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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 1, 1937-1943; Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 2, 24 December 1971- 15 April 1987

Object ID: MG0434_Box079and080

Date Range: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 1, 1937-1943; Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 2, 24 December 1971- 15 April 1987

Description: Catharine B. Spitler, a resident of Landisville, Pennsylvania, compiled these scrapbooks. Book one contains information primarily about World War II. The newspaper clippings include information about Lancaster natives, both men and women that were involved in World War II, including ranks and location of service. There are also articles about the United States involvement in World War II. Interesting local articles and programs discuss the World War II Memorial in West Hempfield Township. Columbia's Sesquicentennial was documented through a series of newspaper clippings located in this scrapbook.; Book two is a compilation of newspaper clippings, engagement announcements, wedding announcements and obituaries pertaining to Lancastrians. Locations around Lancaster County that were mentioned are as follows: Lancaster, Hempfield, Ephrata, Maytown and Mount Joy. An interesting subject within the second scrapbook is the1972 Flood of Lancaster (Hurricane Agnes).

Date Range: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Creation Date: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Year Range From: 1937

Year Range To: 1987

Creator: Spitler, Catharine Bard, 1911-1989, compiler

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

People: Spitler, Catharine Bard

Subjects: Announcements; Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Ephrata Cloister; Floods--Pennsylvania; Hurricane Agnes, 1972; Hurricanes; Methodists--Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Programs (Publications); Scrapbooks; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Ephrata; Lancaster; Maytown, East Donegal Twp.; Mount Joy; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Scrapbooks; West Hempfield Twp.; World War II; WWII

Extent: 2 volumes

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box079and080

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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 these items by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: These 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Boxes 79 and 80

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 28 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Books 128 and 130.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

Tax Lists: Mount Joy Twp., Rapho Twp., Sadsbury Twp

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 5: #42

Alternate Title: Mount Joy Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855

Notes: Mount Joy Twp 1846 (continued from reel #41); Rapho Twp 1831, 1836, 1838-46.; Sadsbury Twp 1832, 1838, 1840-46.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Mount Joy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Rapho (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 5: #42

A 125-year history of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Mount Joy, Pa

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Author: Wagner, Clair.

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: 287 S146m

Author: Wagner, Clair.

Place of Publication: Mount Joy, Pa

Publisher: The Church

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: 63 p. ill. 21 cm.

Subjects: St. Mark's United Methodist Church (Mount Joy, Pa.)

Additional Author: Cox, Vera E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 287 S146m

Lancaster County bus map

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Corporate Author: Red Rose Transit Authority.

Date of Publication: [1987?]

Call Number: 974.815 LACI 152

Alternate Title: Lancaster city bus routes; Lancaster County bus routes

Responsibility: Red Rose Transit Authority.

Corporate Author: Red Rose Transit Authority.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Red Rose Transit Authority,

Date of Publication: [1987?]

Physical Description: 10 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 60 x 57 cm. or smaller, on sheet 61 x 82 cm., folded to 21 x 12 cm.

Notes: Ancillary maps (recto): Elizabethtown -- Mount Joy -- Columbia -- Willow Street -- Manheim -- Lititz -- Ephrata -- New Holland.; "This map printed 11/87"--Panel.; Text and col. ill. on verso.

Contents: Lancaster County bus routes -- Lancaster city bus routes.

Subjects: Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Mount Joy - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Willow Street - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Manheim - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Lititz - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - Ephrata - Maps.; Bus lines - Pennsylvania - New Holland - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster County - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACI 152

Tax Lists: Martic Twp., Mount Joy Twp

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 5: #41

Alternate Title: Martic Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855

Notes: Martic Twp. 1843-46 (continued from reel #40); Mount Joy Twp. 1824, 1826-35, 1837-45 (continued on reel #42)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Martic (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Mount Joy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 5: #41

Records of Donegal Presbyterian Church East Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pa

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Date of Publication: 1984

Call Number: 285.1 D681

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: 3 vols. ; 35 cm.

Notes: Vol. 1 baptisms and marriages 1807-1821; session records various dates; vol. 2 and 3 various records.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County " page 116 #1

Subjects: Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - East Donegal (Township); Church records and registrations - Pennsylanvia - East Donegal (Township)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 285.1 D681

A history of the Donegal Society of Lancaster County : in celebration of the seventy-fifth Annual Reunion, June 16, 1988

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Author: Good, D. Edward

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 285.1 D681h

Responsibility: by D. Edward Good.

Author: Good, D. Edward

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Society] ,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "An organization to aid in the preservation of Donegal Church".

Subjects: Donegal Society, - 1913- - History.; Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal, Pa.) - History.; Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 D681h

Archive

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

Wager to children with words of condolence and comfort for the family after the death of Susan, who had been ill. George Wager was asked to bring his sister home to Philadelphia for a few days to rest and grieve. No date. Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr. informing him of the impending death

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), 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.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Scrapbook

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Tax Lists: Mount Joy Twp., Rapho Twp., Sadsbury Twp

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Archive

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A 125-year history of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Mount Joy, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo39

Lancaster County bus map

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15531

Tax Lists: Martic Twp., Mount Joy Twp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20804

Records of Donegal Presbyterian Church East Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18123

A history of the Donegal Society of Lancaster County : in celebration of the seventy-fifth Annual Reunion, June 16, 1988

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12853

Archive

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