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Ephemera

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Collection: Sports, Leisure & Play Collection

Object ID: 2006.011

Date Range: 2005

Collection: Sports, Leisure & Play Collection

Description: Collection of objects related to the Lancaster Barnstormer's first season.; -Closet Lamp; -Commemorative tickets for opening night; -Ticket, May 11, 2005; -Box, "Rally Roni"; -Plastic Tub, "Cylo", Lancaster Barnstormers

Date Range: 2005

Year Range From: 2005

Year Range To: 2005

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Museum North

Storage Wall: East Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 07

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Ephemera

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2006.011

Fraktur

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Henry Kauffman Fraktur

Object ID: G.96.37.9

Date Range: circa 1970-1990

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Henry Kauffman Fraktur

Description: Modern "revivalist" fraktur created by Professor H. J. Kauffman's caretaker/nurse, Arlene Harnish. Mounted in handmade wood frame with corner blocks.; Marriage and birth certificate done on tinted laid paper with various colors. Within a border are three panels, the larger central panel has the text: "Henry Ka/uffman/Son of David and Anna/Kauffman was born on/November 14, 1908 in Yo/ork County, Pa. Married/ Elizabeth Zoe Tomer/July 20, 1938." Signed at the bottom "A Harnish" The two side panels are nearly symmetrical, featuring flowering plants growing out of a colorful pitcher resting on a stepped pedestal. A large colorful bird is perched in each of the plants.; Frame was made by HJK in earlier years.; 1704 Millersville Pike, Lancaster

Provenance: Made by Arlene Harnish (b. 13 March 1946), caretaker of Henry J. Kauffman. She stated on 30 May 2000, that she learned to make fraktur by taking a class at Landis Valley Museum taught by Jere Kickerman. This piece was only the second fraktur she made, the first being the project for the class, done for her granddaughter.; Harnish made this fraktur for HJK during working hours at his residence when another was pressing. She copied motifs from a book. When completed, HJK told her to look for a frame in the basement. The one she found turned out to be one made by Kauffman himself. Harnish expressed shock and embarrassment upon learning that Kauffman had donated her fraktur to a museum. Arlene is Mrs. R. Edwin Harnish, 1586 Georgetown Rd. Christiana, PA phone: 5292712.

Date Range: circa 1970-1990

Year Range From: 1970

Year Range To: 1990

Made By: Harnish, Arlene

Last Owner: Kauffman, Henry J.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 43

Storage Shelf: Bin 2-B

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subject: Fraktur art; Frakturs (Documents)

Search Terms: Fraktur

Object Name: Fraktur

Oither Names: Birth and Marriage Certificate

Material: Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Height (in): 9.5

Width (in): 14

Dimension Details: Frame is 11.75" high x 17 wide.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-04-29

Condition Notes: Modern fraktur and frame in excellent condition. The handmade from has small crack in top left corner block where nailed. Wood stain shows brush marks. Brown paper backing.

Object ID: G.96.37.9

Notes: This fraktur is featured in Irwin Richman's book "Pa. German Arts," 2001, page 14.

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Usage: Kauffman's home

Credit: Gift of Henry J. Kauffman, Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: G.96.37

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Oral History

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH 2004 003

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Watt, David S.; World War II veteran; 00:02:00 Introduction; 00:16:03 Watt born in India; 00:24:07 Parents were missionaries from Lancaster; 00:31:00 Presbytarian; 00:39:00 Born in northern India; 01:17:00 Student at F & M.; 01:33:00 Studied Business Administration at F & M.; 01:43:00 Enlisted; 01:47:00 Pilot experience; 01:55:00 Had an aircraft; 02:06:00 Learned to fly before enlistment; 02:13:00 Training at Lancaster Airport; 02:32:00 Interviewed Jessie and Howard Eckhart; 03:20:00 Primary training in Oklahoma (Air force); 03:45:00 San Antonio (West Point of the Air); 04:07:00 Married current wife four years ago; 04:18:00 Attended flight school as officer; 04:23:00 flew B-24 Liberator bombers; 04:36:00 Transition from small plane to large bomber; 05:04:00 Ten people on B-24; 05:32:00 Range of a B-24; 05:46:00 Targets mostly in southern Europe; 05:56:00 Targeted mostly harbors; 06:23:00 Mission to hold Suez Canal against Rommel; 06:54:00 B-24 against German anti-aircraft gunners; 07:08:00 German fighters worst hazard; 07:18:00 Watt flew twenty-seven missions; 07:48:00 Memorable mission a disaster.; 07:51:00 Attack on Ploesti oil refineries; 08:05:00 Old organization and old planes; 08:19:00 never announced that job was to eliminate air force; 08:25:00 mission was low level attack; 08:37:00 Not many people and planes survived; 09:22:00 Attack was end of air force; 09:28:00 Part of design but no one said so; 09:55:00 Thirty-six planes sent out on Ploesti raid; 10:17:00 No indication before hand; 10:25:00 had done job assigned to unit; 11:10:00 Making friends. Stationed in Palestine; 11:42:00 Moved to Little Bitter Lake in Egypt; 12:01:00 Relaxed between missions; 12:14:00 Considered "assigned pilots"; 12:43:00 Played poker for entertainment; 13:21:00 Flew about every three weeks; 13:47:00 Believed in performance not good luck; 14:07:00 Became second in command of squadron; 14:32:00 Medals brought by David Watt; 16:05:00 Important document to service member; 16:52:00 Medals awarded while in service; 17:27:00 campaign medal; 17:57:00 Bracelet he made for his first wife; 18:27:00 also has frat pin from F & M; 18:53:00 Silver Star; 19:01:00 Silver Star, second highest medal; 19:53:00 Received Silver Star in 2000; 20:51:00 mission through bad fog; 22:40:00 Watt was operations officer; 22:44:00 Broke on top of cloud bank.; 23:00:00 Attacked target with other bombers; 23:02:00 Was attacked by German fighters; 23:38:00 Status of war; 24:30:00 Watt's Veterans Day Rememberance talk starts; 31:45:00 Worked at Watt and Shand (3rd generation Watt); 32:27:00 Worked in Toy, Jewelry, Candy Departments; 32:39:00 First Floor Manager; 33:06:00 No problem with transition to civilian life; 33:17:00 Family did not have a background in flying; 34:49:00 Any thoughts to pass on to future military and current; 35:09:00 Keep head up. And NOT up ….

Collection Date: 2004-10-19

Collector: Newton, Beverly

People: Watt, David S.

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Oral History

Condition: Good

Object ID: OH 2004 003

Oral History

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH 2004 007

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Snyder, Charles V., Jr.; World War II Veteran; Graduated from F & M. Enlisted in the army, 1942. Military intelligence. Security for Bob Hope, Frances Langford, Al Jolson. Undercover agent/had privilieges of field grade officers. Called back in 1951. Served as first lieutenant.; 00:00:22 life prior to military; 00:00:29 from Lancaster,; 00:00:32 Graduated from McCaskey, (first class in 1938); 00:00:38 attended F & M College (1938 to 1942); 00:00:49 drafted six months before graduation; 00:00:56 obtained six month deferment; 00:01:13 obtained degree in 1942 (sociology); 00:02:14 One hundred plus in graduating class; 00:02:29 Lowell Thomas speaker at graduation; 00:03:02 wanted military intelligence work; 00:03:09 Basic at Keesler field, Mississippi; 00:03:22 Went to radio school in Sioux Falls, SD; 00:03:32 trouble learning morse code; 00:03:48 transferred to counter-intelligence corp; 00:04:12 school about three months long; 00:04:28 learned lockpicking and investigative work; 00:04:54 went to Miami, Florida; 00:05:20 detachment with ATC; 00:05:46 Snyder had experience with radio; 00:06:07 others had gone to air mechanics school; 00:06:28 worked undercover in radio and mechanics fields; 00:07:09 trips back and forth to Africa; 00:08:00 flight miles totalled 41,790; 00:08:58 sent to Marikesh; 00:09:27 worked undercover on base; 00:09:33 tried to stop any sabatoge; 00:10:07 investigations did not turn up any sabatours; 00:10:36 assigned to USO tours; 00:11:14 Bob Hope, Gracie Fields and others; 00:11:38 "short snorter"; 00:11:49 flights over the equator; 00:12:53 start with a dollar bill; 00:14:04 General Gerow and Secretary Stinson autograph; 00:14:24 helped with billets and security for USO; 00:14:57 Served in Casablanca; 00:15:31 went undercover. Did not wear insignia on uniform; 00:16:05 passed as civilians on government duty; 00:17:03 lived in officers quarters; 00:17:10 had field grade officers privilgeces; 00:17:24 personnel investigations; 00:17:38 made connections with other allied intelligence forces; 00:18:08 Germans had been evicted from North Africa; 00:19:46 agents strung across North Africa; 00:20:05 Reports sent by courier; 00:21:14 lived in an apartment in Casablanca; 00:21:54 learned French from lady landlord; 00:22:38 carried a weapon.; 00:23:01 picked to go to Africa due to training; 00:23:22 did not find any sabatoge; 00:24:16 maintained relations with local law enforcement; 00:24:45 Overseas April 1943 to December 1944; 00:25:25 Went to 2nd Air Force in Colorado Springs; 00:25:58 discharged at Ft Meade, Maryland; 00:26:48 went to law school at Dickinson college; 00:27:12 Father was a dentist; 00:27:42 tried to get into Univ of Pennsylania; 00:27:53 graduated from Dickinson after two years; 00:28:34 received direct commission to 1st Lt; 00:28:48 recalled during Korean War; 00:29:14 served a year and a half; 00:29:36 served in counter intelligence; 00:29:54 practice handled by older attorney; 00:30:13 practiced law for 52 years; 00:30:20 semi-retired now; 00:30:43 soliticor for RRTA and Sheriff of Lancaster county; 00:31:18 used G.I. Bill for schooling; 00:32:04 tuition $400 to $500 a year in the 1940s; 00:32:44 main thrust, maintain security for air bases; 00:33:24 C-47s and C-46s airplanes; 00:34:04 had contact with local law officials; 00:34:11 not a member of VFW or Legion; 00:35:50 King Farouk of Egypt; 00:37:08 Trip to Holy Land; 00:38:10 Flying hours - 230; 00:39:27 flew through some storms; 00:39:37 Accident day before his arrival; 00:39:55 close

Collection Date: 2004-10-18

Collector: Newton, Beverly

People: Snyder, Charles V., Jr.

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Oral History

Condition: Good

Object ID: OH 2004 007

Oral History

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH 2004 012

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Fisher, Paul G.; World War II veteran; Army Air Force, 1943. 353rd Air Force Band, trumpeter. Basic at St Petersburg, FL.

Collection Date: 2004-10-22

Collector: Newton, Beverly

People: Fisher, Paul G.

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Oral History

Condition: Good

Object ID: OH 2004 012

Oral History

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH 2004 023

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Snavely, James L.; World War II veteran; Drafted senior year in high school. Sent to Europe at end of war.

Collection Date: 2004-10-15

Collector: Newton, Beverly

People: Snavely, James L.

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Oral History

Condition: Good

Object ID: OH 2004 023

Oral History

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH 2004 025

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Myers, Joseph; Baseball

Collection Date: 2004-02-17

Collector: Rauhauser, Barry

People: Myers, Joseph

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Oral History

Condition: Good

Object ID: OH 2004 025

Notes: Needs Transcribed

Oral History

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/26ca0d5c-9a0d-4447-af93-190121259968

Collection: Oral History Collection

Object ID: OH0071

Recorded: 04/20/1976 Transcriber: Bev Newton Date Transcribed: 08/05/2004 Gerald: This is an interview with Jesse Jones, a man who considers himself a native of Lancaster. He calls Lancaster his home, though he wasn’t born here. He came to Lancaster in 1927 and has been involved in aviation since that time

1 document

Collection: Oral History Collection

Description: Operation Remember; Aviation in Lancaster

Date of Interview: 1976-04-20

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Jones, Jesse

Interviewer: Bruce, Gerald

Narrator: Jones, Jesse

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history

Search Terms: Aviation; Oral histories

Place of Interview: Lancaster County Library

Object Name: Oral History

Length of Interview: 00:23:03

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: OH0071

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Other Numbers: #54A

Description Level: Item

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Plate, Commemorative

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Collection: Ephemera Collection: Business & Industry

Object ID: 2003.072

Date Range: 1973

Collection: Ephemera Collection: Business & Industry

Description: Porcelain advertising plate, printed image of green automobile and "Plymouth." "Singleton's Shoes 1973 / 32 N. Queen St. / Lancaster, PA"

Date Range: 1973

Year Range From: 1973

Year Range To: 1973

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Museum North

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Plate, Commemorative

Material: Porcelain

Height (in): 0.75

Diameter (in): 6.625

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2003.072

Usage: Singleton's Shoes

Accession Number: 2003.072

Recording, Audio

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Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran

Object ID: OH0001

Date Range: 2004/07/09

built this. And it's still, we built that in 1996 and it's still pretty modern. We have an antenna that folds on the roof, and when you get there the antenna will stand up, you turn the antenna over, shoot the information. Our next version, which I need to find someone that's good on software, because

1 document

Collection: Oral History Collection

Title: Oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters, World War II veteran

Description: Veteran's oral history interview with Emanuel (Max) Paul Peters.

Admin/Biographical History: Lt. Col. Peters served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 642 Bomb Sq., 409th Bomb Group (L) during World War II. He began his military career in 1939 as a communications and camouflage officer. He retired from the Air Force in 1965 as Lieutenant Colonel. Military service 08/03/1939 - 12/25/1965.; DOB 11/14/1920; DOD 04/24/2014. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128641364/emanuel-paul-peters

Date Range: 2004/07/09

Creation Date: 9 July 2004

Date of Interview: 2004-07-09

Creator: Peters, Emanuel Paul, 1920-2014, interviewee

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Friedman, William Frederick; Peters, Emanuel "Max" Paul; Peters, Margaret Jane Groff

Interviewer: Newton, Beverly

Narrator: Peters, Emanuel (Max) Paul

Other Creators: Newton, Beverly, collector

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Subjects: Oral history; United States. Air Force; United States. Army. Air Corps; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; World War, 1939-1945

Search Terms: Oral histories; United States Air Force; United States Army Air Corps; Veterans; World War II; WWII

Place of Interview: LancasterHistory

Quantity: 1

Object Name: Recording, Audio

Media: Cassette Tape

Length of Interview: 00:33:43

Language: English

Object ID: OH0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Mark Subject; 22:16:00 Worked with William F. Friedman; 22:34:00 Studied Enigma, and Purple Machine; 23:00:00 Worked with integrating sigint and electronic warfare; 24:39:00 Head of electronic warfare division; 24:47:00 Wins Legion of Merit; 25:20:00 Goes to California to work.; 26:00:00 Engineers would go to Stanford to share information.; 28:00:00 Returns with wife to Lancaster.; 29:12:00 Didn't realize importance of new science.; 31:41:00 Describes van belonging to local amateur club.; 00:33:67 Ironville named after iron mines in area; 00:55:20 built radios; 01:05:43 Joined Boy Scouts; 01:45:58 Listened to Berlin, Germany on his homemade radio; 02:14:02 Used old parts to make his radios; 02:31:57 Max put his radio on his bicycle; 03:20:20 Joined military in 1939; 04:43:40 Going through jungle in Panama; 04:53:29 Recalls going down river in canoes with alligators close by; 05:19:25 Went to OCS; 05:34:96 Sent to Florida - Tampa International Airport; 06:07:15 Radar Officer on SCR 270; 06:32:21 Transferred to Oklahoma; 07:20:68 Crosses ocean on ship named Martinia; 08:14:00 Was part of convoy. Martinia leaves convoy.; 09:36:90 In England. First mission can't find France (weather).; 09:46:70 Returning aircraft low on fuel. "Mayday" heard often.; 10:01:49 Pilots could see water towers in States. Can't do same in Europe.; 10:48:80 Learned to trust equipment. Found France on 2nd mission.; 11:12:00 Could tell weather by amount of signal received at base.; 11:28:00 "Spoofing" stations on base.; 12:10:00 D-Day.; 12:20:00 Practiced deception often before D-Day.; 12:50:00 Painted black and white stripes on aircraft.; 13:13:00 General Patton was decoy for D-Day.; 15:00:00 "G-equipment"; 15:55:00 Used smoke to designate target; 16:23:00 "No-ball" target; 16:33:00 "no-ball" target signified German V-1 rocket plane; 17:22:00 Wind shifted. Bombs dropped on friendly troops. Gen McNair victim.; 17:38:00 Started infantry and aircorp exchanges.; 17:44:00 River crossing; 18:14:00 "Cat eyes".; 19:36:00 Strafed by Me 109.; 20:28:00 Returns to states. Goes to F & M.; 21:59:00 Gets job at Arlington Hall, Virginia

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: OH0001

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Database record revised by HST, 20 July 2022.

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Ephemera

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7348af19-f3f2-4f67-9104-651931125610

Fraktur

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/430d3a21-b3b4-4b55-9ca3-290642751483

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Oral History

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d4bf3ab7-7211-4b19-9a9e-263898041370

Oral History

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/db5e9c1c-71bf-4a17-b837-120412388017

Oral History

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6a694b50-7085-4056-bcbd-518306772907

Oral History

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e48f02e8-2256-4a62-88d7-325721172013

Oral History

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Oral History

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Plate, Commemorative

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Recording, Audio

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