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Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16920

Date of Publication: 2012, c2011.

Call Number: 284.1 B494f

Responsibility: compiled and annotated by Suzanne B. Furlow.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 2012, c2011.

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., photos. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Contains list of names, compiler's notes, tombstone notes, cemetery rows.; Includes index.

Subjects: Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.; Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Ephrata (Pa. : Township) - Church history.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Furlow, Suzanne B.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 B494f

Celebrate Ephrata 2016 : a tour of historic places

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20534

Date of Publication: [2016]

Call Number: 728.37 C392

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County] ,

Date of Publication: [2016]

Physical Description: 38 p. : ill. 28 cm.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; Architecture - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Ephrata (Pa.) - Tours.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 728.37 C392

"Pencillings about Ephrata, by a visitor" and the Ephrata Mountain Springs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2150

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: JHSCV v. 23 1998

Responsibility: Introduction by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: xx, 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel (Ephrata, Pa.); Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Spohn, Clarence Edwin.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: JHSCV v. 23 1998

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c1cbb732-78da-40f9-8b03-547384460904

Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Object ID: MG0081

Date Range: 1753-2007

Content Note: The Ephrata Cloister Collection contains items related to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs

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Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Description: Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.

Date Range: 1753-2007

Year Range From: 1753

Year Range To: 2007

Date of Accumulation: 1753-2007

Creator: Ephrata Cloister

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.; Baer, Johann; Bar, Johann; Bowman, John; Daniel, N. J.; Doll, Eugene E.; Downes, J. A.; Dunkelberger, Ralph D.; Elsen, John; Franck, Ira S.; Hagen, F. F.; Heatwole, Daniel R.; Hocker, Ludwig; Hollinger, J. Daryl; Keller, James; Kimmel, Jacob; Leber, A. P.; Lollich, P. M.; Loose, John W. W.; Miller, Henry; Mitton, Juliet; Nevin, [ ]; Plessinger, F. P.; Pyle, Howard; Raber, [ ]; Senseman, John; Stubsky, Georg

Subjects: Pamphlets; Watermarks

Search Terms: Aurand Press; Brochures; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.; Ephrata Cloister Chorus; Harper's New Monthly Magazine; Hocking Printing Company, Inc.; Legal papers; Mennonite Publishing House; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pow wow; Review Book Store; Seventh Day Baptists; Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata; Watermarks; Ye Village Inne

Extent: 2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English and German

Object ID: MG0081

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph and Library collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, 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. Original documents may be used--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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0081

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo858

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

1993 Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : [zoning districts]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15528

Corporate Author: Community Map Company.

Date of Publication: 1993]

Call Number: 974.815 EPHT 101

Alternate Title: Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1993 community information guide.

Responsibility: Community Map Company.

Corporate Author: Community Map Company.

Place of Publication: Pottstown, PA : Ephrata, PA

Publisher: Community Map Co. ; Ephrata Township Supervisors [Distributor,

Date of Publication: 1993]

Physical Description: 1 map : col., ill., ports. ; 43 x 55 cm., on sheet 59 x 74 cm., folded to 19 x 30 cm.

Notes: Includes notes.; Text, municipal directory, ill., township insignia, on verso.; Includes street index and indexed advertisements.; "699 93."

Subjects: Zoning - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township) - Maps.; Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township) - Directories.; Ephrata (Pa. : Township) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Ephrata (Pa. : Township). Supervisors.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 EPHT 101

Historical archaeology at Ephrata Cloister : A report on ... investigations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12786

Author: Warfel, Stephen G.

Date of Publication: 1993

Call Number: 286.3 W274

Responsibility: by Stephen G. Warfel.

Author: Warfel, Stephen G.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Notes: Each edition contains the year of the investigations that the edition covers; for example : A report of 1994 investigations.; Library has: 1993-1999, 2002-3; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Excavations (Archaeology) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Archaeology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Antiquities.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286.3 W274

Early American illuminated manuscripts from the Ephrata Cloister

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13333

Author: Benson, Cynda L.

Date of Publication: 1994]

Call Number: 745.67 B474

Responsibility: Cynda L. Benson.

ISBN: 087391046X

Author: Benson, Cynda L.

Place of Publication: [Northampton, Mass

Publisher: Smith College Museum of Art,

Date of Publication: 1994]

Physical Description: [24] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: "The exhibition and publication were supported by the Friends of the Smith College Museum of Art."--[p. 2].; Includes bibliographical references (p. 6,18-[22]).

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister - Manuscripts.; Ephrata Cloister - Exhibitions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 745.67 B474

Ephrata Borough: The formative years, 1891-1906 : Ephrata's burgesses/mayors and members of council

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19669

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Date of Publication: 2015.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 40

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa.]

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 2015.

Physical Description: 112 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Issued as: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v. 40 (2015).

Summary: "The story of the events leading up to the incorporation of the Borough of Ephrata in 1891, its incorporation, and the history of the borough's first fifteen years of existence. Included are the names of the petitioners, all Ephrata property owners, who signed the petition in favor of the town's incorporation in 1891, along with brief biographical sketches and portraits when available. The story of the town's early history documents the many challenges that faced the town's early elected officials, such as the development of an electrical plant, a public water plant, the construction of streets and sidewalks, and the enactment ofordinances that regulated day-to-day life in the town. The journal also includes biographies of the borough's burgesses and mayors from 1891 to the present, along with a list of the men and women who have served on Ephrata Borough Council through the years along with their term of office. Included in the list of mayors is a biography of Ephrata's only honorary mayor,Evelyn (Ay) Sempier, Miss America 1954." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Ephrata (Pa.) - History - Mayors.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History - Council.

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 40

Centennial year, 1891-1991 : the borough of Ephrata, incorporated, 1891

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15140

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB H693

Responsibility: Ferdinand Hoefner, editor.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Science Press,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 152 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: At head of title: 100th anniversary publication of the Ephrata Centennial Celebration Committee.; Spine title: Ephrata centennial book.

Subjects: Ephrata Centennial (Pa.), 1891-1991.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Hoefner, Ferdinand.

Additional Corporate Author: Ephrata Centennial Celebration Committee (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB H693

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