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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

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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

Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

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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

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

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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

Geologic notes on the Pequea Silver Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : A brief history of the Pequea Silver Mine Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 550 F686

Responsibility: Richard M. Foose.

Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin and Marshall College

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: [13 p] ; 25 cm.

Notes: From the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science : Vol. XXL, 1947.; Includes index.

Summary: Refers to several mines in a half mile square area in Lancaster County marked by Pequea Creek in the south, Silver Mine Run in the east , and an unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek to the west.

Subjects: Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Silver mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Price, John W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 550 F686

Two-hundredth anniversary of Lancaster's incorporation as a borough

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1942

an impressive expression of a people's belief in a government organized on the basis of the Common Law. We celebrate tonight the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the granting of a Charter to the borough of Lancaster. What is a Charter? It is an instru- ment for permitting and encouraging the free

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1942

Physical Description: [83]-[97] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 46, no. 2 & 3

Subjects: Lancaster Corporation Book.; Holidays.; Charters.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 46, number 2/3 (1942), p. 83-97Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.46

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The Amish of Lancaster County : a brief, but truthful account of the actual life and customs of the most unique class of people in the United States

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Author: Steinfeldt, Berenice.

Date of Publication: c1940.

Call Number: 289.71 S819

Responsibility: by Berenice Steinfeldt.

Author: Steinfeldt, Berenice.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Conestoga Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: c1940.

Physical Description: 32, [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: "Published in Lancaster County, Pa. by Arthur G. Steinfeldt.; c. 1 copyright 1940 "9th printing"; c. 2 copyright 1937 "2nd printing".

Subjects: Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 S819

Know Pennsylvania: your state and local government; a handbook of basic information

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Author: Young, Louise Merwin,

Date of Publication: 1946]

Call Number: 352.0748 W73

Responsibility: by Louise M. Young, and Harold F. Alderfer.

Author: Young, Louise Merwin,

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg

Publisher: Printed by the Telegraph Press,

Date of Publication: 1946]

Physical Description: 180 p. diagrs. 21 cm.

Notes: "Bibliography of suggested readings": p. 177-180.

Subjects: Local government - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.

Additional Author: Alderfer, Harold F.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 352.0748 W73

Guide to the published archives of Pennsylvania covering the 138 volumes of Colonial records and Pennsylvania archives, series I-IX

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13633

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Date of Publication: 1949.

Call Number: 974.8003 P412

Responsibility: by Henry Howard Eddy, with an alphabetized finding list and two special indexes compiled by Martha L. Simonetti.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: 1949.

Physical Description: v, 101 p. 23 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 101.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - History - Sources - Bibliography.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775 - Sources - Bibliography.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Eddy, Henry Howard,; Simonetti, Martha L.,

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.; Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.

Additional Title: Pennsylvania archives

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8003 P412

The counter-revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790

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Author: Brunhouse, Robert Levere,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.8029 B895

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Responsibility: [by] Robert Levere Brunhouse.

Author: Brunhouse, Robert Levere,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: viii, 368 p. incl. maps. 23 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-318.

Contents: The Background -- The Rise of the Radicals (1776-1778) -- Triumph of Radicalism (1778-1780) -- The Conservatives Emerge (1780-1782) -- Conservatives Ride to Power (1782-1784) -- Counter-Revolution Halter(1783-1786) -- Triumph of the Counter-Revolution (1786-1790).

Summary: From the Preface: "Only with the detailed story of the struggle between radical and conservative forces in each state can one gain a more complete understanding of the history of the Revolution and the Confederation."

Subjects: United States - Politics and government - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1789.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8029 B895

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