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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
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
312 F853e
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Responsibility
compiled by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1930353111
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
vi, 201 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township)
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F853e
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13899
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
312 F853eco
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Responsibility
by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1930353359
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - East Earl (Township) - Statistics.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Township)
East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1870.
United States - Census, 10th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F853eco
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10360
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
312 F893ee
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Responsibility
compiled by James E. Frey.
ISBN
1930353111
Author
Frey, James Elwood,
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township)
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.
Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
United States - Census, 7th, 1850.
United States - Census, 8th, 1860.
United States - Census, 9th, 1880.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F893ee
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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12214
Author
Frey, James Elwood
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
312 F893we
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Responsibility
by James E. Frey.
Author
Frey, James Elwood
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press ,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
vi , 175 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Subjects
West Earl (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
West Earl (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
312 F893we
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Annals of the Susquehannocks : and other indian tribes of Pennsylvania 1500-1763

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14299
Author
Eshleman, H. Frank.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
974.8011 E75 2000
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Responsibility
H. Frank Eshleman.
ISBN
1889037249 (paperback : alk. paper)
Author
Eshleman, H. Frank.
Place of Publication
Lewisburg, PA
Publisher
Wennawoods Publishing,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
415 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Susquehanna Indians
Conestoga Indians
Delaware Indians
Iroquois Indians
Mohawk Indians
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75 2000
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Architectural study of the Witwer Homestead, 3134 Division Highway, New Holland, Pa. by Denise Witwer Lahr

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22344
Author
Lahr, Denise Witwer,
Date of Publication
2003
Call Number
728.27 W832
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Responsibility
compiler.
Author
Lahr, Denise Witwer,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Community Heritage Partners;
Date of Publication
2003
Physical Description
(94 unnumbered pages + 3 pages of photographs): photograhs, drawings, and maps, 28 cm.
Notes
A combination of the report of the Community Heritage Partners for Thomas Witwer Richards and the compiler incuding her notes and photographs of the property,
Subjects
Witwer Homestead - Pennsylvania - (Earl, Lancaster County: Township)
Additional Author
Richards, Thomas Witwer.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
728.27 W832
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9c844278-72d0-4e33-8efb-273771858499
Collection
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers
Title
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers
Object ID
MG0492
Date Range
2000-2008
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Collection
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers
Title
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers
Description
The Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers include annual reports, correspondence, community service survey, and programs for events.
Admin/Biographical History
From the Jewish Family Service of Lancaster website: "JFS of Lancaster was established in 1989. Our vision is to be a social service agency providing a wide range of services and educational workshops in the Lancaster County community. These services and workshops will enrich and support the Lancaster Jewish community and the community at large. We strive to improve the lives of the most vulnerable residents in Lancaster. Our Jewish values of justice, compassion, and respect are the driving force behind our efforts to achieve our vision and give us a sense of obligation to the community."
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster, www.jfslancaster.org/, accessed 26 August 2021.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Date Range
2000-2008
Year Range From
2000
Year Range To
2008
Date of Accumulation
2000-2008
Creator
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster (Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 11
People
Mayer, Harvey
Miron, David
Schlissel, Steve
Stameshkin, Colleen
Stameshkin, David
Starr, Phil
Wolman, Jim
Wolman, Sharon
Subjects
Annual reports
Associations, institutions, etc.
Charitable giving
Charity
Correspondence
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster (Pa.)
Programs (Publications)
Social service
Social surveys
Search Terms
Annual reports
Associations, institutions, etc.
Charitable giving
Charity
Chopped Liver River Band
Correspondence
Degel Israel
Finding aids
Jewish Family Service of Lancaster
JFS of Lancaster
Manuscript groups
Programs
Ressler Mill Foundation
Congregation Shaarai Shomayim
Social service
Surveys, social
Temple Beth El
Extent
1 box, 6 folders, 15 items, 70 pages to scan, .10 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0492
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers (MG0492), 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. 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-492
Other Number
MG-492
Classification
MG0492
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred to the archives from the Information File.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/85b0056f-d17a-4f78-aa43-482522017954
Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Object ID
MG0341
Date Range
1912-2000
. Business records Bynden Wood Conestoga Bridge Correspondence Finding aids Flyers Franklin and Marshall College Hamilton Club Huachung University Letters Manuscript groups Membership Minutes Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Obituaries Outings Poetry Republican Party Restaurants Sphinx Club St
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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Description
This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.
Date Range
1912-2000
Year Range From
1912
Year Range To
2000
Date of Accumulation
1912-2000
Creator
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Appel, Roberts R.
Browne, George I.
Cooper, John Wallace
Cramer, Margaret Snader
Cramer, William Stuart
Davidson, Paul
Dippell, Marion Fox
Dippell, Victor William
Distler, Theodore A.
Donner, M. M.
Dotterer, Ray H.
Duke, Robert W.
Hager, E. M.
Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker
Hamblin, Dora Jane
Hartman, Edwin Mitman
Hartman, Mr.
Herman, Emma Garrigan
Herman, Theodore F.
Honig, Margaret
Honig, Stanley
Jefferson, Thomas
Jordan, Paul
Jurgelski, Susan
Kell, R. M.
Kilby, Tom
Kunkel, Arthur King
Lincoln, Abraham
Maugans, David
Mencken, Henry Louis
Michalak, Beverly
Michalak, Stanley
Moore, C. Eugene
Parks, Cynthia
Poole, H. Herbert
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roy, John
Rudisill, Carl
Rudisill, Flo
Sayres, Alfred Nevin
Schmitchew, Peter
Schwalm, Ted
Smith, Howard P.
Steinmetz, Rollin
Thornley, Richard
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Obituaries
Search Terms
Accomac Inn
Alfred's Victorian Restaurant
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Bynden Wood
Conestoga Bridge
Correspondence
Finding aids
Flyers
Franklin and Marshall College
Hamilton Club
Huachung University
Letters
Manuscript groups
Membership
Minutes
Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Obituaries
Outings
Poetry
Republican Party
Restaurants
Sphinx Club
St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Trivia
World War II
WWII
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0341
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.
Accession Number
2004.MG0341
Other Numbers
MG-341
Classification
MG0341
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Object ID
MG0237
Date Range
1880-2003
Title Company of Philadelphia Correspondence Deeds Department stores DUSCO Property Management, Inc. East Hempfield Twp. Employees Ephemera Escalators Mortgages Finding aids Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers Gift certificates Ground-rent Hager and Bro., Inc. Hager Realty Corporation Employee
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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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