Search Results - Research Collections - LancasterHistory

It appears no script is enabled within your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use this site.

Revise Search

10 records – page 1 of 1.

African American lives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15002

Edition: Widescreen format.

Date of Publication: [2006]

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

1 website

Responsibility: a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.

ISBN: 1415716943

Edition: Widescreen format.

Place of Publication: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif

Publisher: PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Date of Publication: [2006]

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.; Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.

Contents: Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.

Summary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

Subjects: African Americans; African American families; DNA fingerprinting.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary - Feature.

Additional Author: Gates, Henry Louis.; Grant, William; Kunhardt, Peter W.; Judd, Graham.; Farrell, Leslie D.; Sweet, Jesse.; Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.; Winfrey, Oprah.; Tucker, Chris,; Jones, Quincy,; Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,; Jemison, Mae,; Jakes, T. D.; Carson, Ben.; Goldberg, Whoopi,

Additional Corporate Author: Kunhardt Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); PBS Home Video.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

Websites

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html

Appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3c919662-9d74-4691-93bd-425162037280

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral appraisement for Melchoir and Mary Hackman, deceased

Object ID: Coll App 1866 F001 H

Date Range: 1866

1 document

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral appraisement for Melchoir and Mary Hackman, deceased

Admin/Biographical History: Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs.

Date Range: 1866

Year: 1866

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0006

People: Hackman, Mary; Hackman, Melchoir

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement; Conestoga Twp.

Place: Conestoga Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 3 pages to scan

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Coll App 1866 F001 H

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 006

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).

Additional Notes: Second decedent: Hackman, Mary.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Item

Documents

Coll_App_1866_F001_H.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9fe189c0-6041-45b8-9392-781322924961

Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Object ID: MG0104

Date Range: 1774-1953

Watch Company Invoices Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association Lancaster Free Press Weekly Lancaster New Era Letters Maps N. Trotter and Company Newsletters Newspaper clippings Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Electric Company Postcards Quarter Century Club Receipts Stocks Stores Stores, Retail Taxes

1 document

Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Description: The Hager Store Collection contains anniversary booklets, invoices, advertisements, family papers, and newsletter of the Hager Department Store which was founded in Lancaster. The collection includes a children's book that was distributed by the store and a Christmas catalog. Among the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records.

Date Range: 1774-1953

Year Range From: 1774

Year Range To: 1953

Date of Accumulation: 1774-1953

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Arnold, Anna; Arnold, Frank W.; Cain, James M.; Cain, Kathryn; Conyngham, David H.; Dehaven, J. Harry; Demuth, Jacob; Diller, Isaac; Dowd, M. Jane; Dubbs, T. Wilson; Frey, Caroline; Frey, Jacob L.; Frosart, John; Gast, Emma L.; Gast, Henry; Graybill, Daniel; Hager, Anne Graham; Hager, Betty Rick; Hager, Charles F.; Hager, Christopher; Hager, Edward T.; Hager, Frances; Hager, Helen R.; Hager, John C.; Hager, John C., Jr.; Hager, John J.; Hager, Katherine; Hager, Margaret H.; Hager, Mary W.; Hager, Nathaniel E.; Hager, Redmond; Hager, Sarah Ellen; Hager, Susan B.; Hager, William H.; Hager, William H., Jr.; Hamilton, Margaret; Hartman, Annie M.; Hartman, George H.; Herr, Alice; Herr, C. S.; Herr, Magdalena; Herr, Rudolph; Hull, William; Keller, H.; Landis, Jacob; Lefevre, Mrs.; Miller, Charles; Randolph, Grace Lee; Randolph, John H.; Randolph, Margaret H.; Reigart, E. L.; Roy, Sue; Slaymaker, Henry; Stark, Martin N.; Steinman, George Michael; Stewart, Charles; Weber, George; Wentz, Jacob H.; Zimmerman, Mary Regina Malone; Zimmerman, Simon Ralph

Subjects: Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Probate records; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Advertisements; Anniversaries; Business Historical Society Bulletin; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Express (Lititz); Financial records; Finding aids; Frank T. Riley Publishing Company; Fulton Theatre; Hager's Department Store; Hamilton Watch Company; Invoices; Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association; Lancaster Free Press Weekly; Lancaster New Era; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maps; N. Trotter and Company; Newsletters; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Railroad; Philadelphia Electric Company; Postcards; Quarter Century Club; Receipts; Stocks; Stores; Stores, Retail; Taxes; UGI Corporation; Wills; Wondertown

Extent: 2 boxes, 37 folders, 1 framed document, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0104

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: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Other Numbers: MG-104

Classification: MG0104

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Recataloged by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 7 February 2019.

Documents

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2f5113cf-e646-46e9-877d-537459210451

Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Advertisements Announcements Arithmetic Boys Work Fund Broadsides Camons Island Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer Steam Book and Job Printing Court of Quarter Sessions Cromwell & Bomberger Finding aids Flyers Frantz’s Mill Ku Klux Klan (1915

1 document

Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 19 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection 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. 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.

Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

Documents

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF

Black family record

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18856

Author: Black, Doris Louise.

Date of Publication: c1976.

Call Number: 929 B636

1 website

Responsibility: compiled by Doris Louise Black ; [editor, John W. Costello].

Author: Black, Doris Louise.

Place of Publication: White Heath, Ill

Publisher: Mt. Vernon House,

Date of Publication: c1976.

Physical Description: 460 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Folded genealogical table inserted.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Black family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B636

Websites

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/76381938.html

Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16988

Date of Publication: [1859]

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1859-60

1 website

Responsibility: Comp. by William H. Boyd ...

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Penn

Publisher: Sprenger and Westhaeffer, 44 North Queen

Date of Publication: [1859]

Physical Description: 316 p. illus. 20 cm.

Subjects: Directories.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 D598 1859-60

Websites

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000011798095;view=1up;seq=7

Claim

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/87f4d2ef-6553-4d28-84ec-627314706250

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien against George Martin

Object ID: FEB 1857 F015 ML

Date Range: 1847/02

1 document

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien against George Martin

Description: Mechanics' lien against George Martin

Date Range: 1847/02

Creation Date: February 1857

Year: 1857

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Martin, George; Carpenter, Ephraim, Jr.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Mechanics' Liens; Gristmills

Place: Brecknock Twp.

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: FEB 1857 F015 ML

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Grist mill.; Carpenter, Ephraim, Jr. Contractor.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images when available.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory and Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0202; FEB 1857 F015 ML

Description Level: Item

Documents

FEB_1857_F015_ML.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Claim

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/03352957-0639-4d99-95d5-640092144561

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien filed by Righter & Sutton

Object ID: JUL 1849 F056 ML

Date Range: 1849/07

1 document

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien filed by Righter & Sutton

Date Range: 1849/07

Creation Date: July 1849

Year: 1849

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Baker, William; Pleasants, Philip; Righter, Washington; Sutton, Nelson; Wesley, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Mechanics' liens

Search Terms: Columbia; Contractors; Dwellings; Houses; Mechanics' liens; Persons of color

Place: Columbia

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JUL 1849 F056 ML

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 004

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Dwelling.; Righter & Sutton. Contractor.; Owner is a person of color.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment - contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high resolution image and permission to publish. There is no publication fee.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0202; JUL 1849 F056 ML

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

Documents

JUL_1849_F056_ML.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Claim

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9f4764d1-effd-4303-8ea0-420554217911

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien filed by Coleman Black and Co.

Object ID: DEC 1841 F047 ML

Date Range: 1841/12

1 document

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien filed by Coleman Black and Co.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date filed.

Date Range: 1841/12

Creation Date: December 1841

Year: 1841

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Dellet, Adam; Devling, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Mechanics' liens

Search Terms: Coleman Black and Company; Contractors; Mechanics' liens; Persons of color

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: DEC 1841 F047 ML

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 001

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Building.; Coleman Black and Co., Contractor; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment - contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no publication fee.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0202; DEC 1841 F047 ML

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

Documents

DEC_1841_F047_ML.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Claim

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/773112b4-c35f-4b82-9761-141855428140

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien filed by Coleman Black and Co.

Object ID: DEC 1841 F051 ML

Date Range: 1841/12

1 document

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' lien filed by Coleman Black and Co.

Date Range: 1841/12

Creation Date: December 1841

Year: 1841

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Marion, Bernard

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: Mechanics' liens

Search Terms: Coleman Black and Company; Contractors; Dwellings; Houses; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Mechanics' liens; Persons of color; Stables

Place: Lancaster and Lancaster Twp.

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: DEC 1841 F051 ML

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Box Number: 001

Notes: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Additional Notes: Dwelling and stable.; Coleman Black and Co., Contractors.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment - contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no publication fee.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0202; DEC 1841 F051 ML

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

Documents

DEC_1841_F051_ML.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

10 records – page 1 of 1.