Collection contains the research materials of R. Harold Barton on the mills and bridges of Lancaster County. Included are field notes, working papers, photographer's negatives, and postcards. Indexes are available listing mills by name and location, and bridges by name.
Four notebooks are the finished product of the mills and bridges research of R. Harold Barton. These notebooks are in the library under Barton, R. Harold on the online catalog (LC621.85, B283, v.1-v.4). The notebooks constitute 1 cubic ft. of the collection.
The remaining six boxes are located within the manuscript collection. These boxes house working papers, field notes, worksheets, notebooks, photographs, negatives, additional albums of photographs and other miscellaneous material relating to Lancaster County bridges and mills.
Mr. Barton uses a numerical system to locate bridges and mills by township or by the names of the streams, rivers, runs and creeks. Three indexes have been prepared: one lists the bridges by name, one the location by town or townships, and one the names of the mills.
There are a few notes related to Lancaster County gunsmiths, missionaries, and Indian traders.
System of Arrangement
Collection is arranged by township, number, and index.
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Five pages of Eby family genealogy 1714-1833 following the New Testament and one-half page 1730-1772 preceding the New Testament. Photocopies housed in separate envelope.
Three examples of old repairs removed by conservator housed in separate envelope.
Approximately ten very fragile dried leaves, one colored drawing of the crucifixion on leather, one straight pin, and one strip of paper removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separate envelope.
Five sheets 22 x 14 cm. of translations from Bible removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separtate envelope.
Twenty-three colored slides and explanatory materials document progress of restoration in separate envelope.
Professionally restored by Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts including repaired pages new cover of blind-tooled full leather and clasps in a linen clam-shell box; original cover and clasps housed in separate linen clam-shell box.
Symbolæography, which may be termed the art, description or image of instruments, extra-iudiciall, as, couenants, contracts, obligations, conditions, feffements, graunts, wills, &c. : Or the paterne of præsidents. Or the notarie or scriuener