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LANCASTER COUNTY : Out & About

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Author: Thompson, Patti,

Date of Publication: [2011]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO T470 Oversize

Responsibility: photography by Patti Thompson.

ISBN: 9780764339233 (hardcover); 0764339230 (hardcover)

Author: Thompson, Patti,

Place of Publication: Atglen, PA

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd,

Date of Publication: [2011]

Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Amish; Manners and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Amish Country (Pa.) - Pictorial works.; Amish Country (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Pennsylvania - Amish Country.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO T470 Oversize

Over here : Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during wartime

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Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 940.531 O96

ISBN: 9780974016269; 0974016268

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: The fourth book in a series of photographic histories of the county illustrates how Lancastrians participated in times of war. From the Civil War to the Iraq war , from the homefront to the trenches, whether gathering scrap or going off to foreign lands.

Subjects: Civilians in war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; War and society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Ryan, Thomas R.; Loose, John W.W.; Snow, Marcus S.; Wee, Kathy Wallace; Heckles, Marianne; Smucker, David Rempel; Netscher, C. Nat; Snow, Amanda; Weber, Robert W.; Rauhauser, Barry; Abel, Michael L.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 940.531 O96

One Year Lancaster in 1870-1880: A compilation from newspapers with accompanying notes

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Date of Publication: c.1980.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO H465

Responsibility: compiled with comments by George L. Heiges.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: c.1980.

Physical Description: v. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Extractions from the various newspapers of Lancaster, Pa., done a hundred years after the events took place to satisfy the curiousity of the compiler.; Includes index.; Library lacks 1874 and 1875.

Subjects: Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Intelligencer Journal (Newspaper); Examiner and Express (Newspaper); New Era (Newspaper); American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1870-1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs. - 1870-1880.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1870--1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO H465

Lancaster at play : leisure in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 790 L244

Responsibility: editors: James T. Alton and Thomas R. Ryan.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Cadmus Communications,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: vi.; 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Project manager: Marianne Heckles.

Summary: The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.

Subjects: Leisure - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Heckles, Marianne.; Abel, Michael L.; Alton, James T.; Ryan, Thomas R.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 790 L244

Items of local interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette : 1750 to 1760 inclusive

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1919

): Pennsylvania gazette. Newspapers--Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the

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Responsibility: copies by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1919

Physical Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 8

Subjects: Newspapers - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 8 (1919), p. 133-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23

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The Amish of Lancaster County

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Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Responsibility: text by Donald B. Kraybill ; photography by Daniel Rodriguez.

ISBN: 9780811734783 (pbk.); 0811734781 (pbk.)

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: 88 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Ethnic relations.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Rodriguez, Daniel

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K89

Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Description: This scrapbook discusses many aspects about the Lancaster County Amish community. Several well-known Amish customs are mentioned throughout the newspaper clippings such as Rumspringa, barn raising, marriage season, and education. Other articles contain information about funeral customs, past-time activities, agriculture and other occupations. An article of special interest surrounds two Amish men arrested for religious beliefs.

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Creation Date: April 1988 - July 1995

Year Range From: 1988

Year Range To: 1995

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

Subjects: Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Amish; Amish farmers; Amish women; Amish--Customs and practices; Amish--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Amish--Marriage customs and rites; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Education; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--20th century; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--Economic conditions; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Social life and customs; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Public Opinion; Barns; Carriages; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Funeral rites and ceremonies; Horticulture; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Rumspringa; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Amish; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Newspaper clippings; Scrapbooks; Women

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Ferster, H. V. the Education of Amish Children. Buffalo, New York: Typescript, 1980.; Amish Traditions. Call Number: 289.71 Y54; The Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Call Number: 289.71 S819; Amish Beliefs, Customs and Discipline. Call Number: 289.71 L643

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request this item by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: This item 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Box 21

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 158.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

"The friendly glass :" drink and gentility in colonial Philadelphia

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Author: Thompson, Peter.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v. 113

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Responsibility: by Peter Thompson.

Author: Thompson, Peter.

Physical Description: p. 549 - 573.

Notes: This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.; Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 113 (October 1989).

Subjects: Manners and customs.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Pennsylvania - History; Pennsylvania - History - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v. 113

Websites

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Notes on a visit to Philadelphia made by a Moravian sister in 1810

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Author: Fritsch, Catherine.

Call Number: 974.811 B393

Responsibility: translated from the original German by A. R. Beck.

Author: Fritsch, Catherine.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Physical Description: 17 leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: "(These notes, written by "Sister" Catherine Fritsch, who with "Sister" Renata Opits, filled official positions in the "Sisters' House" of Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., were translated by A. R. Beck from the original Mss. in German. The other members of the party were friends and also residents of the town.)"

Subjects: Christian Birkensderfer.; Barbara Birkensderfer.; Polly Biekensderfer.; "Mother Steinman."; "Mother Muecke."; Magdalene Goettman.; Renata Opitz.; Fritsch, Catherine.; Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Beck, A. K.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 B393

Discovering American folklife : essays on folk culture and the Pennsylvania Dutch

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Author: Yoder, Don.

Edition: 1st Stackpole Books ed.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 306.40973 Y54

Alternate Title: American folklife

Responsibility: by Don Yoder ; with a foreword by Henry Glassie.

ISBN: 0811727432 (pbk.)

Author: Yoder, Don.

Edition: 1st Stackpole Books ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: xiii, 314 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1990.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-302] and index.

Summary: The essays cover folk religion, folk medicine, sectarian costume, traditional cookery, and the folklife of the Pennsylvania Dutch, specifically Harvest Home, witch tales, Fraktur, and sauerkraut for New Year.

Subjects: Material culture - United States.; Folklore - United States.; Pennsylvania Dutch; United States - Social life and customs.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 306.40973 Y54

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