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150 Years at Eastland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1527
Author
Shortlidge, Helen W.
Date of Publication
1954
Call Number
289.6 E13
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Responsibility
by Helen W. Shortlidge
Author
Shortlidge, Helen W.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1954
Physical Description
9 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County"page 258 # 1.
Bound with: Extracts from the Nottingham Monthly minutes concerning Eastland Meeting; Eastland Names: Names of Persons connected with Eastland with date of first appearance in the Men's Minutes; Officers of East[l]and Preparative Meeting 1803-1954; Information from the Minutes of Eastland Preparative Meeting and Little Britain Monthly Meeting on the Buckingham School in Little Britain Township; Marriages at Eastland under the care of Nottingham Monthly Meeting; and Marriages at Eastland under the care of Little Britain Monthly Meeting.
Subjects
Nottingham Monthly Meeting
Little Britain Monthly Meeting (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
289.6 E13
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200th anniversary, 1754-1954, Intercourse, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3804
Corporate Author
Intercourse Civic Association, Intercourse, Pa.
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
974.815 LEAC I61
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Corporate Author
Intercourse Civic Association, Intercourse, Pa.
Place of Publication
Intercourse, Pa
Publisher
Intercourse Civic Association,
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
192 p. : illus. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes advertisements.
Historical souvenir book and tourist guide.
Subjects
Amish.
Intercourse (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Leacock (Pa. : Township)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LEAC I61
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Affidavit

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5e8d68e2-7e4f-4ef5-ae22-300335230590
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I006
Date Range
1826
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1826
Year
1826
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0010
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Affidavits
Bridges
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Creeks
Manheim, Rapho Twp.
Rapho Twp.
Warwick Twp.
Place
Rapho Twp. and Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Affidavit
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0690 I006
Box Number
010
Additional Notes
Location: Manheim, Rapho Twp.
Document type: Affidavit concerning payment for bridge.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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[A History of the Garden Spot High School area

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4805
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
373.09 G218p
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Responsibility
by the Garden Spot Chapter Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians].
Place of Publication
[New Holland?]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians Garden Spot Chapter
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
27 p. ; 16 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Collection of short essays concerning the history of New Holland, Terre Hill and surrounding communities.
Subjects
New Holland (Pa.) - History.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township).
Brecknock (Pa. : Township).
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Federation of Junior Historians Garden Spot Chapter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
373.09 G218p
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Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch tourist guide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16619
Date of Publication
c1959.
Call Number
917.48 A516
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Responsibility
edited by Alfred L. Soemaker.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Folklife Society,
Date of Publication
c1959.
Physical Description
116 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Dunkard 'Love Feasts' by Don Yoder": p. [40]-41.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Amish
Pennsylvania Dutch - Folklore.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Yoder, Don.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Folklife Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 A516
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Annual proceedings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16254
Corporate Author
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society Lancaster County Chapter.
Date of Publication
1952? -
Call Number
369.13 L224
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Corporate Author
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society Lancaster County Chapter.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, (Pa.)
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1952? -
Physical Description
v. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
Sons of the Revolution. - Pennsylvania Society - Lancaster County Chapter.
Sons of the Revolution. - Pennsylvania Society - Lancaster Chapter - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
369.13 L224
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Annual report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15438
Corporate Author
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Date of Publication
1958-
Call Number
352.96 L245ar
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Responsibility
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Corporate Author
Lancaster County Planning Commission.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1958-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Libray has: 1964-1967, 1969-1975, 1977, 1979-1981, 1983-1984, 1987.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Planning.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.96 L245ar
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An underground station in Drumore Township

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3405
Author
Arnold, I. C.
Date of Publication
1951
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.55
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Responsibility
by I. C. Arnold.
Author
Arnold, I. C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[186]-188 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 7
Subjects
Smith, Joseph, - 1805-1844.
Brosius, Letitia W. - 1810-1897.
Slavery.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Drumore (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.55
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e4f4e8c5-3494-49ec-9562-210099148520
Collection
Willie Siple Collection
Title
The Willie Siple Collection
Object ID
MG0006
Date Range
1935-1962
November 2017. Folder 2 Correspondence: Letters from boxers, congressmen, students thanking him for Christmas candy, several sympathy and thank you notes, letters relating to his approval to operate the newsstand on Post Office property. Folder 3 Newspaper clippings: Related to boxing and newsstand
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Collection
Willie Siple Collection
Title
The Willie Siple Collection
Description
The Willie Siple Collection includes photographs, postcards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings about Siple and related to his business and boxing career.
Admin/Biographical History
Wilbur "Willie" Siple (1904-1966) was the operator of Siple's News Stand for many years. He was originally a professional boxer when he was younger, and he had a successful, but short, boxing career. During those six years, Willie fought in 131 exhibitions with 71 wins, 9 losses, 22 draws and 29 KO's. Willie was what was called a "flyweight," weighing only 102 pounds in his heyday. However, Willie's boxing career was cut short after a 1925 automobile accident. Although many people speculated that Willie's loss of his eyesight was because of his boxing career, Willie explained the accident to a local newspaper. According to a sports news article that can be found in the Willie Siple Collection here at LancasterHistory.org, Willie was attempting to fix a car when a car tire exploded in his face, damaging his eyesight beyond repair and blinding him.
However, despite this tragedy, Willie didn't let the accident and blindness take over his life. On September 28, 1935, during the Depression, Willie made a brave move and opened his news stand in the Lancaster City Post Office, and named it Siple's News Stand. Due to an act of Congress, the Rudolph-Sheppard Act of 1935, Willie became "one of the first blind operators to set up shop in Federal Buildings," according to an article in the Willie Siple collection. Willie's news stand featured free news and weather reports, and sold newspapers, magazines, and candy. Rare coins and stamps, a personal passion of Willie's, were also available for purchase. Willie would travel far and wide in order to acquire rare stamps to be sold to stamp collectors. Willie would travel to places like Washington, D.C. Princeton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia in order to buy what were then called "first day issues" of stamps. One newspaper article even calls him a "philatelist," or a stamp expert, much to Willie's surprise. Siple was also extremely passionate about coin collecting, and could identify and appraise coins without needing to see them. Willie also loved to travel, and had even traveled to Canada and all around Pennsylvania with the help of friends.
Willie then became a well-known public figure. He was known for his friendly, talkative personality, and his eye-catching and "loud" shirts. WDAC-FM radio, then a Christian radio station, featured an editorial on Willie, which was subtitled "the personification of good humor." In this editorial, Willie is said to have had a "flamboyant and winning personality," as well as a "belief in man's basic honesty." Despite the fact that Willie was often taken advantage of because of his blindness, and that he "was the victim of an average of $40 worth annually in pilfered stock or dishonest dealings," Willie held on to the belief in the goodness of mankind all his life. This is not to say that Willie was completely dependent on the honesty of his customers. He was able to read dollar bills with his hands, and could tell the difference between each, much to the wonder of skeptical customers, and probably to the dismay of the rare customer who would try and take advantage of him.
Willie became a well-loved figure in the community, and anyone looking through his collection will be able to see just that. Siple was a philanthropist who supported the Tuberculosis Society with the proceeds from sales of Christmas seals (or stamps) for their charity. Willie would also dress up like Santa Claus every year, and would visit infantile paralysis victims. There are also multiple thank-you notes from school classes and the local boys club for his generous gifts of candy.
Many of Willie's friends also willingly helped him with his business, helping him with bookkeeping, driving him to and from work, taking him to lunch, helping take over the stand during lunch, and much more. He called these people his "assistants," and most of them were local business men and women who would take time out of their days to help. These people were unpaid friends, just willing to give Willie a hand. Their kindness, as well as Willie's generosity, show the kinship and kindness in the community that surrounded him in Lancaster city.
written by Elizabeth McIlhenney, 2016
Date Range
1935-1962
Creation Date
1935-1962
Year Range From
1935
Year Range To
1962
Creator
Hauck, Johnny
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Siple, Wilbur H. "Willie"
Moore, Archie
Subjects
Blind
Boxers (Sports)
Letters
Newspaper vendors
People with visual disabilities
Search Terms
Boxers (Sports)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Newspaper vendors
People with visual disabilities
Extent
1 box, 3 folders, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0006
Related Item Notes
Johnny Hauck Collection, MG0063
Photograph Collection
Notes
This material was part of the Johnny Hauck Collection, MG-63. Because of the specific nature of the material, it was extracted to create a separate manuscript group.
Photographs transferred to the Photograph Collection, 3 November 2017.
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-6
Classification
MG0006
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This material was part of the Johnny Hauck Collection, MG-63. Because of the specific nature of the material, it was extracted to create a separate manuscript group.
Cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 8 February 2018.
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fec74cbe-8787-40db-b4e2-060749519600
Collection
Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection
Title
Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection
Object ID
MG0007
Date Range
1744-1927
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Collection
Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection
Title
Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection
Description
The Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church Collection contains church records, property records, legal documents, a songbook, and a liturgy book.
Admin/Biographical History
Peace United Church of Christ was formed in the late 1960s by the joining of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Adamstown and Muddy Creek United Church of Christ. Muddy Creek UCC is one of the earliest German Reformed churches in the area, its founding marked with the first recorded baptisms in January of 1731.
Date Range
1744-1927
Year Range From
1744
Year Range To
1927
Date of Accumulation
1744-1927
Creator
Muddy Creek Lutheran and Reformed Church
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Bechtolt, Catherine
Bechtolt, William
Becker, Jacob E.
Egly, Marcus
Frey, Jacob
Frey, Peter
Grill, Adam
Haller, Henry
Hartung, Maria
Hartung, Richard
Hartung, Solomon
Hefft, George
Lauch, Henry
Laush, Mary
Lesher, Samuel
Lutz, Casper
Penn, Richard
Penn, Thomas
Schnider, Valantin
Schober, Philip
Shoup, Christopher
Swartz, Levi P.
Swartz, Lydia
Weiss, Peter
Subjects
Lutheran Church
Reformed Church
German Reformed Church
Church records and registers
Deeds
Hymnals
Liturgies
Search Terms
Calvinist Reformation Congregation
German Reformed Congregation of Muddy Creek Church
Lutheran Congregations of Muddy Creek Church
Muddy Creek Church
Lutheran Church
Reformed Church
German Reformed Church
Financial records
Surveys
Church records and registers
Deeds
Hymnals
Liturgies
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
1 box, 10 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0007
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 3: Please use photocopy in Folder 3a; make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to use original.
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-7
Classification
MG0007
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 8 February 2018.
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