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Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection
Title
Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection
Object ID
MG0360
Date Range
1774-1916
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Collection
Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection
Title
Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection
Description
The Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection contains a deed for property in Lancaster Borough, an early collection of recipes, a receipt book for the Hamilton Lots, a valentine, stock certificate books for the New Process Steel Corporation, and Civil War letters. The Honorable Paul A. Mueller, Jr. is a descendant of the Zahm, Shreiner, and Cochran families on his mother's side. The items in this collection were passed down through the family for several generations.
Admin/Biographical History
Klein, Huffnagle, and Mussertown
The deed shows the sale of property in Mussertown by innkeepers Leonard and Rosina Klein to Peter Huffnagle. Leonard (1725-1793) married Amalia Rosina Waidlin (1732-1795) at Warwick, Lancaster County in December 1749. At that time he was a saddler in Lancaster. Although they did not have children, they were sponsors at several baptisms at the Moravian Church and Trinity Lutheran Church, both in Lancaster. Peter Huffnagle (1746-1806) and his wife, Charlotte, had their children baptized at the First Reformed Church in Lancaster. They were also buried in that churchyard. Mussertown was laid out in 1760 by John Musser, and was later added onto by Henry Musser. Its original boundaries were the streets now called Church, Strawberry, Locust, and Rockland.
Hamilton Lots
In 1730, Andrew Hamilton, a skilled lawyer, purchased a tract of land in the newly incorporated Lancaster County and convinced the commissioners to place the county seat within his holdings. Queen Street and King Street run through that tract. James Hamilton (1710-1783) acquired 500 acres of land from his father in 1734, and started selling lots by 1735. Although Hamilton sold the lots, he imposed ground-rents so tenants had to pay for the right to occupy and improve the land that they owned. Tenants were also required to build dwellings on their property within two years and to meet certain building specifications. He continued to acquire and sell lots until 1773. Ground-rents were still being collected on the Hamilton Lots after World War II.
Zahm and Shreiner
Godfried Zahm was a brushmaker in Lancaster. His son, Michael (d.1883), learned the brushmaking business from his father and then learned the watchmaking and jewelry business from his brother-in-law, Martin Shreiner, Jr. (1767-1866). Godfried's daughter, Maria, married Martin Shreiner who is best remembered as a Lancaster clockmaker. Maria kept a trimming shop on North Queen Street in Lancaster.
Cochran and New Process Steel Corporation
Harry B. Cochran, great-grandfather of Paul A. Mueller, Jr., was the president of New Process Steel Corporation in 1916. New Process Steel Co. began as New Process Steel Wire Manufacturing Co. and was renamed in 1907. This manufacturer of drill rods and special steel shapes became a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation in 1919. It is significant that Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. owned stock in the New Process Steel Corporation in 1916. Sloan was president of Hyatt Roller Bearing Company when it merged with the United Motors Corporation in 1916. He then became president of United Motors which merged with General Motors Corporation in 1918. Sloan was president and CEO of General Motors from 1923-1946.
Date Range
1774-1916
Year Range From
1774
Year Range To
1916
Date of Accumulation
1774-1916
Creator
Mueller, Paul A., b. 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Albright, F. S.
Angeoine, Harry W.
Balsbach, Andrew
Barrett, Richard L.
Bough, Mathias
Bubach, Gerhart
Buback, Garret
Bugie, Henry A.
Burkhart, Samuel H.
Burkholder, I. Dora
Burkholder, John D.
Cochran, Harry B.
Cochran, John S.
Cochran, Thomas
Curtis, John
Eberman, P. G.
Eshleman, Benjamin
Fairer, A.
Frantz, Carrie B.
Goble, Jacob
Godshalk, Earl M.
Good, Henry
Hamilton, John
Hamilton, William
Harnish, Aaron B.
Hartman, John K.
Hinerdeer, Henry G.
Hite, Edward B.
Hoofnagle, Peter
Hostetter, A. H.
Ingersoll, Charles H.
Ingersoll, Fred R.
Keller, A. S.
Kline, Leonard
Kline, Rosina
Knell, Henry
Kreider, Elizabeth
Kunkle, Aaron
Lefever, George D.
Lenher, Philip
Leonard, Philip
Loucks, Aaron
Lowry, William
Martin, Samuel O.
McCleery, Carpenter
McClure, H. L.
McClure, Harry L.
McCoy, Sarah A.
Messenkop, John A.
Michenfelder, Caspar
Moore, John
Moore, Martin A.
Mueller, Jane Moffat
Mueller, Paul A.
Musselman, Amos
Musser, Ann
Musser, Henry
Nauman, David
Newman, Charles
Parry, Vaughn Ingersoll
Price, John
Reichenbach, William
Scott, George A.
Shertz, Jacob
Sherwood, Warren A.
Shreiner, John F.
Shrum, William
Sloan, Alfred P. Jr.
Stoddard, Williston B.
Stoner, C. L.
Turbett, Samuel
Weaver, Henry M.
Weidler, David
Weiss, Jay G.
Wenger, A. D.
Wenger, D. H.
Wenger, D. M.
Wentz, Henry
Witmer, Amos K.
Yeates, Jasper
Zahm, Godfried
Zantmiller, Kate
Zercher, Jacob
Other Creators
Shreiner family
Cochran family
Zahm family
Subjects
Cookbooks
Deeds
Letters
Recipes
Stock certificates
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Valentines
Search Terms
Boswell and McCleery
Civil War
Cookbooks
Correspondence
Finding aids
General Motors Corporation
Hamilton lots
John Meaner and Company
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mussertown, Lancaster
New Process Steel Corporation
New Process Steel Wire Manufacturing Company
Recipes
Stock certificates
Valentines
Extent
1 box, 10 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0360
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Shand, William and Dean Keller. 1965. "Twentieth Century Industrial Development of Lancaster." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 69: 151-162.
Wood, Stacy B. C. 1994. "Martin Shreiner: from Clocks to Fire Engines." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 96: 114-137.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Paul A. Mueller, Jr. Collection (MG0360), 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-360
Other Number
MG-360
Classification
MG0360
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-9 cataloged in 2005. Folder 10 cataloged in 2009. Added to database 7 September 2017.
Documents
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Collection
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Title
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Object ID
MG0364
Date Range
1919-1982
, James K. Martini, H. A. Mueller, John C. Mueller, Paul A. Posey, Walter William Rengier, John B. Seitz, A. W. Slaugh, Dorothy M. Stauffer, John H. Todd, Mary Ellen Wagner, Isabella Fiona Wagner, Richard S. Wohlsen, Albert Bollinger Wohlsen, Herman Amandus �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster
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Collection
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Title
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Description
The Lancaster Brick Company Records contain items from the Lancaster Brick Company, including meeting minutes, names of shareholders, financial information, and documentation on incorporation and dissolution.
Admin/Biographical History
Robert Horning's great-uncle, Roy A. Horning, worked in the ceramics department at the Armstrong Cork Company plant in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and came to Lancaster to show the plant here how to make quality brick. Roy became the general manager, a position he held until he left in 1926. Robert's grandfather, Clarence Horning, came to Lancaster from Paris, Illinois and became a superintendent and then general manager and vice president until his death in 1953. At that time, his son, Roy A. Horning II was offered and accepted the position of general manager. He held that position until the plant closed in 1979. Robert Horning was also employed at the company as a teenager and for one year after graduating from high school.
The Lancaster Brick Company was founded in 1919 to provide quality brick for the new Armstrong Cork Company buildings in Lancaster. The company was successful for more than half a century before environmental concerns and the excessive cost of fuel and raw materials forced the manufactory to close in 1979.
For more information: Horning, Roy A. 1992. "The Lancaster Brick Company, 1919-1979." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 94 (Winter): 2-29. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo328
Date Range
1919-1982
Year Range From
1919
Year Range To
1982
Date of Accumulation
1919-1982
Creator
Horning, Roy A., 1919-2008
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Deyll, Edward H.
Baker, Charles G.
Bevis, Harry A.
Flinchbaugh, Robert E. S.
Horning, Clarence B.
Horning, Roy A.
Kemp, Clinton W.
Martin, Hedwig S.
Martin, James K.
Martini, H. A.
Mueller, John C.
Mueller, Paul A.
Posey, Walter William
Rengier, John B.
Seitz, A. W.
Slaugh, Dorothy M.
Stauffer, John H.
Todd, Mary Ellen
Wagner, Isabella Fiona
Wagner, Richard S.
Wohlsen, Albert Bollinger
Wohlsen, Herman Amandus
Subjects
Bricks
Business records
Financial statements
Letters
Liquidation
Manufactures
Stockholders
Search Terms
Barley, Snyder, Cooper and Barber
Bricks
Business records
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Correspondence
Financial statements
Finding aids
Franklin and Marshall College
Kuntz, Lesher, Siegrist, Martini and Associates
Lancaster Brick Company
Lancaster Malleable Castings Company
Letters
Liquidations
Manheim Township School District
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Posey Iron Works
Slaugh-Blumenstock and Company
Stockholders
Extent
2 boxes, 4 volumes and 5 folders, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0364
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photographs:
Lancaster Brick Company (2-08-04-18)
Lancaster Brick Company interior (2-08-04-19)
Lancaster Brick Company, showing heavy machinery (2-08-04-20)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster Brick Company Records (MG0364), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 5 contains restricted material and may not be used.
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.
Accession Number
2005.MG0364
Other Numbers
MG-364
Classification
MG0364
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 30 December 2021.
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Collection
Elias S. Nolt Collection
Title
Elias S. Nolt Collection
Object ID
MG0348
Date Range
1889-1946
17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org People: Erb, Mary Railing Fry, Abraham Warren Fry, Kate B. Fry, Lizzie May Hess, Annie B. Hess, Mario B. Kreider, Fanny Mueller, Paul A. Nolt, Elias S. Nolt, Elias Robert Nolt, Robert Railing, Andrew Railing, Harry Railing, Lottie Seachrist, M. S
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Collection
Elias S. Nolt Collection
Title
Elias S. Nolt Collection
Description
The Elias S. Nolt Collection contains documents related to Nolt's guardianship of the Fry and Railing children.
Date Range
1889-1946
Year Range From
1889
Year Range To
1946
Date of Accumulation
1889-1946
Creator
Nolt, Elias Robert, 1915-2008
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Erb, Mary Railing
Fry, Abraham Warren
Fry, Kate B.
Fry, Lizzie May
Hess, Annie B.
Hess, Mario B.
Kreider, Fanny
Mueller, Paul A.
Nolt, Elias S.
Nolt, Elias Robert
Nolt, Robert
Railing, Andrew
Railing, Harry
Railing, Lottie
Seachrist, M. S.
Subjects
Guardian and ward
Probate records
Search Terms
Finding aids
Guardians
Iowa
Manuscript groups
Petitions
Probate records
Real estate
Real property surveys
Receipts
West Hempfield Twp.
Extent
1 folder, 18 items
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0348
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
2003.MG0348
Other Numbers
MG-348
Classification
MG0348
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 31 January 2022.
Documents
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Life in Lancaster law career and being a judge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1312
Author
Mueller, Paul A.
Date of Publication
1992
Call Number
974.815 LACI O63s Oversize
Responsibility
by Paul A. Mueller, Jr. as told to Ruthe Rutherford
Author
Mueller, Paul A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Library
Date of Publication
1992
Physical Description
9 p. 28 cm.
Notes
An oral history project of Lancaster 250 Education Committee and Operation Remember.
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI O63s Oversize
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