Photo album with marbelized cover and 40 plastic sleeves. 12 contain photos and notes related to Lancaster's Bicentennial celebration. Handwritten on card on first page: "June 10, 1992/ These documents from the City Safe were taken to The Conservation Centre for Art, Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia for restoration and preservation. Here are before and after pictures of
a. The Lancaster Corporation Book, 1742
b. The Charter of the City of Lancaster, 1742
c. The Plot Plan of the City of Lancaster, (?)
...Jarvis "(signature)
On page 14, handwritten on a card: "This was the metal box in which the Charter was stored until someone framed it and exposed it to the light."
On page 19: "This is the Plot Plan which needs to be studied. It has the drawing of gentleman X on the reverse side. Who drew this?"
Indhold: Foundations (Models for understanding Amish society -- The birth of Amish society -- To America) -- Stability and fulfillment (The Amish Charter -- The community -- Agriculture and subsistence -- The Amish family -- Child nurture and training -- The lifeceremonies -- Ritual integration of the community -- The symbolism of community and custom) -- Patterns of change (Change and fragmentation -- Deviation and vulnerability -- Health and healing -- Backstage Amish life -- Responses to change) -- Survival (The discourse with survival).
