“An hour at Wheatland.” A 1929 transcription by U. Henry Heilman of a circa 1860 Lancaster newspaper account of a congratulatory visit to James Buchanan by Franklin & Marshall College students on November 26, 1856. 7 p.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
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James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
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Wheatland Mansion
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May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Accession Number
JBMS1995.257
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 2, Folder 21
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Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Page 22 of Photo Album 2 has three pictures of Bruce Ryder and a friend as toddlers. In two of the pictures they are on a blanket on the lawn and in the third picture they are in a play pen. Caption on the page '"We're great friends"
Page 23 in Bruce Ryder Photograph Album has three pictures of Bruce with a playmate, Arnold Reinhart. They are in a play pen for two of the pictures and on a blanket for the third
Page 24 in the photoalbum #2 of Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection has three photos of Bruce: (1) Bruce with his mother in the yard (2 and 3) Bruce on the porch next to his carriage
Page 44 of Bruce Ryder's photo album #2 has four pictures of "Month at Ocean City, 1927." Pictures include the Ryder family (He in a suit and tie) and Gerry Dressler
Page 43 of Brucee Ryder's second photo album has four pictures with the caption "Month at Ocean City, 1927." All three pictures are of Bruce playing in the sand and surf.
Page 45 of Bruce Ryder's photo album #2 has three pictures of "Month at Ocean City, 1927." Picture of Bruce and his father are labeled "First and Second Edition." Bruce playing in the sand is captioned "Bruce's Rolls Royce," and the Bruce with a pile of sand inf front of him and his mother and Geraldine Dressler behind him is labeled "Well Occcupied."
Page 46 of Bruce Ryder's Photo album #2 has two pictures from the Ocean City Month, 1927 with Bruce playing in the sand, one picture of the Race Street home with new awnings and one picture of "Henry" dressed in overalls and a tie.
Page 47 from Bruce Ryder's photo album #2, had three pictures, but only two remain. The first one is of Bruce (preschool ) demonstrating a large dump truck and the secondone is of Bruce and "Billy" at Ocean City, MD in 1928
" Mrs. Bull's Cottage, Our Half " title of page 52 of Bruce Ryder's 2nd Photo Album. The page has three pictures, one of a cottage with a man, Elizabeth Ryder and 2 boys standing outside, the second is a close up of the same angle, with the man on the deck and the woman and 3 children standing next to the house and the third has three boys in a close-up, one of the boys being Bruce Ryder.
Page 53 of Bruce Ryder's Photo Album #2; (1) Two adults and 2 young boys standing in front of vacation house, possibly a family who shared a vacation house with the Ryders. (2) The Ryder family standing next to the house in beach attire and (3)The three boys and a man behind them sitting on the sand. This page has a caption "The Two Families" and "Take Our Boats!"
Page 54 of Bruce Ryder's Photo Album #2: (1) Elizabeth Ryder (on left), with young Bruce Ryder sitting under an umbrella on beach with " Mary and Josephine " (2) "The Smiths" Man and woman at the beach, (3) "Our Mary" woman in swimming attire standingin the water (4) "Some picture" Man and woman in bathing attire (Elizabeth and Paul Ryder)
Page 55 of Bruce Ryder's Photo Album #2: (1) Mrs. Smith (on left) Josephine and Mary sitting on beach with young Bruce Ryder. (2) Two families sitting under the pier. Left to right: rear - Paul Ryder and Mr. Smith. Center row - Elizabeth Ryder and Mrs Smith. Front row - Bruce Ryder and the Smith boys. (3) Mrs. Smith in swimming attire (same woman with the family)
Page 56 of Bruce Ryder's Photo Album #2: (1) Bruce Ryder (left) and the Smith boys on the beach; (2) Bruce and another boy playing in the water; (3) Women and boys in the surf; (4) The two families under the pier.
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