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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Object ID
MG0010
Date Range
1817-1996
: LancasterHistory will continue to add items to this collection. Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Beverly, Jane B. Kepler, Mary �230 North President Avenue · Lancaster, PA
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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Description
The Linden Hall Seminary Collection contains school catalogs and Linden Hall Echo, the school yearbook. Other items include financial records, fundraising information, school workbooks, and a diploma from 1886.
Admin/Biographical History
Linden Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States.
Date Range
1817-1996
Year Range From
1817
Year Range To
1996
Date of Accumulation
1817-1996
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Beverly, Jane B.
Kepler, Mary
Subjects
Girls' schools
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
School catalogs
School notebooks
School yearbooks
Women--Education
Search Terms
Broadsides
Finding aids
Girls' schools
Linden Hall
Linden Hall Echo
Manuscript groups
School catalogs
School notebooks
Yearbooks
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0010
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), 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-10
Classification
MG0010
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 Febraury 2018.
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Collection
Henry Slaymaker Collection
Title
The Henry Slaymaker Collection
Object ID
MG0004
Date Range
1790-1835
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Collection
Henry Slaymaker Collection
Title
The Henry Slaymaker Collection
Description
Collection includes waste books and an account book from the Salisbury Store, Justice of the Peace dockets, child's school exercise books, receipts, summons, letters, and other papers.
Date Range
1790-1835
Creation Date
1790-1835
Year Range From
1790
Year Range To
1835
Creator
Slaymaker, Henry F. (Henry Fleming), 1789-1860
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Chambers, P.
Leech, George
Slaymaker, Henry Fleming
Slaymaker, Isabella
Slaymaker, Jasper
Small, Henry
Other Creators
Slaymaker family
Subjects
Business records
Court calendars
Family records
Legal documents
Letters
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
School notebooks
Search Terms
Bethania Seminary
Business records
Correspondence
Court calendars
Family records
Finding aids
Legal documents
Letters
Manuscript groups
Promissory notes
Salisbury Store
Salisbury Twp.
School notebooks
Extent
2 boxes, 12 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0004
Related Item Notes
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, MG0268
Curatorial Collection
Photograph Collection
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use the photocopies provided for items in Folders 6 and 7.
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-4
Classification
MG0004
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Collection was cataloged prior to July 1997; added to database 1 March 2018.
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Eby Manuscript Collection
Title
Eby Manuscript Collection
Object ID
MG0016
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Collection
Eby Manuscript Collection
Title
Eby Manuscript Collection
Description
This is a collection of the papers Clyde L. Groff and George F. Newman used in writing the The Eby Report. Some of the material was not included in the published work about the Eby family.
System of Arrangement
Organized by subject, arranged chronologically.
Creator
Groff, Clyde Lester, 1920-1998
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Groff, Clyde Lester
Newman, George F.
Other Creators
Newman, George F.
Subjects
Genealogy
Search Terms
Genealogy
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
2 accordion folders, .4 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0016
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
The Eby Report, LCHS call number 929/E16r
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-16
Classification
MG0016
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 6 March 2018.
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Collection
Grand Army of the Republic Collection
Title
Grand Army of the Republic Collection
Object ID
MG0017
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Collection
Grand Army of the Republic Collection
Title
Grand Army of the Republic Collection
Description
Collection consists of records of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied organizations. Most papers are from G.A.R. Post 478 (Mount Joy) and Post 84 (Lancaster). Included are minute books, burial records, membership applications, correspondence, national and state G.A.R. orders, encampment information, and Post correspondence. Many records are in book form.
Soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the U.S. who fought in the cause of the Union from Apr. 12, 1861 to Apr. 9, 1865 were eligible to become members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Allied Orders include: Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans U.S.A. (later Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War) and their Auxiliary, as well as the Daughters of Veterans (later Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War).
Creation Date
1861-1931
Year Range From
1861
Year Range To
1931
Date of Accumulation
1861-1931
Creator
Grand Army of the Republic Post 478
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Cruikshank, William
Furgeson, Elizabeth
Leach, David
Long, George
Nissley, D. H.
Nissley, David H.
Stephenson, Benjamin F.
Thomas, George H.
Thumb, Tom
Veil, Chas. H.
Wimer, John
Wolf, Joseph
Other Creators
Grand Army of the Republic Post 84; Grand Army of the Republic Post 524.
Subjects
Business records
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Pennsylvania
Sons of Veterans, U.S.A
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Woman's Relief Corp (U.S.). Department of Pennsylvania
Search Terms
Burial records
Business records
Civil War
Correspondence
Finding aids
Grand Army of the Republic
Iroquois Band
Stork's Orchestra
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Letters
Lincoln Cemetery
Manuscript groups
Mount Joy Cemetery
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Woman's Relief Corp (U.S.)
Extent
6 boxes, 56 folders, 24 volumes, 3 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0017
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory (Organization)
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-17
Classification
MG0017
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 6 March 2018.
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Collection
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Title
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Object ID
MG0116
Date Range
1805-1984
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Collection
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Title
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Description
Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
Date Range
1805-1984
Year Range From
1805
Year Range To
1984
Date of Accumulation
1805-1984
Creator
Hand family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Hand, Edward
Lear, Robert H.
Brien, Edward
Brien, Dorothy Hand
Hand, Jasper
Subjects
Genealogy
Family records
Letters
Search Terms
Genealogy
Family records
Family reunions
Rock Ford
Correspondence
Letters
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0116
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection (MG-116), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-116
Classification
MG0116
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 1 May 2019.
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Collection
Harriet Diller Collection
Title
Harriet Diller Collection
Object ID
MG0088
Date Range
1877-1842
Collection
Harriet Diller Collection
Title
Harriet Diller Collection
Description
Collection contains information on the Diller family, collected by Harriet Diller.
Date Range
1877-1842
Year Range From
1877
Year Range To
1942
Date of Accumulation
1877-1942
Creator
Diller, Harriet
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Diller, Harriet
Ellmaker, J. Watson
Subjects
Family records
Genealogy
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Family history
Family records
Finding aids
Genealogy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Extent
1 box, 2 folders, .1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0088
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.)
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Credit
Harriet Diller Collection (MG-88), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Classification
MG0088
Description Level
Fonds
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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Genealogy Research
Title
William Byron Hornberger Genealogy Research
Object ID
MG0983
Date Range
c. 1902-1990
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Genealogy Research
Title
William Byron Hornberger Genealogy Research
Description
This collection contains letters, correspondence, research notes, documents, tourist maps, and other ephemera collected in the course of William Byron Hornberger's research in to his family's genealogy. Includes information about the Hornberger, Weaver, Goldthwait and other allied families compiled during the 1980s and 1990s.
Admin/Biographical History
William Byron Hornberger was born in Lancaster County and lived in Lititz where he was a graduate of the 1961 class of Warwick High School. He was accepted into the Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program and was a graduate of Perdue University's electrical and computer engineering program. He served in the United States Navy for more than 20 years and went on to a post-active duty civilian career with Lockheed-Martin. He was the son of William Buch Hornberger and Charlotte Naomi Weaver, both of Lititz.
Date Range
c. 1902-1990
Creation Date
c. 1902-1990
Date of Accumulation
c. 1985-1990
Creator
Hornberger, William Byron (1943-2021)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 13
People
Hornberger, William Byron
Hornberger, William Buch
Hornberger, Charlotte Naomi Weaver
Weaver, McKee Gallagher
Weaver, Ada Pearl Eicher
Goldthwait, James
Goldthwait, Anna Hornberger
Hornberger, Amanda Louisa Buch
Smith, Lillian
Pinkerton, Bruce
Weaver, Ida Miran
Weaver, Anna Mary
Reese, Buena Vista Eicher
Eicher, Missouri Gaster
Holler, Walter
Holler, Buelah
Subjects
Genealogy
Search Terms
Finding Aids
Manuscript groups
World War II
Genealogy
Families
Maps
Spanish-American War, 1898
Extent
1 box, 11 folders, 57 items, 336 pages to scan
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0983
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
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).
This collection has been given in memory of William Byron Hornberger.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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
2023.052
Other Numbers
MG-983
Classification
MG0983
Description Level
Fonds
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Ward & Miley Family Papers
Title
Ward and Miley Family Papers
Object ID
MG0984
Date Range
1967-1942
Collection
Ward & Miley Family Papers
Title
Ward and Miley Family Papers
Description
Papers of the Ward and Miley families:
Birth Record certificate of B. Frank Ward (MG0984_F001)
Confirmation certificate of Franklin David Miley (MG0984_F001)
Marriage certificate of Franklin David Miley and Margaret May Thatcher (MG0984_F001)
4 Bible pages with genealogical data of the Thatcher and Spiese families (MG0984_F002)
Frank Ward's General Science notes from Lancaster Boys High School, 1915-1916 (MG0984_F003)
Frank Ward's Zoology notes from Lancaster Boys' High School, 1916-1917 (MG0984_F004)
Report of Boy Scout Troup No. 6 trip to Washington, DC, in 1915, typescript, with 5 photographs (MG0984_F005)
Badge and certificate of election (MG0984_F006) of Frank D. Miley to Lancaster City Council from the 6th Ward, 1921
Armstrong Rod & Gun Club topographical map of the Hunting District. Near Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, revised 1925. (MG0984_F007)
Bill of Sale from Central Machine Works, Lancaster, 1895 - scanned and original returned
Date Range
1967-1942
Year Range From
1967
Year Range To
1942
Date of Accumulation
1967-1942
Creator
Ward, James
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 13
People
Adams, Charlotte May
Adams, Esther Virginia
Adams, Lloyd Ervin
Adams, Martha Elizabeth
Aument, Stephen
Boyle, William
Custer, Charles H.
Erisman, Kenneth
Gregg, Joseph
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Himmelsbach, Charles
Loechner, Robert
Miley, Franklin David
Miley, Harry Albert
Miley, Louisa Phillip Kuhlman
Miley, Margaret May Thatcher
Parmer, Roy D.
Shaub, Raymond
Stoll, Frank
Thatcher, Anna Elizabeth
Thatcher, Arthur Franklin
Thatcher, Benjamin Franklin
Thatcher, David M.
Thatcher, Elmer Washington
Thatcher, Elmira Ann
Thatcher, Elsie Josephine
Thatcher, Esther Jane Spiese
Thatcher, George Washington
Thatcher, Grace Alberta
Thatcher, Harry S.
Thatcher, Helen May
Thatcher, Jacob E.
Thatcher, Mary Jane
Thatcher, Ulysses Grant
Ward, Benjamin Frank
Ward, Maude L. Craig
Ward, William Henry Brooks, Jr.
Subjects
Family archives
Search Terms
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong Rod and Gun Club
Bible records
Birth records
Boy Scouts
Confirmation certificates
Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Family archives
Grace Lutheran Church
Manuscript groups
Maps
Marriage certificates
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
School notebooks
Extent
7 folders, 14 items
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0984
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Class photograph of Lancaster Girls' (Stevens) High School, 1919 (4-02-01-56)
Class photograph of Lancaster Boys' High School, 1919 (4-02-01-55)
Badge of Frank D. Miley to Lancaster City Council from the 6th Ward, 1921 (Curatorial Collection)
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
Original documents may be used by appointment--request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection 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
2023.Ward
Other Numbers
MG-984
Classification
MG0984
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 4 March 2024.
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Lancaster City and County Government Collection
Title
Lancaster City and County Government Collection
Object ID
MG0079
Collection
Lancaster City and County Government Collection
Title
Lancaster City and County Government Collection
Description
This collection contains documents, plans, programs, and surveys related to and from the government offices of Lancaster City and Lancaster County.
System of Arrangement
A. Lancaster City
B. Lancaster County
Creator
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Baum, H. J.
Black, Russell VanNest
Conrad, Charles S., Jr.
Foster, C. Bickley
Gotch, Albert W.
Hartzog, Justin R.
Klein, H. M. J.
Malone, James J.
Miller, Paul F.
Nolen, John
Smeltz, E. S.
Walker, Hale J.
Subjects
Municipal government
Programs (Publications)
Urban renewal
Zoning
Search Terms
Fulton Opera House
Hale J. Walker-Justin R. Hartzog Associates
Lancaster City Council
Lancaster City Planning Commission
Lancaster City Water Filtration Plant
Lancaster County Commissioners
Lancaster County Planning Commission
Letters
Maps
Municipal government
Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc.
Programs
Reports
Urban renewal
Zoning
Extent
1 box, 18 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0079
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Lancaster County Archives
Related Item Notes
Lancaster City Archives Collection
Lancaster County Government Records
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
Lancaster City and County Government Collection (MG-79), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Classification
MG0079
Description Level
Fonds
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Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Object ID
MG0081
Date Range
1753-2007
Insert 1 Plot of Ephrata Cloisters in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Surveyed by F. P. Plessinger. Traced by J. A. Downes, 26 August 1935. Revised by P. M. Lollich, 4 September 1937, and A. P. Leber, 19 November 1937. N. J. Daniel, Director of Land Office, 9 May 1944. (please use photocopy) Original
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Collection
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Title
Ephrata Cloister Collection
Description
Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.
Date Range
1753-2007
Year Range From
1753
Year Range To
2007
Date of Accumulation
1753-2007
Creator
Ephrata Cloister
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
Baer, Johann
Bar, Johann
Bowman, John
Daniel, N. J.
Doll, Eugene E.
Downes, J. A.
Dunkelberger, Ralph D.
Elsen, John
Franck, Ira S.
Hagen, F. F.
Heatwole, Daniel R.
Hocker, Ludwig
Hollinger, J. Daryl
Keller, James
Kimmel, Jacob
Leber, A. P.
Lollich, P. M.
Loose, John W. W.
Miller, Henry
Mitton, Juliet
Nevin, [ ]
Plessinger, F. P.
Pyle, Howard
Raber, [ ]
Senseman, John
Stubsky, Georg
Subjects
Pamphlets
Watermarks
Search Terms
Aurand Press
Brochures
Ephrata Cloister
Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.
Ephrata Cloister Chorus
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Hocking Printing Company, Inc.
Legal papers
Mennonite Publishing House
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pow wow
Review Book Store
Seventh Day Baptists
Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata
Watermarks
Ye Village Inne
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English and German
Object ID
MG0081
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Library collections
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
Restrictions are noted at the item level. Original documents may be used--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.
Classification
MG0081
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.
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