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Collection: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Title: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Object ID: MG0421

Date Range: 1934-1943

#, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Add names Tanger, Louise F. Arnold Subject Headings: Botany Letters Plants Search Terms: Botany Correspondence Finding aids Letters Manuscript groups Plants �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org

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Collection: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Title: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Description: The Louise Arnold Tanger Papers contain correspondence to Mrs. Tanger from friends, botanists, foresters, government agencies, and botanical organizations. The letters discuss various flora and fowl, as well as fieldwork, travel, and memberships in different clubs. The letterhead often shows the names of officers and other members of the identified organization.

Admin/Biographical History: Louise F. A. Tanger (1889-1959) was born in Lancaster, the daughter of Ira W. and Netta Forney Arnold. She was a graduate of Miss Stahr's School (Shippen School), Lancaster and the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr. After her marriage to Charles Y. Tanger, they resided at 318 North President Ave., Lancaster.; She was a botanist who did field work and located rare plants. Her extensive herbarium was placed at The North Museum. Mrs. Tanger was also an ornithologist. She was a founder and member of the Muhlenberg Botanical Club and the Lancaster County Bird Club. She also held memberships in a number of other organizations including the Lancaster Women's Garden Club, Lancaster County Historical Society, Wilson Ornithological Club, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, American Fern Society, Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, American Ornithological Union, Maryland Ornithological Society, and American Horticultural Society.; Mrs. Tanger became a member of the historical society in 1924 and served on the Executive Board for many years beginning in 1937. When the Willson Memorial Building was constructed in 1956, its neighbor and naturalist, Mrs. Tanger, approached the Board of Trustees with a request to be allowed to plant trees on the barren grounds surrounding the building. The arboretum, planned by Gustaf Malmborg and Charles Y. Tanger, Jr. is a memorial to Louise Arnold Tanger.

Date Range: 1934-1943

Year Range From: 1934

Year Range To: 1943

Date of Accumulation: 1934-1943

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Tanger, Louise F. Arnold

Subjects: Botany; Letters; Plants

Search Terms: Botany; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0421

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Tanger, Louise F. A. "Report of the historical tour June 27, 1936." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 40, No. 3 (1936), pp. 50-52.; Tanger, Louise F. A. "Ferns and Fern Allies of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1931 and 1932." American Fern Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1933), pp. 13-18.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Louise Arnold Tanger Papers (MG0421), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 1: Gift of Heather S. Tennies, May 2007. Folders 2-5: Purchased from dealer, March 2007. Folder 6: Gift of Mary Ann Gerber, 30 October 2013.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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-421

Classification: MG0421

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Title: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Object ID: MG0128

Date Range: 1828-1851

Blood Botany, Medical Brain Burns and scalds Cerebrovascular disease Chyle Cleft lip Cold (Disease) Communicable diseases Depression Diagnosis Digestion Diseases Edema Electricity Epilepsy Finding aids Gangrene Hemophilia Hernia Inflammation Jaundice Joints--Diseases Lancaster Society of Literature

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Collection: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Title: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Description: The Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection contains medical lectures, mostly given by Dr. Kerfoot. Topics include surgery, epilepsy, colds, injuries of the head, digestion, the senses, phrenology, and morality and science.

Admin/Biographical History: "Dr. George Barrett Kerfoot, M.D., returned to Lancaster to establish a practice in medicine in the Spring of 1830 after graduating from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. That year he also married Elizabeth B. Reed.; From 1830 to 1843, Dr. Kerfoot expressed strong sympathy in lectures for such pseudo sciences as phrenology & Mesmerism, also promoting lectures and courses at his Anatomical Hall. Dr. Kerfoot opened a drug store and placed advertisements for the patent medicines which he sold there. In 1838, Kerfoot conducted a much publicized, sensational electrotherapy experiment on the body of Henry Kobler, a convicted killer, hanged for the murder of Lazarus Zellerbach. An April 1843 newspaper advertisement stated that Dr. Kerfoot was ending his drug and patent medicine business in order to concentrate on "the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics." Three weeks after the April 1843 advertisement, Eliza opened a millinery shop, with "Spring fashions" and a "supply of bonnets."; In 1843 the Kerfoot family resided on Center Square next to the Lancaster Bank. George was then aged 35; Eliza (Reed) Kerfoot, 36; children: Ann Louisa Kerfoot, 12; George Kerfoot, Jr., 9; William Dale Kerfoot, 6; Eliza Reed Kerfoot, 4; Emma Kerfoot, 2; and the family's live-in servants. In 1847 a daughter Sweetie H. Kerfoot was born and in 1848 their daughter Emma Kerfoot died.; In the 1840's Dr. Kerfoot served on the City Council, as a Democrat, and on the School Board. Dr. Kerfoot provided expert testimony in Lancaster criminal court in the 1847 Haggerty trial in which the insanity defense was used, and also in the 1851 Knepley trial at Harrisburg.; Dr. Kerfoot was a recording secretary for the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and charter member of the Lancaster City & County Medical Society. He was a Mason and became District Deputy Grand Master; was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and a promoter of the Lyceum movement; held membership in the Temperance Society; St. James Episcopal Church; allegedly wrote some for The Lancaster Intelligencer. Dr. Kerfoot practiced medicine until his death in 1851.; >Most of this information, quoted verbatim or paraphrased, is from: "Competing in the Medical Marketplace in Jacksonian America: The Creative Strategy of Dr. George Barrett Kerfoot," by Thomas R. Winpenny. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106207258/george-barrett-kerfoot

Date Range: 1828-1851

Year Range From: 1828

Year Range To: 1851

Date of Accumulation: 1828-1851

Creator: Kerfoot, George Barrett, 1808-1851

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Kerfoot, George Barrett; McClellan, George; Gibson, William; Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar; Gall, Franz Josef

Subjects: Anatomy; Blood; Botany, Medical; Brain; Burns and scalds; Cerebrovascular disease; Chyle; Cleft lip; Cold (Disease); Communicable diseases; Depression, Mental; Diagnosis; Digestion; Diseases; Edema; Electricity; Epilepsy; Gangrene; Hemophilia; Hernia; Inflammation; Jaundice; Joints--Diseases; Lancaster Society of Literature & Science; Larynx--Surgery; Lectures; Lyceums; Lymphatics--Diseases; Magnetism; Neuroses; Paralysis; Philosophy; Phrenology; Physiology; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Respiration; Scrofula; Senses and sensation; Surgery; Tetanus; Tonsils; Tumors; Vomiting; Wounds and injuries--Treatment

Search Terms: Anatomy; Apoplexy; Blood; Botany, Medical; Brains; Burns and scalds; Chyle; Cleft lip; Cold (Disease); Communicable diseases; Depression, Mental; Diagnosis; Digestion; Diseases; Dropsy; Electricity; Epilepsy; Finding aids; Gangrene; Hemophilia; Hernia; Inflammation; Jaundice; Joints, Diseases; Lancaster Society of Literature & Science; Larynx; Lectures; Lyceums; Magnetism; Manuscript groups; Neuroses; Paralysis; Philosophy; Phrenology; Physics; Physiology; Pregnancy; Respiration; Scrofula; Senses and sensation; Surgery; Tetanus; Tonsils; Tumors; Vomiting; Wounds and injuries

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0128

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection (MG0128), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.