Source of Acquisition: Gift of Leonard G. Murphy, September 2010. Accruals: No further accruals are expected. Preferred Citation: Steele Family Papers (MG0591), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Subject Headings: Family archives Genealogy Letters Obituaries Probate records Scrapbooks

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Summy Family Genealogy Object ID: MG0550 1 box 2 folders, 4 binders 1 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 11 Scope and Content Note

information about his service during World War II. There is also considerable genealogy and related correspondence for the Bare family. Creator: Bare, Howard C., 1911-2002. Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to

rooms to a floor, and a one story kitchen..." �The tract was purchased by William Coleman who owned the house from 1825-1826 and owned it again from 1830-1835. He was one of the most wealthy and prominent iron masters of the period and was also the father of Anne Coleman, the fiance of James Buchanan at

Headings: Letters Minutes (Records) Family reunions Programs (Publications) Search Terms: Cemeteries Correspondence Family reunions Finding aids Genealogy Letters Manuscript groups Maps Minutes Obituaries Programs Scholarships Songs Related Materials: Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared

, P. H. Martin, Isaac Maxwell, Joseph R. Maxwell, Mrs. Joseph R. Metzger, H. R. Metzler, Christian E. Meyer, Anna Magdalen Miller, William Mowrer, J. H. Nissley, J. H. Parkins, R. B. Pickle, J. Harry Pollard, Myron A. Price, Samuel Riddick, Frank A. Rudy, James K. Rush, E. W. Sahm, Norman R. Shand

James P. Wickersham on 19th Century Curriculum and Technical Education By Paul K. Adams James P. Wickersham was a nineteenth century teacher and school administrator. After teaching and serving as a principal, county superintendent, and normal school principal, he became Pennsylvania's

. Expresses more sympathy and extends invitation to visit. Offer of $5.00 – $5.50/ft. for ground on Vine St. Needs your recommendation to Mr. Buchanan for son Reigart to attend West Point. Sent brandy and sherry by Metzger. 11 January 1826. Letter from Peter Wager to Adam Reigart. Family all poorly; Ann was

James P. Wickersham on Nineteenth Century European and American Schools By Paul K. Adams, Ph.D. James P. Wickersham, one-time Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, Millersville Normal School Principal and Pennsylvania Superintendent of Com- mon Schools, throughout his career had a strong

reconstruct much of the Gumpf family genealogy. Records used have been the actual tax records, church records, wills, and estate inventories as well as local biographical annuals and newspapers. Of all those surnamed Gumpf who died in Lancaster County prior to 1800, only four left wills. For the same period

The Jefferson Theatrical Family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania By James Henke, Ph.D. In the summer of 1831, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journalthat Joseph Jefferson II (the son of the famous actor Joseph Jefferson I, and father of Joseph Jefferson III who became famous for his portrayal of Rip