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Lancaster at work : business in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17040

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 381 L245b

ISBN: 0974016233 (pbk.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 25 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: Join Lancaster's citizens for a day at the office-or the factory. More than 130 photographs illustrate how men and women have made a living.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.; Lancaster County (Pa.)Â Â - HistoryÂ Â - 19th centuryÂ Â - Pictorial works.; Â Lancaster County (Pa.)Â Â - HistoryÂ Â - 19th centuryÂ Â - Pictorial works.; Â Lancaster County (Pa.)Â Â - Social life and customsÂ Â - 19th centuryÂ Â - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Aleci, Linda S.; Heckles, Marianne.; Lestz, Gerald S.; Loose, John Ward Willson.; Rauhauser, Barry R.; Ryan,Thomas R.; Tennies, Heather S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 381 L245b

Lancaster Pennsylvania and suburbs street directory : zip codes and locations of over 3000 local streets

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19839

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 917.4815 L244s 1998

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Stemgas Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: 64 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: " ... includes East Petersburg, Landisville, Leola, Lititz, Millersville, Mountville, Strasburg, Willow Street."; Cover title.; Introduction signed: Gerry Lestz, editor.

Subjects: Streets - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Directories.; Streets.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Directories.

Additional Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 L244s 1998

Quarter Sessions docket

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8114

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Call Number: 342.02 Q1; RG 02-00 0905, Archives North

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Physical Description: 51 v. 21-42 cm.

Notes: See Table of Contents and finding aid for details.

Contents: v. 005. 1729-1741 -- v. 010. 1742-1756 -- v. 015. 1756-1760 -- v. 020. 1760-1765 -- v. 025. 1770-1773 -- v. 030. 1770-1775 -- v. 035. 1776-1782 -- v. 040. 1782-1787 -- v. 045. 1788-1791 -- v. 050. 1797-1803 -- v. 055. 1804-1813 -- v. 060. 1813-1820 -- v. 065. 1827-1835 -- v. 070. 1833-1834 -- v. 075. 1843-1844 -- v. 080. 1849-1850 -- v. 085. 1851-1853 -- v. 090. 1853-1854 -- v. 095. 1854-1855 -- v. 100. 1855-1857 -- v. 105. 1858-1860 -- v. 110. 1860-1861 -- v. 115. 1862-1863 -- v. 120. 1863-1864 -- v. 125. 1865-1866 -- v. 130. 1866 -- v. 135. 1867 -- v. 140. 1868 -- v. 145. 1869 -- v. 150. 1870 -- v. 155. 1871 -- v. 160. 1872 -- v. 165. 1873 -- v. 170. 1874-1875 -- v. 175. 1876-1877 -- v. 180. 1878-1879 -- v. 185. 1880 -- v. 190. 1881 -- v. 195. 1882 -- v. 200. 1883 -- v. 205. 1884 -- v. 210. 1885 -- v. 215. 1886 -- v. 220. 1887 -- v. 225. 1888-1889 -- v. 230. 1890-1891 -- v. 235. 1892-1893 -- v. 240. 1894-1896 -- v. 245. 1896-1897 -- v. 250. 1898-1899 -- v. 255. 1900-1901.

Summary: Record of all proceedings of the Court of Quarter Sessions. Show court term and case number, names of parties, charge, costs, and disposition. Vol. 12 (1813-1820) is only an index for some of the sessions, arranged alphabetically by defendant's surname and chronologically by court session. Sessions for 1792-1796 are found in the Road Docket. Handwritten.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Subjects: Legal documents - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court calendars - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Fichtner, Katie

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County (Pa.) Court of Quarter Sessions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: 342.02 Q1; RG 02-00 0905, Archives North

State of the arts in Lancaster County--1989

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo261

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Date of Publication: 1989

State of the Arts in Lancaster County 1989 By Gerald S. and Margaret G. Lestz These essays were presented before a capacity audience of tbe Cliosophic Society of Lancaster on 5 January 1990. We are reminded of the man who listened to a large seashell and heard the whispering that seemed to suggest

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Responsibility: by Gerald S. and Margaret G. Lestz.

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989

Physical Description: [34]-54 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.92, no. 2

Subjects: Art, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Music - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Lestz, Margaret G.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 92, number 2 (1989), p. 34-54Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.92

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75 years of service to the Lancaster community : the story of the Lancaster General Hospital, 1893-1968

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16838

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Date of Publication: 1968.

Call Number: 362.11 G326L

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster General Hospital,

Date of Publication: 1968.

Physical Description: 55 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Lancaster General Hospital: 75 years of community service, 1893-1968.

Subjects: Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.); Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 362.11 G326L

Lancaster County architecture, 1700-1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo108

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1992.

Call Number: 720.9748 L244

Responsibility: introduction by Gerald S. Lestz ; photographic contributions by John Herr.

ISBN: 0963515306

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster County, Pa.]

Publisher: Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: xv, 176 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Notes: Rare book copy is autographed by the author and photographer. Issued in case with Millersville University imprinted in gold.; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: This elegant picture book identifies many 18th and early 19th century family homes, barns, mills, churches, and out buildings found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania today. Gerald S. Lestz, noted local historian, has authored the introduction which includes interesting information on the history and stylistic development of Lancaster County's architecture form 1700 to 1850. You will see Germanic, Traditional English, Georgian, Federal, and Classical Revival buildings.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Lestz, Gerald S.; Herr, John.

Additional Corporate Author: Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 720.9748 L244

To Lancaster with love

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1953

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Date of Publication: 1992, c1991.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI L644

Responsibility: by Gerald S. Lestz ; Jeffrey Metz, art director.

ISBN: 1880976013

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Brookshire Publications, Inc. in association with John Baer's Sons,

Date of Publication: 1992, c1991.

Physical Description: 60 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: To Lancaster with love -- Penn Square: Theatre of History -- The People -- The Land -- The Arts -- The Buildings -- Locations & Neighborhoods -- The Special Days -- Personalities.

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI L644

The lure of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3198

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L643L

Responsibility: by Gerald S. Lestz.

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Printed and published by Science Press,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: 4 p.l., 122 p., 1 l. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Series: Science Press Keepsake ; no. 18.

Notes: LCHS has no. 300 of limited edition.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L643L

Court of Quarter Sessions, (Lancaster County) 1782-1787

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Call Number: 347.3748 QQ1 1782-1787

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Contents: 1878-1917.

Summary: A record of warrants issued to open streets in the city of Lancaster. Pages are pre-printed forms with spaces to record date, court term, name of street, petitioner, jurors and viewers, court order, condemnation proceeding, costs, and signature of clerk. Arranged chronologically and indexed by street name.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Notes: Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.

Subjects: Court calendars - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Court calendars.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 347.3748 QQ1 1782-1787

Court of Quarter Sessions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22216

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Physical Description: 1 volume ; 29 cm

Notes: Ttranscribed by Barbara Hunserber, 2015-2018.; RG 02-00 0905 v. 040 Lancaster Cojunty Historical Society.; Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.

Contents: 1782-1787.

Summary: A record of criminal offenses including tippling larceny, assault and battery, and other offenses.

Rights: May not be photocopied.

Subjects: Court calendars - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

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