Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Outdoor relief seems to be some sort of welfare program. In the second volume, 1898-1937, there is a field "Cause of Destitution". At the top of the pages, there is printed "Outdoor Relief granted by the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster Co."
"Outdoor relief granted by the Directors of the Poor. Includes records of the Columbia Outdoor Relief, patient lists for Allentown, Norristown and Harrisburg State Hospitals, Selinsgrove, Polk and Pennhurst State Schools, Evelyn Training School, and the Pennsylvania Children's Aid Society, and a list of quarantined families."
Two volumes: 1885-1893 (includes index) & 1898-1937 (no index). Arranged by date and district.
See the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection, MG-277, for similar records.
Organized 1732 by the Synod [of Philadelphia]; divided and dissolved 1765; continued in part by Presbytery of Carlisle. Reconstituted as Donegal in 1766 by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia; dissolved 1786.
Affiliation: 1732-1745, the Synod; 1745-1758, Synod of Philadelphia; 1758-1786, Synod of New York and Philadelphia.
Vol. 3 includes minutes of Carlisle Presbytery, May 23, 1765-Apr. 25, 1766.
Labeled as #837.
Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
