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The Bruner family and their homes: a glimpse into Columbia's gilded age

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3

Author: Shirk, Willis L.

Date of Publication: 1996.

Responsibility: by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.

Author: Shirk, Willis L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1996.

Physical Description: 12-33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 98, no. 1

Subjects: Bruner family.; Columbia (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 98, number 1 (1996), p. 12-33Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.98

Chains of titles for some early land owners of the Strasburg Village area : a legal perspective

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Author: Weaver, Robert Kean.

Date of Publication: 1993

Call Number: 974.815 STRB W363

Responsibility: by Robert Kean Weaver

Author: Weaver, Robert Kean.

Place of Publication: St. Augustine, FL

Publisher: The author

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: xii, 317 p. ill., maps 29 cm.

Subjects: Landowners - Pennsylvania - Strasburg.; Strasburg (Boro), Pa.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Strasburg.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 STRB W363

Columbia - the gem

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Author: Kloidt, William.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 974.815 COLU K66

Responsibility: by Bill Kloidt, Sr.

Author: Kloidt, William.

Place of Publication: Columbia, Pa

Publisher: Mifflin Press

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: vii, 248 p. 19 cm.

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.) - Correspondence.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 COLU K66

Flames across the Susquehanna

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Author: Banner, Glenn S

Date of Publication: 1993.

Call Number: 813.54 B219

Responsibility: by Glenn S. Banner

Author: Banner, Glenn S

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Brookshire Printing, Inc.

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: 260 [8] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[267-268]); Library copy signed by author.

Summary: This a novel set in 1863 in the Susquehanna River towns of Columbia on the east side and Wrightsville on the west side of a bridge that connected the two. The main event at that time was the burning of that bridge to prevent a Confederate army from entering eastern Pennsylvania . Another main event in the area at that time was the active protection of escaped slaves in the Underground Railroad. Both of these causes are addressed in the novel. The author states: "The main characters of the novel are fictional , but they became involved with persons who actually lived during the period, as well as with incidents which have been recorded in our country's history, several of them indelibly."

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fiction.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 813.54 B219

Greater Lancaster and the Lancaster County area, street & road map : Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: Atlantic Publishing Group.

Edition: Scale [ca. 1:31,680].

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 509

Alternate Title: Greater Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Lancaster County area, street & road map; Greater Lancaster

Responsibility: the Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.

Corporate Author: Atlantic Publishing Group.

Edition: Scale [ca. 1:31,680].

Place of Publication: Flourtown, PA ; Lancaster

Publisher: The Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. ; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry [distributor],

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: 1 map : both sides, col. ; 72 x 76 cm., on sheet 86 x 112 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm.

Notes: Panel title.; Includes notes, street index, ancillary "Downtown Lancaster" map, and advertisements.; Notes, indexes, location map (inset), col. ill., and advertisments on verso.; Maps on verso: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [road map] -- Columbia -- Denver -- Ephrata -- Elizabethtown -- Quarryville -- New Holland.

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Central business districts - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.; Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.; Denver (Pa.) - Maps.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Maps.; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Maps.; Quarryville (Pa.) - Maps.; New Holland (Pa.) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 509

A legal primer on managing museum collections

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Author: Malaro, Marie C.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 069.026 M237

Responsibility: Marie C. Malaro.

ISBN: 1560987626 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781560987628 (cloth : alk. paper); 1560987871 (paper : alk. paper); 9781560987871 (paper : alk. paper)

Author: Malaro, Marie C.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C. ; London

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: xx, 507 p. : forms ; 27 cm.

Notes: IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Museums - United States.; Musea.; Verzamelingen.; Beheer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 069.026 M237

Legal title to art work produced under the Works Progress Aministration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12794

Date of Publication: 1992?]

Call Number: 708.973 W938 Addendum

Responsibility: [General Services Administration].

Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C

Publisher: General Services Administration,

Date of Publication: 1992?]

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : forms ; 28 cm.

Notes: Loose-leaf.

Contents: Background -- General concepts of Federal property ownership -- Title to WPA art work -- Impact on custodians of WPA art work -- Legal title to works produced under the Public Works of Art Project -- Forms.

Subjects: Public Works of Art Project (U.S.); Art patronage - United States.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. General Services Administration.; United States. Works Progress Administration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 708.973 W938 Addendum

Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author: National Survey (Firm)

Date of Publication: c1995.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 524

Corporate Author: National Survey (Firm)

Place of Publication: Chester, Vt. : Gordonville, PA

Publisher: National Survey ; Melvin L. Groff [distributor],

Date of Publication: c1995.

Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 66 x 88 cm., folded to 23 x 11 cm.

Notes: Panel title.; Includes road index, inset, col. ill., and bar-code.; Inset borough street maps: Elizabethtown -- Ephrata -- Quarryville -- Columbia.; Street map of Lancaster metro area including Amish Country and blank areas on verso.

Subjects: Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.; Lancaster Metropolitan Area (Pa.) - Maps.; Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Maps.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Maps.; Quarryville (Pa.) - Maps.; Columbia (Pa.) - Maps.; Amish Country (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 524

A medical miscellany for genealogists

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14889

Author: Jerger, Jeanette L.

Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 610.14 J55

Responsibility: Jeanette L. Jerger.

ISBN: 0788403753

Author: Jerger, Jeanette L.

Place of Publication: Bowie, MD

Publisher: Heritage Books,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: 178 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-178).

Summary: "Formatted like a dictionary, the terms are listed in alphabetical order and cross-references when necessary. Besides terms related to deseases and their treatment, Dr. Jerger has included many terms related to myth and magic as they weave in and out of the healing arts."; Patrons may also want to consult "What did they mean by that? A dictionary of historical and genealogical terms old and new", LHO call number 929.1 D762.

Subjects: English language - Dictionaries.; Genealogy; Medicine; Columbia (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 610.14 J55

The Robert Barber, Jr. house : a relic of Quaker hegemony

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Author: Shirk, Willis L.

Date of Publication: 1994.

The Robert Barber, Jr. House: A Relic of Quaker Hegemony by Willis L. Shirk, Jr. Partially hidden behind old English boxwoods on an embankment overlooking the Susquehanna River in the southern portion of Columbia Borough stands one of Lancaster County's earliest surviving brick homes. Erected about

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Responsibility: by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.

Author: Shirk, Willis L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [79]-98 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 3

Subjects: Barber family.; Barber, Robert.; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania; Architecture, Georgian - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 3 (1994), p. 79-98Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96

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