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American locomotives : a pictorial record of steam power, 1900-1950

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Author: Alexander, Edwin P.

Date of Publication: c1950.

Call Number: 385 A969a

Responsibility: by Edwin P. Alexander.

ISBN: 0517014238

Author: Alexander, Edwin P.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Bonanza Books,

Date of Publication: c1950.

Physical Description: 254 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Sequel to: Iron horses.

Subjects: Locomotives - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 385 A969a

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Object ID: MG0104

Date Range: 1774-1953

Watch Company Invoices Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association Lancaster Free Press Weekly Lancaster New Era Letters Maps N. Trotter and Company Newsletters Newspaper clippings Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Electric Company Postcards Quarter Century Club Receipts Stocks Stores Stores, Retail Taxes

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Description: The Hager Store Collection contains anniversary booklets, invoices, advertisements, family papers, and newsletter of the Hager Department Store which was founded in Lancaster. The collection includes a children's book that was distributed by the store and a Christmas catalog. Among the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records.

Date Range: 1774-1953

Year Range From: 1774

Year Range To: 1953

Date of Accumulation: 1774-1953

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Arnold, Anna; Arnold, Frank W.; Cain, James M.; Cain, Kathryn; Conyngham, David H.; Dehaven, J. Harry; Demuth, Jacob; Diller, Isaac; Dowd, M. Jane; Dubbs, T. Wilson; Frey, Caroline; Frey, Jacob L.; Frosart, John; Gast, Emma L.; Gast, Henry; Graybill, Daniel; Hager, Anne Graham; Hager, Betty Rick; Hager, Charles F.; Hager, Christopher; Hager, Edward T.; Hager, Frances; Hager, Helen R.; Hager, John C.; Hager, John C., Jr.; Hager, John J.; Hager, Katherine; Hager, Margaret H.; Hager, Mary W.; Hager, Nathaniel E.; Hager, Redmond; Hager, Sarah Ellen; Hager, Susan B.; Hager, William H.; Hager, William H., Jr.; Hamilton, Margaret; Hartman, Annie M.; Hartman, George H.; Herr, Alice; Herr, C. S.; Herr, Magdalena; Herr, Rudolph; Hull, William; Keller, H.; Landis, Jacob; Lefevre, Mrs.; Miller, Charles; Randolph, Grace Lee; Randolph, John H.; Randolph, Margaret H.; Reigart, E. L.; Roy, Sue; Slaymaker, Henry; Stark, Martin N.; Steinman, George Michael; Stewart, Charles; Weber, George; Wentz, Jacob H.; Zimmerman, Mary Regina Malone; Zimmerman, Simon Ralph

Subjects: Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Probate records; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Advertisements; Anniversaries; Business Historical Society Bulletin; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Express (Lititz); Financial records; Finding aids; Frank T. Riley Publishing Company; Fulton Theatre; Hager's Department Store; Hamilton Watch Company; Invoices; Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association; Lancaster Free Press Weekly; Lancaster New Era; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maps; N. Trotter and Company; Newsletters; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Railroad; Philadelphia Electric Company; Postcards; Quarter Century Club; Receipts; Stocks; Stores; Stores, Retail; Taxes; UGI Corporation; Wills; Wondertown

Extent: 2 boxes, 37 folders, 1 framed document, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0104

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--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.

Other Numbers: MG-104

Classification: MG0104

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Recataloged by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 7 February 2019.

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection

Object ID: MG0240

Date Range: 1780-1984

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection

Description: This collection contains papers and local government records related to Black history in Lancaster County, including an index to Lancaster County's register of enslaved persons, Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, and a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington. There are official records for enslaved persons and their children in Lancaster County, as well as freemen within Lancaster City. The collection also contains a manumission paper from the state of Virginia, a certificate for free persons of color, and letters from anit-slavery societies.

System of Arrangement: Series 1 consists of the "Slave Registers," official county records registering enslaved women and their children after 1780.; Series 2 contains the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons," a manumission paper, correspondence, and other records.

Date Range: 1780-1984

Year Range From: 1780

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1780-1984

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Allen, Richard; Anderson, George L.; Anderson, James; Anderson, Mildred; Atchinson, John; Bacon, Izard; Bailey, Bessie; Bailey, Charles; Baker, John H.; Ball, James H.; Barber, Florence; Barton, William; Bayly, James; Beaubian, Beulah; Beaubian, Charles S.; Bigham, William; Black, Aaron; Blonden, Louisa; Boggs, Alexander; Book, Anna H.; Book, Simon; Boyd, William; Bradley, Daniel; Breading, David; Bridgett, Alexander; Broadnax, Joseph; Brown, E. D.; Brown, Ernest; Brown, H. H.; Brubaker, Jack; Cain, Annie; Cain, Jennie; Cain, John; Cain, Louisa; Caldwell, Andrew; Carpenter, Samuel; Carter, John C.; Carter, John W.; Carter, Laura; Carter, Nettie; Clark, Bryce; Clark, Josephine; Clark, Russia; Clark, Ruth; Clemson, James; Cohn, Jason; Conkle, William; Cook, James; Cooke, Samuel; Cooper, Bella; Craig, Mary; Craig, Samuel; Crawford, James; Cunningham, Janett; Currin, James; Davis, Edward; Davis, Emily; Davis, Robert; Dewers, Thomas; Dorsey, Steven; Edwards, Mary; Edwards, Susanna; Edwards, Thomas; Edwards, Thomas L.; Evans, James; Evans, John; Evans, Frances; Ewing, John; Fordney, William B.; Foster, Carrie; Foster, Daniel; Franklin, Benjamin; Frazier, Phebe; Galbraith, Bertram Gillespie; Gale, Anthony; Gamble, James; George, H. E., Mrs.; George, Harriet; Gibbons, Daniel; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Gibson, William; Givens, Joseph; Goins, Dora; Graves, B.; Green, Annie; Green, Charles; Green, Cora; Green, Jane; Green, Mary A.; Grubb, Peter; Hardy, Laura; Harrison, Thomas; Haydon, George; Hayes, Hannah; Hayes, O. H.; Heard, William Henry; Heaton, Jeremiah; Henderson, Archibald; Henry, Ella; Henry, Mary; Henry, William; Hill, Emily; Hill, Harriet; Hood, Solomon Porter; Hopkins, Ada; Hopkins, Sadie; Hopkins, Stanton; Hubley, John; Hudson, Edward; Hunter, Mabel; Hunter, Rosie; Hurdle, Emma; Hurdle, James; Jacks, James; Jackson, Florence; Jackson, Letitia; Jackson, Rebecca; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, John Carmichael; Johnson, Chester A.; Johnson, Estella Book; Johnson, Florence; Johnson, Henry; Johnston, John; Kelley, Calvin; Kelley, David; Keyes, Emma; King, Robert; La Barre, John; Leman, Christian; Link, John Lewis; Lockhart, Josiah; Long, Stephen; Lownes, Caleb; Lynch, Dora; MacNeal, William; Martin, James; Mason, Alice; Maxwell, Robert; McCally, James; McCamant, Isaac; McClure, William; McIntire, William; McLaughlin, George; Michener, James B.; Middleton, Anne; Middleton, John; Miller, John; Mitchell, Blanche; Moore, Martha; Moore, Zachary; Morrison, J. S.; Morrison, J. S., Mrs.; Moton, Charles; Murray, Clara P.; Neal, Thomas; Neel, Thomas; Nicholas, Michael; Nickumn, Theresa; Old, James; Oldden, John; Palmer, John M.; Patterson, James; Payne, Benedine; Peden, Hugh; Pembroke, Stephen; Pennington, James William Charles; Polite, Abraham L.; Polite, Blanche; Porter, Andrew; Porter, William; Potts, David; Price, J. C.; Ramsey, Elizabeth; Reigert, Christopher; Richardson, Ella M.; Robinson, Sara; Rosenthal, Isidore; Ross, George; Samson, George W.; Sanderson, George; Scott, Alexander; Sewell, Charles S.; Shissler, Simon; Shorter, George; Skiles, Henry; Slaymaker, Amos; Smith, Joseph; Smith, Margaret; Smith, William; Snow, Josephine; Spear, Robert; Spraggan, R. F.; Steel, William; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stewart, J. O.; Tall, Rebecca; Thomas, Mary B.; Thomas, Virginia; Thornton, Elizabeth; Toney, Joseph M.; Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"; Tryman, Mary; Turner, Ruth; Walker, Isaac; Wallace, Robert; Waters, Ruth; Watson, John; Webster, Frank T. M.; Weld, Theodore D.; Whitehill, James; William, Ella; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Albert E., Sr.; Wilson, Edith; Wilson, Helen; Wilson, Laura; Wilson, Maude; Wilson, Samuel; Winston, Charity; Winston, William; Witcher, W. E.; Wolford, Edward; Woods, Elizabeth; Work, Joseph; Yeates, James; Zantzinger, Paul

Other Creators: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Subjects: African Americans--History; Free Black people; Freedmen; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Certificates; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Finding aids; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Manuscript groups; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 1 box, 33 folders, 128 items, 1,178 pages to scan, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this collection reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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-240

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was formerly called "The Slave Records of Lancaster County Collection." Name changed to "African American Records Collection" and arrangement changed on 13 June 2007. Name changed again in 2022 to "Black History Collection."; Added to database on 19 July 2017.

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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: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Object ID: MG0158

Date Range: 1812-1954

717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family. David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Description: The David B. Landis Collection consists primarily of his personal and business correspondence, as well as his poetry and writings. Of special interest are a booklet with a synopsis autobiography of his life and his picture. There are also family papers, genealogy, membership cards, and obituaries.

Admin/Biographical History: David Bachman Landis was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1862, the son of Israel C. and Mary M. Landis. As a school boy, he worked in his father's dry goods store and published a paper for boys titled Keystone Amateur. He began his printing career by apprenticing at the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company in Lancaster in 1878, and in 1883 he opened his own job printing office in Landisville where he published the Village Vigil.; Mr. Landis moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print.; Printing, however, was not his only passion. He was an avid bicyclist and belonged to the Lancaster Cycling Club and the League of American Wheelmen. Through these organizations, he helped to improve the condition of roads in Pennsylvania. He was active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family.; David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885. They had four children. Nora passed away in 1910. David married his second wife, Bertha L. Cochran, in 1914.

Date Range: 1812-1954

Year Range From: 1812

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1812-1954

Creator: Landis, David Bachman, 1862-1940

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baer, Frank; Baker, Catherine; Baker, Emma W.; Baker, P. W.; Barrett, W. W.; Benner, Henry; Brown G. W.; Camp, Edward N.; Carr, George M.; Chamberlain, Frank N.; Cochran, Ada; Cole, Will T.; Conyngham, Redmond; Denlinger, D.; Diehl, H.; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diller, S.; Donaldson, W. M.; Dunbar, William H.; Ely, Alfred; Forshey, E. L.; Frederick, George W.; Garretson, G. R.; Gay, Ed. C.; Grout, J. W.; Gould, J. J.; Greider, Mary Carolyn; Greider, Joseph Landis; Griest, William Walton; Hains, Wilson R.; Haldeman, Victor Macholski; Haldy Gertrude Hensel; Hardy, E. W.; Heister, A. V.; Hershey, Harvey S.; Hershey, J. B.; Hess, Barbara K.; Holbach, George H.; Hood, Jesse A.; Hostetter A. K.; Hostetter Albert K.; Jackson, A. C., Jr.; Johnston, R. A.; Kramer, Donald; Keen, Robert H.; Kreider, A. B.; Krick, William T.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, Bertha L. Cochran; Landis, Christian; Landis, D. M., Dr.; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Elvin G.; Landis, Felix; Landis, Florence D.; Landis, Frances; Landis, Henry G.; Landis, Irene Janet; Landis, Israel Christian; Landis, James B.; Landis, Johannes; Landis, John; Landis, John C.; Landis, Mary M. Musselman; Landis, Michael Bachman; Landis, Nora K.; Landis, Priscilla R.; Lehman, Eliza Ann; Lehman, Emma Bachman; Lincoln, Abraham; Marrow, Paul Harding; McBride, Sarah C.; McClain, Frank B.; McGinnis, J.; Merrill, W. J.; Missemer, J. R.; Morrison, Neale; Moyer, Albert,; Moxley, C. A.; Musselman, David; Musselman, Edward M.; Musselman, Sarah; Myrtle, M.; Neale, Fred; Neale, John C.; Nissley, H. L.; Reynolds, Howard; Rial, Abram S.; Rial, S.; Rial, Susan Ann; Shields, R. I.; Shirk, John Kohr; Simon, Daniel B.; Smith, Edwin Hadley; Stein, George; Stephen, Samuel; Taft, William Howard; Thompson, C.; Trout, J. H.; Wager, D. Y.; Walsh, M.; Walsh, Thomas; Washington, George; Weber, Otto E.; Weidel, Melba Landis; Weidman, Joel; Wenaugh, W. L.; Wickersham, J. Harold; Wolf, B.; Wolf, D. Dorsey; Wolf, Edna Kempton

Other Creators: Landis, Bertha L. Cochran, d. 1959

Subjects: Genealogy; Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Advertising; Ben Franklin Club; Correspondence; Family reunions; Finding aids; Franklin Institute; Genealogy; Invitations; Invoices; Lancaster Board of Trade; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Agricultural Society; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster Cycling Club; Landis Art Press; League of American Wheelmen; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pageant of Liberty; Pennsylvania German Society; Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society; Pluck Art Printery; Poetry; Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology; Sonnets; Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club; Unitarian Laymen's League; Village Vigil; Wickersham Printing Company; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0158

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: David B. Landis Collection (MG0158), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies when available.

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: 1957.MG0158

Other Numbers: MG-158

Classification: MG0158

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

. English and Pennsylvania German. H.F.S. 1958. “The Proposed New Prison,” questioning the need for a new jail and the right of the commissioners to make the decision without first obtaining approval from two grand juries and the Court of Quarter Sessions. ca.1850. Transferred from museum flat files, Drawer

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 19 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

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.

Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Date Range: 1779-1984

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Description: Series 2, Black History Records, contains the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, a census of free persons of color living in Lancaster city; a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington; and items related to early twentieth century Black History in Lancaster County. The collection also contains letters from anti-slavery societies, papers related to abolitionist activity, a letter regarding the American Colonization Society, and a manumission paper from the state of Virginia.

Date Range: 1779-1984

Year Range From: 1779

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1779-1984

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Allen, Richard; Anderson, George L.; Anderson, Mildred; Bailey, Bessie; Bailey, Charles; Ball, James H.; Barber, Florence; Beaubian, Beulah; Beaubian, Charles S.; Blonden, Louisa; Book, Anna H.; Book, Simon; Bradley, Daniel; Bridgett, Alexander; Broadnax, Joseph; Brown, E. D.; Brown, Ernest; Brown, H. H.; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Cain, Annie; Cain, Jennie; Cain, John; Cain, Louisa; Carter, John C.; Carter, John W.; Carter, Laura; Carter, Nettie; Clark, Josephine; Clark, Russia; Clark, Ruth; Cohn, Jason; Cooper, Bella; Craig, Mary; Craig, Samuel; Davis, Emily; Davis, Robert; Dorsey, Steven; Edwards, Mary; Edwards, Thomas L.; Foster, Carrie; Foster, Daniel; George, H. E., Mrs.; George, Harriet; Goins, Dora; Green, Annie; Green, Charles; Green, Cora; Green, Jane; Green, Mary A.; Hardy, Laura; Hayes, Hannah; Hayes, O. H.; Heard, William Henry; Henry, Ella; Henry, Mary; Hill, Emily; Hill, Harriet; Hood, Solomon Porter; Hopkins, Ada; Hopkins, Sadie; Hopkins, Stanton; Hunter, Mabel; Hunter, Rosie; Hurdle, Emma; Hurdle, James; Jackson, Florence; Jackson, Letitia; Jackson, Rebecca; Johnson, Chester A.; Johnson, Estella Book; Johnson, Florence; Kelley, Calvin; Kelley, David; Keyes, Emma; La Barre, John; Link, John Lewis; Lynch, Dora; MacNeal, William; Mason, Alice; Mitchell, Blanche; Moore, Martha; Morrison, J. S.; Morrison, J. S., Mrs.; Moton, Charles; Murray, Clara P.; Nickumn, Theresa; Palmer, John M.; Payne, Benedine; Polite, Abraham L.; Polite, Blanche; Price, J. C.; Richardson, Ella M.; Robinson, Sara; Rosenthal, Isidore; Shissler, Simon; Shorter, George; Snow, Josephine; Spraggan, R. F.; Stewart, J. O.; Tall, Rebecca; Thomas, Virginia; Thornton, Elizabeth; Toney, Joseph M.; Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"; Tryman, Mary; Turner, Ruth; Waters, Ruth; Webster, Frank T. M.; William, Ella; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Albert E., Sr.; Wilson, Edith; Wilson, Helen; Wilson, Laura; Wilson, Maude; Winston, Charity; Winston, William; Witcher, W. E.; Wolford, Edward; Woods, Elizabeth

Other Creators: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Subjects: Abolitionists; African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Free Black people; Freedmen; Letters; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Certificates; Correspondence; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Letters; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 17 folders, 35 items, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136; Conestoga Elks Lodge Records (MG0760)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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-240, Series 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

Archive

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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

County, Pennsylvania Manuscript groups Margaretta Furnace Marietta Bank Morning News Mt. Auburn Cemetery New York, New York Newspaper clippings Obituaries Ohio Pennsylvania German Society Pensacola, Florida Peter Wager & Co. Philadelphia Inquirer Pratt & Kintzing Race Street Receipts Reeve’s Tavern South

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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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The brick-end barns of the Pennsylvania Dutch : a record of early American architecture

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Author: Stair, J. William.

Date of Publication: 1954]

Call Number: 720 B849

Responsibility: by J. William Stair.

Author: Stair, J. William.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, Franklin and Marshall College,

Date of Publication: 1954]

Physical Description: 20 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Notes: Reprinted from the Dutchman.

Subjects: Barns - Pennsylvania.; Farm buildings - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720 B849

Calendar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3d2462f3-d80a-4004-b90e-219029190094

Collection: Ephemera Collection: Business & Industry

Object ID: 2002.019

Date Range: 1951

Collection: Ephemera Collection: Business & Industry

Description: a: Metal merchandising calendar for "The Teacher's Protective Union / 116-118 N. Pine Street "; b: Original envelope bearing "Wm. O. Garden, Sr. / 323 Pearl St. Lancaster, PA PHONE 3-6901"

Date Range: 1951

Year Range From: 1951

Year Range To: 1951

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Museum North

Storage Wall: East Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 07

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Calendars; Envelopes; Teacher's Protective Union

Object Name: Calendar

Material: Metal, Paper

Height (in): 3

Length (in): 4.75

Width (in): 0.125

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: 2002.019

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Usage: Teacher's Protective Union

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