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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0680 I007

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Beaver Creek; Providence Twp.; Strasburg Twp.; New Providence, Providence Twp.; Quarryville; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Inspections; Bridges

Place: Providence Twp. and Strasburg Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0680 I007

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1920.; Location: Over Beaver Creek, on public road from New Providence, Providence Twp., to Quarryville.; 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.

Case Number: 95.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I011

Date Range: 1924/06

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1924/06

Year: 1924

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; Inspections; Orders; Pequea Creek; Reports; Strasburg; Strasburg Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.

Place: Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I011

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Court term: June 1924.; Location: Over Pequea Creek on public road from West Lampeter Twp. to Strasburg.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I013

Date Range: 1927/11

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1927/11

Year: 1927

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; Highways; Inspections; Lincoln Highway; Orders; Pequea Creek; Petitions; Reports; Strasburg; Strasburg Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.

Place: Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I013

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Strasburg Twp. and [West Lampeter Twp.]; Court term: November 1927.; Location: Over Pequea Creek on public road from Lincoln Highway to Strasburg.; Docuemtn 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.

Case Number: 107.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I014

Date Range: 1927/11

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1927/11

Year: 1927

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; Hunsecker's Mill; Inspections; Mills; Orders; Pequea Creek; Petitions; Reports; Strasburg; Strasburg Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.

Place: Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I014

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Strasburg Twp. and [West Lampeter Twp.]; Court term: November 1927.; Location: Over Pequea Creek on public road from Hunsecker's Mill to Strasburg.; Docuemtn 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.

Case Number: 106.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I012

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1927

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0011

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Pequea Creek; Strasburg Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Lime Valley, West Lampeter Twp.; Strasburg; Petitions; Bridges

Place: Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0750 I012

Box Number: 011

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1927.; Location: Over Pequea Creek on public road from Lime Valley, West Lampeter Twp. to Strasburg.; Document type: Petition for bridge reconstruction.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Collections for the poor in 1795

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1929

Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1929

Physical Description: 246-247 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 11

Subjects: Association for the Relief of the Poor (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 33, number 11 (1929), p. 246-247Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.33

Documents

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Red Caboose Motel : how it all started

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Date of Publication: 1970?]

Call Number: 647.974 R312

Place of Publication: [Strasburg, Pa

Publisher: The Motel,

Date of Publication: 1970?]

Physical Description: [26] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: Red Caboose Motel (Strasburg, Pa.) - History.; Strasburg Rail Road (Strasburg, Pa.); Strasburg (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Amish Country (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 647.974 R312

Archive

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Object ID: MG0045

Date Range: 1916-1972

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Description: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Date Range: 1916-1972

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1972

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Andrews, David F.; Benda, W. T.; Beneker, Gerrit A.; Boyce, C. M.; Breitigan, Abraham; Brenner, William A.; Brown, Arthur William; Bryson, Raymond; Bull, Charles Livingston; Carbaugh, Calvin A.; Chambers, Charles E.; Christy, Howard Chandler; Cover, Martin; Culp, Guy; Daugherty, James A.; Davis, Robert Courtney; De Maris, Walter; Dommel, Elmer; Drepperd, C. W.; Eschbach, H. H.; Fergeson, George; Fisher, Harrison; Foringer, A. E.; Forsythe, Clyde; France, Charles; Fulton, Hugh R.; Gibble, Ammon; Griest, William Walton; Habel, Albert A.; Harner, Marvin; Helwig, John W.; Hendee, A.; Hiemenz, Edward A.; Hiestand, Benjamin; Hottenstein, H.; Kahl, William; Kellish, William; Kimmel, Harry; Krone, Herbert D.; Landis, Estes B.; Leber, Paul Revere; Lundy, Edwin H.; Lyons, Julius; Matricardi, Frank; McFarland, Owen; McKee, W. M.; Miller, Peter; Moore, Luther; Musser, John W.; Myers, S. W.; O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank; Orr, Alfred Everitt; Palm, Elam B.; Shafer, L. A.; Shenk, Roy; Shoop, J. M.; Small, W. F.; Snyder, James H.; Tittle, Walter; Usner, Isaac L.; Volk, Douglas; Wauk, S. J.; Worthington, Henry H.; Zellers, George

Subjects: Alco-Gravure; American Lithographic Co.; E. Ketterlinus & Co.; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Lithography; Posters; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; W.F. Powers Co.; William H. Forbes & Company; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; YMCA of the USA

Search Terms: 28th Division; Alco-Gravure; Ambulance Company No. 111; American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111; American Lithographic Company; American Red Cross; Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society; E. Ketterlinus and Company; Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company; Emergency Fleet Corporation; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Finding aids; Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company; Lithography; Manuscript groups; Military draft cards; Posters; Prohibition; Rotoprint Gravure Company; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans; W. F. Powers Company; William H. Forbes and Company; World War I; WWI; YMCA; Commission for Relief in Belgium

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0045

Related Item Notes: MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Additional Notes: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

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-45

Classification: MG0045

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.