Search Results - Research Collections

Philadelphia graveyards and cemeteries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16855

Author: Keels, Thomas H.

Date of Publication: [2005], c2003.

Call Number: 974.811 K26

Responsibility: Thomas H. Keels.

ISBN: 073851229X (pbk.); 9780738512297 (pbk.)

Author: Keels, Thomas H.

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: Arcadia,

Date of Publication: [2005], c2003.

Physical Description: 128 p. : chiefly ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Series: Images of America

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Pictorial works.; Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Pictorial works.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 K26

Industrial progress and human welfare : the rise of the factory system in 19th century Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4670

Author: Winpenny, Thomas R.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 670 W776

Responsibility: Thomas R. Winpenny.

ISBN: 0819126284 :; 0819126292 (pbk.) :

Author: Winpenny, Thomas R.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: University Press of America,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: x, 132 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "Thomas R. Winpenny examines the formative years of the factory system in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the impact of industrialization on the community.The study focuses on the establishment of the Conestoga Steam Mills in the late 1840's and the following three decades. Professor Winpenny maintains that this industrial revolution brought progress and economic benefits without social upheaval and labor strife...Lancaster was able to absorb the factory system without discord because of local circumstances such as the wealth of the countryside, the stability of the long-established town, and the ready supply of resident workers. In a narrower variation of Thomas C. Cochran's geo-cultural concept, Winpenny argues that the character of the industrialization experience is molded by local conditions and that problems often associated with industrial progress are rooted in the environment in which industrialization occurs." [from a review of the book by Robert M. Blackson, Kutztown State College]

Subjects: Bauman, Jeremiah.; James, Charles Tillinghast; Kautz, Jacob F.; Graham, Dana.; Black, John.; Cockley, David; Altick's (Daniel) Coach Works.; Shaffner and Graham's Comb Factory.; Carson and Kautz Brickyard.; Conestoga Steam Mills.; Lancaster Locomotive and Machine Manufacturing Company.; Leaman's Gun Works.; Best's Boiler Works.; Lancaster Gas Company.; Konigmacher and Bauman's Tannery.; Kirkpatrick's Foundry and Machine Shop.; Keeler Farm Equipment.; Factory system - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Cotton manufacture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Working class - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Geiger Furnace.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 670 W776

James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3409

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

Alternate Title: James Buchanan's Wheatland

Responsibility: by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].

Author: Cahalan, Sally Smith.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: James Buchanan Foundation,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Notes: Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.; Buchanan family.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.); Presidents - United States; Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 C132j

Historic Philadelphia : from the founding until the early nineteenth century : papers dealing with its people and buildings, with an illustrative map

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5847

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 974.811 P544t

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]

Publisher: American Philosophical Society,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: 331 p. : ill., fold. col. map, ports. 30 cm.

Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 43, pt. 1

Notes: "Part of old Philadelphia, a map showing historic buildings & sites from the founding until the early nineteenth century, compiled by Grant Miles Simon": 1 folded map in pocket.; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Maps, Pictorial.

Additional Author: Simon, Grant Miles.

Additional Corporate Author: American Philosophical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 P544t

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19751

Author: Moss, Roger W.

Call Number: 974.811 A633 1978

Responsibility: by Roger W. Moss.

Author: Moss, Roger W.

Physical Description: p. 1264 - 1279 : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series: In : The Magazine Antiques v. 114, no. 6 (December 1978).

Subjects: Athenaeum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Reading rooms - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Library buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Museums - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 A633 1978

Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia : an illustrated history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9106

Author: Dorwart, Jeffery M.,

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 974.811 D721

Responsibility: Jeffery M. Dorwart ; illustrative material compiled by Jean K. Wolf.

ISBN: 0812234308 (alk. paper)

Author: Dorwart, Jeffery M.,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: xiii, 211 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: "Inspired by John W. Jackson's Fort Mifflin: valiant defender of the Delaware."; "A Barra Foundation book."; " Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia is the first comprehensive illustrated history of one of the only remaining examples of the oldest harbor defense fortification system in the United States. The site of Fort Mifflin, the Great Mud Island along the entrance of the Delaware River, was the natural barrier to protect early Philadelphia from maritime attack. Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia provides the most complete modern account of the crucial and heavily contested battles around the fortification during 1777, when the British and Americans realized the strategic value of the Great Mud Island as the key to control of the Delaware River, one of the busiest waterways in colonial America. " ( publisher ); Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.

Contents: CONTENTS 1 Fortifying the Delaware, 1626-1774 2 Fort Island, 1775-1777 3 Defensive War on the Delaware, 1777 4 The Battle of Fort Mifflin, 1777 45 5 Economic Warfare, 1778-1789 6 Guarding the Nation's Capital, 1790-1800 7 A Democratic Fort, 1801-1815 8 Decay and Renovation, 1816-1853 94 9 Naval Magazine and Civil War Prison, 1855-1865 10 A Simple Barbette Fort, 1866-1945 11 Politics of Historic Preservation, 1946-1997 124

Subjects: Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Additional Author: Jackson, John W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 D721

Lancaster landmarks coloring book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17641

Author: Kershner, Gerry.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 917.815 K41g

Responsibility: by Gerry Kershner.

Author: Kershner, Gerry.

Place of Publication: Morgantown PA

Publisher: Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: unpaged : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Includes directions to historic sites.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Study and teaching.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Pictorial works.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.815 K41g

The architectural surveys, 1784-1794

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1759

Corporate Author: Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 368 G244a

Responsibility: Anthony N. B. Garvan ... [et al.].

Corporate Author: Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Mutual Assurance Co.,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: xvii, 330 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Series: Mutual Assurance Company papers ; v. 1

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 323-325.

Subjects: Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Dwellings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Additional Author: Garvan, Anthony N. B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 368 G244a

Trial of Frederick Eberle and others, at a nisi prius court, held at Philadelphia, July 1816 before the honorable Jasper Yeates, justice. For illegally conspriing together by all means lawful and unlawful ... to prevent the introduction of the English language into the service of St. Michael's and Zion's churches, belonging to the German Lutheran Congregation, in the city of Philadelphia. Taken in short hand by James Carson

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3178

Author: Eberle, Frederick.

Date of Publication: 1817.

Call Number: 347.973 E16

Author: Eberle, Frederick.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Published for the Reporter,

Date of Publication: 1817.

Physical Description: [1]-240 p. 21 cm.

Notes: Copy 2 given in honor of Mrs. Carrie Numan.

Subjects: Language question in the church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Language and languages; Lutheran Church; Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Additional Author: Carson, James.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 347.973 E16

UGI corporation, the first 100 years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4778

Date of Publication: 1982]

Call Number: 665.7 U26

Place of Publication: [S.Î²

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1982]

Physical Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 28 x 27 cm.

Subjects: United gas improvement company, Philadelphia, Pa.; Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 665.7 U26

James Buchanan, "Big wheel" of the railroads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo916

Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Date of Publication: 1952.

receiving a charter to construct the Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad, capitalized for $650,000, with permission to in- crease that figure to one million dollars. (5) Included in that group were James Buchanan, General George Porter, member of the Legislature, and Amos Ellmaker, all of

1 document

Responsibility: by Oliver S. Sprout.

Author: Sprout, Oliver S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1952.

Physical Description: [21]-34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 56, no. 2

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Columbia, Lancaster and Philadelphia Railroad (Pa.); Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mt. Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company (Pa.); Pennsylvania Railroad.; Canals - Pennsylvania

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 56, number 2 (1952), p. 21-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.56

Documents

edit_vol56no2pp21_34.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Proceedings on the impeachment of William Blount : a senator of the United States from the state of Tennessee, for high crimes and misdemeanors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21668

Author: Blount, William,

Date of Publication: 1799.

Call Number: Book 598 1799

Author: Blount, William,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Joseph Gales,

Date of Publication: 1799.

Physical Description: 102, [2] p. (final leaf blank) ; 23 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Blount was charged with conspiring to aid Great Britain in wresting the Floridas and Louisiana from Spain.; Record of the proceedings is found in Journal of the Senate of the United States, in cases of impeachments ... Washington City : Printed by William Duane & Son, 1805: p. [3]-31. This journal forms part of Journal of the Senate ... Second Session of the Eighth Congress ... Washington City : Printed by William Duane & Son, 1804.; Signatures: [A]â´ B-Nâ´.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 598 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Sabin; Howes

Subjects: Blount, William, - 1749-1800.; Diplomatic relations.; United States - Foreign relations - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; United States - Foreign relations - 1797-1801 - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain.; United States.; Early works.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine title (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress Senate.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 598 1799

Acts passed at the first [-third] session of the fifth Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the fifteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven : and of the independence of the United States, the twenty-first : published by authority

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21033

Corporate Author: United States.

Date of Publication: 1797.

Call Number: Boook 244 1797

Alternate Title: Laws of the United States

Corporate Author: United States.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1797-1799)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William Ross ...,

Date of Publication: 1797.

Physical Description: 240, vii, [4], 244-561, [1], 26, iv, [48] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: [A]â´ B-2Gâ´ [2H]â´ 2I-4Mâ´.; Printed marginalia.; Includes treaties.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 244 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Session laws - United States - Early works to 1800.; Diplomatic relations.; Session laws.; United States - Foreign relations - Early works to 1800.; United States.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingn)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Boook 244 1797

Farming, always farming : a photographic essay of rural Pennsylvania German land and life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7422

Author: Fegley, H. Winslow

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 905.748 TPG v. 20 1986

Responsibility: made by H. Winslow Fegley ; [introduction, Scott T. Swank ; captions, Alan G. Keiser, Frederick S. Weiser].

Author: Fegley, H. Winslow

Place of Publication: Birdsboro, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: vi, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ;

Notes: "Photographs from the collection of the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania."; Bibliography: p. 30.

Subjects: Fegley, H. Winslow - 1871-1944 - Photography collections.; Pennsylvania Dutch; Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Pictorial works.; Pennsylvania - Pictorial works.; Berks County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Swank, Scott T.; Keyser, Alan G.; Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Additional Corporate Author: Schwenkfelder Library.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 TPG v. 20 1986

Legal report on Edison Electric Company, the Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, Conestoga Valley Electric Company, Intercourse Electric Company, Wrightsville Light and Power Company, the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company, (The) Columbia Gas Company, Lititz Gas Company, Conestoga Transmission Company, Lancaster County Railway and Light Company, Wrightsville Water Supply Company, Conestoga Realty Company, Conestoga Terminal Company, Conestoga Transportation Company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17646

Date of Publication: [19--]

Call Number: 352.91 L496 Oversize

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: [19--]

Physical Description: [12p.], 347 p. ; 33 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Edison Electric Company.; Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company.; Conestoga Valley Electric Company.; Intercourse Electric Company.; Wrightsville Light and Power Company.; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.; Columbia Gas Company.; Lititz Gas Company.; Conestoga Transmission Company.; Lancaster County Railway and Light Company.; Wrightsville Water Supply Company.; Conestoga Realty Company.; Conestoga Terminal Company.; Conestoga Transportation Company.; Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Water utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.91 L496 Oversize

Philadelphia area cemeteries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16854

Author: Heller, Allan M.

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 974.811 H477

Responsibility: by Allan M. Heller.

ISBN: 0764322222 (pbk.)

Author: Heller, Allan M.

Place of Publication: Atglen, PA

Publisher: Schiffer Pub.,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Region; Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - History, Local.; Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Biography.; Philadelphia Region (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 H477

WPA artwork in non-federal repositories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8567

Edition: 2nd. ed.

Date of Publication: [1999]

Call Number: 708.973 W938

Edition: 2nd. ed.

Place of Publication: [Washington, DC]

Publisher: U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Historic Buildings and the Arts Center of Expertise, Fine Arts Program,

Date of Publication: [1999]

Physical Description: v, 476 p. ; 22 x 28 cm.

Notes: "December 1999."; Includes index.

Subjects: United States. - Works Progress Administration - Inventories.; Fine Arts Program (United States. Public Buildings Service) - Inventories.; Art, American; Art, Modern - United States

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Works Progress Administration.; Fine Arts Program (United States. Public Buildings Service)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 708.973 W938

Some account of the singular beginnings of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6120

Author: Simon, Grant Miles.

Date of Publication: 1957]

Call Number: 974.811 S594 Oversize

Author: Simon, Grant Miles.

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia

Publisher: Carpenters' Co., Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects,

Date of Publication: 1957]

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) illus., facsims. 35 cm.

Notes: Cover title: The beginning of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1682.; "[Published] on the occasion of the ... centenaries [of] the opening to the public of the Carpenters' Hall and the founding of the American Institute of Architects."

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

Additional Corporate Author: Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia.; American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.811 S594 Oversize

Literature in stone : the hundred year history of Pennsylvania's State Capitol

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17811

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 974.8 P415pe

Alternate Title: Hundred year history of Pennsylvania's State Capitol

Responsibility: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee; book design by Amanda J. DeLorenzo; editors, Ruthann Hubbert-Kemper and Jason L. Wilson.

ISBN: 0964304880 (hbk.); 9780964304888 (hbk.)

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 384 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-375) and index.

Contents: Capitol Preservation Committee members and administrative staff -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Our legacy from William Penn -- Ch. 1: Pennsylvania's early Capitols -- Ch. 2: The Cobb Capitol -- Ch. 3: The Huston Capitol: inspiration, design, and construction -- Ch. 4: Capitol dedication: October 4, 1906 -- Ch. 5: The Capitol graft scandal -- Ch. 6: The Capitol's fine and decorative arts -- Ch. 7: The Capitol Complex and the City Beautiful Movement -- Ch. 8: The people's building: a preservation journey -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.