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Holding the line : the telephone in Old Order Mennonite and Amish life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo164
Author
Umble, Diane Zimmerman.
Date of Publication
1996.
Call Number
384.608 U48
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Responsibility
Diane Zimmerman Umble.
ISBN
0801853125 (alk. paper)
Author
Umble, Diane Zimmerman.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, Md
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of Publication
1996.
Physical Description
xix, 192 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[175]-184) and index.
Subjects
Telephone
Telephone - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Old Order Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 20th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Religious life and customs.
Additional Corporate Author
Center for American Places (Harrisonburg, Va.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
384.608 U48
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The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5667
Author
Hess, Samuel R.,
Date of Publication
c1997
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 22
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Responsibility
introduction, transcribed & indexed by Clarence Edwin Spohn.
Author
Hess, Samuel R.,
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
c1997
Physical Description
viii, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.
Subjects
Hess, Samuel R., - 1830-1906 - Diaries.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Farmers - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 22
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