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The 200th Anniversary - Swamp Reformed Church (Evangelical and Reformed) Blainsport, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Swamp Reformed Church (Blainsport, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1949]
Call Number
285.8 T974
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Corporate Author
Swamp Reformed Church (Blainsport, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949]
Physical Description
[24] p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Swamp Reformed Church (Blainsport, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.
Blainsport (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 T974
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Abstracts of Snyder county probate and Orphans court records (1772-1855)

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Author
Fisher, Charles Adam,
Date of Publication
1940]
Call Number
974.849 F533
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Responsibility
by Dr. Charles A. Fisher...
Author
Fisher, Charles Adam,
Place of Publication
[Selinsgrove? Pa
Date of Publication
1940]
Physical Description
1 p.l., 77 numb. l., 9 l. 28 x 22 cm.
Notes
Mimeographed.
Subjects
Wills - Pennsylvania - Snyder County.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Snyder County.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Snyder County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.849 F533
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Allen-Isham genealogy : Jirah Isham Allen, Montana pioneer, government scout, guide, interpreter and famous hunter, during four years of Indian warfare in Montana and Dakota : from 1839 to 1929

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Author
Phinney, Mary Allen,
Date of Publication
[1946]
Call Number
929 A425
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Alternate Title
Jirah Isham Allen, Montana pioneer
Responsibility
by Mary Allen Phinney.
Author
Phinney, Mary Allen,
Place of Publication
Rutland, Vt
Publisher
Tuttle Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
[1946]
Physical Description
162 p. : ill., coat of arms, ports.
Notes
Date of publication suggested by Kaminkow.
"Two hundred copies printed, no. 179"--T.p. verso.
Includes indexes.
Kaminkow
Contents
Contents: Ancestors of Jirah Isham Allen / Life of Jirah Isham Allen: A) His early life; B) His Diary - The establishment of Fort Pease 1874-1875, My trip to the Black Hills 1876, The Custer Massacre, My scouting days in 1877, Over the trail as guide 1878 / The End of the trail
Summary
This book was written by the niece of Jirah Isham Allen to describe his adventures and accomplishments.
Subjects
Allen family.
Isom family.
Allen, Jirah Isham, - 1839-1929.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A425
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American and French flags of the Revolution, 1775-1783

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Author
Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
929.9 S326
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Author
Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
148 p. 10 col. plates. 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical footnotes.
Subjects
Flags - United States.
Flags - France.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.9 S326
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The American pioneer in forty-eight states

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Author
Peterson, Clarence Stewart,
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
973 P485
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Responsibility
by ex-Lieut. C. Stewart Peterson, M.A.
Author
Peterson, Clarence Stewart,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The William-Frederick Press,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
3 p. l., [9]-190 p. 24 cm.
Notes
"References": p. 184-190.
Subjects
United States - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 P485
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American Revolutionary soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Fendrick, Virginia Shannon.
Date of Publication
1944
Call Number
974.844 F331
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Responsibility
compiled by Virginia Shannon Fendrick for the Franklin County, chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penna.
Author
Fendrick, Virginia Shannon.
Place of Publication
Chambersburg, Pa
Publisher
Historical Works Committee of the Franklin County Chapter,
Date of Publication
1944
Physical Description
295 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Additional Corporate Author
Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania. Franklin County Chapter, Chambersburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 F331
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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Place of Publication
Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa
Publisher
The Authors,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Mast, C. Z.
Simpson, Robert Emmett,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CAER M423
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Apothecaries of Lancaster County 1760 to 1900

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1946
home, and on June 29, of 1777, he arrived in Lancaster with his family and servants to take up residence in the house on East Orange Street, now known as number 215. By this time, Christopher Marshall's career as a pioneer apothecary was over and his place in the history of American pharmacy was secure
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Responsibility
by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[33]-69 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 2
Subjects
Heinitsch Family.
Pharmacy
Materia medica.
Pharmacists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 2 (1946), p. 33-69Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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Apple in the attic, a Pennsylvania legend

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Author
Jordan, Mildred,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
813.52 J82a
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Responsibility
by Mildred Jordan.
Author
Jordan, Mildred,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
A.A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xi p., 2 ø., 3-200 p. 1 ø. 20 cm.
Summary
The story of a fictional Pennsylvania Dutch, married couple in which a submissive wife endures the anger of her husband to the point of him vowing to no longer speak with her.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Fiction.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 J82a
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Archive

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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
. Berlinwork patterns Cheney Silks Cheney Weaves Christmas V-mail Correspondence Cricket Club Dickinson Presbyterian Church Estate sales F. Schumacher & Co. Farm Journal Media Fiber arts Finding aids Gilbert's store Griest Homestead Guernsey Sales Pavilion Hagers' Department Store Hershey Fire Hall Hooked rugs
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
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
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.
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