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The Ephrata Mountain Springs

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Author: Spohn, Clarence Edwin.

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB S762

Responsibility: by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence Edwin.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: v. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Volume I includes a biography of the Honorable Joseph Konigmacher.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Konigmacher, Joseph, - d. 1861.; Von Neida Family; Ephrata Mountain Springs (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.; Camp Silver Belle (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Temple of Truth (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Stephan Memorial Hospital (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Ephrata Community Hospital (Ephrata, Pa.) - History; Summer resorts - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Health resorts - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Hotels - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB S762

The Mountain Springs Hotel past and present

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Date of Publication: not dated

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB M928

Place of Publication: S.L

Publisher: s.n.

Date of Publication: not dated

Physical Description: 13 pgs. : ills., port. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: "1849 The Historic Mountain Springs Hotel Ephrata, Pa.".

Subjects: Mountain Springs Hotel (Ephrata, Pa.); Hotels, taverns, etc. - Pennsylvania; Ephrata (Pa.) - History; Ephrata (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB M928

Visit by the Provost Magister, Israel Acrelius to the Ephrata Cloister, August 20, 1753

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Author: Acrelius, Israel,

Date of Publication: 1938

Visit by the Provost Magister, Israel Acrelius' to the Ephrata Cloister, August 20, 1753 Taken from "A History of New Sweden," by Israel Acrelius. Published in Stockholm 1759. Reprinted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1874. Translated from the Swedish by William M. Reynolds, D.D. Ephrata

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Responsibility: taken from "A History of New Sweden", by Israel Acrelius.

Author: Acrelius, Israel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: [105]-124 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 4

Notes: Reprinted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Subjects: Acrelius, Israel, - 1714-1800.; Ephrata Cloister - History.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 4 (1938), p. 105-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42

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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers

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Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich,

Date of Publication: 1899-1900.

Call Number: 974.802814 S121

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Responsibility: by Julius Friedrich Sachse.

Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for the author,

Date of Publication: 1899-1900.

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Notes: LCHS has no. 326.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: v. 1. 1708-1742 -- I. Ephrata of the present day -- II. Beyond the Cocalico -- III. Advent of the Palatines -- IV. German pilgrims -- V. The Weaver's apprentice -- VI. The Labadists on the Bohemia Manor -- VII. The hut in the forest -- VIII. The German Baptist Brethren -- IX. The New Dunkers on the Conestoga -- X. The Cradle of German literature -- XI. Alexander Mack -- XII. Koch-Halekung, the serpent's den -- XIII. A retrospect -- XIV. A eventful year -- XV. The awakening of the Tulpehoken -- XVI. Kedar -- XVII. Jacob's Kampff und Ritter-platz -- XVIII. The monastery on the Wissahickon -- XIX. Unitas Fratrum -- XX. The habits of the orders -- XXI. Roster of the celibates -- XXII. The Weyrauchs Hugel -- XXIII. The Zionitic Brotherhood -- XXIV. The Amwell Dunkers -- XXV. The house of prayer -- XXVI. Peniel -- XXVII. A celestial visit -- XXVIII. The Skippack Brethren -- XXIX. The Pennsylvania Synods -- XXX. The order of the mustard seed -- XXXI. Hebron -- XXXII. Saron -- XXXIII. Bethania.; v.2. 1742-1800 -- I. Christopher Sauer and his German Bible -- II. Magister Johannes Hildebrand -- III. The great comet of 1743 -- IV. The pilgrimage to New England -- V. Industrial feature of the community -- VI. The music of the Cloister -- VII. The mystic of the Cocalico -- VIII. The rule of the Sisterhood -- IX. The Eckerlins -- X. The Ephrata Press -- XI. The Nantmel revival -- XII. The Gimsheim revival -- XIII. Conrad Weiser -- XIV. Educational departments -- XV. The visit of Israel Acrelius -- XVI. The Valleys of Virginia -- XVII. Snow Hill -- XVIII. Exoricism of fire -- XIX. Friedsam Gottrecht -- XX. Prior Jaebez -- XXI. Issues of the Kloster Press -- The Ephrata register (burial record)

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Church of the Brethren.; Pennsylvania Dutch.; German Americans - Pennsylvania.; Printing - Pennsylvania; Ephrata (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802814 S121

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The life and conduct of the late Brother Ezechiel Sangmeister : now resting in God, once an inhabitant of Ephrata, whose extremely peculiar and noteworthy career is written by him under the guidance and direction of divine Providence : with all the peculiarities which go along with his career up to its blessed ending

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Author: Sangmeister, Ezechiel,

Date of Publication: c1980-

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV

Responsibility: [translated by Barbara M. Schindler]

Author: Sangmeister, Ezechiel,

Uniform Title: Leben und Wandel.

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley],

Date of Publication: c1980-

Physical Description: 4 v. in pts. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; v. 4-10, 1979-1985.

Notes: Cover title: Leben und Wandel.; Each part has facsim. of original separate t.p. in German and also t.p. with translation in English.; Translation of: Das Leben und Wandel. Ephrata [Pa.] : J. Bauman, 1825-27.; "Consisting of 6 [i.e., 4] parts. Which is preceded by a brief chronicle, of the establishment and foundation of the Ephrata community up to the late author's arrival there [i.e., excerpts from Chronicon ephratense] ..."; Includes indexes.

Subjects: Sangmeister, Ezechiel, - 1724-1785?; Ephrata Cloister.; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.; German Americans - Virginia.

Additional Author: Lamech,

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV

History of Ephrata, Pa., and its cloister/ by Milton H. Heinicke

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Author: Heinicke, Milton H.,

Date of Publication: ca. 1956.

Call Number: 286.3 H469

Author: Heinicke, Milton H.,

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: ca. 1956.

Physical Description: various paging: maps. ; 28 cm.

Contents: Letter to Elizabeth Keifer detailing his research - Appraisal of Adam Koningmacher's estate - The Gibbons tract, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pa. (map and text) - [Indenture:] James Gibbons to Moses Brinton - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congregation, Conestoga, 172?-1732 Foreward - First early English land grants - Pennsylvania granted to William Penn,1681 - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congretation Conestoga, 1721-1732 (map) - Conestoga German Baptist Congregaton (map) - Founding of the Germapn Baptist Sabbatarians at Conestogao 1721-1732 (text) - German Seventh Day Baptist branches: Virginia - Ephrata Borough limits and underlying Penn grants (map and text) - Cloister properties with surrounding properties with date warranted (map) - Disposal of various Cloister properties (map) - Approximate location of all Cloister buildings (map) - Chronology of land in Cloister - Acquisition of 27 1/2 acres and buildings by the state including inventory of personal property - Various names by which theGermanSabbatariaons and site were known.

Subjects: Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.; Ephrata Cloister.; Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286.3 H469

The myths surrounding the Ephrata Cloister and the Revolutionary War Era

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Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Date of Publication: 2002

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.27

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 2002

Physical Description: 22-49 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v.27 (2002)

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v.27

2012 official visitor guide & directory : Lancaster County's historic Cocalico Valley, Adamstown, Denver, Ephrata, New Holland

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Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 917.4815 T974

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Integra Publishing Group ;

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 23 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Adamstown (Pa.) - History.; Denver (Pa.) - History.; Ephrata Pa.) - History.; New Holland (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 917.4815 T974

The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

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Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Date of Publication: 1846.; 1975]

Call Number: 974.84 R946

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Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa

Publisher: Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society

Date of Publication: 1846.; 1975]

Physical Description: xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.; Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.

Subjects: Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.; Cumberland County, Pa. - History.; Franklin County, Pa. - History.; Bedford Co., Pa. - History.; Adams Co., Pa. - History.; Perry Co., Pa. - History.

Additional Author: Fralish, John Cecil.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.84 R946

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And we, the fathers of families..." A study of the householders of the Ephrata Cloister

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Author: Showalter, Michael S.

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV, 1988

Responsibility: by Michael S. Showalter.

Author: Showalter, Michael S.

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa.]

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 1-40 p. : ill. ; 1988.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v.13 (1988); Bibliography: 38-40.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister - History.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV, 1988

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The Ephrata Mountain Springs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16299

The Mountain Springs Hotel past and present

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2437

Visit by the Provost Magister, Israel Acrelius to the Ephrata Cloister, August 20, 1753

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4063

Documents

The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3596

Websites

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9619

History of Ephrata, Pa., and its cloister/ by Milton H. Heinicke

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4188

The myths surrounding the Ephrata Cloister and the Revolutionary War Era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12602

2012 official visitor guide & directory : Lancaster County's historic Cocalico Valley, Adamstown, Denver, Ephrata, New Holland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16910

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890

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And we, the fathers of families..." A study of the householders of the Ephrata Cloister

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10359