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The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

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Author: Hess, Samuel R.,

Date of Publication: c1997

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 22

Responsibility: introduction, transcribed & indexed by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Author: Hess, Samuel R.,

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: c1997

Physical Description: viii, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.

Subjects: Hess, Samuel R., - 1830-1906 - Diaries.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Farmers - Pennsylvania; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV v. 22

Almost a lifetime : a glimpse of the twentieth century through one pair of eyes

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Author: Eckert, Leo H.

Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 926.291 E19

Responsibility: by Leo H. Eckert.

Author: Eckert, Leo H.

Place of Publication: Millersville, Pa. : Gordonville, Pa

Publisher: The author ; The Print Shop,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Twentieth century; United States - Civilization - 20th century - Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 926.291 E19

Amazing Grace / letters to the editor

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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

[A memoir]

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Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Date of Publication: 1990?

Call Number: 929 V266

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Place of Publication: Carbon typescript

Date of Publication: 1990?

Physical Description: 14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."; "Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."

Subjects: Crouse family.; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 V266

American genealogical research at the DAR, Washington, D.C

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Author: Grundset, Eric.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 016.9291 G891

Responsibility: by Eric G. Grundset and Steven B. Rhodes.

ISBN: 1892237083 (pbk.)

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: 175 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Daughters of the American Revolution. - Library - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Additional Author: Rhodes, Steven B.

Additional Corporate Author: Daughters of the American Revolution.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9291 G891

America's bachelor president and the First Lady

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Author: Stern, Milton.

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ste

Responsibility: by Milton Stern.

ISBN: 1413729088; 9781413729085

Author: Stern, Milton.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: PublishAmerica,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: 326 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-326).

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States - Biography.; Presidents' spouses - United States - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ste

Andrew Baker Rote trollies to Rocky Springs and other recollections

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Author: Martin, Lillian Rote.

Date of Publication: 1992

Call Number: 974.815 LACI O63z Oversize

Responsibility: by Lillian Rote Martin as told to Nancy Bookman

Author: Martin, Lillian Rote.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Library

Date of Publication: 1992

Physical Description: 9 p. 28 cm.

Notes: An oral history project of Lancaster 250 Education Committee and Operation Remember.

Summary: An oral history interview conducted in 1992 in which Ms. Martin recalls earlier years of Lancaster PA as she remembered them. Rocky Springs Amusement park outside Lancaster is one of her fondest recollections. She also recalls theaters, markets, and buildings in Lancaster .

Subjects: Rote, Andrew Baker.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI O63z Oversize

An ounce of prevention : integrated disaster planning for archives, libraries, and record centres

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Author: Wellheiser, Johanna G.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 025.82 W452

Responsibility: Johanna Wellheiser and Jude Scott.

ISBN: 0810841762 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Wellheiser, Johanna G.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Lanham, Md. : Toronto, Ont

Publisher: Scarecrow Press ; Canadian Archives Foundation,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xvi, 283 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Rev. ed. of: An ounce of prevention / John P. Barton, Johanna G. Wellheiser, editors. 1985.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Libraries - Canada; Archives - Canada; Emergency management - Canada.; Libraries; Archives; Emergency management.; Library materials; Archival materials

Additional Author: Scott, Jude,

Additional Corporate Author: Canadian Archives Foundation.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 025.82 W452

Archive

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Object ID: MG0019

Date Range: 1850-1993

September 1955. Insert 7 Letter from Robert C. Batchelder of Saint James’ Church to John Andrews commenting on the paper he wrote on John Wise. Invitation to the Lancaster Public Library. 2-21 April 1956. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Description: The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.

Admin/Biographical History: As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.; A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard.; In the nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.; It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.; John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.; Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.; Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged into two series.; Series 1 John Wise; Series 2 History of Ballooning

Date Range: 1850-1993

Creation Date: 1850-1993

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1850-1993

Creator: Andrews, John H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Albertson, Catherine; Andrews, John Henry; Atkinson, S. C.; Bache, Hartman; Ball, Charles I.; Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.; Batchelder, Robert C.; Beckwith, A.; Beller, William; Black, J. W.; Blanchard, Jean Pierre; Blitzstein, Madelin; Bradbury, Ray; Brown, Elizabeth B.; Bruce, George; Burlingame, Roger; Burr, George; Byars, W. W.; Casey, Louis; Cessna, Clyde; Coffman, Ramon; Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III; Cox, Palmer; Douty, Esther; Douty, Esther M.; Drepperd, Carl W.; Edwards, Vincent; Elvin, Thomas; Evans, William; Field, Francis J.; Fischer, Hans; Fleck, Glen; French, Melvin; Galzer, Emmett J.; Gambetta, Francis Leon; Greeley, A. W.; Grimm, Janet; Gryzewski, Tad; Halmi, Robert; Harrell, D. Tudor; Hautrive, M.; Hayden, F. Stansbury; Hopkins, Philip S.; Hunt, E. F.; Ingle, Harold E.; Kehr, Ernest A.; Keith, Barbara; Kessler, F. W.; Klein, Frederic S.; Kouwenhoven, John A.; Kreider, Ira; Kriebel, Robert C.; Kriebel, Robert G.; Lamorisse, Albert; LaPaz, Lincoln; Lindbergh, Charles; Lindquist, H. L.; Long, Elmer R.; Lundgren, Laura May Gross; Madsen, Peter; Maier, Alfred D.; Maxwell, George T.; McCloskey, Lores; McDevitt, William; Mills, James; Myers, Wilfred; Naves, Glen W.; Nicklin, John; Pasquarella, Gus; Peers, W.; Prevost, John W.; Roland, John; Rosenfeld, Albert; Sanabria, Nicolas; Schatvet, H. C.; Serviss, Garrett P.; Smith, Philip R., Jr.; Stehling, Kurt R; Steinmetz, Rollin; Stilphen, George F.; Taylor, Florence; Thompson, Howard; Topping, A.D.; Waitt, Robert; Warner, B. H.; Watson, Marion A.; Wetherill, Richard B.; Whipple, A. W.; Wilbur, W. H.; Wise, John; Wiseman, Frederick J.; Wolcott, Charles; Wolf, Constance; Woodruff, J. C.; Wright, Wilbur; Young, Pearl

Other Creators: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Subjects: Hot air balloons; Hot air balloons--Launching; Airships; Aeronautics; Letters; Air mail service; Hindenburg (Airship); Reconnaissance aircraft; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Aeronautics; Air mail service; Airships; Aviation; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Hindenburg (Airship); Hot air balloons; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Reconnaissance aircraft

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0019

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-19

Classification: MG0019

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.

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Collection: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Title: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Object ID: MG0798

Date Range: 1917-2014

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Collection: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Title: World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel

Description: The World War I Papers of Thomas, James, and Victor Kegel collection contains materials written and collected by three brothers who fought during World War I in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. The collection contains letters written by the brothers to their families while in the service, and some other letters from their loved ones. There are also newspaper articles, literature on the battalion they fought in, post cards, military paperwork, and photographs.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Kegel (1895-1958), James Kegel (1891-1927), Victor Kegel (1898-1923) were three brothers who served together in the 109th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. Their parents were Charles and Mary Rogers Kegel, and they had eleven children. Their family home was on 59 Locust Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They were all drafted in 1917, and were trained in Camp Hancock in Augusta, Georgia. After their extensive training, they were sent to fight in the trenches in France. On separate occasions, each brother was wounded during the war, but they all survived and came home to Lancaster after the war in 1919.; James L. Kegel was born on August 10, 1891. He was a poultry dresser and dealer and was married to Arabella E. Raymond Kegel (1884-1966) on August 27, 1911. They had three children: Charles, James, and Mary Annabelle. James passed away at the age of 35 on February 9, 1927, due to pneumonia.; Thomas Kegel was born on January 18, 1895. He married Veronica R. "Fannie" Karch Kegel. Together, they had four children: Thomas, Helen, Dorn Anne, and John. He was a watchmaker, in addition to other various occupations. By a doctor's recommendation in 1939, Thomas and his family moved to Miami, Florida, due to his injuries and struggles with PTSD. He passed away on February 18, 1958.; Victor A. Kegel was born on March 29, 1898. He was a poultry dresser after coming back to Lancaster from the war in 1919. He was married to Ellen F. Kegel. He passed away on December 26, 1923, due to inflammation of the brain. He was 25 years old.

Date Range: 1917-2014

Creation Date: 1917-2014

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 2014

Date of Accumulation: 1917-2014

Creator: Kegel, Thomas, 1895-1958

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Delmarra, Red; Eickert, Earl; Fillinger, Joe; Grim, George; Heidig, Hen; Hersh, Ted; Kegel, James; Kegel, Thomas; Kegel, Victor; Kimmel, Fred; Metzger, George; Metzger, Harvy; Rodgers, Harry; Seachrist, Harry

Other Creators: Kegel, James, 1891-1927; Kegel, Victor, 1898-1923

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Machine Gun Training Center (Camp Hancock, Ga.); Photographs; Trench warfare; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918

Search Terms: Camp Hancock, Georgia; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Machine Gun Training Center; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Photographs; Trench warfare; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; World War I; WWI

Extent: 1 box, 61 folders, 91 items, 281 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2019-03-05

Condition Notes: The dosuments in folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision.

Object ID: MG0798

Related Item Notes: World War I Collection, 1916-1972, MG-45; World War I Papers for Frank Schober, MG-797; Charles E. Schuler Papers, MG-780; William Barlow Papers, MG-781; William Raymond Elbert Papers, MG-784; Military Records for Charles A. Meisenberger, MG-782; Diary Collection, 1836-1978, MG-247; William J. Buch Papers, 1917-1958, MG-658

Notes: Donation was made possible with the assistance of Charles and Mary Brill.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level. The documents in Folders 24, 33, and 47 are fragile and require staff supervision. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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-798

Other Number: MG-798

Classification: MG0798

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EM, January/February 2019.

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The 1869 diary of Samuel R. Hess of Clay Township, Lancaster County : Mennonite, farmer & nurseryman

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5667

Almost a lifetime : a glimpse of the twentieth century through one pair of eyes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8669

Amazing Grace / letters to the editor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11302

[A memoir]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16023

American genealogical research at the DAR, Washington, D.C

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12822

America's bachelor president and the First Lady

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18300

Andrew Baker Rote trollies to Rocky Springs and other recollections

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21

An ounce of prevention : integrated disaster planning for archives, libraries, and record centres

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12125

Archive

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