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The predecessor cotton mill of Lancaster City : also known as Jacob Miller & Co. Mill, Lancaster Cotton Works, Humes Mill, Rockland Mill, the Old Factory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5239

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 621 C948p

Responsibility: compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Publisher: ill. :

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 56, [2] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "A history of the creation, management and ultimate fate of a cotton textile enterprise in Lancaster Borough and Township - Pennsylvania - 1812-1870 - together with the lineage of Jacob Miller and history of the Old Facatory Bridge."

Subjects: Miller family; Rockland Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); The Old Factory (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster Cotton Works (Lancasater, Pa.); Jacob Miller & Co. Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Humes Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Cotton Manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Manufacturers - Pennsylvnai - Lancaster

Additional Author: Miller, Jacob

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 621 C948p

Lancaster today; a description of community life

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Corporate Author: Lancaster Tomorrow.

Date of Publication: 1977?]

Call Number: 352.96 L244de

Corporate Author: Lancaster Tomorrow.

Place of Publication: [n.p

Date of Publication: 1977?]

Physical Description: vii, 131 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: A compilation of 24 papers on various aspects of life in Lancaster county, Pa. in 1976.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Industry -- Retailing --Private finance -- Office space -- Tourism --Agriculture -- Jobs and Income -- Government finance -- Housing -- Culture and the Arts -- Historic Resources -- Education and Learning -- Minorities -- Poverty -- Recreation -- Criminal Justice -- Government organization -- Health Care -- Utilities -- Transportation -- Land use -- Environment -- Urban design -- Planning.

Subjects: Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Housing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Statistics.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.96 L244de

Bart Twp. 1833-1845/ Brecknock Twp. 1833/ Caernarvon Twp. 1844/ Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829/ Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831/ Manheim Twp. 1822-1823 [Tax Records]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20783

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

Alternate Title: Brecknock Township tax lists; Bart Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."; Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.; Brecknock Twp. 1833; Caernarvon Twp. 1844; Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829; Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831; Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

Brief outline on the care of the poor, the sick, and insane of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Date of Publication: 1951

Brief Outline on the Care o the Poor, the Sick, and insane 0/ Lancaster County, /0a. BY HENRY A. SHOWALTER For more than fifty years after the erection of Lancaster County the poor were supported by the several townships. Two Overseers of the Poor were elected in each township. The constables and

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Responsibility: by Henry A. Showalter.

Author: Showalter, Henry A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1951

Physical Description: [97]-[124] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 4

Subjects: Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Public welfare - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Mentally ill - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 4 (1951), p. 97-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55

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The Follies of 1954

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17152

Date of Publication: 1954.

Call Number: 972.0222 J95f

Responsibility: Staged and directed by David C. Jones.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.?

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1954.

Physical Description: 60 p : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Program consists mainly of advertisements.; At head of title: The Junior League of Lancaster, Inc. presents.

Subjects: Junior League of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.); McCaskey High School (Lancaster, Pa.); Amateur theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Theater programs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Theater programs.

Additional Author: Jones, David C.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 972.0222 J95f

Certification of the Adams - Musser towns area for redevelopment

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Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1958.

Call Number: 307.1 L244ca

Responsibility: Lancaster City Planning Commission.

Corporate Author: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: The Commission,

Date of Publication: 1958.

Physical Description: 10 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Lancaster City Planning Commission (Pa.)

Subjects: Urban renewal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Community development - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Housing - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Urban renewal.; Adams Town Area - Lancaster (City), Pa.; Musser Town Area - Lancaster (City), Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 307.1 L244ca

Witch tree symbol

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Author: Keene, Carolyn.

Date of Publication: 1955.

Call Number: 813.54 K26

Alternate Title: The witch tree symbol.

Responsibility: by Carolyn Keene.

Author: Keene, Carolyn.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap,

Date of Publication: 1955.

Physical Description: 213 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Series: Nancy Drew mystery stories ; 33

Notes: Carolyn Keene is a Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym.; Johnson, D. Stratemeyer pseudonyms and series,

Summary: An unusual hex sign leads Nancy Drew to Pennsylvania Dutch country in pursuit of a thief who stops at nothing to get rid of her.

Subjects: Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character) - Juvenile fiction.; Women detectives - Juvenile fiction.; Mystery and detective stories.; Juvenile works.; Mystery fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.

Additional Corporate Author: Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 K26

Tall pines and winding rivers : the logging railroads of Maryland: Crellin, Friendsville, Kendall, Jennings, Bond, Oakland, the Potomac River Valley

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Author: Kline, Benjamin F. G.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 674 K65

Responsibility: by Benjamin F.G. Kline, Jr.

Author: Kline, Benjamin F. G.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Series: The logging railroad era of lumbering in Maryland

Subjects: Railraods - Maryland; Logging railroads; Lumbering - Maryland.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 674 K65

Cotton mills of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania : a collection of historical information about cotton from the Colonial Days (1770) of Lancaster City, through the 1800's when cotton mills were established, to the demise of the largest mill in the city in 1949, together with data on cotton production and the cotton market through 1976

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18840

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: 621 C948

Responsibility: compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: 122 L : ill., Photographs; 29 cm.

Notes: Compiled for the Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Conestoga Steam Mill (Lancaster, Pa.); Farnum Mills (Lancaster, Pa.); Cotton manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Manufacturers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 621 C948

Just for kicks : a salute to the Fulton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19676

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 792.0222 J95j

Responsibility: staged and directed by Christopher Brown ; produced by Jerome Cargill ; Musical Director Don Trostle.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [publisher not identified],

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations

Subjects: Junior League of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.); Fulton Opera House (Lancasater, Pa.); Theater programs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amateur theater - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Theater programs.

Additional Title: Junior League of Lancaster presents just for kicks.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 792.0222 J95j

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