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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Object ID
MG0341
Date Range
1912-2000
burial service for Nathaniel Ellmaker Hager. 1991. Insert 9 “An Old-Timer Recalls Memorable Dinner Down at Cross Creek,” by Cynthia Parks. Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida. Article is about an elite private club called Mensheviki. April 1991. Insert 10 “New book Highlights Decorating Trends
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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Description
This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.
Date Range
1912-2000
Year Range From
1912
Year Range To
2000
Date of Accumulation
1912-2000
Creator
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Appel, Roberts R.
Browne, George I.
Cooper, John Wallace
Cramer, Margaret Snader
Cramer, William Stuart
Davidson, Paul
Dippell, Marion Fox
Dippell, Victor William
Distler, Theodore A.
Donner, M. M.
Dotterer, Ray H.
Duke, Robert W.
Hager, E. M.
Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker
Hamblin, Dora Jane
Hartman, Edwin Mitman
Hartman, Mr.
Herman, Emma Garrigan
Herman, Theodore F.
Honig, Margaret
Honig, Stanley
Jefferson, Thomas
Jordan, Paul
Jurgelski, Susan
Kell, R. M.
Kilby, Tom
Kunkel, Arthur King
Lincoln, Abraham
Maugans, David
Mencken, Henry Louis
Michalak, Beverly
Michalak, Stanley
Moore, C. Eugene
Parks, Cynthia
Poole, H. Herbert
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roy, John
Rudisill, Carl
Rudisill, Flo
Sayres, Alfred Nevin
Schmitchew, Peter
Schwalm, Ted
Smith, Howard P.
Steinmetz, Rollin
Thornley, Richard
Twombly, Clifford Gray
Subjects
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Obituaries
Search Terms
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Associations, institutions, etc.
Business records
Bynden Wood
Conestoga Bridge
Correspondence
Finding aids
Flyers
Franklin and Marshall College
Hamilton Club
Huachung University
Letters
Manuscript groups
Membership
Minutes
Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Obituaries
Outings
Poetry
Republican Party
Restaurants
Sphinx Club
St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Trivia
World War II
WWII
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0341
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2004.MG0341
Other Numbers
MG-341
Classification
MG0341
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.
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Lancaster in 1876 observing the centennial year

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1976
the past forty years. The Chiques creek is one-third less now than it was then. As regards rainfall, he said it is always greater where there was timber, instancing the lower end of the county where it is one-third greater than it is in any other part of the county." —March 7, 1876 In a quiet and
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Responsibility
annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1976
Physical Description
[3]-30 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 80, no. 1
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 80, number 1 (1976), p. 3-30Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.80
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Lancaster in 1876 observing the centennial year, April 1--June 30, 1876

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Date of Publication
1976.
ground it required the presence of a boy to work the bolted stuff in the bolting apparatus. There once lived on Hammer Creek at a place known as Brubaker's Mill, a man by the name of Peter Stauffer. This Peter Stauffer had seven sons and the seventh son was the great grandfather of Jacob Stauffer, the
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Responsibility
annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
[77]-108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 80, no. 2
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Additional Author
Heiges, George L.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 80, number 2 (1976), p. 77-108Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.80
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