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The extraordinary Suzy Wright : a colonial woman on the frontier

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20427
Author
Kanefield, Teri,
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
920.72 K16
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by Teri Kanefield.
ISBN
9781419718663
1419718665
Author
Kanefield, Teri,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
pages cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Suzy comes to America -- At home in the land of brotherly love -- Shaking off the yoke -- A new home on the frontier -- A little romance -- Political adviser, lawyer, activist, and advocate for the Indians -- Businesswoman and scientific author -- The American Revolution -- Celebrated poet -- Last years and legacy -- Afterword: from Wright's Ferry to Columbia.
Summary
Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.
Subjects
Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784
Wright, Susanna, - 1697-1784.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Poets - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Juvenile literature.
Quakers.
Poets.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.
Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.
Poets - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography.
Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Women.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Columbia (Pa.) - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.72 K16
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Martha Keller, poet : with biographical contributions by her daughter, Martha R. Goppelt

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Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Date of Publication
1984
, sorrow, fulfillment and unlike many modern poets there is nothing cryptic, strained or pretentious about these poems. With the exception of that powerful piece "The Bull," the collection falls into two distinct parts, the first containing many specimens of a pretty fancy playing around legend, the second
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by Miriam E. Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1984
Physical Description
32-41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 1
Subjects
Rowland, Martha Eleanor Keller, - 1902-1971.
Keller family.
Poets, American
Women poets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Goppelt, Martha R.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 1 (1984), p. 32-41Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88
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Collection
Blanche Nevin Collection
Title
Blanche Nevin Collection
Object ID
MG0039
Date Range
1905-1940
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Collection
Blanche Nevin Collection
Title
Blanche Nevin Collection
Description
Collection contains correspondence, poetry, and newspaper articles.
Admin/Biographical History
Blanche Nevin (1841-1925), artist and poet, was born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John Williamson Nevin, a theologian, teacher, and minister, and Martha Jenkins, daughter of the politician and iron master at Windsor Forges, Robert Jenkins. When Dr. Nevin became the president of Franklin & Marshall College in 1855, he moved the family to Lancaster. They moved to Windsor Forges (or Windsor Place) from 1856 to 1858, while Dr. Nevin acted as executor of his mother-in-law's estate, and then moved permanently to Caernarvon Place on Columbia Avenue (the present site of Degel Israel Synagogue). The Nevin children were well-educated and cultivated for society, as their parents had been.
Blanche was the nation's first noteworthy sculptress. In 1889, she sculpted the statue of Revolutionary War General Peter Muhlenberg, which stands in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. She also sculpted the bust of President Woodrow Wilson. Lancastrians are most familiar with her Lion in the Park (1905) at Reservoir Park and her horse drinking fountain (1898) at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and West Orange Street. Blanche composed a number of poems and set several to music; many were inspired by Lancaster County, her travels, and family and friends. Her poems include: "Great-Grandma's Looking-Glass" (1895), "One Usual Day" (1916), and "To My Door" (1921).
She bought Windsor Place in Caernarvon Twp. in 1897, restored the mansion house and the name Windsor Forges, and added a studio. Furniture and other influences from her travels adorned the house and grounds. She also owned a house in Manasquan, New Jersey; spent time with friends in New York and Philadelphia; and traveled a great deal, especially during the winter.
Her obituary in a Lancaster County newspaper states, "The simple, unpretentious neighbors of Miss Nevin never questioned her foreign ideas and eccentricities, but accepted her for the true, human qualities which she so abundantly possessed."
Date Range
1905-1940
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1940
Date of Accumulation
1905-1940
Creator
Aungst, John
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Appel, Roberts
Appell, John
Carmichael, Catharine
Dock, Mrs.
Forney, J. G.
Gable, S. Edw.
Jenkins, Catharine Carmichael
Jenkins, Robert
Magee, David F.
Nevin, Blanche
Shenk, H. H.
Shoemaker, Henry W.
Other Creators
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Subjects
Sculptors
Poets, American
Letters
Poetry
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Lancaster Automobile Club
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Poetry
Poets
Sculptors
Windsor Forge
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
1 box, 3 folders, .15 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0039
Related Item Notes
MG-730 Blanche Nevin Papers
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-39
Classification
MG0039
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged in 1998; added to database 15 May 2018.
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The young Lloyd Mifflin writes John Ruskin

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Author
Guntharp, Matthew G.
Date of Publication
1980
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Responsibility
by Matthew Guntharp.
Author
Guntharp, Matthew G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1980
Physical Description
10-16 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.84, no. 1
Subjects
Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 84, number 1 (1980), p. 10-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.84
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a0f44639-d95c-49d1-8b2e-199951752270
Collection
Phyllis Brubaker Collection
Title
Phyllis Brubaker Collection
Object ID
MG0966
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Collection
Phyllis Brubaker Collection
Title
Phyllis Brubaker Collection
Description
The Phyllis Brubaker Collection contains notes, photocopies of articles and images and research of Phyllis Brubaker in the writing of her book The Lion in the Park. Published in 1997, the book describes the life and works of Lancaster County poet and artist Blanche Nevin.
Admin/Biographical History
Phyllis Brubaker was a guidance councelor for Solanco School District and Ephrata Area School District. She published "The Lion in the Park", a biography of the life and works of Blanche Nevin, in 1997.
Year Range From
1990
Year Range To
1997
Date of Accumulation
c. 1990 - c. 1997
Creator
Brubaker, Phyllis (1925-2002)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Brubaker, Phyllis
Nevin, Blanche
Nevin, John Williamson
Sayre, John Nevin
Muhlenberg, Peter
Nevin, Alice
Weiler, John R.
Jenkins, Catharine M.
Leaman, John
Smith, Robert
Hocker, Edward W.
Patterson, Lindsay
Black, Robert R.
Nevin, William M.
McCall, Myrtle E.
Subjects
Poetry
Biography
Search Terms
Windsor Forge
Poetry
Artists
Poets
Biographies
Manuscript groups
Extent
12 folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0966
Related Item Notes
"The Lion in the Park", call number 929 N526b
Notes
Preferred Citation: Phyllis Brubaker Collection (MG0966), 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0966
Other Numbers
MG-966
Other Number
MG-966
Classification
MG0966
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Gentle Jimmy Brown : the bashful bard of Bart

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1915
God. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: Gentle Jimmy Brown : the bashful bard of Bart / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Brown, James Scott, 1826-1890. Poets
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
[4]-15 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 1
Notes
Although the subtitle for this article is absent from the first page, the table of contents for this issue does include the subtitle "the Bashful Bard of Bart".
Subjects
Brown, James Scott, - 1826-1890.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 1 (1915), p. 5-15Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c6cca02e-9904-4dc9-8789-649080558128
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Portrait of Lord Byron by Sully, owned by Susan Zeigler.
Object ID
D-05-03-61
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Portrait of Lord Byron by Sully, owned by Susan Zeigler.
Description
Portrait of Lord Byron by Sully, owned by Susan Zeigler.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Byron, George Gordon
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Poets
Paintings
Portraits
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
8 x 10 inches
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
D-05-03-61
Negative Number
yes glass
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fb248510-88a9-4d7f-834d-125847193150
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Blanche Nevin
Object ID
1-02-02-93
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Blanche Nevin
Description
Blanche Nevin
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Nevin, Blanche
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Artists
Poets
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-02-02-93
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Lloyd Mifflin : poet/artist of the Susquehanna

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Author
Stolzfus, Thelma.
Call Number
905.748 SM (July 1981)
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Responsibility
by Thelma Stolzfus.
Author
Stolzfus, Thelma.
Physical Description
p. 20 - 23.
Notes
Susquehanna Magazine (July 1981).
Includes 3 sonnets.
Subjects
Mifflin, Lloyd, - 1846-1921.
Poets, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna River - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (July 1981)
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Memory's daughters : the material culture of remembrance in eighteenth-century America

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Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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Responsibility
Susan M. Stabile.
ISBN
0801440319 (acidfree paper)
Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Place of Publication
Ithaca
Publisher
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
This book studies the writings of Elizabeth Fergusson, Hannah Griffitts, Deborah Logan, Annis Stockton, and Susanna Wright.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-276) and index.
Summary
"They wrote and exchanged thousands of poems and maintained elaborate handwritten commonplace books of memorabilia. Through their creativity and celebrated hospitality , they initiated a salon culture in their great country houses in the Delaware Valley .... Susan Sabile shows that these female writers sought to memorialize their lives and aesthetic experience - a purpose that stands in marked contrast to the civic concerns of male authors in the republican era." [from the dust cover]
Subjects
Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women poets, American - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Biography.
American poetry
Memory - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Material culture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Commonplace books.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women and literature - United States
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Intellectual life - 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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