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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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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- James D. Flagg, Co. B, 79th PA Volunteers, in Civil War military uniform, c. 1861.
Object ID
1-07-02-46
Date Range
1861
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Object Name
Ambrotype
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- James D. Flagg, Co. B, 79th PA Volunteers, in Civil War military uniform, c. 1861.
Description
James D. Flagg, Co. B, 79th PA Volunteers, in Civil War military uniform, c. 1861.
Provenance
Digital image only. Original image owned by the Marion family.
Date Range
1861
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Flagg, James D.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Object ID
1-07-02-46
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Ambrotype

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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- James D. Flagg, Co. B, 79th PA Volunteers, in Civil War military uniform, c. 1865
Object ID
1-07-02-47
Date Range
1865
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Object Name
Ambrotype
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- James D. Flagg, Co. B, 79th PA Volunteers, in Civil War military uniform, c. 1865
Description
James D. Flagg, Co. B, 79th PA Volunteers, in Civil War military uniform, c. 1865
Provenance
Digital image only. Original image owned by the Marion family.
Date Range
1865
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Flagg, James D.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Object ID
1-07-02-47
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8159f505-97d9-4c3e-ab1e-768418048490
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Anna Kathryn Zecher Rooney and her niece, Anna May Flagg.
Object ID
1-07-02-49
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Ambrotype
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Anna Kathryn Zecher Rooney and her niece, Anna May Flagg.
Description
Anna Kathryn Zecher Rooney and her niece, Anna May Flagg.
Provenance
Digital image only. Original image owned by the Marion family.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Rooney, Anna Kathryn Zecher
Flagg, Anna May
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Object ID
1-07-02-49
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Will and Ed Zecher
Object ID
1-07-02-50
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Object Name
Ambrotype
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Will and Ed Zecher
Description
Will and Ed Zecher
Provenance
Digital image only. Original image owned by the Marion family.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Zecher, Will
Zecher, Ed
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Object Name
Ambrotype
Object ID
1-07-02-50
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6f4ea43d-5fa7-4cad-8957-626083072175
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-06-07-01
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Object Name
Ambrotype
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Unidentified man in dark suit with tinted cheeks. "Bisbee's Sphereotypes" and "Patent May 27, 1856" etched under image.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Ambrotype
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-06-07-01
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
96.16.1
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Ambrotype

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Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-07-01-01
Date Range
c. 1856
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Object Name
Ambrotype
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Ambrotype of James Buchanan in stained decorative case with pearl inlay in shape of flowers on front.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Date Range
c. 1856
Creator
Holmes, Silas A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Ambrotype
Print Size
2.5 x 3 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-07-01-01
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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3980
Author
Landis, David M.
Date of Publication
1921.
a warrant dated Dec. 25, 1701 was signed for the same. 1710 In the Taylor Papers, under date of Oct. 16, 1710, there is the original order to survey 10000 acres of land on Pequea Creek to Rudolph Bundely and others, on the authority of a warrant dated Oct. 8, same year, which is therein recited. The
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Responsibility
by David M. Landis.
Author
Landis, David M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921.
Physical Description
5-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1
Subjects
Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Taylor papers.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062014121&view=1up&seq=11
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Carte-de-visite

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Collection
Slaymaker Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
SF-01-03-10
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Object Name
Carte-de-visite
Collection
Slaymaker Family Photograph Collection
Description
Lizzie Smith holding Samuel Slaymaker. Carte de visite.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Slaymaker, Samuel
Smith, Lizzie
Studio
Decamp & Crane
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Babies
Boys
Persons of color
Portraits
Women
Object Name
Carte-de-visite
Print Size
4.25 x 2.5 inches
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
SF-01-03-10
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Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14367
Author
Hinke, William J.
Call Number
905.748 PG v.28
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Responsibility
by William J. Hinke.
Author
Hinke, William J.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania German Society, v.28.
Subjects
Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge (Montgomery County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PG v.28
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