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Collection
Judge Joseph Wissler Collection
Title
Judge Joseph Wissler Collection
Object ID
MG0090
Date Range
1913-1974
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Judge Joseph Wissler Collection
Title
Judge Joseph Wissler Collection
Description
The Judge Joseph Wissler Collection documents his fifty-five year career as a lawyer and judge. He recorded and categorized criminal court cases in a handwritten volume. Two scrapbooks contain his certificate of admittance to the Lancaster County Courts, letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings about criminal cases.
Admin/Biographical History
Joseph Buch Wissler was born in Clay Township, Lancaster County on 7 August 1892. Wissler attended Lititz High School and later graduated from Franklin and Marshall College. He earned his law degree from Harvard University. Wissler became a member of the Lancaster Bar Association, of which he was president in 1964 and 1965. He returned to practicing law as a local attorney after holding the position of District Attorney of Pennsylvania from 1924 to 1928. In 1941, Wissler was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and served in that position for twenty-nine years. Judge Wissler served in the law profession for over fifty-five years. Phi Beta Kappa of Franklin and Marshall College made Judge Wissler an honorary member in 1950 and the college presented him with an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1952. He was also a member of the Lancaster Tucquan Club from 1949 to 1969.
Date Range
1913-1974
Year Range From
1913
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1913-1974
Creator
Wissler, Joseph Buch, 1892-1983
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Wissler, Joseph Buch
Gibbs, Edward Lester
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Criminal courts
Judges
Lawyers
Letters
Murder
Scrapbooks
Trials
Trials (Murder)
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Criminal courts
Finding aids
Judges
Lawyers
Letters
Manuscript groups
Murder
Newspaper clippings
Scrapbooks
Trials
Trials (Murder)
Extent
2 boxes, 1 handwritten volume, 2 scrapbooks, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0090
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Portrait of Judge Joseph B. Wissler, by Florence Starr Taylor, 2003.408
Photograph Collection
Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs, 1950-1951, MG0476
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-90
Classification
MG0090
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 22 January 2019.
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Analysis of West Lampeter Township School District, six years of financial operations 1939-40 through 1944-45 and the budget for 1945-46 together with an analysis of pupil transportation costs: a report prepared for the board of school directors of West Lampeter Township

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Economy League Lancaster County Branch.
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
371.2 P976p
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Economy League Lancaster County Branch.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
10 p. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
West Lampeter (Pa.: Township) - Schools.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
371.2 P976p
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Yonie Wondernose

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20927
Author
De Angeli, Marguerite,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
813.52 D281
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Responsibility
by Marguerite de Angeli ; for three little wondernoses, Nina, David and Kiki.
Author
De Angeli, Marguerite,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Garden City, New York
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
39 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Notes
Art techniques used: Full page black and white, and color illustrations. Color separations created using pen, ink, pencil and watercolor.
Summary
Caldecott Honor.
Subjects
Farm life - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites--Fiction.
Picture books for children - 1944.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 D281
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History of the Moravian congregation of Lititz, Pennsylvania

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Author
Huebener, Mary Augusta,
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
284.6 H874
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Responsibility
by Mary Augusta Huebener.
Author
Huebener, Mary Augusta,
Place of Publication
Bethlehem, Pa
Publisher
Times Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
p. 199-310, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"This volume is published in connection with the celebration of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Moravian Congregation at Lititz, Pennsylvania [...] The following pages have appeared in the Transaction of the Moravian Historical Society (Volume XIV, Parts 3 and 4)". -- Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Bicentennial history of the Lititz Moravian congregation / by Mary Augusta Huebener -- The Beck Family School / by Herbert Huebener Beck -- Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls, 1748-1948 / by W.N. Schwarze.
Subjects
Moravian Church - Pennsylvania - History.
Beck Family School for Boys.
Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls.
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lititz.
Lititz (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Author
Huebener, Mary Augusta,
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Schwarze, William Nathaniel,
Additional Corporate Author
Moravian Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.6 H874
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Collection
Calendar Collection
Title
Calendar Collection
Object ID
MG0070
Date Range
1867-1995
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Calendar Collection
Title
Calendar Collection
Description
This collection consists of calendars containing photographs, drawings, and prints from Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some depict local culture, architecture, historic sites, events, or have Pennsylvania Dutch sayings. There are also backs of calendars containing information about Lancaster.
Date Range
1867-1995
Year Range From
1867
Year Range To
1995
Date of Accumulation
1867-1995
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Albright, R. A.
Bushong, Joyce
Ferguson, Novelda H.
Forney, Myrl
Hart, Deborah A.
Hough, Doris
Landis, David Bachman
Mellinger, C.
Reed, Anita
Rider, Jacob D.
Sweigart, Caleb K.
Taggart, M. W.
Warfel, Arthur
Wesley, Hazel S.
Wierman, Julia
Subjects
Calendars
Search Terms
Brown and Bigelow
Calendars
Chickaree Studio
De Laval
Denver Service Station
Drawing Board Associates, Inc.
Finding aids
H. M. Stauffer and Sons, Inc.
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Intelligencer Printing Company
Lancaster County Association for the Blind
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Co-op Association
Lancaster County Postcard Club
Lebanon High School
Manuscript groups
Mount Joy Area Historical Society
Pearsol and Geist
Pensupreme Dairy
Sir Speedy
Southern Lancaster County Historical Society
Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Extent
3 boxes, 14 folders, 3 oversized folders, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0070
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level. Restricted items may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
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-70
Classification
MG0070
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 October 2018.
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
Correspondence (3 items, 4 pages) Letter from The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, acknowledging receipt of four hand-hooked rugs for exhibition. Letterhead of Montclair Art Museum. 7 February 1952. Letter from Margaret E. [Bryner], Pasadena, regarding an order for a second rug. September 2. Order form for
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Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
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
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/114090db-a1c8-4b15-9d37-301215549191
Collection
Lancaster Branch, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Title
Lancaster Branch, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Object ID
MG0896
Date Range
1940-1944
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Lancaster Branch, American Association for the Advancement of Science Collection, 1940-1944 Object ID: MG0896 1 folder 4 items Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location
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Lancaster Branch, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Title
Lancaster Branch, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description
This collection contains programs for lectures given by the Lancaster Branch of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1940 to 1944.
Date Range
1940-1944
Year Range From
1940
Year Range To
1944
Date of Accumulation
1940-1944
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Blakeslee, Albert F.
Bronk, Detlev W.
Caldwell, Cy
Hubbard, Bernard R.
Kaempffert, Waldemar
Livingston, Larry F.
Lynch, John Joseph
MacMillan, Donald B.
Maisel, Albert Q.
Mather, Kirtley F.
Moulton, Harold G.
Perrine, J. O.
Popenoe, Paul
Robbins, William J.
Roemmert, George
Sarnoff, David
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Swann, W. F. G.
Waugh, Leuman M.
Wendt, Gerald
Subjects
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Programs (Publications)
Search Terms
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Finding aids
Franklin and Marshall College
Hensel Hall
Lectures
Manuscript groups
Programs
Science
Extent
1 folder, 4 items
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0896
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster Branch, American Association for the Advancement of Science (MG0896), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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.MG0896
Other Numbers
MG-896
Other Number
MG-896
Classification
MG0896
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection, Box 29, Folder 2, Items 2A-2D, 8 March 2022.
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The Old Order Amish Mennonites of Pennsylvania : a survival of religious fundamentalism in a New World environment

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Author
Hayes, Abner Reed,
Date of Publication
1946, c1947.
Call Number
289.7 H417
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by A. Reed Hayes.
Author
Hayes, Abner Reed,
Place of Publication
Lewistown, Pa
Publisher
Mifflin County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946, c1947.
Physical Description
23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
At head of title: On its silver anniversary year 1921-1946, Mifflin County Historical Society, Lewiston, Penna., presents The Old Order Amish Mennonites of Pennsylvania.
Bibliography: p. 23.
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Mifflin County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.7 H417
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The River Brethren denominations : Old Order of River Brethren, Brethren in Christ, United Zion's Children

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Author
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Date of Publication
1948.
The River Brethren Denomination OLD ORDER OF RIVER BRETHREN BRETHREN IN CHRIST UNITED ZION'S CHILDREN By WILMER J. ESHLEMAN T HROUGHOUT the world the "pursuit of happiness," so neces- sary for successful democracy, depends upon the liberty accorded to humanity in regard to the rights, beliefs and
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Responsibility
by Wilmer J. Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
[173]-211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 7
Subjects
Engle, Jacob, - 1753-1832.
Strickler, Jacob, - 1768-1842.
Eisenhower family.
Musser family.
Church of the Brethren.
Brethren in Christ Church - History.
Anabaptists.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 7 (1948), p. 173-211Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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Culture of a contemporary rural community. The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Date of Publication
1941-1943.
Call Number
630.973 U58
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Corporate Author
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Place of Publication
[n.p.]
Date of Publication
1941-1943.
Physical Description
6 v. illus.
Series
Rural Life Studies: 4
Notes
LCHS has v.4 (Sept. 1942) The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Contents
Contents: v. 1. El Cerrito, N.M.--v. 2. Sublette, Kan.--v. 3. Landaff, N.H.--v. 4. Lancaster County, Pa.--v. 5. Irwin, Iowa.--v. 6. Harmony, Ga.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Kollmorgen, Walter M.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
630.973 U58
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