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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Subject Headings: Letters Minutes (Records) Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.) Posters Railroads Rates and tolls Reading & Columbia Railroad Company Street-railroads Trolley cars Search Terms: Adamstown Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County Blueprints
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), 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.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0622a7de-ff89-4326-a26e-650642085180
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
NOV 1789 F013 QS
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Year
1789
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Leitheiser, Jacob
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Overseers of the Poor
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Cocalico Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
NOV 1789 F013 QS
Additional Notes
Overseers of the Poor of Reading, against Overseers of the Poor of Cocalico Twp.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
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Item
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Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fbeb110b-f565-4583-bf38-896788322688
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0355 I006
Date Range
1847/08
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1847/08
Year
1847
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0005
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Cocalico Creek
Creeks
Ephrata Twp.
Lancaster
Orders
Petitions
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Reports
Sinking Spring, Spring Twp., Berks County, Pennsylvania
Place
Ephrata Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0355 I006
Box Number
005
Additional Notes
Court term: August 1847.
Location: On public highway from Lancaster City, via Sinking Spring, Berks County to Reading, Berks County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Church records of Berks County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo857
Call Number
Drawer 2, Sec. 4
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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
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Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9d87400f-2476-4d16-91a9-304087378844
Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
Object ID
AUG 1820 F001 QS
Date Range
1820/08
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Collection
Quarter Sessions
Title
Quarter Sessions
System of Arrangement
Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.
Arranged by case number within each term.
Date Range
1820/08
Year
1820
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Lytle, William
Gordan, Francis
Groff, Marks
McCready, Daniel
Clavenstine, Christian
Stoner, Jacob
Guy, John
Hamilton, James
Hammon, Benjamin
Hill, Frederick
Hunter, Andrew
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Quarter Sessions
Returns
Taverns
Liquor License
Salisbury Twp.
Marietta
Lampeter Twp.
Columbia
Cocalico Twp.
Conestoga Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
Little Britain Twp.
Manor Twp.
Martic Twp.
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
AUG 1820 F001 QS
Additional Notes
Return of tavernkeepers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0908
Description Level
Item
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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
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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
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Berksiana

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6028
Author
Castner, Charles Schuyler.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
974.816 C353
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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
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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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Petition

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0230 I001
Date Range
1819/08
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1819/08
Year
1819
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Creeks
Cocalico Creek
Earl Twp.
Warwick Twp.
Lancaster
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Petitions
Orders
Reports
Bridges
Place
Earl Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0230 I001
Box Number
003
Additional Notes
Court term: August 1819.
Location: On main road from Lancaster to Reading, Berks County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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Petition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/09bf78eb-12e9-4f76-bf24-531937607360
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0230 I003
Date Range
1820
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1820
Year
1820
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Cocalico Creek
Creeks
Earl Twp.
Inspections
Lancaster
Orders
Petitions
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Reports
Warwick Twp.
Place
Earl Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0230 I003
Box Number
003
Additional Notes
[Earl Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
Location: On road from Lancaster to Reading, Berks County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.
Order for inspection and inspection report.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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