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The Abbott-Adlum-Green families

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18636
Author
Eisenhart, Willis Wolf,
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
929 A22
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Responsibility
by Willis W. Eisenhart.
Author
Eisenhart, Willis Wolf,
Place of Publication
[Abbottstown? Pa.]
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
ix, 78 p. geneal. tables 23 cm.
Notes
"This brochure is intended to accompany A Diagram of the Abbott-Adlum-Green families" and was prepared by John Abbet Walls.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Abbott family (John Abbott, - d.1786)
Adlum family (John Adlum)
Green family (Robert Green)
Additional Author
Walls, John Abbet.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A22
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"A good Christian man" : the story of Jacob Weiser and his family

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Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Date of Publication
[1952]
Call Number
929 W427
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Responsibility
compiled for his descendants on the occasion of their reunion June 29, 1952 at Pine Grove Furnace, Pennsylvania.
Author
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Place of Publication
Glen Ellyn, Ill
Publisher
F.S. Weiser,
Date of Publication
[1952]
Physical Description
12 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Weiser, Jacob, - 1808-1883.
Weiser family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W427
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Ahnentafel; or, Table of ancestors of the Rubincam family of Green Meadows, Maryland

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Author
Rubincam, Milton,
Date of Publication
1954.
Call Number
929 R896r
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Author
Rubincam, Milton,
Place of Publication
[Hyattsville?]
Date of Publication
1954.
Physical Description
38 l. 28 cm.
Subjects
Rubincam family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 R896r
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Among the Amish; [a pictorial presentation]

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Author
Horst, Melvin.
Date of Publication
[1959]
Call Number
289.71 S646
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Responsibility
by Mel Horst. Text by Elmer L. Smith.
Author
Horst, Melvin.
Place of Publication
Akron, Pa
Publisher
Applied Arts
Date of Publication
[1959]
Physical Description
42 p. (chiefly illus.) 28 cm.
Subjects
Mennonites in Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Smith, Elmer Lewis.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 S646
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Ancestors-descendants, James Wilson Wright, Sr. who married Cynthia Rebecca Jones, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4956
Author
McCann, William Ray,
Date of Publication
1955?]
Call Number
929 W951
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Responsibility
[by W. R. & R. L. McCann.
Author
McCann, William Ray,
Place of Publication
Hopewell? Va
Date of Publication
1955?]
Physical Description
21 p. 28 cm.
Subjects
Wright family.
Additional Author
McCann, R. L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W951
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Ancestry and descendants of Henry Perkins Smith and Christiana (Long) Smith : with added data of Henry's brothers and sisters and their families and of Henry's father's and mother's brothers and sisters and their families

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Author
Randall, Georgiana Hathaway.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
929 S649
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Responsibility
compiled by Georgiana (Hathaway) Randall.
Author
Randall, Georgiana Hathaway.
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
x, 273 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Smith family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S649
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Ancestry of the John Franklin Eisenhart family

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Author
Eisenhart, Willis Wolf,
Date of Publication
1951.
Call Number
929 E36
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Author
Eisenhart, Willis Wolf,
Place of Publication
Abbottstown PA
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1951.
Physical Description
150p. ; 24cm.
Notes
Includes 8 page supplement [Abbottstown PA : 1954]
Subjects
Eisenhart family
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E36
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Archive

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Collection
Willie Siple Collection
Title
The Willie Siple Collection
Object ID
MG0006
Date Range
1935-1962
: Boxers Correspondence Letters Newspaper vendors Blind People with visual disabilities Manuscript groups Finding aids Folder 1 Photographs: Most relate to Willy and his newsstand. One is of Archie Moore, and several of Willy in his boxing stance. Photographs transferred to the Photograph Collection, 3
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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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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a09368f8-976d-4555-8f31-566136114446
Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Object ID
MG0010
Date Range
1817-1996
17603 717.392.4633 · lancasterhistory.org Subject Headings: Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.) School catalogs Girls’ schools School notebooks School yearbooks Women--Education Search Terms: Broadsides Finding aids Girls' schools Linden Hall Linden Hall Echo Manuscript groups School catalogs School notebooks
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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Description
The Linden Hall Seminary Collection contains school catalogs and Linden Hall Echo, the school yearbook. Other items include financial records, fundraising information, school workbooks, and a diploma from 1886.
Admin/Biographical History
Linden Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States.
Date Range
1817-1996
Year Range From
1817
Year Range To
1996
Date of Accumulation
1817-1996
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Beverly, Jane B.
Kepler, Mary
Subjects
Girls' schools
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
School catalogs
School notebooks
School yearbooks
Women--Education
Search Terms
Broadsides
Finding aids
Girls' schools
Linden Hall
Linden Hall Echo
Manuscript groups
School catalogs
School notebooks
Yearbooks
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0010
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), 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-10
Classification
MG0010
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 Febraury 2018.
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