Lancaster newspaper articles about the ceremony for the unveiling of the James Buchanan memorial
Description
Lancaster newspaper articles about the ceremony for the unveiling of the James Buchanan memorial. “Dedicates memorial to 15th U.S. President.” “Orators at unveiling pay high tribute to James Buchanan,” Intelligencer Daily Journal, Lancaster. “Deeds of Buchanan lauded at unveiling,” Intelligencer Daily Journal, Lancaster. “Historical Society to erect tablet at ‘Wheatland’.” “Mrs. Ledwith presents statue to Lancaster.” “When Lancaster honored her distinguished son—James Buchanan,” Intelligencer Daily Journal, Lancaster. 1 June 1928 and 2 June 1928.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 047, Insert 03
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Newspaper articles about James Buchanan: “Lancaster Unveils Statue to Buchanan.” Lancaster New Era. “Buchanan’s Letters Go On Display.” Lancaster Intelligencer Journal. “James Buchanan’s Papers Displayed.” Lancaster New Era. “Buchanan Letters, Notebooks Give Insights to 15th President.” Lancaster New Era. “College Displays Buchanan Letters.” “Ceremonies Mark Birthday of Buchanan.” Lancaster Intelligencer Journal. . “Activities to Commemorate Death of James Buchanan.” Lancaster Intelligencer Journal. “Buchanan Papers Found at Wheatland Junior High.” 12 October 1983. “Rededication of Buchanan’s Restored Tomb on May 22.” “Buchanan Staunch Defender of Unity for United States.” 1 June 1928, 30 September 1975, 25 October 1975, 6 November 1975, 13 November 1975, 25 April 1977, 5 June 1978, 12 October 1983, May 22.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
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May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 052
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Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Blueprints for Otterbein Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Description
Otterbein Church of the United Brethren in Christ. North Queen and East Clay Sts. Lancaster, PA.
Specifications. Carpenter Work (Read General Conditions). Pgs. 17-22. Timbers, Finish, Size of Timbers, Flooring, Windows, Doors, Stair Work, Interior Finish. Mineral Flooring (Read General Conditions). Plastering (Read General Conditions).
George E. Savage, Architect. Witherspoon Building. Philadelphia, PA.
Elevation on Clay Street. Tower Section. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. S.E.C. Drawing Number 4.14 February 1925.
Elevation on Queen St. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. S.E. Corner. Drawing Number 5. 14 February 1925.
Rear Elevation. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. S.E. Corner. Drawing Number 6. 14 February 1925.
Window in Toilet in Tower. Note: Window in Motor Room is Same. 18-25 July.
Revised Truss Casting. To be used with Drawings 28 and 29.
Side Elevation. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. S.E. Corner. Drawing Number 7. 14 February 1925.
Section Lengthwise. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. S.E. Corner. Drawing Number 9. 14 February 1925.
Details of Truss Castings. Section "A", Section "B", Section "C", Section "D". Scale: 3/4''=One Foot. Drawing Number 28. 18 December 1925.
Basement Plan. Sunday School Room, Heater Pit, Pastor's Room, Men's Toilet, Organ Motor Room, Choir Room. Scale: 1/4''=One Foot. S.E. Corner. Drawing Number 1. 14 February 1925.
Section Thru Jamb and Single Acting Door, Section Thru Jamb Interior Masonry Walls, Section Thru Water Closet Door. Passage and Clos. Doors in Basement (except noted otherwise), Double Door from Passage to S.S. Room, Single Door from Passage to Sunday School Rm., Single Passage Doors above Basement, Double Passage Doors Above Basement, Water Closet Door. Drawing Number 30. 6 February 1926.
Full Size Details Door Number 2. Head Section Jamb Section. Drawing Number 11. 15 May 1925.
3/4'' Scale Detail of Chancel Ceiling (see Drawing 29 for Full Size). Drawing 35. 20 May 1926.
F.S.D. Windows Nos. 6-7-8. Sill Section, Mullion, Head Section Jamb Similar, Drawing Number 10. 14 May 1925.
F.S.D. Windows Nos. 2-4. Section through Windowhead Jamb Similar, Sill Window No. 4 in Stone Wall. Drawing Number 15. 1 June 1925.
F.S.D. of Choir Paneling. Drawing Number 32. 8 February 1926.
Elevation of Stairway Leading to Old Building Other Stairway Similar. Scale: 3/4''=One Foot. Drawing 31. 21 January 1926.
Details of Platforms. Plan of Choir and Pulpit Platforms, 3/4''=One Foot. F.S.D. of Steps of Pulpit Platform, F.S.D. of Pulpit Paneling. Drawing Number 33. 9 February 1927.
Plan of Gallery. Scale: 1/4"=One Foot. Drawing Number 3. 14 February 1925.
First Floor Plan. Church Auditorium, Pulpit Platform, Tower Vestibule, Stairhall. Drawing Number 2. 14 February 1925.
F.S.D. of Exterior Doors No 1. Horizontal Section Thru Door, Vertical Section Through Tower Rail. Drawing 34. 11 February 1926.
Section "C" showing moldings for bottom chord of truss. Section "B". Drawing 29. 20 December 1925.
Details Exterior Door Number 1. Elevation of Door in Tower. Scale: 3/4''=One Foot. Section Through Door Jamb. Drawing Number 12. 20 May 1925.
F.S.D. Truss Casings. Section "C" showing moldings for bottom chord of truss. Section "B" Side Elevation of Drop at Hammer Beam (Half). Drawing Number 29. 20 December 1925. Revised 5-26 May 1926.
Rachle Artstone. Cleveland, OH.
Queen Street Elevation, Interior Elevation towards Rear of Auditorium, Elevation in front of Auditorium. Drawing 2.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by BW, Fall 2010. Add to database 28 September 2023.
Contains 35 paginated ruled leaves with vertical lines for columns. The last two pages are blank.
Front Cover - Outside is a designed cover and has "CASH" stamped on it; Inside has "David H. Brubaker; Lancaster, Pa., R.#3.; 1922" written on it.
Back Cover - Outside is a designed cover; Inside has two columns of numbers that were added.
Book references to work done, wages received and money paid, e.g. stripping tobacco working at gas tank, cleaned stables, shoveled & opened roads with tractor, cleaned asparagus bed & cultivated, etc,; also an account of money earned at varios places, e.g. Vogels, Levy's, and also personal accounting of money received and paid.
Insert 1 - Blue donor card.
Insert 2 - 4 loose sheets
o Item 1 - Letter to Ma Chere (sp?) Sweetheart Ethal.
o Item 2 - Magazine article, "Timeliness in Apple Scab Control" from the "American Fruit Grower Magazine", February 1924.
o Item 3 - Paper article "Seed Treatment and Spray Schedules" from the American Argriculturist", 7 April 1923.
o Item 4 - 1 loose sheet with costs associate with various material, e.g., clothes, car fare, plant, etc.
Admin/Biographical History
From: Donor Card, 1920 Manheim census, Find A Grave, memorial 196030584 and Obituary - "Lancaster New Era", Friday 23 February 1990, p. B-3, c. 4.
o David died 22 February 1990, buried at the East Petersburg Mennonite Cemetery. He worked at Armstrong and was an antique dealer.
o Wife was Ethel Gantz, married 1929.
o From 1920 census: Son of Milton and Mary Huber Brubaker. Younger sisters: Carrie, Mary and Christina.
o Front cover missing lower right corner (~3/4") and upper left corner (~1/8").
o Front inside cover has "David H. Brubaker; Lancaster, Pa., R. #3.; 1922 written on it.
o Back inside cover has tabulation of hours written on it.
o First 2 pages have been torn out. Pages 35 to 40, 64 to 69 and 71 to 72 are blank,
Object ID
MG0963_F015
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
NOTE: Index is by first name. Also, indexed name may appear on multiple pages.
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"General Welsh won High Fame in Civil War." Columbia man gained rank in federal army for meritorious service; fought at Vicksburg. The Sunday News. 3 January 1926.
Admin/Biographical History
Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men. See MG0828 for more biographical information.
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
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“An hour at Wheatland.” A 1929 transcription by U. Henry Heilman of a circa 1860 Lancaster newspaper account of a congratulatory visit to James Buchanan by Franklin & Marshall College students on November 26, 1856. 7 p.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
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Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.257
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 2, Folder 21
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Guest register for the Swan Hotel in Strasburg, PA
Description
Guest register for the Swan Hotel in Strasburg, PA. Proprietor is Frank H. Pfautz. Blotter pages display local Strasburg business advertisements. Spenger's Lager is advertised on every page. 21 April 1896 - 29 September 1921.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 047, Insert 02
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Letter from Robert E. Henry, Jr. to his mother, Virginia Henry
Description
Letter from Robert E. Henry, Jr. (James Buchanan Henry’s grandson) to his mother, Virginia Henry, while he was at Yale regarding his friends and items that he needs from home. With envelope. New Haven, CT.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
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
JBMS1997.063
Other Number
JBFP Part 5, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 7
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 038, Insert 02, Item 01
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
