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Collection
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.) Records
Title
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.) Records
Object ID
MG0473
Date Range
1881-2002
  1 document  
Collection
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.) Records
Title
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.) Records
Description
This collection contains records for the Ladies' Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital in Lancaster, PA from 1881-2002. One volume contains the names of volunteers and the hours they logged from 1967-1992. Newsletters, programs, and newspaper articles provide information about the many community activities and fundraising events of the organization.
Admin/Biographical History
St. Joseph Hospital (1883-2000) started in a moderate-sized building on College Avenue that was purchased by the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Philadelphia Foundation. The Ladies' Auxiliary began in 1903 to promote the community's health and welfare, engage in fundraising activities, and promote good relations between the hospital and community. The Junior Auxiliary was made up of volunteers who had limited time available, participated in fundraising activities, and met in the evening at five general meetings per year.
Date Range
1881-2002
Year Range From
1881
Year Range To
2002
Date of Accumulation
1881-2002
Creator
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 11
Other Creators
Junior Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.)
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Fund raising
Hospitals
Scrapbooks
Volunteers
Search Terms
Associations, institutions, etc.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Finding aids
Fundraising
Hospitals
Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital
Manuscript groups
Scrapbooks
St. Joseph Hospital
Volunteers
Extent
2 boxes, 23 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0473
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster) Records (MG0473), Box #, 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. 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-473
Other Number
MG-473
Classification
MG0473
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by DC, 2009. Added to database 7 September 2021.
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Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Object ID
MG0341
Date Range
1912-2000
. George I. Browne and Rev. John Wallace Cooper. There were to be only thirteen members at any time. Also includes a list of hosts, topics being discussed and leaders of meetings. The last three pages span from November 1945 to December 1961 and list the hosts, leaders, and topics. Insert 2 “Our golden
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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Description
This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.
Date Range
1912-2000
Year Range From
1912
Year Range To
2000
Date of Accumulation
1912-2000
Creator
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Appel, Roberts R.
Browne, George I.
Cooper, John Wallace
Cramer, Margaret Snader
Cramer, William Stuart
Davidson, Paul
Dippell, Marion Fox
Dippell, Victor William
Distler, Theodore A.
Donner, M. M.
Dotterer, Ray H.
Duke, Robert W.
Hager, E. M.
Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker
Hamblin, Dora Jane
Hartman, Edwin Mitman
Hartman, Mr.
Herman, Emma Garrigan
Herman, Theodore F.
Honig, Margaret
Honig, Stanley
Jefferson, Thomas
Jordan, Paul
Jurgelski, Susan
Kell, R. M.
Kilby, Tom
Kunkel, Arthur King
Lincoln, Abraham
Maugans, David
Mencken, Henry Louis
Michalak, Beverly
Michalak, Stanley
Moore, C. Eugene
Parks, Cynthia
Poole, H. Herbert
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roy, John
Rudisill, Carl
Rudisill, Flo
Sayres, Alfred Nevin
Schmitchew, Peter
Schwalm, Ted
Smith, Howard P.
Steinmetz, Rollin
Thornley, Richard
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Obituaries
Search Terms
Accomac Inn
Alfred's Victorian Restaurant
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Bynden Wood
Conestoga Bridge
Correspondence
Finding aids
Flyers
Franklin and Marshall College
Hamilton Club
Huachung University
Letters
Manuscript groups
Membership
Minutes
Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Obituaries
Outings
Poetry
Republican Party
Restaurants
Sphinx Club
St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Trivia
World War II
WWII
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0341
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 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.
Accession Number
2004.MG0341
Other Numbers
MG-341
Classification
MG0341
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.
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Collection
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Title
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Object ID
MG0331
Date Range
1762-2003
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr. Received Reigart’s letter with James Houston’s check for two thousand dollars. Warns Reigart that the influenza epidemic might reach Lancaster, as it has spread through almost all of
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Collection
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Title
Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection
Description
The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.
Admin/Biographical History
Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.
Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.
Date Range
1762-2003
Year Range From
1762
Year Range To
2003
Date of Accumulation
1762-2003
Creator
Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Arnold, Benedict
Baker, W.
Bare, Jacob
Blight, Peter
Boughter, Charles
Breidenhart, George
Brien, Edward
Brown, Luke
Butter, Charles
Cassidy, Edward
Clarke, John
Clendenin, Samuel
Coleman, Edward
Coleman, William
Edwards, Susanna
Ehler, John
Fisher, Sammy
Fox, Sam M.
Frey, John
Gaskill, Edmund
Gay, Edward F.
Getz, John
Givens, John
Graeff, George
Greland, D.
Hahn, B. Christian
Harrison, George
Haverstick, William
Hopkins, A. R.
Hopkins, Ann
Houston, James
Hubley, Frederick
Hubley, Joseph
Hultzheimer, N.
Hyde, Charles
Irving, Robert
Jack, Joshua
Kauffman, Jacob
King, George
Kirkpatrick, William
Kline, Jacob
Lane, John
Leiper, George G.
Lowry, Robert
Lowry, Robert K.
Mayer, George Louis
Metzger, Emanuel
Metzger, George
Metzger, Jacob
Miller, Barbara
Miller, Henry
Miller, Martin
Miller, Philip
Montgomery, William
Morris, John
Mosher, Joseph
Murphy, John Slaughter
Myer, John
Myers, John
Newlin, Nathaniel
Nice, Levi
Nimrod, Maxwell
Ogilby, Joseph
Otto, Jacob S.
Otto, John C.
Pennington, Edward
Peters, Abraham
Phinney, Zina
Price, Joseph
Price, Richard
Reigart, Adam
Reigart, Adam, Jr.
Reigart, Ann
Reigart, Emanuel
Reigart, Henrietta
Reigart, Maria Wager
Reigart, Mary
Reigart, Mary C.
Reigart, Philip Wager
Reigart, Susan
Rimfast, John
Sample, Joseph
Schaubel, Johannis
Sener, Samuel Miller
Sewell, Charles S.
Shaeffer, Jacob
Shenk, Abraham
Shenk, Christian
Shippen, Peggy
Singer, A.
Slaymaker, Henry Edwin
Slaymaker, Mary Steele
Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran
Smith, Ann
Smith, Anthony
Smith, Ralph
Stein, Philip
Steinman, George
Stewart, William
Sullivan, Susannah
Wager, George
Wager, Hannah
Wager, James
Wager, Mary
Wager, Peter
Wager, Philip H.
Wager, Sally
Wager, Sophia
Wager, William
Walsh, Christopher
Wentz, Thomas
Wertz, Christian
Wharton, Charles
Whitaker, George
Whitaker, John
Wimer, Michael
Winroth, Margaret
Witmer, David
Woodmund, William
Yeiser, Philip
Other Creators
Reigart family
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Invoices
Letters
Obituaries
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Search Terms
Adam Reigart and Son
Albums
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Boston, Massachusetts
Brenner and Reed
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cape May, New Jersey
Charles C. and J. Watson
Christ Church Burial Ground
Cincinnati, Ohio
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Delaware
Dixon Walker and Company
Earp and Brothers
Finding aids
Grape Hotel
Greene County, New York
H. Behlen and Company
Illnesses
Invoices
J. Walker and Company
John Warden and Sons
Kentucky
Lancaster
Lancaster County Almshouse
Lancaster Bar Association
Lancaster Intelligencer
Lancaster Journal
Lancaster New Era
Lancaster Sunday News
Lane Slaymaker and Company
Letters
London, England
Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Lowry and Myers
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Margaretta Furnace
Marietta Bank
Morning News
Mount Auburn Cemetery
New York, New York
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Ohio
Pennsylvania German Society
Pensacola, Florida
Peter Wager and Company
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pratt and Kintzing
Race Street
Receipts
Reeve's Tavern
South Carolina
Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spain
St. James Episcopal Church
Union Fire Company
Vintners
Wager and Company
Washington Fire Company
West Point Military Academy
William Noyes and Company
Wine merchants
York Springs Boarding House
York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania
York, York County, Pennsylvania
Extent
2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0331
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Gig trunk (2003.078)
Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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
2003.078
Other Numbers
MG-331
Classification
MG0331
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.
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Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Object ID
MG0573
Date Range
1923-2003
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Collection
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Description
This collection contains genealogy for some of the descendants of Philip Lefever. Family history includes family sheets for several descendants, the family crest and a family tree. Copies of the will and estate inventory of Martin K. Lefever are among the documents. Minutes are preserved from the Adam Lefever Descendants Reunions, 1945-1979. There are also legal papers and information for the Philip Lefever Cemetery and Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association, including the rededication of the cemetery in 2001.
Date Range
1923-2003
Creation Date
1923-2003
Year Range From
1923
Year Range To
2003
Creator
Lefevre family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Brandt, Kathleen
Brenneman, Mabel
Brubaker, Ann Mary Lefever
Brubaker, John H.
Buckwalter, Nancy
Buckwalter, Naomi
Buckwalter, Nathan
Dagen, Florence Lefever
Dagen, Jacob Jr.
Dagen, Jacob L.
Dagen, Lester L.
Eaby, Christian Earl
Eshleman, Arlene
Eshleman, Chester L. Jr.
Frey, Furry H.
Gontner, Lizzie
Hess, Edith A. Lefever
Houser, Emma Lefever
Huber, Christian
Huber, Elizabeth Lefever
Kirk, Ethel
Knight, Mary Lefever
Lefever, Adam K.
Lefever, Ruth M.
Lefever, Benjamin M.
Lefever, Charles
Lefever, Charles J., Sr.
Lefever, Charles R.
Lefever, Christian
Lefever, Clair
Lefever, Edna
Lefever, Elizabeth
Lefever, Elizabeth M. Gerlach
Lefever, Emilie A.
Lefever, Enos
Lefever, Ernest
Lefever, Frank K.
Lefever, Gertrude M.
Lefever, Gladys Brenneman
Lefever, Harry M.
Lefever, Henry
Lefever, Henry K.
Lefever, Isaac
Lefever, John A.
Lefever, John M.
Lefever, Leon
Lefever, Martin
Lefever, Martin K.
Lefever, Martin M.
Lefever, Mary Buckwalter
Lefever, Mary C.
Lefever, Mengen
Lefever, Parke M.
Lefever, Paul S.
Lefever, Philip
Lefever, Walter F.
Martin, Anna G. Lefever
Martin, Reba Mae
Meck, Robert A.
Mellinger, Catherine
Metzler, Mary L. Lefever
Morrow, Grace
Mylin, Amanda C.
Mylin, Frank H.
Mylin, Martha Lefever
Rohrer, Betty P. Lefever
Sensenig, Gladys
Shimp, Charles
Shimp, Verna Lefever
Smith, Dottie
Stoltzfus, Amos L.
Stoltzfus, Clarence L.
Stoltzfus, Elmer L.
Stoltzfus, Marjorie E. Lefever
Williams, Steven A.
Subjects
Family records
Cemeteries
Genealogy
Business records
Family reunions
Search Terms
Business records
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Family records
Family reunions
Finding aids
Genealogy
Grave Concerns, Inc.
Harvest Presbyterian Church
Letters
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association
Philip Lefever Cemetery
Wills
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 binder, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0573
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-573
Classification
MG0573
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, February-March 2014.
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Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Property History Collection
Title
Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Property History Collection
Object ID
MG0947
Date Range
2001
  1 document  
Collection
Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Property History Collection
Title
Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Property History Collection
Description
This collection contains historical information about the property of Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith in Lancaster.
Admin/Biographical History
Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) owned property at 45-47 South Queen Street, built c. 1820. Lydia Hamilton Smith owned adjacent property at 23 East Vine Street, Lancaster.
Date Range
2001
Date of Accumulation
2001
Creator
LancasterHistory
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Stevens, Thaddeus
Smith, Lydia Hamilton
Subjects
Property--History
Search Terms
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Property histories
Extent
1 folder
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0947
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Property History Collection (MG0947), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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
Unknown.MG0947
Other Numbers
MG-947
Other Number
MG-947
Classification
MG0947
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Noted at item level.
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James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 1.5.1.007
Date Range
2004
  1 document     2 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan
Description
Topps Presidential Pastime Card, featuring James Buchanan, summarizes the coming of the Civil War and the “mushrooming” of baseball in 1860. In plastic case.
Date Range
2004
Creator
Topps Company
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 5
People
Buchanan, James
Subjects
Topps Company
Baseball
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Search Terms
Civil War
Baseball
Topps Company
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan, 4 x 3 in.
Object Name
Card, Baseball
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 5
Object ID
JBFP 1.5.1.007
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
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.
Accession Number
JBMS2006.001
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 7
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Journal of A. Herr Smith / by A. Herr Smith

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11385
Author
Smith, A. Herr ,
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
923.2 S642
John R. Montgomery of Lancaster and was admitted to the bar on October 20, 1842. Smith never married and lived with his unmanied sister, Eliza A. Smith in Lancaster where he conducted his law practice. He was successful financially and was known for his philanthropy and service to the community. He
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Author
Smith, A. Herr ,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
[1] 50 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Journal covered years 1836-1837.
"Manuscript Journal housed in LCHS Archives."
Emphasizes his life in Philadelphia and Haddington College, his attempts to meet young ladies, and his trip by train, stagecoach and steamboat from Pennsylvania to Missouri.
Subjects
United States
College students - United States - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S642
Documents

Journal_of_A_Herr_Smith.pdf

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Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Object ID
OH0001
Date Range
2004/07/09
something new. Bev: How long did that process take? Max: The biggest part was getting through the jungles to get to our relay stations. I think it was probably a couple months. But we were in canoes with the alligators out there in the river. It was interesting. Bev: I can imagine, trying to avoid
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran
Description
Veteran's oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters.
Admin/Biographical History
Lt. Col. Peters served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 642 Bomb Sq., 409th Bomb Group (L) during World War II. He began his military career in 1939 as a communications and camouflage officer. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel. Military service 08/03/1939 - 12/25/1965.
DOB 11/14/1920; DOD 04/24/2014. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128641364/emanuel-paul-peters
Date Range
2004/07/09
Creation Date
9 July 2004
Date of Interview
2004-07-09
Creator
Peters, Emanuel Paul, 1920-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Friedman, William Frederick
Peters, Emanuel "Max" Paul
Peters, Margaret Jane Groff
Interviewer
Newton, Beverly
Narrator
Peters, Emanuel (Max) Paul
Other Creators
Newton, Beverly, collector
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
United States. Air Force
United States. Army. Air Corps
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
World War, 1939-1945
Search Terms
Oral histories
United States Air Force
United States Army Air Corps
Veterans
World War II
WWII
Place of Interview
LancasterHistory
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:33:43
Language
English
Object ID
OH0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Mark Subject
22:16:00 Worked with William F. Friedman
22:34:00 Studied Enigma, and Purple Machine
23:00:00 Worked with integrating sigint and electronic warfare
24:39:00 Head of electronic warfare division
24:47:00 Wins Legion of Merit
25:20:00 Goes to California to work.
26:00:00 Engineers would go to Stanford to share information.
28:00:00 Returns with wife to Lancaster.
29:12:00 Didn't realize importance of new science.
31:41:00 Describes van belonging to local amateur club.
00:33:67 Ironville named after iron mines in area
00:55:20 built radios
01:05:43 Joined Boy Scouts
01:45:58 Listened to Berlin, Germany on his homemade radio
02:14:02 Used old parts to make his radios
02:31:57 Max put his radio on his bicycle
03:20:20 Joined military in 1939
04:43:40 Going through jungle in Panama
04:53:29 Recalls going down river in canoes with alligators close by
05:19:25 Went to OCS
05:34:96 Sent to Florida - Tampa International Airport
06:07:15 Radar Officer on SCR 270
06:32:21 Transferred to Oklahoma
07:20:68 Crosses ocean on ship named Martinia
08:14:00 Was part of convoy. Martinia leaves convoy.
09:36:90 In England. First mission can't find France (weather).
09:46:70 Returning aircraft low on fuel. "Mayday" heard often.
10:01:49 Pilots could see water towers in States. Can't do same in Europe.
10:48:80 Learned to trust equipment. Found France on 2nd mission.
11:12:00 Could tell weather by amount of signal received at base.
11:28:00 "Spoofing" stations on base.
12:10:00 D-Day.
12:20:00 Practiced deception often before D-Day.
12:50:00 Painted black and white stripes on aircraft.
13:13:00 General Patton was decoy for D-Day.
15:00:00 "G-equipment"
15:55:00 Used smoke to designate target
16:23:00 "No-ball" target
16:33:00 "no-ball" target signified German V-1 rocket plane
17:22:00 Wind shifted. Bombs dropped on friendly troops. Gen McNair victim.
17:38:00 Started infantry and aircorp exchanges.
17:44:00 River crossing
18:14:00 "Cat eyes".
19:36:00 Strafed by Me 109.
20:28:00 Returns to states. Goes to F & M.
21:59:00 Gets job at Arlington Hall, Virginia
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Classification
OH0001
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Database record revised by HST, 20 July 2022.
Documents
Less detail
Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0025
Date Range
2006/03/17
, we called him Boom Boom Beck. And he was supposed to be a hotshot with the [Wee Beanie], and I guess other teams had guys, some guys we saw there, that we didn’t’ know where they came from. All of our guys were from Lancaster, but we did get maybe a guy from another church team or something. Usually
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
Oral history interview with World War II veteran and Baseball enthusiast, Joe Myers
Date Range
2006/03/17
Date of Interview
2006-03-17
Creator
Myers, Joe, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Eckhart, Howard
Myers, Joe
Interviewer
Rauhauser, Barry
Narrator
Myers, Joe
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Place of Interview
LCHS
Quantity
1
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Cassette Tape
Length of Interview
00:50:02
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0025
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Description Level
Item
Documents
Less detail
Collection
Oral History Collection
Object ID
OH0031
Date Range
2004/07/30
about three months, about a month and a half until it was finished, and the L a n c a s t e r H i s t o r y �captain, Bill Hazard, and I were the first two people assigned to it. Then we went to sea for about two weeks, on our shakedown, then went down the east coast of the United States. The submarine
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Description
World War II veteran and F&M College alumni, Dr. Howard Eckhart
Date Range
2004/07/30
Date of Interview
2004-07-12
Creator
Eckhart, Howard, 1925-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Eckhart, Howard
Interviewer
Newton, Beverly
Narrator
Eckhart, Howard, 1925-2014
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subjects
Oral history
Search Terms
Oral histories
Place of Interview
LCHS
Object Name
Recording, Audio
Media
Videotape
Length of Interview
00:31:24
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
OH0031
Notes
Contact ID Mark Subject
31 00:00:11 Intro of Jesse and Howard Eckhart
31 00:00:22 Jesse was civilian flight instructor (WW II)
31 00:00:33 Jesse's father started first airport in Lancaster
31 00:00:54 First airports were grass fields
31 00:01:07 Jesse's father taught her to fly.
31 00:01:13 Jesse soloed on 16th birthday in 1940
31 00:01:25 She soloed and instructed in single engine aircraft
31 00:01:36 Older sister Helen invited to join WAFS
31 00:01:50 Helen was not interested
31 00:01:51 Jesse invited to be flight instructor at WAF school
31 00:02:09 Jesse stayed home and became a flight instructor
31 00:02:18 Jesse quit college (Penn State) after war started
31 00:02:35 Jesse worked for father in Navy instruction program
31 00:03:02 Training for pilots not unique to Lancaster.
31 00:03:12 Aircraft used: examples N3N, Stearman
31 00:03:23 Training equivalent to private pilots license
31 00:03:34 Restriction on travel. Trainees could not do cross country flights
31 00:03:58 Navy training had five students in a class (all male).
31 00:04:15 Each class lasted five months.
31 00:04:39 Howard joined navy at age 17
31 00:04:46 Had been at F & M the year before.
31 00:04:53 Volunteered for the draft board. Enlistments closed.
31 00:05:06 Went to boot camp in New York state.
31 00:05:24 Went to Treasure Island California
31 00:05:39 Volunteered for submarine duty
31 00:05:43 Went to New London, Connecticut for submarine school.
31 00:06:00 Captain Bill Hazard and Howard were first two people assigned to SS324
31 00:06:06 Went to sea for two week shakedown cruise.
31 00:06:11 Went along eastern coast of U.S. Sub ahead of them was sunk by by Air Force B-25.
31 00:06:22 Proceeded then at night on the surface.
31 00:06:30 Went through Panama Canal to Hawaii then to Subic Bay Phillipines
31 00:06:49 Christmas Day 1944 sub sank first Japanese ship
31 00:06:55 Navy had broken Japanese radio code
31 00:08:40 Had rooms in town. All expenses paid for three weeks.
31 00:08:52 Has pictures of his navy days.
31 00:09:22 Sank ships in bay at capital of Java.
31 00:07:01 Intercepted and sank Japanese troop transport
31 00:07:27 Destroyers depth charged Howard's sub for ten hours.
31 00:07:38 Captain Hazard put a CO2 bottle in a torpedo tube and launched it.
31 00:07:46 Japs followed trail of CO2 bottle and Hazard backed away losing Jap ships
31 00:07:54 Lombk Straits.
31 00:08:27 Had liberty in Australia
31 00:08:34 Received their back pay, and had food not available on sub
31 00:09:37 Smokey Roberts (from Lancaster) took Howard to sinking of SS324 in the 1980s.
31 00:10:07 Howard went to Baltimore. Had to show demolition crew where to place charges.
31 00:10:22 Maryland Department of Fish and Game wanted sub to create reef.
31 00:10:50 Twenty six former crew went on party boat to watch sinking nine miles off coast of Maryland (Ocean City).
31 00:10:58 Howard has a tape of sinking.
31 00:11:12 Crew of sub cried when it sank
31 00:11:27 Howard was a oral surgeon for 38 years
31 00:11:39 Howard and Jesse's son has his practice now.
31 00:11:56 Jesse's father supported her in her flying
31 00:12:12 Jesse and her sisters all had to learn to fly before learning to drive a car.
31 00:12:29 Jesse's dad taught her how to hunt and do other things.
31 00:12:55 Jesse went hunting for deer and small game.
31 00:13:08 Howard and Jesse have three sons.
31 00:13:29 Jesse did fly cross country (ferrying airplanes).
31 00:14:17 Jesse flew whenever there was a free plane at the airport.
31 00:14:32 Flew out to Kansas by herself.
31 00:14:40 Had to come back on train.
31 00:15:00 Sister Helen was also a flight instructor.
31 00:15:25 Youngest sister Carolyn did learn to fly.
31 00:15:50 Stayed in contact. Got mail and pay when sub was in port.
31 00:16:04 Home port was Perth, Australia.
31 00:16:26 Sea captain had brought rabbits to Australia years before.
31 00:16:29 Rabbits had no natural enemies in Australia.
31 00:16:39 Rabbit population so bad that farmers had to bury fences in ground to keep them from crops.
31 00:16:46 Farmers asked sailors to come and shoot rabbits to cut population
31 00:16:50 Sailors used .30 caliber semi-automatic rifle
31 00:16:56 Howard shot sixty rabbits in one day.
31 00:17:00 Did not eat rabbits. Just left them lay.
31 00:17:34 Left service and came back to F & M. Had G.I. Bill
31 00:18:13 Howard was in the reserves.
31 00:18:24 Howard would go to Philadephia Navy Yard once a month.
31 00:18:45 Received orders to go to New London, CT - active duty.
31 00:18:52 Howard applied for a commission. He had been a Chief Petty Officer.
31 00:18:58 Commission approved.
31 00:19:16 Went into Dental Corp
31 00:19:33 Belong to the VFW in Millersville.
31 00:19:41 Did belong to Ephrata American Legion.
31 00:19:48 Has contact with Submarine Veterans of WWII
31 00:20:15 Howard has tapes of days in navy
31 00:20:26 Photographs available to make copies.
31 00:20:41 Jesse also has photos of airport, planes, people.
31 00:20:51 Jesse talks about their sons.
31 00:20:59 Her sons can fly. Taught by Jesse's dad.
31 00:21:06 Michael, oral surgeon in Lancaster, Howie is in insurance, David is in investments around Pottstown.
31 00:21:23 All her sons have their private pilots license. Howard also has a ATP (air transport pilot) license.
31 00:21:38 Howard had flown for Eastern until they went broke.
31 00:21:46 Howard and Jesse have three main ratings.
31 00:21:59 They have had a progression of planes.
31 00:22:19 Did not have a plane for some time. Could not afford $15 hangar fee.
31 00:22:24 Flew brother in laws Tri-Pacer.
31 00:22:38 Had a four seat Comanche.
31 00:23:04 Got a six seat Aztec.
31 00:23:13 Aztec is fully instrumented, with GPS.
31 00:23:34 "Jesse flew with her father in ""tail-draggers""."
31 00:24:16 Jesse reluctantly got rid of Luscombe.
31 00:24:24 Luscombe only had room for a couple of hankerchiefs in baggage compartment.
31 00:24:33 Observation towers during WWII
31 00:25:31 "Closed area of east coast ""Violet Defense area""."
31 00:26:17 Closed area came in about 100 miles from coast.
31 00:26:32 Towers were manned by trained observers. Observers attended a class in aircraft identification.
31 00:26:59 Jesse did see these observers at the airport. They had their own uniforms
31 00:27:24 Jesse's english teacher was one of the observers.
31 00:27:31 He was later principal of McCaskey High School.
31 00:28:04 About ten to twelve instructors at airport.
31 00:28:14 About 25 at Carlisle.
31 00:28:24 Training program ended about three months before end of war.
31 00:28:53 Instructor input into trainees log book affected where they were assigned.
31 00:29:19 What is NMI? No Middle Initial
31 00:29:49 Howard was fortunate to get into subs. Only a few taken. Paid well. Close knit group.
31 00:30:16 Four cooks on sub. Howard got shift that coinsided with baker finishing.
31 00:30:56 Modern subs like plush Pullman car
31 00:31:09 closing.
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