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Assimilating into the American milieu : French Huguenots in eighteenth-century Lancaster County

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
1993.
Assimilating into the American Milieu: French Huguenots in Eighteenth-Century Lancaster County By Willis L. Shirk, Jr. Though French Huguenots preceded Germans in occupying the region now encompassed by Lancaster County, the cultural impact of their presence is nearly invisible today. Just as
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
[74]-85 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Huguenots - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 95, number 3 (1993), p. 74-85Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.95
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Bellmont Mansion: an exercise in archival excavation

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
2000.
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
4-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.101, no. 3.
Subjects
Blunston, Samuel , - 2689-1745.
Wright, Susanna , - 1697-1784.
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 101, number 3 (2000), p. 4-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.101, no.3
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The Bruner family and their homes: a glimpse into Columbia's gilded age

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
1996.
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1996.
Physical Description
12-33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 98, no. 1
Subjects
Bruner family.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 98, number 1 (1996), p. 12-33Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.98
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Denver at the dawn of the twenty-first century : an updated history of Denver, Pennsylvania from earliest times to the year 2000

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
[2000].
Call Number
974.815 DENV S558
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Denver, 1900-2000, 100th anniversary
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr., with contribution by John A. Bitler ; edited by Homer P. Weaver.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Denver, PA
Publisher
Denver Historical Society,
Date of Publication
[2000].
Physical Description
iv, 130 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
"Entries marked by the letter "J.A.B." were contributed by John A. Bitler."
Autographed copy.
Subjects
Denver (Pa.) - History.
Denver (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Bitler, John A.
Weaver, Homer P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
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974.815 DENV S558
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Documenting Pennsylvania's past : the first century of the Pennsylvania State Archives

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Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
974.8 D637
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First century of the Pennsylvania State Archives
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edited by Willis L. Shirk, Jr. ; forward by Frank M. Suran ; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
ISBN
0892711116
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, [Pa.]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
242 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242).
Subjects
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Public Records.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Archives - Pennsylvania.
Public records - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Suran, Frank M.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 D637
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The European roots of the Ephrata commune ; radical sectarians, sexual utopianism, and celibacy

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
1996.
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1996.
Physical Description
130-160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.98, no.3
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Celibacy.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 98, number 3 (1996), p. 130-160Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.98
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In search of the real Madame Montour

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 52-65.
Summary
"On of the most memorable episodes recorded at the 1744 Treaty of Lancaster was the appearance of the venerable Madame Montour as a distinguished guest. Though the name of Madame Montour is widely known to be associated with the history of central Pennsylvania, the facts of her life have long remained few and conflicting...Our search is rendered particularly difficult because Madame Montour's own words sometimes contributed to the confusion and mythology that has grown up around her name."
Subjects
Montour, Madame.
Montour family.
Treaty of Lancaster
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 52-65Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=04f2bcf926e80600f69053d11cb403d8
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Our documentary history

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Shirk, Willis L.
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
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5 p.
Subjects
Griffen, John
Safe Harbor Iron Works.
Griffen Gun.
Dahlgren guns.
Gunsmithing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Safe Harbor (Pa.) - History.
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vol. 39, no. 1 Winter 2013.Lancaster History Library - Book905.748 PHMC vol. 39
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The Robert Barber, Jr. house : a relic of Quaker hegemony

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Date of Publication
1994.
The Robert Barber, Jr. House: A Relic of Quaker Hegemony by Willis L. Shirk, Jr. Partially hidden behind old English boxwoods on an embankment overlooking the Susquehanna River in the southern portion of Columbia Borough stands one of Lancaster County's earliest surviving brick homes. Erected about
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by Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
[79]-98 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 3
Subjects
Barber family.
Barber, Robert.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania
Architecture, Georgian - Pennsylvania - Columbia.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 3 (1994), p. 79-98Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96
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Wright's Ferry a glimpse into the Susquehanna Backcountry

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Author
Shirk, Willis L.
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905.748 HSP v. 120
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Willis L. Shirk, Jr.
Author
Shirk, Willis L.
Physical Description
p. 61-87
Notes
In: Pa. Magazine of History and Biography (Jan./Apr. 1996, vol., cxx, no. 1/2)
Summary
"The history of the earliest years of settlement at Wright's Ferry, and the subsequent founding of the town of Columbia, provides fascinating insights for understanding the evolution of other Pennsylvania backcountry communities during the colonial and early national periods. Located seventy miles west of Philadelphia, on the eastern shore of the Susquehanna River, Wright's Ferry was one among dozens of backcountiy communities that emerged during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. This narrative account will illuminate the complex political, ethnic, and social currents that emerged at Wright's Feny as William Penn's secretary, James Logan, moved to ensure the orderlysettlement of Pennsylvania's backcountiy." [from the text]
Subjects
Wright's Ferry (Columbia, Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
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905.748 HSP v. 120
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/45057/44778
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