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Collection: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Title: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Object ID: MG0059

Collection: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Title: Lloyd Mifflin Collection

Description: This collection contains the papers of Lloyd Mifflin, including diaries, his poetry, typescripts, galleys with marginal notes, Mifflin family material, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Lloyd Mifflin was a poet and painter from Columbia, Pa. He is best known as a writer of sonnets, publishing over 500.

Admin/Biographical History: Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), artist of landscape and portraiture, was also "America's greatest sonneteer." He was born and lived much of his life in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where he was free to wander the banks of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries.; His father, J. Houston Mifflin, of English Quaker descent, was Lloyd's first teacher in drawing and sketching. His mother, Elizabeth A. Heise, came from German heritage. She was born in Columbia and died when Lloyd was very young. His father, a kind and patient man, noted that Lloyd was a rather weak child and provided equestrian and water sports to improve his health.; Lloyd was taught in the public schools in Columbia, including the Washington Classical Institute. The Mifflin family supported local education by bequeathing two houses from their estate, the cottage known as "Norwood" and the grand house, "Cloverton," as well as the estate itself. The school district annually planted a flower on his birthday, September 15, and read one of his sonnets, "A Picture of My Mother."; At the age of 14, Lloyd undertook drawing and sketching with his father. He also had Thomas Moran as an instructor in painting and worked with Isaac Williams of Philadelphia for a short time. In 1869, he traveled to Europe where he studied with Henry Herzog at Dusseldorf, Germany. His adventures also took him to Italy, France, England, and Scotland. He returned to Columbia from Europe and continued painting scenes from along the Susquehanna-from Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay. As did most other painters of the time, he earned money from portraiture.; In his paintings, he captured the natural with refined color and light, which yielded firm and balanced forms. He preferred to capture the peacefulness of a woodland path or other quiet spots, rather than the noise of an industrial area. Later in his life he liked seasonal paintings, since they gave him a chance to probe deeper into a philosophical spirit.; Mifflin turned to poetry at the age of 51. According to what he wrote in The Hills, his first volume of poetry (1896), he claimed that the fumes of the paint made him sick. In his lifetime he filled twelve books of verse with two hundred poems and more than six hundred sonnets. He wrote more sonnets than William Shakespeare, John Milton, and William Wordworth. John Keats, however, was his favorite. He preferred Keats for his expression regarding the love of beauty, both real and ideal; his forms were always poised and dignified. During this time he also taught himself the art of etching, using this technique to illustrate The Hills.; Mifflin stressed a strong love of beauty in his poetry as he did in his painting. His imagination and beautiful sense of harmony characterize his verse. The main source of his ambition, inspiration and consolation are clearly seen in The Invocation.; He devoted his greatest efforts to the category of the sonnet, considering it the most distinguished and exalted of all forms of English poetry. He enjoyed the structure, the metrical and rhythmic beauty, the plan of metrical rhyme and diction. Mifflin found it much like a musical composition.; Sonnets bipartite in structure usually have a combination of eight lines followed by six. The rhyme schemes and diction include many metaphors and an extensive vocabulary. His one hundred and fifty nature sonnets emphasize the descriptive, not the intuitional. To sample his poetic styles, one should turn to his three hundred and fifty collected sonnets, published in 1905 with a second edition in 1907. A large number came from earlier books.; As a poet, Mifflin was an idealist and respected the ideal of Greek mythological beauty. In the Echoes of the Greek Idylls and Slopes of Helicon, we find no roughness of spirit. There was a conscience of a spiritual presence. His religious sonnets were grounded in the faith of a personal God which related more to his aesthetic feelings than to traditional Christianity. Themes of life and death occur in many sonnets. His poetry inspired faith, hope and deep emotion. These sonnets were more descriptive than philosophical.; Mifflin's personal ambition was to excel; he wanted to write the perfect sonnet. Like the classical Greeks, he hoped his poetry would obtain an immortality. Mifflin thought the world had largely ignored him, even though his poetry received high praise. At his life's end he changed his opinion and credited his readers with more accolades than he had earlier thought. Perhaps he was too hard on himself. Lloyd Mifflin carried the name "Hermit of the hills" who walked the 'world as one entranced' and 'in life's turbid wave', dropped ' the crown-jewel of his melody.'"; E. Hershey Sneath. America's Greatest Sonneteer. The Clover Press (Geo. D. Hall): Columbia, PA.,1928.

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1965

Creator: Mifflin, Lloyd, 1846-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Howarth, Shirley; Mifflin, Houston; Mifflin, Lloyd; Stauffer, Nevin A.

Subjects: Artists; Painters

Search Terms: Artists; Columbia; Diaries; Illustrations; Painters; Poetry; Poets; Press reviews; Scrapbooks; Sonnets; Susquehanna River; University of Pennsylvania; Wills

Extent: 2 box, 26 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0059

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: J. Houston Mifflin Collection, MG-150; Lloyd Mifflin paintings and other items in the Curatorial Collection; Photograph Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Lloyd Mifflin Collection (MG-59), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0059

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Title: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Object ID: MG0150

Date Range: 1754-1881

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Collection: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Title: J. Houston Mifflin Collection

Description: Collection consists of personal, legal, and business-related letters and documents concerning the life and affairs of J. Houston Mifflin. Also, similar documents to, from, and about other members of the extended Houston and Mifflin families. Contains typed copies of two letters from J. Houston Mifflin to his son, Lloyd Mifflin, containing an eye-witness account of the June 1863 Confederate advance into Wrightsville. Also, a legal document signed by John Passmore.

Date Range: 1754-1881

Year Range From: 1754

Year Range To: 1881

Date of Accumulation: 1754-1881

Creator: Mifflin, J. Houston, 1807-1888

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Archer, H. W.; Bayard, A. C.; Cowen, John F.; Fisher, J. N.; Franklin, Thomas E.; Gamble, J. A.; Grier, David; Grisein, David J.; Houston, Anna S.; Houston, Henry H.; Houston, J. W.; Houston, John J.; Houston, Robert W.; Houston, Susanna; Houston, William F.; Howell, C. M.; Jenkins, William; Jordan, John; Kerbaugh, Francis; Lane, J.; Marshall, William; Mattack, Thomas; Mifflin, Ann; Mifflin, Elizabeth A. B.; Mifflin, James E.; Mifflin, John Houston; Mifflin, Joseph; Mifflin, Lloyd; Mifflin, Samuel W.; Neagle, J.; Nunemacher, John R.; Plant, Augusta Mifflin; Plant, T. H.; Reynolds, James L.; Rogers, Anna R.; Wilson, Benjamin

Other Creators: Mifflin family

Subjects: Artists; Business records; Family records; Legal instruments; Real property; Letters; Photographers

Search Terms: Artists; Bank of Pennsylvania; Business records; Charlton and Ward; Columbia Bank and Bridge Company; Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Land records; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mifflin and Houston Company; P. Malcolm and Company; Photographers; Real estate; Tilford and Samuel; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0150

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection; Curatorial Collection; Lloyd Mifflin Collection, 1751-1965, MG0059

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-150

Other Number: MG-150

Classification: MG0150

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-10 processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1998-1999. Folder 11 was cataloged in 2011. Added to the database 28 September 2017.

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Object ID: MG0078

Date Range: 1764-present

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Collection: Military Collection

Title: Military Collection

Description: This collection contains documents beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. There are account books, notes and written letters, vouchers, inspections of camps, receipts of payments, honorable discharge certificates, lists of absentees, envelopes used during the Civil War, and lists of unpaid fines during the service of the Pennsylvania Militia soldiers. There are also newsletters and articles relating to World Wars I and II and the Korean War for advertisement and description of items including the history of the Philadelphia Naval Base.

Date Range: 1764-present

Date of Accumulation: 1764-present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Alexander, Peter; Andre, John; Andrews, George; Auxer, Jacob; Barton, David R.; Baughman, George; Bausman, Frederick; Bethel, Samuel; Bevins, George; Biddle, George; Bietz, George; Billman, William L.; Bitner, Abraham; Bowers, George; Bowers, Lerina; Bowers, M. F.; Bradd, John; Brant, John; Brenner, Henry; Brush, George; Buchanan, James; Calwell, James; Cassidy, John; Cockley, David; Coleman, Robert; Comstock, Elmo; Comstock, Willard; Conyngham, G.; Cooke, Jacob; Crider, David; Dallas, A. L.; Demuth, William D.; Diffenderfer, Jacob; Diller, Adam; Duchman, John H.; Eshleman, John; Eugstler, Philip; Ewing, William; Fulton, Eleanore J.; Gardner, Daniel; Garrison, Lindley M.; Gidy, Peter; Graeff, Matthias; Haerrs, Dane; Hamilton, William; Hamilton, Robert; Hand, Edward; Haughman, George; Hayes, Rutherford Birchard; Heitler, Richard R.; Hiester, Gabriel; Hubley, Adam; Irvine, William; Jackson, Cyrus E.; Jacobs, Barnet; Jameson, Samuel; Johnson, Edward; Johnson, Relief; Johnson, Thomas; Kearns, Christian; Keller, Adam; Kendig, Adam; Kendig, Benjamin F.; King, Alexander; King, Robert, Jr.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kissel, Frederick; Landis, Bertha Cochran; Landis, Charles; Light, John; Lloyd, Thomas; Longenecker, John; Lutz, John; McCarty, Isaiah; McConnel, Abraham; McElhattan, Alexander; McKean, Thomas; McSherry, J. L., III; Megrady, Patrick; Mifflin, Thomas; Morgan, Thomas; Morrison, A. K.; Morrison, Alexander W.; Morrison, Samuel W.; Neal, Thomas; Nicholson, John; Ohlen, John; Paster, Peter; Patterson, James; Price, Rebecca L.; Price, Robert C.; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Christopher; Reinoehl, Adolphus; Roath, E. D.; Ross, James; Russell, A. L.; Sample, Nathaniel W.; Scarritt, Jeremiah M.; Scott, Hugh; Shippen, Joseph; Skiles, William; Skillings, Charles W.; Smith, John M.; Smith, Richard; Snyder, Eberhart Michael; Snyder, Eugene; Speel, Alexander R.; Strickler, M. M.; Sutherland, Thomas Jefferson; Thompson, R. W.; Wager, Philip; Weller, John; White, John; Witmer, David M.; Witmer, Sarah; Wolf, Joseph; Work, Joseph; Wright, Horatio G.; Zahm, Mary; Zeilin, William F.; Buchen, Martin L.; Hildebran, James; Pratt, J. E.; Elias, C. Harry; Martin, E. K.; McClain, Frank B.; Hewitt, A. G.; Negley, J. S.; Ritner, Joseph; Burrowes, Thomas; Eckman, Joseph

Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--War of 1812; Mexican War, 1846-1848; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Letters; Business records; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Business records; Civil War; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Discharge certificates; Envelopes; Finding aids; Jackson Riflemen; Korean War; Lancaster Militia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mexican War; Military history; Military records; Monuments; Newsletters; Pennsylvania Militia; Programs; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers and Sailors Monument; War of 1812; World War I; World War II; Reunions

Extent: 2 boxes, 36 folders, 1 oversized item 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0078

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Curatorial Collection

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-78

Classification: MG0078

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by DD, Summer 2000. Updated by HST, 2010, 2011.

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Collection: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Title: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Object ID: MG0071

Date Range: 1726-1922

Margaretta Haverstick, H. B. Hoofgardner, Ferdinand Hornberger, Maria Hubbard, Elbert Huston, R. M. Koning, P. Mayor, Robert Moor, John Nicolaas, I. Pancoast, Dr. Schnierer, Jacob Snyder, Edwin L. Snyder, John A. Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L. Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Deeds Family records

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Collection: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Title: John Leonard Ellmaker Collection

Description: Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.

Date Range: 1726-1922

Year Range From: 1726

Year Range To: 1922

Date of Accumulation: 1726-1922

Creator: Ellmaker family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Cochran, Thomas B.; Eichholtz, Jacob; Elder, Thomas; Ellmaker, Alfred; Ellmaker, Amos; Ellmaker, Ana Margareta; Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker; Ellmaker, E. Ben; Ellmaker, Edgar O.; Ellmaker, Elizabeth; Ellmaker, Enos; Ellmaker, John Leonard; Ellmaker, John Watson; Ellmaker, Leonard; Ellmaker, Lucy H.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Ellmaker, Thomas; Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta; Haverstick, H. B.; Hoofgardner, Ferdinand; Hornberger, Maria; Hubbard, Elbert; Huston, R. M.; Koning, P.; Mayor, Robert; Moor, John; Nicolaas, I.; Pancoast, Dr.; Schnierer, Jacob; Snyder, Edwin L.; Snyder, John A.; Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.

Other Creators: Ellmaker, John Leonard

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Deeds; Family records; Genealogy; Letters; Marriage records; Stocks; Wills

Search Terms: Aoelian Hall; Carnegie Hall; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Deeds; Ephrata Cloister; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Letters; Manuscript groups; Marriage records; Metropolitan Opera House; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Philharmonic Society of New York; Roycroft; Stocks; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, Dutch

Object ID: MG0071

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection 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.

Classification: MG0071

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Conestoga River Correspondence Deeds Drowning Earl Twp. England Estate settlement Finding aids German Reformed Church of New Holland Haupt Elementary School Hutchings Printing House King Street

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection 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: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Collection: Wheatland Diner Records

Title: Wheatland Diner Records

Object ID: MG0549

Date Range: 1955-1973

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Collection: Wheatland Diner Records

Title: Wheatland Diner Records

Description: This collection contains records of the Wheatland Diner, including correspondence, advertising, menu, recipe cards, blueprints and documents for the sale of the property. Newspaper articles report the plan for and delivery of the diner ,fires, 1956 fatal accident, problems with teenage customers and the sale of the property.

Admin/Biographical History: Wheatland Diner is now the Columbia Diner (2011).

Date Range: 1955-1973

Year Range From: 1955

Year Range To: 1973

Date of Accumulation: 1955-9173

Creator: Wheatland Diner, Inc.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Friend, Neal; Kusuplos, Spiros A.; Sanders, Ruth V.; Schaal, Dorothy C.; Snyder, Robert N.; Trott, M. William

Subjects: Advertising; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Diners (Restaurants); Menus; Recipes

Search Terms: Advertising; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Diners; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Menus; Newspaper clippings; Recipes; Wheatland Diner

Extent: 2 boxes, 10 folders, 3 sets of blueprints, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0549

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Wheatland Diner Records (M0549), Box #, 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-549

Other Number: MG-549

Classification: MG0549

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by high school intern, JP, Summer 2010.

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Object ID: MG0583

Date Range: 1727-1963

: “Good News for Farmers, ” 1904. House worm powder advertisement. “Progress in Plowing,” J. H. Brown agent. Various other advertisements related to farming and likes of sales for local products (until 1963) �

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Collection: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Title: Alice E. Brown Family Papers

Description: The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.

Admin/Biographical History: "Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."; From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.

Date Range: 1727-1963

Year Range From: 1727

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1727-1963

Creator: Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Bedard, A. J.; Beecher, Eleanor; Beecher, Samuel; Beyer, W. F.; Brinton, Susanna; Brown, Alice E.; Brown, Barbara; Brown, Clemson; Brown, David; Brown, David, Jr.; Brown, Elizabeth F.; Brown, Hannah; Brown, J. Norris; Brown, Jacob; Brown, John H.; Brown, John Henry; Brown, Leah; Brown, Lindley T.; Brown, Lizzie F.; Brown, Lydia; Brown, Margaret C.; Brown, Phares; Brown, Samuel; Brown, Sarah "Sallie"; Brown, William; Coates, Lindley; Davis, Benjamin F.; Dubree, Absolom; Dubree, Ann; Elliot, Joseph; Eshleman, Jacob; Fleming, John; Hipple, Mary Ann; Hostetter, Abraham F.; Howell, Philip; Jackson, Mary Louise; Kunkel, H. Clinger; Lindley T. Brown; McNeely, Abigail; Mews, Hannah; Mews, John; Moore, Thomas; Murray, John; Murry, John; Murry, Susanna; Pownall, Deborah; Pownall, Ellen; Pownall, George H.; Pownall, Harriet; Pownall, Levi; Wasson, Samuel; Pownall, Martha; Pownall, Theodore; Rhea, Ann; Samson, Margaret; Samson, William; Steele, Elizabeth; Steele, Hugh E.; Swanger, John H.; Taylor, Isaac; Walker, Asahel; Wasson, Ann; Wasson, Ruth; Wasson, Usher; Wayser, Janet L. Knox; Whitson, George; Williams, Robert

Subjects: Advertisements; Deeds; Family archives; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Probate records

Search Terms: Advertisements; Certificates; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Genealogy; Horse breeders; Lutheran and Reformed Church; Manuscript groups; Pikeland Church; Probate records; Sadsbury Friends Cemetery; Simmontown School; Union Cemetery

Extent: 1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0583

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph Collections

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), 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: 2010.MG0583

Other Numbers: MG-583

Classification: MG0583

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Collection: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Title: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Object ID: MG0426

Date Range: 1733-1929

, Jerre P. Wilson, Josephine �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Advertisements Blotting paper Deeds Real property Real property surveys Search Terms: Advertisements Bart Twp. Blotters (Paper) Colerain Twp. Deeds

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Collection: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Title: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Description: The Coulter and Hepler Land Records contain property records for land in southeastern Lancaster County that once belonged to the Reids, Coulters, and Heplers. The records include deeds, land drafts, and articles of agreement. There is also a desk blotter for I. P. Hepler.

Admin/Biographical History: Walter R. and Esther E. Hepler (parents of donor) purchased a farm from R. M. Coulter in 1929. The farm was located in Bart Twp. and Colerain Twp. with an address of 113 Rosedale Road, Quarryville. In the early 1930s, Walter was injured in a farm accident and the family had to sell the farm in a sheriff's sale. They subsequently lived with Esther's parents and helped on their farm, earning 50¢ per week plus meals and shelter. Somehow, Walter was able to keep the family's truck through these difficult times.; He later was employed as manager at the Capital Theatre in Lancaster where he earned $14.75 per week. He moved the family into a three-story house in Lancaster with indoor plumbing and electricity, which was an exciting change for the children-James and his sister, Dorothy. As the U.S. emerged from the Depression and entered World War II, Walter used his carpentry skills to obtain a position in the shipyards and earned $2.37½ per day. James Hepler retired from Trojan Yachts as a boat-builder.

Date Range: 1733-1929

Year Range From: 1733

Year Range To: 1929

Date of Accumulation: 1733-1929

Creator: Hepler, Walter Rupert, 1897-1967

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Armstrong, Jackson; Beyer, John D.; Caughey, John; Coulter, Hugh; Coulter, James; Coulter, John; Coulter, Nathaniel; Coulter, Rankin Martin; Coulter, Samuel; Dip, Robert; Downing, Samuel; Duire, David; Eastburn, Benjamin; Eshleman, B. B.; Eshleman, Isaac S.; Eshleman, William G.; Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer; Hepler, Israel Painter; Hepler, Walter Rupert; Homsher, John; Hunter, Alexander; Jackson, Levin H.; Johnson, J. B.; Johnson. J. Buckley; McCauley, James; McNiss, Edgar; Parke, John; Read, Andrew; Read, John; Read, Nathan; Read, Sarah; Read, Thomas; Reid, Andrew; Reid, Sarah; Reinhart, William; Thompson, John; Thompson, Mary; Trout, Frank M.; Trout, Jerre P.; Wilson, Josephine

Other Creators: Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer, 1901-1997; Coulter, Rankin Martin, 1860-1929; Coulter family

Subjects: Advertisements; Blotting paper; Deeds; Real property; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Advertisements; Bart Twp.; Blotters (Paper); Colerain Twp.; Deeds; Finding aids; Land drafts; Manuscript groups; National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Jersey; Octoraro Creek; Quarryville; Real estate; Sadsbury Twp.

Extent: 1 oversized box, 7 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0426

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Coulter and Hepler Land Records (MG0426), 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: 2007.MG0426

Other Numbers: MG-426

Classification: MG0426

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 28 December 2021.

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

Yeiser, Philip Subject Headings: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Invoices Letters Obituaries Receipts (Acknowledgments) �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Adam Reigart & Son Albums Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Boston

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Date Range: 1759-1928

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Description: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.

System of Arrangement: The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.; Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie; Series 2 Document Boxes; Series 3 Family Papers; Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box; Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records; Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

Date Range: 1759-1928

Year Range From: 1759

Year Range To: 1928

Date of Accumulation: 1759-1928

Creator: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

People: Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry Fleming; Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr; Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894; Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker

Other Creators: Slaymaker family

Subjects: African Americans--History; Business records; Court records; Deeds; Family records; Invitation cards; Legal documents; Letters; Postmasters; Railroads--Pennsylvania; Railroads--Records and correspondence; Real property surveys--Pennsylvania; Kinzers (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.); Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Search Terms: Accounts; Business records; Columbia Store; Correspondence; Court records; Deeds; Enslaved persons; Family records; Finding aids; Invitations; Kinzers, Paradise Twp.; Legal documents; Letters; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Postmasters; Railroads; Railroads, Records and correspondence; Reading and Chesapeake Railroad; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad; Real property surveys; Receipts; Salisbury Twp.; White Chimneys; Wilmington and Reading Railroad

Extent: 7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also Photograph and Object Collections

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-268, Series 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.

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