Unreserved public auction : 900 lots, the libraries and collections of the late John W Aungst, Jr., of Landisville, Penna., Miriam E. Bixler formerly of Lancaster, Penna., Clyde L Groff of Lancaster, Penna., Grace T. Steinmetz of Manheim, Penna. and others to be held ... March 13, 1992 ... and March 14, 1992
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
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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.
Journal fo the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; v. 43
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Excerpt: "It has recently occurred to me that...the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley has owned the historic Connell Mansion...for fifty-six years. During those fifty-six years little has been written or published about the history of the grand gray-painted three-story brick Italianate home...Who were Moore and Rebecca (Konigmacher) Connell, who built the Italianate mansion in 1868 and whose family occupied it for two generations until 1961?There is absolutely no question in my mind that at the time the Connells built their house it was unique in its rural Lancaster County setting and a showplace in the sleepy farm village of Ephrata."
Two day unreserved public auction of antique reference books, Pennsylania history, early imprints, early photographs, 18th & 19th century manuscripts, ephemera, fraktur, folk art, art & prints...piecrimper collection of the late Jacob M. Borry of Ephrata, Pa.; primitives, pottery, English China (Late Adams, transfer decorated, gaudy ironstone, gaudy Welsh, gaudy Dutch, Lustre, Mocha, spatter, pearlware, etc.) inkwells, glassware (Stiegel-type, blown, marbles, lamps, bottles, etc.), textiles, & furniture from the collections of the late Jacob M. Borry of Ephrata, Lancaster Co, Penna. Margaret K. Osburn, formerly of Lancater Co, Penna. and others : [to be held] Friday, May 30, 2008, and Saturday, May 31, 2008
Session I: 2-day unreserved public auction of Pennsylvania German folk art and antiques, the collections of the late Dr. Earl F. and Ada F. Robacker (of White Plains, New York): to be held Friday,May 26, and Saturday, May 27, 1989
Number Seven of Eight Bound Sets autographed by the editor.
Bound with Session II: 2-day unreserved public auction of Pennsylvania German folk art and antiques, the collections of the late Dr. Earl F. and Ada F. Robacker (of White Plains, New York): to be held Friday, June 23rd and Saturday, June 24th, 1989 -- Session III: 2-day unreserved public auction of Pennsylvania German folk art and antiques, the collections of the late Dr. Earl F. and Ada F. Robacker (of White Plains, New York): to be held Friday, July 21st and Saturday, July 2nd, 1989 -- Session IV: 2-day unreserved public auction of Pennsylvania German folk art and antiques, the collections of the late Dr. Earl F. and Ada F. Robacker (of White Plains, New York): to be held Friday August 18th and Saturday, August 19th, 1989 -- Session V: Three day unreserved public auction of Americana, Pennsylvania German imprints, Pennsylvania history, antique reference books, post cards and miscellaneous paper from the libraries and collections of the late Dr. Earl F. and Ada F. Robacker of White Plains, New York, the late Edgar H. Sittig of Shawnee-on-Delaware, Penna., and others: to be held Friday September 1 and Saturday, September 2nd, and Monday September 4th [1989].
Issued as: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, 37 (2012).
Summary
"In addition to offering a biography of Harry Franklin Stauffer [1896-1982] the journal traces his printing career which began in 1915 when he was employed with Silas Bard's Denver Press. In later years Stauffer operated the print shop of Weaver's Book Store, Lancaster. Following his retirement from Weaver's he established a private press-the "Conestoga Press"- for the purpose of demonstrating the art of printing at the Kutztown Folk Festival. The journal also records the restoration of the historic Ephrata press at the historic Ephrata Cloister." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]