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African American lives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15002
Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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Responsibility
a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
ISBN
1415716943
Edition
Widescreen format.
Place of Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Contents
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Summary
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Subjects
African Americans
African American families
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary - Feature.
Additional Author
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris,
Jones, Quincy,
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Jemison, Mae,
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi,
Additional Corporate Author
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
Websites
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538
Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Object ID
MG0237
Date Range
1880-2003
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon Booklets C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc. Calendars Catalogs Central Automatic Sprinkler Company Certificates Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Commonwealth
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Collection
Watt & Shand Collection
Title
Watt & Shand Collection
Description
The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.
Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.
Admin/Biographical History
On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged by series.
Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory
Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners
Date Range
1880-2003
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1880-2003
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Ammon, Cora Mae Fox
Ammon, John M.
Appel, Eva Rengier
Appel, Percy L.
Baker, Miriam Rengier
Bell, Louise Price
Berger, R. R.
Blatchley, Charles A.
Breyers, C. J.
Buchanan, James
Drukenbrod, Lee Roy
Fehl, J. Herbert
Frantz, I. E.
Fritz, C. C.
Goodhart, E. C.
Groff, Alpheaus S.
Groff, Ella L.
Hermansader, T. F.
Hirsh, Bertha
Hirsh, Gabriel
Hostetter, D. B.
Lively, Henry
Long, Jacob M.
Loss, Natalie M.
Loss, Nathan
Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.
Marshall, Elizabeth Weber
Marshall, George A.
Marshall, George W.
Marshall, Maria L. Good
May, Jennie H.
Miller, E. N.
Myers, Harry
Myers, Maria
Myers, Patricia Marshall
Myrtetus, George B.
Noonan, Ella O.
Noonan, Raymond Smith
Prangley, James
Reed, George R.
Reichley, Jacob Christian
Reifsnyder, Arden P.
Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman
Rengier, Charles F.
Rengier, John S.
Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen
Rohrer, George Redsecker
Rohrer, Jeremiah
Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker
Roth, George R.
Rupert, L. H.
Schaller, Kimberly
Shand, James
Shand, Thomas Marshall
Sherrill, Anita B.
Sherrill, S. Edward
Short, Edwin P.
Skyllas, Drossos A.
Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert
Stiles, H. A.
Stirk, Isaac
Stirk, Sarah C.
Swarr, Donald
Urban, Cassius Emlen
Watt, Laura Louise Geiger
Watt, Peter T.
Weber, May H.
Wisegarver, Harry P.
Witmer, Albert F.
Other Creators
Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)
Subjects
Advertising
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Building leases
Calendars
Catalogs
Deeds
Department stores
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Letters
Menus
Newsletters
Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.)
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Search Terms
A and S Realty and Investment Corporation
A. B. Rote & Co.
Advertising
Agreements
Air conditioning
American Blower Corporation
Appel & Weber
Architectural plans
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America
Awards
Blueprints
Bon-Ton
Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
Booklets
C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.
Calendars
Catalogs
Central Automatic Sprinkler Company
Certificates
Columbia
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia
Correspondence
Deeds
Department stores
DUSCO Property Management, Inc.
East Hempfield Twp.
Employee handbooks
Employees
Ephemera
Escalators
Finding aids
Fire sprinklers
Floorplans
Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers
Gift certificates
Ground-rent
Hager and Bro., Inc.
Hager Realty Corporation
Heating and ventilation systems
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Historical markers
Insurance policies
Job descriptions
Kroll Electric Company, Inc.
Lancaster
Lancaster Parking Authority
Lancaster Trust Company
Leases
Letters
Manuscript groups
Menus
Mortgages
Newsletters
Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.
Park City Mall
Penn Square
Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Permits
Poetry
PPL
Price lists
Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
Reynolds and Reynolds Company
Scrapbooks
Stores, Retail
Total Energy Leasing Corporation
Trion, Inc.
Watt and Shand
Workers' Compensation Act
York Corporation
Extent
4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0237
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-237
Classification
MG0237
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.
The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.
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Bellmont Mansion: an exercise in archival excavation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5802
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
2000.
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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
2000.
Physical Description
4-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.101, no. 3.
Subjects
Blunston, Samuel , - 2689-1745.
Wright, Susanna , - 1697-1784.
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 101, number 3 (2000), p. 4-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.101, no.3
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Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a1bd89ae-7199-4ebf-bbcf-228666806152
Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Strasburg Rail Road
Object ID
2002.064
Date Range
2002
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Collection
History Collection: Places & Spaces
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Strasburg Rail Road
Description
Plexiglass boxed set of three medals commemorating the Strasburg railroad, set includes two medals in bronze and one in silver.
Date Range
2002
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0004
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Medals
Strasburg Railroad
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Material
Bronze, Silver
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2002.064
Accession Number
2002.064
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Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d53d944d-597a-4e44-8613-280064397785
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Lancaster County Almshouse Bicentennial
Object ID
2007.500.5
Date Range
2001
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Lancaster County Almshouse Bicentennial
Description
Commemorative Coin Set, "Lancaster County Almshouse"
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2001
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0004
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Object ID
2007.500.5
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Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/feb6de28-2cf3-41e1-ad4d-967751991150
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Harriet Lane
Object ID
2007.500.35
Date Range
2000
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Harriet Lane
Description
Commemorative Coin Set, "Harriet Lane"
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2000
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0004
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Object ID
2007.500.35
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Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5785c825-c0b6-4bcf-92e1-617770449340
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Frank W. Woolworth
Object ID
2004.058
Date Range
2004
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Frank W. Woolworth
Description
2004 Red Rose Coin Club 39th Commemorative Set, "Frank W. Woolworth"
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2004
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0004
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Material
Bronze, Silver
Object ID
2004.058
Accession Number
2004.058
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Coin, Commemorative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ff62121d-2846-4e66-bfd5-926049594131
Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Lewis and Clark Expedition
Object ID
2003.071
Date Range
2003
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Collection
Red Rose Coin Club Collection
Title
Red Rose Coin Club, Lewis and Clark Expedition
Description
Set of medals created by the Red Rose Coin Club. 2003 set, "Preparation for Discovery" 38th commemorative set in honor of Lewis and Clark.
Plastic frame, 3 coins (2 Bronze & 1 Silver).
Date Range
2003
Made By
Red Rose Coin Club
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Storage Container
Box 0004
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Material
Bronze, Silver
Height (in)
6.5
Width (in)
6.5
Depth (in)
0.375
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
2003.071
Accession Number
2003.071
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Columbia Historic Preservation Society newsletter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17804
Date of Publication
2002-
Call Number
974.815 COLU C726ch
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Place of Publication
[Columbia, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
2002-
Physical Description
v.
Notes
Library has: no. 39 --
Subjects
Columbia Historic Preservation Society.
Columbia (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 COLU C726ch
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Columbia, Marietta, and Wrightsville

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16377
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.815 COLU C726a
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Alternate Title
Images of America, Columbia, Marietta, and Wrightsville.
ISBN
9780738564739
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
127 p. ill. 24 cm.
Subjects
Marietta (Pa.) - History.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Wrightsville (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 COLU C726a
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