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100 years of camera scenes: views of eastern Lancaster county in our nation's second century. A bicentennial project of the eastern Lancaster county chapter of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee, inc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3538
Corporate Author
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Eastern Lancaster County Chapter. Historic Research Committee.
Date of Publication
1978]
Call Number
974.815 LACO E13

1875 historical atlas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15911
Corporate Author
Everts and Stewart.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
912.74815 E93
Responsibility
compiled, drawn, and published from personal examinations and surveys by Everts & Stewart.
Corporate Author
Everts and Stewart.
Place of Publication
Knightstown, IN
Publisher
Bookmark,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
xviii, 120 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 43 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1875 ed. published by Everts and Stewart, Philadelphia under title: Combination atlas map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
"Sponsored by the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania."
Kept on top of counter-height shelving unit in Reading Room.
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Co. - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Everts and Stewart.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
912.74815 E93
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Abstracts from Ben Franklin's Pennsylvania gazette, 1728-1748

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7738
Author
Scott, Kenneth.
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
929.3 S527a
Responsibility
by Kenneth Scott.
ISBN
0806306610
Author
Scott, Kenneth.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
v, 720 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Abstracts.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
New Jersey - Genealogy.
Delaware - Genealogy.
Maryland - Genealogy.
Additional Title
Pennsylvania gazette.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S527a
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American folk painting : selections from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wiltshire III : an exhibition on display at the Virginia Museum, Richmond, November 29, 1977- January 8, 1978

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17225
Author
Woodward, Richard B.,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
759.13 W912
Responsibility
organized by the Virginia Museum ; and circulated by the American Federation of Arts ; catalog compiled by Richard B. Woodward.
ISBN
091704603X
9780917046032
0917046021 (pbk.)
9780917046025 (pbk.)
Author
Woodward, Richard B.,
Place of Publication
Richmond
Publisher
The Museum,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
110 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Wiltshire, William E. - Art collections
Painting, American - Exhibitions.
Primitivism in art - United States - Exhibitions.
Additional Corporate Author
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
American Federation of Arts.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.13 W912
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The American Revolution in the Delaware Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1213
Author
Gifford, Edward S.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
973.3 G458
Responsibility
by Edward S. Gifford, Jr.
Author
Gifford, Edward S.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
211 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
Cause for dissension--Washington's crossing and the Battle of Trenton--Battle of the Brandywine--Paoli massacre--Battle of Germantown--Destruction of Fort Mifflin--Winter at Valley Forge--Hospital at Yellow Springs--Near disaster at Barren Hill--Free and independent states,
Subjects
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 G458
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An alphabetical listing of the assessed inhabitants of York County, Pennsylvania, for the year 1762

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7077
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
974.841 A456
Responsibility
compiled and published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 5-6
Contents
v. 1. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed York County, Pennsylvania -- v. 2. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Taxation - Pennsylvania - York County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.
Taxation - Pennsylvania - Adams County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Adams County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 A456
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Archeology in the Upper Delaware Valley; a study of the cultural chronology of the Tocks Island Reservoir

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4140
Author
Kinsey, W. Fred,
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
974.8011 K56
Alternate Title
Archaeology in the Upper Delaware Valley.
Responsibility
by W. Fred Kinsey, III. Contributors: Herbert C. Kraft, Patricia Marchiando, and David Werner.
Author
Kinsey, W. Fred,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
xxvii, 499 p. illus. 24 cm.
Series
Anthropological series, no. 2
Notes
Bibliography: p. 477-489.
Subjects
Archaeology - Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).
Indians of North America - Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
United States - Delaware River Valley.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) - Antiquities.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 K56
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Collection
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Title
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Object ID
MG0116
Date Range
1805-1984
  1 document  
Collection
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Title
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Description
Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
Date Range
1805-1984
Year Range From
1805
Year Range To
1984
Date of Accumulation
1805-1984
Creator
Hand family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Hand, Edward
Lear, Robert H.
Brien, Edward
Brien, Dorothy Hand
Hand, Jasper
Subjects
Genealogy
Family records
Letters
Search Terms
Genealogy
Family records
Family reunions
Rock Ford
Correspondence
Letters
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0116
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
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection (MG-116), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-116
Classification
MG0116
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 1 May 2019.
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
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
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.
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Collection
American Revolution Bicentennial of Lancaster County Collection
Title
American Revolution Bicentennial of Lancaster County Collection (MG-20)
Object ID
MG0020
  1 document  
Collection
American Revolution Bicentennial of Lancaster County Collection
Title
American Revolution Bicentennial of Lancaster County Collection (MG-20)
Description
This collection gives information on the activities of the 200th celebration of the American Revolution in the Lancaster area. Folders 32 to 41 cover the celebration in Greater Lancaster. Folders 42 to 51 touch upon the activities of Lititz, Solanco, Lampeter-Strasburg, Elizabethtown, Cocalico, Columbia, New Holland, Pequea Valley, Washington Boro, Penn Manor, Millersville, and Marietta. The collection contains minutes, programs, photos, financial vouchers and newspaper clippings, audio tapes. The six volumes that make up the Bicentennial Celebration, April 1971- February 1977 scrapbooks are a compilation of published materials such as newspaper articles, magazine articles, broadsides, brochures and pamphlets. The materials relay information about the actions of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee including meetings, mailings and events. The committee chose the "Hands of Liberty" theme for the committee and upcoming celebration. The theme was present on every mailing sent out by the committee and can be found on most of the materials within the scrapbooks.
System of Arrangement
Organized by subject and area celebrations.
Year Range From
1971
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1971-1977
Creator
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Albright, J. R.
Heil, Paul
Miller, Sally
Rebman, Earl
Other Creators
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Business records
Scrapbooks
Letters
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Broadsides
Business records
Correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Scrapbooks
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
5 boxes, 77 folders,19 tape reels, 6 scrapbooks, 6 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0020
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory; PV7
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The audio tapes in Box 4 are restricted.
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-20
Classification
MG0020
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 May 2018.
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