03-02-73
Date Range
1998
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Conestoga Cotton Mill No. 3, later Water Street Rescue Mission, located in entire block bounded by South Water Street, Farnum Street, South Prince Street and Conestoga Street. Railroad tracks ran down Water Street.
Description
Conestoga Cotton Mill No. 3, later Water Street Rescue Mission, located in entire block bounded by South Water Street, Farnum Street, South Prince Street and Conestoga Street. Railroad tracks ran down Water Street.
Date Range
1998
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mills
Conestoga Street
South Water Street
South Prince Street
Farnum Street
Industry
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-03-02-73
Notes
Two copies
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Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and freedom

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8832
Date of Publication
c1998.
Call Number
326 R386
Responsibility
edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller.
ISBN
1565844254 (set) :
Place of Publication
New York : Washington, D.C
Publisher
The New Press ; in association with The Library of Congress,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
lii, 355 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. + 2 sound cassettes.
Notes
"Published by the New Press, in conjunction with the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, to accompany the book Remembering slavery, edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller" -- Cassettes.
"This book is published in conjunction with two sixty-minute audio tapes of live recordings and dramatic readings."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
Contents
Slavery as memory and history -- The faces of power: slaves and owners -- Work and slave life -- Family life in slavery -- Slave culture -- Slaves no more: Civil War and the coming of freedom -- Appendixes.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
African Americans
United States - History - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Berlin, Ira,
Favreau, Marc.
Miller, Steven F.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 R386
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Conestoga Cotton Mills building near Seymour Street.
Object ID
1-01-07-06
Date Range
c. 1995
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Conestoga Cotton Mills building near Seymour Street.
Description
Conestoga Cotton Mills building near Seymour Street.
Date Range
c. 1995
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mills
South Prince Street
Seymour Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-01-07-06
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Swan Hotel, souteast corner of East Vine Street and South Queen Street. Southern Market is at right behind hotel.
Object ID
1-03-03-34
Date Range
1998
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Swan Hotel, souteast corner of East Vine Street and South Queen Street. Southern Market is at right behind hotel.
Description
Swan Hotel, souteast corner of East Vine Street and South Queen Street. Southern Market is at right behind hotel.
Date Range
1998
Creator
Loose, John Ward Willson
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hotels
Markets
West Vine Street
South Queen Street
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-03-03-34
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- View of Courthouse area from the roof of the South Duke Street Parking Garage.
Object ID
1-01-06-12
Date Range
June 1998
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- View of Courthouse area from the roof of the South Duke Street Parking Garage.
Description
View of Courthouse area from the roof of the South Duke Street Parking Garage.
Date Range
June 1998
Creator
Loose, John Ward Willson
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
South Duke Street
Duke Street Parking Garage
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-01-06-12
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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Object ID
MG0010
Date Range
1817-1996
Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States. Source of Acquisition: Items were collected by the LancasterHistory. Custodial History (Provenance): Accruals
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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Description
The Linden Hall Seminary Collection contains school catalogs and Linden Hall Echo, the school yearbook. Other items include financial records, fundraising information, school workbooks, and a diploma from 1886.
Admin/Biographical History
Linden Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States.
Date Range
1817-1996
Year Range From
1817
Year Range To
1996
Date of Accumulation
1817-1996
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Beverly, Jane B.
Kepler, Mary
Subjects
Girls' schools
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
School catalogs
School notebooks
School yearbooks
Women--Education
Search Terms
Broadsides
Finding aids
Girls' schools
Linden Hall
Linden Hall Echo
Manuscript groups
School catalogs
School notebooks
Yearbooks
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0010
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), 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-10
Classification
MG0010
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 Febraury 2018.
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