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Archive

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Collection
Pageant Collection
Title
Pageant Collection (MG-0014)
Object ID
MG0014
Date Range
1926-1977
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Collection
Pageant Collection
Title
Pageant Collection (MG-0014)
Description
Collection contains material pertaining to pageants, festivals, and celebrations in Lancaster County. The majority of the collection pertains to the "Pageant of Liberty," celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1776-1926), and the "Pageant of Gratitude," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the formation of Lancaster County (1729-1929). Included are scripts, minutes, programs, invitations, correspondence, financial records, tickets, photographs, blueprints, and sheet music.
System of Arrangement
Organized by pageant:
Box 1, Pageant of Liberty
Box 2, Pageant of Gratitude
Box 3, Other Pageants
Date Range
1926-1977
Year Range From
1926
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1926-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Bruder, Edward
Burrell, Percy J.
Groff, John M.
Kready, Laura F.
Metzger, T. Warren
Musser, Frank
Seltzer, Richard
Thorbach, H. Clifton
Subjects
Business records
Letters
Pageants
Search Terms
Correspondence
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Pageant of Gratitude
Pageant of Liberty
Pageants
Scripts
Sheet music
Extent
3 boxes, 32 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0014
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photograph Collection
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-14
Classification
MG0014
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 February 2018.
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Historical development atlas of the United States, 1650-1926

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3170
Date of Publication
1926]
Call Number
911 H673
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Place of Publication
[Chicago, New York
Publisher
Rand McNally & co.,
Date of Publication
1926]
Physical Description
iv, 32 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Issued in behalf of W.W. Griest."
Contains biographical sketch of Griest by T. Warren Metzger.
Subjects
Griest, William Walton, - 1858-1929.
United States - Maps.
Additional Author
Metzger, T. Warren.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
911 H673
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Mishler's "ten-hour" house

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8487
Author
Metzger, T. Warren.
Date of Publication
1908
/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Metzger, T. Warren. Title: Mishler's "ten-hour" house / by T. Warren Metzger. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Mishler, Benjamin, 1814-1876. Ten-hour House (Lancaster, Pa.) Lancaster (Pa.)--Buildings, structures
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Responsibility
by T. Warren Metzger.
Author
Metzger, T. Warren.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
47-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 1
Summary
Article describes Dr. Benjamin Mishler's construction of a house in 10 hours on south Prince street in 1873. He had earlier built houses in similar speedy builds. These were apparently publicized events. The writer identifies Mishler as the maker of the "farfamed Mishler's Bitters."
Subjects
Mishler, Benjamin, - 1814-1876.
Ten-hour House (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 1 (1908), p. 47-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Negative

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/15ef3071-15b8-4d67-b608-455902833358
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Man of the Coalition Party. T. Warren Metzger.
Object ID
1-18-01-51
Date Range
November 11, 1929
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Man of the Coalition Party. T. Warren Metzger.
Description
Man of the Coalition Party. T. Warren Metzger.
Date Range
November 11, 1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Metzger, T. Warren
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Coalition Party
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Object ID
1-18-01-51
Negative Number
3 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Other Number
707-809
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8297fd2b-9f40-4fcc-85bf-141334839736
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-10-04-06
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Three men standing at a desk or table in a courtroom or office. Right, Lancaster city mayor Frank Musser, center, T. Warren Metzger. Man at left is unidentified.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Musser, Frank
Metzger, T. Warren
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mayors
Courtrooms
Offices
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-10-04-06
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