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Collection: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Title: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Object ID: MG0061

Date Range: 1670-1985

Collection: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Title: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers

Description: Samuel E. Dyke was a noted authority on the Pennsylvania rifle and wrote on this subject. Collection consists of articles, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and working papers on firearms. Also included is information on gunsmiths, the Rockford Foundation, the Heritage Center, cabinetmakers, grandfather clocks, and the Armstrong Cork Company. 1670-1985

Date Range: 1670-1985

Creation Date: mid-20th century-1985

Year Range From: 1670

Year Range To: 1985

Creator: Dyke, Samuel Eugene, 1900-1985

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Armstrong, John; Atherton, Cornelius; Atkins, Wyatt; Beck, John Philip; Berry, Peter; Breitenhard, Johann Christoph; Brown, Parker B.; Buchele, William M.; Corridon, Raymond R.; Dobson, Thomas; Dubbs, Jacob; Dyke, Samuel Eugene; Fetter, George; Feder, George; Fondersmith, John; Grancsay, Steven V.; Grove, S.; Grubb, Peter; Hawkins, Henry; Henry, William; Hoff, H. Bare; Kendig, Joe, Jr.; Kuntz, Jacob; Kuntz, Peter; Landis, George; Landis, Henry; Lehn, Joseph; Lincoln, Abraham; Magee, D. F.; Manger, Henry; Meyhardt, Peter; Pennypacker, A. J.; Sprecher, Peter; Walker, Joseph E.; Yeates, Jasper

Subjects: Armstrong Cork Company; Gunsmiths; Kentucky rifle; Cabinetmakers; Clocks and watches

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Booklets; Cabinetmakers; Clocks and watches; Conrad Weiser State Park; Correspondence; Flintlock Rifles; Gunsmiths; Halbach Pistols; Harpers Ferry Arsenal and Armory; Hopewell Forge; Kentucky Match Rifle; Kentucky rifles; Kentucky Rifle Association; Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee; Malsh Pistols; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Rifles; Rotary International; Pennsylvania Deithsch Eck; World War II

Extent: 6 boxes, 113 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0061

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Photograph Collection

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: Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers (MG-61), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Other Numbers: MG-61

Classification: MG0061

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

Note: Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Description: Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.; Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.; Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.

Date Range: 1763-1919

Year Range From: 1763

Year Range To: 1919

Creator: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Able, John F.; Allen, Samuel; Althouse, Henry F.; Amer, William; Amwake, William F. H.; Arnold, John. L.; Atkins, Bessie; Aument, Charles F.; Baer, John; Bair, G. D.; Bair, L. D.; Baker, Edward W.; Barber, Samuel; Barr, Charles H.; Barr, J. K.; Barr, Jacob K.; Bauer, Peter J.; Bauman, Ray; Beamsderfer, Howard; Beck, William; Beck, William D.; Beidle, John; Beitz, Philip; Bender, Frantz; Benedict, H. F.; Best, John; Betz, Philip; Bickham, James; Bitner, D. P.; Bitner, David; Bletz, David; Blickenderfer, R.; Bolbach, Philip; Bolenius, R. M.; Bowman, Martin; Bowman, William; Brimmer, Frederick; Brown, B. J.; Brown, C. H.; Brown, George W.; Brown, J. S.; Brown, Jesse S.; Burkholder, Clayton; Burrowes, F. S.; Bushong, Walter G.; Calder, George; Callahan, George B.; Carpenter, James C.; Carr, James; Casini, Frank; Cassel, A. N.; Castner, Frank; Charles, Walter; Cherry, Patrick; Churchill, Marion; Clark, William; Clendman, E. S.; Cochran, H. B.; Cooper, Thomas F.; Cranley, Ambrogi; Cummings, Samuel; Curry, Joseph; Daily, D. G.; Daily, David G.; Deacon, Edward; Deem, David L.; Deen, D. L.; Deiby, Philip; Deichler, Harry; Dickee, Frederick; Dickle, Fred; Diffenbaugh, A. L.; Diller, Harry A.; Doerley, Henry; Doerson, Philip; Dommel, Harry; Dorley, Harry; Dorley, Henry; Dornbaugh, Graybill; Douts, Walter; Druckemiller, Jacob; Dull, Walter W.; Eaby, George W.; Eberman, H. F.; Eberts, Jasper; Eckert, Henry; Eckert, Leonard; Ehler, Henry; Eichholtz, Robert L.; Eleight, James M.; Elligott, James M.; Elliott, Samuel; Ellis, Charles T.; Embich, Christian; Ensurian, H. M.; Erb, J. B.; Erisman, C. Y.; Eshleman, D. Y.; Evans, Samuel; Faesig, Frank J.; Fellman, John; Fetter, Jacob; Finefrock, B. Frank; Finney, W. B.; Finney, William B.; Fisher, William; Fisher, Henry; Fisher, Wilson; Fitzpatrick, J. A.; Flora, Charles W.; Fondersmith, G. L.; Fox, Benjamin; Franciscus, Stofel; Franklin, Witney; Frantz, Andrew F.; Freh, John; Fries, George; Fritchey, J. U.; Furniss, Joseph; Gable, Jacob; Gerhart, William R.; Gill, John; Goodman, Jonas; Gorman, John; Gormley, Charles; Grauer, George; Greenwalt, Charles; Greivetz, D.; Groff, B. F.; Groff, H. D.; Groff, H. L.; Groff, Raymond; Grubley, John; Gundaker, Jacob; Hagen, Patrick; Haines, Harry; Halbach, J.; Halbach, Jacob; Haley, James; Hamilton, J. A.; Hamilton, John A.; Hardy, George; Harkins, W. E.; Harsh, Benjamin; Hart, John; Hartman, J.; Heinitsh, Charles A.; Henry, Benjamin; Henry, William; Herr, L. B.; Hinchey, Edward; Hindie, Robert; Hogarth, Joseph; Holman, I. D.; Holman, Janice; Hopson, John; Hostetter, Simon; Howell, H. N.; Howell, Henry H.; Huber, Joseph H.; Hubley, Isaac; Jeffries, John R.; Johnson, George; Johnson, J. W.; Johnson, John F.; Kachel, Elvin; Kahle, William; Karer, Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Kauffman, J. R.; Keller, John; Keller, Kauffman; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Kiehl, John C.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kirsch, John; Kitch, Davis; Kline, G. M.; Kreckovich, Michael; Kuhns, John; Kurtz, George; Landis, D. B.; Landis, F. F.; Landis, A. B.; Landis, Philip; Laucks, John H.; Lauman, Ludwig; Lawrence, George; Lawrence, William; Lebzelter, Philip; Leonard, H.; Leonard, Henry; Levan, S. H.; Levan, William A.; Levengood, John; Lichty, J. B.; Long, Abram; Long, John F.; Lorentz, William; Loucks, J. H.; Loucks, John H.; Lyons, Harry; MacGonigle, John T.; Madden, Thomas; Markley, J. B.; Martin, Henry; Massaline, Frank; Mastenna, Antonio; Maxwell, Abram; May, Henry; Mayer, David M.; Mayer, George; Maynard, Walter; McDonald, Alexander; McCarter, A. W.; McCarter, Arthur; McCormick, D. R.; McCue, George W.; McCulley, R. C.; McCully, R. G.; McDonnell, Samuel; McElligott, Thomas F.; McGeehan, John; McKilchey, Charles; McLaughlin, Daniel; Mencher, M. H.; Metzger, M. A.; Metzger, M. I.; Miller, Fred J.; Miller, H.; Miller, Harry; Miller, Herman; Miller, Howard; Miller, Philip; Mohr, Malin; Montooth, Samuel; Montor, Benny; Moore, Harry; Moowawer, Oliver; Morgan, Thomas H.; Morrow, R. M.; Moyer, H. M.; Murray, John; Musser, F. W.; Musser, John; Myers, C. F.; Myers, John C.; Myers, William; Nagle, Peter; Neff, Abraham; Negley, Frank L.; Netscher, C. E.; Nickel, Albert; Noll, Lewis; Nolls, F. Lewis; O'Conner, Thomas; O'Donell, Frank; Orem, William; Orem, William J.; Oster, R. S.; Ostheim, Joseph; Overly, H.; Pavenger, Gertrude; Pearsol, John H.; Pennington, William; Pinkerton, Elizabeth; Pool, Samuel J.; Price, Thomas P.; Price, William W.; Pryor, Fred; Puck, Thomas P.; Pyott, J. D.; Quade, C. F.; Raub, M. W.; Raum, Samuel; Rawlings, Henry; Rawlins, John; Reeder, T. L.; Reily, James; Reiner, Henry; Reinir, Anslem; Remley, John; Richardson, William; Ricker, Frank A.; Ringwalt, Amos; Rogers, Harry; Rogers, Henry; Rohrer, DuBois; Rohrer, J. B.; Roy, William H.; Rudy, Philip; Ruhl, Cyrus; Russel, Charles; Samson, Benjamin; Schaum, George H.; Schindler, A.; Schwartz, John; Schwebel, Charles; Sehner, George; Seibley, Andrew; Seran, S. H.; Sevan, S. H.; Shaffner, Caspar; Sheil, Raymond F.; Shenck, H. C.; Shenk, Joseph; Shroder, F.; Shulmyer, Russel; Siegler, John A.; Skinner, John; Smallvachs, Alexander; Smith, C. Henry; Smith, John; Smith, Michael; Snyder, E. E.; Snyder, Elmer; Snyder, George; Solsky, Samuel; Sorenze, William; Spurrier, A. K.; Staices, George; Stainz, George W.; Stauffer, John F.; Steel, Charles; Stehman, W. H.; Steinman, G. M.; Steinman, George M.; Steinwandel, A.; Stone, John; Stone, Lodwick; Sussner, Henry; Thran, John W.; Thurlow, Thomas; Tillinghast, B. C.; Tillotson, L. G.; Tomlinson, George; Trapnell, David N.; Voght, Christian; Waitz, Gustave; Walker, Edward; Warfel, Bertha; Weiles, Lewis F.; Welchans, Edward; Wenger, D. H.; Westhaffer, H. E.; Wetzel, Edward; Wetzel, John; White, Henry A.; Whitlock, Isaac; Wiley, W. B.; Wilhelm, F.H.; Wimer, J. A.; Winower, Harry J.; Winower, Peter; Wise, Christian; Wisler, J. L.; Wolf, Joseph; Wolpert, L.; Worthington, Henry P.; Worthington, Henry R.; Zell, William D.; Ziegler, J. A.

Other Creators: Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.).

Subjects: Business records; Criminal records; Lancaster (Pa.)--Bureau of Police; Lancaster (Pa.)--Tax Assessor; Tax collection

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; American Life Insurance Company; Arrests; Bartle and Snyder; Baumgardner, Eberman and Company; Bowers and Hurst; Brimmer and Tucker; Chain Carrier; Christian Wise and Brothers; Common Sense Metallic Packing Manufacturing Company; Conestoga Steam Mills; D. H. Wenger and Brother; Declarations; Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County; Empire Hook and Ladder Company; Everts and Overdeer; F. Shroder and Company; Fines; Flinn and Breneman; Friendship Fire Company; G. L. FonDersmith; G. Sener and Sons; George Fries and Company; George M. Steinman and Company; George Martin and Company; Givler, Bowers and Hurst; Gorrecht and Company; H. Baumgardner and Company; Humane Fire Company; Humphreville and Keiffer; Invoices; J. Stewart and Son; James W. Queen and Company; John Baer's Sons; John Best and Son; John Mingle and Son; Kauffman and Keller; Kauffman Keller and Company; Kepler and Slaymaker; L. G. Tillotson and Company; Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company; Lancaster City Bureau of Police; Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle Works; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Examiner; Lancaster Freie Presse; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Lamp Committee; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Waterworks; Leonard and Ellis; Market House No. 1; Market House No. 2; Market House No. 3; Maxim Electric Light and Power Company; Mellert and Company; Miller and Detz Contractors; Mrs. H. Miller and Son; Oaths of office; Payroll; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pennsylvania Telephone Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philip Lebzelter and Company; Pontz and Brothers; Regulations; Regulators; Shiffler Fire Company; Snyder and Price; Sprecher and Pfeiffer; Station houses; Steinman and Hensel; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Sun Fire Company; Union Fire Company; Washington Fire Company; Weimer and Carter; West Reading Pipe and Machine Works

Extent: 3 boxes 37 folders 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0420

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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-420

Classification: MG0420

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Object ID: MG0734

Date Range: 1856-1902

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Collection: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Title: Thomas Baker's Surveying Records

Description: This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."

Date Range: 1856-1902

Creation Date: 1856-1902

Year Range From: 1856

Year Range To: 1902

Creator: Baker, Thomas, b. 1822

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Alexander, Sara; Andrews, Arthur; Armstrong, Lapsley; Ash, Daniel; Aument, Frank; Bailey, Thomas; Bailey, William M.; Bair, William M.; Baker, George; Baker, Harlan; Baker, John; Baker, Thomas; Baldwin, Joseph B.; Baptis, Joseph; Bea, John; Bear, Jacob; Bernard, James J.; Beyer, Andrew; Beyer, Daniel; Beyer, Margaret; Beyer, Robert; Black, Margaret; Blackburn, Cromwell; Blank, Christian; Borland, William; Bosland, William; Brinton, Howard; Brinton, Moses; Brinton, Samuel; Broomell, B. J.; Broomell, Samuel H.; Brosius, Clarkson; Brosius, Jesse; Brosius, John Comly; Brosius, Joseph H.; Brosius, Joshua; Brosius, Levi; Brosius, Mahlon J.; Brosius, William; Brown, J. W.; Brown, James; Brown, K.; Brown, Thomas W.; Bush, Fred; Bushong, Jacob; Carlow, James; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John C.; Chamberlain, Jonas; Clark, Henry; Cloud, Charles; Coates, Ellis; Coates, Lewis; Coates, Samuel; Coates, Truman; Cochran, Joseph S.; Cohan, Thomas H.; Connar, James; Conner, John; Cooper, Truman; Crossen, James; Dale, George; Davis, Abner; Davis, Christopher; Davis, John; Davis, Joseph B.; Davis, Joseph E.; Davis, Lucretia H.; Davis, William; Dean, Thomas; Doneby, Philip; Donelly, Henry; Donelly, Hugh; Drumm, Earl; Eby, Henry S.; Edwards, Charles; Edwards, James; Elias, Emery; Elizabeth, Mary; Elliott, Cloud; Ernery, Hannah E.; Evans, Carrie R.; Evans, John; Evans, William; Fagler, John; Ferguson, Benjamin; Ferguson, Robert; Ferguson, William; Fleming, Martin J.; Foulk, Mrs.; Fox, William; Frames, David; Fritz, Abby Ann; Gill, John; Goodman, Charles; Gowan, William M.; Graham, Harrison; Graham, John T.; Gray, Ezra; Haines, Eugene M.; Hall, Hiram S.; Hamil, Armor; Hamil, R. A.; Hamilton, J. E.; Hannun, Eurch; Harper, J. D.; Harrar, Daniel; Harrar, Miller; Harray, P.; Harrett, William; Harting, George R.; Hastings, Jeremiah; Hastings, Joseph; Henning, James; Hevenson, Ann; Heyberger, Jacob; Hodgson, Annie C.; Hodgson, Ellis P.; Hollis, William; Holmes, John; Hoopes, Thomas G.; Houston, David; Hoy, P.; Hoy, William; Hudson, Alex; Hurley, John; Jackson William Clark; Jackson, Annetta L.; Jackson, Clark; Jackson, David W.; Jackson, Ellwood; Jackson, Hayes; Jackson, James J.; Jackson, Lydia; Jackson, Thomas; Jackson, Thomas E.; Jackson, Thomas S.; Jeffries, Benjamin; Jenkins, Annie E.; Jones, Emmos S.; Jones, John; Jones, John C.; Jones, John G.; Kalbach, A. M.; Keene, Rebecca J.; Kennedy, Anna; Kennedy, James H.; Kent, Daniel; Kimble, Isaac W.; King, Judson B.; Lamborn, Jacob H.; Lamborn, Kirk; Lechman, Benjamin; Lewis, Alex; Lewis, Elijah; Lewis, Isaac; Lewis, John C.; Lewis, Thompson; Luckenbach, J. S.; Lynch, Philemena C.; Mahaney, Jeremiah; Mahon, Jeremiah; Markey, Pat; Martin, Elijah P.; Martin, James; Martin, Samuel; Martin, William S.; Massey, Isaac; Mayhu, William; McCardle, Eli; McCarter, Henry C.; McCarter, Henry G.; McCarter, John Jones; McCarter, Thompson; McCimans, Mike; McClure, John; McClure, Thomas; McConnel, Samuel; McCord, James; McCord, William; McCullough, James; McCullough, Robert; McElwain, David; McElwain, James; McElwain, Josiah; McElwain, Robert; McHenry, John; McLinaus, John; McLinaus, W. F.; McNeil, George A.; McSparren, James B.; Miller, Andrew; Miller, H. Jackson; Miller, Henry H.; Miller, Joanna; Miller, Lemuel H.; Miller, Minnie R.; Mimm, Jesse; Montgomery, John; Montgomery, Sam E.; Morrison, Caroline B.; Morrison, Emma B.; Morrison, Robert; Morrison, Samuel; Newhauser, John; Nixon, A. W.; Nixon, Joseph; Noble, William M.; Oatman, Eliza; Oatman, Zachariah; Ortlip, Andrew; Patterson, Bordley Shippen; Pennington, Robert H.; Pennington, Thomas; Pennock, F. J.; Pennock, Francis J.; Pennock, Joseph; Pennock, Margaretta Walker; Pennock, William E.; Penny, Joseph; Peters, Abraham; Peters, Abraham K.; Pierce, G.; Pinkerton, James; Purnal, Levis; Pusey, Joseph; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rambo Elijah W.; Rambo, David; Rambo, Elisha; Ramsay, James; Reeses, Peter; Reyburn, James H.; Reylin, John; Reylon, Henry S.; Rhoads, Levi S.; Richey, George; Ricky, Immanuel; Rigg, Hiram F.; Robinson, Amy; Robison, Joseph; Roney, Pat; Ross, George E.; Ross, Hamilton; Russel, Joseph; Rutter, Adam; Rynear, Charles; Sampson, John; Sampson, William; Sellers, Thomas W.; Seltzer, Sara R.; Shaw, Ben; Shivery, Demison; Shivery, Elisha J.; Shivery, George; Shultz, Frank; Simmons, Henry; Siner, John T.; Slack, Hall; Slokom, Samuel; Smith, Abram; Smith, Jackson; Smith, Jesse J.; Smith, S. W.; Smith, Samuel; Sproul, James; Stewart, James; Stump, B. O.; Sutton, Edwin; Sweigert, John W.; Swift, Joseph; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Jesse; Thomas, Arthur; Thomas, Edward; Thomas, Margaret; Thompson, James; Thompson, Jane M.; Thompson, Mary Jane; Turner, James; Walker, David; Wallace, Arthur; Walton, Abner Brinton; Walton, Alban; Walton, Brinton; Walton, Elizabeth C.; Walton, Isaac; Walton, Joseph L.; Walton, Joseph B.; Walton, Joseph P.; Watts, Mollie; Webster, Chalkley; Webster, Charles; Webster, Daniel; Webster, George; Webster, Joseph; Webster, Margaret C.; White, Alexander; Whiteside, Mrs.; Whitman, James; Whitson, Martha; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Samuel; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, William; Willard, Agnes; Williams, Abner; Williams, David; Williams, William B.; Wood, James; Wood, Joshua; Wood, Thomas; Wood, William N.; Woodruff, John; Woods, Joshua; Woods, Peter; Woods, Thomas; Work, Robert; Worth, Albert B.; Worth, William C.

Subjects: Surveying; Surveyors; Lancaster County (Pa.); Chester County (Pa.)

Search Terms: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Finding aids; Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Octoraro Creek; Surveying; Surveyors; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0734

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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-734

Other Number: MG-734

Classification: MG0734

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.

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Collection: Lancaster Soup Fund Records

Title: Lancaster Soup Fund Records

Object ID: MG0728

Date Range: 1880-1888

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Collection: Lancaster Soup Fund Records

Title: Lancaster Soup Fund Records

Description: This collection contains four annual reports for the Lancaster Soup Fund during the decade of the 1880s. These reports list as contributors many prominent citizens, including Gen. George M. Steinman, H. E. Slaymaker, Hon. Henry G. Long, and C. F. Hager.

Date Range: 1880-1888

Creation Date: 1880-1888

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 1888

Creator: Lancaster Soup Fund (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Groff, Samuel A.; Hager, Charles F.; Long, Henry Grimler; McGonigle, John T.; Morton, William Augustus; Rosenmiller, David Porter; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Steinman, George Michael

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.); Business records; Charities

Search Terms: Business records; Charities; Financial records; Finding aids; Lancaster; Lancaster Soup Fund; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 folder, 4 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0728

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-728

Other Number: MG-728

Classification: MG0728

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from the Document Collection, June 2014.; Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, August 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.

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Collection: Lyte Family Papers

Title: Lyte Family Papers

Object ID: MG0727

Date Range: 1884-1930

of the deed to lots 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215 in the Lancaster Cemetery deeded to David Fleetwood and Joshua L. Lyte, 1884. (The original of this document is in Oversized Items Box 6, Folder 3, Item 6) A transfer of lots 2212 and 2213 in the Lancaster Cemetery by Laura H. Albright, H. Fleetwood Albright

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Collection: Lyte Family Papers

Title: Lyte Family Papers

Description: The Lyte Family Papers contain documents pertaining to the family of Joshua Louis Lyte and Amelia Fleetwood Lyte. Items include deeds, Masonic membership information, a mortgage, a will and other documents that together provide a few details of the family's relationships and activities from 1884 to 1930.

Date Range: 1884-1930

Year Range From: 1884

Year Range To: 1930

Date of Accumulation: 1884-1930

Creator: Lyte, Mary Rebecca, d. 1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Albright, Henry Fleetwood, Jr.; Albright, Laura H.; Burger, Henry; Carter, John C.; Eaby, Joel S.; Fisher, J. Frederick; Fleetwood, David; Groezinger, Robert W.; Keller, William Huestis; Kline, Mabel May; Lansinger, John W.; Lyte, Amelia Fleetwood; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Lyte, Elizabeth; Lyte, Harold; Lyte, John H.; Lyte, Joshua Louis; Lyte, Mary Rebecca; Musselman, John E.; Rothermel, George H.; Schwarz, Peter

Subjects: Deeds; Family archives; Freemasons; Wills

Search Terms: Bonds; Deeds; Family archives; Finding aids; Freemasons; Lancaster Cemetery; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; Musselman & Schwarz Plumbing and Heating; West End Building and Loan; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders, .2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0727

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lyte Family Papers (MG0727), 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-727

Classification: MG0727

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred from the Document Collection, June 2014. Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, August 2014. Added to database 25 May 2021.

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Object ID: MG0720

Date Range: 1798-1939

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Description: This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.

Date Range: 1798-1939

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1939

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1939

Creator: Woerner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Bassler, Maria; Bernhard, Henry; Bernhardy, Henry; Breitigan, Daniel Mumma; Bomgardener, Elias; Burkholder, Ann; Buckwalter, Barbara; Buckwalter Daniel W.; Buckwalter, David Joseph; Buckwalter, Elam; Buckwalter, Harry Sahm; Burkholder, Henry; Buckwalter, Henry W.; Buckwalter, Hiram; Buckwalter, Ivan; Buckwalter, Joseph; Burkholder, Martha; Buckwalter, Stella; Burkholder, Rebecca; Burkholder, Veronica; Cross, Peter; Drutt, George; Dunlap, W. M.; Dutt, Anne; Dutt, George; Eberle, Ann; Eberly, H. S.; Fory, Zeno; Frank, Christian; Fulmer, Phillip; Hackman, Andrew; Harnish, M. M.; Hartman, Frank; Heidman, Elizabeth; Heilmand, John; Herr, Isaac; Herr, Walter; Hollersten, Peter; Homsher, Fred; Huber, Abraham; Kreider, Abraham; Kreiter, Christian; Landis, Levi; Myers, N. S.; Myers, Samuel; Masterson, Maria; Masterson, Thomas; Newcomer, Jacob; Nolly, Loretta Jane; Peifer, Amos; Ritter, Benjamin; Ruth, John; Sahm, Aaron; Sahm, David C.; Sahm, Eliza Gross; Sahm, George; Sahm, Henry Gross; Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker; Sahm, Levi; Sahm, Menno L.; Shriner, Daniel; Snyder, H. B.; Spacht, Ralph M.; Stauffer, Christian; Weidman, David; Witmer, David M.

Subjects: Airports; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; Inventories; Loans; Maps; Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Runways (Aeronautics); Stocks; Taxation; Wills

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Agreements; Airports; American Union Telephone Company; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Estate inventories; Executors' accounts; Farm Debt Adjustment Committee; Farmers Market Company; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Financial records; Guardianship accounts; Inventories; Kissel Hill Telephone Company; Lancaster Abattoir Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Leaf Tobacco Company; Livestock; Loans; Manheim Fairview Cemetery; Manheim Twp.; Maps; Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; Penn Twp.; Phoenix Water Power Company; Probate records; Reading Transit and Light Company; Receipts; Runways; Stocks; Taxation; Taxes; Warwick Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0720

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), 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-720

Other Number: MG-720

Classification: MG0720

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: Lancaster Post Office Collection

Title: Lancaster Post Office Collection

Object ID: MG0642

Date Range: 1880, 1930

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Collection: Lancaster Post Office Collection

Title: Lancaster Post Office Collection

Description: The Lancaster Post Office Collection contains a copy of Rates and Postage and Classification of Mail Matter (published in 1880) by James H. Marshall, Postmaster of Lancaster, and a program for the dedication of Lancaster's new post office in 1930.

Date Range: 1880, 1930

Creation Date: 1880, 1930

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 1930

Creator: Lancaster Post Office (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Stormfeltz, Charles H.; Marshall, James Henry; McLain, Frank Xavier

Subjects: Lancaster Post Office (Lancaster, Pa.); Programs (Publications); Postal rates

Search Terms: Finding aids; Lancaster Post Office; Manuscript groups; Post offices; Postal rates; Programs; Rates of Postage and Classification of Mail Matter

Extent: 2 folders, 2 items, 38 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0642

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Lancaster Post Office Collection (MG0642), 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-642

Other Number: MG-642

Classification: MG0642

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, May-June 2014. Added to database 2 July 2021.

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

., and Henry Markley. 23 May 1771. Folder 5 Mortgage. James and Sarah Davis of Lampeter Twp., a fuller, and Michael Diefenderffer of Lancaster, are bound to Bernard Hubley of Lancaster regarding the purchase of property on King Street in Lancaster. 11 June 1772. Folder 6 Deed from Leonard Stone of Earl

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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: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Object ID: MG0158

Date Range: 1812-1954

moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print. Printing

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Collection: David B. Landis Collection

Title: David B. Landis Collection

Description: The David B. Landis Collection consists primarily of his personal and business correspondence, as well as his poetry and writings. Of special interest are a booklet with a synopsis autobiography of his life and his picture. There are also family papers, genealogy, membership cards, and obituaries.

Admin/Biographical History: David Bachman Landis was born in Landisville, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1862, the son of Israel C. and Mary M. Landis. As a school boy, he worked in his father's dry goods store and published a paper for boys titled Keystone Amateur. He began his printing career by apprenticing at the Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company in Lancaster in 1878, and in 1883 he opened his own job printing office in Landisville where he published the Village Vigil.; Mr. Landis moved to Lancaster in 1888 and started Pluck Art Printery. He started out in Lancaster by publishing Pluck, a magazine dedicated to the fields of printing and photography, but soon devoted his business to commercial and society printing. The name was changed in 1914 to Landis Art Print.; Printing, however, was not his only passion. He was an avid bicyclist and belonged to the Lancaster Cycling Club and the League of American Wheelmen. Through these organizations, he helped to improve the condition of roads in Pennsylvania. He was active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Ben Franklin Club, and Grace Lutheran Church. He wrote poetry and essays, and dedicated many pieces to friends and family.; David B. Landis married Nora K. Baker of Landisville in 1885. They had four children. Nora passed away in 1910. David married his second wife, Bertha L. Cochran, in 1914.

Date Range: 1812-1954

Year Range From: 1812

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1812-1954

Creator: Landis, David Bachman, 1862-1940

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Baer, Frank; Baker, Catherine; Baker, Emma W.; Baker, P. W.; Barrett, W. W.; Benner, Henry; Brown G. W.; Camp, Edward N.; Carr, George M.; Chamberlain, Frank N.; Cochran, Ada; Cole, Will T.; Conyngham, Redmond; Denlinger, D.; Diehl, H.; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diller, S.; Donaldson, W. M.; Dunbar, William H.; Ely, Alfred; Forshey, E. L.; Frederick, George W.; Garretson, G. R.; Gay, Ed. C.; Grout, J. W.; Gould, J. J.; Greider, Mary Carolyn; Greider, Joseph Landis; Griest, William Walton; Hains, Wilson R.; Haldeman, Victor Macholski; Haldy Gertrude Hensel; Hardy, E. W.; Heister, A. V.; Hershey, Harvey S.; Hershey, J. B.; Hess, Barbara K.; Holbach, George H.; Hood, Jesse A.; Hostetter A. K.; Hostetter Albert K.; Jackson, A. C., Jr.; Johnston, R. A.; Kramer, Donald; Keen, Robert H.; Kreider, A. B.; Krick, William T.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, Bertha L. Cochran; Landis, Christian; Landis, D. M., Dr.; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, Elvin G.; Landis, Felix; Landis, Florence D.; Landis, Frances; Landis, Henry G.; Landis, Irene Janet; Landis, Israel Christian; Landis, James B.; Landis, Johannes; Landis, John; Landis, John C.; Landis, Mary M. Musselman; Landis, Michael Bachman; Landis, Nora K.; Landis, Priscilla R.; Lehman, Eliza Ann; Lehman, Emma Bachman; Lincoln, Abraham; Marrow, Paul Harding; McBride, Sarah C.; McClain, Frank B.; McGinnis, J.; Merrill, W. J.; Missemer, J. R.; Morrison, Neale; Moyer, Albert,; Moxley, C. A.; Musselman, David; Musselman, Edward M.; Musselman, Sarah; Myrtle, M.; Neale, Fred; Neale, John C.; Nissley, H. L.; Reynolds, Howard; Rial, Abram S.; Rial, S.; Rial, Susan Ann; Shields, R. I.; Shirk, John Kohr; Simon, Daniel B.; Smith, Edwin Hadley; Stein, George; Stephen, Samuel; Taft, William Howard; Thompson, C.; Trout, J. H.; Wager, D. Y.; Walsh, M.; Walsh, Thomas; Washington, George; Weber, Otto E.; Weidel, Melba Landis; Weidman, Joel; Wenaugh, W. L.; Wickersham, J. Harold; Wolf, B.; Wolf, D. Dorsey; Wolf, Edna Kempton

Other Creators: Landis, Bertha L. Cochran, d. 1959

Subjects: Genealogy; Letters; Poetry

Search Terms: Advertising; Ben Franklin Club; Correspondence; Family reunions; Finding aids; Franklin Institute; Genealogy; Invitations; Invoices; Lancaster Board of Trade; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Agricultural Society; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster Cycling Club; Landis Art Press; League of American Wheelmen; Letters; Manuscript groups; Pageant of Liberty; Pennsylvania German Society; Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society; Pluck Art Printery; Poetry; Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology; Sonnets; Street and Road Committee, Lancaster Cycling Club; Unitarian Laymen's League; Village Vigil; Wickersham Printing Company; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 26 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0158

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: David B. Landis Collection (MG0158), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies when available.

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: 1957.MG0158

Other Numbers: MG-158

Classification: MG0158

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by DT, JM, and HST, 1998-2008. Added to database 29 July 2021.

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Collection: Farmers' Fair Collection

Title: Farmers' Fair Collection

Object ID: MG0146

Date Range: 1888-1973

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Collection: Farmers' Fair Collection

Title: Farmers' Fair Collection

Description: Of primary interest are premium list books from the Lancaster Fair. The books contain entry categories and prizes offered for winners, general rules and regulations, many advertisements, and photographs of the fairgrounds and acts performing at some of the fairs. There are also Fair Association stock certificates and pamphlets, exhibit entry blanks, promotional fliers, and premium lists from other fairs.; Lancaster County Agricultural Fairs, 1909-1914 scrapbook contains a variety of information pertaining to the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair. There are copies of letters that I. C. Arnold typed and sent out to notify the public about the annual fair, including letters to teachers and businesses. Photographs are scattered within the book. The book is also filled with admission tickets, stand-holder tickets, and exhibitor tickets. There are several pages that show the layout of the fairgrounds and where different exhibits and rides were located. An item of interest is a facsimile of a confederate fifty-dollar bill.

Admin/Biographical History: The Lancaster County Agricultural Fair was held annually starting in 1888 and was sponsored by the Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association. The fair lasted for one week and was open to the public for four days. For the first ten years the fair was held at McGrann's Park. In 1909, Lancaster County Agricultural Fair moved to the newly constructed Lancaster Fair Grounds. The new fair complex consisted of fifty-five acres and contained 5,500 bleacher seats, cattle sheds for over 400 exhibits, 225 stables for racing and show horses, a poultry exhibition building for 3,000 exhibits, and two exhibit buildings for the horticulture, agriculture and fancy work exhibits. The animals and exhibits were on display during the fair and there were rides, food stands and other amusements available for the public.; Fair entries were judged in one of eight fair departments: Cattle; Sheep and Swine; Horses, Ponies and Mules; Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock; Farm and Dairy Machinery, Implements, Carriages and Vehicles; Agriculture and Horticulture; Home and Dairy; and Ladies' Fancy Work. The Cattle Department had three different classes of dairy breeds, beef breeds and overall. The Sheep and Swine Department was split in two classes between the sheep and the swine and each class held many divisions for breed classifications. The Department of Horses, Ponies and Mules was split between show animals and work animals used for pulling carts and machinery. Poultry, Pigeons and Pet Stock were judged as one category winning gold, silver, bronze and runner up medals. Items used for farming and dairy divided the fifth department and then carriages and vehicles shared their own category.; The Department of Agriculture and Horticulture was split into many different categories including grains, seed and flour; wheat; vegetables; potatoes; tobacco; apples; pear, plums and quinces; peaches; grapes; fall strawberries; nuts; wines, cider, etc.; flowers; floral designs; and the boy's corn growing contest. The categories of the Home and Dairy Department are bread and butter; cakes and pies; preserves and pickles; confections; and soaps and hams. The final department, Ladies' Fancy Work, included craft work such as knitting, crochet work, infant's clothing, lace and tatting work, Irish crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, silk embroidery, outline embroidery, punch work, drawn work, stencil work, beadwork, raffia work and the juvenile department. The annual Lancaster County Agricultural Fair's last year was in 1933.

Date Range: 1888-1973

Year Range From: 1888

Year Range To: 1973

Date of Accumulation: 1888-1973

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Subjects: Agricultural exhibitions; Fairs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Agricultural exhibitions; Black Barren Fair; Fairs; Finding aids; Lancaster County Agricultural Fair Association; Lancaster Fair; Manuscript groups; Neffsville Fair; New Holland Farmers' Fair; Scrapbooks; Southern Lancaster County Community Fair

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

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0146

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: A photograph of the grandstand was transferred from Folder 9 to the Photograph Collection, 30 September 2016, Object ID 2-26-04-12.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Farmers' Fair Collection (MG0146), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-146

Other Number: MG-146

Classification: MG0146

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection was processed and finding aid prepared in 1998; the scrapbook was cataloged by CB, 2007-2008. Added to database 5 August 2021.; Lancaster County Agricultural Fairs scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 2007-2008. ME60112.

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