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Amazing Grace / letters to the editor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11302
Author
Behrens, Grace E. ,
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
809.6 B421
Responsibility
by Grace E. Behrens.
Author
Behrens, Grace E. ,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster, Pa. :
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
96 p. : cover ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes letters about Grace Behrens by other letter writers John W.W. Loose, Jeannet Pitz, John Fry, Ralph Lindsay and G. Denlinger Cox.
The letters of Grace E. Behrens found in this book were previously published all or in part by Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
Subjects
Behrens, Grace E.
Letters to the editor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster .
Additional Author
Jackson, Paula E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
809.6 B421
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Atlantic Virginia : intercolonial relations in the seventeenth century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16315
Author
Hatfield, April Lee.
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
975.5 H362
Responsibility
April Lee Hatfield.
ISBN
0812237579 (alk. paper)
9780812237573 (alk. paper)
Author
Hatfield, April Lee.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
PENN/University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
312 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Chapters: : INDIAN AND ENGLISH GEOGRAPHIES -- SHAPING THE NETWORKS OF MARITIME TRADE -- MARINERS AND COLONISTS -- INTERCOLONIAL MIGRATION -- ENGLISH ATLANTIC NETWORKS AND RELIGION IN VIRGINIA -- CHESAPEAKE SLAVERY IN ATLANTIC CONTEXT -- CROSSING BORDERS -- VIRGINIA , NORTH AMERICA , AND ENGLISH ATLANTIC EMPIRE
Summary
"Through networks of trails and rivers inland and established ocean routes across the seas, seventeenth-century Virginians were connected to a vibrant Atlantic world. They routinely traded with adjacent Native Americans and received ships from England, the Netherlands, and other English and Dutch colonies, while maintaining less direct connections to Africa and to French and Spanish colonies. Their Atlantic world emerged from the movement of goods and services, but trade routes quickly became equally important in the transfer of people and information. Much seventeenth-century historiography, however, still assumes that each North American colony operated as a largely self-contained entity and interacted with other colonies only indirectly, through London. By contrast, in Atlantic Virginia, historian April Lee Hatfield demonstrates that the colonies actually had vibrant interchange with each other and with peoples throughout the hemisphere, as well as with Europeans." [from the dust jacket]
Subjects
Intercultural communication - America
Economische betrekkingen.
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia - Commerce - History - 17th century.
America - History - To 1810.
America - Ethnic relations.
America - Commerce - History - 17th century.
Great Britain - Colonies - America - History - 17th century.
Spain - Colonies - America - History - 17th century.
France - Colonies - America - History - 17th century.
Great Britain - Colonies - America - Commerce.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.5 H362
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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15355
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
306.9 I78
Responsibility
Kenneth V. Iserson.
ISBN
1883620228 (cloth)
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Tucson, AZ
Publisher
Galen Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xviii, 821 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dying to know : introduction -- I'm dead--now what? -- Help for the living : organ, tissue, & whole-body donation -- The autopsy : my body and the pathologist -- Beauty in death -- The eternal flame -- Souls on ice -- Wayward bodies -- Nightmares -- Going out in style -- Black tie affairs -- From earth to earth -- A hand from the grave -- Say it gently : words, sayings, & poetry about the dead.
Subjects
Death.
Autopsy.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Mortuary Practice.
Attitude to Death.
Funeral Rites.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 I78
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Date of Publication
c2003-
Call Number
905.748 EAS
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ISSN
1543-4273
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
McNeil Center for Early American Studies,
Date of Publication
c2003-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publication Frequency
Semiannual
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 2003)-
Notes
"An interdisciplinary journal."
Subjects
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Periodicals.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Periodicals.
United States - History - 1783-1865 - Periodicals.
United States - Civilization - To 1783 - Periodicals.
United States - Civilization - 1783-1865 - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 EAS
Websites
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Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Object ID
2006.011
Date Range
2005
Collection
Sports, Leisure & Play Collection
Description
Collection of objects related to the Lancaster Barnstormer's first season.
-Closet Lamp
-Commemorative tickets for opening night
-Ticket, May 11, 2005
-Box, "Rally Roni"
-Plastic Tub, "Cylo", Lancaster Barnstormers
Date Range
2005
Year Range From
2005
Year Range To
2005
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum North
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 07
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Ephemera
Condition
Good
Object ID
2006.011
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The map collector library series antique map reference CD-ROMS

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17036
Corporate Author
Heritage Map Museum.
Date of Publication
c2002.
Call Number
912.42 H548 CD
Responsibility
[James E. Hess, curator].
ISBN
0971365288
Corporate Author
Heritage Map Museum.
Place of Publication
[Lititz, Pa.]
Publisher
Heritage Map Museum,
Date of Publication
c2002.
Physical Description
1 CD-ROM : col. ; 12 cm.
Notes
This edition is designed for those interested in the history and cartographic history of England and Wales, for which many mapos and images, both arranged by location and arranged by date have been included. Additionally, the CD-ROM may contain a historical timeline for the area of interest.
Subjects
Heritage Map Museum - Catalogs.
Map collections - Pennsylvania - Lititz - Databases.
England - Maps - Early works to 1800 - Catalogs.
Wales - Maps - Early works to 1800 - Catalogs.
Additional Author
Hess, James E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
912.42 H548 CD
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Mortal remains : death in early America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14627
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
306.9 M887
Responsibility
edited by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein.
ISBN
0812236785 (cloth : alk. paper)
081221823X (paper : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-245) and index.
Subjects
Death - United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Thanatology - United States.
Attitude to Death - United States.
Funeral Rites - United States.
Literature, Modern - United States.
Religion and Psychology - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Isenberg, Nancy.
Burstein, Andrew.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 M887
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New World orders : violence, sanction, and authority in the colonial Americas

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16314
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
973.2 N532
Responsibility
edited by John Smolenski and Thomas J. Humphrey.
ISBN
9780812238952
0812238958 (cloth : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
362 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Early American studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-353) and index.
Subjects
Violence - America
America - History - To 1810.
Additional Author
Smolenski, John.
Humphrey, Thomas J.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 N532
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 003
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Watt, David S.
World War II veteran
00:02:00 Introduction
00:16:03 Watt born in India
00:24:07 Parents were missionaries from Lancaster
00:31:00 Presbytarian
00:39:00 Born in northern India
01:17:00 Student at F & M.
01:33:00 Studied Business Administration at F & M.
01:43:00 Enlisted
01:47:00 Pilot experience
01:55:00 Had an aircraft
02:06:00 Learned to fly before enlistment
02:13:00 Training at Lancaster Airport
02:32:00 Interviewed Jessie and Howard Eckhart
03:20:00 Primary training in Oklahoma (Air force)
03:45:00 San Antonio (West Point of the Air)
04:07:00 Married current wife four years ago
04:18:00 Attended flight school as officer
04:23:00 flew B-24 Liberator bombers
04:36:00 Transition from small plane to large bomber
05:04:00 Ten people on B-24
05:32:00 Range of a B-24
05:46:00 Targets mostly in southern Europe
05:56:00 Targeted mostly harbors
06:23:00 Mission to hold Suez Canal against Rommel
06:54:00 B-24 against German anti-aircraft gunners
07:08:00 German fighters worst hazard
07:18:00 Watt flew twenty-seven missions
07:48:00 Memorable mission a disaster.
07:51:00 Attack on Ploesti oil refineries
08:05:00 Old organization and old planes
08:19:00 never announced that job was to eliminate air force
08:25:00 mission was low level attack
08:37:00 Not many people and planes survived
09:22:00 Attack was end of air force
09:28:00 Part of design but no one said so
09:55:00 Thirty-six planes sent out on Ploesti raid
10:17:00 No indication before hand
10:25:00 had done job assigned to unit
11:10:00 Making friends. Stationed in Palestine
11:42:00 Moved to Little Bitter Lake in Egypt
12:01:00 Relaxed between missions
12:14:00 Considered "assigned pilots"
12:43:00 Played poker for entertainment
13:21:00 Flew about every three weeks
13:47:00 Believed in performance not good luck
14:07:00 Became second in command of squadron
14:32:00 Medals brought by David Watt
16:05:00 Important document to service member
16:52:00 Medals awarded while in service
17:27:00 campaign medal
17:57:00 Bracelet he made for his first wife
18:27:00 also has frat pin from F & M
18:53:00 Silver Star
19:01:00 Silver Star, second highest medal
19:53:00 Received Silver Star in 2000
20:51:00 mission through bad fog
22:40:00 Watt was operations officer
22:44:00 Broke on top of cloud bank.
23:00:00 Attacked target with other bombers
23:02:00 Was attacked by German fighters
23:38:00 Status of war
24:30:00 Watt's Veterans Day Rememberance talk starts
31:45:00 Worked at Watt and Shand (3rd generation Watt)
32:27:00 Worked in Toy, Jewelry, Candy Departments
32:39:00 First Floor Manager
33:06:00 No problem with transition to civilian life
33:17:00 Family did not have a background in flying
34:49:00 Any thoughts to pass on to future military and current
35:09:00 Keep head up. And NOT up ….
Collection Date
2004-10-19
Collector
Newton, Beverly
People
Watt, David S.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 003
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH 2004 007
Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Snyder, Charles V., Jr.
World War II Veteran
Graduated from F & M. Enlisted in the army, 1942. Military intelligence. Security for Bob Hope, Frances Langford, Al Jolson. Undercover agent/had privilieges of field grade officers. Called back in 1951. Served as first lieutenant.
00:00:22 life prior to military
00:00:29 from Lancaster,
00:00:32 Graduated from McCaskey, (first class in 1938)
00:00:38 attended F & M College (1938 to 1942)
00:00:49 drafted six months before graduation
00:00:56 obtained six month deferment
00:01:13 obtained degree in 1942 (sociology)
00:02:14 One hundred plus in graduating class
00:02:29 Lowell Thomas speaker at graduation
00:03:02 wanted military intelligence work
00:03:09 Basic at Keesler field, Mississippi
00:03:22 Went to radio school in Sioux Falls, SD
00:03:32 trouble learning morse code
00:03:48 transferred to counter-intelligence corp
00:04:12 school about three months long
00:04:28 learned lockpicking and investigative work
00:04:54 went to Miami, Florida
00:05:20 detachment with ATC
00:05:46 Snyder had experience with radio
00:06:07 others had gone to air mechanics school
00:06:28 worked undercover in radio and mechanics fields
00:07:09 trips back and forth to Africa
00:08:00 flight miles totalled 41,790
00:08:58 sent to Marikesh
00:09:27 worked undercover on base
00:09:33 tried to stop any sabatoge
00:10:07 investigations did not turn up any sabatours
00:10:36 assigned to USO tours
00:11:14 Bob Hope, Gracie Fields and others
00:11:38 "short snorter"
00:11:49 flights over the equator
00:12:53 start with a dollar bill
00:14:04 General Gerow and Secretary Stinson autograph
00:14:24 helped with billets and security for USO
00:14:57 Served in Casablanca
00:15:31 went undercover. Did not wear insignia on uniform
00:16:05 passed as civilians on government duty
00:17:03 lived in officers quarters
00:17:10 had field grade officers privilgeces
00:17:24 personnel investigations
00:17:38 made connections with other allied intelligence forces
00:18:08 Germans had been evicted from North Africa
00:19:46 agents strung across North Africa
00:20:05 Reports sent by courier
00:21:14 lived in an apartment in Casablanca
00:21:54 learned French from lady landlord
00:22:38 carried a weapon.
00:23:01 picked to go to Africa due to training
00:23:22 did not find any sabatoge
00:24:16 maintained relations with local law enforcement
00:24:45 Overseas April 1943 to December 1944
00:25:25 Went to 2nd Air Force in Colorado Springs
00:25:58 discharged at Ft Meade, Maryland
00:26:48 went to law school at Dickinson college
00:27:12 Father was a dentist
00:27:42 tried to get into Univ of Pennsylania
00:27:53 graduated from Dickinson after two years
00:28:34 received direct commission to 1st Lt
00:28:48 recalled during Korean War
00:29:14 served a year and a half
00:29:36 served in counter intelligence
00:29:54 practice handled by older attorney
00:30:13 practiced law for 52 years
00:30:20 semi-retired now
00:30:43 soliticor for RRTA and Sheriff of Lancaster county
00:31:18 used G.I. Bill for schooling
00:32:04 tuition $400 to $500 a year in the 1940s
00:32:44 main thrust, maintain security for air bases
00:33:24 C-47s and C-46s airplanes
00:34:04 had contact with local law officials
00:34:11 not a member of VFW or Legion
00:35:50 King Farouk of Egypt
00:37:08 Trip to Holy Land
00:38:10 Flying hours - 230
00:39:27 flew through some storms
00:39:37 Accident day before his arrival
00:39:55 close
Collection Date
2004-10-18
Collector
Newton, Beverly
People
Snyder, Charles V., Jr.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Object Name
Oral History
Condition
Good
Object ID
OH 2004 007
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