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Toward Gettysburg; a biography of General John F. Reynolds

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Author
Nichols, Edward J.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
923.5 R462n
Author
Nichols, Edward J.
Place of Publication
[University Park]
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
x, 276 p. illus., maps, ports. 25 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 259-264.
Subjects
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863
Generals - United States
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 R462n
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The descendants of John B. and Anna H. Oberholtzer Weaver

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Author
Hoover, Anna W.,
Date of Publication
June 1954.
Call Number
929 W363h
Author
Hoover, Anna W.,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
June 1954.
Physical Description
[20] leaves ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Weaver family.
Weaver, John B., - 1858-1947.
Weaver, Anna H. (Oberholtzer), - Mrs., - 1863-1947.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W363h
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The Echo : published by the students of John Piersol McCaskey High School

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Date of Publication
[1952]
Call Number
371.805 M153 (Yr.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
[1952]
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Library has: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953.
Includes advertisements.
Preceded by The Vidette.
Subjects
John Piersol McCaskey High School, Lancaster, Pa. - Yearbooks.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
371.805 M153 (Yr.)
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The Tanger-Metzger genealogy, with a record of the descendants of John and Catharine (Metzger) Tanger, 1773-1950, and data on the Lottmann, Rudisill, Snavely, Hess, Harnish, Zercher, and Gall families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
929 T164w
Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Place of Publication
Gettysburg, Pa
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
90 p. illus. 24 cm.
Subjects
Tanger family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 T164w
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John Pearson's description of Lancaster and Columbia in 1801

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Author
Mast, John H.
Date of Publication
1957.
about John Pearson's early life. He grew up in a strict Quaker family and married Ann Bevan on December 15, 1763. She died on July 1, 1775, and he then married Sarah Johnson, During the American Revolution contrary to the doctrine of the Friends, he undoubtedly served in the military, for the
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Responsibility
by John H. Mast.
Author
Mast, John H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
[49]-61 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 61, no. 2
Summary
John Pearson's observations of Lancaster came about when he came to Lancaster, the state capital at the time, as a state senator representing Philadelphia city and County and Delaware County.
Subjects
Pearson, John, - 1740-1829.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Columbia (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 61, number 2 (1957), p. 49-61Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.61
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Object ID
MG0237
Date Range
1880-2003
Preservation Trust calendar, and children’s books. Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector’s permit, blueprints, and insurance policies. Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization); Watt & Shand
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Description
The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.
Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.
Admin/Biographical History
On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged by series.
Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory
Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners
Date Range
1880-2003
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1880-2003
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Ammon, Cora Mae Fox
Ammon, John M.
Appel, Eva Rengier
Appel, Percy L.
Baker, Miriam Rengier
Bell, Louise Price
Berger, R. R.
Blatchley, Charles A.
Breyers, C. J.
Buchanan, James
Drukenbrod, Lee Roy
Fehl, J. Herbert
Frantz, I. E.
Fritz, C. C.
Goodhart, E. C.
Groff, Alpheaus S.
Groff, Ella L.
Hermansader, T. F.
Hirsh, Bertha
Hirsh, Gabriel
Hostetter, D. B.
Lively, Henry
Long, Jacob M.
Loss, Natalie M.
Loss, Nathan
Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.
Marshall, Elizabeth Weber
Marshall, George A.
Marshall, George W.
Marshall, Maria L. Good
May, Jennie H.
Miller, E. N.
Myers, Harry
Myers, Maria
Myers, Patricia Marshall
Myrtetus, George B.
Noonan, Ella O.
Noonan, Raymond Smith
Prangley, James
Reed, George R.
Reichley, Jacob Christian
Reifsnyder, Arden P.
Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman
Rengier, Charles F.
Rengier, John S.
Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen
Rohrer, George Redsecker
Rohrer, Jeremiah
Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker
Roth, George R.
Rupert, L. H.
Schaller, Kimberly
Shand, James
Shand, Thomas Marshall
Sherrill, Anita B.
Sherrill, S. Edward
Short, Edwin P.
Skyllas, Drossos A.
Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert
Stiles, H. A.
Stirk, Isaac
Stirk, Sarah C.
Swarr, Donald
Urban, Cassius Emlen
Watt, Laura Louise Geiger
Watt, Peter T.
Weber, May H.
Wisegarver, Harry P.
Witmer, Albert F.
Other Creators
Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)
Subjects
Advertising
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Building leases
Calendars
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Letters
Menus
Newsletters
Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.)
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
A and S Realty and Investment Corporation
A. B. Rote & Co.
Advertising
Agreements
Air conditioning
American Blower Corporation
Appel & Weber
Architectural plans
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America
Awards
Blueprints
Bon-Ton
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
Booklets
C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.
Calendars
Catalogs
Central Automatic Sprinkler Company
Certificates
Columbia
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia
Correspondence
Deeds
Department stores
DUSCO Property Management, Inc.
East Hempfield Twp.
Employee handbooks
Employees
Ephemera
Escalators
Finding aids
Fire sprinklers
Floorplans
Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers
Gift certificates
Ground-rent
Hager and Bro., Inc.
Hager Realty Corporation
Heating and ventilation systems
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Job descriptions
Kroll Electric Company, Inc.
Lancaster
Lancaster Parking Authority
Lancaster Trust Company
Leases
Letters
Manuscript groups
Menus
Mortgages
Newsletters
Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.
Park City Mall
Penn Square
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Permits
Poetry
PPL
Price lists
Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
Reynolds and Reynolds Company
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Total Energy Leasing Corporation
Trion, Inc.
Watt and Shand
Workers' Compensation Act
York Corporation
Extent
4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0237
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--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.
Other Numbers
MG-237
Classification
MG0237
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.
The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.
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A history of the Little Britain Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1804 to 1954 : an address at the Sesqui centennial celebration, August 28, 1954

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Author
Shortlidge, Helen Wood.
Date of Publication
1954]
Call Number
289.6 L778h
Alternate Title
Little Britain Monthly Meeting
Responsibility
by Helen Wood Shortlidge.
Author
Shortlidge, Helen Wood.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1954]
Physical Description
15 p. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Society of Friends. - Little Britain Monthly Meeting.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Little Britain (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 L778h
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The building of Perry's fleet on Lake Erie, 1812-1813

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Author
Rosenberg, Max,
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
974.80312 R813
Author
Rosenberg, Max,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylviania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
viii, 72 p. plates. 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 69-72.
Summary
In the preface, the author states that he wanted to look at more than just the naval tactics employed on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; he wanted to concentrate on the construction of the fleet and its associated logistical problems. "All contributing factors have been considered. They include the state of society within the area, its urban centers, its industrial facilities, and its transportation and communication development; where the workmen were obtained and how they were transported to the scene of the building; the costs involved in the construction; and the leaders who directed the work. It is, I hope, a complete treatment of the building of the fleet."
Contents : 1. Why The Fleet Was Built/ 2. The Lake Erie Frontier/ 3. The Builders of the Fleet/ 4. Manpower and Supplies/ 5. Chronology of The Fleet's Construction/ 6. Conclusion/ Appendix 1: The Five Vessels From Black Rock/ Appendix 2: The legend of The Dupont Powder Train
Subjects
Perry, Oliver Hazard, - 1785-1819.
Erie, Lake, Battle of, 1813.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Naval operations.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80312 R813
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Object ID
MG0098
Date Range
1776-1976
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Description
The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.
Date Range
1776-1976
Creation Date
1776-1976
Year Range From
1776
Year Range To
1976
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Beddulph, Robert
Boyd, John
Burd, James Edward
Chambers, Stephen
Coedans, James
Cooke, William
Ferree, John
Getty, Christian
Gurney, Francis
Hubley, Adam
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Joy, Daniel
Kieffer, Henry Martyn
Moore, William
Neal, James
Patterson, Alex
Porter, Thomas
Ramsay, David
Rapp, Brandon
Reid, George W.
Worner, William Frederic
Zellty, John A.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Letters
Military history
Military regulations
Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779
Prisoners of war
Soldiers
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Battle of Newtown
Battle of Stony Point
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Military history
Military records
Military regulations
Prisoners of war
Receipts
Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Sullivan Campaign, 1779
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0098
Notes
Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
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
Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-98
Other Number
MG-98
Classification
MG0098
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.
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The European journals of John Houston Mifflin : 1836-1837

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Author
Stonesifer, Richard James.
Date of Publication
1958.
THE EUROPEAN JOURNALS OF JOHN HOUSTON MIFFLIN: 1836-37 The name of John Houston Mifflin is not a familiar one in the annals of Penn- sylvania history. More familiar, perhaps, is the name of his son, Lloyd Mifflin, hailed at the beginning of the century as one of America's more skilful poets but now
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Responsibility
by Richard James Stonesifer.
Author
Stonesifer, Richard James.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
[39]-57 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 62, no. 1
Subjects
Mifflin, John Houston, - 1807-1888.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 62, number 1 (1958), p. 39-57Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.62
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