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Farmers' Fair Collection
Title
Farmers' Fair Collection
Object ID
MG0146
Date Range
1888-1973
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Farmers' Fair Collection
Title
Farmers' Fair Collection
Description
Of primary interest are premium list books from the Lancaster Fair. The books contain entry categories and prizes offered for winners, general rules and regulations, many advertisements, and photographs of the fairgrounds and acts performing at some of the fairs. There are also Fair Association stock certificates and pamphlets, exhibit entry blanks, promotional fliers, and premium lists from other fairs.
Lancaster County Agricultural Fairs, 1909-1914 scrapbook contains a variety of information pertaining to the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair. There are copies of letters that I. C. Arnold typed and sent out to notify the public about the annual fair, including letters to teachers and businesses. Photographs are scattered within the book. The book is also filled with admission tickets, stand-holder tickets, and exhibitor tickets. There are several pages that show the layout of the fairgrounds and where different exhibits and rides were located. An item of interest is a facsimile of a confederate fifty-dollar bill.
Admin/Biographical History
The Lancaster County Agricultural Fair was held annually starting in 1888 and was sponsored by the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association. The fair lasted for one week and was open to the public for four days. For the first ten years the fair was held at McGrann's Park. In 1909, Lancaster County Agricultural Fair moved to the newly constructed Lancaster Fair Grounds. The new fair complex consisted of fifty-five acres and contained 5,500 bleacher seats, cattle sheds for over 400 exhibits, 225 stables for racing and show horses, a poultry exhibition building for 3,000 exhibits, and two exhibit buildings for the horticulture, agriculture and fancy work exhibits. The animals and exhibits were on display during the fair and there were rides, food stands and other amusements available for the public.
Fair entries were judged in one of eight fair departments: Cattle; Sheep and Swine; Horses, Ponies and Mules; Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock; Farm and Dairy Machinery, Implements, Carriages and Vehicles; Agriculture and Horticulture; Home and Dairy; and Ladies' Fancy Work. The Cattle Department had three different classes of dairy breeds, beef breeds and overall. The Sheep and Swine Department was split in two classes between the sheep and the swine and each class held many divisions for breed classifications. The Department of Horses, Ponies and Mules was split between show animals and work animals used for pulling carts and machinery. Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock were judged as one category winning gold, silver, bronze and runner up medals. Items used for farming and dairy divided the fifth department and then carriages and vehicles shared their own category.
The Department of Agriculture and Horticulture was split into many different categories including grains, seed and flour; wheat; vegetables; potatoes; tobacco; apples; pear, plums and quinces; peaches; grapes; fall strawberries; nuts; wines, cider, etc.; flowers; floral designs; and the boy's corn growing contest. The categories of the Home and Dairy Department are bread and butter; cakes and pies; preserves and pickles; confections; and soaps and hams. The final department, Ladies' Fancy Work, included craft work such as knitting, crochet work, infant's clothing, lace and tatting work, Irish crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, silk embroidery, outline embroidery, punch work, drawn work, stencil work, beadwork, raffia work and the juvenile department. The annual Lancaster County Agricultural Fair's last year was in 1933.
Date Range
1888-1973
Year Range From
1888
Year Range To
1973
Date of Accumulation
1888-1973
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
Subjects
Agricultural exhibitions
Fairs
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Agricultural exhibitions
Black Barren Fair
Fairs
Finding aids
Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association
Lancaster Fair
Manuscript groups
Neffsville Fair
New Holland Farmers' Fair
Scrapbooks
Southern Lancaster County Community Fair
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0146
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
A photograph of the grandstand was transferred from Folder 9 to the Photograph Collection, 30 September 2016, Object ID 2-26-04-12.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Farmers' Fair Collection (MG0146), 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-146
Other Number
MG-146
Classification
MG0146
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Collection was processed and finding aid prepared in 1998; the scrapbook was cataloged by CB, 2007-2008. Added to database 5 August 2021.
Lancaster County Agricultural Fairs scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 2007-2008. ME60112.
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Collection
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Title
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Object ID
MG0253
Date Range
1852-1956
Content Note: The Invoice and Receipt Collection contains billheads for purchases from Lancaster County businesses or by residents of the county. These invoices and receipts show some or all of the following information: the name of the customer, item(s) purchased, cost, location and description of
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Invoice and Receipt Collection
Title
Invoice and Receipt Collection
Description
The Invoice and Receipt Collection contains billheads for purchases from Lancaster County businesses or by residents of the county. These invoices and receipts show some or all of the following information: the name of the customer, item(s) purchased, cost, location and description of business, date of purchase, and date of payment.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Date Range
1852-1956
Year Range From
1852
Year Range To
1956
Date of Accumulation
1852-1956
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Brinton, Susana
Brunner, A.
Crosley, T. T.
Donnelly, Mary T.
Griel, H. M.
Hale, Joseph P.
Hauck, Samuel M.
Heinekamp, William
Leib, J. C.
Miller, Bert
Miller, Edward F.
Miller, John Brubaker
Packer, Roy
Rengier, Charles F., Jr.
Renno, David
Root, Harvey Shimp
Rutter, Eugene M.
Scott, E. S.
Scott, S. H.
Shaibley, C. W.
Shaub, Percy H.
Shindle, B. S.
Shortlage, Helen
Simon, Lewis
Stuckenholz, Justus
Trout, A. S.
Trout, A. W.
Wild, James F.
Subjects
Billheads
Invoices
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Billheads
Clarion Printing House
Columbia Wagon Company
E. M. Rutter and Company
Edison Electric Company
Finding aids
Freed, Ward and Freed
Heinitsh Paint Company
Hoffmeier Brothers
Invoices
J. Bowman and Sons
J. C. Budding Company
J. C. Leib and Company
Keystone Metal Weather Strip Company
Lancaster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company
Long and Davidson
Maennerchor Hotel
Manuscript groups
Mary T. Donnelly Suit Shop
Metzger Brothers and Company
Musselman Bros.
New Holland Water Department
Overly and Good
Philip Schum, Son and Company
Piersol Carpet Company
Receipts
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Stauffer Home Improvements, Inc.
Steam Cracker and Biscuit Bakery
Steinman Hardware
Sylvan View Dairy
Extent
1 box, 12 folders, .15 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0253
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Business and Industry Collection (MG0107)
Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)
Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182)
Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253), 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-253
Classification
MG0253
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The Invoice and Receipt Collection was formerly called the Bills of Sale Collection. The title of the collection was changed on 25 August 2021 to reflect the items in the collection.
This collection was originally cataloged prior to 1997 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.
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Collection
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Title
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Object ID
MG0153
Date Range
1862-1987
, for making several types of soap and softening water using the Pennsylvania Salt Company’s Keystone State Saponifier/Concentrated Lye. East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pa. Insert 3 “Building of drop center wagons made easy,” by the use of Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections. List of
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Advertising and Promotional Collection
Title
Advertising and Promotional Collection
Description
The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.
Date Range
1862-1987
Year Range From
1862
Year Range To
1987
Date of Accumulation
1862-1987
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bogle, George
Bortzfield, Jere
Butler, Smedley D.
Correll, Clint
Eberly, Jay M.
Evans, Melvern R,
Frueauff, W. Herman T.
Hawbaker, Gary
Houck, Leo
Huss, Arlene Rider
Jackson, J. T.
Jenner, Edward
Kelly, P. B.
Kepler, Aaron Conrad
Lynch, Charles O.
Manning, Peggy Sheets
Martin, John W.
Miller, Charles F.
Musser, Andrew J.
Miller, J. R.
Rohrer, Willis
Ross, Betsy
Schuneman, Ray
Skiles, John D.
Slaymaker, R. M.
Smith, Lynn A.
Smith, Marjorie A.
Stauffer, Sarah Ann
Stumpf, Ed
Suydam, Henry
Tobias, Richard J.
Yecker, Paul C.
Rowe, Ceylon
Landes, Lizzie
Stehman, Henry L.
Subjects
Advertising
Ephemera
Advertising fliers
Fliers (Ephemera)
Search Terms
A&P
A. F. Huber Food Store
Advertisements
Advertising
Advertising fliers
Announcements
Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Aunt Betty's Playhouse
Big Boy Restaurants
Boston Insurance Company
Brochures
Brownstown, West Earl Twp.
Business
Christmas carols
Clarion Steam Printing House
Clipper Magazine
Colonial Theatre
Columbia
Columbia Flour Mills
Columbia Herald Job Printing Office
Columbian Printing Company
Cope Brothers
Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap
Drawings
E. H. Gochnauer and Sons
East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Ed Stumpf's Service Stations
Engle and Hambright
Ephemera
Express Steam Printers
Finding aids
Finks Baked Products
Flyers
Gardner and Craver
Gates Dental Company, Inc.
Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard
Grandview Heights
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Harrison Brothers and Company
Heinitsh Furniture Company
Hershey and Groff
Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland)
Invitations
John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing
John Herr's Mill
Kelly Cadillac
Kunkel and Brother
L. B. Herr & Son
Lakeland Stabling Company
Lancaster
Lancaster Advertiser's Club
Lancaster Bar Association
Lancaster Chemical Company
Lancaster Country Store
Lancaster County Heritage Magazine
Lancaster Dispensing Company
Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company
Lime Spring Farm
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections
Manuscript groups
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort
Mills
Moderne Manor
Musselman and Slaymaker
New Holland, Earl Twp.
Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream
Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company
Pennsylvania Salt Company
Pequea Lime
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Place Marie
Restaurants
Restore 'N More
Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.
Russo Answer-Phone Service
Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton
Steinman Hardware
Stockyard Inn
Stores
Sunday News
Trivers Clothes
Trout and Shank
F. W. Woolworth Co.
H. L. Stehman and Co.
Heitshu's Drug Store
Extent
1 box, 13 folders, .2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0153
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Business and Industry Collection (MG0107)
Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253)
Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182)
Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), 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-153
Other Number
MG-153
Classification
MG0153
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.
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Collection
Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection
Title
Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection
Object ID
MG0480
Date Range
1791-1988
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Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection
Title
Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection
Description
The Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection contains records of doctors and a midwife who practiced in Lancaster County. Susanna Rohrer Müller's account book is a record of her work as a midwife from 1791 to 1815. The other volumes in this collection contain medical school notes, records of births, ephemera, and medicinal formulas.
Date Range
1791-1988
Year Range From
1791
Year Range To
1988
Date of Accumulation
1791-1988
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 11
People
Bowers, Moses K.
Carpenter, Alexander H.
Collatte, Joseph
Harnley, Isaac
Kauffman, Christian
Kauffman, John
Landis, Christian
McCressan, George
Meyers, Jacob
Müller, Susanna Rohrer
Schaffner, Meade D.
Steward, A.
Welchans, George R.
Wiles, Alice Miller
Witmer, John
Ziegler, James
Subjects
Account books
Advertising
Business records
Delivery (Obstetrics)
Formulas, recipes, etc.
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Midwives
Physicians
Railroads
Search Terms
Account books
Advertising
Business records
Delivery (Obstetrics)
Finding aids
Formulas, recipes, etc.
Lancaster Academy of Medicine
Manuscript groups
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Midwives
National Prohibition Act
Pectoral Elixir
Pennsylvania Medical College
Physicians
Railroads
Extent
1 box, 9 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0480
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Strasburg Pharmacy Records (MG0282)
Heinitsh Business and Family Records (MG0447)
Bucher-Ortmann Pharmacy Collection (MG0211)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection (MG0480), 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-480
Other Number
MG-480
Classification
MG0480
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 27 August 2021.
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Collection
Stock Certificates Collection
Title
Stock Certificates Collection
Object ID
MG0326
Date Range
1822-1995
Note: This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County. Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research
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Stock Certificates Collection
Title
Stock Certificates Collection
Description
This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County.
Date Range
1822-1995
Year Range From
1822
Year Range To
1995
Date of Accumulation
1822-1995
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Barber, John
Bausman, J. B.
Bolton, W. P.
Bowman, Robert K.
Burkholder, Abe W.
Cleveland, S. M.
Dick, William
Dombach, Calvin S.
Eshleman, Kathryn
Fairlamb, Harry
Folmer, Charles John
Frank, J. Barcley
Franklin, Walter M.
Givler, John
Givler, John S.
Good, C. W.
Green, E.
Haines, Joyce
Haines, Karl
Harrison, W.
Hartman, H. W.
Hartman, John F.
Hartzell, H. O.
Hess, Mark S.
Jenkins, William
Jones, J.
Kauffman, I. M.
Keller, Dean
Kendall, L. A.
Kreider, Elam
Long, John F.
Loose, John Ward Willson "Jack"
Lorch, George A.
Lutz, P. H.
Martin, Isaac
Maxwell, Joseph R.
Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R.
Metzger, H. R.
Metzler, Christian E.
Meyer, Anna Magdalen
Miller, William
Mowrer, J. H.
Nissley, J. H.
Parkins, R. B.
Pickle, J. Harry
Pollard, Myron A.
Price, Samuel
Riddick, Frank A.
Rudy, James K.
Rush, E. W.
Sahm, Norman R.
Shand, William
Shurler, F.
Smith, Jacob
Smith, W. J. B.
Snavely, Helen
Snyder, P. F.
Sweigart, S. F
Wagner, F. D.
Webster, George W.
Yost, J. F.
Zimmerman, Elmer D.
Subjects
Stock certificates
Search Terms
Agricultural Trust and Savings Company
American Bank Note Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Broun-Green Company
Columbia Pennsylvania Library Company
Conestoga Aero Corporation
E. A. Wright Bank Note Company
Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Farmers Oil Company
Finding aids
Follmer, Clogg and Company
Gap Mine Company
Goldsmith Brothers
International Bank Note Company
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Lancaster Development Company
Lancaster Manufacturing Company
Lancaster Suburban Water Company
Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Company
Linglestown Fair Association
Lone Star Gas and Oil Company
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Manufacturing
Manuscript groups
New Holland Airport
Railroads
Reynolds and Company
Seed-leaf Tobacco Growers Company
Service and Parking Garage Company
Sicily Island Fishing Club
Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd.
Stock certificates
Tobacco
Turnpikes
United Ice Company
West End Water Company
William F. Murphy's Sons Company
Winslow Petroleum Company
Extent
1 box, 13 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0326
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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-326
Classification
MG0326
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Collection
Temperance Collection
Title
Temperance Collection
Object ID
MG0154
Date Range
1815-1959
, the license system, proceedings and work of the union. (copy one of two) Gift of the Dauphin County Historical Society. 2. Insert contains copy two of 1870 report. 3. Proceedings of the thirteenth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Union. Held in Williamsport, Pa., 29-30 January 1880
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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
Menu Collection
Title
Menu Collection
Object ID
MG0339
Date Range
1898-1963
, manager. (2 copies) 1949. Yonnie’s Pennsylvania Dutch Week Ends and Favorite Foods. Shows daily fare and specials for each day of the week, in English and German. Days of the week are indicated as wash day, ironing day, etc. Information about the “Plain People” and “High Spots of All-Expense Tour.” Paul L
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Menu Collection
Title
Menu Collection
Description
Menus of local restaurants dating from the mid-nineteenth century show changes in fare and the price of meals. Some menus have tourist or historical information.
Date Range
1898-1963
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1898-1963
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Menus
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Menus
Newspaper clippings
Extent
1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0339
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Menu Collection (MG0339), 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-339
Classification
MG0339
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 26 November 2021.
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Object ID
MG0237
Date Range
1880-2003
Newsletters Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.) Scrapbooks Stores, Retail Search Terms: Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America A and S Realty and Investment Corporation A. B. Rote & Co. Advertising Agreements Air conditioning American Blower Corporation Appel & Weber Architectural plans Awards Blueprints Bon-Ton
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Description
The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.
Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.
Admin/Biographical History
On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged by series.
Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory
Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners
Date Range
1880-2003
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1880-2003
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Ammon, Cora Mae Fox
Ammon, John M.
Appel, Eva Rengier
Appel, Percy L.
Baker, Miriam Rengier
Bell, Louise Price
Berger, R. R.
Blatchley, Charles A.
Breyers, C. J.
Buchanan, James
Drukenbrod, Lee Roy
Fehl, J. Herbert
Frantz, I. E.
Fritz, C. C.
Goodhart, E. C.
Groff, Alpheaus S.
Groff, Ella L.
Hermansader, T. F.
Hirsh, Bertha
Hirsh, Gabriel
Hostetter, D. B.
Lively, Henry
Long, Jacob M.
Loss, Natalie M.
Loss, Nathan
Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.
Marshall, Elizabeth Weber
Marshall, George A.
Marshall, George W.
Marshall, Maria L. Good
May, Jennie H.
Miller, E. N.
Myers, Harry
Myers, Maria
Myers, Patricia Marshall
Myrtetus, George B.
Noonan, Ella O.
Noonan, Raymond Smith
Prangley, James
Reed, George R.
Reichley, Jacob Christian
Reifsnyder, Arden P.
Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman
Rengier, Charles F.
Rengier, John S.
Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen
Rohrer, George Redsecker
Rohrer, Jeremiah
Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker
Roth, George R.
Rupert, L. H.
Schaller, Kimberly
Shand, James
Shand, Thomas Marshall
Sherrill, Anita B.
Sherrill, S. Edward
Short, Edwin P.
Skyllas, Drossos A.
Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert
Stiles, H. A.
Stirk, Isaac
Stirk, Sarah C.
Swarr, Donald
Urban, Cassius Emlen
Watt, Laura Louise Geiger
Watt, Peter T.
Weber, May H.
Wisegarver, Harry P.
Witmer, Albert F.
Other Creators
Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)
Subjects
Advertising
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Building leases
Calendars
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Letters
Menus
Newsletters
Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.)
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
A and S Realty and Investment Corporation
A. B. Rote & Co.
Advertising
Agreements
Air conditioning
American Blower Corporation
Appel & Weber
Architectural plans
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America
Awards
Blueprints
Bon-Ton
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
Booklets
C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.
Calendars
Catalogs
Central Automatic Sprinkler Company
Certificates
Columbia
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia
Correspondence
Deeds
Department stores
DUSCO Property Management, Inc.
East Hempfield Twp.
Employee handbooks
Employees
Ephemera
Escalators
Finding aids
Fire sprinklers
Floorplans
Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers
Gift certificates
Ground-rent
Hager and Bro., Inc.
Hager Realty Corporation
Heating and ventilation systems
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Job descriptions
Kroll Electric Company, Inc.
Lancaster
Lancaster Parking Authority
Lancaster Trust Company
Leases
Letters
Manuscript groups
Menus
Mortgages
Newsletters
Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.
Park City Mall
Penn Square
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Permits
Poetry
PPL
Price lists
Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
Reynolds and Reynolds Company
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Total Energy Leasing Corporation
Trion, Inc.
Watt and Shand
Workers' Compensation Act
York Corporation
Extent
4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0237
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-237
Classification
MG0237
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.
The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.
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Collection
Daughters of the American Revolution Collection
Title
Daughters of the American Revolution Collection
Object ID
MG0874
Date Range
1899-1986
years 1981-1982,1982-1983, and 1984-1985. Yearbooks include names of officers and members of the chapter. Supplements include programs offered for the year. One envelope with Donegal Chapter, Lancaster, PA and logo for the Daughters of the American Revolution stamped in upper left corner. 8 items
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Daughters of the American Revolution Collection
Title
Daughters of the American Revolution Collection
Description
This collection contains annual yearbooks and supplements of the Donegal Chapter of the Daughers of the American Revolution from 1978-1986, stationery, and a program of the Memorial Meeting on the Centennial Anniversary of the Death of George Washington.
Date Range
1899-1986
Year Range From
1899
Year Range To
1986
Date of Accumulation
1899, 1978-1986
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Shand, James
Robottom, Percy J.
Matz, Carl
Fry, Charles L.
Coyle, John A.
Mitchell, James Y.
Subjects
Daughters of the American Revolution
Associations, institutions, etc.
Search Terms
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Associations, institutions, etc.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Yearbooks
Programs
Extent
2 folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0874
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Daughters of the American Revolution Collection (MG0874), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0874
Other Numbers
MG-874
Other Number
MG-874
Classification
MG0874
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from Document Collection Box 22, Folder 11, Items 1-8 and Box 20, Folder 11, Item 12, 24 January 2022.
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Collection
Heritage of Bart Township Collection
Title
Heritage of Bart Township Collection
Object ID
MG0897
Date Range
1849, 1857, 1940
Note: This collection contains items relating to the history and heritage of Bart Township, Lancaster County. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research
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Heritage of Bart Township Collection
Title
Heritage of Bart Township Collection
Description
This collection contains items relating to the history and heritage of Bart Township, Lancaster County.
Date Range
1849, 1857, 1940
Year Range From
1849
Year Range To
1940
Date of Accumulation
1849-1940
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Bushong, Henry R.
Bushong, Lydia R.
Gilbert, Rodney
Jackson, Ralph G.
Jackson, T. Baker
Martin, Emma W.
Martin, Paul I.
Maule, Norman C.
Walton, Asa
Walton, Ida M.
Subjects
Bart (Pa. : Township)
Search Terms
Bart Historical Society
Bart Preparative Meeting
Bart Twp.
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Invitations
Articles of agreement
Extent
3 folders, 3 items
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0897
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Bart Self-Culture Society Collection (MG0271)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Heritage of Bart Township Collection (MG0897), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
Unknown.MG0897
Other Numbers
MG-897
Classification
MG0897
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Provenance is noted at the item level.
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