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Collection: Charles Kessler Papers

Title: Charles Kessler Papers

Object ID: MG0432

Date Range: 1939-2004

H. Buchanan, James Johnston, Harriet Lane Subject Headings: Authors Family records Jewish veterans Letters World War, 1939-1945 Search Terms: Authors Correspondence Family records Finding aids Jewish veterans Letters Manuscript groups World War II World War, 1939-1945 Processing History: The

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Collection: Charles Kessler Papers

Title: Charles Kessler Papers

Description: The Charles Kessler Papers contain some personal and professional correspondence, research for articles and books, and manuscripts for published and unpublished works. Kessler authored several pamphlets and books on local history including Lancaster in the Revolution in 1975 and President Buchanan: Trapped in a Whirlwind in 2003.

Admin/Biographical History: Charles H. Kessler, a World War II veteran, began his career as a reporter for the Reading Eagle Times, and later worked for the Lancaster New Era until his retirement in 1984.

Date Range: 1939-2004

Year Range From: 1939

Year Range To: 2004

Date of Accumulation: 1939-2004

Creator: Kessler, Charles H., 1921-2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Kessler, Charles H.; Buchanan, James; Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subjects: Authors; Family records; Jewish veterans; Letters; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Authors; Correspondence; Family records; Finding aids; Jewish veterans; Letters; Manuscript groups; World War II; WWII

Extent: 13 boxes, 127 folders, 6.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0432

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Charles Kessler Papers (MG0432), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the folder or 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. 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-432

Classification: MG0432

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection has not been fully cataloged. Added to database 22 February 2022.

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Collection: Wolpert Family Papers

Title: Wolpert Family Papers

Object ID: MG0685

Date Range: 1861-1945

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Collection: Wolpert Family Papers

Title: Wolpert Family Papers

Description: This collection contains letters from Private Peter Wolpert to his brother during the Civil War. In addition here are records of Peter Wolpert's military service including the Company E, Regiment 1, Pennsylvania Reserves Infantry Muster Roll, plus that unit's Casualty Sheet and an information card from the Pennsylvania State Archives, all which indicate he died in action at Antietam. And the collection also has a Lancaster Intelligencer Journal newspaper article about Peter Wolpert's son, Charles, as he remembers President James Buchanan's funeral.

Date Range: 1861-1945

Year Range From: 1861

Year Range To: 1945

Date of Accumulation: 1861-1864, 1945

Creator: Wolpert family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 14

People: Wolpert, Peter; Wolpert, Lorenz; Wittlinger, Johann; Wolpert, Charles; Buchanan, James

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Letters; Family records

Search Terms: Civil War; Family records; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military records

Extent: 1 box, 4 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0685

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The items in Folder 4 are restricted.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Wolpert Family Papers (MG-685), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-685

Classification: MG0685

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared 25 March 2013. Added to database 16 January 2018.

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Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Object ID: MG0982

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Collection: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Title: Papers of the Warfel Family of Conestoga Township

Description: Deeds, patents, letters, family papers of the Warfel, Bachman, Hess, Herr, Haverstick families of Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp., c. 1751 to 1860s:; 11 deeds, deed polls, patents, property records - ten are for property in Conestoga Twp., most at Slackwater; one is for land in Manor Twp.; Land drafts; Property records; Probate records: Estate inventory for Abraham Warfel, 1851; Administrators' account for Abraham Warfel, 1853; Personal papers of Jacob Warfel, 1833-1852; Abraham Warfel correspondence (Ohio and Iowa), 1846-1862; Martin B. Warfel correspondence (Indiana), 1856-1864; Lewis A. and Rachel Warfel Geiger correspondence (Pennsylvania and Texas), 1850s, 1862, 1869; J. Warfel correspondence (Illinois), 1860; Aaron Goode Bachman correspondence (Kansas), 1862; Benjamin R. Bachman correspondence (Tennessee), 1866; Hiram W. Bachman correspondence (Texas), 1865; John Bachman correspondence (Conestoga), 1842; David Bair correspondence (Ohio), 1840; J. C. Geiger correspondence (Texas), 1858; Samuel Hess correspondence (Salunga), 1869; John and Margaret Good, birthdates of their children, 1818-1842; Agreement for Conestoga Schoolhouse, 1828; Advertising for Thomas W. Evans & Co., Philadelphia, no date; Store account for Miss E. C. [Hess] from Fondersmith & [Son], Lancaster, 1851; Some Warfel and Haverstick genealogy, mostly copied from published sources with annotations; "Speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, of the National Finance," 20 January 1863

Date Range: ca. 1751 - 1869

Year Range From: 1751

Year Range To: 1869

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1751-1869

Creator: Warfel family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Bachman, Aaron Goode; Bachman, Benjamin; Bachman, Benjamin R.; Bachman, Hiram W.; Bachman, John; Bachman, Susan A. Barton; Bair, David; Breneman, Adam; Buchanan, James; Charles, Henry; Charles, Jacob; Dayton, William Lewis; Dunkle, George; Fillmore, Millard; Fremont, John Charles; Geiger, John C.; Geiger, Lewis A.; Geiger, Rachel H. Warfel; Good, Adam; Good, Catharine; Good, Christian; Good, Elizabeth; Good, Fanny; Good, Jacob B.; Good, John E.; Good, Margaret; Good, Margaret Brunner; Good, Valentine; Gramer, Peter; Harnish, Martin; Haverstick, Anna B. Miller; Haverstick, Charles Arthur; Haverstick, Clara May; Haverstick, Elvina C. Warfel; Haverstick, Florence Ray; Haverstick, Harry Hoyt; Haverstick, John M.; Haverstick, Levi H.; Hess, Christian; Hess, Elizabeth; Hess, John; Hess, Joseph; Hess, Samuel; Hess, Susan Good; House, John; Kaigey, Henry; McClelland, William Bloomfield; Mennert, Frederick; Mennert, Jacob; Morgan, John; Musser, John; Puterbaugh, Elizabeth Warfel Bachman Mennert "Lizzie"; Ross, Indiana McClelland Warfel; Schoch, Jacob; Shank, Michael; Shenk, John; Stauffer, Abraham; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stoner, Christian; Sweigart, Jacob H.; Taylor, Zachary; Warfel, Abraham; Warfel, George W.; Warfel, Jacob; Warfel, John Brenneman; Warfel, Leah Good; Warfel, Martin B.; Warfel, Mary B. Good; Wissler, Jacob; Worley, Caleb

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans--History; Deeds; Family archives; Letters; Real property; Slavery; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Real property surveys

Search Terms: Accounts; Agriculture; Cedar Grove, Kaufman County, Texas; Civil War; Clermont, Marion County, Indiana; Conestoga Schoolhouse; Conestoga Twp.; Correspondence; Crops; Deeds; El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; Elections; Family archives; Finding aids; Galveston, Texas; Genealogy; Ice; Iowa; Land drafts; Letters; Manor Twp.; Manuscript groups; Martic Twp.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; Mexico; Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad; Ohio; Persons of color; Politics; Postal service employees; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Real estate; Real property surveys; Rocky Mountains; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Tennessee; Texas; Thomas W. Evans and Company; Washington County, Iowa; Wayne County, Ohio; Wayne Twp., Marion County, Indiana; Weather; Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana

Extent: 66 items

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0982

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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 was given in memory of the donor's maternal grandparents, David S. Warfel and Clara Haverstick Warfel.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: This collection has not been cataloged. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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: 2023.053

Other Numbers: MG-982

Classification: MG0982

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-05-01

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Portrait of James Buchanan

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Creator: Boyer, Paul D.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-05-01

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-05-02

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Portrait of James Buchanan. Watercolor done by Susan Musser Gibson of Lancaster, 1838, based on the portrait done by Jacob Eichholtz in 1834. From the collection of John and Ann Sanders, 1982. Letter from John Sanders accompanies the photograph.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James; Gibson, Susan Musser

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-05-02

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-05-03

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Reverse of the portrait of James Buchanan. Watercolor done by Susan Musser Gibson of Lancaster, 1838, based on the portrait done by Jacob Eichholtz in 1834. From the collection of John and Ann Sanders, 1982. Letter from John Sanders accompanies the photograph.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James; Gibson, Susan Musser

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-05-03

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-05-04

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Portrait of James Buchanan. Watercolor done Jacob Eichholtz in 1834. Written on back: painted at the age of about 40 years and before his departure as Minister to St. Petersburg, Harriet Lane Johnston Bequest. Stamped on back: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 8 x 10 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-05-04

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-06-01

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Portrait of James Buchanan, circa 1840s. Image printed on regular copy paper.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-06-01

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 53.2

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-07-01

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Portrait of James Buchanan, circa 1844 - 1856, from the Library of Congress. Image printed on regular copy paper.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 2 x 5.25 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-07-01

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Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Object ID: JB-03-08-01

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection

Description: Portrait of James Buchanan, circa 1844 - 1860, from the Library of Congress. Image printed on regular copy paper.

Provenance: Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Buchanan, James

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Buchanan family

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 5.5 x 4.75 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: JB-03-08-01

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