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African American lives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15002

Edition: Widescreen format.

Date of Publication: [2006]

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

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Responsibility: a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.

ISBN: 1415716943

Edition: Widescreen format.

Place of Publication: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif

Publisher: PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Date of Publication: [2006]

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.; Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.

Contents: Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.

Summary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

Subjects: African Americans; African American families; DNA fingerprinting.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary - Feature.

Additional Author: Gates, Henry Louis.; Grant, William; Kunhardt, Peter W.; Judd, Graham.; Farrell, Leslie D.; Sweet, Jesse.; Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.; Winfrey, Oprah.; Tucker, Chris,; Jones, Quincy,; Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,; Jemison, Mae,; Jakes, T. D.; Carson, Ben.; Goldberg, Whoopi,

Additional Corporate Author: Kunhardt Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); PBS Home Video.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

Websites

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html

Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1ea5136b-8f03-44fb-a83d-910054039847

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Concurrence for bridge payment

Object ID: Bridge F0445 I004

Date Range: 1799

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Concurrence for bridge payment

Description: Court term: August 1799.; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; Document type: Concurrence for bridge payment.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1799

Year: 1799

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Binkley

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Agreements; Binkley's Bridge; Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Lampeter Twp.; Manheim Twp.

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Manheim Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0445 I004

Box Number: 007

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Altar

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.00.34.1

Date Range: c. 1805

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Communion altar from Brickerville United Lutheran Church (originally Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church). Rectangular altar of painted softwood, panelled construction all four sides with pegged mortise and tenon joints. Small panels over large. Door in the back with a recessed panel and knob handle. Molding around base, the edge of the top, and framing the recessed panels.; Modification to altar in 1947 by Bob Helman (signature underneath when removed 10-17-00) was a long platform shelf covering the back 2/5 of the top, with holes at the back, including an electrical outlet. Entire altar has been given a new coat of paint, a light chocolate brown on top and white on the sides. The unpainted interior has one shelf with a vertical divider.; Altar has been used since circa 1800 to serve communion, using the Brickerville United Lutheran Church's ten-piece pewter communion service which is also in collections (P97.08.01-10).; Perhaps made by Emanuel Dyer of Manheim or Mr. Zartman of Brickerville.

Provenance: Purchased directly from the church.

Date Range: c. 1805

Year Range From: 1790

Year Range To: 1815

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Groff Gallery

Subcategory: Ceremonial Artifact

Object Name: Altar

Oither Names: Altar, Communion

Material: Wood

Height (in): 45.25

Length (in): 49

Width (in): 33.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-04-15

Condition Notes: Large crack on top, approx. 4" from front, running halfway across top. Recently painted. Some separation at moldings. Large hole bored in altar top (for electric wire) underneath the added platform, now removed. The modern base molding also removed. Repainted top with brown and attached molding at ends of top to secure plexi top. Paint removed on door.

Object ID: P.00.34.1

Place of Origin: Lancaster County

Credit: Heritage Center Collection, acquired through generosity of James Hale Steinman Foundation and V. Ronald Smith

Accession Number: P.00.34

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Street from Jacob M. Long, trustee to Gabriel Hirsh. Jacob M. Long was to receive $200 for the extinguishment and would receive rent from Gabriel Hirsh which was set at forty-five shillings. Attached to the document is a note by Jacob M. Long to Gabriel Hirsh noting that Long had received Hirsh’s payment

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Black family research : records of post-Civil War Federal agencies at the National Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14147

Author: United States National Archives and Records Administration.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 016.326 U58

Responsibility: compiled by Reginald Washington.

Author: United States National Archives and Records Administration.

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Archives and Records Administration ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: Reference Information Paper 108.

Subjects: United States. - Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and abandoned lands - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; United States - Commissioners of Claims - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; United States - Freeman's Bank and Trust Company - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.; African Americans - United States; African American families.; Freedmen; Registers of births, etc.

Additional Author: Washington, Reginald.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.326 U58

Box, Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/add71db4-3e65-497d-b5b0-519740207188

Collection: History Collection

Object ID: 1959.002

Date Range: 1780-1820

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Collection: History Collection

Description: Dispatch case of Major John Hubley; walnut construction.; On top, inlay shell in an oval with green background, all within an 2 fine-line band border. Metal outlined key on front center. 2 movable metal handles, one on each end. Entire wood panel in lid folds out to reveal a mirror secured by a swivel tab. A metal ring for pulling panel down/ Circular inlay designs on green background in center of closed lid portion. Intricate spiral adorn edges of all 8 sections and green felt-lined tray. 2 narrow divisions hold slide-in tops with metal pull rings fit into compartment. Portion that holds 2 small drawers can be lifted out to reveal .5" storage area. The entire lower portion can be lifted out. Bottom covered with black felt.

Date Range: 1780-1820

Year Range From: 1780

Year Range To: 1820

Last Owner: Hubley, John

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 30

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

People: Hubley, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Object Name: Box, Letter

Oither Names: Dispatch Box

Material: Wood

Height (in): 4.75

Width (in): 11.875

Depth (in): 9.5

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: Some cracks, scratches, and minor dents.

Object ID: 1959.002

Accession Number: 1959.002

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Chalice

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/11144229-efc2-4d84-9061-742441531543

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.97.08.3

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Pewter chalice, part of the Warwick Congregation's (now known as the Brickerville United Lutheran Church) communion service.; High straight-sided flaring cup on a stem wih knop created by joining two pewter salt stems. A tankard lid is used for the base. Both the knop and edge of base are beaded. Attributed to William Will (working 1764-1798) .; Engraved on the side of the cup are the initials "HIA/ MWM" within a decorative wreath with bow. Engraved on the bottom of the base is "1799", likely indicating the year the chalice was presented to the church for ceremonial use. Segments of wrigglework are also found nearby.

Provenance: The engraved date of 1799 likely signifies the year the chalice was presented to the church. The two sets of initials on the cup are certainly the individuals who presented it. The entire communion service remained in use over the years until the congregation decided in 1997 to find a safe place for this valuable communion set. Purchased by the Heritage Center of Lancaster County

Year Range From: 1764

Year Range To: 1798

Made By: Will, William, attributed

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Unit 32

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Subcategory: Ceremonial Artifact

Object Name: Chalice

Material: Pewter

Height (in): 8

Diameter (in): 4.5

Dimension Details: Diameter of bottom is listed. Diameter of top is 3.5".

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2014-08-28

Condition Notes: Some distortion of rim; dents at base; wear visible at beading; large dent in knop. Overall abrasions, small dents and staining.

Object ID: P.97.08.3

Place of Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Credit: Acquired through the generosity of the James Hale Steinman Foundation and Friends of the Heritage Center Museum, Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: P.97.08

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a1bd89ae-7199-4ebf-bbcf-228666806152

Collection: History Collection: Places & Spaces

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Strasburg Rail Road

Object ID: 2002.064

Date Range: 2002

Collection: History Collection: Places & Spaces

Title: Red Rose Coin Club, Strasburg Rail Road

Description: Plexiglass boxed set of three medals commemorating the Strasburg railroad, set includes two medals in bronze and one in silver.

Date Range: 2002

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

Storage Container: Box 0004

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Railroads; Medals; Strasburg Railroad

Object Name: Coin, Commemorative

Material: Bronze, Silver

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: 2002.064

Accession Number: 2002.064

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African American lives

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Websites

Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1ea5136b-8f03-44fb-a83d-910054039847

Altar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d40352d7-437c-4f08-9053-438666742755

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/28a8c389-4e24-4157-8061-272548030010

Documents

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f1b164c8-1e07-48a3-983c-088049282831

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Documents

Black family research : records of post-Civil War Federal agencies at the National Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14147

Box, Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/add71db4-3e65-497d-b5b0-519740207188

Images

Chalice

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/11144229-efc2-4d84-9061-742441531543

Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a1bd89ae-7199-4ebf-bbcf-228666806152