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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4291

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Industrial Berks County, 1748-1948. Presented to: the people of Reading and Berks County on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the city of Reading

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Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Author: Graeff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication: [Reading? Pa.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: 35 p. : illus., map (on lining-papers) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Appropriate for juvenile literature.; Illustrations for Sally Ann Furnace, Robesonia Slag Bank, Fisher Mansion, Canal locks at Leesport, The Bernville stage.

Contents: The giant's ribs: the iron industry--To milady's taste: clothing--Not only for today: shelter--Shoofly: food--An omer for everyman: agriculture--Berks County speaking: communication--Two hours to anywhere: transportation.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Industries.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Taylor, Francis Starr

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B513i

Stricklers of Pennsylvania; a history of the Strickler famielies who emigrated from Switzerland and settled principally in Bucks, Lancaster, York, and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania

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Author: Strickler, Abigail H.

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 929 S917s

Responsibility: by Abigail H. Strickler, Jacob S. Strickler, Alice N. Strickler [and] Mame E. Strickler.

Author: Strickler, Abigail H.

Place of Publication: [Scottdale, Penna.]

Publisher: The Strickler Reunion Association of Pennsylvania [Printed by the Mennonite Publishing House]

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: 5 p., leaf, 420 p. frontispiece, illustrations, (facsimiles, coat of arms) plates, portraits. 24 cm.

Notes: Begun by Mrs. Abigail M. Strickler, completed by Alice N. Strickler and Mame E. Strickler; the data of Henry Strickler, son of the immigrant, gathered by Jacob S. Strickler.

Subjects: Strickler family.

Additional Author: Strickler, Jacob Stouffer,; Strickler, Alice N.,; Strickler, Mary E.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S917s

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

a $500 mortgage bond, a blank stock certificate, and a requisition for high- tension lines. [18__]-1912. Folder 8 Conestoga Traction Co. Booklet of early histories, “Lancaster Co., Pa.,” which describes the company’s history, its routes, and sights along the way. 1 August 1908. Booklet by H. W

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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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History of Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company, Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company, Lancaster, Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company : and any other trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6276

Date of Publication: 1944.

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Responsibility: compiled by Harry David Lentz, Jr.

Place of Publication: Lebanon [Pa.]

Publisher: Lentz,

Date of Publication: 1944.

Physical Description: 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Trolley roads in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties.

Subjects: Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Ephrata and Lebanon Traction Company - History.; Lancaster Ephrata and Lebanon Street Railway Company - History.; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Street-railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Additional Author: Lentz, Harry David,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 388.4 L574

Historical sketch of the parish of Trinity Church, Oxford, Philadelphia : read in the church on Sunday, Aug. 2d, 1857

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5631

Author: Buchanan, Edward Y.

Date of Publication: 1857

Call Number: 974.811 B918

Responsibility: by Edward Y. Buchanan.

Author: Buchanan, Edward Y.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Lindsay & Blakiston,

Date of Publication: 1857

Physical Description: 56 p. : 1 ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: "Printed by request."; "Published for presentation."; Includes bibliographical references.; Sabin,

Subjects: Trinity Church, Oxford (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History.; Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Corporate Author: Trinity Church, Oxford (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.811 B918

Place names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania : alphabetically arranged in an historical narrative

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Author: MacReynolds, George,

Date of Publication: c1942.

Call Number: 974.821 M174

Author: MacReynolds, George,

Place of Publication: Doylestown, Pa

Publisher: Bucks County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: c1942.

Physical Description: 474 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Bucks County Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.821 M174

The potters and potteries of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5870

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

Responsibility: by Arthur E. James.

Author: James, Arthur Edwin,

Edition: [1st ed.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: 116 p. illus. (incl. ports.) double map. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 115-116.

Subjects: Pottery - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Potters - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 J28p

A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line: the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present time ... For the use of schools

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20682

Author: McSherry, James,

Date of Publication: 1852.

Call Number: 975.2 B197 1852

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Responsibility: By James McSherry, esq.

Author: McSherry, James,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: J. Murphy & Co.; Cushings & Bailey [etc]

Date of Publication: 1852.

Physical Description: 418 pages 20 cm

Notes: Lists of Maryland officers in service during the revolution, 1776-1781: p. 381-393.; Discarded from the Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Lancaster, :Pa.

Subjects: Maryland. - Militia.; Maryland - History.; Untied States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.; History.; Annotations (Provenance)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 975.2 B197 1852

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A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 : In which is sketched a history of that church and congregation from 1741 to the present time

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Author: Timlow, P. J.

Date of Publication: 1855.

Call Number: 285.1 T583 Original

Responsibility: by P. J. Timlow.

Author: Timlow, P. J.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Joseph M. Wilson ,

Date of Publication: 1855.

Physical Description: 40 p. , 23 cm.

Subjects: Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Leacock, Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 T583 Original

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