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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

History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508

Author: Jones, U. J.

Date of Publication: c1940]

Call Number: 974.802 P968 1940

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Responsibility: By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...

Author: Jones, U. J.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: The Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: c1940]

Physical Description: 440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.

Notes: Maps on lining-papers.; First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.; Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Egle, William Henry,; Hoenstine, Floyd G.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 P968 1940

Websites

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41392/41392-h/41392-h.htm

Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3801

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Date of Publication: [1943]

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

Responsibility: J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...

Author: Nolan, J. Bennett

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, New York

Publisher: Lewis historical publishing company, inc.

Date of Publication: [1943]

Physical Description: 3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.

Notes: Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.; Vol. 3 consists of biographies.; LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.; Includes bibliographies.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Delaware County (Pa.) - History.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 N791

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

The pioneers of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania : who's who in the early records with an account of the growth of the county before 1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9367

Author: Stroup, John Martin,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.846 S919p

Responsibility: by John Martin Stroup and Raymond Martin Bell.

Author: Stroup, John Martin,

Place of Publication: Lewistown, Pa

Publisher: [s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: 41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Largely supplementary to The genesis of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania."

Subjects: Mifflin County (Pa.) - Biography.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - History.; Mifflin County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Bell, Raymond Martin,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.846 S919p

A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4894

Author: Tantaquidgeon, Gladys.

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.8011 T169

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Responsibility: [by] Gladys Tantaquidgeon.

Author: Tantaquidgeon, Gladys.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical Commission,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xi, 91 p. 23 cm.

Notes: "Authorities cited": p. 70-73.

Contents: Chapters: Delaware Medical Beliefs and Practices --- Curative practices and herbal remedies --- Witchcraft ---- Dreams ---Natural signs and omens --- Delaware food resources -- Appendices include: Nanticoke folk beliefs -- Weather signs -- Three Oklahoma Delaware myths -- and others

Subjects: Delaware Indians.; Indians of North America

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 T169

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106005042624;view=1up;seq=9

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5264

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Responsibility: prepared by the Pennsylania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration .

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Board of County Commissioners,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 409 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Archives - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Berks Count (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylania Historical Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948; a history of the county seat of Berks County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4731

Author: Albright, Raymond Wolf,

Edition: [Official bicentennial ed.]

Date of Publication: 1948.

Call Number: 974.816 R287a

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Author: Albright, Raymond Wolf,

Edition: [Official bicentennial ed.]

Place of Publication: Reading

Publisher: Historical Society of Berks County,

Date of Publication: 1948.

Physical Description: xi, 307 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. [299]-301.

Subjects: Reading (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 R287a

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000402234&view=1up&seq=7

The Tutelo spirit adoption ceremony : reclothing the living in the name of the dead

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4349

Author: Speck, Frank Gouldsmith,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.8011 H582

Responsibility: Frank G. Speck. Transcriptions and analysis of Tutelo music / George Herzog.

Author: Speck, Frank Gouldsmith,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical Commission,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xix, 125 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Tutelo Indians; Rites and ceremonies.; Indians of North America

Additional Author: Herzog, George,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 H582

Records of the Ministerial Acts pertaining to the Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, 1728-1869 : Cocalico Township, Lancaster County Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18114

Date of Publication: November 1941.

Call Number: 284.1 M943

Responsibility: translated from the original German Records by Rev. Melville B. Schmoyer.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: November 1941.

Physical Description: 106 p. : 29 cm.

Notes: Baptisms, indexed, 1728 - 1869; list of Pastors; marriages 1730- 1752 and confirmations May 12, 1782.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 109 # 1.

Subjects: Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church (East Cocalico Township).; Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Pa. : Township); Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Pa. : Township)

Additional Author: Schmoyer, Melville B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 M943

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