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Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Black History Collection
Object ID
MG0240
Date Range
1780-1984
Collection
Black History Collection
Title
Black History Collection
Description
This collection contains papers and local government records related to Black history in Lancaster County, including an index to Lancaster County's register of enslaved persons, Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons or Negro Entry Book, and a biographical account of Rev. James William Charles Pennington. There are official records for enslaved persons and their children in Lancaster County, as well as freemen within Lancaster City. The collection also contains a manumission paper from the state of Virginia, a certificate for free persons of color, and letters from anit-slavery societies.
System of Arrangement
Series 1 consists of the "Slave Registers," official county records registering enslaved women and their children after 1780.
Series 2 contains the "Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons," a manumission paper, correspondence, and other records.
Date Range
1780-1984
Year Range From
1780
Year Range To
1984
Date of Accumulation
1780-1984
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Allen, Richard
Anderson, George L.
Anderson, James
Anderson, Mildred
Atchinson, John
Bacon, Izard
Bailey, Bessie
Bailey, Charles
Baker, John H.
Ball, James H.
Barber, Florence
Barton, William
Bayly, James
Beaubian, Beulah
Beaubian, Charles S.
Bigham, William
Black, Aaron
Blonden, Louisa
Boggs, Alexander
Book, Anna H.
Book, Simon
Boyd, William
Bradley, Daniel
Breading, David
Bridgett, Alexander
Broadnax, Joseph
Brown, E. D.
Brown, Ernest
Brown, H. H.
Brubaker, Jack
Cain, Annie
Cain, Jennie
Cain, John
Cain, Louisa
Caldwell, Andrew
Carpenter, Samuel
Carter, John C.
Carter, John W.
Carter, Laura
Carter, Nettie
Clark, Bryce
Clark, Josephine
Clark, Russia
Clark, Ruth
Clemson, James
Cohn, Jason
Conkle, William
Cook, James
Cooke, Samuel
Cooper, Bella
Craig, Mary
Craig, Samuel
Crawford, James
Cunningham, Janett
Currin, James
Davis, Edward
Davis, Emily
Davis, Robert
Dewers, Thomas
Dorsey, Steven
Edwards, Mary
Edwards, Susanna
Edwards, Thomas
Edwards, Thomas L.
Evans, James
Evans, John
Evans, Frances
Ewing, John
Fordney, William B.
Foster, Carrie
Foster, Daniel
Franklin, Benjamin
Frazier, Phebe
Galbraith, Bertram Gillespie
Gale, Anthony
Gamble, James
George, H. E., Mrs.
George, Harriet
Gibbons, Daniel
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Gibson, William
Givens, Joseph
Goins, Dora
Graves, B.
Green, Annie
Green, Charles
Green, Cora
Green, Jane
Green, Mary A.
Grubb, Peter
Hardy, Laura
Harrison, Thomas
Haydon, George
Hayes, Hannah
Hayes, O. H.
Heard, William Henry
Heaton, Jeremiah
Henderson, Archibald
Henry, Ella
Henry, Mary
Henry, William
Hill, Emily
Hill, Harriet
Hood, Solomon Porter
Hopkins, Ada
Hopkins, Sadie
Hopkins, Stanton
Hubley, John
Hudson, Edward
Hunter, Mabel
Hunter, Rosie
Hurdle, Emma
Hurdle, James
Jacks, James
Jackson, Florence
Jackson, Letitia
Jackson, Rebecca
Jacobs, Cyrus
Jenkins, John Carmichael
Johnson, Chester A.
Johnson, Estella Book
Johnson, Florence
Johnson, Henry
Johnston, John
Kelley, Calvin
Kelley, David
Keyes, Emma
King, Robert
La Barre, John
Leman, Christian
Link, John Lewis
Lockhart, Josiah
Long, Stephen
Lownes, Caleb
Lynch, Dora
MacNeal, William
Martin, James
Mason, Alice
Maxwell, Robert
McCally, James
McCamant, Isaac
McClure, William
McIntire, William
McLaughlin, George
Michener, James B.
Middleton, Anne
Middleton, John
Miller, John
Mitchell, Blanche
Moore, Martha
Moore, Zachary
Morrison, J. S.
Morrison, J. S., Mrs.
Moton, Charles
Murray, Clara P.
Neal, Thomas
Neel, Thomas
Nicholas, Michael
Nickumn, Theresa
Old, James
Oldden, John
Palmer, John M.
Patterson, James
Payne, Benedine
Peden, Hugh
Pembroke, Stephen
Pennington, James William Charles
Polite, Abraham L.
Polite, Blanche
Porter, Andrew
Porter, William
Potts, David
Price, J. C.
Ramsey, Elizabeth
Reigert, Christopher
Richardson, Ella M.
Robinson, Sara
Rosenthal, Isidore
Ross, George
Samson, George W.
Sanderson, George
Scott, Alexander
Sewell, Charles S.
Shissler, Simon
Shorter, George
Skiles, Henry
Slaymaker, Amos
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Margaret
Smith, William
Snow, Josephine
Spear, Robert
Spraggan, R. F.
Steel, William
Stevens, Thaddeus
Stewart, J. O.
Tall, Rebecca
Thomas, Mary B.
Thomas, Virginia
Thornton, Elizabeth
Toney, Joseph M.
Trout, Henry Leightner "Harry"
Tryman, Mary
Turner, Ruth
Walker, Isaac
Wallace, Robert
Waters, Ruth
Watson, John
Webster, Frank T. M.
Weld, Theodore D.
Whitehill, James
William, Ella
Williams, Mary
Wilson, Albert E., Sr.
Wilson, Edith
Wilson, Helen
Wilson, Laura
Wilson, Maude
Wilson, Samuel
Winston, Charity
Winston, William
Witcher, W. E.
Wolford, Edward
Woods, Elizabeth
Work, Joseph
Yeates, James
Zantzinger, Paul
Other Creators
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County)
Subjects
African Americans--History
Free Black people
Freedmen
Slaveholders--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
Search Terms
Certificates
Court of Quarter Sessions
Enslaved persons
Finding aids
Free persons of color
Freedmen
Manuscript groups
Persons of color
Slaveholders
Slavery
Extent
1 box, 33 folders, 128 items, 1,178 pages to scan, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0240
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Black History Collection (MG0240) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2b3d42c6-a313-4ebc-966f-516114048136
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Black History Collection (MG0240), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this collection reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit. Restricted access for the Mayor's Register of Coloured Persons found in Series 2, Folder 2: Use transcript in Folder 3 or microfilm.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-240
Classification
MG0240
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The collection was formerly called "The Slave Records of Lancaster County Collection." Name changed to "African American Records Collection" and arrangement changed on 13 June 2007. Name changed again in 2022 to "Black History Collection."
Added to database on 19 July 2017.
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Collection
Fulton Opera House Collection
Title
Fulton Opera House Collection
Object ID
MG0103
Date Range
1867-1998
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Collection
Fulton Opera House Collection
Title
Fulton Opera House Collection
Description
The Fulton Opera House Collection contains programs, tickets, and schedules for public performances and events at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The programs list cast members and celebrities, as well as advertising for businesses and sponsoring organizations. The collection also includes a booklet from the theatre's centenary celebration in 1952 and items related to the Landmark Campaign to restore and renovate the theatre in 1995.
Date Range
1867-1998
Year Range From
1867
Year Range To
1998
Date of Accumulation
1867-1998
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Abel, Walter
Armstrong, Charles Dudley
Balfour, Val
Barnes, Arthur K.
Bausmann, Walter
Beaver, James A.
Caballos, Larry
Caldwell, Anna
Carson, Jo
Caryll, Irwin
Chandler, Karen
Landis, Bertha Cochran
Darling, Mrs. A. H.
Decca, Marie
Donnelly, Dorothy
Fulton, Robert
Green, Morris
Grove, Dorothy Mary
Haas, F. W.
Hall, William B.
Hauptman, William
Hitchcock, Raymond
Hopwood, Avery
Hudson, Henry
Jones, A. L.
Kellerman, Annette
Kellogg, Clara Louise
Knipe, James L.
Piven, Byrne
Rawlins, Lester
Rea, John P.
Reinhart, Mary Roberts
Riddle, William
Romberg, Sigmund
Shearer, Sara A.
Stone, Fred
Thompson, Denman
Trostle, Don
van Bree, J.B.
Vyner, Louis
Warfel, Mary S.
Subjects
Advertisements
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Concerts
Ephemera
Musicals
Plays
Programs (Publications)
Theaters
Tickets
Fulton Opera House
Search Terms
Advertisements
Armstrong Cork Company
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Concerts
Ephemera
Finding aids
Fulton Opera House
Fulton Theatre
Junior League of Lancaster
Kiwanis Club of Lancaster
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Manuscript groups
Musicals
Newspaper clippings
Pennsylvania Council of the Arts
Performing arts
Theatrical performances
Programs
Theaters
Tickets
Extent
1 box, 24 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0103
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Other Numbers
MG-103
Other Number
MG-103
Classification
MG0103
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 5 February 2019.
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Collection
Naturalization Day Collection
Title
Naturalization Day Collection
Object ID
MG0315
Date Range
1948-1957
230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Naturalization Day Collection, 1948-1957 Object ID: MG0315 1 box 1 folder .25 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 8 Scope and
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Collection
Naturalization Day Collection
Title
Naturalization Day Collection
Description
The Naturalization Day Collection contains programs for Naturalization Day banquets. Most programs list names of new citizens; some programs include place of nativity for each person.
Admin/Biographical History
Naturalization is the process of applying for U.S. citizenship for those who are over 18 and were born outside of the United States. Once the Application for Naturalization has been approved and the applicants have passed the U.S. citizenship interview, applicants must recite the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in order to become fully naturalized U.S. citizens.
Date Range
1948-1957
Year Range From
1948
Year Range To
1957
Date of Accumulation
1948-1957
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Acri, Elaine Neilsen
Alevizatos, Vassilios
Andreadis, Mary
Anthofer, Mary S.
Anthofer, Michael
Aron, Anna
Aron, Nandor
Aronsohl, Erica
Aronsohl, Fritz
Asso, Roger Louis
Baer, Adele
Baer, Leopold
Ballantyne, Jean McLennan
Baranowicz, Andre
Barrera, Andres
Bennet, Kathleen Mary
Besso, Marc Joseph
Birinyi, Laszlo
Birinyi, Margit
Blake, Harry
Booth, Ilse Edith
Borstein, Fricis
Brady, Christopher W.
Brady, Gerald Julius
Brady, Michael J
Brady, Patrick J.
Braun, Anna
Brendan, Teresa
Caldwell, Simpson
Calender, Clark, Helen
Capp, Frank
Carlee, Bernardus A.
Cave, Susie
Claesges, Amalie F.
Conner, Marie M.
Cornies, Henry
Csoka, Deszo
Cukurs, Eliza
Cukurs, Karlis
Cyms, Sarah Helen Patricia
De La Blanchetai, Michael Henry
Dieffenbach, Helga A.
Dodson, Ingeborg Karin
Donecker, Constance
Drasch, Mary
Drezner, Anszel
Drobitun, Josefa Maria
Dulaney, Evelyn Pearl
Ehrlich, Berta M.
Ehrlich, Elizabeth W.
Elias, Michael
Ellis, Herta
Enck, John G.
Ernst, Jonathan R.
Evenwel, Gerald Johan
Farkas, Frank P.
Farkis, Molly
Fasig, Edna
Feilmeier, Joseph
Feldser, Freda Blythe
Flouras, Calliopi
Frangakes, Helen
Frank, Valerie Edith Nora
Frey, Enoch B.
Frey, Grace H.
Fritsch, Gladys Mary
Fulginiti, Maria
Ganse, Winifred Victoria
Garklavs, Alexsandra
Garklavs, Arvid P.
Goda, Mireille Andrea
Goldman, Petronilla
Grava, Ernest O.
Grava, Luise P.
Grava, Patricia
Graybill, Phyllis Irene
Griffiths, Pansy W.
Hamby, Elena A.
Harner, Yvette Jeanne Adrienne
Hasircoglu, Polina
Heinecke, Joan Marjorie
Herr, Maria Luise
Herr,Teresa
Hershman, Elizabeth
Hesse, Werener
Hetherington, Katharine Luise
Hinman, Leila Bott
Hoff, Elizabeth S.
Hoffman, Helmut
Hoover, Eileen
Hoshowsky, Stanley A.
Jacubovschi, Nicolae
Jaschek, Jurgen
Johns, Eileen Theresa
Kajko, Serhej
Kast, Mary
Kauffman, Beatrice
Kauffman, Kathleen Irene
Kelly, Teresa Josephine
Kilgore, Irene Lilian
Kinter, Elly
Kintzi, Lilli
Klein, Emil C.
Kohl, Tina Klaassen
Kramer, Joan Lilian
Krick, Ivy Madge
Krockenberger, Katharina
Kroiss, Anna Maria
Landis, Bertha Cochran
Landis, Rosa Kock
Larson, Jorgen Erling Heje
Lauris, Inora Marge
Lawton, Mary Ellen
Leanza, Sonja T.
Lehman, Catherine Angela
Levine, Bennie
Lichty, George Musselman
Lietuvietis, Arturo
Lietuvietis, Emma
Lietuvietis, Karlis H.
Lietuvietis, Regina A.
Linde, Karl Dietrick
Loeffler, Suzanne J.
Lombardo, Giovanna
Longer, Renate
Loos, Paul
Malamata, Anna
Manuel, Eileen Audrey Widlake
Marrancone, Settimia
McAulay, George Clements
Mease, Charles D.
Meck, Beatrice Maude
Metzger, Helen Evelyn
Metzler, Edith Henrietta
Moscovic, Helena
Moscovic, Vilem
Muckenthaler, Viktoria
Murr, Dorothy
Nissley, Mary Irma
Norbergs, Elsa V.
Obetz, Anne L.
Obstbaum, Max
Obstbaum, Pearl
Pangas, Stylianos N.
Peters, Harue Kato
Pichler, Theresa
Priddy, Hilda Powell
Pronko, Peter
Puzulis, Gunta
Puzulis, Herta
Puzulis, Janis
Read, Hildegard
Reichard, Anna Katharina
Reisinger, Rose Mary
Rekis, Alberts
Rendler, Marianne
Rhoads, Monique M.
Ricard, Joseph Avila
Ross, Gisela Emma
Rote, Kinus K.
Roumeliotis, Nicholas
Salerno, Anna Maria
Satterthwaite Karen H.
Satulsky, Bessie
Sawadsky, Abram
Sawadsky, Gretel
Sawatzki, Helen
Sawatzky, David J.
Schikaneder, Alice
Schmalhofer, Maria
Schnupp, Stefania
Schonert, Margarete Pauline
Schwankel, Andrew
Schwankl, Hedwig
Shertz, Eileen Marriott
Smith, John Alexander
Snyder, Lily May
Stankowski, Savina
Sulyok, Cretel
Sulyok, Ernest
Swartz, Bertha
Szymanski, Theresa Cherven
Tillberg, Hans E.
Tompkins, Bessie
Townsend, Ada Ellen
Trops, Janis
Tsai, Christian
Tuck, Ada Beatrice
Vafias, Mary
Vekios, Panagiotes Gerges
Vitols, Lucija Elizabete
Vogel, Nellie Lawton
Wallentine, Willy Walter
Weimar, Theresia Maria
Weinberg, Anna
Weinberg, Stefan
Weiss, Theresa
Wendt, Joan
Westner, Antonia
Woolfolk, Grace Bigg
Yablon, Sarah M.
Zepp, Elizabeth M.
Zercher, Frances
Zimnis, Lemonia
Subjects
Citizenship--United States
Naturalization--United States
Programs (Publications)
Search Terms
American Legion Post 34
Americanism Committee
Banquets
Citizenship
Dinners
Finding aids
Hotel Brunswick
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Manuscript groups
Naturalization
Naturalization Day
Programs
Wiggins Restaurant
Extent
1 box, 1 folder, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0315
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
Naturalization records at the Lancaster County Archives
Related Item Notes
Naturalization Declarations of Intention, 1920s-1979 (Microfilm RG 01-00 0101)
Naturalization Miscellaneous Papers, 1929-1947 (Microfilm RG 01-00 [0106])
Naturalization Notes of Testimony, 1907-1940 (Microfilm RG 01-00 0129)
Naturalization Petitions, 1800-1940 (Microfilm RG 01-00 0103)
Naturalization Records, 1798-1799 (RG 01-00 0104-005)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Naturalization Day Collection (MG0315), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-315
Classification
MG0315
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 19 January 2022.
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