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Index to the bulletins & sketches of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from 1895-1985

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2371

Date of Publication: [1991]

Call Number: 974.812 HSMC Index

Place of Publication: Norristown, PA

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: [1991]

Physical Description: i, 219 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; "March 1991."

Subjects: Historical Society of Montgomery County (Pa.). - Indexes.; Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Norristown. - Indexes.; Montgomery County (Pa.) - History - Periodicals - Indexes.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of Montgomery County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.812 HSMC Index

Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo138

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Responsibility: John Ward Willson Loose ; "Partners in Progress" by Gary G. Martin and Donald L. Collins.

ISBN: 1884166032 :

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Canoga Park, CA

Publisher: CCA Publications,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [6], 158 p.: ill., some col. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster County Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancasater Malleable Castings, Co. (Lancaster, Pa.).; J. Walter Miller Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Raub Supply Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Alumax Mill Products (Lancaster, Pa.).; High Industries, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Federal-Mogul Corporation (Lancaster, Pa.).; Serta Mattress Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Cassey Engineering (Salunga, Pa.).; Lancaster Labratories (Lancaster, Pa.).; Ford New Holland (New Holland, Pa.).; Liberty Sign and Can Company (Lancastaear, Pa.).; J. L. Clark, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. (Leola, Pa.).; Lancaster Paint and Glass (Lancaster, Pa. ).; Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; SICO Company (Mt. Joy, Pa.).; Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.).; Bank of Lancaster County (Pa.).; Fulton Bank (Lancaster, Pa).; CoreStates Hamilton Bank (Lancaster, Pa.); Dauphin Deposit Bank (Pa.); Ross, Buehler, Falk and Company (Pa.).; Community Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.); Corporate Healthcare Strategies, Inc. (Pa.); Warner-Lambert Company (Pa.).; Lancasater Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Acorn Press (Pa.).; Lancaster Newspapers (Lancaster, Pa.).; John Cope's Food Products (Pa.).; Dutch Gold Honey (Pa.).; Kellogg Company (Pa.).; Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Pa.).; Hammond Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster, Pa.).; Zimmerman Foods (Pa.).; Turkey Hill Dairy (Pa.).; Wilbur Chocolate Company (Lititz, Pa.); Groff's Farm Restaurant (Pa.).; Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.).; Eden Resort Inn (Lancaster, Pa.).; Bulova Technologies (Lancaster, Pa.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

The Lancaster Railway & Locomotive Historical Society and the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, the first 65 years (1933-1998)

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Author: Davis, Dick.

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 367.9 D261

Alternate Title: The Lancaster Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, the first sixty five years (1933-1998).

Responsibility: [written by Dick Davis].

Author: Davis, Dick.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: 734 p. : ill., ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes photographs of railway and trolley cars used in Lancaster County.; Includes photographic reproductions of society newsletters, bulletins, press releases and excursion information.

Subjects: The Lancaster Railway & Locomotive Historical Society - History-Chronology.; Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society - History-Chronology.; Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Railroads - Pennsylvania.; Trolley cars - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 367.9 D261

Lebanon County Historical Society : a centennial history, 1898-1998

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5624

Date of Publication: [1998]

Call Number: 974.819 L441

Responsibility: edited by Phares B. Gibble, Jr. ; associate editors, Robert A. Heilman and Donald L. Rhoads, Jr.

Place of Publication: [Lebanon, PA]

Publisher: Lebanon County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: [1998]

Physical Description: 127 p. : ill., ports ; 23 cm.

Series: Historical papers and addresses (Lebanon County Historical Society) ;

Subjects: Lebanon County Historical Society (Pa.) - History.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Gibble, Phares B.

Additional Corporate Author: Lebanon County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 974.819 L441

Implementation of a comprehensive horticultural display labeling management program for the Lancaster County Historical Society's Louise Tanger Arboretum

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14296

Author: Hellerick, H. Bruce

Date of Publication: 1993.

Call Number: 635.91 H477

Responsibility: by H. Bruce Hellerick.

Author: Hellerick, H. Bruce

Place of Publication: State College, Pa

Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg ,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: 94 l. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Paper (M.P.A.)--The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg.

Subjects: Louise Tanger Arboretum (Lancaster Township, Pa.); Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Arboretums - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Corporate Author: The Pennsylvania State University Capital. College The Graduate School Division of Public Affairs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 635.91 H477

Church and pastoral records in the archives of the United Church of Christ and the Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society Lancaster, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo185

Edition: revised

Date of Publication: 1992

Call Number: 016.2858 B849 1991

Responsibility: prepared by Florence M. Bricker and the archives staff

Edition: revised

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1992

Physical Description: unp.

Notes: Revised edition

Subjects: United Church of Christ - Bibliography - Registers.; Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society - Bibliography - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Author: Bricker, Florence.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.2858 B849 1991

75 years of conservation : the story of the Conservation Society of York County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14148

Author: Taylor, John D.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 333.72 T243

Responsibility: by John D. Taylor.

Author: Taylor, John D.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: Conservation Society of York County,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: x, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Conservation Society of York County (Pa.) - History.; Conservation of natural resources - Pennsylvania - York County.; Architecture

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 333.72 T243

History of Lancaster County : to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12400

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO R946 1990

Responsibility: by I. Daniel Rupp.

ISBN: 1556132956

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Place of Publication: Bowie, Md

Publisher: Heritage Books,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: 568 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : G. Hills, 1844.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 974.815 LACO R946 1990

The Lancaster Cemetery and Woodward Hill Cemetery Lancaster, Pennsylvania, preservation needs assessment for the Historic Trust of Lancaster County funded by the Lancaster County Foundation

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18251

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 352.72 H673

Responsibility: prepared by Landscapes : landscape architecture, planning, historic preservation.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: [iii] 61 + appendices unpaged : ill., maps. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "with the assistance of David Schuyler, Historian."

Subjects: Historic Trust of Lancaster County (Lancaster, Pa.).; Woodward Hill cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.) - Planning.; The Lancaster Cemetery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Planning.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania; Lancaster County, Pa. - Planning.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.72 H673

Our medical heritage, 1844-1994 : Lancaster City & County Medical Society, 1844

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo29

Date of Publication: c1995.

Call Number: 610.9 L251o

Alternate Title: Our medical heritage

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: c1995.

Physical Description: 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes several articles previously published in the Lancaster New Era during the celebration of the sesquicentennial year of the society.; A supplement to "A history of medicine in Lancaster County" published in 1976.

Subjects: Physicians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Physicians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster City and County Medical Society (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 610.9 L251o

A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22249

Date of Publication: Â©1999.

Call Number: 974.817 D598

Alternate Title: Eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County

Place of Publication: Mt. Vernon, Ind

Publisher: Windmill Publications,

Date of Publication: Â©1999.

Physical Description: 1060 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes: Facsimile reproduction of the ed. from: Lebanon, Pa. : E.E. Schartel, 1891.; "The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society"--Title page verso.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; Registers of births, etc.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Census, 1890.; United States - Census, 11th, 1890.; Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; United States.; Census data.; Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Schuylkill County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.817 D598

The Grand Army of the Republic in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1671

Author: Knight, Glenn B.

Date of Publication: 1995.

County Historical Society archives along with the restored second battle flag of the 79th PVI which was reported in the possession of the post. According to History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, the post was chartered with 20 members and during its existence had

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Responsibility: by Glenn B. Knight.

Author: Knight, Glenn B.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: [98]-132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 97, no. 3

Subjects: Grand Army of the Republic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Veterans.

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Lower Susquehanna heritage area feasibility study

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6619

Date of Publication: 1999.

Call Number: 338.9 L913

Responsibility: prepared by: JMA/Watson Urban Research and Development Corporation ; Davidson, Peterson and Associates ; Shelley Mastran.

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: JMA/Watson,

Date of Publication: 1999.

Physical Description: [180] p. in various pagings : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Summary: An analysis of the potential of developing a designated Pennsylvania Heritage region in the lower Susquehanna region of York and Lancaster counties.

Subjects: Heritage tourism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historical sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Heritage tourism - Pennsylvania - York County.; Historical sites - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Susquehanna River Valley - History.

Additional Corporate Author: JMA/Watson Urban Research and Development Corporation.; Lancaster County (Pa.) Board of Commissioners.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 338.9 L913

On my honor : the history of the Lebanon County Council Boy Scouts of America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15342

Author: Foster, John J.,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.17, no.4

Responsibility: by John J. Foster.

Author: Foster, John J.,

Place of Publication: Lebanon, PA

Publisher: Lebanon County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: 127, A37 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Series: Lebanon County Historical Society, v. 17, no. 4.

Subjects: Boy Scouts of America. - Lebanon County Council No. 650 (Lebanon County, Pa.); Boy Scouts - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.17, no.4

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo858

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Grave undertakings : gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8368

Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Date of Publication: c1989-

Call Number: 310.35 X1

Responsibility: by Martha J. Xakellis.

ISBN: 155856019X (v. 1); 1558561226 (v. 2); 1558562044 (v. 3)

Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: c1989-

Physical Description: v. <1-4 > : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contents: v. 1. Elizabeth Township -- v. 2. Warwick Township -- v. 3. Clay township -- v.4. Penn Township -- v. 5. Lititz Borough.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennyslania; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Clay (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Lititz (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 X1

The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the eighth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo929

Date of Publication: 1996?].

Call Number: 974.83 C748

Meeting: Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (8th : 1996 : Nanticoke, Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Nanticoke, Pa

Publisher: Luzerne County Community College,

Date of Publication: 1996?].

Physical Description: ii, 93 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; "Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Lewis, Albert, - 1840-1923.; Lewis family.; Bear Creek Ice Company (Bear Creek, Pa.); Knox mine disaster of 1959.; Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - History.; Lackawanna Valley (Pa.) - History.; Lackawanna County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 20th century.

Additional Corporate Author: Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Dept.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.83 C748

Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22254

Author: Wiley, Samuel T.

Date of Publication: 1993.

Call Number: 974.817 W682

Responsibility: by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county ; carefully revised and edited by Henry W. Ruoff.

Author: Wiley, Samuel T.

Place of Publication: Mt. Vernon, IN

Publisher: Windmill Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: 811 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes: Reprint, with new index. Originally published: Philadelphia : Rush, West and Co., 1893.

Subjects: Schuylkill County (Pa.) - Biography.; Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County.; Biographies.; History.

Additional Author: Ruoff, Henry W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.817 W682

[Report phase I archaeological and historical survey Lancaster General Hospital's health campus Lancaster County, PA : for Lancaster General Hospital Foundation Lancaster PA.]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6963

Author: Kinsey, W. Fred.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 974.8011 K56L

Author: Kinsey, W. Fred.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: Conestoga Valley Archaeological Consultants,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 22 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; ER #91-1042-071-A.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-22).

Summary: Report of document and library research and field work. Subjects of investigation include Belmont tract, Mayer family cemetery, geological descriptions of land, analysis and inventory of historical artifacts.

Subjects: Archaeological surveying - Pennsylvania - Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township).; Pennsylvania - Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.; Evans, June.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 974.8011 K56L

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

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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

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