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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6923

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

The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19440

Author: Hewson, John,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

Author: Hewson, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Physical Description: 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.; Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.; Missing title page through page 2.; Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.; Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Immortality.; Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Visions.; Authority; Yellow fever.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.; Letters.; Allegories.

Additional Author: Maylim, Joseph.; Rackliff, William F.,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6432

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

Speech of Thaddeus Stevens, Esq. in favor of the bill to establish a school of arts in the city of Philadelphia, and to endow the colleges and academies of Pennsylvania. : Delivered in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, March 10th, 1838

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19478

Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Date of Publication: 1838.

Call Number: 923.2 S846spe

Responsibility: Reported in short hand by M.T.C. Gould.

Author: Stevens, Thaddeus,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by Theophilus Fenn.,

Date of Publication: 1838.

Physical Description: 12 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Universities and colleges - Pennsylvania.; Schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Art schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Additional Author: Gould, M. T. C.; Fenn, Theophilus,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.2 S846spe

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150

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

1 document

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.