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Collection: Isaiah D. Stehman Papers

Title: Isaiah D. Stehman Papers

Object ID: MG0680

Date Range: 1873-1954

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Collection: Isaiah D. Stehman Papers

Title: Isaiah D. Stehman Papers

Description: The Isaiah D. Stehman Papers contain property records, such as deeds and agreements, for the flour mill in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, as well as personal papers of Isaiah D. Stehman. The property owners included Martin Spickler, William and Margaret Kuhn, John M. Brandt's family, and Isaiah D. Stehman. Mr. Stehman's personal papers include a broadside for a public sale in Manor Twp., passport and certificates of church membership.

Admin/Biographical History: The Mount Joy Steam Mill was build in Mount Joy borough in 1854 by gabriel Bear. in 1870, Bear sold the mill to John M. Brant. When A. K. Manning joined Brandt as a business partner in 1881, they added rollers and searators for a more modern way to make flour. The company was renamed Mount Joy Roller Mill. More rollers were added in 1883 and 1886. Manning retired in 1891 and Brant & Sons continued production until they were joined by Isaiah D. Stehman in 1905. New equipment was added in 1912. By 1920, Stehman was the sole owner. he partnered with a party named Newhauser in 1937, but was again the sole owner by 1946 until his death in 1950.; Information from MillPictures.com, https://millpictures.com/mills.php?millid=506

Date Range: 1873-1954

Year Range From: 1873

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1873-1954

Creator: Fry, Martin K., 1885-1976

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Stehman, Lillie Elizabeth Virginia Mylin; Stehman, Isaiah D.

Subjects: Mills; Flour mills; Passports; Broadsides; Ephemera

Search Terms: Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Flour mills; Stehman's Flour Mills; Mount Joy Roller Mill; Mount Joy Steam Mill; Deeds; Market Street, Mount Joy; Mount Joy; Broadsides; Ephemera; Public sales

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0680

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Isaiah D. Stehman Papers (MG0680), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The item in Folder 12 requires staff assistance.

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-680

Other Number: MG-680

Classification: MG0680

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by JP, June 2012. Added to database 1 October 2021.

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0630 I009

Date Range: 1935/06

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1935/06

Year: 1935

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0009

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; Inspections; Little Chickies Creek; Little Chiques Creek; Mount Joy; Mount Joy Twp.; Newtown, Rapho Twp.; Orders; Rapho Twp.; Reports

Place: Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0630 I009

Box Number: 009

Additional Notes: Mount Joy Twp. and [Rapho Twp.]; Court term: June 1935.; Location: On public road from Mount Joy to Newtown, Rapho Twp.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 352.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Object ID: MG0017

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Collection: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Description: Collection consists of records of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied organizations. Most papers are from G.A.R. Post 478 (Mount Joy) and Post 84 (Lancaster). Included are minute books, burial records, membership applications, correspondence, national and state G.A.R. orders, encampment information, and Post correspondence. Many records are in book form.; Soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the U.S. who fought in the cause of the Union from Apr. 12, 1861 to Apr. 9, 1865 were eligible to become members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Allied Orders include: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans U.S.A. (later Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War) and their Auxiliary, as well as the Daughters of Veterans (later Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War).

Creation Date: 1861-1931

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1931

Date of Accumulation: 1861-1931

Creator: Grand Army of the Republic Post 478

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Cruikshank, William; Furgeson, Elizabeth; Leach, David; Long, George; Nissley, D. H.; Nissley, David H.; Stephenson, Benjamin F.; Thomas, George H.; Thumb, Tom; Veil, Chas. H.; Wimer, John; Wolf, Joseph

Other Creators: Grand Army of the Republic Post 84; Grand Army of the Republic Post 524.

Subjects: Business records; Grand Army of the Republic; Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania; Sons of Veterans, U.S.A; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Woman's Relief Corp (U.S.). Department of Pennsylvania

Search Terms: Burial records; Business records; Civil War; Correspondence; Finding aids; Grand Army of the Republic; Iroquois Band; Stork's Orchestra; Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic; Letters; Lincoln Cemetery; Manuscript groups; Mount Joy Cemetery; Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Woman's Relief Corp (U.S.)

Extent: 6 boxes, 56 folders, 24 volumes, 3 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0017

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory (Organization)

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-17

Classification: MG0017

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 6 March 2018.

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Object ID: MG0720

Date Range: 1798-1939

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Description: This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.

Date Range: 1798-1939

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1939

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1939

Creator: Woerner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Bassler, Maria; Bernhard, Henry; Bernhardy, Henry; Breitigan, Daniel Mumma; Bomgardener, Elias; Burkholder, Ann; Buckwalter, Barbara; Buckwalter Daniel W.; Buckwalter, David Joseph; Buckwalter, Elam; Buckwalter, Harry Sahm; Burkholder, Henry; Buckwalter, Henry W.; Buckwalter, Hiram; Buckwalter, Ivan; Buckwalter, Joseph; Burkholder, Martha; Buckwalter, Stella; Burkholder, Rebecca; Burkholder, Veronica; Cross, Peter; Drutt, George; Dunlap, W. M.; Dutt, Anne; Dutt, George; Eberle, Ann; Eberly, H. S.; Fory, Zeno; Frank, Christian; Fulmer, Phillip; Hackman, Andrew; Harnish, M. M.; Hartman, Frank; Heidman, Elizabeth; Heilmand, John; Herr, Isaac; Herr, Walter; Hollersten, Peter; Homsher, Fred; Huber, Abraham; Kreider, Abraham; Kreiter, Christian; Landis, Levi; Myers, N. S.; Myers, Samuel; Masterson, Maria; Masterson, Thomas; Newcomer, Jacob; Nolly, Loretta Jane; Peifer, Amos; Ritter, Benjamin; Ruth, John; Sahm, Aaron; Sahm, David C.; Sahm, Eliza Gross; Sahm, George; Sahm, Henry Gross; Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker; Sahm, Levi; Sahm, Menno L.; Shriner, Daniel; Snyder, H. B.; Spacht, Ralph M.; Stauffer, Christian; Weidman, David; Witmer, David M.

Subjects: Airports; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; Inventories; Loans; Maps; Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Runways (Aeronautics); Stocks; Taxation; Wills

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Agreements; Airports; American Union Telephone Company; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Estate inventories; Executors' accounts; Farm Debt Adjustment Committee; Farmers Market Company; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Financial records; Guardianship accounts; Inventories; Kissel Hill Telephone Company; Lancaster Abattoir Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Leaf Tobacco Company; Livestock; Loans; Manheim Fairview Cemetery; Manheim Twp.; Maps; Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; Penn Twp.; Phoenix Water Power Company; Probate records; Reading Transit and Light Company; Receipts; Runways; Stocks; Taxation; Taxes; Warwick Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0720

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-720

Other Number: MG-720

Classification: MG0720

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Calendar Collection

Title: Calendar Collection

Object ID: MG0070

Date Range: 1867-1995

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Collection: 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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Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 1, 1937-1943; Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 2, 24 December 1971- 15 April 1987

Object ID: MG0434_Box079and080

Date Range: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 1, 1937-1943; Catharine B. Spitler Scrapbook, Book 2, 24 December 1971- 15 April 1987

Description: Catharine B. Spitler, a resident of Landisville, Pennsylvania, compiled these scrapbooks. Book one contains information primarily about World War II. The newspaper clippings include information about Lancaster natives, both men and women that were involved in World War II, including ranks and location of service. There are also articles about the United States involvement in World War II. Interesting local articles and programs discuss the World War II Memorial in West Hempfield Township. Columbia's Sesquicentennial was documented through a series of newspaper clippings located in this scrapbook.; Book two is a compilation of newspaper clippings, engagement announcements, wedding announcements and obituaries pertaining to Lancastrians. Locations around Lancaster County that were mentioned are as follows: Lancaster, Hempfield, Ephrata, Maytown and Mount Joy. An interesting subject within the second scrapbook is the1972 Flood of Lancaster (Hurricane Agnes).

Date Range: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Creation Date: 1937-1943; 1971-1987

Year Range From: 1937

Year Range To: 1987

Creator: Spitler, Catharine Bard, 1911-1989, compiler

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

People: Spitler, Catharine Bard

Subjects: Announcements; Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Ephrata Cloister; Floods--Pennsylvania; Hurricane Agnes, 1972; Hurricanes; Methodists--Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Programs (Publications); Scrapbooks; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Ephrata; Lancaster; Maytown, East Donegal Twp.; Mount Joy; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Scrapbooks; West Hempfield Twp.; World War II; WWII

Extent: 2 volumes

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box079and080

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request these items by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: These items may be photographed. 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-434

Other Number: MG-434, Boxes 79 and 80

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 28 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Books 128 and 130.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

Patent, Letters

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies

Object ID: MG0123_F028

Date Range: 1931/12/04

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Letters patent for the consolidation of Conestoga Traction Company and eleven other transportation companies

Description: 1931 Letters Patent for the consolidation of the following public transportation companies: Conestoga Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company.; Recorded in Lancaster County, Charter Book, volume 6, page 438. Signed by Governor Gifford Pinchot, Secretary of the Commonwealth Richard J. Beamish, and Deputy Recorder George L. Keith.

Date Range: 1931/12/04

Creation Date: 4 December 1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Container: Oversized Box 01

People: Pinchot, Gifford; Beamish, Richard J.; Keith, George L.

Subjects: Letters patent

Search Terms: Christiana and Coatesville Street Railway Company; Conestoga Traction Company; Elizabethtown and Florin Street Railway Company; Ephrata and Adamstown Railway Company; Lancaster and Eastern Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Quarryville Street Railway Company; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim Railway Company; Lancaster, Willow Street, Lampeter and Strasburg Railway Company; Letters patent; New Holland, Blue Ball and Terre Hill Street Railway Company; Rohrerstown, Landisville and Mount Joy Street Railway Company

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Patent, Letters

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123_F028

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Conestoga Traction Company chart (MG0123_Framed02)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original document may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: This item may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2023.028

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Item

Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Scrapbook of Grace Anna Brosius Biddle

Object ID: MG0434_Box097_It02

Date Range: 1926-1937

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Scrapbook of Grace Anna Brosius Biddle

Description: Scrapbook of Grace Anna Brosius Biddle, 1926-1937. This scrapbook highlights Grace and Clement's involvement in the community and their international travel. Newspaper clippings describe Swarthmore College events, the Clement M. Biddle Historical Library, Boys Club Federation, Rotary Club, Community Chest campaign, Red Cross campaigns, Daylight Savings Bill, and an article from a Warsaw newspaper. The volume also contains ephemera, correspondence, telegrams, invitations, programs, and announcements regarding births, marriages, and deaths in the Biddle family.

Admin/Biographical History: Grace Anna Brosius was the daughter of Hon. Marriott Henry Brosius and Elizabeth Jackson Coates Brosius of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She attended Swarthmore College from 1895-1897. She married Clement Miller Biddle (1876-1959) on 28 November 1900 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; https://www.geni.com/people/Hon-Marriott-Brosius/6000000006598453470; https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/agents/people/16142; https://archive.org/stream/biddlefamilygene00gayp/biddlefamilygene00gayp_djvu.txt

Date Range: 1926-1937

Creation Date: 1926-1937

Year Range From: 1926

Year Range To: 1937

Creator: Biddle, Grace Anna Brosius, 1877-1960

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

People: Biddle, Caroline Cooper; Biddle, Clement Miller; Biddle, Grace Anna Brosius; Biddle, Lydia M.; Hoover, Herbert

Subjects: American Red Cross; American Red Cross. Disaster Services; Boys’ Clubs of America; Depressions--1929; Ephemera; International Court of Justice; National Council for Prevention of War (Great Britain); Quakers; Scrapbooks; Society of Friends; White House Conference on Child Health and Protection; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: American National Bank; American Red Cross; Boys' Club Federation; Business and Professional Womens' Club of Mount Vernon, New York; City Hall, Mount Vernon, New York; Clement M. Biddle Historical Library; Conference on Child Health and Protection; Daylight Savings Bill; Ephemera; Friends' WWI Altar, Swarthmore College; Girls' Club, Mount Vernon, New York; Great Depression; League of Nations; Liberty Calendar (13-month calendar); National Council for Prevention of War; Phi Kappa Psi; Primrose Club; Quakers; Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee; Red Cross, Chester County Chapter; Red Cross, International Conference, Japan; Rotary International; Scrapbooks; Swarthmore College; Woman's Christian Temperance Union; World Court; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box097_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College:; Swarthmore College Photograph Albums (SFHL-PA-010); Biddle Family Papers (SFHL-RG5-177)

Related Item Notes: Scrapbooks:; 1898-1900 (MG0434_Box096); 1911-1926 (MG0434_Box097_It01); 1935-1959 (MG0434_Box098); Photograph albums and loose photographs (Grace Anna Brosius Biddle Collection); Album 1, 1900s-1940s (GB-01-01-001 to GB-01-01-111); Album 2, 1900-1907 (GB-01-02-01 to GB-01-02-41)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Scrapbook Collection (MG0434), Box #, Object ID, 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 for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2011.Malin

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Box 97

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 13 April 2022.

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Collection: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Title: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Object ID: MG0047

Date Range: 1943-1945

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Collection: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Title: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Description: This collection contains letters written to U.S. Army Private; George L. Caley during his service in World War II. The correspondence is from his parents and siblings in Philadelphia, aunts and uncles and friends in Columbia, Lancaster County, and friends from Millersville University. Many of his friends are also in the service and write to him of their experiences. The letters contain family and local news, as well as news of friends and family in the service.

Date Range: 1943-1945

Year Range From: 1943

Year Range To: 1945

Creator: Caley, George L.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Acker, Jim; Acker, Kathleen Altwegg; Albright, Gladys; Albright, Stanley; Allabach, Bill; Allwigg, Kathleen; Arnold, Emma; Arnold, Flora; Arnold, Lloyd; Arnold, Mrs. Lloyd; Arnold, Stanley; Arnold, Wayne; Bard, Pat; Bartch, Eddie; Bartch, G. M.; Bartch, Virginia; Barthwick, Dorothy; Bassler, Harry; Baufort, Mrs.; Bauman, Robert; Beckmyer, G. F.; Behney, H. J.; Bennett, Carrie P.; Beryn, John L.; Biemesderfer, D. Luke; Biemsderfer, Jeanne; Biffart, Max; Billet, Miriam; Blatton, Lena; Bloom, Dorothy; Bomberger, Ruth A.; Borden, Caroline; Boyl, Harry; Bratton, Lena; Brenner, George; Brenner, Wilson; Brommer, Charles; Broome, A. E.; Broome, Bessie; Broome, Bob; Broome, Christ; Broome, Dorothy; Broome, Mrs. A. E.; Broome, Paul; Brosey, Jacob; Brummer, Charles; Bucher, Bud; Bucher, Helen; Burris, Audree; Burris, Homer E.; Butler, Otis E.; Byrd, Juanita; Caley, Bill; Caley, Doris; Caley, Emma; Caley, Ethel; Caley, G. H.; Caley, George L.; Caley, John; Caley, John C.; Caley, John G.; Caley, Josephine; Caley, Josie; Caley, Mrs. John G.; Caley, Mrs. Tom; Caley, Sarah; Caley, T. E.; Caley, T. G.; Caley, Tom; Carnahan, Agnes; Carter, Alice; Clark, Mary; Cleland, Jessie M.; Clelaud, Jenie M.; Clime, Nancy Ann; Coleman, Laura; Contreras, Ralph; Cooper, Bettie; Cornell, Katharine; Corrigan, Chet; Courtney, Mrs.; Cover, Clyde; Crist, Jean Kepper; Crist, Ned; Curry, Mrs. Elmer E.; Daniels, Lawrence A.; Daum, Jean; De Grange, Jane; De Grange, John; Deacon, Deborah; Deitz, Mrs.; Deitzel, Bessie; Dellinger, Dan; Dellinger, Mrs. Dan; Dennison, Blanche; Dennison, Virginia; Detweiler, Effie; Detweiler, Gerry; Diehl, Roy; Diemer, Miss; Dinkel, Billy; Dively, Bob; Dombach, Earl; Dombach, Mrs. Earl; Taylor, Gardiner P.; Draude, Harry; Drew, Edward; Duncan, David; Duncan, Mrs. David; Dunn, Dean; Eastwood, Raymond "Red"; Ehrlager, Clair L.; Ehrlager, Dora; Eisenberger, Abram; Elexander, Miss; Elsboyer, Clair; Elslager, Arlene; Elslager, Clair; Engle, Edison G.; Eshelman, Bob; Eshleman, Laura; Eshleman, Lorna; Eshleman, Lorna Jean; Eshleman, Sara; Eshlemen, Alldice; Feinald, Natalie Richmond; Fidler, Dorothy; Fidler, Martin; Flynn, Mercedes; Folch, Kathleen Johanna; Forbert, Jean; Forrey, Edna; Frank, George A.; Freeland, Mabel l.; Frey, Amelia Ann; Frey, Anna S.; Frey, Carl; Frey, Gay; Friend, Cora; Fry, Anna S.; Fry, Charles; Fuller, John; Furnwal, Doris Lillian; Gable, Charlie; Gable, Pete; Gambler, Jim; Garber, Roy; Gasway, Billie; Montgomery, General; Gerfin, Nancy; Gerlden, Harry; Gibson, Margaret; Gickel, Nancy; Gnilyk, Betty; Gnilyk, Walter W.; Gottschalk, Catherine G.; Gramm, George; Gray, Jean; Greeley, Betty; Greeley, Walter Jr.; Greenawalt, Mrs.; Greenleaf, Doris; Greenly, Doris; Greider, Ed; Griffin, Martha; Grimm, Clark; Grimm, Mrs.; Groom, Mrs. W. R.; Groom, Stella; Groom, W. R.; Groome, George "Red" H.; Groome, Gordon "Buck"; Groome, Mrs.; Grooms, Ruth; Grueling, Betty; Gufin, Nancy; Habbell, Jane; Hable, Kline; Hable, Thelma J. McCombs; Halde, Diane Marie; Harig, Ren; Harting, George; Hartman, Lou; Harvey, Elmer; Harvey, Lewis; Harvey, Lewis M.; Haug, Ken; Hemphill, Louise; Hendrickson, Clara Jane; Herbert, Mary A.; Herr, Miss; Hess, Marian; Hill, Verna; Himes, Ray; Hobbell, Jane; Hoble, Kline; Hogentogler, Sonny; Hollingsworth, Lee; Hoover, Maurice; Horn, Florence; Hougendoubler, Janet; Hubbard, Raymond; Hubbell, Jane; Hubbely, Jane; Huston, Isabelle B.; Jackson, H. S.; Jackson, Harry; Jackson, Henry; Jackson, Marguarette; Jackson, Mrs. H. S.; Jackson, Ray; Kammerer, John; Kauffman, Harold; Kauffman, Thera; Keefer, Minerva; Keeley, Dorothy; Keesey, Jim; Keesey, Mildred; Keller, Dick; Keller, Dorothy; Keller, Richard C.; Kelley, Dorothy Mae; Kelley, Luther; Kelley, Nancy; Kelly, Dorothy; Kemble, Bill; Kemble, Helen; Kepper, Jean; Kiefer, Mrs.; Kilgore, Virginia; Kilgove, Alice; Kimball, Beverly; Kirchner, Charles; Kirstein, Freddie; Klinestever, Miss; Knighton, Clarence; Knipe, James L.; Knipe, Lillian; Knipe, Lillie M.; Kochler, Anna Mae; Kohler, Arabella; Kohler, Billie; Kraft, Billy; Kraft, Bob; Kroff, Bob; Kurtz, Lillian; Layne, Martha; Leahman, Charles; Lefever, Gertrude M.; Lenhardt, Esther E.; Lenhardt, Jack; Lenhardt, Mary; Libed, Mamie; Lindy, Annie; Linhardt, Esther; Lockard, Joe; Lockard, Mrs. Joseph; Lockard, Richard; Logan, Bernard St. Clair; Logan, Eleanor Martha Nolte; Long, Alice Carter; Long, Betty; Long, Bill; Longenecker, David R. Jr.; Louis, Joe; Lutz, Bette; Lutz, Betty; Lutz, George; Lutz, Lou; Lutz, Louise M.; Lutz, Mrs.; Lutz, William; Lyle, Johnny; Lyle, Miss; Madly, Mary Louise; Mahoney, Bill; Mahoney, Flynn; Mahoney, John; Mahoney, Mercedes Flynn; Malone, Ted; Mann, Walt; Markel, Jack; Marley, Alice Kilgove; Marley, Jake; Marley, Mary Louise; Marley, Tom; McCarty, Charles; McCombs, Gwen; McCombs, Thelma J.; McComsey, Mrs.; McComsey, Mrs. Sanders P.; McComsey, Sanders P.; McCoy, H. L.; McGraw, Harvey D.; McKnight, Carroll; McManus, Dennis; McManus, Doris; Metzger, Donald; Metzger, John; Metzler, Paul; Michael, Donald; Michael, Mrs. C. A.; Michaels, Mrs.; Miller, Clara; Miller, Doris Lillian Furnwal; Miller, Kenneth Wickersham; Miller, Mrs. K. W.; Moore, Charley; Moore, Lee; Morris, Walt; Morrow, Carl F. Jr.; Morrow, Carol F.; Mowrey, Charlie; Mowrey, Virginia Bartch; Mueller, Walter; Mumma, Mrs.; Mummau, Guy; Murray, Donald; Musser, Geraldine; Musser, Jerry; Musser, Mary B.; Musser, Mrs.; Musser, Mrs. Jerry; Nau, Ernie; Nikolaus, Fred; Nikolaus, Mrs. Fred; Nollie, Eleanor; Nollis, Eleanor; Nolte, Eleanor Martha; Null, Adelaide; Oberholtzer, Joe; Olemy, Mrs.; Olewine, Eleanor Vogt; Olewine, Larry; O'Neal, Gladys Jean; O'Neal, Jay; O'Neill, James; Painter, Bill; Peters, Carrie; Peters, Catherine; Peters, H. M.; Peters, Hubert; Peters, Louise M.; Peters, Mrs. W. T.; Peters, Pooch; Pickel, Nancy M.; Pickelti, Lenorita Nawcita; Porter, Melyer R.; Potter, Jeannette; Preston, Billy; Price, George; Punlop, Mary Margaret; Pyle, Ernie; Quinn, Jimmy; Quinn, Ruth; Rambo, Margie; Rank, Jack; Reisinger, M.; Renner, Robert; Richards, Betty; Richards, Glady Albright; Richardson, Hattie; Richardson, Hettie; Riegle, Bill; Rill, "Buffalo"; Rill, Bob; Rill, R. W. "Giff"; Rineer, Charlie; Roll, Bob; Ross, Bob; Roye, Laura; Roye, Nancy; Rupp, Barney; Ryfsnyder, Dutch; Scheaffer, Marie Courtney; Schlotthauer, Jim; Schmidt, Beatrice; Schmidt, Bob; Schotthauer, J. L.; Schuler, Harry; Seifred, Ethel; Seigfred, Elsie; Sellers, Bertha; Senneson, Virginia; Sforsa, Count; Shank, Nancy; Sharpless, Laura Lee; Shaw, Linda; Shaw, Sara; Shearer, Pat; Sheckard, Mary; Sheckard, Mrs. Raymond Sr.; Sheckard, Raymond; Sheckard, Raymond Sr.; Shepard, Raymond; Shertzer, G.; Shertzer, Mae; Shertzer, Mrs.; Shockard, Mary Ellen; Sieple, Ben; Smith, Catherine; Smith, John H.; Smith, Lillian; Smith, Mrs. John H.; Smoker, Buddy; Smoker, Howard G.; Snyder, Emily Harriet; Sousbees, P. G.; Spencer, Marion; Staab, Bernice; Staab, Bob; Staab, Doris; Staab, Josie; Staab, Laura; Staab, Mrs.; Staab, Mrs. J. A.; Staabs, Bob; Staabs, O. S.; Staats, Mrs. J. A.; Stauffer, Margaret; Stegel, William; Stevens, Billy; Stoltz, Mrs.; Stoner, E.; Stoner, Mary; Stotz, Catherine B.; Stotz, Mia; Stotz, Mrs.; Strawbridge, Jim; Strawbridge, J.; Street, Mrs.; Strickland Gillilan; Studenroth, Kathryn; Switzer, Art; Tessier, L. H. Tessier; Thompson, Bill; Torbert, Dottie; Torbert, Jean; Trimble, Helen; Trull, B. H.; Trull, Mrs. B. H.; Trull, Virginia; Truman, President; Urban, Sarah; Utz, Betty; Vidler, Dorothy; Vidler, Martin; Vogt, Eleanor; Wagner, Annie; Walsh, Jean; Warfel, Dick; Warfel, Ruth; Weaver, Anna Mae; Weaver, Frank; Weaver, Taylor; Webster, Mary Jane; Webster, Virginia; Weigle, G. E.; Weigle, Mrs. G. E.; Weisser, Gladie; Welsh, Arlene; Welsh, William; Wike, Jeanette; Witchel, John; Wolf, Ann; Yentzer, Janet; Young, Alma; Young, Arnold; Young, Don; Zaks, Jim; Ziegler, Ana

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army; Letters; Columbia (Pa.)

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Columbia Daily News; Columbia High School; Finding aids; Fulton Opera House; Hamilton Watch Company; Hostetter's Play Barn; Lancaster County Hospital; Long's Park; Manuscript groups; Millersville State College; Millersville University; Mount Bethel Cemetery; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Rocky Springs; Salome United Brethren Church; St. Anne's Retirement Community; Standard Garment Company; Steelton High School; Tidy Products; United Brethren in Christ Church

Extent: 8 boxes, 97 folders, 4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0047

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-47

Classification: MG0047

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by KR and SB, 2006-2009; Finding aid typed by DC, KR and CF, 2009-2010. Added to database 31 July 2018.

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