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Announcement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification that bridge repairs were completed

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I005

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notification that bridge repairs were completed

Description: Document type: Notification that bridge repairs were completed.; 1. Mercer's Mill Bridge; Sadsbury Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Location: 1.5 miles below Christiana.; 2. Steeleville Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 1; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 3. Ross' Fording, also known as Octoraro No. 1.5; 4. Newcomer's Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 2.5; Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; 5. Worth's Bridge; Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]

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

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Fords; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Mercer's Mill; Mercer's Mill Bridge; Mills; Newcomer's Bridge; Notifications; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Ross Ford; Sadsbury Twp.; Steeleville Bridge; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County; Worth's Bridge

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Announcement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0925 I005

Box Number: 013

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Captain John M. Groff Collection

Title: Captain John M. Groff Collection (MG-44)

Object ID: MG0044

Date Range: 1905-1940

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Collection: Captain John M. Groff Collection

Title: Captain John M. Groff Collection (MG-44)

Description: Collection contains photographs, many labeled and dated, and two scrapbooks. One scrapbook contains newspaper articles concerning the military and professional life of Captain Groff. The other scrapbook contains military records including special orders, certificates, passes, correspondence, and government requirements. There are also newspaper articles, maps, and other memorabilia.

Date Range: 1905-1940

Year Range From: 1905

Year Range To: 1940

Creator: Groff, John M.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Davis, R.; Groff, John M.; Klein, Henry Martin John; Malone, John; Pershing, John Joseph

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Scrapbooks; Letters; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Search Terms: American Defense Society; American Expeditionary Forces; American Expeditionary Forces, Supply Division, Postal Express Service; American Red Cross; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maps; Newspaper clippings; Photographs; Postal Express Service; Scrapbooks; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0044

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection.

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-44

Classification: MG0044

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 17 May 2018.

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Collection: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Title: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Object ID: MG0021

Date Range: 1891-1960

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Collection: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Title: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records

Description: The J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records collection contains records of the hardware and farm machinery business of J. U. Neuhauser & Sons, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. The items include product inventories, records of sales and customers, territory lists and salesmen, financial records, and tax records.

Admin/Biographical History: Neuhauser Brothers was established in 1891. In 1901, brothers Isaac U. Neuhauser and Jonas U. Neuhauser bought land from Levi Rhoads at 2701 Old Philadelphia Pike in Bird-in-Hand. The transaction included buildings that the Neuhausers had been using since 1890. Jonas bought out Isaac's share in 1921 and the business name was later changed to J. U. Neuhauser & Sons. Jonas' sons sold the store to Abram E. Keener in 1958 who continued the hardware business, but did not deal in farm machinery.; The business was located on property formerly owned by the Bird-in-Hand Hotel, was The Old Village Store for many years, and is presently the Bird-in-Hand Village Antique Market (2008).; Employees in 1958 were Irvin Denlinger (shop), Aaron L. Hershey (store clerk), Miriam G. Neuhauser (bookkeeper), Aaron P. Miller (store clerk), Henry K. Blank (shop), Michael L. Fisher (shop).; Reference: Bird-in-Hand, 1734-1984: A History of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. 1984.

Date Range: 1891-1960

Year Range From: 1891

Year Range To: 1960

Date of Accumulation: 1891-1960

Creator: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons (Bird-in-Hand, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Blank, Henry K.; Denlinger, Irvin; Erb, Henry; Fisher, Levi J.; Fisher, Michael L.; Hershey, Aaron L.; Hess, Leon; High, Christ; Hoopes, Sloan H.; Keener, Abram E.; Keener, Claribel A. McEvoy; Lapp, Samuel S.; Miller, Aaron P.; Mylin, C. S.; Neuhauser, Benjamin Franklin; Neuhauser, Homer Gladstone; Neuhauser, Isaac Umble; Neuhauser, Jonas Umble; Neuhauser, Miriam Miller Groff; Neuhauser, Robert G.; Rhoads, Levi; Snyder, Richard A.; Weaver, Frank L.

Other Creators: Neuhauser, Robert G.

Subjects: Business records; Electric apparatus and appliances; Farm equipment; Gas appliances; Hardware; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Appliances; Atwater Kent; Automobile dealers; Automobiles; Cars; Car dealers; Business records; Chalmers Motor Company; Cockshutt Farm Equipment; Coleman Company; Columbia Cool Range; Eastern Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Dealers' Association; Farm equipment; Finding aids; First National Bank of Intercourse; General Electric; Gibson Appliance; Hardware; Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; Heatrola; High Welding Company; J. U. Neuhauser & Sons; John Deere; Kitchen Kook; L. B. Herr & Son; Manuscript groups; Maxwell Motor Company; Mercantile Credit Association; Neuhauser Brothers; NRFEA Insurance Service Inc.; Old Village Store; P. A. and S. Small Company, Inc.; Refrigerators; Stores; Stoves; Studebaker Corporation; Tappan; Wiley and Rutt Agency; Wincroft; Wisconsin Engines

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Binding is worn and in poor condition.

Object ID: MG0021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: J. U. Neuhauser & Sons Records (MG0021), Box #, Folder #,; Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; The source is unknown for the bulk of the collection. Record book of automobiles, farm machinery, and major appliances, 1922-1959 in Folder 12 was a gift of Robert G. Neuhauser, December 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 13 is restricted.

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-21

Classification: MG0021

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged prior to 1997; Folder 12 was added by HST in 2007. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Object ID: MG0153

Date Range: 1862-1987

and Content Note: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of

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Collection: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Title: Advertising and Promotional Collection

Description: The Advertising and Promotional Collection contains materials for a wide variety of businesses and organizations in Lancaster County, including manufacturers, department and clothing stores, entertainment venues, grocery stores, restaurants, service providers, and social clubs. Of special interest is the use of both English and German in a brochure from the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., as well as in the soap-making directions from the Pennsylvania Salt Co. There are also a 1921 program from Lancaster's Colonial Theatre and boxing programs that list Lancaster native, Leo Houck.

Date Range: 1862-1987

Year Range From: 1862

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1862-1987

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bogle, George; Bortzfield, Jere; Butler, Smedley D.; Correll, Clint; Eberly, Jay M.; Evans, Melvern R,; Frueauff, W. Herman T.; Hawbaker, Gary; Houck, Leo; Huss, Arlene Rider; Jackson, J. T.; Jenner, Edward; Kelly, P. B.; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Lynch, Charles O.; Manning, Peggy Sheets; Martin, John W.; Miller, Charles F.; Musser, Andrew J.; Miller, J. R.; Rohrer, Willis; Ross, Betsy; Schuneman, Ray; Skiles, John D.; Slaymaker, R. M.; Smith, Lynn A.; Smith, Marjorie A.; Stauffer, Sarah Ann; Stumpf, Ed; Suydam, Henry; Tobias, Richard J.; Yecker, Paul C.; Rowe, Ceylon; Landes, Lizzie; Stehman, Henry L.

Subjects: Advertising; Ephemera; Advertising fliers; Fliers (Ephemera)

Search Terms: A&P; A. F. Huber Food Store; Advertisements; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Announcements; Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Aunt Betty's Playhouse; Big Boy Restaurants; Boston Insurance Company; Brochures; Brownstown, West Earl Twp.; Business; Christmas carols; Clarion Steam Printing House; Clipper Magazine; Colonial Theatre; Columbia; Columbia Flour Mills; Columbia Herald Job Printing Office; Columbian Printing Company; Cope Brothers; Dr. Raub's Egg White Soap; Drawings; E. H. Gochnauer and Sons; East Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Ed Stumpf's Service Stations; Engle and Hambright; Ephemera; Express Steam Printers; Finding aids; Finks Baked Products; Flyers; Gardner and Craver; Gates Dental Company, Inc.; Glitsch' Imperial Russian Mustard; Grandview Heights; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Harrison Brothers and Company; Heinitsh Furniture Company; Hershey and Groff; Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc. (Maryland); Invitations; John D. Skiles, Dry Goods and Clothing; John Herr's Mill; Kelly Cadillac; Kunkel and Brother; L. B. Herr & Son; Lakeland Stabling Company; Lancaster; Lancaster Advertiser's Club; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Chemical Company; Lancaster Country Store; Lancaster County Heritage Magazine; Lancaster Dispensing Company; Lancaster Outdoor Advertising Company; Lime Spring Farm; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lynch Drop Center Fifth Wheel and Gear Connections; Manuscript groups; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Mill Bridge Village & Camp Resort; Mills; Moderne Manor; Musselman and Slaymaker; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Pacquin's Dentist's and Physician's hand cream; Peach Bottom Slate Mining Company; Pennsylvania Salt Company; Pequea Lime; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Place Marie; Restaurants; Restore 'N More; Rohrerstown, East Hempfield Twp.; Russo Answer-Phone Service; Sayres, Scheid & Sweeton; Steinman Hardware; Stockyard Inn; Stores; Sunday News; Trivers Clothes; Trout and Shank; F. W. Woolworth Co.; H. L. Stehman and Co.; Heitshu's Drug Store

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0153

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Business and Industry Collection (MG0107); Invoice and Receipt Collection (MG0253); Billheads from the Commissioners' Orders for Payment Collection (MG0182); Business Letterhead Collection (MG0254)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Advertising and Promotional Collection (MG0153), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

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

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-153

Other Number: MG-153

Classification: MG0153

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was originally cataloged in 1998 and the finding aid is updated as items are added. Added to database 25 August 2021.

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Object ID: MG0326

Date Range: 1822-1995

Growers Company Service and Parking Garage Company Sicily Island Fishing Club Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd. Stock certificates Tobacco Turnpikes United Ice Company West End Water Company William F. Murphy's Sons Company Winslow Petroleum Company �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Description: This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1822-1995

Year Range From: 1822

Year Range To: 1995

Date of Accumulation: 1822-1995

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Barber, John; Bausman, J. B.; Bolton, W. P.; Bowman, Robert K.; Burkholder, Abe W.; Cleveland, S. M.; Dick, William; Dombach, Calvin S.; Eshleman, Kathryn; Fairlamb, Harry; Folmer, Charles John; Frank, J. Barcley; Franklin, Walter M.; Givler, John; Givler, John S.; Good, C. W.; Green, E.; Haines, Joyce; Haines, Karl; Harrison, W.; Hartman, H. W.; Hartman, John F.; Hartzell, H. O.; Hess, Mark S.; Jenkins, William; Jones, J.; Kauffman, I. M.; Keller, Dean; Kendall, L. A.; Kreider, Elam; Long, John F.; Loose, John Ward Willson "Jack"; Lorch, George A.; Lutz, P. H.; Martin, Isaac; Maxwell, Joseph R.; Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R.; Metzger, H. R.; Metzler, Christian E.; Meyer, Anna Magdalen; Miller, William; Mowrer, J. H.; Nissley, J. H.; Parkins, R. B.; Pickle, J. Harry; Pollard, Myron A.; Price, Samuel; Riddick, Frank A.; Rudy, James K.; Rush, E. W.; Sahm, Norman R.; Shand, William; Shurler, F.; Smith, Jacob; Smith, W. J. B.; Snavely, Helen; Snyder, P. F.; Sweigart, S. F; Wagner, F. D.; Webster, George W.; Yost, J. F.; Zimmerman, Elmer D.

Subjects: Stock certificates

Search Terms: Agricultural Trust and Savings Company; American Bank Note Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Broun-Green Company; Columbia Pennsylvania Library Company; Conestoga Aero Corporation; E. A. Wright Bank Note Company; Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmers Oil Company; Finding aids; Follmer, Clogg and Company; Gap Mine Company; Goldsmith Brothers; International Bank Note Company; Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association; Lancaster Development Company; Lancaster Manufacturing Company; Lancaster Suburban Water Company; Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Company; Linglestown Fair Association; Lone Star Gas and Oil Company; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike; Manufacturing; Manuscript groups; New Holland Airport; Railroads; Reynolds and Company; Seed-leaf Tobacco Growers Company; Service and Parking Garage Company; Sicily Island Fishing Club; Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd.; Stock certificates; Tobacco; Turnpikes; United Ice Company; West End Water Company; William F. Murphy's Sons Company; Winslow Petroleum Company

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0326

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-326

Classification: MG0326

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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Collection: Henry Boyd Neff Collection

Title: Henry Boyd Neff Collection

Object ID: MG0307

Date Range: 1914-1978

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Collection: Henry Boyd Neff Collection

Title: Henry Boyd Neff Collection

Description: The Henry Boyd Neff Collection contains legal documents about Neff Taxi, as well as Neff Taxi service cards and correspondence. The majority of the collection consists of legal documents from the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, which later became the Public Utility Commission. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regulates transportation services, in addition to gas, water, electricity, and telephone services, for consumers in the state. The commission maintains licenses and fair rates and ensures proper insurance coverage for the taxicab companies.

Admin/Biographical History: Henry Boyd Neff was born in 1877, the son of Levi Neff and grandson of Samuel Neff. He started his Lancaster-based taxi business in the 1910s, although he first had a confectionary store on West James Street. Henry Neff and his wife, Emma, resided on East End Avenue (formerly Chester Avenue) in Lancaster city with their two children-Dorothy and Raymond. While their business was originally located on Penn Square, it moved to East Mifflin Street by 1950. Henry Neff ran the business until his death on May 16, 1959, at which time his daughter Dorothy took over. Dorothy Neff managed Neff Taxi through the mid-1970s, and she sold the business to Friendly Taxi in 1978.

Date Range: 1914-1978

Year Range From: 1914

Year Range To: 1978

Date of Accumulation: 1914-1978

Creator: Neff, Dorothy H., d. 2018

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Berry, Charles Radford; Fickenscher, P. E.; McElwee, Cornelius J.; Morgal, B. Frank; Neff, Dorothy H.; Neff, Henry Boyd; Reinhard, J. W.

Subjects: Business records; Taxicab drivers

Search Terms: Business records; Certificates; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Neff Taxi; Pennsylvania Public Service Commission; Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; Reports; Taxicab drivers

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0307

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Henry Boyd Neff Collection (MG0307), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 4 contains restricted material; do not use.

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-307

Other Number: MG-307

Classification: MG0307

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared by MEB, Spring 2006. Added to database 30 September 2021.

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Collection: Martin K. Fry Business Records

Title: Martin K. Fry Business Records

Object ID: MG0679

Date Range: 1920-1960

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Collection: Martin K. Fry Business Records

Title: Martin K. Fry Business Records

Description: The Martin K. Fry Business Records contains records from Fry's printing business in Rothsville, Pennsylvania. Many of the invoices reflect the orders for supplies needed to operate his shop. There are printing orders from businesses in Lancaster County and examples of printing jobs for businesses in Lancaster, Berks and Schuylkill Counties.

Admin/Biographical History: "Martin K. Fry, 91, of 1709 Rothsville Road, Rothsville, owner of Fy Printing Co., died Saturday at 6 a.m. at home after an illness of one week. A lifelong resident of the area, he worked with his father in the cigar box business from 1895 to 1935, when he established his own job printing business in Rothsville. he remained active in the printing business until he became ill last week. He was a member for 54 years of Masonic Lodge 685 Free and Accepted Masons, Ephrata. He also was a member of the Salem United Methodist Church of Rothsville. He was married to the late Victorie E. Shiffer Fry, who died in 1966. Born in Oregon, he was the son of the late Emanuel G. and Jermina Keller Fry. Surviving are a daughter, Alta E .Fry, at hom; a granddaughter, whom he raised, Margaret L., wife of Jack R. Markert, Hampstead, Md., and three great grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Edna K. Gochnauer, East Petersburg."; Lititz Record Ecpress, Thursday, December 2, 1976, p. 19

Date Range: 1920-1960

Year Range From: 1920

Year Range To: 1960

Date of Accumulation: 1920-1960

Creator: Fry, Martin K., 1885-1976

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Fry, Martin K.; Gochnauer, Harry E.; Ensinger, Jacob R.; Lawler, John T.; Huss, Richard E.; Weaver, Earl M.; Perrotto, Samuel; Greisemer, H. S.; Schutlz, J. H.; Balthasar, F. W.; Rohrbach, Paul R.; Sauder, Raymond W.

Subjects: Business records; Invoices; Printing

Search Terms: Andrews Paper House of York, Inc.; Bernville Fire Company; Bond Foundry and Machine Company; Brandtjen and Kluge Inc.; Business records; Capitol Printing Ink Company; Ensinger Printing Service; Finding aids; Foster Type and Equipment Company; Fulton National Bank; Garrett-Buchanan Company; Harrington Roller Company; Heidelberg Eastern, Inc.; Invoices; Irene, Inc.; Keener Manufacturing Company; Lancaster Composition Company; Lancaster Photo Engraving Company; Lower Heidelberg School; Manuscript groups; Miller and From; O'Brien's Delivery Service; Paper Distributors of Harrisburg; Penn Wheelmen Masonic Temple; Porte Publishing Company; Rand McNally; Reading Textiles; Smith Meat Market; Tamaqua Fruit Company; Record Printing Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 32 folders, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0679

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Martin K. Fry Business Records (MG0679), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The contents of Box 2 are restricted at this time due to their fragile condition.

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: 2012.MG0679

Other Numbers: MG-679

Other Number: MG-679

Classification: MG0679

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by JP, June 2012. Added to database 1 October 2021.

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Collection: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Title: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Object ID: MG0363

Date Range: 1806-1950

: Architectural ironwork Awnings Business records Decorative cast-ironwork Deeds Ironwork Patents Stocks Search Terms: A. B. Rote & Company Account books Awnings Bonds Business records C. V. Rote & Company Deeds Farmers Trust Company Finding aids Highway Emergency Service Ironwork Ironwork, Architectural Ironwork

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Collection: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Title: Andrew B. Rote Collection

Description: The Andrew B. Rote Collection contains the business records of C. V. Rote & Co., which later became A. B. Rote & Co., and some family records. The Lancaster company specialized in awnings and ironwork. Deeds, mortgages, and other property records are for property owned by the Rotes and used for their business. The record books of the company, 1881-1942, show accounting, clients, cash flow, bids, and inventory. A catalog of architectural bronze and iron works illustrates their products. There are also stock certificates for a number of local and regional businesses such as Farmers Trust Company, Union Trust Company, and Meadia Heights Golf Club.

Admin/Biographical History: C. V. Rote & Company was founded by Charles V. Rote, Jacob F. Bender, and John W. Holman on 3 March 1881, specifically for the manufacture of awnings. Bender and Holman provided the financing, space for the shop, the time they could commit, and the use of their horse and buggy. Rote committed his labor and time in manufacturing the awnings. Their initial success continued when they added architectural bronze and iron work. Andrew B. Rote took over the business in 1894, which was then located at 111-117 E. Chestnut Street, Lancaster.

Date Range: 1806-1950

Year Range From: 1806

Year Range To: 1950

Date of Accumulation: 1806-1950

Creator: Rote, Andrew B., 1928-2015

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bender, Jacob F.; Holman, John W.; Rote, Andrew B. "Andy"; Rote, Andrew Baker; Rote, Charles Victor

Other Creators: A. B. Rote & Company

Subjects: Architectural ironwork; Awnings; Business records; Decorative cast-ironwork; Deeds; Ironwork; Patents; Stocks

Search Terms: A. B. Rote & Co.; Account books; Awnings; Bonds; Business records; C. V. Rote and Company; Deeds; Farmers Trust Company; Finding aids; Highway Emergency Service; Ironwork, Architectural; Ironwork, Decorative; Lancaster Concrete Tile Company; Manuscript groups; Meadia Heights Golf Club; Mortgages; National Building Units Corporation; Patents; Penn-Mont Mining and Milling Company; Pennsylvania Chautauqua Society; Stocks; Union Trust Company of Lancaster

Extent: 3 boxes, 27 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0363

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Andrew B. Rote Collection (MG0363), 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: 2003.MG0363

Other Numbers: MG-363

Classification: MG0363

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

Gladstone Hunters Inheritance Internal Revenue Service Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota Johnson City, Broome County, New York K. Aslesen Company Lancaster Lancaster New Era Leland-Parker Hotel Letters Manuscript groups Masons McClure House Miami, Florida �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

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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 collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Object ID: MG0365

Date Range: 1919-1956

Note: The Sarah Moore Breneman Papers contain documents from the Steinman Hardware Company, the Kirk Johnson Company, and the Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc. The collection includes minutes of stockholders’ meetings and board of director meetings, financial reports, the election of officers

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Description: The Sarah Moore Breneman Papers contain documents from the Steinman Hardware Company, the Kirk Johnson Company, and the Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc. The collection includes minutes of stockholders meetings and board of director meetings, financial reports, the election of officers, letters to stockholders, presidents' reports, company by-laws and minutes of the meetings organizing the companies.

Date Range: 1919-1956

Year Range From: 1919

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1919-1956

Creator: Breneman, Sarah Moore, 1932-2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys; Baker, Scott; Hess, Norman B.; Manning, Harry H.; Mease, Lorena Watson; Miller, Harry E.; Moore, Adam Zerphy; Moore, Ruth Johnson; Moore, Sylvester Zerphy; Pickel, Elwood; Pickel, Mary; Worrell, L. Bruce; Zahm, Edward J.

Other Creators: Moore, Adam Zerphy, 1895-1957

Subjects: Business records; Hardware stores; Minutes (Records); Radio stations; Stockholders

Search Terms: Brunswick Hotel; Business records; By-laws; Camp Kaul Tea House; Colonial Golf Course; Conventions; Financial records; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Glen Moore, Manheim Twp.; Hardware stores; Inventories; Kendig Bros.; Kirk Johnson & Co.; Korean War; Lancaster Broadcasting Company; Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc.; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster General Hospital; Lancaster Symphony Orchestra; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Mortgages; North Pine Street; Obituaries; Prince Street; Radio Corporation of America; RCA; Reports; Robinson-Patman Act; Specialty Advertising Company; Sprenger Food Company; St. George Hotel; Steinman Hardware; Stevens House; Stockholders; WEST (radio station); West King Street; WGAL (radio station); WKJC (radio station)

Extent: 1 box, 14 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0365

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection:; Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-01-01); Staff of WKJC (SH-01-01-02); Steinman Hardware Company truck (SH-01-01-03); 200 Year Anniversary of Steinman Hardware Co. (SH-01-01-04); View of south side of East King Street (SH-01-01-05); View of south side of West King Street (SH-01-01-06); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-01); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-02); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-03); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-04); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-05); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-06); Framed receipt (SH-01-03-01); Image of account book (SH-01-03-02); Image of a print of the old courthouse (SH-01-03-03); Image of a print of East King Street (SH-01-03-04); Image of account book (SH-01-03-05); Map of Lancaster (SH-01-03-06); Five men in front of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-07); Man looking at account book (SH-01-03-08); Close-up of Steinman Hardware Co. sign (SH-01-03-09); First block of East King Street (SH-01-03-10); Man examining shotgun shells (SH-01-03-11); Conestoga wagon jacks (SH-01-03-12); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-13); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-14); Archery equipment at Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-15); Man taking inventory of horseshoes (SH-01-03-16); See the Curatorial Collection:; Commemorative saw, "Two Hundred Years of Hardware Service 1744-1944, The Steinman Hardware Company Lancaster PA" (2005.006.1); Eyeglasses and case with label on one side "Steiman Hardware Company Lancaster PA", other side marked with printing "Arundel Tinted, Edw. J. Zahm, Jeweler, Zahm's Corner, Lancaster PA" (2005.006.2)

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

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

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0365

Other Numbers: MG-365

Classification: MG0365

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 20 February 2022.

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