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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

, John Hubley, Joseph Hubley, M. Hubner, Nathanael Huston, Alex Hutchinson, E. Jacks, James Jenkins, Ron Johns, Elizabeth Johns, Jacob Johns, Paul Johnston, Sam Jones, John Jones, Owen Jones, Paul T. Jordan, J. Kauffman, Abraham Kauffman, Joseph Kehler, Andrew Kelly, Joseph P. Kelly, William Kenedy, John

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Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), 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.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Collection: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Title: Whitson & Sproul Collection

Object ID: MG0151

Date Range: 1847-1869

, 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

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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: Henry Slaymaker Collection

Title: The Henry Slaymaker Collection

Object ID: MG0004

Date Range: 1790-1835

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Collection: Henry Slaymaker Collection

Title: The Henry Slaymaker Collection

Description: Collection includes waste books and an account book from the Salisbury Store, Justice of the Peace dockets, child's school exercise books, receipts, summons, letters, and other papers.

Date Range: 1790-1835

Creation Date: 1790-1835

Year Range From: 1790

Year Range To: 1835

Creator: Slaymaker, Henry F. (Henry Fleming), 1789-1860

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Chambers, P.; Leech, George; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Isabella; Slaymaker, Jasper; Small, Henry

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: Business records; Court calendars; Family records; Legal documents; Letters; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township); School notebooks

Search Terms: Bethania Seminary; Business records; Correspondence; Court calendars; Family records; Finding aids; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Promissory notes; Salisbury Store; Salisbury Twp.; School notebooks

Extent: 2 boxes, 12 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0004

Related Item Notes: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, MG0268; Curatorial Collection; Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use the photocopies provided for items in Folders 6 and 7.

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-4

Classification: MG0004

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection was cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 1 March 2018.

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Collection: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Object ID: MG0017

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Collection: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Collection

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

Creation Date: 1861-1931

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1931

Date of Accumulation: 1861-1931

Creator: Grand Army of the Republic Post 478

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

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

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

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

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

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0017

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-17

Classification: MG0017

Description Level: Fonds

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

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Collection: C. Emlen Urban Collection

Title: C. Emlen Urban Collection

Object ID: MG0100

Date Range: 1889-1939

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Collection: C. Emlen Urban Collection

Title: C. Emlen Urban Collection

Description: Collection consists of records by Cassius Emlen Urban, a Lancaster architect. He supervised the construction of the Lancaster Post Office at 120 N. Duke St., Lancaster. Many letters from James H. Windrim, supervising architect of the Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Book of correspondence contains details of the construction. Also includes letters he wrote to his son, Rathfon, dated February 14-29, 1939, while on the Italian liner, Roma.

Admin/Biographical History: C. Emlen Urban; Throughout Downtown Lancaster numerous iconic buildings make up the city's landscape giving it its unique and ornate character. Landmark buildings such as the Greist Building, the Watt and Shand Department Store, Hager Building, Southern Market, along with many more churches, residential units including the facade of the Fulton Opera House were the design of Cassius Emlen Urban. Urban was Lancaster's first architect and one of the most significant influences on the city. 1 Urban modernized the city's landscape as he designed buildings in a new era where technologies never before available to architects made it possible for himself to leave such a grand impression.; Urban was born on February 20, 1863 in Conestoga Township to a Civil War veteran Amos Urban, a distinguished citizen known for his modesty and community service. Urban finished high school in 1880 and would get his architectural training through an apprenticeship with Scanton, PA architect E.L. Walter. Later in 1884 Urban would move to Philadelphia where he served as a draftsman to Willis G. Hale. Upon returning to Lancaster roughly a year later Urban would open his own practice in Lancaster.2; Only a few years after Urban opened his practice through a family connection he would receive a commission to design Lancaster's Southern Market. Urban's career would take off leading him to design many more iconic buildings in Lancaster and Hershey as well. Urban, through his membership at the Hamilton Club made acquaintance with Milton Hershey who hired him to design such buildings as Hershey Chocolates original company offices and even his own mansion.3; Urban spent the majority of his life in Lancaster with the exception of his time studying as a young man. Urban is remembered for his buildings designed in Queen Anne and Beaux style architecture.4 Shenk in his A History of Lancaster County wrote of Urban, "Few men of Lancaster county can point to a finer array of useful and beautiful work than can Cassius Emlen Urban."; Nicole O. Sturla, "Cassius Emlen Urban: Lancaster's First Native Architect," Susquehanna Monthly Magazine, September 1980.; 2 History of Lancaster County, ed. E.M.J. Klein (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company Inc., 1924), 443.; 3 "Urban, C. Emlen; 1863-1939," Hershey Community Archives, accessed September 30, 2014. http://www.hersheyarchives.org/essay/details.aspx?EssayId=34&Rurl=%2Fresources%2Fsearch-results.aspx%3FType%3DBrowseEssay.; 4 "Introduction," To Build Strong and Substantial: The Career of Architect C. Emlen Urban, (2009): 2-3.

Date Range: 1889-1939

Year Range From: 1889

Year Range To: 1939

Creator: Urban, C. Emlen, 1863-1939

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Rote, Andrew B.; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Urban, Rathfon Merrill; Windrim, James Hamilton

Subjects: Architects; Buildings--Specifications; Business records; Letters; Historic buildings; Lancaster (Pa.); Post Office (Postal service)

Search Terms: Architects; Buildings, Specifications; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Historic buildings; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Post offices

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0100

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collection; Blueprints and Architectural Plans

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: C. Emlen Urban Collection (MG-100), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Other Numbers: MG-100

Other Number: MG-100

Classification: MG0100

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Updated by HST, 18 March 2010; Biographical information by DJ, Fall 2014. Added to database 22 August 2017.

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Collection: Steinman Family Business Records

Title: Steinman Family Business Records

Object ID: MG0563

Date Range: 1853-1932

), Folder/Book #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org People: Baker, Scott W. Coho, Martin Van Buren Franklin, Walter M. Hale, J. P. Hale, James Hale, John Hershey, Harry E. Moon, S. Z. North

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Collection: Steinman Family Business Records

Title: Steinman Family Business Records

Description: This collection of Steinman Family Business Records contains ledger and account books for George M. Steinman, J. P. Hale, Hale Lumber Company and the Steinman Hardware Store. There are also stock certificate and ledger books from Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc. and Kirk Johnson and Company.

Date Range: 1853-1932

Year Range From: 1853

Year Range To: 1932

Date of Accumulation: 1853-1932

Creator: Steinman family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Baker, Scott W.; Coho, Martin Van Buren; Franklin, Walter M.; Hale, J. P.; Hale, James; Hale, John; Hershey, Harry E.; Moon, S. Z.; North, Hugh McAlister; Smith, Samuel B.; Steinman, George Michael

Other Creators: Hale family

Subjects: Business records; Stocks; Coal trade; Lumber trade; Hardware stores

Search Terms: Account books; Business records; Coal trade; Correspondence; Drumore Farm; Finding aids; Hale Lumber Company; Hardware stores; Kirk Johnson & Co.; Lancaster and Middletown Turnpike Company; Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc.; Letters; Lititz Turnpike Company; Lumber industry; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania; Steinman Hardware; Stocks

Extent: 20 folders, 5 volumes, 4.5 cubic ft

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0563

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Andrew J. Steinman Collection (MG0066); Sarah Moore Breneman Papers (MG0365); See also the Photograph Collection; See also the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Steinman Family Business Records (MG0563), Folder/Book #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted access for Books 19-23. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-563

Classification: MG0563

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, 4 February 2010. Added to database 31 August 2017.

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Collection: John Hoff Records

Title: John Hoff Records

Object ID: MG0572

Date Range: 1797-1817

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Collection: John Hoff Records

Title: John Hoff Records

Description: This collection contains records from John Hoff's clockmaking business. The account book, 1800-1816, shows the new clocks made in Lancaster and his clients. There is also a treasurer's account for Trinity Lutheran Church, 1816-1817. The flute book, 1797-1799, contains the music for Hoff's musical clocks.

Date Range: 1797-1817

Creation Date: 1797-1817

Year Range From: 1797

Year Range To: 1817

Creator: Hoff, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Hoff, John; Keller, Kate Van Winkle; Wood, Stacy B. C.

Subjects: Business records; Clock and watch makers; Clock chime music

Search Terms: Business records; Clocks; Correspondence; Letters; Clock and watch makers; Clock chime music; Music; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0572

Related Item Notes: Images of New Instructions for the German Flute are in the Photograph Collections: John Hoff Flute Album, A-49-01-01 to A-49-01-143; John Hoff Flute Album, A-49-01-01 to A-49-01-143

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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Other Numbers: MG-572

Classification: MG0572

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Organized and finding aid prepared by HST, March 2013

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Collection: Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection

Title: Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection

Object ID: MG0062

Date Range: 1868-1972

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Collection: Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection

Title: Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection

Description: Records of an organization founded by business and church leaders to overthrow commercialized vice in Lancaster by sending agents into the community to check for prostitution, obscenity, drinking, and gambling. Collection includes by-laws, minutes, annual reports, treasurers' reports, agents' expenses, reports on findings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 25 books of agents' on-duty reports, and investigative reports. The Rev. Clifford G. Twombly was identified with this movement, as was the late William H. Hager, department store merchant.

Date Range: 1868-1972

Year Range From: 1868

Year Range To: 1972

Date of Accumulation: 1868-1972

Creator: Law and Order Society (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Betts, Peter J.; Hager, William Henderson; Twombly, Clifford Gray

Subjects: Business records; Crime; Gambling; Letters; Prostitution; Sex crimes; Sin

Search Terms: Business records; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Crime; Gambling; Law and Order Society; Letters; Newspaper clippings; Prostitution; Reports; Sex crimes; Sin; Vice; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 8 box, 76 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.

Physical Characteristics: Note: Many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Poor

Condition Date: 2021-02-09

Object ID: MG0062

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions at this time. However, many of the items in this collection are in poor condition and fragile.

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.

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Other Numbers: MG-62

Classification: MG0062

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was processed prior to 1997. Added to database 28 September 2017.

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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.

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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: McCaa Collection

Title: McCaa Collection

Object ID: MG0281

Date Range: 1825-1922

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Collection: McCaa Collection

Title: McCaa Collection

Description: The McCaa Collection contains the papers of and collected by the family of James McCaa in northeastern Lancaster County. Among the items are account and ledger books, a physician's visiting book, legal papers, deeds, certificates for commissions, receipts, letters, and estate papers.

Date Range: 1825-1922

Year Range From: 1825

Year Range To: 1922

Date of Accumulation: 1825-1922

Creator: McCaa family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Bechard, Philip; Beichey, Abraham; Binney, Horace; Brinton, Edward Penrose; Brooks, E. G.; Brown, Bill; Brumbaugh, Martin G.; Burlingame, Daniel; Cadwalader, John; Cadwalader, Thomas; Compton, George W.; Curtin, Andrew Gregg; Dehaven, Philip; Eberly, A. J.; Eberman, Jacob; Fonts, Martin; Frantz, Joseph; Good, J. J.; Groff, Israel M.; Gundacker, John; Hahl, John N.; Hall, N. Franklin; Hamilton, Andrew; Handwork, George; Hertzler, John; Hohn, Leona J.; Hollinger, Moses; House, N. E.; Jacobs, Harrison B.; Jacobs, William B.; Jenkins, Robert; Johnson, Allen; Johnston, Libbie; Kauffman, S. S.; Kenney, William; Kieffer, Sarah Ann; Kinport, Martin; Kinsers, Saby; Konigmacher, Edwin; Kreider, Isabella; Kurtz, Catharine; Kurtz, Christian; Leaman, George; Lengel, Paul; Levy, William; Groff, Lizzie H.; McCaa, D. Galen; McCaa, David Jenkins; McCaa, James; McCaa, William J.; McGill, I.; McGill, John; Mintzer, Rebecca; Mintzer, William; Nevin, John W.; Packer, William F.; Patts, Clement R.; Robeson, Andrew; Robeson, James J.; Robinson, H. W.; Rohrer, George R.; Royer, George S.; Shurk , Francis R.; Slaymaker, Henry Young; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Lessie; Snader, A. W.; Sparr, William; Spotts, Jacob; Stephenson, Anna J.; Stoutzenberger, David; Styer, David; Tener, John K.; Trout, Paul; Welch, George; Welch, Ruth Ann; Welsh, George; Welsh, George, Sr.; Wilson, Joseph N.; Winger, Frank; Witman, Amos; Wood, William; Wright, Benjamin

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Deeds; Invoices; Letters; Mortgages; Probate records; Promissory notes; Real property; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Wills

Search Terms: Bonds; Business records; Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.; Correspondence; Deeds; Finding aids; Herr and Bowman; Invoices; Land drafts; Legal papers; Letters; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Mortgages; New Garden Academy; Probate records; Promissory notes; Real estate; Receipts; Releases; Stauffer and Russell; Wills; Windsor Forge

Extent: 2 boxes, 13 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0281

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Notes: Preferred Citation: McCaa Collection (MG0281), Box #, 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.

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Other Numbers: MG-281

Other Number: MG-281

Classification: MG0281

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The volumes in Folder 11-13 were transferred from MG-266 Daybook and Ledger Collection, Series 3 on 5 March 2009.; Added to database 5 October 2017.

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