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Collection
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Title
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Object ID
MG0062
Date Range
1868-1972
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Collection
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Title
Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection
Description
Records of an organization founded by business and church leaders to overthrow commercialized vice in Lancaster by sending agents into the community to check for prostitution, obscenity, drinking, and gambling. Collection includes by-laws, minutes, annual reports, treasurers' reports, agents' expenses, reports on findings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 25 books of agents' on-duty reports, and investigative reports. The Rev. Clifford G. Twombly was identified with this movement, as was the late William H. Hager, department store merchant.
Date Range
1868-1972
Year Range From
1868
Year Range To
1972
Date of Accumulation
1868-1972
Creator
Law and Order Society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Betts, Peter J.
Hager, William Henderson
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Business records
Crime
Gambling
Letters
Prostitution
Sex crimes
Sin
Search Terms
Business records
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Crime
Gambling
Law and Order Society
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Prostitution
Reports
Sex crimes
Sin
Vice
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
8 box, 76 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.
Physical Characteristics
Note: Many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2021-02-09
Object ID
MG0062
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions at this time. However, many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-62
Classification
MG0062
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was processed prior to 1997. Added to database 28 September 2017.
Documents
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The moving picture menace grows

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16733
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
080 T974m
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
8 p.
Notes
"A lecture given under the auspices of the New Haven Women's Church Union in Woolsey Hall of Yale University, October 21st, 1929."
Summary
Episcopal pamphlet.
Subjects
Motion pictures
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974m
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The moving picture menace

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16734
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
[n.d.]
Call Number
080 T974mo
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
[n.d.]
Physical Description
11 p. 23 cm.
Subjects
Motion pictures
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974mo
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"Civic righteousness," a sermon on the movies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16735
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
n.d.]
Call Number
252.03 T974
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
[Easton, Md
Date of Publication
n.d.]
Physical Description
[16] p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Motion pictures
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
252.03 T974
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"And still it grows" : The moving picture menace challenges the Christian church and ministry

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16736
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray.
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
080 T974a
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
11 p. : 23 cm.
Notes
An address delivered in part to the young people of the Church Conference of New England at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, July 2, 1930.
Subjects
Motion pictures
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974a
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"The shamelessness of the movies" : An appeal to the parents of America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16737
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
1932.
Call Number
080 T974s
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
10 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
An address delivered to women of the First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Pa., January 25 1932.
Subjects
Motion pictures
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974s
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"Prohibition and law enforcement"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16937
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray,
Date of Publication
1922]
Call Number
252.03 T974p
Responsibility
by Rev. Clifford Gray Twombly ... A sermon preached at Chocorua Island chapel, Lake Asquam, Holderness, N.H., on Sunday, August 6, 1922 ...
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1922]
Physical Description
9 p. 19 cm.
Subjects
Prohibition - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
252.03 T974p
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The moving picture smoke-screen : the greatest hypocrisy of this generation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16938
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
1931.
Call Number
080 T974mv
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
11 p.
Notes
"An address delivered at the convention dinner of the diocese of central New York, at Syracuse, N.Y. May 5, 1931."
Cover title.
Summary
Catholic pamphlet.
Subjects
Motion pictures.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974mv
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The church militant's new task

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16939
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
080 T974c
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
A Friend,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
16 p. 18 cm.
Notes
"A sermon ... Preached in St. James' Church On Sunday, December 12, 1926."
Subjects
Christianity and culture - United States.
Theater
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
080 T974c
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The church and the community : A sermon preached on Sunday morning, October 22, 1916

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16940
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
252.03 T974chu
Responsibility
by Clifford Gray Twombly.
Author
Twombly, Clifford Gray ,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Printing Company,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
22 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
"Printed by a friend."
Subjects
Christianity and culture - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
252.03 T974chu
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