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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0068
will just be able to talk and it will hear. We're at 44 South Prince Street, this afternoon, to talk with Mr. Sullenberger, about his experiences, with the, particularly in the Western Union office, here in Lancaster. S: Am I on there Bob? N: Yup, we can review it and my name is Bob Leer, and when, Mr
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Operation Remember
Western Union Operator
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Sullenberger, William
Interviewer
Lear, Bob
Narrator
Sullenberger, William
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Operators
Oral histories
Western Union Telegraph
Place of Interview
44 S. Prince Street
Object Name
Oral History
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:45:22
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0068
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#6A,B
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Item
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Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Object ID
OH0001
Date Range
2004/07/09
built this. And it's still, we built that in 1996 and it's still pretty modern. We have an antenna that folds on the roof, and when you get there the antenna will stand up, you turn the antenna over, shoot the information. Our next version, which I need to find someone that's good on software, because
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Description
Veteran's oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters.
Admin/Biographical History
Lt. Col. Peters served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 642 Bomb Sq., 409th Bomb Group (L) during World War II. He began his military career in 1939 as a communications and camouflage officer. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel. Military service 08/03/1939 - 12/25/1965.
DOB 11/14/1920; DOD 04/24/2014. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128641364/emanuel-paul-peters
Date Range
2004/07/09
Creation Date
9 July 2004
Date of Interview
2004-07-09
Creator
Peters, Emanuel Paul, 1920-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Friedman, William Frederick
Peters, Emanuel "Max" Paul
Peters, Margaret Jane Groff
Interviewer
Newton, Beverly
Narrator
Peters, Emanuel (Max) Paul
Other Creators
Newton, Beverly, collector
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
United States. Air Force
United States. Army. Air Corps
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
World War, 1939-1945
Search Terms
Oral histories
United States Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
Veterans
World War II
WWII
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:33:43
Language
English
Object ID
OH0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Mark Subject
22:16:00 Worked with William F. Friedman
22:34:00 Studied Enigma, and Purple Machine
23:00:00 Worked with integrating sigint and electronic warfare
24:39:00 Head of electronic warfare division
24:47:00 Wins Legion of Merit
25:20:00 Goes to California to work.
26:00:00 Engineers would go to Stanford to share information.
28:00:00 Returns with wife to Lancaster.
29:12:00 Didn't realize importance of new science.
31:41:00 Describes van belonging to local amateur club.
00:33:67 Ironville named after iron mines in area
00:55:20 built radios
01:05:43 Joined Boy Scouts
01:45:58 Listened to Berlin, Germany on his homemade radio
02:14:02 Used old parts to make his radios
02:31:57 Max put his radio on his bicycle
03:20:20 Joined military in 1939
04:43:40 Going through jungle in Panama
04:53:29 Recalls going down river in canoes with alligators close by
05:19:25 Went to OCS
05:34:96 Sent to Florida - Tampa International Airport
06:07:15 Radar Officer on SCR 270
06:32:21 Transferred to Oklahoma
07:20:68 Crosses ocean on ship named Martinia
08:14:00 Was part of convoy. Martinia leaves convoy.
09:36:90 In England. First mission can't find France (weather).
09:46:70 Returning aircraft low on fuel. "Mayday" heard often.
10:01:49 Pilots could see water towers in States. Can't do same in Europe.
10:48:80 Learned to trust equipment. Found France on 2nd mission.
11:12:00 Could tell weather by amount of signal received at base.
11:28:00 "Spoofing" stations on base.
12:10:00 D-Day.
12:20:00 Practiced deception often before D-Day.
12:50:00 Painted black and white stripes on aircraft.
13:13:00 General Patton was decoy for D-Day.
15:00:00 "G-equipment"
15:55:00 Used smoke to designate target
16:23:00 "No-ball" target
16:33:00 "no-ball" target signified German V-1 rocket plane
17:22:00 Wind shifted. Bombs dropped on friendly troops. Gen McNair victim.
17:38:00 Started infantry and aircorp exchanges.
17:44:00 River crossing
18:14:00 "Cat eyes".
19:36:00 Strafed by Me 109.
20:28:00 Returns to states. Goes to F & M.
21:59:00 Gets job at Arlington Hall, Virginia
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
OH0001
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Database record revised by HST, 20 July 2022.
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0025
Date Range
2006/03/17
a big stories to tell. We’ve got a lot of people now who are starting to write down some of the L a n c a s t e r H i s t o r y �memories and get together with other folk, and always need to get some of those stories too. J: Well I have two huge albums at home, but… I: oh yeah? J: Pictures and you
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Oral history interview with World War II veteran and Baseball enthusiast, Joe Myers
Date Range
2006/03/17
Date of Interview
2006-03-17
Creator
Myers, Joe, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Eckhart, Howard
Myers, Joe
Interviewer
Rauhauser, Barry
Narrator
Myers, Joe
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Place of Interview
LCHS
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:50:02
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0025
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Description Level
Item
Documents
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0058
Date Range
2005/09/28
Lancaster County Historical Society Oral History Project Interviewee: Mrs. Wagner Interviewer: Unknown Place of Interview: Date of Interview: Transcriber: Katie Fichtner Date of Transcription: 09/28/2005 Edited by: Narrator: Mrs. Wagner, first of all, I’d like to ask you have you always lived in
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Last Time the Liberty Bell was in Lancaster
Operation Remember
Date Range
2005/09/28
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wagner, Edna
Narrator
Wagner, Edna
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Liberty Bell
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:07:21
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0058
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#1A
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0059
Date Range
2006/03/24
a feel for the kind of busyness and turmoil that was taking place, what took place? H: Well, from the beginning of the year a lawyer had so many clients that were going to buy real estate, and he searched the titles, well title searching is a time consuming matter, and therefore, you had that
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Oral history interview former attornery Harris Arnold
Date Range
2006/03/24
Date of Interview
2006-03-24
Creator
Arnold, Harris, 1933-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Arnold, Harris C.
Interviewer
Roy, Tom
Narrator
Arnold, Harris C.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:19:18
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0059
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#1B
Description Level
Item
Documents
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0060
Date Range
2006/03/23
real estate transactions. I: Again kind of the beginning and the end of the agricultural year. L: And that only lasted for a matter of two or three years when it started to level off. One of the reasons for the leveling off on this thing was that many builders started to build instead of a house for
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Oral interview with Lester Herr
Date Range
2006/03/23
Date of Interview
2006-03-23
Creator
Herr, Lester, 1921-2005, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Herr, Lester
Interviewer
Roy, Tom
Narrator
Herr, Lester
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:10:31
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0060
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#2A
Description Level
Item
Documents
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0061
Date Range
2006/05/27
Lancaster County Historical Society Oral History Project Interviewee: Wilmer Eshelman Interviewer: Mike Frey Place: Date: Transcriber: Warren Metzger Date of Transcription: 05/27/2006 Edited by: N: Wilmer Eshelman on farming. Interviewer, Mike Frey. Ok, Mr. Eshelman, would you like to start by
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Oral history interview about grain operations and farming with Wilmer Eshelman
Date Range
2006/05/27
Date of Interview
2006-05-27
Creator
Eshelman, Wilmer, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Interviewer
Frey, Mike
Narrator
Eshleman, Wilmer J.
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Farming
Oral histories
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:30:26
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0061
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#2B
Description Level
Item
Documents
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with elder Yetta Sachs
Object ID
OH0064
Date Range
1975
always say to them, “Why buy a new wardrobe for Europe buy a new wardrobe and hang it in your closet so when you get back and you’re old, things are worn out then you put you’re new ones on because when you’re traveling in Europe, you have a well rounded wardrobe, you don’t need new clothes. You only
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with elder Yetta Sachs
Description
Oral history interview with elder Yetta Sachs in 1975. Interview contains experts about Lancaster County's dramatic change in fashion since the 1920s.
Date Range
1975
Creation Date
1975
Creator
Sachs, Yetta, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Sachs, Yetta
Interviewer
Wohlsen, Mrs. James
Narrator
Sachs, Yetta
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Oral history
Search Terms
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Oral histories
Women
Women's fashion
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:11:19
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0064
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Other Numbers
#4A
Classification
OH0064
Description Level
Item
Documents
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