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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9391
Author
Andrews, Charles McLean,
Edition
Textbook ed.
Date of Publication
c1919.
Call Number
917.3 A565
  1 website  
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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Hospital scenes after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9520
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
973.7349 H828
  1 website  
Responsibility
by the Patriot Daughters of Lancaster ; introduction by G. Craig Caba.
Place of Publication
Gettysburg
Publisher
G.C. Caba,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
61 p. : ill., maps, ports., ; 22 cm.
Summary
An account of The Patriot Daughters of Lancaster arriving at Gettysburg soon after the battle ended to nurse and feed wounded soldiers.
Subjects
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863.
Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg Region
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Hospitals.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Medical care.
Additional Corporate Author
Patriot Daughters of Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 H828
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Bridgens' atlas of Lancaster Co., Penna

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Author
Bridgens, H. F.
Date of Publication
1864.
Call Number
LC912.74815 B851
  1 website  
Responsibility
From actual surveys by H. F. Bridgens and assistant.
Author
Bridgens, H. F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. F. Bridgens,
Date of Publication
1864.
Physical Description
43 p. : maps, illus. ; 40 cm.
Notes
Contains map for each township. Property owners and landmarks are noted.
Kept on top of counter-height shelving unit.
Separate index.
Subjects
Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
LC912.74815 B851
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Loan exhibition of historical and contemporary portraits illustrating the evolution of portraiture in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Iris club, Lancaster, Pa.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
708 L245e
  1 website  
Responsibility
under the auspices of the Iris club and the Lancaster county historical society ... Lancaster, Pa., November 23 to December 13, 1912.
Corporate Author
Iris club, Lancaster, Pa.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New era printing co.,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
viii, 142 p. front. port., pl., facsim.
Notes
Click on Table of Contents for list of artists in exhibition.
Contents
Artists included in exhibit: Arthur Armstrong--Helen Baker--Balling--Barruti--Florence Grubb Beall--Cecilia Beaux--A. Raphael Beck--Carol H. Beck--J. Augustus J. Beck--David Bendann--Martha M. Bowman--Hugh H. Breckenridge--Professor Brinati--Broadbent--John Henry Brown--Lytton Briggs Buehler--R.H. Burfoot--Charles F. Burger--William Clark--Adam Danner--J.A. Danner--A.L. Dalbey--Jacob Deichler--Herman Deigendesch--Charles Henry Demuth--John Demuth--Jefferson T. Dysart--Thomas Eakins--Joseph Oriel Eaton--Jacob Eichholtz--Aaron Eshleman--Hannah Evans--Walter Evarts--Thomas Flatman--Henry Floyd--Josephine Foltz--J. Colin Forbes--Freeland--Orlando Freeman--Robert Fulton--Daniel Garnder--W. Wallace Gilchrist--W.A. Greaves--Eliot Gregory--Peter Grosh--D.J. Gru--W.C. Hager--Katherine Hayes--Laetitia N. Herr--Esther Holbrook--Emma Hollnger--Hooper--Ferdinand Huck--M. Jacquemard--Lalla Kieffer--G.B. Kostenbaden--J.R. Lambdin--Emanuel Leutze--John Jay Libhart--Adam Lightner--Robert Locher--Alice Malone--McMasters--Lloyd Mifflin--J. Houston Mifflin--William H. Miller--Mary Musselman--Blanche Nevin--Charles Nichols--Bass Otis--James Peale--Rembrandt Peale--Caroline Peart--Luigi Persico--Lazar Raditz--henry Reigart--Lous Reingruber--Albert Rosenthal--John Singer Sargent--T. Henry Smith--F. Spang--Gilbert Stuart--William Steele--Thomas Sully--Helen Thurlow--Bernhard Uhle--Frederick Vezin--Lewis Voigt--Leon Von Ossko--Waln--Jacob Warfel--Helen Wellens--Adolph Wertmuller--Benjamin West--Whiteside--Isaac Williams--J. Wilson--Matthew Wilson--W. A. Wisong.
Subjects
Portraits.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography - Portraits.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
708 L245e
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The folklore of the Pennsylvania Germans; a paper read before the Pennsylvania-German society at the annual meeting, York, Pennsylvania, October 14th, 1910

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Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
398 S889
  1 website  
Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
W.J. Campbell,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
155 p. front., vigns.
Notes
"Reprinted from part II, volume XXIII of the Proceedings of the Pennsylvania-German society."
Contents
Contents: Prayers -- Lullabies -- ABC -- In Grandpa's Lapp -- Honsel von Bach -- Counting-out Rhymes -- Powwowing and Charms -- Riddles and Catches -- Short Ballads -- Local and Personal Rhymes -- New Year Wishing -- Cumulative Ballads -- Popular Ballads --
Subjects
Folklore - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
398 S889
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"Both ornamental and useful" : the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9866
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
362.5 B749
  1 website  
Responsibility
Prepared by Monique Bourque, Nancy K. Zeigler, Bernard L.Herman, Rebecca J. Sides.
Place of Publication
Newark, Del
Publisher
Center for Architecture and Engineering, University of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
v. 93 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
The Architectural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: Setting and Current Appearance Construction Changes in the Structure Early Almshouses and Hospitals of the Lower Delaware Valley / The Social and Cultural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: English Antecedents and Early Pennsylvania Poor Relief General Functions of the Almshouse The Almshouse and the Community Occupants of the Almshouse Conclusions / Recommendations for Future Use.
Subjects
Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.)
Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Almshouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Bourque, Monique.
Zeigler, Nancy K.
Herman, Bernard L.
Sides, Rebecca J.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
362.5 B749
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Call Number
815 L244 Oversize
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
W.B. Wiley
Physical Description
15 v.
Publication Frequency
Weekly
Dates of Publication
v. 1-15; Jun 5, 1869-Nov. 17, 1883.
Notes
"A weekly legal publication."
LCHS has v.1 (January 7, 1882 - May 27, 1882); v. 2 (June 3, 1882 - May 26, 1883); v. 3 (June 2, 1883 - October 13, 1883) ; v. 6 , no. 35 (January 29, 1875) -v. 7, no. 1 (June 5, 1876) - v. 8, no. 1 (June 3, 1876 to June 10, 1876); v. 9 (June 2, 1877 - May 18, 1878); v. 10 (June 1, 1878 - May 31, 1879); v. 11 (June 7, 1879 - May 29, 1880); v. 12 (June 5, 1880 - May 28, 1881).
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania - Periodicals.
Law reports, digests, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
815 L244 Oversize
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Author
Nevin, Edwin H.
Date of Publication
1868.
Call Number
813 N527c
  1 website  
Responsibility
with an introductory essay by Alfred Cookman.
Author
Nevin, Edwin H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Barr,
Date of Publication
1868.
Physical Description
252 p. 18 cm.
Notes
"Nevin, Edwin Henry, D.D., son of Major David Nevin, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1814. He graduated in Arts at Jefferson College, 1833; and in Theology at Princeton Seminary, in 1836. He held several pastorates as a Presbyterian Minister from 1836 to 1857; then as a Congregational Minister from 1857 to 1868; and then, after a rest of six years through ill health, as a Minister of the Reformed Church, first at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then inPhiladelphia. Dr. Nevin is the author of several hymns." [from Hymnary.org]
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813 N527c
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A one-sided autobiography, containing the story of my intellectual life

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9899
Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Call Number
814 K96
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Oscar Kuhns.
Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Place of Publication
New York, Cincinnati
Publisher
Eaton & Mains; Jennings & Graham
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Physical Description
236 p. 20 cm.
Notes
The author was born in Lancaster County, PA.
Subjects
Literature
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 K96
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Christian culture; a local interdenominational journal, religious, literary and social

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9901
Date of Publication
1890-1892?
Call Number
815 C555
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Date of Publication
1890-1892?
Physical Description
v. 30 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
vol. 1, no. 1- ; March, 1890-
Notes
Double clidk the URL for full text access.
LHO has one vol. only (1890-1892, vol. 3, no. 2.)
Edited by the Rev. J. Max Hark and the Rev. Charles L. Fry.
Electronic reproduction . Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster Theological Society, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents
vol. 1, no. 1 March 1, 1890 to vol. 3, no. 2 in one vol.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
815 C555
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The family and descendants of Robert Rodgers and Margaret Thornton

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2129
Date of Publication
[2024]
  1 website  
Responsibility
Kyle Wear
Date of Publication
[2024]
Physical Description
99 pages; typescript.
Notes
Typescript donated by author January 2024; only a digital copy is available.
Subjects
Thornton, Margaret
Robert Rodgers
Rogers family
Rodgers family
Thornton family
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African American entrepreneurs in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2131
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
2022.
  1 website  
Responsibility
Leroy T. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2022.
Physical Description
221-243
Series
Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society, vol. 122, no. 3 (Sept. 2022)
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster (Pa.)
African American business enterprises
Businesspeople
Websites
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  1 website  
Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Also found in Asians in Lancaster County Information File
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AAHGS news : the bi-monthly newsletter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19817
Date of Publication
1994-
Call Number
905.29 AAHn
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society news
ISSN
1947-475X
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1994-
Physical Description
v. ; 28 cm.
Publication Frequency
Bimonthly
Dates of Publication
Nov./Dec. 2002 -
Notes
Title from caption.
Subjects
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Periodicals.
African Americans - Periodicals.
African Americans - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.29 AAHn
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The Holy Bible, : containing the Old and New Testaments

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Date of Publication
1799.
Call Number
220 A735 1799
  1 website  
Responsibility
translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. ; With marginal references.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no. 41, South Second Street,
Date of Publication
1799.
Physical Description
[752] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill., 2 maps ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Includes the Apocrypha. The New Testament (p. [589-735]) has separate title page.
Made up of the sheets of the 1796 edition printed by Jacob R. Berriman for Berriman & Co. (Evans 30065), the title page and title page to the New Testament having been reprinted. The plates are the same as those found in the 1796 issue, save the frontispiece ("A scheme of the lives of the Patriarchs, from Adam to Moses inclusive. By Jas. Purves. 1786.").
Signatures: [A]² B-7I² [7K]² 7L-9D².
Printed in two columns. Plates engraved by Alexander Anderson, Cornelius Tiebout, William Rollinson, and Amos Doolittle.
Note on back of photocopy of genealogical record: Lancaster Journal, Wed. Oct 30, 1799, James Armstrong ad on "A Stray" on p. 2.
Genealogical material available in family file.
Viewing bible contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
"An index to the Holy Bible ..."--P. [737-748]. Tables, p. [748-750]. "List of subscribers' names."--p. [751-752].
Loose items removed to MG-399, Armstrong family bible including: a birthday post card, an evelope postmarked Saint Louis, Mo., and paid stamp addressed to Miss Lizzie Armstrong, Lancaster, Penna; a blue cutout valentine with blue ribbon and verse on reverse; a program of the Price Literary Society, C. S. N. S. Lock Have, Pa, November 30, 1883; a calling card of Jno. F. Shenk, Class of '84, Central State Normal School; a manuscript describing flowers by Mattie C. Hess, November 5, 1875, and a manuscript describing water by Mattie C. Hess, February 16, 1876.
Genealogical material on both sides of front flyleaf, 1796 - 1911
Evans
Hills, M.T. Engl. Bible in Amer.,
Full leather binding with marbled end papers and maroon leather title on spine; covers detached from spine.
Subjects
Armstrong family.
Intaglio prints.
Maps - Palestine.
Press figures (Printing)
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Additional Author
Purves, James,
Anderson, Alexander,
Tiebout, Cornelius,
Rollinson, William,
Doolittle, Amos,
Dobson, Thomas,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Bible
Call Number
220 A735 1799
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Reminiscences of the early history of Dark Hollow, Slocum Hollow, Harrison, Lackawanna Iron Works, Scrantonia, and Scranton, Pa

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Author
Platt, J. C.
Date of Publication
1889.
Call Number
Under Review
  1 website  
Responsibility
read before the Lackawanna Institute of History and Science, November 9, 1886, by J.C. Platt.
Author
Platt, J. C.
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa
Publisher
The Republican,
Date of Publication
1889.
Physical Description
79 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.
Scranton (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
Call Number
Under Review
Websites
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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
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Date of Publication
1873-
  3 websites  
Place of Publication
New Holland, Pa
Publisher
George H. Ranck & J.W. Sandoe,
Date of Publication
1873-
Publication Frequency
Weekly.
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 18, 1873)-
Ceased in 1984.
Notes
Publishers: George H. Ranck & J.W. Sandoe, 1873-1878; George H. Ranck, 1878-1903; C. R. Martin and H. A. Showalter, 1903-1931; and the Raymond Evers Whitmore family, 1931-1984.
Electronic reproduction. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 18, 1873)-v. 77, no. 52 (Dec. 29, 1950). Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary
The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. Until the 1950s, it was the only newspaper for New Holland and chronicles the history of that municipality beginning in 1873. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and businesses, and historical sketches of New Holland.
Rights
Digital images copyright Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. and Eastern Lancaster County Library, New Holland, Pa. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as a credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603. Phone: (717) 392-4633. Web site: www.lancasterhistory.org.
Subjects
Newspapers.
New Holland (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster New Holland.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Electronic Resources
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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
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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
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