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Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Object ID: COLLATERAL APPRAISEMENTS

Date Range: 1848-1913

Collection: Collateral Appraisements

Title: Collateral Appraisements

Description: 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. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.

Date Range: 1848-1913

Year Range From: 1849

Year Range To: 1913

Date of Accumulation: 1849-1913

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Collateral appraisement

Extent: 16 boxes (8 cubic feet)

Object Name: Appraisal

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: COLLATERAL APPRAISEMENTS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request photocopy or PDF at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: 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.

Other Numbers: RG 03-00 0312

Classification: RG 03-00 0312

Description Level: Fonds

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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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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Note: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Company, Conestoga Transportation Company, and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules

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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: Auto Racing Collection

Title: Auto Racing Collection

Object ID: MG0137

Date Range: 1932-1987

717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Advertisements Automobile racing Automobile racing drivers Automobile racing--Accidents Automobiles Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp. Bird-in-Hand Speedway Bishop’s Café Cars Central Speedway Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Columbia Finding aids Greer’s

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Collection: Auto Racing Collection

Title: Auto Racing Collection

Description: The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about a benefit for the Williams Grove Old-Timers Association.

Admin/Biographical History: J. Earl Way (1907-1997) of Salunga, Pennsylvania was a barber, dance instructor, and local band leader. He was also involved in auto racing, was a race promoter at Landisville Speedway, and wrote articles about racing for several newspapers. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43953963/obituary-for-j-earl-way-aged-89/

Date Range: 1932-1987

Year Range From: 1932

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1932-1987

Creator: Way, J. Earl, 1907-1997

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Acker, Ralph; Barzda, Joe; Bennet, W.; Bob, Gert; Bob, Joe; Bonmoyer, Herry; Brubaker, Allen; Chittwood, Joe; Cooper, Joe; Cooper, Russel; Culp, Dutch; Dotter, Clyde; Emery, E.; Emery, L. D.; Fritz, Ben; Gable, Bill; Gasta, Al; Gensler, Le Roy; Graham, Ray; Greer, Adam; Greer, Wilbur; Hamilton. Les; Heister, Duer; Herman, George; Holland, Bill; Horn, Ted; Keenig, Len; Kelcher, Ammon; Kline, Ted; Kolas, Fred; Light, Mark; Martin, Jack; Matera, Johnny; McClanagan, Don; Menke, Bill; Meyer, Newt; Miller, Paul; Mowery, Earl; Myers, Chares; Shollenberger, Ray "Dutch"; Shoop, Bill; Spahr, Russel; Stine, Ottis; Trissler, John; Way, Ardella; Way, Betsy; Way, Betty; Way, Fern; Way, John Earl; Way, Steven; Wentz, Walt; Wilt, Dave; Wolf, M. J.; Young, Paul

Subjects: Advertisements; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing--Accidents; Automobiles; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Programs (Publications); Racetracks (Automobile racing); Stock car drivers

Search Terms: Advertisements; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing--Accidents; Automobiles; Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.; Bird-in-Hand Speedway; Bishop's Café; Cars; Central Speedway; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Finding aids; Greer's Motor Dome; Landisville, East Hempfield Twp.; Landisville Speedway; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Lancaster Fairgrounds; Pennsylvania Casualty Company; Programs; R. R. Graybill's Garage; Racetracks; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Russ Cooper's Riley Special; Sambler Special; Speedways; Star Beer Special A V8 Ford; Statistics; Stock car drivers; Williams Grove Old Timers; Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Young Bros.

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0137

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Auto Racing Collection (MG0137), 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-137

Classification: MG0137

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AS, 1999. Finding aid typed by KS, March 2013. Added to database 25 September 2021.

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

Note: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Description: This collection consists of business records for Whitson & Sproul of Christiana, Lancaster County and documents related to estate settlements. The business records include a ledger, letters and statements concerning the sale and purchase of various materials. One letter mentions the 1860 election of "Old Abe." The receipts and court documents consist primarily of receipts, releases, and sale agreements relating to the settlement of the estates of James Sproul and Moses Whitson.

Date Range: 1847-1869

Year Range From: 1847

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: 1847-1869

Creator: Whitson & Sproul

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Armstrong, James; Aulthouse, George; Boyd, John A.; Brady, John; Brown, Jeremiah; Coates, Lindley; Collins, Eliza; Collins, James; Cooper, James; Cooper, John; Dickinson, Joseph C.; Frame, Benjamin; Hamilton, T. J.; Hawthorn, G. C.; Hess, J. G.; Iddings, Harriet J.; Irwin, Ellis P.; Irwin, George W.; Johnston, James; Johnston, Robert; Lefever, Daniel; Lewis, Samuel; Lincoln, Abraham; May, Daniel W.; Meiditch, John; Moore, Jeremiah; Morrison, George; Paxson, Elma E.; Paxson, Franklin G.; Paxson, Latitia Ann; Pownall, Joseph; Pownall, Moses; Pusey, John; Retzer, John; Rohrer, J. S.; Roland, John; Russel, John N.; Smith, Edward K.; Sproul, Annie; Sproul, Charles N.; Sproul, James; Steele, Margaret; Steele, William W.; Thompson, Jesse; Whitson, Jacob T.; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Wright, James

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Probate records

Search Terms: Agreements; Bart Twp.; Boldin and Wartmun; Business cards; Business records; Christiana; Coal; Columbia; Correspondence; Drumore Twp.; Dunwoody, Philadelphia; Finding aids; Grain; Guardians; Ledgers; Letters; Lumber; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Philadelphia Railroad; Probate records; Receipts; Sadsbury Forge; Sadsbury Twp.; Stocks; Strasburg; Tobacco; Vetterlein Co.; West Philadelphia Railroad; Whitson and Sproul; Widows

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0151

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Whitson & Sproul Collection (MG0151), 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-151

Classification: MG0151

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999 by DT. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Collection: Temperance Collection

Title: Temperance Collection

Object ID: MG0154

Date Range: 1815-1959

article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research

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Collection: Temperance Collection

Title: Temperance Collection

Description: The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1815-1959

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1959

Date of Accumulation: 1815-1959

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Aikin, Francis; Alexander, Eleanor B.; Brosius, Letitia; Brubaker, George; Eckman, Benjamin F.; Geist, Jacob Miller Willis; Harlan, E. W.; Heiges, George Leonard; Jackson, Josephine; Richardson, Benjamin W.; Rineer, A. Hunter; Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle; Seberry, Cora E.; Thomas, A. Elizabeth; Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Minutes (Records); Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Programs (Publications); Temperance; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Search Terms: Associations, institutions, etc.; Bart Society; Business records; Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.; Christiana; Churches; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Conventions; Dauphin County Historical Society; Eastland Female Temperance Society; Finding aids; Friends Academy; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Lititz; Locust Valley, Long Island, New York; Manheim; Manuscript groups; Minutes; National Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Pageants; Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union; Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Poetry; Programs; Reports; Songs; Strasburg; Temperance; Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0154

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), 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-154

Classification: MG0154

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Collection: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection

Title: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection (MG-0029)

Object ID: MG0029

Date Range: 1916-1993

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Collection: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection

Title: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection (MG-0029)

Description: General Strickler was a three star general who served in the Mexican Conflict, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Far East Command in Japan. He was born in Columbia, Pa., educated as a lawyer, and served as Pennsylvania's Republican Lieutenant Governor from 1947-1950. Collection includes military citations and certificates, correspondence when elected, speaking engagements, clubs and organizations, and photographs.

Admin/Biographical History: Daniel Bursk Strickler; Personal Life:; Daniel Bursk Strickler was born on 17 May 1897 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His parents, Calvin Ruby Strickler and Harriet Bursk Strickler, raised him in Columbia. Strickler married Caroline Grace Bolton on 11 October 1924. Daniel and Caroline Strickler had two children, Nancy Cupper Strickler and Daniel Bursk Strickler, Jr. Daniel Bursk Strickler, Sr. died on 21 June 1992.; Military Career:; Daniel Strickler enlisted in the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Army National Guard under the command of General Edward C. Shannon as a private on 31 January 1916. By April, Strickler was promoted to corporal and in July was assigned to the Mexican Border Conflict as a sergeant. He soon showed his value as a soldier and leader, and in April of 1917 was elected second lieutenant of Company C of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Army National Guard.; In September, Strickler was promoted once again to first lieutenant, at the same time that Company C became Company B of the 109th Machine Gun Battalion of the 28th Infantry Division of the United States Army. His company was deployed to France in September 1917 during World War I. Strickler served in five French campaigns including the Battle of Argonne Forest, which was when he received his Purple Heart. He obtained several commissions over the next eleven years including captain in 1918, major in 1922 and lieutenant colonel in 1928.; Just seven years after being promoted to colonel, Strickler was sent to France for a second time. He was in command of the 28th Division, Infantry Regiment during World War II. In 1942, he started command with the 109th Unit and then the 110th Unit of the 28th Division. In June of 1944, Strickler and his men landed at Omaha Beach. Strickler commanded troops during the Battle of the Bulge in the following December. He returned to the United States after three years of fighting.; Strickler was presented the honor of brigadier general in March of 1946 and on 24 December 1947, he was promoted to major general. Strickler remained in the Army and served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Afterwards, he served as an advisor for the Army as a diplomat to Korea until his retirement in 1957. Strickler's final commission occurred on 8 February 1960 to lieutenant general. He had been honored many times and received military decorations for valor, heroism, and dedication including three stars.; Education:; Daniel Strickler attended Columbia area public schools until he graduated from Columbia High School in 1916. He was the captain of the track team, president of the junior and senior class, and a member of the baseball and basketball teams. Upon his return from World War I in 1918, Strickler enrolled at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York. He took on many more responsibilities at this stage of his life. Not only did he receive his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1922, but he was also a member of various organizations, clubs and teams during his three years at Cornell University. He was captain of the track team and a member of the Senior Honor Society. Strickler was also president of the following organizations: Senior Class, Student Council, Quill and Dagger Society and Alpha Kappa Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.; Professional Career:; Daniel Strickler was admitted to the Bar of several courts during the 1920s including Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Courts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Superior Court of Pennsylvania; United States District Court; and United States Supreme Court. He worked with several law firms after obtaining his degree and in 1930, between the births of his two children, he established his own law firm in Lancaster. His legal career was not much different from his military or educational careers. He was involved with various professional organizations such as Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lancaster Bar Association, The American Bar Association, the Blackstonian Club of Lancaster, and the Republican Club. Strickler served as Auditor for Lancaster County from 1927 to 1929 and on a Special Counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1930. In 1931, Strickler was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature to serve in the House of Representatives, thus jump-starting his political career.; Political Career:; The political career of Daniel Strickler brought him several new titles including auditor, special counsel member, representative, commissioner, solicitor, committeeman, delegate and lieutenant governor. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during 1931 and 1932, General and Special Sessions. In 1931, Strickler served as the delegate for Pennsylvania at the National Young Republican Conference in Washington, DC. He was the temporary president of the Young Republican State Committee (YRSC) during 1931 as well. After his temporary appointment, he became an executive committee member of YRSC until 1936 and was also appointed as treasurer from 1934 until 1936.; From April to December of 1932, Strickler became the commissioner of the police department of Lancaster City as a special temporary appointment. During this time, he was in charge of cleaning up the police department and taking a stand against corruption and crime. He was a strong prohibitionist and cleaned up the city. Upon selection, he became the solicitor for Lancaster County, the York-Lancaster Inter-County Bridge Commission, and the Lancaster Municipal Airport from 1933 to 1941. He also served as the Republican County Committeeman for the 1st Precinct, 6th Ward, in Lancaster City until 1941. In 1946, Strickler was elected lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, which he fulfilled from 1947 until 1950 when he resigned to serve in the Korean War.

System of Arrangement: Boxes 1-6 are organized by subject. Scrapbooks are organized by volume; Book 1: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, Military Records, November 1918-February 1933; Book 2: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, [1919-1922]; Book 3: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, October 1923-January 1947; Book 4: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, April 1932-November 1933; Book 5: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, February 1942-September 1975; Book 6: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, March 1945-January 1947; Book 7: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1947-May 1948; Book 8: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1947-October 1950; Book 9: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1958-March 1958

Date Range: 1916-1993

Creation Date: 1897-1992

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1993

Creator: Strickler, Daniel Bursk

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bradley, Omar Nelson; Clark, Mark; Eisenhower, Dwight David "Ike"; Eisenhower, Mary Geneva Doud "Mamie"; Groff, John; Ridgeway, Matthew Bunker; Strickler, Daniel Bursk; Taylor, Lydia Happer; Taylor, Maxwell Davenport

Subjects: Broadsides; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College Student Government, Cornell University; Columbia (Pa.); Cornell University--Track and field; Cornell University. Law School; France; Germany; Harrisburg (Pa.); Ithaca (N.Y.); Korean War, 1950-1953; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Letters; Mexican Border Conflict; Mexico; Military decorations--United States; Pennsylvania--Lieutenant Governor (1947-1951 : Strickler); Phi Delta Phi; Political cartoons; Politicians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University); Scrapbooks; Swimmandos; United States. Army Reserves; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Young Men's Christian Association of Lancaster, Pa.

Search Terms: Broadsides; College Student Government, Cornell University; Columbia; Cornell University Law School; Correspondence; France; Germany; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Ithaca, New York; Korean War; Lancaster; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lieutenant Governor; Mexican Border Conflict; Mexico; Military decorations; Phi Delta Phi; Political cartoons; Politicians; Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University); Scrapbooks; Swimmandos; Track and field; Veterans; World War I; World War II; WWI; WWII; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 6 boxes, 54 folders, 9 scrapbooks, 6 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0029

Associated Material: Located at Pennsylvania State Archives:; Daniel B. Strickler Collection, 1916- 1919, 1943- 1957, 1967, & undated, 3 cu. ft., Manuscript Group 356

Related Item Notes: Located in the LancasterHistory.org research library:; Distinguished Military Men: Word Portraits of Eight of Columbia's Finest, by Wayne Von Stetten, Call No. 923.5 V945; Coming of Age in Columbia, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 905.748 SM (Oct. 1981); Memoirs of Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Daniel Bursk Strickler, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 923.5 S917; Lancaster Law Library Association, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, esq., Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 39; Soul of America, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 71; Daniel B. Strickler, World War I Diary, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 923.5 S917d; 25 Cited as Most Influential Lancaster Countians of the Century, by John Ward Willson Loose, Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 102, no. 4; Please see the Curatorial Collection for objects and the Photograph Collection for photographs.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions for Boxes 1-6. Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Scrapbooks:; Book 1: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 2: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 3: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 4: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 5: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 6: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 7: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 8: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 9: Please make an appointment with the archivist.

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-29

Classification: MG0029

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Boxes 1-6 were cataloged prior to July 1997. Scrapbooks 1-9 were cataloged in 2008. Added to database 5 September 2017.

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Collection: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Title: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Object ID: MG0059

Collection: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Title: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Description: This collection contains the papers of Lloyd Mifflin, including diaries, his poetry, typescripts, galleys with marginal notes, Mifflin family material, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Lloyd Mifflin was a poet and painter from Columbia, Pa. He is best known as a writer of sonnets, publishing over 500.

Admin/Biographical History: Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), artist of landscape and portraiture, was also "America's greatest sonneteer." He was born and lived much of his life in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where he was free to wander the banks of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries.; His father, J. Houston Mifflin, of English Quaker descent, was Lloyd's first teacher in drawing and sketching. His mother, Elizabeth A. Heise, came from German heritage. She was born in Columbia and died when Lloyd was very young. His father, a kind and patient man, noted that Lloyd was a rather weak child and provided equestrian and water sports to improve his health.; Lloyd was taught in the public schools in Columbia, including the Washington Classical Institute. The Mifflin family supported local education by bequeathing two houses from their estate, the cottage known as "Norwood" and the grand house, "Cloverton," as well as the estate itself. The school district annually planted a flower on his birthday, September 15, and read one of his sonnets, "A Picture of My Mother."; At the age of 14, Lloyd undertook drawing and sketching with his father. He also had Thomas Moran as an instructor in painting and worked with Isaac Williams of Philadelphia for a short time. In 1869, he traveled to Europe where he studied with Henry Herzog at Dusseldorf, Germany. His adventures also took him to Italy, France, England, and Scotland. He returned to Columbia from Europe and continued painting scenes from along the Susquehanna-from Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay. As did most other painters of the time, he earned money from portraiture.; In his paintings, he captured the natural with refined color and light, which yielded firm and balanced forms. He preferred to capture the peacefulness of a woodland path or other quiet spots, rather than the noise of an industrial area. Later in his life he liked seasonal paintings, since they gave him a chance to probe deeper into a philosophical spirit.; Mifflin turned to poetry at the age of 51. According to what he wrote in The Hills, his first volume of poetry (1896), he claimed that the fumes of the paint made him sick. In his lifetime he filled twelve books of verse with two hundred poems and more than six hundred sonnets. He wrote more sonnets than William Shakespeare, John Milton, and William Wordworth. John Keats, however, was his favorite. He preferred Keats for his expression regarding the love of beauty, both real and ideal; his forms were always poised and dignified. During this time he also taught himself the art of etching, using this technique to illustrate The Hills.; Mifflin stressed a strong love of beauty in his poetry as he did in his painting. His imagination and beautiful sense of harmony characterize his verse. The main source of his ambition, inspiration and consolation are clearly seen in The Invocation.; He devoted his greatest efforts to the category of the sonnet, considering it the most distinguished and exalted of all forms of English poetry. He enjoyed the structure, the metrical and rhythmic beauty, the plan of metrical rhyme and diction. Mifflin found it much like a musical composition.; Sonnets bipartite in structure usually have a combination of eight lines followed by six. The rhyme schemes and diction include many metaphors and an extensive vocabulary. His one hundred and fifty nature sonnets emphasize the descriptive, not the intuitional. To sample his poetic styles, one should turn to his three hundred and fifty collected sonnets, published in 1905 with a second edition in 1907. A large number came from earlier books.; As a poet, Mifflin was an idealist and respected the ideal of Greek mythological beauty. In the Echoes of the Greek Idylls and Slopes of Helicon, we find no roughness of spirit. There was a conscience of a spiritual presence. His religious sonnets were grounded in the faith of a personal God which related more to his aesthetic feelings than to traditional Christianity. Themes of life and death occur in many sonnets. His poetry inspired faith, hope and deep emotion. These sonnets were more descriptive than philosophical.; Mifflin's personal ambition was to excel; he wanted to write the perfect sonnet. Like the classical Greeks, he hoped his poetry would obtain an immortality. Mifflin thought the world had largely ignored him, even though his poetry received high praise. At his life's end he changed his opinion and credited his readers with more accolades than he had earlier thought. Perhaps he was too hard on himself. Lloyd Mifflin carried the name "Hermit of the hills" who walked the 'world as one entranced' and 'in life's turbid wave', dropped ' the crown-jewel of his melody.'"; E. Hershey Sneath. America's Greatest Sonneteer. The Clover Press (Geo. D. Hall): Columbia, PA.,1928.

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1965

Creator: Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Howarth, Shirley; Mifflin, Houston; Mifflin, Lloyd; Stauffer, Nevin A.

Subjects: Artists; Painters

Search Terms: Artists; Columbia; Diaries; Illustrations; Painters; Poetry; Poets; Press reviews; Scrapbooks; Sonnets; Susquehanna River; University of Pennsylvania; Wills

Extent: 2 box, 26 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0059

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: J. Houston Mifflin Collection, MG-150; Lloyd Mifflin paintings and other items in the Curatorial Collection; Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Lloyd Mifflin Collection (MG-59), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0059

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Title: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Object ID: MG0150

Date Range: 1754-1881

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Collection: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Title: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Description: Collection consists of personal, legal, and business-related letters and documents concerning the life and affairs of J. Houston Mifflin. Also, similar documents to, from, and about other members of the extended Houston and Mifflin families. Contains typed copies of two letters from J. Houston Mifflin to his son, Lloyd Mifflin, containing an eye-witness account of the June 1863 Confederate advance into Wrightsville. Also, a legal document signed by John Passmore.

Date Range: 1754-1881

Year Range From: 1754

Year Range To: 1881

Date of Accumulation: 1754-1881

Creator: Mifflin, J. Houston, 1807-1888

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Archer, H. W.; Bayard, A. C.; Cowen, John F.; Fisher, J. N.; Franklin, Thomas E.; Gamble, J. A.; Grier, David; Grisein, David J.; Houston, Anna S.; Houston, Henry H.; Houston, J. W.; Houston, John J.; Houston, Robert W.; Houston, Susanna; Houston, William F.; Howell, C. M.; Jenkins, William; Jordan, John; Kerbaugh, Francis; Lane, J.; Marshall, William; Mattack, Thomas; Mifflin, Ann; Mifflin, Elizabeth A. B.; Mifflin, James E.; Mifflin, John Houston; Mifflin, Joseph; Mifflin, Lloyd; Mifflin, Samuel W.; Neagle, J.; Nunemacher, John R.; Plant, Augusta Mifflin; Plant, T. H.; Reynolds, James L.; Rogers, Anna R.; Wilson, Benjamin

Other Creators: Mifflin family

Subjects: Artists; Business records; Family records; Legal instruments; Real property; Letters; Photographers

Search Terms: Artists; Bank of Pennsylvania; Business records; Charlton and Ward; Columbia Bank and Bridge Company; Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Land records; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mifflin and Houston Company; P. Malcolm and Company; Photographers; Real estate; Tilford and Samuel; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0150

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Lloyd Mifflin Collection, 1751-1965, MG0059

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-150

Other Number: MG-150

Classification: MG0150

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-10 processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1998-1999. Folder 11 was cataloged in 2011. Added to the database 28 September 2017.

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Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Object ID: MG0278

Date Range: 1850-1862

Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Description: This collection contains the diaries of Gilbert and Edith Bushong.; The first diaries in this collection (Folder #1), written by Gilbert Bushong who is 14 years old, are dated from 3m 17 1850 - 5m 29 1852 and April 20, 1853. The topics covered are the everyday events of family life and farming activities. He also writes about school life, and butchering hogs, and trips to visit family and friends.; The second part of this collection (Folder #2-5) was written by Edith Paxson Bushong and dates from December 31, 1858 - April 5, 1862, after Gilbert presents her with a new diary journal on his return from a trip to Lancaster. Edith writes mostly about the welfare of her family and friends, including news of marriages, births, illnesses, and deaths.; She also writes about life on the farm, her housework routine, and news of the Civil War, including the battle at Gettysburg.

Admin/Biographical History: Gilbert Bushong was the son of Henry Bushong and Esther Valentine. He was born on 2 December 1836 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 10 December 1911 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. Gilbert was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and an abolitionist who helped, with family members Henry and Jacob Bushong, to run the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves during the Civil War at Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.; Edith D. Kinsey Paxson was born on 14 January 1836 and died 2 December 1914 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was the second daughter of Elwood H. Paxson and Elizabeth Moore White. She married Gilbert Bushong on 20 December 1855. The Bushongs owned a farm along what is now Valley Road, Route 372, on the eastern side of Eden Twp. and received their mail at May Post Office. They are buried together at Sadsbury Meeting Cemetery in Chester County.; Children of Gilbert and Edith Bushong:; 1. Dr. Charles Henry Bushong (1 October 1856-20 December 1903). He was married twice, to sisters who were twins, Anna W. Keene and Nora E. Keene. One died and he married the other.; 2. Frances E. Bushong (18 May 1858-16 November 1861).; 3. Marion E. Bushong (20 March 1860-March 1937). She married Sanders M. Collins on 20 December 1884. Their children were Edith Bushong Collins (1886-1966) and Wallace Collins (b. 1899). Edith never married. She kept house for her father and was a school teacher. Wallace married Marion Chandler.; 4. Marvin E. Bushong (7 June 1878-27 October 1936). He married Lydia Rakestraw on 10 September 1903. Their children were Henry Rakestraw Bushong (b. 28 July 1904) and Gertrude (b. 4 August 1909). At 21, Marvin was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Eden Twp. and in 1908 was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions at Lancaster County. Later, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, and in 1933 was vice-president of the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.

Date Range: 1850-1862

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1862

Creator: Bushong, Gilbert, 1836-1911

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Albright, Esther; Alexander, James; Alexander, Rachel; Bacon, Martha; Bacon, Tom; Baer, Joel; Baily, Rachel; Bair, David; Barnhouse, Pusey; Barton, Mavis; Beatol, Ely; Beecher, Henry Ward; Bernard, Louisa; Bolton, Mary; Bolton, Sallie; Bolton, Susanna; Bonsall, Daniel; Bower, Hiram; Bowers, H.; Bromell, Isaac; Brown, Elas; Brown, John; Bushing, Francis Elwood; Bushong, Jesse G.; Bushong, Anna W. Keene; Bushong, Charles Henry; Bushong, Edith D. Kinsey Paxson; Bushong, Edith K.; Bushong, Edwin; Bushong, Esther Valentine; Bushong, Frances E.; Bushong, Gilbert; Bushong, Henry; Bushong, Henry Rakestraw; Bushong, Israel; Bushong, Jacob; Bushong, John; Bushong, Lydia Rakestraw; Bushong, Margaret; Bushong, Marion E.; Bushong, Marvin E.; Bushong, Mary; Bushong, Nora E. Keene; Bushong, Gertrude; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John; Carter, Tish; Cato, Jesse; Chanley, Hannah; Clarkson, Mary Ann; Coats, Simmons; Colfax, Schuyler; Collins, Edith Bushong; Collins, Marion Chandler; Collins, Marion E. Bushong; Collins, Sanders M.; Collins, Wallace; Cooper, Elwood; Cooper, H. W.; Cooper, Mary; Cramer, Cyrus; Cramer, Sheldon; Davis, Abner; Dewberries, Nathan; Dickinson, Annie; Dingee, Hannah; Dubell, Lydia Ann; Dubree, Nathan; Eavensen, Mary; Eavensham, Alvin; Eavensham, Martha Ellen; Eavenson, Albin; Eavenson, Alvin; Eavenson, Elwood; Eavenson, Emily; Eavenson, Jones; Eavenson, Mary; Eckhart, William; Eckman, Isaac; Evenson, Pierce; Everett, Hamilton; Everett, Rebecca; Everson, Reese; Ferguson, Annie; Field, Mary; Fisher, Conrad; Garrettson, Oliver; Garrison, P.; Garrison, William Lloyd; Gauge, Elizabeth; Gilbert, Abama; Gilbert, Alben; Gilbert, Amos; Gilbert, Bell; Gilbert, Catherine; Gilbert, Emily; Gilbert, Florence; Gilbert, Hannah; Gilbert, Harding; Gilbert, Howard W.; Gilbert, Jesse; Gilbert, Joshua; Gilbert, Mary; Gilbert, Newton; Gilbert, Omar; Gilbert, Sallie; Gilbert, Sarah; Gillton, Theodore; Gockley, Annie; Gockley, Sebastian; Grant, Ulysses S.; Green, Louisa; Griest, Ellwood; Hanna, Edie; Harding, Isaac; Haslem, William; Hauches, Phebe; Hauser, Edie; Hawkes, Joseph; Hayes, Mrs. William; Hayes, Nathaniel; Heaslem, William; Heidelbaugh, Margaret; Heidlebaugh, Albert; Heidlebaugh, Milton; Heidlebaugh, Samuel; Heidlebaugh, Susan; Hensel, George; Herr, Anna; Hicks, Rachel; Hobson, Jane; Hobson, Phebe; Hobson, Thebe; Hobson, Thomas; Hodson, John; Holson, Irene; Hood, James; Hopkins, Hannah; Hopkins, Maria; Hopkins, Samuel; Hopkins, Stanton; Hoskens, John; Houston, Joseph; Hunt, John; Hunter, Joe; Hunter, John; Hunter, Mary; Jackson, James; James, Harriet; Johns, John; Johns, Scott; Johns, Susan; Johnson, Hannah; Johnson, Henry; Johnson, Jacob; Johnson, Martha; Johnson, Mattie; Johnson, Moses; Johnson, Rachel; Johnson, Sarah; Johnston, Henry; Johnston, Moses; Jones, Emerson; Jones, Emma; Jones, Jael; Jones, Mary; Kauffman, Lewis; Kennedy, Hal Patterson; Kent, Nancy; Kent, Vince; Kern, Frank; King, Anna; King, Jerry; King, Samuel; Kirk, Benjamin; Kirk, Sarah; Kuhn, Lizzie; Lamborne, Alicia; Livingston, John B.; Love, Alfred H.; Lyle, William; Marsh, Mary; Marshlands, Belle; Massey, Isaac; Massey, Mary; Massey, Samuel; Matthew, Lydia; Matthews, Thomas; McClintick, Martha; McGill, Eliza; McGill, Sarah; Mercer, Rachel; Miller, Frank; Miller, Joseph; Minnich, Isaac; Moore, Gainer; Moore, Isaac; Moore, Mary; Morrison, Caroline; Morrison, Emma; Morrison, Henry; Morrison, Joseph; Moses, Thomas; Murry, Harvey; Neal, Susan; Newswanger, Joseph E.; Oran, James; Parke, William; Paxson, Alice; Paxson, Alvin; Paxson, Elizabeth Moore White; Paxson, Elwood H.; Paxson, Frankie; Paxson, James; Paxson, Matilda; Paxson, Mavis; Paxson, Tillie; Peart, Lewis; Peart, Rebecca; Peart, Roland; Pennock, Maggie; Pickering, M. H.; Pickering, Elias; Pierce, Edith; Pierce, George; Pierce, Levi; Proctor, Caroline; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rakestraw, Carrie; Rakestraw, Connie; Rakestraw, Eliza; Rakestraw, Ester; Rakestraw, Henry; Rakestraw, Liddy; Rakestraw, Mary; Rakestraw, Sarah; Rakestraw, William; Resh, James; Reynolds, John F.; Rich, Sallie; Risk, James; Risk, Mary; Ritz, Jack; Roberts, Anna; Roberts, Henry; Roberts, Martha; Robinson, Moses; Rockey, Mrs. Jacob; Royer, Hannah; Rusel, James; Russell, Mary B.; Scott, Barbara; Scott, John; Sheldon, Hannah; Sheldon, William; Slate, Henry; Slater, John; South, Benjamin; Sprecher, Jonathan; Sproul, Anne; Stauffer, Jacob; Stauffer, John; Stauffer, Mattie; Stauffer, Mrs.; Stauffer, Peter; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stowe, Mrs.; Stuart, Mary; Sutter, Joe; Swisher, Patrick; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Joseph C.; Thomas, Ann; Thomas, Callie; Thomas, Caroline; Thomas, John; Thomas, Orza A.; Thompson, George; Thompson, Harriet; Valentine, Anna L.; Valentine, Emmaline; Valentine, Francis; Valentine, Joseph; Valentine, Rachel; Valentine, Rebecca; Valentine, Thomas; Walker, John; Walker, Washington; Walter, Jesse; Walters, George; Watson, Matilda; Way, Martha; Webb, John P.; Webster, Elizabeth; Webster, Ezra; Wells, Gilbert; Wells, Joseph; Wells, Mary; Westley, Ellen; Westley, Joseph; Westly, John; Whinney, Sarah Pusey; White, Addie; White, Clara; White, Lettie; White, Oliver; Whitson, Ester; Whitson, George; Whitson, Jacob; Whitson, Matilda; Whitson, Merce; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, Webster; Whitson, William; Wilhelm, Mrs.; William, Henry; Williams, Carrie; Williams, Edwin; Williams, Frank; Williams, Henry; Williams, Sue; Wilson, Tillie; Winston, George; Withers, Anna; Withers, Augustus; Withers, William; Zook, Morris

Other Creators: Bushong, Edith K., 1836-1914.

Subjects: African Americans--History; Agriculture; Bereavement; Canning and preserving; Enslaved persons--Emancipation; Farms; Health; Housekeeping; Mental health; Quakers; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Agriculture; Barr's Bookstore; Bereavement; Births; Canning and preserving; Civil War; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; David Bear's Dry Goods; Death; Diaries; Emancipation; Farming; Funerals; Gardening; Health; Housekeeping; Illnesses; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; McGlaughlin's Auction; Mental health; Octoraro Relief Association; Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind; Persons of color; Quakers; Quarryville Aid Society; Sadsbury Friends Meeting; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; Travel; York Furnace

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0278

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Family Papers, 1833-1872 at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Bushong Diary Collection (MG-278), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0278

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed, finding aid started by PK, Spring-Summer 2010; Finding aid completed by NS, RS, 2013.

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