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Conestogo: the Susquehanna's rogue Iroquois and their descendants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19824
Author
Chadwick, Joseph L.,
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
974.8011 C432
Author
Chadwick, Joseph L.,
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
608 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographic references (p. 487-507) and index.
Subjects
Conestoga Indians
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 C432
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Samuel Fraunces "Black Sam"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19825
Author
Cole, C. [Constance] R.
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
929 F845
Responsibility
by C. R. Cole.
Author
Cole, C. [Constance] R.
Place of Publication
[S. l.]
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation ,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
121 p. ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Fraunces family.
Francis family.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 F845
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Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19834
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington, [D.C.]
Publisher
George W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2
Notes
Library has Vol. 1 only.
Contents
v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Messages.
Political science.
Presidents.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.
United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Department of the Interior.
United States. War Department.
United States. Navy Department.
United States. Postmaster General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
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Author
Sener, Fred P.
Edition
2008 rev.
Date of Publication
c2008.
Call Number
929 S475s 2008
Responsibility
by Fred P. Sener.
Author
Sener, Fred P.
Edition
2008 rev.
Place of Publication
[Sarasota, Fla. (5966 Benevento Dr., Sarasota 34238)]
Publisher
F.P. Sener,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Physical Description
1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Subjects
Soehner, Gottlieb, - 1721-1773 - Family.
Zehner family.
Germany - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929 S475s 2008
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The keystone monthly : a magazine of general literature

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Date of Publication
1859-1860
Call Number
050 K525
Alternate Title
Keystone monthly :
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa
Publisher
B. H. Hershey,
Date of Publication
1859-1860
Physical Description
1 v. ; 23 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
Began with: Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1859); ceased with v. 1, no. 12 (June 1860).
Subjects
Page Literary Society (Millersville, Pa.) - Periodicals.
Normal Literary Society - Periodicals.
Pennsylvania State Normal School of the Second District - Periodicals.
Literature - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Page Literary Society (Millersville, Pa.)
Normal Literary Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
050 K525
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The Encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19855
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
929.1 E56s
Responsibility
editor in chief, Shmuel Spector ; consulting editor, Geoffrey Wigoder ; forward by Elie Wiesel.
ISBN
0814793568
9780814793565
Place of Publication
New York : Jerusalem
Publisher
New York University Press ; Yad Vashem,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
3 volumes (1769 pages) : bill., maps ; 29 cm
Contents
v. 1. A -- J -- v. 2. K -- Sered -- v. 3. Seredina-Buda -- Z.
Subjects
Jews - Europe - Encyclopedias.
Jews - Africa, North - Encyclopedias.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Encyclopedias.
Jews.
Europe - History, Local.
Africa, North - History, Local.
Africa, North.
Europe.
Encyclopedias.
History.
Local history.
Additional Author
Spector, Shmuel.
Wigoder, Geoffrey,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 E56s
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments ; together with the Apocrypha, concordance, and Psalms, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised; the text conformable to the original edition of the year of our Lord 1610, and the American Bible Society's original standard edition of 1816

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19859
Date of Publication
1868.
Call Number
220 F837 1868
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
William W. Harding,
Date of Publication
1868.
Physical Description
576, 1-116, 579-768, 1-42, 1- 22: illustrations ; 30 cm.
Notes
New Testament has separate title-page.
The Psalms of David in Metre.
Genealogy of Samuel O. Frantz and Emma L. Weaver family on two pages following Apocrypha.
The Frantz Bible.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Loose items removed to MG-399; Frantz family bible; includes clilpping of the 3rd annual Overholser reunion to which a letter to Sara Ann Stauffer from J. Spencer Overholser is attached recounting the first two reunions, the first being held on an island in the Conestoga River near Terre Hill and the second and third reunions being held at the homestead of Samuel O. Frantz near Rohrerstown.
Elaborate morocco binding with gold tooling on front and back covers, spine, and edges; gilded edges; Samuel O. Frantz in gold in center of front cover.
Subjects
Frantz, Samuel O., - 1861-.
Weaver, Emma L., - 1858-.
Additional Title
Bible.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 F837 1868
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A new American portrait by Benjamin West

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19873
Author
Hamel, John J.
Date of Publication
2001-2004.
Call Number
759.1393 H212
Author
Hamel, John J.
Place of Publication
[Princeton, N.J.]
Publisher
John J. Hamel, III
Date of Publication
2001-2004.
Physical Description
40 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-40).
Subjects
West, Benjamin, - 1738-1820.
Parr, Grace Peel, - 1740?-1872.
Mifflin family.
Peale family.
Peel family.
Potter family.
Willing family.
Wharton family.
Jenkins family.
Fuller family.
Shippin family.
Parr family.
Painting - United States.
Painting, American - 18th centuries.
Painting, Modern
Hubley family.
Additional Author
Hamel, Eleanor P.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1393 H212
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The Slumberinig Groundhog Lodge of Quarryville, Pennsylvania in the 20th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19887
Author
Groff, Douglas Withers.
Date of Publication
â„—ââ„¢­2000.
Call Number
367 G874
Responsibility
by Douglas Withers Groff.
Author
Groff, Douglas Withers.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Whitmore Printing and Typesetting,
Date of Publication
â„—ââ„¢­2000.
Physical Description
690 pages : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
References to Paul H. Ripple listed on first fly leaf.
Autographed by the author.
Subjects
Slumbering Groundhog Lodge - History
Groundhog Day.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
367 G874
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Iron, railroad, canal and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. : showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20328
Author
Sheafer, P. W.
Date of Publication
1867.
Call Number
Under Review
Responsibility
by P.W. Sheafer.
Author
Sheafer, P. W.
Place of Publication
Pottsville, Pa. ; Philadelphia
Publisher
Jacob Haehnlen [lithographer],
Date of Publication
1867.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 76 x 107 cm. on sheet 82 x 114 cm.
Notes
Shows coal and oil regions from Lake Ontario through much of West Virginia; most of New York State is shown, though without geological detail. Also shows locations of steel works, foundries, etc.
Subjects
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Maps.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Maps.
Canals - Pennsylvania - Maps.
Coal - Pennsylvania - Maps.
Pennsylvania - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - To be Reviewed
Call Number
Under Review
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Speech of Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, in the Northrop-Kelley debate : at Spring Garden Institute, Wednesday, September 28

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20336
Author
Kelley, William D.
Date of Publication
[1864?]
Call Number
973.891 B628
  1 website  
Author
Kelley, William D.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
Collins,
Date of Publication
[1864?]
Physical Description
12 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
"Phonographic report by D. Wolfe Brown."
Summary
Mr. Kelley supported the continued war with the South. He attacks Mr Northrop for having a conciliatory position toward the South.
Subjects
Northrop, George.
African Americans
Campaign literature, 1864.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.891 B628
Websites
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"We feel the heat too" Lancaster's Civil Rights Movement in the summer of 1963

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20373
Author
Keever, Eileen
Date of Publication
2006
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Eileen Keever
Author
Keever, Eileen
Date of Publication
2006
Physical Description
45 p.
Notes
Double click the URL for full text acess.
Includes bibliography p. 40-45
Electronic reproduction. Lancaster, Pa : Franklin & Marshall College, [200-]. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects
Civil rights - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
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Civil Rights and civil wrongs : recreational segregation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20374
Author
Pavero, Allison
Date of Publication
2006
Responsibility
by Allison Pavero
Author
Pavero, Allison
Date of Publication
2006
Physical Description
45 p.
Notes
Double click the URL for full text access.
Includes bibliography p. 46-52
Electronic reproduction. Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin & Marshall College, [200-]. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects
Civil rights - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
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The Legacy of Henry Gast and an examination of the impact of industrialization on Nineteenth Century pottery in Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20375
Author
Hagadorn, Karen
Date of Publication
2007
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Karen Hagadorn
Author
Hagadorn, Karen
Date of Publication
2007
Physical Description
95 p. : charts, maps, photogs., ports.
Notes
Double click the URL for full text access.
Includes bibliography p. 70-73
Electronic reproduction. Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin & Marshall College, [200-]. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects
Gast, Henry
Gast family.
Pottery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Pottery, American
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
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The Prostitute, the soldier, and the individual girl : the fight for morality in World War I, Lancaster and beyond

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20377
Author
Parks, Elizabeth
Date of Publication
2009
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Elizabeth Parks
Author
Parks, Elizabeth
Date of Publication
2009
Physical Description
76 p.
Notes
Double click the URL for full text access.
Includes bibliography pg. 73-76.
Electronic reproduction. Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin & Marshall College, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects
Twombley, Clifford J.
Law and Order Society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Prostitution - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Ethics
World War, 1914-1918
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Websites
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Ancestry library edition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20379
Date of Publication
[2005]
Place of Publication
[United States]
Publisher
ProQuest,
Date of Publication
[2005]
Publication Frequency
Continuously updated
Dates of Publication
1300-
Notes
Available on library terminals.
Access Restrictions
Access limited to subscribing institutions.
Summary
Contains coverage of the U.S. and the U.K., including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. A collection of more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names including U.S. federal census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes), Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes), The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630, Social Security Death Index, WWI Draft Registration Cards, Federal Slave Narratives, and a Civil War collection.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - United States - Databases.
Registers of births, etc. - Great Britain - Databases.
Genealogy - Databases.
United States - Genealogy - Databases.
United States - Census - Databases.
Great Britain - Genealogy - Databases.
Great Britain - Census - Databases.
Additional Corporate Author
Ancestry.com (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
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Home front : Second World War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20385
Author
Netscher, C. Nat
Date of Publication
2009.
Responsibility
C. Nat Netscher.
Author
Netscher, C. Nat
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
56-94 p.
Subjects
Word War, 1939-1945 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Word War, 1939-1945
Contained In
The Journal of Lancaster County' Historical Society v. 111, no.2, Summer 2009Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 111, number 2 (2009), p. 56-94Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 vol. 111
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The Cult of domesticity in James Buchanan's Wheatland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20386
Author
Curtain, Kelli
Date of Publication
2009.
Responsibility
Kelli Curtain.
Author
Curtain, Kelli
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
108-113 p.
Subjects
Buchanan, Henrietta Jane
Buchanan, James
Manners and customs
Domestic relations
Women - United States
Lancaster, Pa.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 111, number 3 (2009), p. 108-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 vol. 111
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Corporate lobbying was no match for the tide of history : Hershey and Coca-Cola battle the U.S. sugar tarriff, 1929-1934

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20387
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Date of Publication
2009.
Responsibility
Thomas R. Winpenny.
Author
Winpenny, Thomas R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
114-124 p.
Subjects
Hershey, Milton Snavely, - 1857-1945
Hershey Food Corporation - History
Coca-Cola Company - History
Chocolate industry - United States
Sugar industry - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 111, number 3 (2009), p. 114-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.111, no. 3
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Lancaster (Pa.) City and County directories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20389
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
Click on URL1843-1900
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org ,
Date of Publication
2009.
Notes
Lancaster (Pa.) City and County residential and business directories, 1843-1900.
Electronic reproduction. 1843-1900 Lancaster, Pa. : LancasterHistory.org, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Rights
Digital images copyright LancasterHistory.org, Lancaster, Pa. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact LancasterHistory.org, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Call Number
Click on URL1843-1900
Websites
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