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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
was contributing to the comfort of those who came to do honor to her native city through the Lancaster Fencibles. She would always revert to that occasion with feelings of gratification and joy; and whenever she recalled this mark of esteem from her visitors, it would be to remember with gratitude
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
11-13 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 1
Subjects
Allentown (Pa.) - Fires and fire prevention.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 1 (1931), p. 11-13Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
110-113 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 5
Subjects
American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestice Manufactures and National Industry (Lancaster, Pa.)
Manufactures - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Volume 34, number 5 (1930), p. 110-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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An Amish wedding : three virtues--faith, hope and charity--exemplified by solemn ceremony

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Date of Publication
1935
preachers. But there is a beauty and dignity in the solemnity and simplicity of the service that is unforgettable—an impressiveness and seriousness which helps one to understand why Amish couples remain married unto death. C. B. Miller, uncle of the bride, of near Bird-in-Hand, had charge of seating the
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1935
Physical Description
[62]-65 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 39, no. 3
Subjects
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Weddings.
Marriage service.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 39, number 3 (1935), p. 62-65Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.39
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1901
near the site of old Fort Du- quesne. In its general appearance it may be described as an old-time "bull's eye," of the most pronounced type. It is two inches in diameter and one and a-quarter inches thick. The case is of silver, but the outer shell is not detachable from the works, to which it is
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[57]-67 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 3/4
Summary
This journal article addresses sureveyor Andrew Ellicott's role in the laying out of the District of Columbia as well as many other later other projects he led.
Subjects
Ellicott, Andrew, - 1754-1820.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Capitals (Cities)
Washington (D.C.)
United States - Capital and capitol.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 5, number 3/4 (1901), p. 57-67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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An early newspaper / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1907
not pay the bond he had given sor the purchase money, and Franklin in 1754 put one William Dunlap in charge. He rented the establishment to the latter from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum, then ceased. Those were the days os small things in the newspaper world, as well as
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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[175]-194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 5
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 5 (1907), p. 175-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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Author
Goddell, Mary.
Date of Publication
1908
AN OLD DIARY (INTRODUCTORY.) The brief paper which is to follow this introduction consists of a series of extracts selected from a diary kept by Matthias Zahm, beginning in 1835, and ending in 1849. Although Mr. Zahm died thirty-two years ago, there are, no doubt, a number of persons present who
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Responsibility
by Miss Mary Goddell.
Author
Goddell, Mary.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[184]-194 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 5
Summary
This article contains parts of the the diary of Matthias Zahm 1789 -1874. He was a Lancaster resident who served as a Tipstaff and then Crier in the County court. The diary begins in 1835 and ends in 1849.
Subjects
Zahm, Matthias, - 1789-1874 - Diaries.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Zahm, Matthias,
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 5 (1908), p. 184-194Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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An old mill and its owners

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Author
Robinson, Mary L.
Date of Publication
1907
surmise. According to Rupp, it was built at great expense in the same year that the town wa s laid out, 1730, and the earliest mention os the sulling mill in any deed I have seen is in Record Book L, p. 62, when sor the sum os £40 and for his natural affec- tion, Stephen Atkinson, under date of March 30
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Responsibility
by Mrs. Mary L. Robinson.
Author
Robinson, Mary L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1907
Physical Description
[24]-29 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 1
Subjects
Atkins family.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 1 (1907), p. 24-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11
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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1908
, immediately west of what was then the banking house .of The Farmers' Bank of Lancaster,now Far- mers' Trust Company. In fact, it was the property lately purchased by Albert Hupper, confectioner. The dimen- sions of the lot were then as they are now, thirty-two feet two and one- quarter inches on East King
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Responsibility
by Hon. Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[71]-81 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 2
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 2 (1908), p. 71-81Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1909
paper and printing one thousand administration (& Execu- tor's) advertisements. "JESSE KENDALL." "Received April 20th, 1815, of Wil- liam Bausman, the sum of Five dollars and a quarter being for printing quires of Administration Bonds "JESSE KENDALL." "Received September 11th, 1815, of William Bausman
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Responsibility
by Miss Lottie L. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1909
Physical Description
38-44 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 1
Summary
"The old book in question was the property of William Bausman, Register and Recorder for the county of Lancaster from the year 1809 to 1818, and contains receipts to him from people of early Lancaster."
Subjects
Bausman, William.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1775-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 13, number 1 (1909), p. 38-44Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.13
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
: Archives North, Side 27 Scope and Content Note: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends
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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Description
This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.
Admin/Biographical History
Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.
Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.
Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.
Works Cited:
"Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.
"Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.
"Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.
"One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.
Date Range
1905-1974
Year Range From
1905
Year Range To
1974
Date of Accumulation
1905-1974
Creator
Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 28
People
Appel, Charles Rengier
Bohlen, Sidney Franklin
Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.
Boyer, R. J.
Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard
Brown, Hazel Dell
Chiarell, Fred P.
Clark, George W.
Daugherty, Harvey P.
Demuth, Charles
Dodge, Arthur B.
Embsweiler, Ruth
Erb, Edna
Fordney, Alice Potter
Fordney, William Bush Jr.
Fordney, William Jenkins
Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney
Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine
Gilbert, L. J.
Gingrich, Milton E.
Graybill, John M.
Griest, Charles J.
Higby, Everett
Hostetter, A. K.
Howe, John
Irvine, Blanche
Kent, William Winthrop
Knodle, Edward
Krone, Herbert B.
Lindenmuth, J. D.
Long, Yvonne
Maclay, Helen Hurley
Malone, Clarence
Morris, Charles R.
Morris, Grace M.
Nauman, Gertrude Colson
Orr, Barclay
Pennypacker, Charles A.
Pennypacker, James G.
Randall, Meda
Rannels, Paul
Stokes, Agnes M.
Strickler, Belle
Wolf, Emily
Other Creators
Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
Subjects
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women
Antique dealers
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries
F. Schumacher & Co.
Farm Journal Media
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Letters
Montclair Art Museum
Patterns for crafts
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Student newspapers and periodicals
Woman's world magazine
Search Terms
Albert Steiger Company
Antique dealers
Antique sales
Armstrong Cork Company
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Berlinwork patterns
Blue and Brown (Yeates School)
Cheney Silks
Cheney Weaves
Christmas
Correspondence
Cricket Club
Dickinson Presbyterian Church
Estate sales
F. Schumacher and Company
Farm Journal Media
Fiber arts
Finding aids
Gilbert's store
Griest Homestead
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Hager's Department Store
Hershey Fire Hall
Hooked rugs
House & Garden
Interior decoration
Kleinfelter's auction rooms
Letters
Manuscript groups
Montclair Art Museum
Odd Fellows Hall
Olson Rugs
Patterns for crafts
Rossmere Hotel
Rug patterns
Rugs
State Armory Hall
V-mail
Woman's World Magazine
Yeates School
Extent
3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
HC0001
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Related Item Notes
See photograph collection.
See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.
Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.
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
G.04.23.52
Classification
HC0001
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.
Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.
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