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A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

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Date of Publication
1870.
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Kilburn, Francis.
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Plan of Lancaster City; a correct survey of the whole; representing all the streets, lots, roads, lanes, alleys, water courses, extension of water mains and their several calibres, plugs and stop cocks, & beautiful views of the city

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Author
Reigart, J. Franklin (John Franklin),
Call Number
974.815 LACI 510
Author
Reigart, J. Franklin (John Franklin),
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy ; 87 x 72 cm.
Notes
Relief shown pictorially.
A Cadastral map showing lot numbers, several calibres, plugs, stop cocks, & beautiful views of the city.
Includes text, list of city ordinances, statistical data as of Jan. 1850, and illus.
Original version ; Philadelphia : P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press, [1850?].
Original version : "Entered acording to the act of Congress in the year 1848, by J. Franklin Reigart, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Water-supply - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Maps.
Ordinances, municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Statistics.
Additional Corporate Author
P.S. Duval & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 510
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The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
  2 websites  
Responsibility
written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud.
Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1797
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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

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Date of Publication
[19--]
Call Number
352.91 L496 Oversize

The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780

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Author
Proud, Robert,
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
974.802 P968
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Author
Proud, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Z. Poulson,
Date of Publication
1798.
Physical Description
2 v. map (on lining papers), port. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania heritage series
Notes
Photoreproduction. Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co., 1967.
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718
Society of Friends.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Jersey - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New Sweden - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968
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A digest of the rules, ordinances & bye-laws, for the regulation and government of the directors, the poor and house employment, the farm, hospital and lunatic department. Also : a complete digest of the acts of the General Assembly

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Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.
Date of Publication
1897.
Call Number
352.008 C855 1897
Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Board of Directors of the Poor.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
W.A. Halbach,
Date of Publication
1897.
Physical Description
96 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Poor laws - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.008 C855 1897
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Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1896 : including a classified general and business directory of Lancaster city and the boroughs of Adamstown, Akron, Christiana, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Lititz, Manheim, Marietta, Mount Joy, New Holland, Quarryville and Washington; and a general and business directory of the townships of Lancaster County ... Also an appendix, containing a list of county, city and borough officers, churches, societies, etc

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16994
Date of Publication
1896
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1896 reprint
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
J.E. Williams : On sale at John Baer's Sons,
Date of Publication
1896
Physical Description
xxiv, 33-727 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint of original
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Author
Williams, J. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1896 reprint
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[Fulton Opera House, site of old Lancaster County jail] : Application to National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

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Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Date of Publication
2007.
Call Number
728.37 F974
Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Place of Publication
[N. l
Publisher
n. s.]
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
29, [3] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA, I am pleased to submit the attached application to the National Park Service'sUnderground Railroad Network to Freedom Program."
OMB Control Nol 1024-0232; Expires 12/31/2006.
Subjects
Miller, David - 1795-1858.
Fulton Opera House (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 F974
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Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1890 : containing a general directory of Lancaster city, of the boroughs and townships of the county

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Date of Publication
1890
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1890 reprint
Responsibility
compiled and published by J.E. Williams
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Book and Job Print ;
Date of Publication
1890
Physical Description
6-616 p. : bill. : 28 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint from original.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Directories.
Adamstown (Pa.) - Directories
Columbia (Pa.) - Directories
Elizabethtown (Pa.) - Directories
Lititz (Pa.) - Directories
Manheim (Pa.) - DIrectories
Marietta (Pa. ) - Directories
Mount Joy (Pa.) - Directories
Strasburg (Pa.) - Directories
Washington Boro (Pa.) - Directories
Additional Author
Williams, J.E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1890 reprint
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College Hill in the 80's and 90's memoirs of a Franklin and Marshall faculty daughter

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Author
Heller, Mary Belle Stahr.
Date of Publication
1971.
College Hill in the 80's and 90's Memoirs of a Franklin and Marshall Faculty Daughter by Mary Belle Stahr Heller Preface My mother dictated these reminiscences at various periods dur- ing the last ten years of her life. Since her death in June, 1971 I have gone over them and assembled them into
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Responsibility
by Mary Belle Stahr Heller.
Author
Heller, Mary Belle Stahr.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
[19]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 1
Subjects
Heller, Mary Belle Stahr.
Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Heller, Jane.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 1 (1971), p. 19-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75
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The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

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Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
The History of the Gas and electric industries in Lancaster County By HORACE RICHARDS BARNES Introduction STUDENTS of economics and business are familiar with con- solidations and mergers. Indeed integration, either horizontal or vertical, or a combination of the two types of integration, is an
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Responsibility
by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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History of Franklin and Marshall college; Franklin college, 1787-1853; Marshall college, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall college, 1853-1903

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Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
090 L244n 1903 Oversize
Responsibility
by Joseph Henry Dubbs ...
Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Franklin and Marshall college alumni association,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
xiv, 402 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 33 cm.
Notes
"Of this large paper edition fifty copies have been printed", this copy no. 17.
Signed by the author.
In three volumes.
Bibliography: p. 382-394.
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College - History.
Franklin and Marshall College.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244n 1903 Oversize
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Programme souvenir: bi-centennial commemoration of the first settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1710 : at the Mennonite "Brick" Meeting House ... Thursday, September 8th, 1910

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Date of Publication
[1910]
Call Number
974.815 LACO L224
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
L.B. Herr, Print.,
Date of Publication
[1910]
Physical Description
[16] p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Notes
Imprint from p. [4] of cover.
Cover title: Programme of exercises commemorating the bi-centennial of the first settlement in Lancaster County.
"Under the auspices of the Lancaster County Historical Society."--P. [14].
Bound with Commemoration of the nativity of Robert Fulton (1915); Commemoration of the Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851 (1911); Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution (1912); and Founder's Memorial Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Gap, Lancaster, Pa. (1912).
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.815 LACO L224
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Programme souvenir : bi-centennial commemoration of the first settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1710 : at the Mennonite "Brick" Meeting House ... Thursday, September 8th, 1910

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2553
Date of Publication
[1910].
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245b
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
L.B. Herr, Print.,
Date of Publication
[1910].
Physical Description
[16] p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Notes
Imprint from p. [4] of cover.
Cover title: Programme of exercises commemorating the bi-centennial of the first settlement in Lancaster County,
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO L245b
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The City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : ... Together with an introductory sketch of the County and City, embracing the commercial, industrial, educational and social life therein : with a brief glance at the work of the various departments of the municipal government

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Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
381 L245 Oversize
Responsibility
by Richard M. Reilly ...
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.?]
Publisher
Published under the auspices of the Lancaster Board of Trade by H.A. DeForest,
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
94 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Resources and industries of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Board of Trade (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
381 L245 Oversize
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The early settlement and population of Lancaster county and city

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1905
The Early Settlement and Population of Lancaster County and City. It is to be regretted that our fathers and grandfathers were so indifferent to the important events of their time, to the many stirring scenes and occur- rences of that early period, as not to have put them on record for the in
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Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1905
Physical Description
[151]-171 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 6
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Population.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 6 (1905), p. 151-171Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9
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Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes and manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements

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Author
Watson, John F.
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
974.8 P544 1860
Responsibility
by John F. Watson ; embellished with engravings by T.H. Mumford.
Author
Watson, John F.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Elijah Thomas,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
3 v., [28] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Watson's annals of Philadelphia.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Mumford, Thomas Howland,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8 P544 1860
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A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)

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Author
Pehrson, Immanuel C.
Date of Publication
1950
_A Lancaster Schoolboy Views 5 he Civil War (Diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College) Reviewed by ELIZABETH C. KIEFFER The Civil War was a year old. Weary bands of new recruits marched through the streets of Lancaster, or pitched
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Responsibility
reviewed by Elizabeth C. Kieffer.
Author
Pehrson, Immanuel C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[17]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 2
Subjects
Pehrson, Immanuel - Diaries.
Diaries.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 2 (1950), p. 17-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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An act to incorporate the city of Lancaster with the several subsequent acts relating thereto; and the ordinances for the regulation of the said city, passed by the Select and Common Councils

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Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Date of Publication
1834.
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
Responsibility
Arr. and published by Councils.
Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.).
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Hugh Maxwell,
Date of Publication
1834.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) 20 cm.
Notes
Library copy missing title page.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.). - H. Maxwell - (1834)
Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L224mh 1834
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We remember ceremonial guard of Lancaster County and Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., Post 30, Lancaster, Pa. in conjunction with Park City Center and Park City Mall Merchants Assoc. is proud to present the Vietnam Veterans Memorial "The Moving War"

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Call Number
959.704308 W361
Physical Description
Lancaster, Pa. Veterans of the Vietnam War, Post PA 30 1994
Notes
Includes Lancastrians who were killed or missing in action in Vietnam War
Lynn Blessing --Henry G. Gish--George R. Weaver, Jr. --Daniel L. Ault. -- Thomas E. Bailey -- Charles D. Ballou--John R. Booth--Steven H. Boyer--Jay Q. Buckwalter--William G. Butler, Jr.--Jay M. Byerly--Percy L. Campbell--Bruce E. Cunningham--David E. DeWitt--Frank F. Douglas--Ted L. Edwards--Richard C. Engroff--Dennis C. Eshelman--John R. Evans--Albert Farkas--Alvin R. Gibble--Ray L. Good--Barry L. Graham--Ronald H. Groff--Gerald L. Habecker--Larry E. Hart--Charles W. Heaps--Jay D. Herr--Byron G. Highland--James E. Hunsicker--Joseph E. Jackson--Ernest C. Jamison--Thomas E. Jennings--Randy L. Johnston--Dervin J. Keisling--John H. Kirchner, Jr.--Michael E. Kiscaden--Martin J. Lacher--Galen G. Ludwig--Oscar C. Mayer III--William L. McFarland--Gerald L. Mckinney--Richard L. McMinn--Ronald E. Meckley--Carl B. Mellinger, Jr.--Gerald L. Mentzer--James E. Miller--Robert A. Mowrey--Barry L. Moyer--George N. Myers--Calvin E. Nolt--Douglas E. Partridge--William D. Port--Wesley D. Ratzel--John L. Reagle--William R. Robison--Chester E. Rowe--Martin G. Sauble--Frederick J. Schwanger--Leslie F. Shenk--Timothy A. Shober--John S. Shoemaker--William H. Shultz--Richard S. Simmons--Dennis M. Sollenberger--Herbert H. Stauffer--Raymond B. Thomas--James H. Unruth--Carl W. Wallis--Dale L. Weaver--Jay D. Webster, Jr.--Robert L. Wenzel--James L. Wieler--Melvin R. Wink--Richard L. Wissler, Jr.--Kenneth E. Witmer--Lawrence G. Ziegler--Harold J. Zook.
Subjects
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
959.704308 W361
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