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The refinement of America : persons, houses, cities

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Author: Bushman, Richard L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1992.

Call Number: 973 B978

Responsibility: Richard L. Bushman.

ISBN: 0394550102 :

Author: Bushman, Richard L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Knopf : Distributed by Random House,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: xix, 504 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-484) and index.

Subjects: Middle class - United States; Architecture, Domestic - United States; House furnishings - United States; Material culture - United States.; United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.; United States - Social life and customs - 1775-1783.; United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973 B978

Outline of John Strom's career in Congress

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Date of Publication: 1919

Subject(s): Strohm, John L. United States. Congress--History--19th century. Legislators--United States. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 60-62 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 3 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1919

Physical Description: 60-62 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 3

Subjects: Strohm, John L.; United States. - Congress - History; Legislators - United States.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 3 (1919), p. 60-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24

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Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Description: This scrapbook discusses many aspects about the Lancaster County Amish community. Several well-known Amish customs are mentioned throughout the newspaper clippings such as Rumspringa, barn raising, marriage season, and education. Other articles contain information about funeral customs, past-time activities, agriculture and other occupations. An article of special interest surrounds two Amish men arrested for religious beliefs.

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Creation Date: April 1988 - July 1995

Year Range From: 1988

Year Range To: 1995

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

Subjects: Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Amish; Amish farmers; Amish women; Amish--Customs and practices; Amish--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Amish--Marriage customs and rites; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Education; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--20th century; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--Economic conditions; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Social life and customs; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Public Opinion; Barns; Carriages; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Funeral rites and ceremonies; Horticulture; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Rumspringa; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Amish; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Newspaper clippings; Scrapbooks; Women

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Ferster, H. V. the Education of Amish Children. Buffalo, New York: Typescript, 1980.; Amish Traditions. Call Number: 289.71 Y54; The Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Call Number: 289.71 S819; Amish Beliefs, Customs and Discipline. Call Number: 289.71 L643

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request this item by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: This item may be photographed. 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.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Box 21

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 158.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

Toys with nine lives : a social history of American toys

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Author: McClary, Andrew,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 790.133 M126

Responsibility: by Andrew McClary.

ISBN: 0208023860 (alk. paper); 9780208023865 (alk. paper)

Author: McClary, Andrew,

Place of Publication: North Haven, Conn

Publisher: Linnet Books,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: ix, 258 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index.

Contents: Dorothy's world: toys 100 years ago -- Machine-made toys -- Indoor toys and changing play -- Model kits -- Tournament toys and organized play -- Fad toys, marketing, and invention -- Toys that relive the past -- Tops -- Marbles -- Propellor toys -- Noisemakers I, II -- Hoops -- Dolls -- Shooters -- Blocks.

Summary: Considers how toys changed over the centuries in America as a rural society was gradually urbanized.

Subjects: Toys - United States - Juvenile literature.; Toys; United States - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 790.133 M126

Items of local interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette : 1750 to 1760 inclusive

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1919

): Pennsylvania gazette. Newspapers--Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the

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Responsibility: copies by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1919

Physical Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 8

Subjects: Newspapers - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 8 (1919), p. 133-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23

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History of my own times or, the life and adventures of William Otto, Sen

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Author: Otter, William,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 927 O89; 929 O89

Responsibility: edited by Richard B. Stott

ISBN: 0801426677

Author: Otter, William,

Place of Publication: Ithaca, NY

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: xiv, 230 p. ill. 23 cm.

Summary: "This edition of Otter's autobiography is a welcome addition to the scant volume of literature dealing with the rural laboring men of the early national period. Otter's autobiography also offers an interesting commentary on the nature of nineteenth century American character, highlighting its admirable as well as its contemptible qualities. For these reasons, and many others, this work deserves recognition and further discussion by scholars and students of American history alike." [from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biographies] "William Otter's History of My Own Time is a riveting, disturbing window into the world of rural artisans in the early republic. Paul Stott's thorough, thoughtful, and sometimes brilliant editing and commentary greatly enhance the text. Local historians, students, and academics will love it and hate it all at once, while the old families of Frederick County will either cringe to find their ancestors in league with Otter or sigh with relief at their absence from the History." [from the Maryland Historical Magazine] "Otter's life story opens doors into our understanding of northern Jacksonian, including their acceptance of Indian removal, and their lack of concern over slavery. This is a disturbing but significant publication." [from the Journal of the Early Republic]

Subjects: Otter, William, - 1787-1856.; Artisans - United States; United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865.

Additional Author: Stott, Richard Briggs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 927 O89; 929 O89

Colonial folkways : a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges

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Author: Andrews, Charles McLean,

Edition: Textbook ed.

Date of Publication: c1919.

Call Number: 917.3 A565

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Responsibility: by Charles M. Andrews.

Author: Andrews, Charles McLean,

Edition: Textbook ed.

Place of Publication: New Haven

Publisher: Yale University Press,

Date of Publication: c1919.

Physical Description: vii, 255 p. ; 18 cm.

Series: Chronicles of America series ;

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.

Contents: Chapters : The Land and The People -- Town and Country -- Colonial Houses -- Habiliments ( clothing ) and Habits -- Everyday Needs and Diversions -- The Intellectual Life -- The Cure Of Souls ( religion ) -- The Problem of Labor -- Colonial Travel

Subjects: United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.3 A565

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Archive

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Object ID: MG0420

Date Range: 1763-1919

. Stewart and Son James W. Queen and Company John Baer's Sons John Best and Son John Mingle and Son Kauffman and Keller Kauffman Keller and Company Kepler and Slaymaker L. G. Tillotson and Company Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company Lancaster City Bureau of Police Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle

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Collection: City of Lancaster Records

Title: City of Lancaster Records

Description: Series 1 contains invoices, arrest warrants, and tax collector books for the city of Lancaster. Invoices that were approved by the city council in 1878, 1883 and 1884 for payroll and supplies include road and bridge maintenance, water works, fire departments, clerk and inspection work, and costs incurred by the city during an outbreak of small pox. Arrest warrants for 1918-1919 show names of defendant(s) and police officer, the charge, date and case number. There are also tax collector records for 1860-1889, incomplete.; Series 2 contains documents regarding the market houses, waterworks, lamps, roads, railroad and city ordinances. Petitions support a candidate for night watchman, seek to repeal an ordinance for hanging signs and regulations for public scales, and request a reward for the apprehension of a murderer. There is an 1815 naturalization certificate for James Williams and a resolution regarding a visit of Gen. Andrew Jackson.; Series 3 contains miscellaneous items related to the Borough of Lancaster (1742 to 1818) found in the Document Collection. Items include an act regulating the buildings and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and alley of Lancaster, passed 14 January 1774; oaths of office sworn by various men from 1764 to 1769; and an extract of Lancaster Borough laws enacted 22 January 1774 reporting the regulations and fines of this borough.

Date Range: 1763-1919

Year Range From: 1763

Year Range To: 1919

Creator: City Council (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Able, John F.; Allen, Samuel; Althouse, Henry F.; Amer, William; Amwake, William F. H.; Arnold, John. L.; Atkins, Bessie; Aument, Charles F.; Baer, John; Bair, G. D.; Bair, L. D.; Baker, Edward W.; Barber, Samuel; Barr, Charles H.; Barr, J. K.; Barr, Jacob K.; Bauer, Peter J.; Bauman, Ray; Beamsderfer, Howard; Beck, William; Beck, William D.; Beidle, John; Beitz, Philip; Bender, Frantz; Benedict, H. F.; Best, John; Betz, Philip; Bickham, James; Bitner, D. P.; Bitner, David; Bletz, David; Blickenderfer, R.; Bolbach, Philip; Bolenius, R. M.; Bowman, Martin; Bowman, William; Brimmer, Frederick; Brown, B. J.; Brown, C. H.; Brown, George W.; Brown, J. S.; Brown, Jesse S.; Burkholder, Clayton; Burrowes, F. S.; Bushong, Walter G.; Calder, George; Callahan, George B.; Carpenter, James C.; Carr, James; Casini, Frank; Cassel, A. N.; Castner, Frank; Charles, Walter; Cherry, Patrick; Churchill, Marion; Clark, William; Clendman, E. S.; Cochran, H. B.; Cooper, Thomas F.; Cranley, Ambrogi; Cummings, Samuel; Curry, Joseph; Daily, D. G.; Daily, David G.; Deacon, Edward; Deem, David L.; Deen, D. L.; Deiby, Philip; Deichler, Harry; Dickee, Frederick; Dickle, Fred; Diffenbaugh, A. L.; Diller, Harry A.; Doerley, Henry; Doerson, Philip; Dommel, Harry; Dorley, Harry; Dorley, Henry; Dornbaugh, Graybill; Douts, Walter; Druckemiller, Jacob; Dull, Walter W.; Eaby, George W.; Eberman, H. F.; Eberts, Jasper; Eckert, Henry; Eckert, Leonard; Ehler, Henry; Eichholtz, Robert L.; Eleight, James M.; Elligott, James M.; Elliott, Samuel; Ellis, Charles T.; Embich, Christian; Ensurian, H. M.; Erb, J. B.; Erisman, C. Y.; Eshleman, D. Y.; Evans, Samuel; Faesig, Frank J.; Fellman, John; Fetter, Jacob; Finefrock, B. Frank; Finney, W. B.; Finney, William B.; Fisher, William; Fisher, Henry; Fisher, Wilson; Fitzpatrick, J. A.; Flora, Charles W.; Fondersmith, G. L.; Fox, Benjamin; Franciscus, Stofel; Franklin, Witney; Frantz, Andrew F.; Freh, John; Fries, George; Fritchey, J. U.; Furniss, Joseph; Gable, Jacob; Gerhart, William R.; Gill, John; Goodman, Jonas; Gorman, John; Gormley, Charles; Grauer, George; Greenwalt, Charles; Greivetz, D.; Groff, B. F.; Groff, H. D.; Groff, H. L.; Groff, Raymond; Grubley, John; Gundaker, Jacob; Hagen, Patrick; Haines, Harry; Halbach, J.; Halbach, Jacob; Haley, James; Hamilton, J. A.; Hamilton, John A.; Hardy, George; Harkins, W. E.; Harsh, Benjamin; Hart, John; Hartman, J.; Heinitsh, Charles A.; Henry, Benjamin; Henry, William; Herr, L. B.; Hinchey, Edward; Hindie, Robert; Hogarth, Joseph; Holman, I. D.; Holman, Janice; Hopson, John; Hostetter, Simon; Howell, H. N.; Howell, Henry H.; Huber, Joseph H.; Hubley, Isaac; Jeffries, John R.; Johnson, George; Johnson, J. W.; Johnson, John F.; Kachel, Elvin; Kahle, William; Karer, Henry; Kauffman, Isaac; Kauffman, J. R.; Keller, John; Keller, Kauffman; Kepler, Aaron Conrad; Kiehl, John C.; Kirkpatrick, William; Kirsch, John; Kitch, Davis; Kline, G. M.; Kreckovich, Michael; Kuhns, John; Kurtz, George; Landis, D. B.; Landis, F. F.; Landis, A. B.; Landis, Philip; Laucks, John H.; Lauman, Ludwig; Lawrence, George; Lawrence, William; Lebzelter, Philip; Leonard, H.; Leonard, Henry; Levan, S. H.; Levan, William A.; Levengood, John; Lichty, J. B.; Long, Abram; Long, John F.; Lorentz, William; Loucks, J. H.; Loucks, John H.; Lyons, Harry; MacGonigle, John T.; Madden, Thomas; Markley, J. B.; Martin, Henry; Massaline, Frank; Mastenna, Antonio; Maxwell, Abram; May, Henry; Mayer, David M.; Mayer, George; Maynard, Walter; McDonald, Alexander; McCarter, A. W.; McCarter, Arthur; McCormick, D. R.; McCue, George W.; McCulley, R. C.; McCully, R. G.; McDonnell, Samuel; McElligott, Thomas F.; McGeehan, John; McKilchey, Charles; McLaughlin, Daniel; Mencher, M. H.; Metzger, M. A.; Metzger, M. I.; Miller, Fred J.; Miller, H.; Miller, Harry; Miller, Herman; Miller, Howard; Miller, Philip; Mohr, Malin; Montooth, Samuel; Montor, Benny; Moore, Harry; Moowawer, Oliver; Morgan, Thomas H.; Morrow, R. M.; Moyer, H. M.; Murray, John; Musser, F. W.; Musser, John; Myers, C. F.; Myers, John C.; Myers, William; Nagle, Peter; Neff, Abraham; Negley, Frank L.; Netscher, C. E.; Nickel, Albert; Noll, Lewis; Nolls, F. Lewis; O'Conner, Thomas; O'Donell, Frank; Orem, William; Orem, William J.; Oster, R. S.; Ostheim, Joseph; Overly, H.; Pavenger, Gertrude; Pearsol, John H.; Pennington, William; Pinkerton, Elizabeth; Pool, Samuel J.; Price, Thomas P.; Price, William W.; Pryor, Fred; Puck, Thomas P.; Pyott, J. D.; Quade, C. F.; Raub, M. W.; Raum, Samuel; Rawlings, Henry; Rawlins, John; Reeder, T. L.; Reily, James; Reiner, Henry; Reinir, Anslem; Remley, John; Richardson, William; Ricker, Frank A.; Ringwalt, Amos; Rogers, Harry; Rogers, Henry; Rohrer, DuBois; Rohrer, J. B.; Roy, William H.; Rudy, Philip; Ruhl, Cyrus; Russel, Charles; Samson, Benjamin; Schaum, George H.; Schindler, A.; Schwartz, John; Schwebel, Charles; Sehner, George; Seibley, Andrew; Seran, S. H.; Sevan, S. H.; Shaffner, Caspar; Sheil, Raymond F.; Shenck, H. C.; Shenk, Joseph; Shroder, F.; Shulmyer, Russel; Siegler, John A.; Skinner, John; Smallvachs, Alexander; Smith, C. Henry; Smith, John; Smith, Michael; Snyder, E. E.; Snyder, Elmer; Snyder, George; Solsky, Samuel; Sorenze, William; Spurrier, A. K.; Staices, George; Stainz, George W.; Stauffer, John F.; Steel, Charles; Stehman, W. H.; Steinman, G. M.; Steinman, George M.; Steinwandel, A.; Stone, John; Stone, Lodwick; Sussner, Henry; Thran, John W.; Thurlow, Thomas; Tillinghast, B. C.; Tillotson, L. G.; Tomlinson, George; Trapnell, David N.; Voght, Christian; Waitz, Gustave; Walker, Edward; Warfel, Bertha; Weiles, Lewis F.; Welchans, Edward; Wenger, D. H.; Westhaffer, H. E.; Wetzel, Edward; Wetzel, John; White, Henry A.; Whitlock, Isaac; Wiley, W. B.; Wilhelm, F.H.; Wimer, J. A.; Winower, Harry J.; Winower, Peter; Wise, Christian; Wisler, J. L.; Wolf, Joseph; Wolpert, L.; Worthington, Henry P.; Worthington, Henry R.; Zell, William D.; Ziegler, J. A.

Other Creators: Tax Assessor (Lancaster, Pa.); Bureau of Police (Lancaster, Pa.).

Subjects: Business records; Criminal records; Lancaster (Pa.)--Bureau of Police; Lancaster (Pa.)--Tax Assessor; Tax collection

Search Terms: American Fire Engine and Hose Company; American Life Insurance Company; Arrests; Bartle and Snyder; Baumgardner, Eberman and Company; Bowers and Hurst; Brimmer and Tucker; Chain Carrier; Christian Wise and Brothers; Common Sense Metallic Packing Manufacturing Company; Conestoga Steam Mills; D. H. Wenger and Brother; Declarations; Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County; Empire Hook and Ladder Company; Everts and Overdeer; F. Shroder and Company; Fines; Flinn and Breneman; Friendship Fire Company; G. L. FonDersmith; G. Sener and Sons; George Fries and Company; George M. Steinman and Company; George Martin and Company; Givler, Bowers and Hurst; Gorrecht and Company; H. Baumgardner and Company; Humane Fire Company; Humphreville and Keiffer; Invoices; J. Stewart and Son; James W. Queen and Company; John Baer's Sons; John Best and Son; John Mingle and Son; Kauffman and Keller; Kauffman Keller and Company; Kepler and Slaymaker; L. G. Tillotson and Company; Lancaster and Williams Town Pike Company; Lancaster City Bureau of Police; Lancaster City Steam Soap and Candle Works; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Examiner; Lancaster Freie Presse; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Lamp Committee; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Waterworks; Leonard and Ellis; Market House No. 1; Market House No. 2; Market House No. 3; Maxim Electric Light and Power Company; Mellert and Company; Miller and Detz Contractors; Mrs. H. Miller and Son; Oaths of office; Payroll; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Company; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pennsylvania Telephone Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philip Lebzelter and Company; Pontz and Brothers; Regulations; Regulators; Shiffler Fire Company; Snyder and Price; Sprecher and Pfeiffer; Station houses; Steinman and Hensel; Stoner, Shreiner and Company; Sun Fire Company; Union Fire Company; Washington Fire Company; Weimer and Carter; West Reading Pipe and Machine Works

Extent: 3 boxes 37 folders 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0420

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lancaster City Archives; George and Rhonda Andreadis Collection of Lancaster City Records (MG0545)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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.

Other Numbers: MG-420

Classification: MG0420

Description Level: Fonds

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Everyday life during the Civil War

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Author: Varhola, Michael J.,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Call Number: 973.71 V298

Responsibility: by Michael J. Varhola.

ISBN: 0898799228 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Varhola, Michael J.,

Place of Publication: Cincinnati, Ohio

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Physical Description: 274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "A guide for writers, students and historians"--Cover.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-242) and index.

Summary: From soldiers and statesmen to farmers and firing lines, Everyday Life During the Civil War offers an in-depth exploration of this fascinating era. Using dozens of illustrations, timelines and maps, Michael J. Varhola illuminates the details of Northern and Southern economy; town and country living; food and the impact of the war on diet; popular entertainment; clothing; military life; tools and weapons; slang and much more. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.71 V298

Daily life in Civil War America

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Author: Volo, Dorothy Denneen,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 973.71 V929

Responsibility: Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo.

ISBN: 0313305161 (alk. paper)

Author: Volo, Dorothy Denneen,

Place of Publication: Westport, Conn

Publisher: Greenwood Press,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series,

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index.

Contents: Politics -- Religion -- Slavery -- Abolition -- Conscription -- Railroads -- Roads -- Women at war -- Interior decoration -- Leisure time -- Newspapers -- Women writers -- Photography -- Food and cooking -- Fashion and women's clothing -- Men's, children's and slaves' clothing.; History, politics, and slavery -- Soldiers' lives -- Civilians' lives.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865.

Additional Author: Volo, James M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.71 V929

The slavery question during the terms of office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Congressmen from Lancaster County from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively

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Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Date of Publication: 1911

from 1803 to 1807 and 1807 to 1811 respectively / by Miss Adeline B. Spindler. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Whitehill, John, 1729-1805. Jenkins, Robert, 1769-1848. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History. Legislators--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa

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Responsibility: by Miss Adeline B. Spindler.

Author: Spindler, Adaline Bream.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1911

Physical Description: 253-265 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 9

Subjects: Whitehill, John, - 1729-1805.; Jenkins, Robert, - 1769-1848.; Slavery - United States; Legislators - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 9 (1911), p. 253-265Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15

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Life and letters of the Rev. John Philip Boehm, founder of the Reformed church in Pennsylvania, 1683-1749

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Author: Boehm, John Philip,

Date of Publication: 1916.

Call Number: 922.4 B671h

Responsibility: edited by the Rev. William J. Hinke.

Author: Boehm, John Philip,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Publication and Sunday school board of the Reformed church in the United States,

Date of Publication: 1916.

Physical Description: xxiv, [2] 501 p. front., plates, ports., double map, facsims. 24 cm.

Notes: "This volume is made uniform with Ê»The minutes of the Coetus,Ê¾ its companion."--Pref.

Contents: Pt.I. Life.--pt.II. Correspondence, containing the letters and reports of Mr. Boehm sent to Holland and the letters from Holland addressed to him, 1728-1748, tr. and ed. by W. J. Hinke (p. [153]-468)--Appendix.I. Documents relating to Boehm's death and property; II. List of Reformed churches founded before 1750.--Index.

Subjects: Boehm, John Philip.; Reformed Church in the United States - Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Hinke, William John,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 922.4 B671h

Me and Buffalo Bill

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Author: Roath, John R.

Date of Publication: 1995.

Bill's Wild West Show was coming to Lancaster which was about twenty miles from my home in Maytown, Pennsylvania. When Dad said he would take me to the show, I jumped for joy. But the waiting seemed insufferable. At last the great day dawned bright and clear. I was the first one out of bed. Since the

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Responsibility: by John R. Roath.

Author: Roath, John R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: [66]-71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 97, no. 2

Subjects: Buffalo Bill, - 1846-1917.; Roath, John R. - Childhood and youth.; Circus - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 97, number 2 (1995), p. 66-71Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.97

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Of a place and a time : remembering Lancaster

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Author: Altick, Richard Daniel,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 974.815 LACI A468

Responsibility: Richard D. Altick.

ISBN: 0208023216 (alk. paper)

Author: Altick, Richard Daniel,

Place of Publication: Hamden, Conn

Publisher: Archon,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: viii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Altick, Richard Daniel, - 1915- - Childhood and youth.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACI A468

Mennonite women of Lancaster County : a story in photographs from 1855-1935

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo38

Author: Siegrist, Joanne Hess.

Date of Publication: c1996.

Call Number: 305.48687 S571

Responsibility: Joanne Hess Siegrist.

ISBN: 1561482056

Author: Siegrist, Joanne Hess.

Place of Publication: Intercourse, PA

Publisher: Good Books,

Date of Publication: c1996.

Physical Description: 220 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219).

Contents: Chapters: An overview of Lancaster Mennonite women: their many faces, their open lives, their secret selves // Lancaster Mennonite women : the tone of their lives // Mennonites and early photography // "Running Around"// Motherhood and children // Farm life and work // School and studies // Church Life and faith // Family outings // The lure of the west

Summary: Little written material remains from these women who reared large families and made homes for them, who measured their lives by the church's standards. This vibrant collection of photographs, however, tells a remarkable story of "girl crowds," courting couples, multi-generational harvest/gardening work parties, high-spirited quilters, purposeful caregivers. Thoughtful, interpretive text provides both a structural background for what the photos show, as well as stories and specific detail about what the pictures hold.A rare view of women's lives in an unusually robust community -- the Mennonites of Lancaster, Pennsylvania [from Goodreads]

Subjects: Mennonite women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 19th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 20th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 305.48687 S571

Popularizing Pennsylvania : Henry W. Shoemaker and the progressive uses of folklore and history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8222

Author: Bronner, Simon J.

Date of Publication: c1996.

Call Number: 398.092 B869

Responsibility: Simon J. Bronner.

ISBN: 0271014865 (cloth : alk. paper); 0271014873 (paperbk : alk. paper)

Author: Bronner, Simon J.

Place of Publication: University Park

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication: c1996.

Physical Description: xxii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-265) and index.

Subjects: Shoemaker, Henry W. - b. 1880.; Folklorists - Pennsylvania; Folklore - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 398.092 B869

Old Order Amish : their enduring way of life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12584

Author: Niemeyer, Lucian.

Date of Publication: c1993.

Call Number: 289.71 K91

Responsibility: photographs by Lucian Niemeyer ; text by Donald B. Kraybill.

ISBN: 0801844266

Author: Niemeyer, Lucian.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: c1993.

Physical Description: x, 187 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "In the accompanying text, Donald Kraybill - author of the highly acclaimed Riddle of Amish Culture - tells the often surprising story of today's Old Order Amish. His introduction provides a sweeping overview of Amish life in North America and explains how a traditional people have managed not merely to survive but to flourish in the midst of modern life. In thirty-five vignettes throughout the book, Kraybill explains Amish views on issues ranging from "Childbirth" and "Women Entrepreneurs" to "The Riddles of Farm Machinery," "Sowing Wild Oats,"and "The Politics of Separation." His concluding essay examines why modern observers are so drawn to the Amish and their traditional values.Old Order Amish details the rigors of hard work, the strength of family and community, the discipline of the religious Ordnung, and the ingenious Amish compromises with modernity. Here at last is an authentic portrait of the Amish - in striking photographs and honest accounts of their daily concerns and enduring traditions."

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K91

Days off : Story of the Susquehanna Pirates

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11414

Author: Searles, Edwin B.

Date of Publication: ca1993.

Call Number: 367 P667

Author: Searles, Edwin B.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: ca1993.

Physical Description: 38,[7] l. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Record of a social men's club.

Contents: History--members 1950--Invitations--Poem--Members 1983.

Subjects: Susquehanna Pirates.; Histories - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 367 P667

Contact points : American frontiers from the Mohawk Valley to the Mississippi, 1750-1830

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18679

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 973.221 C759

Responsibility: edited by Andrew R.L. Cayton and Fredrika J. Teute.

ISBN: 0807847348 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Chapel Hill

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: x, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: "Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, the Newberry Library, Chicago, and the Historic New Orleans Collection."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-382) and index.

Contents: Introduction : on the connection of frontiers / Andrew R.L. Cayton and Fredrika J. Teute -- Shamokin, "the very seat of the Prince of darkness": unsettling the early American frontier / James H. Merrell -- Metaphor, meaning, and misunderstanding : language and power on the Pennsylvania frontier / Jane T. Merritt -- Black "go-betweens" and the mutability of "race," status, and identity on New York's pre-revolutionary frontier / William B. Hart -- "Insidious friends" : gift giving and the Cherokee-British alliance in the Seven Years' War / Gregory Evans Dowd --"Domestick ... quiet being broke" : gender conflict among Creek Indians in the eighteenth century / Claudio Saunt -- Pigs and hunters : "rights in the woods" on the trans-Appalachian frontier / Stephen Aron -- Distinctions and partitions amongst us : identity and interaction in the revolutionary Ohio Valley / Elizabeth A. Perkins -- "Noble actors" upon "the theatre of honour" : power and civility in the Treaty of Greenville / Andrew R.L. Cayton -- To live among us : accommodation, gender, and conflict in the Western Great Lakes region, 1760-1832 / Lucy Eldersveld Murphy -- "More motley than Mackinaw" : from ethnic mixing to ethnic cleansing on the frontier of the Lower Missouri, 1783-1833 / John Mack Faragher -- Remembering American frontiers : King Philip's War and the American imagination / Jill Lepore.

Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life - United States.; Acculturation - United States; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of - United States; Frontier and pioneer life - United States - Congresses.; Acculturation - United States - Congresses.; Indians of North America - Congresses.; United States - Territorial expansion.; United States - Territorial expansion - Congresses.

Additional Author: Cayton, Andrew R. L.; Teute, Fredrika J.

Additional Corporate Author: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.221 C759

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