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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

, roads, railroad, and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Description: Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.; Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.; Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.

Date Range: 1763-1919

Year Range From: 1763

Year Range To: 1919

Creator: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Able, John F.; Allen, Samuel; Althouse, Henry F.; Amer, William; Amwake, William F. H.; Arnold, John. L.; Atkins, Bessie; Aument, Charles F.; Baer, John; Bair, G. D.; Bair, L. D.; Baker, Edward W.; Barber, Samuel; Barr, Charles H.; Barr, J. K.; Barr, Jacob K.; Bauer, Peter J.; Bauman, Ray; Beamsderfer, Howard; Beck, William; Beck, William D.; Beidle, John; Beitz, Philip; Bender, Frantz; Benedict, H. F.; Best, John; Betz, Philip; Bickham, James; Bitner, D. P.; Bitner, David; Bletz, David; Blickenderfer, R.; Bolbach, Philip; Bolenius, R. M.; Bowman, Martin; Bowman, William; Brimmer, Frederick; Brown, B. J.; Brown, C. H.; Brown, George W.; Brown, J. S.; Brown, Jesse S.; Burkholder, Clayton; Burrowes, F. S.; Bushong, Walter G.; Calder, George; Callahan, George B.; Carpenter, James C.; Carr, James; Casini, Frank; Cassel, A. N.; Castner, Frank; Charles, Walter; Cherry, Patrick; Churchill, Marion; Clark, William; Clendman, E. S.; Cochran, H. B.; Cooper, Thomas F.; Cranley, Ambrogi; Cummings, Samuel; Curry, Joseph; Daily, D. G.; Daily, David G.; Deacon, Edward; Deem, David L.; Deen, D. L.; Deiby, Philip; Deichler, Harry; Dickee, Frederick; Dickle, Fred; Diffenbaugh, A. L.; Diller, Harry A.; Doerley, Henry; Doerson, Philip; Dommel, Harry; Dorley, Harry; Dorley, Henry; Dornbaugh, Graybill; Douts, Walter; Druckemiller, Jacob; Dull, Walter W.; Eaby, George W.; Eberman, H. F.; Eberts, Jasper; Eckert, Henry; Eckert, Leonard; Ehler, Henry; Eichholtz, Robert L.; Eleight, James M.; Elligott, James M.; Elliott, Samuel; Ellis, Charles T.; Embich, Christian; Ensurian, H. M.; Erb, J. B.; Erisman, C. Y.; Eshleman, D. Y.; Evans, Samuel; Faesig, Frank J.; Fellman, John; Fetter, Jacob; Finefrock, B. Frank; Finney, W. B.; Finney, William B.; Fisher, William; Fisher, Henry; Fisher, Wilson; Fitzpatrick, J. A.; Flora, Charles W.; Fondersmith, G. L.; Fox, Benjamin; Franciscus, Stofel; Franklin, Witney; Frantz, Andrew F.; Freh, John; Fries, George; Fritchey, J. U.; Furniss, Joseph; Gable, Jacob; Gerhart, William R.; Gill, John; Goodman, Jonas; Gorman, John; Gormley, Charles; Grauer, George; Greenwalt, Charles; Greivetz, D.; Groff, B. F.; Groff, H. D.; Groff, H. L.; Groff, Raymond; Grubley, John; Gundaker, Jacob; Hagen, Patrick; Haines, Harry; Halbach, J.; Halbach, Jacob; Haley, James; Hamilton, J. A.; Hamilton, John A.; Hardy, George; Harkins, W. E.; Harsh, Benjamin; Hart, John; Hartman, J.; Heinitsh, Charles A.; Henry, Benjamin; Henry, William; Herr, L. B.; Hinchey, Edward; Hindie, Robert; Hogarth, Joseph; Holman, I. D.; Holman, Janice; Hopson, John; Hostetter, Simon; Howell, H. N.; Howell, Henry H.; Huber, Joseph H.; Hubley, Isaac; Jeffries, John R.; Johnson, George; Johnson, J. W.; Johnson, John F.; Kachel, Elvin; Kahle, William; Karer, Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Kauffman, J. R.; Keller, John; Keller, Kauffman; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Kiehl, John C.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kirsch, John; Kitch, Davis; Kline, G. M.; Kreckovich, Michael; Kuhns, John; Kurtz, George; Landis, D. B.; Landis, F. F.; Landis, A. B.; Landis, Philip; Laucks, John H.; Lauman, Ludwig; Lawrence, George; Lawrence, William; Lebzelter, Philip; Leonard, H.; Leonard, Henry; Levan, S. H.; Levan, William A.; Levengood, John; Lichty, J. B.; Long, Abram; Long, John F.; Lorentz, William; Loucks, J. H.; Loucks, John H.; Lyons, Harry; MacGonigle, John T.; Madden, Thomas; Markley, J. B.; Martin, Henry; Massaline, Frank; Mastenna, Antonio; Maxwell, Abram; May, Henry; Mayer, David M.; Mayer, George; Maynard, Walter; McDonald, Alexander; McCarter, A. W.; McCarter, Arthur; McCormick, D. R.; McCue, George W.; McCulley, R. C.; McCully, R. G.; McDonnell, Samuel; McElligott, Thomas F.; McGeehan, John; McKilchey, Charles; McLaughlin, Daniel; Mencher, M. H.; Metzger, M. A.; Metzger, M. I.; Miller, Fred J.; Miller, H.; Miller, Harry; Miller, Herman; Miller, Howard; Miller, Philip; Mohr, Malin; Montooth, Samuel; Montor, Benny; Moore, Harry; Moowawer, Oliver; Morgan, Thomas H.; Morrow, R. M.; Moyer, H. M.; Murray, John; Musser, F. W.; Musser, John; Myers, C. F.; Myers, John C.; Myers, William; Nagle, Peter; Neff, Abraham; Negley, Frank L.; Netscher, C. E.; Nickel, Albert; Noll, Lewis; Nolls, F. Lewis; O'Conner, Thomas; O'Donell, Frank; Orem, William; Orem, William J.; Oster, R. S.; Ostheim, Joseph; Overly, H.; Pavenger, Gertrude; Pearsol, John H.; Pennington, William; Pinkerton, Elizabeth; Pool, Samuel J.; Price, Thomas P.; Price, William W.; Pryor, Fred; Puck, Thomas P.; Pyott, J. D.; Quade, C. F.; Raub, M. W.; Raum, Samuel; Rawlings, Henry; Rawlins, John; Reeder, T. L.; Reily, James; Reiner, Henry; Reinir, Anslem; Remley, John; Richardson, William; Ricker, Frank A.; Ringwalt, Amos; Rogers, Harry; Rogers, Henry; Rohrer, DuBois; Rohrer, J. B.; Roy, William H.; Rudy, Philip; Ruhl, Cyrus; Russel, Charles; Samson, Benjamin; Schaum, George H.; Schindler, A.; Schwartz, John; Schwebel, Charles; Sehner, George; Seibley, Andrew; Seran, S. H.; Sevan, S. H.; Shaffner, Caspar; Sheil, Raymond F.; Shenck, H. C.; Shenk, Joseph; Shroder, F.; Shulmyer, Russel; Siegler, John A.; Skinner, John; Smallvachs, Alexander; Smith, C. Henry; Smith, John; Smith, Michael; Snyder, E. E.; Snyder, Elmer; Snyder, George; Solsky, Samuel; Sorenze, William; Spurrier, A. K.; Staices, George; Stainz, George W.; Stauffer, John F.; Steel, Charles; Stehman, W. H.; Steinman, G. M.; Steinman, George M.; Steinwandel, A.; Stone, John; Stone, Lodwick; Sussner, Henry; Thran, John W.; Thurlow, Thomas; Tillinghast, B. C.; Tillotson, L. G.; Tomlinson, George; Trapnell, David N.; Voght, Christian; Waitz, Gustave; Walker, Edward; Warfel, Bertha; Weiles, Lewis F.; Welchans, Edward; Wenger, D. H.; Westhaffer, H. E.; Wetzel, Edward; Wetzel, John; White, Henry A.; Whitlock, Isaac; Wiley, W. B.; Wilhelm, F.H.; Wimer, J. A.; Winower, Harry J.; Winower, Peter; Wise, Christian; Wisler, J. L.; Wolf, Joseph; Wolpert, L.; Worthington, Henry P.; Worthington, Henry R.; Zell, William D.; Ziegler, J. A.

Other Creators: Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.).

Subjects: Business records; Criminal records; Lancaster (Pa.)--Bureau of Police; Lancaster (Pa.)--Tax Assessor; Tax collection

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; American Life Insurance Company; Arrests; Bartle and Snyder; Baumgardner, Eberman and Company; Bowers and Hurst; Brimmer and Tucker; Chain Carrier; Christian Wise and Brothers; Common Sense Metallic Packing Manufacturing Company; Conestoga Steam Mills; D. H. Wenger and Brother; Declarations; Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County; Empire Hook and Ladder Company; Everts and Overdeer; F. Shroder and Company; Fines; Flinn and Breneman; Friendship Fire Company; G. L. FonDersmith; G. Sener and Sons; George Fries and Company; George M. Steinman and Company; George Martin and Company; Givler, Bowers and Hurst; Gorrecht and Company; H. Baumgardner and Company; Humane Fire Company; Humphreville and Keiffer; Invoices; J. Stewart and Son; James W. Queen and Company; John Baer's Sons; John Best and Son; John Mingle and Son; Kauffman and Keller; Kauffman Keller and Company; Kepler and Slaymaker; L. G. Tillotson and Company; Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company; Lancaster City Bureau of Police; Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle Works; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Examiner; Lancaster Freie Presse; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Lamp Committee; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Waterworks; Leonard and Ellis; Market House No. 1; Market House No. 2; Market House No. 3; Maxim Electric Light and Power Company; Mellert and Company; Miller and Detz Contractors; Mrs. H. Miller and Son; Oaths of office; Payroll; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pennsylvania Telephone Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philip Lebzelter and Company; Pontz and Brothers; Regulations; Regulators; Shiffler Fire Company; Snyder and Price; Sprecher and Pfeiffer; Station houses; Steinman and Hensel; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Sun Fire Company; Union Fire Company; Washington Fire Company; Weimer and Carter; West Reading Pipe and Machine Works

Extent: 3 boxes 37 folders 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0420

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)

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

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

Copyright: Collection may 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-420

Classification: MG0420

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Hubley Collection

Title: Hubley Collection

Object ID: MG0002

Date Range: 1741-1864

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Collection: Hubley Collection

Title: Hubley Collection

Description: The Hubley Collection contains legal documents, case papers, family and military papers, wills, deeds, bills and receipts, indentures for servants and enslaved persons, correspondence, petitions, and church-related information.

Admin/Biographical History: John Hubley and Joseph Hubley were Lancaster attorneys.

System of Arrangement: The legal papers are arranged chronologically. Case papers are arranged; alphabetically by surname of the plaintiff or defendant. Family papers are grouped by the family member's name and chronologically within that name. Box 6 is arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1741-1864

Year Range From: 1741

Year Range To: 1864

Date of Accumulation: 1741-1864

Creator: Hubley family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: App, Michael; Barr, John; Deshler, Adam; Ferree, Polly; Foulke, Caleb; Franklin, Thomas; Fromberger, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, George; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, Michael; Jones, Owen, Jr.; Lauman, Ludwig; Musser, John; Porter, Andrew; Rieger, Jacob; Rieger, Catherine; Thomas, Adam

Subjects: Court records; Deeds; Depositions; Family records; Indentured servants; Judgments; Law offices; Letters; Promissory notes; Slavery; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Depositions; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Indentured servants; Judgments; Law offices; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military; Promissory notes; Revolutionary War; Slavery; Warder, Parker and Company; Wills; Yeiser & Weaver

Extent: 6 boxes, 84 folders, 2.25 cu. ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0002

Related Item Notes: Hubley Family File in the library.

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-2

Classification: MG0002

Description Level: Fonds

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

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Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Title: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Object ID: MG0980

Date Range: 1861-

Collection: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Title: Gary Hawbaker's Civil War Files

Description: Research files on Civil War soldiers, including photocopies of Civil War records from Mr. Hawbaker's research at the National Archives.; Box 1: Surnames A - F; Box 2: Surnames G - Ma; (William Manger's alias is Michael High.); Box 3: Surnames Mc - Q; (Victor Enault--see John McLain); Box 4: Surnames R - Z; (Wolfert also appears as Wolbert and Wolpert)

Date Range: 1861-

Creator: Hawbaker, Gary Thomas, 1944-2023

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Afflebach, William; Armstrong, Henry; Albright, Adam; Aument, Amos; Aument, Franklin; Aument, William F.; Backet, James; Bair, Abraham E.; Baker, John; Barber, John; Bear, Nathan S.; Barr, Edward; Barton, Thomas B., Jr.; Bauman, George M.; Bear, William L.; Benedict, Benjamin F.; Beymount, Isaac; Bitner, Albert H.; Bitzer, Thomas J.; Black, Thomas S.; Black, William; Blackburn, James; Bonce, George; Bowman, Charles; Brady, Andrew; Breneman, Edward DeWitt; Brindle, Jacob; Bubb, William H.; Buford, William H. H.; Cake, William J.; Childs, Charles A.; Chilson, Stephen L.; Coffey, James; Coleman, Henry A.; Cohick, Samuel; Cooper, Samuel J.; Cox, George A.; Cox, William W.; Crummel, Jacob H.; Cunningham, Israel; Cunningham, James; Curley, William B.; Danner, Thomas Jefferson; Davis, Charles; Dellet, William; Diffenderfer, Jacob; Dougherty, Andrew; Downey, David; Duchman, Augustus C.; Dunkle, Benjamin F.; Eicherly, John G.; Eicholtz, John C.; Elliott, John; Elmyer, George; Engle, George W.; Eshbach, Richael; Everts, Strickler R.; Feller, Henry; Fisher, James G.; Flick, Henry; Foreman, Harrison; Foreman, Joseph; Forney, Isaac H.; Fralich, Daniel C.; Frankford, Edward; Frecht, James L.; Freeland, Edwin D.; Freitag, Frederick D.; Gable, Jacob F.; Garber, John; Getz, Jacob; Greenawalt, Abraham B.; Greenly, Andrew J.; Gregg, William B.; Gross, Joseph; Grow, John H.; Hackman, Henry; Hahn, George; Haines, Franklin A.; Hamp, William H.; Hannum, Abel K.; Hargreaves, William F.; Harman, Cyrus; Harman, William H.; Hart, Mattias; Hartman, Lewis S.; Harvey, John C.; Hasselbach, Francis; Hauke, Philip B.; Heighstreet, Jacob; Heiser, Peter Martin; Herr, Lorenzo D.; Hiestand, Harry G.; Hine, Jacob D.; Hoffmeier, William M.; Holt, Robert; Hook, Harry; Hoover, Benjamin; Hoover, Henry; Hoover, William W.; Hopwood, John; Horner, George W.; Hughes, David; Hughes, Edward; Hughes, William; Hultzhouse, Elam; Humes, James G.; Jackson, John K.; Judge, Thomas; Kaley, Jesse; Kauffman, Jacob G.; Kaufman, Tobias B.; Keech, George; Keene, George; Keene, Joseph M.; Keiffer, Thompson; Keller, Martin V. B.; Kendig, George W.; Killian, Henry M.; King, George W.; Klein, Gottleib Christian; Kline, John; Kunkel, Peter; Kurtz, Isaac W.; Kurtz, Obadiah; Lambert, David; Leedars, Charles; Lefever, Elam; Lefever, John S.; LeFevre, Hiram L.; Leonard, William; Lewis, James; Lithgow, David; Lockwood, George T.; Lutz, Josiah Alfonso Howlett; Lonious, William A.; Manger, William; Markley, Charles A.; Marshbank, Robert B.; Mason, John H.; Maynard, Ambrose; McCall, Franklin; McCauley, Henry C.; McClain, John C.; McClain, William G.; McCracken, John C.; McCulley, James T.; McCumsy, William; McGinley, John A.; McGinnis, Peter L.; McGrann, John L.; McIntire, Henry M.; McKeegan, John; McLain, John; McPhail, William T.; Mercer, George A.; Metzgar, Emanuel C.; Metzger, Emanuel; Miller, Alfred H.; Miller, George; Miller, George B.; Miller, Jacob M.; Miller, Samuel S.; Millicsock, Augustus; Milton, William; Mishler, Henry L.; Moffet, James; Mohow, Jacob; Morrison, Jasper; Morrison, John H.; Moss, John A.; Murphy, Calvin L.; Murray, William E.; Myer, Grabill B.; Myers, David M.; Myers, Gilbert C.; Nauman, John L.; Neff, Aldus J.; Nyman, Ambrose F.; Ochs, George H.; O'Neil, Charles; O'Rourke, Patrick I.; O'Rourke, Washington A.; Parvin, Theodore C.; Patton, Edwin C.; Phrame, Rohrer J.; Pickel, Isaac H.; Pinkerton, Charles R. G.; Potts, Junius B.; Powers, Ambrose C.; Price, Thomas P.; Quinn, Patrick; Rauch, Lewis A.; Read, Lewis W.; Reed, John C.; Renner, John B.; Resser, Jacob; Rettican, John; Riley, John B.; Rinier, Hiram; Rinier, Jacob; Rinier, Samuel; Roberts, R. Biddle; Robinson, John; Rock, Miles; Rockafellow, Andrew D.; Rooney, Joseph C.; Rupert, Alfred; Ruth, David; Ruth, Hiram; Rutter, John K.; Rutter, Joseph; Sanders, Daniel L.; Seibert, John; Setley, Samuel; Shanes, Joseph; Sheaffer, John; Short, Andrew; Sprecher, Philip L.; Stark, Charles C.; Stauffer, William D.; Spece, Frederick; Stayley, William H.; Steers, Isaac B.; Steers, Thomas J.; Steinheiser, George F.; Stewart, William Warren; Stone, Augustus; Stoner, Samuel; Strachan, James E.; Strachan, Samuel S.; Strickler, Jacob M.; Styer, Jonathan; Swope, George K.; Talley, William Cooper; Templeton, Jacob; Thomas, Joseph R.; Todd, Lemuel; Varnes, Henry C.; Waggoner, John A.; Weaver, Joseph; Weidler, Milton; Weidel, John; Weiler, Jacob; Wenditz, Theodore; Werntz, George L.; Wherry, John A.; Whitlock, Franklin; White, John; Winour, George; Wolfert, Peter; Worth, Joseph P.; Wortz, John M.; Zellers, Jacob T.

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Civil War; Pensions, Military; Military records; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 4 boxes, 254 files, 4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0980

Location of Originals: National Archives (archives.gov)

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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.

Accession Number: 2022.021

Other Numbers: MG-980

Classification: MG0980

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Box list added to database 1 February 2024.

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Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Object ID: MG0093

Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Description: Family and legal papers of the Wilson and Houston families. Includes wills, deeds, legal papers, estate papers, and correspondence. The collection covers the Earl, Salisbury, and Leacock Township area.

Year Range From: 1756

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1756-1849

Creator: Wilson family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Andress, George; Burkman, J. John; Douglas, John; Douglass, Thomas; Henderson, Thomas; Hopkins, James; Houston, Benjamin F.; Houston, Samuel; Job, Jeremiah; Owen, Archibald; Searle, James; Taylor, Isaac; Weidman, Christopher; Wilson, John; Wilson, John, Sr.; Yoner, Jacob

Other Creators: Houston family

Subjects: Deeds; Family records; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Postal service; Promissory notes; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Pequea Meetinghouse; Philadelphia Turnpike; United States Postal Service; Promissory notes; Subpoenas; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 28 folder, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0093

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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

Credit: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection (MG-93), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0093

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Tourist Brochures

Title: Tourist Brochures

Object ID: MG0095

Collection: Tourist Brochures

Title: Tourist Brochures

Description: Collection of brochures relating to tourist attractions, museums, historic sites, events, stores, farmers' markets, hotels, and restaurants in Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Visitors' guides and road maps provide additional information about points of interest. Items in the collection date back to the late 1920s and continue to the present, but most are from the mid-twentieth century.

Year Range From: 1929

Date of Accumulation: 1929-present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Albert, Donna; Anderson, V. F.; Best, J. Donald; Buchanan, James; Burnley, Patricia Kling; Clark, Earl; Clark, Molly; Coleman, Robert; Eberly, Hiram M.; Fulton, Robert; Grubb, Peter; Hampton, Cindy; Hand, Edward; Heine, Paul L. H.; Heine, Paul, Jr.; Heisey, M. Luther; Hess, James E.; Horst, Mel; Loose, John Ward Willson; Kauffman, B. L.; Keener, A. E.; Kingston, Joseph T.; Heisey, M. L.; MacNeill, H. T.; Monaghan, Thomas J.; Motto, Marilyn; Procter, Edward C.; Pyle, Carl E.; Ross, Betsy; Shenk, Aaron S.; Smucker, Alma; Smucker, Paul; Stoltzfus, Louise; Sutter, John Augustus; Trach, M. A.; Tortora, V. R.

Subjects: Pamphlets; Tourism

Search Terms: 340-23 Club; A. Bube's Brewery; Amish Country Motel and Restaurant; Amish Dutchland map; Amish Farm and House; Bill Bard Associates; Bird-in-Hand Farmer's Market; Brunnerville Iron Foundry; Candy Americana Museum; Catacombs; Central Hotel; Christian Herr House; Columbia Bank Museum; Columbia Cultural and Historical Association; Columbia Dungeon; Columbia Farmers' Market House; Conestoga Motor Inn; Conestoga Traction Company; Cornwall Iron Furnace; Doneckers; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Donegal Mills Plantation; Duck's New Holland House and Hotel; Dutch Haven; Dutch Wonderland; Dutchland Music Theatre; Elizabethtown College; Ephrata Cloister; Flory's Tourist Rest and Camp Site; Foodergong Lodge; General Engraving Company; General Sutter Hotel and Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant; Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant; Groff's Farm Restaurant; Guided Auto Tape Tour for Lancaster; Hammond and Company; Hans Herr House; Hebrew Tabernacle Reproduction; Heritage Center Museum; Heritage Map Museum; Herr Foods, Inc.; Herr's Potato Chips; Hex Barn; Historic Lancaster Walking Tour; Holiday Inn; Lancaster Host Resort; Host Farm; Hotel Brunswick; Hotel Wheatland; Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge; Intelligencer Journal; James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland; Klein Chocolate Company; Kreider's Tourist Farm Home; Lancaster Automobile Club; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Central Park; Lancaster County Council of Churches; Lancaster County Heritage; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County Outlet Shopping Guide; Lancaster County Planning Commission; Lancaster Downtown Investment District Authority; Lancaster Hilton Inn; Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society; Lancaster-York Heritage Region; Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Lititz Historical Foundation; Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery; Maps; Marken and Bielfeld Inc.; Masonic Homes; Masonic Villages; Mennonite Information Center; Miller's Smorgasbord; National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Inc.; National Central Bank; North Museum of Nature and Science; Old Mill Stream Campground; Old Village Store; Olde Lincoln House; Original Brunswick Pennsylvania Dutch Tours; Pamphlets; Pathway Publishers; Patton School; Pennsylvania Dutch Harvest Frolic; Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau; Discover Lancaster; Pennsylvania Folklife Society; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; People's Place; Photo Arts Press; Plain & Fancy Farm and Dining Room; Police Museum; Postcards; Robert Fulton Birthplace; Rock Ford; Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association; Sentinel Printing House; Sickman's Mill; South Central Pennsylvania Travel Council; Stevens House; Strasburg Railroad; Susquehanna Valley Tour; Tourism; Trinity Lutheran Church; Underground Railroad; Veitch Printing Corporation; Verdant View Farm; Vernon Martin Associates; Village Restaurant; Wagonland; Warwick Haus; Wheatland; Wilbur Chocolate Company; Wilbur Chocolate's Factory Candy Outlet; Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company; York County Heritage Trust

Extent: 1 box, 18 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English; Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0095

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0095

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by AL and HST, July 2007. Finding aid prepared by HST, August 2007. Updated 9 January 2008, HST.

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Collection: Charles E. Schuler Papers

Title: Charles E. Schuler Papers

Object ID: MG0780

Date Range: 1917-1927

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Collection: Charles E. Schuler Papers

Title: Charles E. Schuler Papers

Description: Charles E. Schuler Papers contain postcards collected by Charles E. Schuler during his time fighting in World War I. The collection also includes postcard booklets, as well as military paperwork such as "safe arrival" postcards, and letters rewarding and congratulating him for his bravery and courage while fighting in World War I. There is also a photograph of Private Charles E. Schuler in uniform.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles E. Schuler was born on November 16, 1896 to parents Charles Schuler and Elizabeth "Lizzie" May Tillbeck Schuler. He fought in WWI as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps, and was honorably discharged after the end of the war in 1919. He was later married to Reba C. Schuler (1899-1964). Together they had two children, Charles and Jere. Charles passed away in 1962.

Date Range: 1917-1927

Creation Date: 1917-1927

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 1927

Date of Accumulation: 1917-1927

Creator: Schuler, Charles E., 1896-1962

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Schuler, Charles E.; Clarke, Thomas S.; Pershing, John J.; Schuler, Loyd

Subjects: Letters; Marines; Photographs; Postcards; Real photo postcards; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Marine Corps.; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: American Expeditionary Forces; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Photographs; Postcards; Real photo postcards; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Marine Corps; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, 32 items, 143 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-02-28

Condition Notes: Item in folder 3, insert 4 is fragile.

Object ID: MG0780

Related Item Notes: Photographs in the Photograph Collection.; Medals and insignia in the Curatorial Collection.; World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel, MG-798; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658; Photographs of Charles Schuler in the Photograph Collection.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit to view the letter in Folder 3, Insert 4.

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-780

Classification: MG0780

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: William Barlow Papers

Title: William Barlow Papers

Object ID: MG0781

Date Range: 1917-1919

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Collection: William Barlow Papers

Title: William Barlow Papers

Description: The William Barlow Papers contains the military artifacts and materials collected by and associated with William Barlow, who was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Antiaircraft M.G. Bn. Coc. during World War I. The materials include AEF documentation and identification for Barlow's use while in the field, field materials and literature, letters, maps, writings and newspaper articles written by Barlow, photographs, and certificates for his honorable discharge from the army.

Admin/Biographical History: William Barlow was born in Dundee, Scotland on June 29, 1896 to Arthur Barlow, and Faith Taylor Barlow. He was one of six children. His family immigrated to America when he was young, and eventually moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1917, Barlow enlisted in the war effort for WWI, and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion. After the war, Barlow married Esther Barlow. Barlow worked for Armstrong Cork Company as an engineer. On June 27, 1954, Barlow passed away.

Date Range: 1917-1919

Creation Date: 1917-1919

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 1919

Date of Accumulation: 1917-1919

Creator: Barlow, William, 1896-1954

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Barlow, William; Barlow, Arthur; Habris, P. C.; Mayer, J. F.

Subjects: Antiaircraft artillery; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Photographs; Telegraph; Trench warfare; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Antiaircraft artillery; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Photographs; Telegraphs; Trench warfare; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, 26 items, 324 pages, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Condition Notes: Original articles in folders 5, 6, and 7 are fragile, please only use the photocopies.

Object ID: MG0781

Related Item Notes: Photographs of William Barlow and Thomas Barlow in the Photograph Collection.; Insignia, pins, dog tags, and Purple Heart in the Curatorial Collection.; World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel, MG-798; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please only use the photocopies of the articles in folders 5, 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-781

Classification: MG0781

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Military Records of Charles A. Meisenberger

Title: The Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger

Object ID: MG0782

Date Range: 1894-1942

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Collection: Military Records of Charles A. Meisenberger

Title: The Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger

Description: The Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger contain the military materials and paperwork, documenting the career Charles A. Meisenberger had in the Army, from 1898 to 1938, when he was last discharged. Meisenberger served in the Spanish American War, the China Insurrection, the Mexican War, and World War I. This collection contains, letters from the War Department, photographs of Meisenberger and his gravestone, Honorable Discharge certificates, obituaries, and other military information.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles A. Meisenberger was born on December 18, 1874. He served in the military for 40 years, and served during the Spanish American War, the China Insurrection, the Mexican War, and World War I. Meisenberger was married to Mary E. Buch before they eventually divorced. Together they had three children: Charles A. Jr., Vintage, Paul A. and Catherine Mary. He passed away on October 5, 1941 at the age of 66.

Date Range: 1894-1942

Creation Date: 1894-1942

Year Range From: 1894

Year Range To: 1942

Date of Accumulation: 1894-1942

Creator: Meisenberger, Charles A., 1874-1941

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Buch, Mary E.; Meisenberger, Charles A.; Strickler, Daniel Bursk

Subjects: Letters; Military discharge; Photographs; United States. Army; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military discharge; Photographs; United States Army; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder, 21 items, 32 pages, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Object ID: MG0782

Related Item Notes: World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel, MG-798; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

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: Military Records of Charles A. Meisenberger (MG-782), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-782

Classification: MG0782

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: William Raymond Elbert Papers

Title: The William Raymond Elbert Papers

Object ID: MG0784

Date Range: 1888-1919

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Collection: William Raymond Elbert Papers

Title: The William Raymond Elbert Papers

Description: The William Raymond Elbert Papers collection contains the military materials belonging to William R. Elbert. This includes postcards, military booklets and manuals, certificates and identification. This collection also includes the naturalization paperwork for William R. Elbert's father, Leopold Elbert.

Admin/Biographical History: William Raymond Elbert was born around 1896 to Leopold Elbert and Annie M. Seifert Elbert. He had three siblings, Leopold, John, and Clara. William R. Elbert fought in World War I and survived the war, before coming home in 1919. When he returned, he married Mary Driendl Elbert (1900-1974). Together they had two children, William and Rose. William R. Elbert passed away at the age of 78 years in 1974.

Date Range: 1888-1919

Creation Date: 1888-1919

Year Range From: 1888

Year Range To: 1919

Date of Accumulation: 1888-1919

Creator: Elbert, William Raymond, 1896-1974

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Elbert, Leopold, Jr.; Elbert, Leopold, Sr.; Elbert, Mary Driendl; Elbert, William Raymond

Subjects: Letters; Photographs; Postcards; Real photo postcards; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Photographs; Postcards; Real photo postcards; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box 5 folders, 13 items, 221 pages .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Condition Notes: Items in folders 1, 2, 3, and 4 are fragile and need staff supervision.

Object ID: MG0784

Related Item Notes: Medal, Victory banner, insignia, and VFW member cap are in the Curatorial Collection.; World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel, MG-798; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

Additional Notes: Items in folders 1, 2, 3, and 4 need staff supervision.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Items in folders 1, 2, 3, and 4 need staff supervision. Restrictions noted at the item level. Items in Folders 1, 2, 3, and 4 require staff supervision. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-784

Classification: MG0784

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: World War I Papers for Frank Schober

Title: World War I Papers for Frank Schober

Object ID: MG0797

Date Range: 1917-1918

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Collection: World War I Papers for Frank Schober

Title: World War I Papers for Frank Schober

Description: The World War I Papers for Frank Schober collection contains articles about the death of Frank Schober, who was a soldier in World War I and was a part of the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. The collection contains an obituary for Frank A. Schober, called "Our Heroes." Information about his place of burial, which includes photographs of the gravesite and Schober's headstone, is also included. There is also a scan of his death certificate, issued by John J. Pershing, Commander in chief of the American Expeditionary forces. There are pictures of Schober himself included in some of the photocopies. There are also multiple accounts of the history of the Meuse-Argonne offensive and the cemetery where Schober was laid to rest.

Admin/Biographical History: Frank A. Schober was born to parents Jacob and Teresa. He was the youngest of 8 children, and grew up in Lancaster PA. He enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard, and was a part of the 109th Machine Gun Battalion, Company A, of the 28th US Army Division. He was in World War I during July 1918 until his death on October 5, 1918. He was employed by the Hamilton Watch Company for eight years before entering the service and his untimely death. He was an active member of society in Lancaster, and was a member of the Sacred Heart Church in Lancaster and the Knights of Columbus. Frank Schober was engaged to be married before he was enlisted in the war effort in World War I. He was buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France. His parents, Jacob and Teresa, are both buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Lancaster, PA.

Date Range: 1917-1918

Creation Date: 1917-1918

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 1918

Date of Accumulation: 1917-1918

Creator: Schober, Frank A., d. 1918

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Schober, Frank A.

Subjects: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial (France); Photographs; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial; Photographs; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder, 6 items, 6 pages to scan, .1 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Object ID: MG0797

Related Item Notes: World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel, MG-798; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

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-797

Other Number: MG-797

Classification: MG0797

Description Level: Fonds

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