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Collection
Sphinx Club Records
Title
Sphinx Club Records
Object ID
MG0341
Date Range
1912-2000
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
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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
Accomac Inn
Alfred's Victorian Restaurant
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.
Documents
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The early years of Sphinx, 1912 - 1917

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15214
Author
Poole, H. Herbert Jr.
Date of Publication
2007.
Responsibility
by H. Herbert Poole Jr.
Author
Poole, H. Herbert Jr.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
p. 118 - 135 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 109, no. 3 (Fall 2007).
Notes
Includes photographs of various members of the Sphinx Club: Reverend George I. Browne ; Dr. Victor W. Dippel ; Reverend Cliffod G. Twombly ; Dr. Henry Harbaugh Apple ; Dr. H. M. J. Klein ; Reverend W. Stuart Cramer ; Professor Clarence Nevin Heller ; Dr. Richard Schiedt ; Reverend Theodore Frederick Herman ; Reverend George W. Richards ; Dr. Edwin M. Hartman .
Includes bibliography : p. 133 - 135.
Subjects
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Clubs - Pennsylvania
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 3 (2007), p. 118-135Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109
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The Lancaster Comb Factory, 1824-1906

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17230
Author
Poole, H. Herbert,
Date of Publication
2012.
  1 website  
Responsibility
H. Herbert Poole, Jr. and Robert E. Marion, Jr.
Author
Poole, H. Herbert,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
pp. 4-23.
Notes
Appendix: A partial list of comb-makers in Lancaster 1824-1899.
Subjects
Voorhis, Peter
Weitzel, Charlotte Elizabeth.
Hamersley, George.
Hambright, Adam F.
Shaffner, John.
Voohis, Michael.
Ziegler, Charles.
Graham, Dana.
Flagg, Charles.
The Lancaster comb factory.
Comb industry - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Marion, Robert E.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 1/2 (2012), pp. 4-23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.114
Websites
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The metamorphosis of Sphinx 1921 - 1962

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17580
Author
Poole, H. Herbert Jr.
Date of Publication
2007.
Responsibility
by H. Herbert Poole, Jr.
Author
Poole, H. Herbert Jr.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
p. 162 - 189 : ill. ; 19 cm.
Series
In: Journal of the Lancater County Historical Society, vol. 109, no. 4 (Winter 2007 -2008).
Notes
Includes photographs of various members of the Sphinx Club : Rev. George W. Richards ; Rev. Theodore F. Herman ; Henry Harbaugh Apple ; Rev. Dr. Edward S. Bromer ; Howard R. Omwake ; Dr. Peter M Harbold ; Dr. E. E. Kresge ; Dr. Mitchell Carroll ; Dr. Ray Harbauh Dotterer ; Dr. Sivert Hagen ; Rev. Nevin Cowager Harner ; Dr. Arthur Kunkel ; Dr. John A. Schaeffer ; Dr. E. M. Hartman ; Dr. H. M. J. Klein ; Dr. Theodore A. Distler ; Rev. David Dunn ; Dr. James McCowan Darlington ; Roberts R. Appel ; Rev. Robert Batchelder ; Dr. William F. Hartman ; Theodore R. Schwalm ; Rev. A. N. Sayers ; Dr. William Toth ; Dr. Victor W. Dippell .
Includes bibliography : p. 185 - 189.
Subjects
Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 109, number 4 (2007), p. 162-189Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 109
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-18-06-05
Date Range
c. 1949
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
New Holland Civil Air Patrol, c. 1949. Note from back of photo: First Row: (third from the left) Alfred W. Stover, flight instructor, and later manager of the airport from 1953-1971. Second Row: (from Left to right) H. Herbert Poole, Jr.; two unknown members; H. Herbert Poole, D.D.S.; Milton L. Wasserman; Ellis H. Metford, D.O.; three unknown members; George Roland, later worked for Sikorsky Aircraft; two unknown cadets. The C.A.P. is an Air Force Auxillary formed in 1941 to use civilian aviation in antisubmarine patrol, border patrol and courier work. After the war it turned to more benevolent operations such as search and rescue, and involving young cadets in aviation.
Date Range
c. 1949
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Metford, Ellis H.
Poole, H. Herbert, Jr.
Roland, George
Stover, Alfred W.
Wasserman, Milton L.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Civil Air Patrol
New Holland
New Holland Airport
New Holland Civil Air Patrol
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-18-06-05
Images
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