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African American lives

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Edition: Widescreen format.

Date of Publication: [2006]

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

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Responsibility: a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.

ISBN: 1415716943

Edition: Widescreen format.

Place of Publication: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif

Publisher: PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Date of Publication: [2006]

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.; Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.

Contents: Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.

Summary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

Subjects: African Americans; African American families; DNA fingerprinting.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary - Feature.

Additional Author: Gates, Henry Louis.; Grant, William; Kunhardt, Peter W.; Judd, Graham.; Farrell, Leslie D.; Sweet, Jesse.; Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.; Winfrey, Oprah.; Tucker, Chris,; Jones, Quincy,; Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,; Jemison, Mae,; Jakes, T. D.; Carson, Ben.; Goldberg, Whoopi,

Additional Corporate Author: Kunhardt Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); PBS Home Video.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

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Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 312 F853eco

Responsibility: by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1930353359

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - East Earl (Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Township); East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1870.; United States - Census, 10th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F853eco

Agricultural and federal census schedules, 1850-1880 : East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 312 F893ee

Responsibility: compiled by James E. Frey.

ISBN: 1930353111

Author: Frey, James Elwood,

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: vi, 168 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township) - Statistics.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Earl (Lancaster County : Township); East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; East Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1850.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1860.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1870.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Census, 1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Census.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; United States - Census, 7th, 1850.; United States - Census, 8th, 1860.; United States - Census, 9th, 1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 312 F893ee

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Object ID: MG0380

Date Range: 1739-1883

Note: The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence

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Collection: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Title: Harry Lincoln Long Collection

Description: The Harry Lincoln Long Collection contains documents of the Long family of Drumore Twp. Most papers pertain to property of the Long and Worrell families, and the estate of Robert H. Long. The documents include a broadside, deeds, land drafts, receipts, insurance policies, and correspondence.

Date Range: 1739-1883

Year Range From: 1739

Year Range To: 1883

Date of Accumulation: 1739-1883

Creator: Long, Harry Lincoln, 1865-1948

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Ball, John; Ball, Joseph; Barclay, James; Barclay, Mary; Black, James; Boyd, Ann Margaret; Boyd, Hugh; Boyd, Isabella R.; Boyd, Samuel; Buchanan, James; Calvert, John; Churchman, George; Churchman, John; Clark, Nathaniel; Clerk, Nathan; Collins, Cornelius; Crawford, David; Crawford, Edward; Crawford, Robert; Dickson, Samuel; Ensminger, Samuel; Fairman, George Walter; Findlay, William; Forsh, Jonathan; Gardner, Valentine; Gill, George; Gryder, Jacob; Harrah, Patrick; Hecket, Frank; Hibshman, Jacob; James, John; King, Robert; Lamborn, Robert; Long, Harry Lincoln; Long, Hugh; Long, James; Long, Robert H.; Martin, Hugh; McElray, John; McPherson, James; McPherson, Martha; Mitchell, John; Mitchell, Samuel; Moore, Alexander; Neel, Thomas; Pennepacker, Henry W.; Penny, Hugh M.; Penny, John Joseph; Porter, Thomas; Quin, Bryan; Rippey, Matthew; Robertson, James; Robinson, James; Seiple, Samuel; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Smith, Howard; Smith, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Walker, John; Warner, Rily; White, William; Widmyer, C.; Worrell, Elijah; Worrell, Elizabeth; Worrell, Joseph; Yost, Jacob

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property surveys; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Accounts; Agreements; Altick and McGinnis; Baltimore, Maryland; Bank of the United States; Barns; Broadsides; Correspondence; Deeds; Drumore Twp.; Estate settlement; Finding aids; Fishing Creek; Independent Whig Steam Press; Insurance policies; Invoices; Land drafts; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Promissory notes; Real estate; Real property surveys; Receipts; Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Lancaster County; Surveys

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0380

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: 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: 2005.MG0380

Other Numbers: MG-380

Classification: MG0380

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Harry Lincoln Long was the donor's maternal grandfather; he kept these documents for the family.; Added to database 20 February 2022.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Twp. and East Lampeter Twp. near the Old Philadelphia Road and New Holland Turnpike. 15 December 1879. Signed 15 December 1879. Recorded in Deed Book K, No. XI page 215. 18 December 1879. Has imprinted seal on deed from notary. Includes a land draft of the property fastened to the deed with brass

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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

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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: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Object ID: MG0164

Date Range: 1744-1848

Reeme, Jacob Riem, Jacob Rihm, Daniel Rihm, Jacob Rihm, Samuel Sheaffer, Philip Smith, Samuel Snyder, John Stauffer, John Stump, J. Subject Headings: Deeds Receipts (Acknowledgments) Search Terms: Agreements Bonds Chambersburg, Franklin County Cocalico Twp. Deeds Donegal Twp. Finding aids Green Twp

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Collection: Jacob Ream Collection

Title: Jacob Ream Collection

Description: The Jacob Ream collection contains original documents pertaining to business conducted by Jacob Ream and his family of Donegal Township. Includes bonds, receipts, land agreement, mortgage, and fire insurance policy. The surname has various spellings, including Riem, Rihm, and Reeme.

Date Range: 1744-1848

Year Range From: 1744

Year Range To: 1848

Date of Accumulation: 1744-1848

Creator: Ream family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baller, Samuel; Balmer, Jacob; Balmer, Samuel; Barthemer, John; Beck, Conrad,; Berringer, Elizabeth; Blaser, Peter; Boll, Jacob; Brightbill, John; Carpenter, Samuel; Coble, David; Colt, James; Cunningham, James; Difenbaugh, Isaac; Eckenrode, Henry; Eckenroth, John; Elliott, Robert U.; Fletcher, John; Greene, Daniel; Hart, Barbara; Huber, Jacob; Hughes, Samuel; Jenkins, David; Lauger, Philip; Myers, Henry; Musselman, Christian; Negely, Leonard; Nicholas, Michael; Parthemer, John; Parthimer, Esther; Patimore, John; Ream, Abraham; Ream, Christina; Ream, Daniel; Ream, Elizabeth; Ream, Isaac; Ream, Jacob; Ream, Samuel; Reem, Jamy; Reeme, Jacob; Riem, Jacob; Rihm, Daniel; Rihm, Jacob; Rihm, Samuel; Sheaffer, Philip; Smith, Samuel; Snyder, John; Stauffer, John; Stump, J.

Subjects: Deeds; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Agreements; Bonds; Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Cocalico Twp.; Deeds; Donegal Twp.; Finding aids; Green Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Harford County, Maryland; Insurance policies; Letterkenny Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Mount Joy Twp.; Presbyterian Church; Real estate; Receipts; Releases; Taxes; West Donegal Twp.; West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0164

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Jacob Ream Collection (MG0164), 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-164

Classification: MG0164

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998. Added to database 7 September 2021.

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Collection: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Title: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Object ID: MG0426

Date Range: 1733-1929

@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Language: English Biographical and Historical Note: Walter R. and Esther E. Hepler (parents of donor) purchased a farm from R. M. Coulter in 1929. The farm was located in Bart Twp. and Colerain Twp

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Collection: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Title: Coulter and Hepler Land Records

Description: The Coulter and Hepler Land Records contain property records for land in southeastern Lancaster County that once belonged to the Reids, Coulters, and Heplers. The records include deeds, land drafts, and articles of agreement. There is also a desk blotter for I. P. Hepler.

Admin/Biographical History: Walter R. and Esther E. Hepler (parents of donor) purchased a farm from R. M. Coulter in 1929. The farm was located in Bart Twp. and Colerain Twp. with an address of 113 Rosedale Road, Quarryville. In the early 1930s, Walter was injured in a farm accident and the family had to sell the farm in a sheriff's sale. They subsequently lived with Esther's parents and helped on their farm, earning 50¢ per week plus meals and shelter. Somehow, Walter was able to keep the family's truck through these difficult times.; He later was employed as manager at the Capital Theatre in Lancaster where he earned $14.75 per week. He moved the family into a three-story house in Lancaster with indoor plumbing and electricity, which was an exciting change for the children-James and his sister, Dorothy. As the U.S. emerged from the Depression and entered World War II, Walter used his carpentry skills to obtain a position in the shipyards and earned $2.37½ per day. James Hepler retired from Trojan Yachts as a boat-builder.

Date Range: 1733-1929

Year Range From: 1733

Year Range To: 1929

Date of Accumulation: 1733-1929

Creator: Hepler, Walter Rupert, 1897-1967

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Armstrong, Jackson; Beyer, John D.; Caughey, John; Coulter, Hugh; Coulter, James; Coulter, John; Coulter, Nathaniel; Coulter, Rankin Martin; Coulter, Samuel; Dip, Robert; Downing, Samuel; Duire, David; Eastburn, Benjamin; Eshleman, B. B.; Eshleman, Isaac S.; Eshleman, William G.; Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer; Hepler, Israel Painter; Hepler, Walter Rupert; Homsher, John; Hunter, Alexander; Jackson, Levin H.; Johnson, J. B.; Johnson. J. Buckley; McCauley, James; McNiss, Edgar; Parke, John; Read, Andrew; Read, John; Read, Nathan; Read, Sarah; Read, Thomas; Reid, Andrew; Reid, Sarah; Reinhart, William; Thompson, John; Thompson, Mary; Trout, Frank M.; Trout, Jerre P.; Wilson, Josephine

Other Creators: Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer, 1901-1997; Coulter, Rankin Martin, 1860-1929; Coulter family

Subjects: Advertisements; Blotting paper; Deeds; Real property; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Advertisements; Bart Twp.; Blotters (Paper); Colerain Twp.; Deeds; Finding aids; Land drafts; Manuscript groups; National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Jersey; Octoraro Creek; Quarryville; Real estate; Sadsbury Twp.

Extent: 1 oversized box, 7 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0426

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Coulter and Hepler Land Records (MG0426), 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.

Accession Number: 2007.MG0426

Other Numbers: MG-426

Classification: MG0426

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 28 December 2021.

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

Title Company of Philadelphia Correspondence Deeds Department stores DUSCO Property Management, Inc. East Hempfield Twp. Employees Ephemera Escalators Mortgages Finding aids Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers Gift certificates Ground-rent Hager and Bro., Inc. Hager Realty Corporation Employee

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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 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-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Collection: Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection

Title: Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection

Object ID: MG0050

Date Range: 1703-1991

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Collection: Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection

Title: Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection

Description: The work of Eleanor Fulton, a professional researcher. Contains information on the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, including First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donegal Presbyterian Church. Also, genealogy notes for local families and St. James Episcopal Church.

System of Arrangement: Organized by subject, arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1703-1991

Year Range From: 1703

Year Range To: 1991

Date of Accumulation: 1703-1991

Creator: Fulton, Eleanor

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Ashmead, William; Buchanan, James; Fulton, Robert; Woodhull, John

Subjects: Genealogy; Letters; Presbyterian Church; United States--History--War of 1812

Search Terms: Booklets; Correspondence; Diaries; Donegal Presbytery; Ephemera; Genealogy; Letters; Newspaper clippings; Presbyterian Church; War of 1812

Extent: 2 boxes, 56 folders, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0050

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-50

Classification: MG0050

Description Level: Fonds

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