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50 years of God's faithfulness : Mt. Calvary Church Elizabethtown, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2436

Date of Publication: 1980.

Call Number: 289.913 F469

Place of Publication: 20th Century Publications

Publisher: Lexington, Ky.,

Date of Publication: 1980.

Physical Description: unpaged : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes membership information of photographs and addresses.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 168 #11.

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown; Churches - Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown - Directories

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.913 F469

100 years at Warrington : York County, Pennsylvania Quakers marriages, removals, births & deaths : Newberry, Warrington, Menallen, Huntington, and York meetings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2045

Author: Walmer, Margaret B.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.841 W216

Responsibility: compiled by Margaret B. Walmer.

ISBN: 1556132697

Author: Walmer, Margaret B.

Place of Publication: Bowie, Md

Publisher: Heritage Books,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: vii, 323 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Quakers - Pennsylvania - Warrington (York County : Township); Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warrington (York County : Township); Warrington (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 W216

The 1910 federal population census : a catalog of microfilm copies of the schedules

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9489

Corporate Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 016.3046 F293 1910

Corporate Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service.

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: National Archives Trust Fund Board,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: viii, 44 p. ; 27 cm.

Subjects: United States. - National Archives and Records Service - Microform catalogs.; Microforms; United States - Population - Statistics - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; United States - Census, 13th, 1910 - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.3046 F293 1910

Abstracts of Pennsylvania records of naturalizations, 1695-1773, found in Colonial records (Minutes of the Provincial Council), volumes 1, 2, 3, 9 & 10, The statutes at large of Pennsylvania, volumes II, III, IV, VI, VII & VIII, Pennsylvania archives, series 1, volumes 1, 3 & 4 : with surname index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4745

Date of Publication: c1983.

Call Number: 929.33 A164

Responsibility: compiled and published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Place of Publication: York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: c1983.

Physical Description: 24 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication ; no. 24 (Oct. 1983)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Naturalization records - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.33 A164

Adams County church records of the 18th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1219

Date of Publication: [1989?]

Call Number: 974.842 A211

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: [1989?]

Physical Description: xi, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Cover title continues: Marriages, births, deaths from the earliest records through 1800 of the Dutch Reformed, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Roman Catholics and Reformed (German).; Introduction signed: F. Edward Wright.; Includes index.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Bibliography: p. x.

Contents: Lower Bermudian Church -- Upper Bermudian "Ground Oak: Church -- Christ's Church (Episcopal), York Springs -- Bender's Church (Lutheran and Reformed) -- Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church (Conewago), Littlestown -- Abbottstown Reformed Church (Emanuel Reformed) -- Arendtsville Lutheran and Reformed Congregations -- Dutch Reformed of Conewago -- Rock Creek / United Presbyterian Congregation of Gettysburg -- Minutes of the Upper Marsh (Marsh Creek Gettysburg) Presbyterians -- Register of Births and Deaths of Menallen Monthly Meeting (Quaker) -- Excerpts from diary of Rev. John Cuthbertson -- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany Township -- Conewago Chapel, Edge Grove (Roman Catholic)

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Adams County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Adams County.; Adams County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.842 A211

"A mixed multitude" : the struggle for toleration in colonial Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17127

Author: Schwartz, Sally,

Date of Publication: 1987, c1988.

Call Number: 974.802 S399

Responsibility: Sally Schwartz.

ISBN: 0814778739; 9780814778739

Author: Schwartz, Sally,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: New York University Press,

Date of Publication: 1987, c1988.

Physical Description: vii, 399 p. ; 24 cm.

Series: The American social experience series ; 8

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-391) and index.

Summary: "Religious and national diversity characterized the settlements of the Delaware Valley almost from the first arrival of Europeans, and America's first pluralistic society evolved from this colony established by William Penn on the western shore of the Delaware River in 1681. Penn himself set forth a new, ideological basis for pluralism and tolerance, and this transformed a tentative, pragmatic pattern of relative harmony and tolerance into official policy. The English culture transplanted to Pennsylvania was itself fragmented. Quakers and Anglican, for example, had very different religious, social, and cultural values. Colonists from different parts of the British Isles-the Welsh, the Scots, and the Scotch-Irish-did not share common experiences or cultures. The 'Swedes' were both Swedish and Finnish in origins and culture and, while often designated 'Germans' or 'Palatines' by English-speaking Pennsylvanians, emigrants from the Rhineland spoke different dialects, practiced a wide variety of religious observances, and had little in common historically or culturally. Penn's ideals, ideas and policies set in motion forces that had significant effects on the development of this extremely heterogenous colony. This book explores the ways in which the implications of Penn's ideals were gradually worked out in Pennsylvania and how a stable and generally tolerant society was created."

Subjects: Religious tolerance - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania - Ethnic relations.; Pennsylvania.; 01030 - Pennsylvania - 11030 - ethnic groups - 1680-1790 - 31030 - sociopolitical aspects

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 S399

An index to the will books and intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1850 : with an historical sketch and classified bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13784

Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 346.054 F974; 346.3054 F974

Alternate Title: Will index, Lancaster County, PA 1729-1850.

Responsibility: prepared by Eleanore Jane Fulton and Barbara Kendig Mylin.

Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: ix, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint of the 1936 ed.; Spine title: Will books & intestate records, Lancaster Co., Pa.; Bibliography: p. 111-136.

Subjects: Probate records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Indexes.; Wills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Mylin, Barbara Kendig.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: 346.054 F974; 346.3054 F974

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e4f4e8c5-3494-49ec-9562-210099148520

Collection: Willie Siple Collection

Title: The Willie Siple Collection

Object ID: MG0006

Date Range: 1935-1962

: Boxers Correspondence Letters Newspaper vendors Blind People with visual disabilities Manuscript groups Finding aids Folder 1 Photographs: Most relate to Willy and his newsstand. One is of Archie Moore, and several of Willy in his boxing stance. Photographs transferred to the Photograph Collection, 3

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Collection: Willie Siple Collection

Title: The Willie Siple Collection

Description: The Willie Siple Collection includes photographs, postcards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings about Siple and related to his business and boxing career.

Admin/Biographical History: Wilbur "Willie" Siple (1904-1966) was the operator of Siple's News Stand for many years. He was originally a professional boxer when he was younger, and he had a successful, but short, boxing career. During those six years, Willie fought in 131 exhibitions with 71 wins, 9 losses, 22 draws and 29 KO's. Willie was what was called a "flyweight," weighing only 102 pounds in his heyday. However, Willie's boxing career was cut short after a 1925 automobile accident. Although many people speculated that Willie's loss of his eyesight was because of his boxing career, Willie explained the accident to a local newspaper. According to a sports news article that can be found in the Willie Siple Collection here at LancasterHistory.org, Willie was attempting to fix a car when a car tire exploded in his face, damaging his eyesight beyond repair and blinding him.; However, despite this tragedy, Willie didn't let the accident and blindness take over his life. On September 28, 1935, during the Depression, Willie made a brave move and opened his news stand in the Lancaster City Post Office, and named it Siple's News Stand. Due to an act of Congress, the Rudolph-Sheppard Act of 1935, Willie became "one of the first blind operators to set up shop in Federal Buildings," according to an article in the Willie Siple collection. Willie's news stand featured free news and weather reports, and sold newspapers, magazines, and candy. Rare coins and stamps, a personal passion of Willie's, were also available for purchase. Willie would travel far and wide in order to acquire rare stamps to be sold to stamp collectors. Willie would travel to places like Washington, D.C. Princeton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia in order to buy what were then called "first day issues" of stamps. One newspaper article even calls him a "philatelist," or a stamp expert, much to Willie's surprise. Siple was also extremely passionate about coin collecting, and could identify and appraise coins without needing to see them. Willie also loved to travel, and had even traveled to Canada and all around Pennsylvania with the help of friends.; Willie then became a well-known public figure. He was known for his friendly, talkative personality, and his eye-catching and "loud" shirts. WDAC-FM radio, then a Christian radio station, featured an editorial on Willie, which was subtitled "the personification of good humor." In this editorial, Willie is said to have had a "flamboyant and winning personality," as well as a "belief in man's basic honesty." Despite the fact that Willie was often taken advantage of because of his blindness, and that he "was the victim of an average of $40 worth annually in pilfered stock or dishonest dealings," Willie held on to the belief in the goodness of mankind all his life. This is not to say that Willie was completely dependent on the honesty of his customers. He was able to read dollar bills with his hands, and could tell the difference between each, much to the wonder of skeptical customers, and probably to the dismay of the rare customer who would try and take advantage of him.; Willie became a well-loved figure in the community, and anyone looking through his collection will be able to see just that. Siple was a philanthropist who supported the Tuberculosis Society with the proceeds from sales of Christmas seals (or stamps) for their charity. Willie would also dress up like Santa Claus every year, and would visit infantile paralysis victims. There are also multiple thank-you notes from school classes and the local boys club for his generous gifts of candy.; Many of Willie's friends also willingly helped him with his business, helping him with bookkeeping, driving him to and from work, taking him to lunch, helping take over the stand during lunch, and much more. He called these people his "assistants," and most of them were local business men and women who would take time out of their days to help. These people were unpaid friends, just willing to give Willie a hand. Their kindness, as well as Willie's generosity, show the kinship and kindness in the community that surrounded him in Lancaster city.; written by Elizabeth McIlhenney, 2016

Date Range: 1935-1962

Creation Date: 1935-1962

Year Range From: 1935

Year Range To: 1962

Creator: Hauck, Johnny

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Siple, Wilbur H. "Willie"; Moore, Archie

Subjects: Blind; Boxers (Sports); Letters; Newspaper vendors; People with visual disabilities

Search Terms: Boxers (Sports); Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper vendors; People with visual disabilities

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0006

Related Item Notes: Johnny Hauck Collection, MG0063; Photograph Collection

Notes: This material was part of the Johnny Hauck Collection, MG-63. Because of the specific nature of the material, it was extracted to create a separate manuscript group.; Photographs transferred to the Photograph Collection, 3 November 2017.

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-6

Classification: MG0006

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This material was part of the Johnny Hauck Collection, MG-63. Because of the specific nature of the material, it was extracted to create a separate manuscript group.; Cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 8 February 2018.

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50 years of God's faithfulness : Mt. Calvary Church Elizabethtown, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2436

100 years at Warrington : York County, Pennsylvania Quakers marriages, removals, births & deaths : Newberry, Warrington, Menallen, Huntington, and York meetings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2045

The 1910 federal population census : a catalog of microfilm copies of the schedules

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9489

Abstracts of Pennsylvania records of naturalizations, 1695-1773, found in Colonial records (Minutes of the Provincial Council), volumes 1, 2, 3, 9 & 10, The statutes at large of Pennsylvania, volumes II, III, IV, VI, VII & VIII, Pennsylvania archives, series 1, volumes 1, 3 & 4 : with surname index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4745

Adams County church records of the 18th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1219

"A mixed multitude" : the struggle for toleration in colonial Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17127

An index to the will books and intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1850 : with an historical sketch and classified bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13784

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