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Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Object ID: MG0093

Collection: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Title: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection

Description: Family and legal papers of the Wilson and Houston families. Includes wills, deeds, legal papers, estate papers, and correspondence. The collection covers the Earl, Salisbury, and Leacock Township area.

Year Range From: 1756

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1756-1849

Creator: Wilson family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Andress, George; Burkman, J. John; Douglas, John; Douglass, Thomas; Henderson, Thomas; Hopkins, James; Houston, Benjamin F.; Houston, Samuel; Job, Jeremiah; Owen, Archibald; Searle, James; Taylor, Isaac; Weidman, Christopher; Wilson, John; Wilson, John, Sr.; Yoner, Jacob

Other Creators: Houston family

Subjects: Deeds; Family records; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Postal service; Promissory notes; Wills

Search Terms: Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Pequea Meetinghouse; Philadelphia Turnpike; United States Postal Service; Promissory notes; Subpoenas; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 28 folder, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0093

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: John Wilson and Samuel Houston Collection (MG-93), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0093

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Object ID: MG0104

Date Range: 1774-1953

., Lancaster’s Centennial Christmas Store. No date. Gift of Goyenelle R. Duschl, January 2008. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 10 Invoices and Receipts Insert 1 C. Hager received payment from William Hull for hosiery. 3 January 1823

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Collection: Hager Store Collection

Title: Hager Store Collection

Description: The Hager Store Collection contains anniversary booklets, invoices, advertisements, family papers, and newsletter of the Hager Department Store which was founded in Lancaster. The collection includes a children's book that was distributed by the store and a Christmas catalog. Among the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records.

Date Range: 1774-1953

Year Range From: 1774

Year Range To: 1953

Date of Accumulation: 1774-1953

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Arnold, Anna; Arnold, Frank W.; Cain, James M.; Cain, Kathryn; Conyngham, David H.; Dehaven, J. Harry; Demuth, Jacob; Diller, Isaac; Dowd, M. Jane; Dubbs, T. Wilson; Frey, Caroline; Frey, Jacob L.; Frosart, John; Gast, Emma L.; Gast, Henry; Graybill, Daniel; Hager, Anne Graham; Hager, Betty Rick; Hager, Charles F.; Hager, Christopher; Hager, Edward T.; Hager, Frances; Hager, Helen R.; Hager, John C.; Hager, John C., Jr.; Hager, John J.; Hager, Katherine; Hager, Margaret H.; Hager, Mary W.; Hager, Nathaniel E.; Hager, Redmond; Hager, Sarah Ellen; Hager, Susan B.; Hager, William H.; Hager, William H., Jr.; Hamilton, Margaret; Hartman, Annie M.; Hartman, George H.; Herr, Alice; Herr, C. S.; Herr, Magdalena; Herr, Rudolph; Hull, William; Keller, H.; Landis, Jacob; Lefevre, Mrs.; Miller, Charles; Randolph, Grace Lee; Randolph, John H.; Randolph, Margaret H.; Reigart, E. L.; Roy, Sue; Slaymaker, Henry; Stark, Martin N.; Steinman, George Michael; Stewart, Charles; Weber, George; Wentz, Jacob H.; Zimmerman, Mary Regina Malone; Zimmerman, Simon Ralph

Subjects: Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Probate records; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: Advertisements; Anniversaries; Business Historical Society Bulletin; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Express (Lititz); Financial records; Finding aids; Frank T. Riley Publishing Company; Fulton Theatre; Hager's Department Store; Hamilton Watch Company; Invoices; Lancaster Agricultural Fair Association; Lancaster Free Press Weekly; Lancaster New Era; Letters; Manuscript groups; Maps; N. Trotter and Company; Newsletters; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Railroad; Philadelphia Electric Company; Postcards; Quarter Century Club; Receipts; Stocks; Stores; Stores, Retail; Taxes; UGI Corporation; Wills; Wondertown

Extent: 2 boxes, 37 folders, 1 framed document, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0104

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

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.

Copyright: Collection 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-104

Classification: MG0104

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Recataloged by MM, Summer 2011. Added to database 7 February 2019.

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Collection: Lyte Family Papers

Title: Lyte Family Papers

Object ID: MG0727

Date Range: 1884-1930

Fisher, David Fleetwood, Robert W. Groezinger, John W. Lansinger, Eliphalet O. Lyte, 1901 Folder 3 Mary R. Lyte A receipt from the Lancaster Co. recorder of deeds for mortgage to West End Building and Loan, 1929 A mortgage for Mary R. Lyte on property 111 N. Lime St. Lancaster, PA to West End Building

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Collection: Lyte Family Papers

Title: Lyte Family Papers

Description: The Lyte Family Papers contain documents pertaining to the family of Joshua Louis Lyte and Amelia Fleetwood Lyte. Items include deeds, Masonic membership information, a mortgage, a will and other documents that together provide a few details of the family's relationships and activities from 1884 to 1930.

Date Range: 1884-1930

Year Range From: 1884

Year Range To: 1930

Date of Accumulation: 1884-1930

Creator: Lyte, Mary Rebecca, d. 1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Albright, Henry Fleetwood, Jr.; Albright, Laura H.; Burger, Henry; Carter, John C.; Eaby, Joel S.; Fisher, J. Frederick; Fleetwood, David; Groezinger, Robert W.; Keller, William Huestis; Kline, Mabel May; Lansinger, John W.; Lyte, Amelia Fleetwood; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Lyte, Elizabeth; Lyte, Harold; Lyte, John H.; Lyte, Joshua Louis; Lyte, Mary Rebecca; Musselman, John E.; Rothermel, George H.; Schwarz, Peter

Subjects: Deeds; Family archives; Freemasons; Wills

Search Terms: Bonds; Deeds; Family archives; Finding aids; Freemasons; Lancaster Cemetery; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Musselman & Schwarz Plumbing and Heating; West End Building and Loan; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0727

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lyte Family Papers (MG0727), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-727

Classification: MG0727

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from the Document Collection, June 2014. Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, August 2014. Added to database 25 May 2021.

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Collection: Dr. Charles Herbst Papers

Title: Dr. Charles Herbst Papers

Object ID: MG0725

Date Range: 1823-1867

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Collection: Dr. Charles Herbst Papers

Title: Dr. Charles Herbst Papers

Description: This collection contains estate papers and financial documents of Dr. Charles Herbst.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles Herbst (1782-1865) studied medicine with Dr. William Fahnestock and started his practice in 1804. The following year he was a physician at the prison. In May 1813, he served as surgeon in Major Samuel Humes' Lancaster Battalion. Dr. Herbst is buried at Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1823-1867

Year Range From: 1823

Year Range To: 1867

Date of Accumulation: 1823-1867

Creator: Beates family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Armstrong, Arthur; Bart, Nathaniel; Beates, Anna Mary Herbst; Beates, William; Bruner, M.; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Geiger, Christopher; Grubb, Edward Burd; Harman, Susan; Herbst, Charles; Herbst, Elizabeth; Herbst, Henry; Huber, Jacob; Humes, Samuel; Keller, Samuel; Kirkpatrick, William; Long, Henry Grimler; Longenecker, Catherine; Longenecker, John; Sener, Frederick; Wisler, Jacob; Wisler, John

Subjects: Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Bonds; Promissory notes

Search Terms: Lancaster Cemetery; Bonds; Promissory notes; Probate records; Receipts; Deeds; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0725

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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-725

Other Number: MG-725

Classification: MG0725

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Documents were transferred from the Document Collection, Box 5, Folders 6, 7, 8 and 12 in May 2014.; Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, July 2014. Added to database 25 May 2021.

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Object ID: MG0720

Date Range: 1798-1939

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Description: This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.

Date Range: 1798-1939

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1939

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1939

Creator: Woerner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Bassler, Maria; Bernhard, Henry; Bernhardy, Henry; Breitigan, Daniel Mumma; Bomgardener, Elias; Burkholder, Ann; Buckwalter, Barbara; Buckwalter Daniel W.; Buckwalter, David Joseph; Buckwalter, Elam; Buckwalter, Harry Sahm; Burkholder, Henry; Buckwalter, Henry W.; Buckwalter, Hiram; Buckwalter, Ivan; Buckwalter, Joseph; Burkholder, Martha; Buckwalter, Stella; Burkholder, Rebecca; Burkholder, Veronica; Cross, Peter; Drutt, George; Dunlap, W. M.; Dutt, Anne; Dutt, George; Eberle, Ann; Eberly, H. S.; Fory, Zeno; Frank, Christian; Fulmer, Phillip; Hackman, Andrew; Harnish, M. M.; Hartman, Frank; Heidman, Elizabeth; Heilmand, John; Herr, Isaac; Herr, Walter; Hollersten, Peter; Homsher, Fred; Huber, Abraham; Kreider, Abraham; Kreiter, Christian; Landis, Levi; Myers, N. S.; Myers, Samuel; Masterson, Maria; Masterson, Thomas; Newcomer, Jacob; Nolly, Loretta Jane; Peifer, Amos; Ritter, Benjamin; Ruth, John; Sahm, Aaron; Sahm, David C.; Sahm, Eliza Gross; Sahm, George; Sahm, Henry Gross; Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker; Sahm, Levi; Sahm, Menno L.; Shriner, Daniel; Snyder, H. B.; Spacht, Ralph M.; Stauffer, Christian; Weidman, David; Witmer, David M.

Subjects: Airports; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; Inventories; Loans; Maps; Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Runways (Aeronautics); Stocks; Taxation; Wills

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Agreements; Airports; American Union Telephone Company; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Estate inventories; Executors' accounts; Farm Debt Adjustment Committee; Farmers Market Company; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Financial records; Guardianship accounts; Inventories; Kissel Hill Telephone Company; Lancaster Abattoir Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Leaf Tobacco Company; Livestock; Loans; Manheim Fairview Cemetery; Manheim Twp.; Maps; Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; Penn Twp.; Phoenix Water Power Company; Probate records; Reading Transit and Light Company; Receipts; Runways; Stocks; Taxation; Taxes; Warwick Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0720

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-720

Other Number: MG-720

Classification: MG0720

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

Melchor Kock. John Brubaker and John Devenderffer were executors for Melchor Kock’s estate. 1 March 1787. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 10 Deed from Christina Diefenderfer and Matthias Young, both of Lancaster, to David

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

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).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection 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.

Accession Number: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Collection: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Title: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Object ID: MG0588

Date Range: 1908-1991

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Collection: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Title: Rossmere Sanatorium Records

Description: The Rossmere Sanatorium Records contain a 1908 membership list for the Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County, a charter for the Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County, property records and annual reports for Rossmere Sanatorium and programs for commemorative events.

Admin/Biographical History: The Rossmere Hotel, which was located in Manheim Twp., opened in 1898. The building became a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1925; the ballroom was converted into a ward for female patients. The sanatorium closed in 1957 and was eventually demolished.

Date Range: 1908-1991

Year Range From: 1908

Year Range To: 1991

Date of Accumulation: 1908-1991

Creator: American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

Subjects: Annual reports; Business records; Deeds; Sanatoriums; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis--Hospitals

Search Terms: American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties; American Lung Association of Lancaster County; Annual reports; Business records; Deeds; Finding aids; Huff and Puff Club; Manuscript groups; Rossmere Sanatorium; Sanatoriums; Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County; Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County; Tuberculosis-Hospitals

Extent: 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0588

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: American Lung Association Photograph Collection; American Lung Association of Lancaster County Records (Archives, not cataloged); Banners in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rossmere Sanatorium Records (MG0588), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-588

Other Number: MG-588

Classification: MG0588

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by CS, December and January 2011. Added to database 28 August 2021.

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Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Object ID: MG0131

Date Range: 1859-1956

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Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection

Description: The papers in this Pennsylvania Railroad Collection are largely the documents of legal actions against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Among the items are property records, agreements, a construction contract, correspondence, and a proposal for a footbridge.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1859-1956

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1956

Creator: Pennsylvania Railroad

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.); Contracts; Deeds; Footbridges; Lancaster (Pa.); Letters; Pennsylvania Railroad

Search Terms: Columbia; Contracts; Correspondence; Deeds; Finding aids; Footbridges; Lancaster; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pennsylvania Railroad

Extent: 3 boxes, 68 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0131

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Pennsylvania Railroad Collection (MG0131), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-131

Other Number: MG-131

Classification: MG0131

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 7 September 2021.

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Collection: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Title: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Object ID: MG0710

Date Range: 1811

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Collection: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Title: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Description: This collection of First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records contains a deed for property on Lime Street, Lancaster that was sold by trustees of the church in 1811.

Date Range: 1811

Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Boyd, Robert; Clendenin, Samuel; Dickson, William; Gundacker, Michael; Hamilton, James; Helm, Henry; Humes, Samuel; Kirkpatrick, William; Montgomery, William; Mosher, Jeremiah; Pinkerton, Henry; Shippen, Edward; Slaymaker, Henry; White, William; Whiteside, John

Subjects: Church property; Churches; Deeds

Search Terms: Church properties; Churches; Deeds; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Hamilton Lots; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0710

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records (MG0710), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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-710

Other Number: MG-710

Classification: MG0710

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 1 October 2021.

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Collection: Christian Haller Family Deeds and Papers

Title: Christian Haller Family Deeds and Papers

Object ID: MG0838

Date Range: 1822-1959

Collection: Christian Haller Family Deeds and Papers

Title: Christian Haller Family Deeds and Papers

Description: Deeds and other records for properties in along South Queen in the vicinity of Andrew St.; the earliest note the Bethelstown lots. Many of the papers go back to Christian Haller Sr. who emigrated with his brother, John, from Germany to Lancaster County. They both established butcher shops, John at 606 North Queen St. (just north of W. Frederick) and Christian at 402 South Queen St (SW corner of S. Queen and W. Andrew). They did well and built the two homes at 1294 and 1296 Wheatland Ave in 1926 and 1927.; >Emanuel C. and Barbara Reigart to John F. Steinman for property on S. Queen St.,1822. Jacob Seibley to Christopher Franciscus, 1833 and the executor for Christopher Franciscus to Susannah Franciscus, 1838 for the same property. Bethelstown, Lot #67. (402 S. Queen Street); >Jacob Demuth to Jacob Bowers for Bethelstown, Lot G, 1830.; >Deeds, bond, and agreements for 402 S. Queen St. and other properties along the 300 and 400 blocks of S. Queen St. 1850s-1959. Names on these records include Haller, Franciscus, Ochs, Faltine, Miller, Schmid, Mountis, Brinkman, Bair, Shertz, Moedinger, Hawkesworth, Kreider, Spindler, Johns, and Goodman.

Date Range: 1822-1959

Year Range From: 1822

Year Range To: 1959

Date of Accumulation: 1822-1959

Creator: Hannum, Margaret Louise, b. 1934

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Subjects: Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Lancaster

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0838

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: The donor is related to the Hallers and lived in the family home on Wheatland Ave.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged.; Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to your visit to make arrangements to use the collection.

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: 2020.MG0838

Other Numbers: MG-838

Other Number: MG-838

Classification: MG0838

Description Level: Fonds

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