Lebanon County Historical Society : Donald Blyler Offset,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
221 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Special publication".
Contents
Chapters: Robert Coleman : an American Dynasty --- Mt. Gretna: the early yrs --- Chautauqua in America --- 1892 : Chaurauqua Campus --- United Brethren --- 1892 : Woodland Chapel --- End of a Dynasty; Growth of a Resort --- A New Century --- Coming of Age ReflectionsAlso included : A history of the Chatauqua Movement in America by Joyce Ebright --- A history of the United Brethren faith by Violet Nagle Shelley
Summary
Jack Bitner researched the history of Mt. Gretna from the time the area was used for wood to make charcoal for the Cornwall Iron Furnace a few miles away to the development of the area as the town of Mt. Gretna with its amusement park, the home of the PA National Guard from 1885 to 1935 to the founding of the PA Chautauqua and the settlement of The Brethren in Christ Campmeeting, both in 1892. This book was written and published in 1992 to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the PA Chautauqua & the Campmeeting. This is a colorful story about Robert Habersham Coleman, owner of the land, developing this community until his financial reversals in 1893 and the struggles to provide the unique community it is today.
The ironmasters of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Henry Steigel, Robert Coleman, the Grubb dynasty, Henry Haldeman, Henry Watts, and many others
Includes bibliographical references (171-172) and index.
Contents
Labor on the plantation -- Charcoal making -- Furnaces operation -- Refining the iron -- Lancaster furnaces -- Rolling mills -- Ironworks sequence -- The ironmasters -- Ore mines -- Preserved iron furnaces -- Paths and trails -- Fords and ferries.
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues, with a complete concordance ... 100,000 marginal references and readings. Apocrypha and Psalms in metre. Dr. William Smith's Standard Bible dictionary ... A comprehensive and critical description of the tabernacle and its sacred furniture ; together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. Compiled expressly for this edition of the Holy Bible, chiefly from the writings of Dr. William Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto ... [et al.] ... A history of all the religious denominations of the world, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ... with over 2500 ... illustrations, on steel, wood, and in colors
New Testament has special t.p. :[Contrasted editions]. Both versions of the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek ; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1881 and 1884. The old (King James)--version and the revised version arranged in parallel columns for convenience in reference and comparison ...
Smith-Sweigert Bible: Bible through the Apocrypha copyright 1872; New Testament copyright 1881 and 1882.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Hess family Bible.
Smith-Sweigert Bible.
Other materials of the Hess family in MG-394.
Hess Bible: Genealogical record of Jacob W. Hess and Susan H. Lawrence1861-1919 at end of Apocrypha..
Smith-Sweigert Bible: Genealogical record of Theodore F. Sweigart and Hettie A Smith, 1856-1916 at end of Apocrypha. "Presented to Hettie A. Smith by her Grandfather, Feb. 19th, 1884".
Hess Bible: Two unidentified photographs, one male, one female, removed to MG-399 Hess family bible.
Smith-Sweigart Bible: Four pages containing 16 family photographs, some identified, at end of Bible.
Hess Bible: Morocco binding with pictorial scenes with gold tooling and depressed cover back and front; edge guilding.
Smith-Sweigart Bible: Morocco binding with pictorial scenes with gold tooling and depressed cover back and front; edge guilding.
"Pennsylvania medical men of the American Revolution and era" : a history of the Revolution and era told through the lives of those who lived and made that history
The Goodyear family : the descendants of Johann Christian Gutjahr & Margaretha Roesner (particularly their sons Frederick and Ludwig, with some references to sons John Christian, Jr., and George)
initial research done by Ralph Frederick and Clara H. Goodyear ; expanded by the cooperative work of numerous cousins ; as edited by Ralph W. Donnelly and Sarah E. Rivoir.
