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An ounce of prevention : integrated disaster planning for archives, libraries, and record centres

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12125

Author: Wellheiser, Johanna G.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 025.82 W452

Responsibility: Johanna Wellheiser and Jude Scott.

ISBN: 0810841762 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Wellheiser, Johanna G.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Lanham, Md. : Toronto, Ont

Publisher: Scarecrow Press ; Canadian Archives Foundation,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xvi, 283 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Rev. ed. of: An ounce of prevention / John P. Barton, Johanna G. Wellheiser, editors. 1985.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Libraries - Canada; Archives - Canada; Emergency management - Canada.; Libraries; Archives; Emergency management.; Library materials; Archival materials

Additional Author: Scott, Jude,

Additional Corporate Author: Canadian Archives Foundation.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 025.82 W452

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eddb76d5-1587-464c-a322-206961869538

Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

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, blueprints, and insurance policies. Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization); Watt & Shand

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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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[Diary of Alexander L. Hayes, 1873-1875]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13857

Author: Hayes, A. L. (Alexander L.),

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 923.43 H417

Responsibility: by Alexander L. Hayes.

Author: Hayes, A. L. (Alexander L.),

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: Unpaged ; 28 cm.

Notes: Transcription of a manuscript in LancasterHistory Archives.; Biography of Judge Hayes precedes diary.; Alexander Hayes was born in 1793. He graduated, with honors, from Dickinson College in 1812 and became Judge of Lancaster County Courts from 1854 to 1875. He was a Trustee and Vice President of Franklin and Marshall College. He died in 1875

Subjects: Hayes, A. L. (Alexander L.), - 1793-1875 - Diaries.; Hayes family.; Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.43 H417

Emanuel & Lizzie Martin family record : 1879-2006

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18056

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 929 M379em

Responsibility: compiled by Marlin E. Sensenig.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Grace Press, Inc. ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 176 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Martin family.; Weaver family.

Additional Author: Sensenig, Marlin E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 M379em

Family record of John G. Good and Mary S. Zimmerman, 1668-2009

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15523

Author: Herr, Viola G.

Date of Publication: [2009]

Call Number: 929 G646h

Alternate Title: Good family record

Responsibility: compiled by Viola G. Herr.

Author: Herr, Viola G.

Place of Publication: [Myerstown, Pa.]

Publisher: [V.G. Herr],

Date of Publication: [2009]

Physical Description: 444 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [2]) and index.

Subjects: Good, John G., - 1839-1910 - Family.; Zimmerman, Mary S., - 1843-1908 - Family.; Good family.; Zimmerman family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 G646h

Family record of the Barbers : and families, including surnames Harter, Maize, Spitler, Krause, Shortess, Wetzel

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13671

Author: Williams, Denny

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 929 B234f

Responsibility: by Denny Williams.

Author: Williams, Denny

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: 89 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Barber family.; Harter family.; Maize family.; Spitler family.; Krause family.; Wetzell family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 B234f

Fraktur and related works on paper : the pioneer collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15065

Date of Publication: [2004]

Call Number: 740 F812

Alternate Title: Pioneer collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley

Place of Publication: Downingtown, PA

Publisher: Pook & Pook, Inc.,

Date of Publication: [2004]

Physical Description: 100 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "Auction: Friday, October 8, 2004, beginning at 7:00 pm. Exhibition: Thursday, October 5, 9 am to 4 pm ..."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Shelley, Donald A. - Art collections; Shelley, Esther - Art collections; Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.; Art, Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Catalogs.; Art auctions - Pennsylvania - Downingtown - Catalogs.

Additional Corporate Author: Pook & Pook.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 740 F812

Genealogical research in England's Public Record Office : a guide for North Americans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14874

Author: Reid, Judith P.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 929.1 R356

Alternate Title: Genealogical research in England's PRO

Responsibility: Judith Prowse Reid and Simon Fowler.

ISBN: 0806316322

Author: Reid, Judith P.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: xiv, 167 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-152) and indexes.

Subjects: Great Britain. - Public Record Office - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Canada - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Caribbean Area - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Additional Author: Fowler, Simon.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 R356

A genealogist's guide to discovering your African-American ancestors : how to find and record your unique heritage

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12791

Author: Smith, Franklin Carter,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 929.1 S647

Responsibility: Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Anne Croom.

ISBN: 1558706054 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Smith, Franklin Carter,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Cincinnati

Publisher: Betterway Books,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 250 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index.

Subjects: African Americans - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Additional Author: Croom, Emily Anne,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 S647

A genealogist's guide to discovering your Germanic ancestors : how to find and record your unique heritage

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12713

Author: Anderson, S. Chris,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 929.1 A549

Alternate Title: Discovering your Germanic ancestors

Responsibility: S. Chris Anderson & Ernest Thode.

ISBN: 1558705201 (pbk.)

Author: Anderson, S. Chris,

Place of Publication: Cincinnati, Ohio

Publisher: Betterway Books,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 191 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.

Subjects: German Americans - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Germany - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Additional Author: Thode, Ernest.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 A549

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