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100 years at Warrington : York County, Pennsylvania Quakers marriages, removals, births & deaths : Newberry, Warrington, Menallen, Huntington, and York meetings

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Author: Walmer, Margaret B.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.841 W216

Responsibility: compiled by Margaret B. Walmer.

ISBN: 1556132697

Author: Walmer, Margaret B.

Place of Publication: Bowie, Md

Publisher: Heritage Books,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: vii, 323 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Quakers - Pennsylvania - Warrington (York County : Township); Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warrington (York County : Township); Warrington (York County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 W216

Abstracts of unrecorded wills of York County, Pennsylvania, 1749-1798 : with surname index

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Date of Publication: c1989.

Call Number: 974.841 A164w

Responsibility: compiled and published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.

Place of Publication: York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: c1989.

Physical Description: v, 62 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication ; no. 40

Subjects: Wills - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 A164w

Administration of photographic collections archives and manuscripts

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Author: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Date of Publication: 1984

Call Number: 770.286 R615

Responsibility: Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, Gerald J. Munoff, Marjorie S. Long

ISBN: 0931828619

Author: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Society of American Archivists

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: 173 p. ill. 28 cm.

Series: SAA basic manual series

Subjects: Photographs; Photograph collections

Additional Author: Munoff, Gerald J.; Long, Marjorie S.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 770.286 R615

American speech, 1600 to the present

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Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: 427 A512

Responsibility: editor, Peter Benes

Place of Publication: Boston, MA

Publisher: Boston University

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: 144 p. ill. 24 cm.

Series: Dublin Seminar for New England folklife, v. 8

Notes: Bibliography: p. 132-140

Subjects: English language - New England; English language - New England.

Additional Author: Benes, Peter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 427 A512

An Abstract of the 1865 York County, Pennsylvania, asessor military roll with surname index

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Date of Publication: c1987.

Call Number: 974.841 A164amr

Responsibility: compiled ... by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.,

Date of Publication: c1987.

Physical Description: iii, 166 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 33, July/October, 1986, and January 1987

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 A164amr

An alphabetical listing of heads of households (with age and sex of all members of households) included in the 1800 federal census of York County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Lightner, William C.

Date of Publication: c1981.

Call Number: 974.841 L724

Responsibility: compiled by William C. Lightner.

Author: Lightner, William C.

Place of Publication: York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: c1981.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 15 (July 1981)-no. 16 (Oct. 1981)

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; York County (Pa.) - Census, 1800.; United States - Census, 2nd, 1800.

Additional Corporate Author: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 L724

An illustrated atlas of Cecil County, Maryland

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Corporate Author: Lake, Griffing & Stevenson.

Date of Publication: 1981?]

Call Number: 912.75238 I29

Responsibility: compiled, drawn, and published from actual surveys by Lake, Griffing & Stevenson ; engraved by Worley & Bracher.

Corporate Author: Lake, Griffing & Stevenson.

Place of Publication: [Perryville, Md

Publisher: L.E. Alexander-Porter and S.L. Porter,

Date of Publication: 1981?]

Physical Description: 1 atlas (57 p. [i.e. 48] (10 folded)) : ill., maps ; 39 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Reprint. Originally published : An illustrated atlas of Cecil County, Maryland. Philadelphia, Pa. : Lake, Griffing & Stevenson, 1877.; Includes indexes.

Subjects: Real property - Maryland - Cecil County - Maps.; Railroads - Maryland - Maps.; Cecil County (Md.) - Maps.; Cecil County (Md.) - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Atlas

Call Number: 912.75238 I29

Archive

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Object ID: MG0019

Date Range: 1850-1993

historic balloon flight from St. Louis, Missouri to Henderson, New York. 6 July 1959. Insert 5 Newspaper article from The Scribbler, “More About Ballooning. 7 July 1959. News article, “Original Balloon Letter May be Shown in City.” 23 July 1959. Insert 6 Newspaper article, The Sunday News, “90 Million Air

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Collection: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Title: John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection

Description: The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.

Admin/Biographical History: As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.; A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise became a famous aeronaut. Although balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square and the prison yard.; In the nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.; It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.; John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.; Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.; Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged into two series.; Series 1 John Wise; Series 2 History of Ballooning

Date Range: 1850-1993

Creation Date: 1850-1993

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1993

Date of Accumulation: 1850-1993

Creator: Andrews, John H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Albertson, Catherine; Andrews, John Henry; Atkinson, S. C.; Bache, Hartman; Ball, Charles I.; Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.; Batchelder, Robert C.; Beckwith, A.; Beller, William; Black, J. W.; Blanchard, Jean Pierre; Blitzstein, Madelin; Bradbury, Ray; Brown, Elizabeth B.; Bruce, George; Burlingame, Roger; Burr, George; Byars, W. W.; Casey, Louis; Cessna, Clyde; Coffman, Ramon; Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III; Cox, Palmer; Douty, Esther; Douty, Esther M.; Drepperd, Carl W.; Edwards, Vincent; Elvin, Thomas; Evans, William; Field, Francis J.; Fischer, Hans; Fleck, Glen; French, Melvin; Galzer, Emmett J.; Gambetta, Francis Leon; Greeley, A. W.; Grimm, Janet; Gryzewski, Tad; Halmi, Robert; Harrell, D. Tudor; Hautrive, M.; Hayden, F. Stansbury; Hopkins, Philip S.; Hunt, E. F.; Ingle, Harold E.; Kehr, Ernest A.; Keith, Barbara; Kessler, F. W.; Klein, Frederic S.; Kouwenhoven, John A.; Kreider, Ira; Kriebel, Robert C.; Kriebel, Robert G.; Lamorisse, Albert; LaPaz, Lincoln; Lindbergh, Charles; Lindquist, H. L.; Long, Elmer R.; Lundgren, Laura May Gross; Madsen, Peter; Maier, Alfred D.; Maxwell, George T.; McCloskey, Lores; McDevitt, William; Mills, James; Myers, Wilfred; Naves, Glen W.; Nicklin, John; Pasquarella, Gus; Peers, W.; Prevost, John W.; Roland, John; Rosenfeld, Albert; Sanabria, Nicolas; Schatvet, H. C.; Serviss, Garrett P.; Smith, Philip R., Jr.; Stehling, Kurt R; Steinmetz, Rollin; Stilphen, George F.; Taylor, Florence; Thompson, Howard; Topping, A.D.; Waitt, Robert; Warner, B. H.; Watson, Marion A.; Wetherill, Richard B.; Whipple, A. W.; Wilbur, W. H.; Wise, John; Wiseman, Frederick J.; Wolcott, Charles; Wolf, Constance; Woodruff, J. C.; Wright, Wilbur; Young, Pearl

Other Creators: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)

Subjects: Hot air balloons; Hot air balloons--Launching; Airships; Aeronautics; Letters; Air mail service; Hindenburg (Airship); Reconnaissance aircraft; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Search Terms: Aeronautics; Air mail service; Airships; Aviation; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Hindenburg (Airship); Hot air balloons; Letters; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Reconnaissance aircraft

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0019

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-19

Classification: MG0019

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.

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Collection: M. T. Garvin Papers

Title: M. T. Garvin Papers (MG-34)

Object ID: MG0034

Date Range: 1899-1988

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Collection: M. T. Garvin Papers

Title: M. T. Garvin Papers (MG-34)

Description: This collection contains information and materials relating to Milton Thomas Garvin, his department store and the Garvin Lecture Series. The scrapbooks were complied by him through the years of 1899-1936. Other items in this collection include letters to family and business partners, several pamphlets from the Garvin Lecture Series, M. T. Garvin & Co. store information, receipts, invoices, banquet programs, and a sampling of financial records from the store.

Admin/Biographical History: Milton Thomas Garvin was born in Fulton Township around 1860. In 1874, at the age of fourteen, Garvin quit school and moved to Lancaster City. He worked various odd jobs before he was hired to work as an errand boy for R. E. Fahnestock's dry goods store in December of 1874.; At the age of sixteen, Fahnestock promoted Garvin to a salesman for the store. He continued to work there through his adolescent years and was promoted to manager at the age of twenty-one, when Fahnestock was in failing health. Garvin assumed that responsibility for twelve years and then bought the store when Fahnestock was ready to retire. Garvin renamed the store M. T. Garvin & Co.; Over the next ten years, Garvin bought the rest of the building and several surrounding buildings to expand his store to a four story and three lot property. He prospered in business and was a philanthropist throughout Lancaster County.; Other than a prominent businessman, Garvin served as a board member, trustee, director or president of the following organizations: The Shippen School for Girls, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, Meadville Theological Seminary, A. Herr Smith and Mechanics' Libraries, Lancaster Charity Society, Joseph Priestly Conference, and People's Octoraro Meeting House.; Milton Thomas Garvin died on 18 August 1936.

Date Range: 1899-1988

Year Range From: 1899

Year Range To: 1988

Date of Accumulation: 1899-1988

Creator: Garvin, Milton Thomas, 1860-1936

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bechtold, Walter; Bixler, Julius Seelye; Cayce, Hugh Lynn; Chaisson, Eric J.; Compton, Arthur H.; Cousins, Norman; Fitch, S. W.; Fosdick, Harry Emerson; Garvin, Milton Thomas; Hart, Hornell; Hocking, William Ernest; Hopf, Richard; Hupper, Jacob; Kennedy, Gerald; Kiehl, J. P.; Kring, Walter Donald; Lamont, Corliss; Maritain, Jacques; McMurrin, Sterling M.; Niebuhr, Reinhold; Northop, F.S.C.; Noss, John B.; Park, Charles E.; Ross, James H.; Rossner, John; Royden, Maude; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; Smith, Andrew; Sperry, Willard L.; Taylor, Jeremy; Thurman, Howard; Tillich, Paul

Other Creators: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Subjects: Business records; Civic leaders; Department stores; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Civic leaders; Correspondence; Department stores; Elks (Fraternal order); Hotel Brunswick; Lancaster Elks Lodge, No. 134; Letters; M. T. Garvin and Co.; Photographs; Scrapbooks; Stevens House Hotel; Williamson Park; Wills; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 5 boxes,12 folders, 13 scrapbooks, 4.5 cubic ft

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0034

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph and Curatorial Collections.

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-34

Classification: MG0034

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by TH, April 2014. Added to database 10 May 2018.

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100 years at Warrington : York County, Pennsylvania Quakers marriages, removals, births & deaths : Newberry, Warrington, Menallen, Huntington, and York meetings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2045

Abstracts of unrecorded wills of York County, Pennsylvania, 1749-1798 : with surname index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7199

Administration of photographic collections archives and manuscripts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo72

American speech, 1600 to the present

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo44

An Abstract of the 1865 York County, Pennsylvania, asessor military roll with surname index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4355

An alphabetical listing of heads of households (with age and sex of all members of households) included in the 1800 federal census of York County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7083

An illustrated atlas of Cecil County, Maryland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18988

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