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28th division, summary of operations in the World War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19811
Corporate Author
American Battle Monuments Commission.
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
940.5421 P415s
Alternate Title
Twenty-eighth division, summary of operations in the World War
Responsibility
prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Corporate Author
American Battle Monuments Commission.
Place of Publication
[Washington]
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
x, 108 p. : ill., maps (6 folded in pocket) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-98) and index.
Subjects
United States. - Army. - Infantry Division, 28th.
World War, 1914-1918 - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
940.5421 P415s
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Alexander James Dallas, lawyer, politician, financier, 1759-1817

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3904
Author
Walters, Ray,
Date of Publication
1943.
Call Number
923.4 D145
Responsibility
by Raymond Walters, Jr.
Author
Walters, Ray,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
vi p., 1 β., 251 p. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania lives
Notes
Without thesis note.
"Bibliographical note": p. 239-243.
Subjects
Dallas, Alexander James, - 1759-1817.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1809.
United States - Politics and government - 1809-1817.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.4 D145
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American and French flags of the Revolution, 1775-1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17289
Author
Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
929.9 S326
Author
Schermerhorn, Frank Earle,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
148 p. 10 col. plates. 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical footnotes.
Subjects
Flags - United States.
Flags - France.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories.
Additional Corporate Author
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.9 S326
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American clocks and clockmakers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16622
Author
Drepperd, Carl William,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Date of Publication
1947.
Call Number
681 D772
Author
Drepperd, Carl William,
Edition
[1st ed.].
Place of Publication
Garden City, N.Y
Publisher
Doubleday,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
312 p. illus. 22 cm.
Notes
A list of American clockmakers: p. 196-293.
Bibliography: p. 312.
Subjects
Clocks and watches
Clock and watch makers - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
681 D772
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Author
Williamson, Scott Graham.
Date of Publication
c1940.
Call Number
600 W732
Responsibility
by Scott Graham Williamson; hundreds of illustrations from photographs and contemporary prints.
Author
Williamson, Scott Graham.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Bramhall House,
Date of Publication
c1940.
Physical Description
xiv, 239 p. : front., plates, ports., maps, facsims. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Decorative arts - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
600 W732
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The American-German review

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15603
Date of Publication
1934-1970.
Call Number
943 AGR
Alternate Title
American German review
ISSN
0002-8622
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation,
Date of Publication
1934-1970.
Physical Description
36 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Bimonthly, 1939-Aug./Sept. 1970
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1934)-v. 36, no. 6 (Aug./Sept. 1970).
Notes
Library has: v. 1 - v. 12 ; v. 31 - v. 35.
Title from cover.
Subjects
United States - Relations - Germany - Periodicals.
Germany - Relations - United States - Periodicals.
Germany - Civilization - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation.
National Carl Schurz Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
943 AGR
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The American pioneer in forty-eight states

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14102
Author
Peterson, Clarence Stewart,
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
973 P485
Responsibility
by ex-Lieut. C. Stewart Peterson, M.A.
Author
Peterson, Clarence Stewart,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The William-Frederick Press,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
3 p. l., [9]-190 p. 24 cm.
Notes
"References": p. 184-190.
Subjects
United States - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 P485
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American Revolutionary soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2182
Author
Fendrick, Virginia Shannon.
Date of Publication
1944
Call Number
974.844 F331
Responsibility
compiled by Virginia Shannon Fendrick for the Franklin County, chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penna.
Author
Fendrick, Virginia Shannon.
Place of Publication
Chambersburg, Pa
Publisher
Historical Works Committee of the Franklin County Chapter,
Date of Publication
1944
Physical Description
295 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Additional Corporate Author
Daughters of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania. Franklin County Chapter, Chambersburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 F331
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America today and tomorrow

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9852
Author
Prentis, H.W.,
Date of Publication
1949]
Call Number
814 P927a
Responsibility
by H.W. Prentis, Jr...
Author
Prentis, H.W.,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Press, Inc.,
Date of Publication
1949]
Physical Description
24 p. ; 19 cm.
Series
American Chamber of Commerce Address ,
Subjects
United States - Economic conditions - 1945-1960.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 P927a
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
House & Garden Interior decoration Kleinfelter's auction rooms Letters Manuscript groups Montclair Art Museum Odd Fellow's Hall Olson Rugs Patterns for crafts Rossmere Hotel Rug patterns Rugs State Armory Hall Woman's World Magazine Yeates School Yeates School Blue and Brown �230 North President Avenue
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
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.
Accession Number
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.
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