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Collection: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Title: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Object ID: MG0047

Date Range: 1943-1945

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Collection: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Title: Pvt. George L. Caley Collection

Description: This collection contains letters written to U.S. Army Private; George L. Caley during his service in World War II. The correspondence is from his parents and siblings in Philadelphia, aunts and uncles and friends in Columbia, Lancaster County, and friends from Millersville University. Many of his friends are also in the service and write to him of their experiences. The letters contain family and local news, as well as news of friends and family in the service.

Date Range: 1943-1945

Year Range From: 1943

Year Range To: 1945

Creator: Caley, George L.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Acker, Jim; Acker, Kathleen Altwegg; Albright, Gladys; Albright, Stanley; Allabach, Bill; Allwigg, Kathleen; Arnold, Emma; Arnold, Flora; Arnold, Lloyd; Arnold, Mrs. Lloyd; Arnold, Stanley; Arnold, Wayne; Bard, Pat; Bartch, Eddie; Bartch, G. M.; Bartch, Virginia; Barthwick, Dorothy; Bassler, Harry; Baufort, Mrs.; Bauman, Robert; Beckmyer, G. F.; Behney, H. J.; Bennett, Carrie P.; Beryn, John L.; Biemesderfer, D. Luke; Biemsderfer, Jeanne; Biffart, Max; Billet, Miriam; Blatton, Lena; Bloom, Dorothy; Bomberger, Ruth A.; Borden, Caroline; Boyl, Harry; Bratton, Lena; Brenner, George; Brenner, Wilson; Brommer, Charles; Broome, A. E.; Broome, Bessie; Broome, Bob; Broome, Christ; Broome, Dorothy; Broome, Mrs. A. E.; Broome, Paul; Brosey, Jacob; Brummer, Charles; Bucher, Bud; Bucher, Helen; Burris, Audree; Burris, Homer E.; Butler, Otis E.; Byrd, Juanita; Caley, Bill; Caley, Doris; Caley, Emma; Caley, Ethel; Caley, G. H.; Caley, George L.; Caley, John; Caley, John C.; Caley, John G.; Caley, Josephine; Caley, Josie; Caley, Mrs. John G.; Caley, Mrs. Tom; Caley, Sarah; Caley, T. E.; Caley, T. G.; Caley, Tom; Carnahan, Agnes; Carter, Alice; Clark, Mary; Cleland, Jessie M.; Clelaud, Jenie M.; Clime, Nancy Ann; Coleman, Laura; Contreras, Ralph; Cooper, Bettie; Cornell, Katharine; Corrigan, Chet; Courtney, Mrs.; Cover, Clyde; Crist, Jean Kepper; Crist, Ned; Curry, Mrs. Elmer E.; Daniels, Lawrence A.; Daum, Jean; De Grange, Jane; De Grange, John; Deacon, Deborah; Deitz, Mrs.; Deitzel, Bessie; Dellinger, Dan; Dellinger, Mrs. Dan; Dennison, Blanche; Dennison, Virginia; Detweiler, Effie; Detweiler, Gerry; Diehl, Roy; Diemer, Miss; Dinkel, Billy; Dively, Bob; Dombach, Earl; Dombach, Mrs. Earl; Taylor, Gardiner P.; Draude, Harry; Drew, Edward; Duncan, David; Duncan, Mrs. David; Dunn, Dean; Eastwood, Raymond "Red"; Ehrlager, Clair L.; Ehrlager, Dora; Eisenberger, Abram; Elexander, Miss; Elsboyer, Clair; Elslager, Arlene; Elslager, Clair; Engle, Edison G.; Eshelman, Bob; Eshleman, Laura; Eshleman, Lorna; Eshleman, Lorna Jean; Eshleman, Sara; Eshlemen, Alldice; Feinald, Natalie Richmond; Fidler, Dorothy; Fidler, Martin; Flynn, Mercedes; Folch, Kathleen Johanna; Forbert, Jean; Forrey, Edna; Frank, George A.; Freeland, Mabel l.; Frey, Amelia Ann; Frey, Anna S.; Frey, Carl; Frey, Gay; Friend, Cora; Fry, Anna S.; Fry, Charles; Fuller, John; Furnwal, Doris Lillian; Gable, Charlie; Gable, Pete; Gambler, Jim; Garber, Roy; Gasway, Billie; Montgomery, General; Gerfin, Nancy; Gerlden, Harry; Gibson, Margaret; Gickel, Nancy; Gnilyk, Betty; Gnilyk, Walter W.; Gottschalk, Catherine G.; Gramm, George; Gray, Jean; Greeley, Betty; Greeley, Walter Jr.; Greenawalt, Mrs.; Greenleaf, Doris; Greenly, Doris; Greider, Ed; Griffin, Martha; Grimm, Clark; Grimm, Mrs.; Groom, Mrs. W. R.; Groom, Stella; Groom, W. R.; Groome, George "Red" H.; Groome, Gordon "Buck"; Groome, Mrs.; Grooms, Ruth; Grueling, Betty; Gufin, Nancy; Habbell, Jane; Hable, Kline; Hable, Thelma J. McCombs; Halde, Diane Marie; Harig, Ren; Harting, George; Hartman, Lou; Harvey, Elmer; Harvey, Lewis; Harvey, Lewis M.; Haug, Ken; Hemphill, Louise; Hendrickson, Clara Jane; Herbert, Mary A.; Herr, Miss; Hess, Marian; Hill, Verna; Himes, Ray; Hobbell, Jane; Hoble, Kline; Hogentogler, Sonny; Hollingsworth, Lee; Hoover, Maurice; Horn, Florence; Hougendoubler, Janet; Hubbard, Raymond; Hubbell, Jane; Hubbely, Jane; Huston, Isabelle B.; Jackson, H. S.; Jackson, Harry; Jackson, Henry; Jackson, Marguarette; Jackson, Mrs. H. S.; Jackson, Ray; Kammerer, John; Kauffman, Harold; Kauffman, Thera; Keefer, Minerva; Keeley, Dorothy; Keesey, Jim; Keesey, Mildred; Keller, Dick; Keller, Dorothy; Keller, Richard C.; Kelley, Dorothy Mae; Kelley, Luther; Kelley, Nancy; Kelly, Dorothy; Kemble, Bill; Kemble, Helen; Kepper, Jean; Kiefer, Mrs.; Kilgore, Virginia; Kilgove, Alice; Kimball, Beverly; Kirchner, Charles; Kirstein, Freddie; Klinestever, Miss; Knighton, Clarence; Knipe, James L.; Knipe, Lillian; Knipe, Lillie M.; Kochler, Anna Mae; Kohler, Arabella; Kohler, Billie; Kraft, Billy; Kraft, Bob; Kroff, Bob; Kurtz, Lillian; Layne, Martha; Leahman, Charles; Lefever, Gertrude M.; Lenhardt, Esther E.; Lenhardt, Jack; Lenhardt, Mary; Libed, Mamie; Lindy, Annie; Linhardt, Esther; Lockard, Joe; Lockard, Mrs. Joseph; Lockard, Richard; Logan, Bernard St. Clair; Logan, Eleanor Martha Nolte; Long, Alice Carter; Long, Betty; Long, Bill; Longenecker, David R. Jr.; Louis, Joe; Lutz, Bette; Lutz, Betty; Lutz, George; Lutz, Lou; Lutz, Louise M.; Lutz, Mrs.; Lutz, William; Lyle, Johnny; Lyle, Miss; Madly, Mary Louise; Mahoney, Bill; Mahoney, Flynn; Mahoney, John; Mahoney, Mercedes Flynn; Malone, Ted; Mann, Walt; Markel, Jack; Marley, Alice Kilgove; Marley, Jake; Marley, Mary Louise; Marley, Tom; McCarty, Charles; McCombs, Gwen; McCombs, Thelma J.; McComsey, Mrs.; McComsey, Mrs. Sanders P.; McComsey, Sanders P.; McCoy, H. L.; McGraw, Harvey D.; McKnight, Carroll; McManus, Dennis; McManus, Doris; Metzger, Donald; Metzger, John; Metzler, Paul; Michael, Donald; Michael, Mrs. C. A.; Michaels, Mrs.; Miller, Clara; Miller, Doris Lillian Furnwal; Miller, Kenneth Wickersham; Miller, Mrs. K. W.; Moore, Charley; Moore, Lee; Morris, Walt; Morrow, Carl F. Jr.; Morrow, Carol F.; Mowrey, Charlie; Mowrey, Virginia Bartch; Mueller, Walter; Mumma, Mrs.; Mummau, Guy; Murray, Donald; Musser, Geraldine; Musser, Jerry; Musser, Mary B.; Musser, Mrs.; Musser, Mrs. Jerry; Nau, Ernie; Nikolaus, Fred; Nikolaus, Mrs. Fred; Nollie, Eleanor; Nollis, Eleanor; Nolte, Eleanor Martha; Null, Adelaide; Oberholtzer, Joe; Olemy, Mrs.; Olewine, Eleanor Vogt; Olewine, Larry; O'Neal, Gladys Jean; O'Neal, Jay; O'Neill, James; Painter, Bill; Peters, Carrie; Peters, Catherine; Peters, H. M.; Peters, Hubert; Peters, Louise M.; Peters, Mrs. W. T.; Peters, Pooch; Pickel, Nancy M.; Pickelti, Lenorita Nawcita; Porter, Melyer R.; Potter, Jeannette; Preston, Billy; Price, George; Punlop, Mary Margaret; Pyle, Ernie; Quinn, Jimmy; Quinn, Ruth; Rambo, Margie; Rank, Jack; Reisinger, M.; Renner, Robert; Richards, Betty; Richards, Glady Albright; Richardson, Hattie; Richardson, Hettie; Riegle, Bill; Rill, "Buffalo"; Rill, Bob; Rill, R. W. "Giff"; Rineer, Charlie; Roll, Bob; Ross, Bob; Roye, Laura; Roye, Nancy; Rupp, Barney; Ryfsnyder, Dutch; Scheaffer, Marie Courtney; Schlotthauer, Jim; Schmidt, Beatrice; Schmidt, Bob; Schotthauer, J. L.; Schuler, Harry; Seifred, Ethel; Seigfred, Elsie; Sellers, Bertha; Senneson, Virginia; Sforsa, Count; Shank, Nancy; Sharpless, Laura Lee; Shaw, Linda; Shaw, Sara; Shearer, Pat; Sheckard, Mary; Sheckard, Mrs. Raymond Sr.; Sheckard, Raymond; Sheckard, Raymond Sr.; Shepard, Raymond; Shertzer, G.; Shertzer, Mae; Shertzer, Mrs.; Shockard, Mary Ellen; Sieple, Ben; Smith, Catherine; Smith, John H.; Smith, Lillian; Smith, Mrs. John H.; Smoker, Buddy; Smoker, Howard G.; Snyder, Emily Harriet; Sousbees, P. G.; Spencer, Marion; Staab, Bernice; Staab, Bob; Staab, Doris; Staab, Josie; Staab, Laura; Staab, Mrs.; Staab, Mrs. J. A.; Staabs, Bob; Staabs, O. S.; Staats, Mrs. J. A.; Stauffer, Margaret; Stegel, William; Stevens, Billy; Stoltz, Mrs.; Stoner, E.; Stoner, Mary; Stotz, Catherine B.; Stotz, Mia; Stotz, Mrs.; Strawbridge, Jim; Strawbridge, J.; Street, Mrs.; Strickland Gillilan; Studenroth, Kathryn; Switzer, Art; Tessier, L. H. Tessier; Thompson, Bill; Torbert, Dottie; Torbert, Jean; Trimble, Helen; Trull, B. H.; Trull, Mrs. B. H.; Trull, Virginia; Truman, President; Urban, Sarah; Utz, Betty; Vidler, Dorothy; Vidler, Martin; Vogt, Eleanor; Wagner, Annie; Walsh, Jean; Warfel, Dick; Warfel, Ruth; Weaver, Anna Mae; Weaver, Frank; Weaver, Taylor; Webster, Mary Jane; Webster, Virginia; Weigle, G. E.; Weigle, Mrs. G. E.; Weisser, Gladie; Welsh, Arlene; Welsh, William; Wike, Jeanette; Witchel, John; Wolf, Ann; Yentzer, Janet; Young, Alma; Young, Arnold; Young, Don; Zaks, Jim; Ziegler, Ana

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army; Letters; Columbia (Pa.)

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Columbia Daily News; Columbia High School; Finding aids; Fulton Opera House; Hamilton Watch Company; Hostetter's Play Barn; Lancaster County Hospital; Long's Park; Manuscript groups; Millersville State College; Millersville University; Mount Bethel Cemetery; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Rocky Springs; Salome United Brethren Church; St. Anne's Retirement Community; Standard Garment Company; Steelton High School; Tidy Products; United Brethren in Christ Church

Extent: 8 boxes, 97 folders, 4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0047

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-47

Classification: MG0047

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by KR and SB, 2006-2009; Finding aid typed by DC, KR and CF, 2009-2010. Added to database 31 July 2018.

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Collection: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Title: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Object ID: MG0421

Date Range: 1934-1943

Content Note: The Louise Arnold Tanger Papers contain correspondence to Mrs. Tanger from friends, botanists, foresters, government agencies, and botanical organizations. The letters discuss various flora and fowl, as well as fieldwork, travel, and memberships in different clubs. The letterhead often shows

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Collection: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Title: Louise Arnold Tanger Papers

Description: The Louise Arnold Tanger Papers contain correspondence to Mrs. Tanger from friends, botanists, foresters, government agencies, and botanical organizations. The letters discuss various flora and fowl, as well as fieldwork, travel, and memberships in different clubs. The letterhead often shows the names of officers and other members of the identified organization.

Admin/Biographical History: Louise F. A. Tanger (1889-1959) was born in Lancaster, the daughter of Ira W. and Netta Forney Arnold. She was a graduate of Miss Stahr's School (Shippen School), Lancaster and the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr. After her marriage to Charles Y. Tanger, they resided at 318 North President Ave., Lancaster.; She was a botanist who did field work and located rare plants. Her extensive herbarium was placed at The North Museum. Mrs. Tanger was also an ornithologist. She was a founder and member of the Muhlenberg Botanical Club and the Lancaster County Bird Club. She also held memberships in a number of other organizations including the Lancaster Women's Garden Club, Lancaster County Historical Society, Wilson Ornithological Club, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, American Fern Society, Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, American Ornithological Union, Maryland Ornithological Society, and American Horticultural Society.; Mrs. Tanger became a member of the historical society in 1924 and served on the Executive Board for many years beginning in 1937. When the Willson Memorial Building was constructed in 1956, its neighbor and naturalist, Mrs. Tanger, approached the Board of Trustees with a request to be allowed to plant trees on the barren grounds surrounding the building. The arboretum, planned by Gustaf Malmborg and Charles Y. Tanger, Jr. is a memorial to Louise Arnold Tanger.

Date Range: 1934-1943

Year Range From: 1934

Year Range To: 1943

Date of Accumulation: 1934-1943

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Tanger, Louise F. Arnold

Subjects: Botany; Letters; Plants

Search Terms: Botany; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0421

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Tanger, Louise F. A. "Report of the historical tour June 27, 1936." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 40, No. 3 (1936), pp. 50-52.; Tanger, Louise F. A. "Ferns and Fern Allies of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1931 and 1932." American Fern Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1933), pp. 13-18.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Louise Arnold Tanger Papers (MG0421), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 1: Gift of Heather S. Tennies, May 2007. Folders 2-5: Purchased from dealer, March 2007. Folder 6: Gift of Mary Ann Gerber, 30 October 2013.

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-421

Classification: MG0421

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Revolutionary War Collection

Title: Revolutionary War Collection

Object ID: MG0098

Date Range: 1776-1976

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Collection: Revolutionary War Collection

Title: Revolutionary War Collection

Description: The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.

Date Range: 1776-1976

Creation Date: 1776-1976

Year Range From: 1776

Year Range To: 1976

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Beddulph, Robert; Boyd, John; Burd, James Edward; Chambers, Stephen; Coedans, James; Cooke, William; Ferree, John; Getty, Christian; Gurney, Francis; Hubley, Adam; Jolly, James A. "Jim"; Joy, Daniel; Kieffer, Henry Martyn; Moore, William; Neal, James; Patterson, Alex; Porter, Thomas; Ramsay, David; Rapp, Brandon; Reid, George W.; Worner, William Frederic; Zellty, John A.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Letters; Military history; Military regulations; Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779; Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779; Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons

Search Terms: Battle of Newtown; Battle of Stony Point; Cemeteries; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Haudenosaunee Confederacy; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military history; Military records; Military regulations; Prisoners of war; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers; Sullivan Campaign, 1779

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0098

Notes: Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; 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: Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-98

Other Number: MG-98

Classification: MG0098

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.

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Collection: Pageant Collection

Title: Pageant Collection (MG-0014)

Object ID: MG0014

Date Range: 1926-1977

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Collection: Pageant Collection

Title: Pageant Collection (MG-0014)

Description: Collection contains material pertaining to pageants, festivals, and celebrations in Lancaster County. The majority of the collection pertains to the "Pageant of Liberty," celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1776-1926), and the "Pageant of Gratitude," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the formation of Lancaster County (1729-1929). Included are scripts, minutes, programs, invitations, correspondence, financial records, tickets, photographs, blueprints, and sheet music.

System of Arrangement: Organized by pageant:; Box 1, Pageant of Liberty; Box 2, Pageant of Gratitude; Box 3, Other Pageants

Date Range: 1926-1977

Year Range From: 1926

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1926-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bruder, Edward; Burrell, Percy J.; Groff, John M.; Kready, Laura F.; Metzger, T. Warren; Musser, Frank; Seltzer, Richard; Thorbach, H. Clifton

Subjects: Business records; Letters; Pageants

Search Terms: Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Pageant of Gratitude; Pageant of Liberty; Pageants; Scripts; Sheet music

Extent: 3 boxes, 32 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0014

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

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-14

Classification: MG0014

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 February 2018.

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Object ID: MG0038

Date Range: 1808-1946

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Collection: Brinton Family Collection

Title: Brinton Family Collection

Description: The Brinton Family Collection contains genealogy, estate records, receipts, school workbooks, correspondence, farm records, tax records, bank records, wedding and funeral announcements, invitations, visiting cards, and postcards.

Admin/Biographical History: The Brintons were a prosperous family, owned farms and mills, and participated in other business ventures. They were of English heritage and members of the Quakers, or Society of Friends. In order to escape religious persecution in England, William Brinton purchased 200 acres in Birmingham Twp., Pennsylvania in 1684. His descendants eventually moved further west to eastern Lancaster County.1; Cyrus Brinton (1830-1917), the fourth of six children, was the son of Samuel and Lydia P. Jackson Brinton. In 1813, Samuel purchased 200 acres of land in Christiana (land that was later bounded by the Christiana Machine Shop on the south, Pine St. on the west, Sadsbury Ave. on the north, and Rte. 41 on the east). The land was not ideal for farming, but the property was picturesque and the farm was successful. Cyrus married Rebecca Whitson and they farmed on his father's property for about ten years. At that time they purchased a farm and mill on the road from Cooperville to the Noble Road. The original woolen mill was later turned into a grist mill, then a creamery. Cyrus and Rebecca had five children: Francis, Thomas Luther, William Haslam, Anne Haslam, and Martha Alice.2; Genealogy:3; Thomas Whitson m. Martha Hobson; b. 7 February 1796 b. 10 November 1800; d. 27 November 1864 d. 18 June 1889; (Sadsbury, Chester County) (Sadsbury); They were married at New Salem Meeting, 17 May 1827. Rebecca was one of their eight children.; Cyrus Brinton m. Rebecca Whitson; b. 28 December 1830 b. 3 February 1832; d. 9 February 1917 d. 29 October 1903; (Sadsbury, Lancaster County) (Lancaster County); They were married at Christiana, PA, 12 February 1857.; Thomas Whitson m. Hannah Starr; b. 27 September 1760 b. 3 February 1765; d. 1 June 1826 d. 20 April 1836; (Sadsbury); The parents of Thomas Whitson, they were married 31 October 1787.; Francis Hobson m. Ann Johnson; b. 14 February 1768 b. 15 December 1775; d. 1835 (Lancaster County); farmer and shoemaker d. 1852; (New Garden) (New Garden); The parents of Martha Hobson, they were married 14 September 1797.; 1 Garrett, Mary. 1979. "Brintons of Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County: Where they originated, what they accomplished, and where they have gone." Octorara Area Historical Society 1:13.; 2 Ibid.; 3 Whitson Family Chart, August 1951. The Albert Cook Myers Collection. Chester County Historical Society (Pa.)

Date Range: 1808-1946

Year Range From: 1808

Year Range To: 1946

Date of Accumulation: 1808-1946

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Brinton, Samuel; Garrison, William Lloyd; Whitson, Martha Hobson; Whitson, Thomas

Subjects: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Finance, Personal; Invitation cards; Letters; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Personal correspondence; Receipts (Acknowledgments); School notebooks; Social reformers; Visiting cards

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Calling cards; Correspondence; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Invitations; Land records; Letters; Manuscript groups; New-England Anti-Slavery Society; Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society; Receipts; Sadsbury School District; Sadsbury Twp.; School books; Sharon Boarding School; Social reformers; Surveys; Visiting cards

Extent: 4 boxes, 40 folders, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0038

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: The Chester County History Center (Pa.) also has information on the Brinton and Whitson families.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Folder 40 was a gift of Betsey Collins, 5 March 1993.

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-38

Classification: MG0038

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 16 June 2021.

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Object ID: MG0326

Date Range: 1822-1995

, P. H. Martin, Isaac Maxwell, Joseph R. Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R. Metzger, H. R. Metzler, Christian E. Meyer, Anna Magdalen Miller, William Mowrer, J. H. Nissley, J. H. Parkins, R. B. Pickle, J. Harry Pollard, Myron A. Price, Samuel Riddick, Frank A. Rudy, James K. Rush, E. W. Sahm, Norman R. Shand

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Collection: Stock Certificates Collection

Title: Stock Certificates Collection

Description: This collection contains stock certificates for businesses and associations in Lancaster County and this region, or for shares held by residents of Lancaster County.

Date Range: 1822-1995

Year Range From: 1822

Year Range To: 1995

Date of Accumulation: 1822-1995

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Barber, John; Bausman, J. B.; Bolton, W. P.; Bowman, Robert K.; Burkholder, Abe W.; Cleveland, S. M.; Dick, William; Dombach, Calvin S.; Eshleman, Kathryn; Fairlamb, Harry; Folmer, Charles John; Frank, J. Barcley; Franklin, Walter M.; Givler, John; Givler, John S.; Good, C. W.; Green, E.; Haines, Joyce; Haines, Karl; Harrison, W.; Hartman, H. W.; Hartman, John F.; Hartzell, H. O.; Hess, Mark S.; Jenkins, William; Jones, J.; Kauffman, I. M.; Keller, Dean; Kendall, L. A.; Kreider, Elam; Long, John F.; Loose, John Ward Willson "Jack"; Lorch, George A.; Lutz, P. H.; Martin, Isaac; Maxwell, Joseph R.; Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R.; Metzger, H. R.; Metzler, Christian E.; Meyer, Anna Magdalen; Miller, William; Mowrer, J. H.; Nissley, J. H.; Parkins, R. B.; Pickle, J. Harry; Pollard, Myron A.; Price, Samuel; Riddick, Frank A.; Rudy, James K.; Rush, E. W.; Sahm, Norman R.; Shand, William; Shurler, F.; Smith, Jacob; Smith, W. J. B.; Snavely, Helen; Snyder, P. F.; Sweigart, S. F; Wagner, F. D.; Webster, George W.; Yost, J. F.; Zimmerman, Elmer D.

Subjects: Stock certificates

Search Terms: Agricultural Trust and Savings Company; American Bank Note Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Associations, institutions, etc.; Broun-Green Company; Columbia Pennsylvania Library Company; Conestoga Aero Corporation; E. A. Wright Bank Note Company; Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmers Oil Company; Finding aids; Follmer, Clogg and Company; Gap Mine Company; Goldsmith Brothers; International Bank Note Company; Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association; Lancaster Development Company; Lancaster Manufacturing Company; Lancaster Suburban Water Company; Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Company; Linglestown Fair Association; Lone Star Gas and Oil Company; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road; Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike; Manufacturing; Manuscript groups; New Holland Airport; Railroads; Reynolds and Company; Seed-leaf Tobacco Growers Company; Service and Parking Garage Company; Sicily Island Fishing Club; Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd.; Stock certificates; Tobacco; Turnpikes; United Ice Company; West End Water Company; William F. Murphy's Sons Company; Winslow Petroleum Company

Extent: 1 box, 13 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0326

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents 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-326

Classification: MG0326

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 9 September 2021.

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Penn Square. Transferred from library, 24 June 2022. (1 item, 1 page to scan) Folder 28 1931 Letters Patent for the consolidation of the following public transportation companies: Conestoga Traction Company; Lancaster, Mechanicsburg and New Holland Railway Company; Lancaster, Petersburg and Manheim

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

, 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

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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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Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Date Range: 1779-1984

Collection: Black History Collection

Title: Black History Collection, Series 2

Description: Series 2, Black History Records, contains the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, a census of free persons of color living in Lancaster city; a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington; and items related to early twentieth century Black History in Lancaster County. The collection also contains letters from anti-slavery societies, papers related to abolitionist activity, a letter regarding the American Colonization Society, and a manumission paper from the state of Virginia.

Date Range: 1779-1984

Year Range From: 1779

Year Range To: 1984

Date of Accumulation: 1779-1984

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Allen, Richard; Anderson, George L.; Anderson, Mildred; Bailey, Bessie; Bailey, Charles; Ball, James H.; Barber, Florence; Beaubian, Beulah; Beaubian, Charles S.; Blonden, Louisa; Book, Anna H.; Book, Simon; Bradley, Daniel; Bridgett, Alexander; Broadnax, Joseph; Brown, E. D.; Brown, Ernest; Brown, H. H.; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Cain, Annie; Cain, Jennie; Cain, John; Cain, Louisa; Carter, John C.; Carter, John W.; Carter, Laura; Carter, Nettie; Clark, Josephine; Clark, Russia; Clark, Ruth; Cohn, Jason; Cooper, Bella; Craig, Mary; Craig, Samuel; Davis, Emily; Davis, Robert; Dorsey, Steven; Edwards, Mary; Edwards, Thomas L.; Foster, Carrie; Foster, Daniel; George, H. E., Mrs.; George, Harriet; Goins, Dora; Green, Annie; Green, Charles; Green, Cora; Green, Jane; Green, Mary A.; Hardy, Laura; Hayes, Hannah; Hayes, O. H.; Heard, William Henry; Henry, Ella; Henry, Mary; Hill, Emily; Hill, Harriet; Hood, Solomon Porter; Hopkins, Ada; Hopkins, Sadie; Hopkins, Stanton; Hunter, Mabel; Hunter, Rosie; Hurdle, Emma; Hurdle, James; Jackson, Florence; Jackson, Letitia; Jackson, Rebecca; Johnson, Chester A.; Johnson, Estella Book; Johnson, Florence; Kelley, Calvin; Kelley, David; Keyes, Emma; La Barre, John; Link, John Lewis; Lynch, Dora; MacNeal, William; Mason, Alice; Mitchell, Blanche; Moore, Martha; Morrison, J. S.; Morrison, J. S., Mrs.; Moton, Charles; Murray, Clara P.; Nickumn, Theresa; Palmer, John M.; Payne, Benedine; Polite, Abraham L.; Polite, Blanche; Price, J. C.; Richardson, Ella M.; Robinson, Sara; Rosenthal, Isidore; Shissler, Simon; Shorter, George; Snow, Josephine; Spraggan, R. F.; Stewart, J. O.; Tall, Rebecca; Thomas, Virginia; Thornton, Elizabeth; Toney, Joseph M.; Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"; Tryman, Mary; Turner, Ruth; Waters, Ruth; Webster, Frank T. M.; William, Ella; Williams, Mary; Wilson, Albert E., Sr.; Wilson, Edith; Wilson, Helen; Wilson, Laura; Wilson, Maude; Winston, Charity; Winston, William; Witcher, W. E.; Wolford, Edward; Woods, Elizabeth

Other Creators: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)

Subjects: Abolitionists; African Americans--History; Antislavery movements; Free Black people; Freedmen; Letters; Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Search Terms: Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Certificates; Correspondence; Court of Quarter Sessions; Enslaved persons; Free persons of color; Freedmen; Letters; Persons of color; Slaveholders; Slavery

Extent: 17 folders, 35 items, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0240_Ser02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136; Conestoga Elks Lodge Records (MG0760)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons" found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.

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-240, Series 2

Classification: MG0240

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Processed prior to 1997 and updated from 2007-present. Added to database on 17 January 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Collection: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Title: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Object ID: MG0344

Date Range: 1799-1977

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Collection: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Title: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Description: The S. S. Haldeman Papers are an overview of Haldeman's career. The collection contains biographical information about and published works of Samuel Steman Haldeman on the freshwater univalve mollusca, language, and agriculture. There is also a handwritten biography on Ben Keywood.

Admin/Biographical History: Samuel Steman Haldeman was born in Locust Grove, Lancaster County circa 1812. He was the eldest of seven children of Henry Haldeman and Frances Steman. (Haldeman genealogy chart) Samuel was raised in the family mansion in Bainbridge and developed an interest in science and nature by wading in the Susquehanna River. There he collected shells, eels, Indian relics, minerals and insects. (Barber, 53) He was educated in public schools and attended Dickinson College for two years before withdrawing. Samuel left Dickinson because he found college to be irksome and that he could learn more on his own. After college Samuel educated himself by going to lectures, analyzing specimens, and studying books.; Also after college he moved into the mansion near Chickies Creek, which he designed. In 1835 S. S. Haldeman married Mary Hough of Bainbridge and they had four children. (Haldeman genealogy) Haldeman was not a religious man and was born protestant, but when he was in his thirties he converted to Roman Catholic and was a member of St. Mary's Church in Lancaster City.; During his life, Samuel was the author of scientific works, as well as many works on the study of language. One of his more famous works was A Monograph of the Limniades and other Fresh-Water Univalve Mollusca of United States. Samuel published these volumes during the 1840s. These volumes on mollusca were viewed as authoritative by most of the scientific world including Charles Darwin. (Sunday News, Lancaster, Pa.) Haldeman was considered an expert of many of the subjects he wrote about because of his attention to detail. He worked 16-hour days going over different specimens and spent time practicing the correct way to pronounce words and letters in different languages. (Croll); Haldeman was the author of over 150 articles on natural science, zoology, ethnology, language, natural history, and archaeology. His publications include several newspaper articles for Lancaster County newspapers, the Marietta Times and the Intelligencer Journal. Additionally, he was the editor of the Pennsylvania Farm Journal for three years. Haldeman's articles were also published in Silliman's Journal, better known as The American Journal of Science, and Popular Science Monthly. (Croll); However, Haldeman's career was not limited to publishing. His interest in the sciences led to careers in teaching and geology. In 1836 he began working for the State Geological Survey in New Jersey as an assistant and later held the same position in Pennsylvania. He received his first professorship to teach zoology at the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia in 1841. Haldeman was elected professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania in 1851, and then in 1855 he became a professor of natural history at the University of Delaware. He returned to the University of Pennsylvania as a professor in 1876 and retained that position until his death in 1888. (Barber); Haldeman did not limit his career solely to science. He managed the First National Bank of Marietta. He was also a partner with his brothers in the iron business that his father had built. The original name of the furnace was Chiqusalungo. It operated under the name E. Haldeman and Co. The brothers later built another blast furnace, and called the two furnaces Chickies 1 and Chickies 2. These furnaces were located along the Susquehanna south of Marietta. Haldeman perfected the practice of smelting iron with anthracite coal. Some of his articles on the use of anthracite coal in blast furnaces were published in Silliman's Journal during the 1840s. (Gramm); Samuel Steman Haldeman brought the forefront of science to Lancaster County. He worked on issues relevant to his home and community. He was never involved in any business that did not affect his home or family and worked hard to the end of his life. He returned home, tired and exhausted, from a convention in Boston in 1888. Samuel Steman Haldeman died six days later of a heart attack at age 68. "Thus peacefully ended a useful life, full of years and honors." (Barber); Works Cited:; Barber, Edwin A. "The Late Professor S.S. Haldeman" The Museum; 1885. MG-344 S. S. Haldeman Papers, Lancaster County Historical Society.; Croll, P. C. "Famous Pennsylvania Germans; Professor Samuel S. Haldeman, LL.D." The Pennsylvania German, v.6 1905.; Gramm, Bertha Sue, The Ironmasters of Marietta and vicinity during the period 1848-1878, Lancaster County Historical Society: Lancaster, Pa. 1948.; Haldeman genealogy chart prepared by Horace L. Haldeman, 1893. Haldeman Family file, Lancaster County Historical Society.

Date Range: 1799-1977

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1799-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Haldeman, Frances; Haldeman, Henry; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hough, Mary; Keywood, Ben; Munsell, Joel

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Linguistics; Mollusks; Proofs (Printing); Scientists; Scientists' writings

Search Terms: Agriculture; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Farming; Finding aids; Letters; Linguistics; Manuscript groups; Mechanics' Society; Mollusks; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Farm Journal; Proofs (Printing); Scientists

Extent: 1 box, 24 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Latin

Object ID: MG0344

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society https://haldeman-mansion.org/

Related Item Notes: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records (MG0736); Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), S. S. Haldeman Papers (MG0344), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; See the attached finding aid for a list of S. S. Haldeman's publications.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies of newspaper articles.

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-344

Classification: MG0344

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged and finding aid prepared by AV, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 22 August 2017.

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