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Print, Photographic

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Collection: Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection

Object ID: BR-03-01-26

Date Range: Sept 1950

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection

Description: Two women, one is Jane Garret and the other B. Hammond, taken in 1950 "above Reading"

Date Range: Sept 1950

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Garret, Jane; Hammond, B

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Trees; Women

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 4.5 inches

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back

Object ID: BR-03-01-26

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Berks County church records of the 18th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3013

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Alternate Title: Berks County, Pennsylvania church records of the 18th century

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright.

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. Allegheny Reformed Church, St. Gabriel's Church, Schwartzwald Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church, St. Paul's Church, Amityville, Robeson Church -- v. 2. Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, De Long's Reformed Church, Peter's Church, St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Township -- v. 3. Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Township); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegal's) Church, Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Township); Host Church; Hains Church (Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt -- v.4. First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Zion's or Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of John Casper Stoever, Atolheo Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of Rev. John Henry Helffrich, Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens) - v. 5. Greenwich Union (or New Bethel Zion Church), Pinegrove Township, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

Subjects: Stoever, John Caspar.; Helffrich, John Henry.; Waldsmidt, John.; Allegheny Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pa.; Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; Salem Reformed Church, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity Township, Berks County, Pa.; Oley Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks County, Pa.; Longswamp Church, Berks County, Pa.; Exeter Friends Meeting, Berks County, Pa.; Zion (Moselem) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; DeLong's Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Peter's Reformed Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Congregation, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; Friedens Union Church, Berks County, Pa.; Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Blue Mountain Church, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Rosenthal Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; New Bethel Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Corner Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Dunkel's Reformed Church, Virginville, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church, Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; Reed's Church, Berks County, Pa.; Bern Church, Bern Township, Berks County, Pa.; Tulpehocken Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. John's Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa.; First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Zion's (Spiess) Union Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pa.; Atolheo Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Berks County, Pa.; Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens), Penn Township, Berks County, Pa.; Robeson Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pa.; Forest Lutheran Church, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Social history; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Berksiana

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6028

Author: Castner, Charles Schuyler.

Date of Publication: c1976.

Call Number: 974.816 C353

Responsibility: by Charles Schuyler Castner.

Author: Castner, Charles Schuyler.

Place of Publication: [Reading, Pa.]

Publisher: Berksiana Foundation,

Date of Publication: c1976.

Physical Description: xvii, 350 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Reading; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 C353

Church records of Berks County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo857

Call Number: Drawer 2, Sec. 4

Physical Description: 1 reel ; 35 mm.

Notes: Includes baptism, marriages, communicants and death records; Labeled on box #346.

Subjects: Bern Church (Bern, Pa.); Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Twp. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Zion's (Reeds) Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Twp. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church of Our Father, Universalist, Reading - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Bern Twp. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Zion's Church, Womelsdorf - Pennsylvania - Berks County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 2, Sec. 4

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b452c95b-f7e1-42f5-80a5-680938695286

Collection: C. G. Herr Collection

Title: C. G. Herr Collection

Object ID: MG0381

Date Range: 1867-1875

County, Pennsylvania Manheim Manuscript groups New York, New York Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pretzfeld Brothers Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Robb and McConkey Royal Arms S. Michaelis and Company Schlichter and Townsend

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Collection: C. G. Herr Collection

Title: C. G. Herr Collection

Description: The C. G. Herr Collection contains correspondence to Christian G. Herr. Most of the letters are related to his tobacco business. Although cigar brands and tobacco cuts are mentioned, most of the correspondence is about payments, orders, and samples.

Admin/Biographical History: Christian G. Herr (1839-1902) was the son of Daniel Herr and Susan Margaretta Hornberger, and a descendant of Rev. Hans Herr.; A tobacconist in Lancaster, he began as a clerk in the 1850s and soon owned a store. By 1877, he had a tobacco warehouse in the city and was manufacturing cigars with his business partners. His business was located at 45-47 N. Market Street for the majority of years, but he also had locations on N. Queen Street and N. Christian Street. C. G. Herr ordered from and shipped to tobacconists in Lancaster County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was a manager at Julius Vetterline & Co.; Christian married Emma Miller circa 1860. They had two sons: William M. (b. 1863) and Charles C. (b. 1868). The family resided at 224 W. Orange Street. Emma is listed in the 1880 census as having consumption. She passed away in 1881 and is buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery. Charles was involved in the tobacco business in 1900; William was a physician, married to Lizzie with one daughter.

Date Range: 1867-1875

Year Range From: 1867

Year Range To: 1875

Date of Accumulation: 1867-1875

Creator: Herr, Christian G., 1839-1902

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Brosey, S. G.; Douglass, John; Eby, J.; Hahn, J. M.; Herr, Christian G.; Herr, Daniel Hornberger; Kintzing, T. C.; Lewis, William; Polen, D. P.; Smith, R. E.; Wolf, Jacob

Subjects: Business records; Cigar industry; Cigars; Letters; Tobacco; Tobacco industry

Search Terms: Adams Express Company; A. J. McConkey; Bagleys May Flower; Bucknor, McCammon and Company; Business records; Charles E. Spier and Company; Cigar industry; Cigars; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Commercial Hotel; Connecticut Cigars; Correspondence; Driftwood, Cameron County, Pennsylvania; Finding aids; Gibson House; Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company; Hiss and Chandler; Holl, Kirkpatrick and Company; Holl, Kirkpatrick and Whiteman; Howe Sewing Machines; Lancaster; Letters; Lewis Bremer's Sons; Lobenstein and Gans; Lock Haven Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company; Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania; Manheim; Manuscript groups; New York, New York; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pretzfeld Brothers; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Robb and McConkey; Royal Arms; S. Michaelis and Company; Schlichter and Townsend; Stationery; Ten Eyck Segar Machine Company; Tobacco; Tobacco industry; Wilkens and Klier

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0381

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), C. G. Herr Collection (MG0381), Box #, 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0381

Other Numbers: MG-381

Classification: MG0381

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 03 January 2022.

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Evangelical Congregational Church microfilm [St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading: Church records, 1900-1917, including members, baptism, marriages and deaths]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16411

Corporate Author: St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 4: #255

Corporate Author: St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.

Physical Description: 1 reel , 35 mm.

Notes: Labeled on box #255 part 2.

Subjects: St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church (Reading, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Reading (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 4: #255

Marriages performed in the city of Reading, Berks County, PA, July 1, 1876 to October 1, 1885 : Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17958

Author: Frank, Richard L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 974.816 F828

Alternate Title: Marriages

Responsibility: compiled by Richard L. Frank.

ISBN: 1558563296 (pbk.); 9781558563292 (pbk.)

Author: Frank, Richard L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 59, 256 p. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Reading.; Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Reading (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 F828

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f0ddcb94-e5af-4a7c-8909-972763426120

Collection: Auto Racing Collection

Title: Auto Racing Collection

Object ID: MG0137

Date Range: 1932-1987

Motor Dome Landisville, East Hempfield Twp. Landisville Speedway Lebanon, Lebanon County Manuscript groups Newspaper clippings Lancaster Fairgrounds Pennsylvania Casualty Co. Programs R. R. Graybill’s Garage Racetracks (Automobile racing) Reading, Berks County Russ Cooper’s Riley Special Sambler Special

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Collection: Auto Racing Collection

Title: Auto Racing Collection

Description: The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about a benefit for the Williams Grove Old-Timers Association.

Admin/Biographical History: J. Earl Way (1907-1997) of Salunga, Pennsylvania was a barber, dance instructor, and local band leader. He was also involved in auto racing, was a race promoter at Landisville Speedway, and wrote articles about racing for several newspapers. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43953963/obituary-for-j-earl-way-aged-89/

Date Range: 1932-1987

Year Range From: 1932

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1932-1987

Creator: Way, J. Earl, 1907-1997

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Acker, Ralph; Barzda, Joe; Bennet, W.; Bob, Gert; Bob, Joe; Bonmoyer, Herry; Brubaker, Allen; Chittwood, Joe; Cooper, Joe; Cooper, Russel; Culp, Dutch; Dotter, Clyde; Emery, E.; Emery, L. D.; Fritz, Ben; Gable, Bill; Gasta, Al; Gensler, Le Roy; Graham, Ray; Greer, Adam; Greer, Wilbur; Hamilton. Les; Heister, Duer; Herman, George; Holland, Bill; Horn, Ted; Keenig, Len; Kelcher, Ammon; Kline, Ted; Kolas, Fred; Light, Mark; Martin, Jack; Matera, Johnny; McClanagan, Don; Menke, Bill; Meyer, Newt; Miller, Paul; Mowery, Earl; Myers, Chares; Shollenberger, Ray "Dutch"; Shoop, Bill; Spahr, Russel; Stine, Ottis; Trissler, John; Way, Ardella; Way, Betsy; Way, Betty; Way, Fern; Way, John Earl; Way, Steven; Wentz, Walt; Wilt, Dave; Wolf, M. J.; Young, Paul

Subjects: Advertisements; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing--Accidents; Automobiles; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Programs (Publications); Racetracks (Automobile racing); Stock car drivers

Search Terms: Advertisements; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing--Accidents; Automobiles; Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.; Bird-in-Hand Speedway; Bishop's Café; Cars; Central Speedway; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Finding aids; Greer's Motor Dome; Landisville, East Hempfield Twp.; Landisville Speedway; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Lancaster Fairgrounds; Pennsylvania Casualty Company; Programs; R. R. Graybill's Garage; Racetracks; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Russ Cooper's Riley Special; Sambler Special; Speedways; Star Beer Special A V8 Ford; Statistics; Stock car drivers; Williams Grove Old Timers; Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Young Bros.

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0137

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Auto Racing Collection (MG0137), 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-137

Classification: MG0137

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AS, 1999. Finding aid typed by KS, March 2013. Added to database 25 September 2021.

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The hanging of Susanna Cox : the true story of Pennsylvania's most notorious infanticide & the legend that's kept it alive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18407

Author: Suter, Patricia.

Date of Publication: c2010.

Call Number: 364.152 S965

Responsibility: Patricia Earnest Suter and Russell and Corinne Earnest ; foreword by Don Yoder.

ISBN: 9780811705608 (hardcover); 0811705609 (hardcover)

Author: Suter, Patricia.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: c2010.

Physical Description: xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Prologue: the Kutztown Folk Festival -- Reading and the Oley Valley -- Fingers of guilt -- Middling stiff -- When law and humanity had but faint connection -- Twelve honest men -- A distraction from grim tidings -- As innocent as a child -- The last melancholy resource -- Ten o'clock to two o'clock and fifty minutes -- Slinking off anonymously -- A last hope -- Seduced by the devil -- Confession -- I poor wretch -- A final jolt -- Peace be to her -- The printers of Exeter Township -- The sad, sad song of Susanna Cox -- Advice from the dead to the living -- Her exit--infamy -- Epilogue: back to the festival.

Summary: The unfortunate Susanna Cox gained notoriety for killing her illegitimate infant son. The fatal episode led to her hanging in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1809, the last public execution of a woman in the commonwealth. But was Susanna really the culprit? The legend of her fate, repeated in Pennsylvania German broadsides by the generations that followed, suggests she herself was a victim. Now, in this first full-length investigation into the tragedy, new evidence reveals some startling facts about how indifference, an undeveloped court system, and the inexact science of nineteenth-century forensics combined to determine Susanna's tragic fate. A full look at how Susanna's "sad song" became romanticized through broadside ballads follows, complete with illustrations.

Subjects: Cox, Susanna, - d. 1809.; Filicide - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Unmarried mothers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Women murderers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Earnest, Russell D.; Earnest, Corinne P.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 364.152 S965

Evangelical Congregational Church microfilm [First Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading: Church records, 1894-1940, including members, baptisms, marriages and deaths in two volumes]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16412

Corporate Author: First Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 4: #255

Corporate Author: First Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.

Physical Description: 1 reel , 35 mm

Notes: Labeled on box #255 parts 3 and 4.

Subjects: First Evangelical Congregational Church (Reading, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Reading; Church records and register - Pennsylvania - Reading; Reading (Berks County, Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 2, sec. 4: #255

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Berks County church records of the 18th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3013

Berksiana

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6028

Church records of Berks County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo857

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b452c95b-f7e1-42f5-80a5-680938695286

Documents

Evangelical Congregational Church microfilm [St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading: Church records, 1900-1917, including members, baptism, marriages and deaths]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16411

Marriages performed in the city of Reading, Berks County, PA, July 1, 1876 to October 1, 1885 : Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17958

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f0ddcb94-e5af-4a7c-8909-972763426120

Documents

The hanging of Susanna Cox : the true story of Pennsylvania's most notorious infanticide & the legend that's kept it alive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18407

Evangelical Congregational Church microfilm [First Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading: Church records, 1894-1940, including members, baptisms, marriages and deaths in two volumes]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16412