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Collection: Russian War Relief Program

Title: Russian War Relief Program

Object ID: MG0336

Date Range: 1942-1945

devastated villages with near-famine conditions. Russian War Relief, Inc. worked with local War Chests, Community Chests, and the National War Fund in order to raise money for the campaign. Clothing, food, and Christmas gifts for children were also collected. F. Lyman Windolph, a Lancaster lawyer, worked

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Collection: Russian War Relief Program

Title: Russian War Relief Program

Description: This collection documents Lancaster County's support of Russian War Relief, Inc. during World War II. The organization was incorporated in New York City one month after Germany attacked the Soviet Union, in order to provide humanitarian support for Soviet citizens and war orphans who were living in devastated villages with near-famine conditions. Russian War Relief, Inc. worked with local War Chests, Community Chests and the National War Fund in order to raise money for the campaign. Clothing, food and Christmas gifts for children were also collected. F. Lyman Windolph, a Lancaster lawyer, worked with a few others in the community to collect contributions from 1942-1944. The collection contains a publicity portfolio for Russian War Relief, Inc. and correspondence between Mr. Windolph and members of the organization from 1942-1945.

Date Range: 1942-1945

Year Range From: 1942

Year Range To: 1945

Date of Accumulation: 1942-1945

Creator: Windolph, Francis Lyman, 1889-1978

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alboum, Emanuel; Alexander, Ralph V.; Allen, Leo; Canter, Simon Allen; Carey, Dale E.; Carter, Edward C.; Charles, Andrew G.; Demmy, Aurora C. Phalm; Demmy, Maurice Charles; Pfau, Ralph; Fassnacht, Evelyn; Feller, Charles; Goldsborough, Anna; Green, Herman; Hampton, O. L.; Herr, Elizabeth Irwin; Hershey, Vernon; Humphreys, Harry S.; Hurshman, Sylvia H.; Kane, Betty; Keller, William Huestis; Kimmel, Harry; Krane, S.; Lewis, Morris; Lockwood, Florence; Mandel, Arch; Mangold, Helen; Marley, Leo Charles; Means, E.; Meloy, Jane; Miller, Walter O.; Morris, Mrs. Samuel M.; Myers, Fred; Newcomer, L. W.; Robbie, James C.; Runk, Raymond Arnold; Shields, Milton; Sloat, Mrs. H. S.; Smith, Harvey Arthur; Warburton, Gertrude; Windolph, Francis Lyman

Subjects: Humanitarian assistance; International relief; Letters; Russian War Relief, Inc

Search Terms: Advertising; American Legion Auxiliary; American Red Cross; American Society for Russian Relief; Arrow Shoe Stores Company; Clothing; Columbia Knitting Mills; Columbia Sports Wear Mills; Committees; Correspondence; Donations; Einson-Freeman Company, Inc.; Finding aids; Forms; Fundraising; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hoffman Delivery Company, Inc.; Humanitarian assistance; International relief; Kits; Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society; Lancaster; Lancaster and New York Motor Freight Service; Lancaster Intelligencer Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Transportation Company; Letters; Little Prince Company; Manuscript groups; Maps; Memorandums; Minneapolis War Fund; National Sewing Project; National War Fund; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Ottenstein Coats, Inc.; Patterns, Sewing; Press releases; Publicity; Russian War Relief, Inc.; Shirk's Motor Express Corporation; Standard Garment Company; Stevens House; Tidy Products Corporation; United War Chest; Watt and Shand; Wise Jewelry Company; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 8 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0336

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 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: 2003.MG0336

Other Numbers: MG-336

Classification: MG0336

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection processed by DS; finding aid typed by HST, March 2012. Added to database 9 March 2022.

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Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456

Object ID: CommOrder 1832 #255

Date Range: 1832

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment 1831 #456

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date Range: 1832

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Container: Box 0012

People: Ehler, John

Search Terms: Clothing; Commissioners' Orders for Payment; Jails; Lancaster; Prisons

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1832 #255

Box Number: 012

Notes: Entered into Q&A Aug 30, 2001.

Additional Notes: Prisons.; Payment clothing for the jail.; Ehler, John.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection

Object ID: DL-02-11-10

Date Range: June 10, 1993

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection

Description: Vogue magazine photo shoot with Christy Turlington. Clothing used for photo shoot.

Provenance: Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.

Date Range: June 10, 1993

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Vogue; Photo shoots; Clothing

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Object ID: DL-02-11-10

Images

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection

Object ID: DL-02-11-11

Date Range: June 10, 1993

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection

Description: Vogue magazine photo shoot with Christy Turlington. Clothing used for photo shoot.

Provenance: Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.

Date Range: June 10, 1993

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Vogue; Photo shoots; Clothing

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Object ID: DL-02-11-11

Images

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection

Object ID: HK-03-06-02

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection

Description: Picture of a newspaper clippiing that appeared in the Lancaster New Era of two pictures - A Country Miller and the Country Miller's Wife. Description as follows: Country Miller, attired in a typical mid 18th century clothing of sull-sleeved blouse wih no collar, long vest, loose pants that fall to just below the knees and wide-brimmed hat, is captured in this drawing by Mrs. Freda Fitz. Millers Wife went about her colonial duties usually outfitted in a mob cap, long skirt and loose-fitting blouse, and a fichu which was a piece of material worn around the shoulders and tucked into or pinned to the front of her apron.