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An autobiography : the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8275
Author
Smith, Amanda,
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
922.8 S642
ISBN
0824006747 (alk. paper) :
Author
Smith, Amanda,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Garland Pub.,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
xvi, 506 p., [26] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
Women in American Protestant religion, 1800-1930 ;
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : Meyer, 1893.
The author lived in Lancaster County Pennsylvania when she was younger. Clifford Edmond, Jr. Collection on African American History.
African American resources at the Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Smith, Amanda, - 1837-1915.
African American evangelists - United States - Biography.
Evangelism
United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.8 S642
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The Black abolitionist papers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10405
Date of Publication
c1985-c1992.
Call Number
973.0496 B627
Responsibility
C. Peter Ripley, editor ; Jeffrey S. Rossbach, associate editor ... [et al.].
ISBN
0807816256 (v. 1)
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c1985-c1992.
Physical Description
5 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. The British Isles, 1830-1865 -- v. 2. Canada, 1830-1865 -- v. 3. The United States, 1830-1846 -- v. 4. The United States, 1847-1858. -- v. 5. The United States, 1859-1865.
Subjects
Antislavery movements - United States - Sources.
African American abolitionists - Sources.
Abolitionists - Sources.
African Americans - Sources.
Additional Author
Ripley, C. Peter,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.0496 B627
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Black courage, 1775-1783 : documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution

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Author
Greene, Robert Ewell,
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
973.346 G811
Responsibility
Robert Ewell Greene.
ISBN
0960252843 (pbk.)
Author
Greene, Robert Ewell,
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
xi, 141 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 121-124.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
African Americans
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, African American.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.346 G811
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Freedom's second generation : Mrs. Maude Wilson Ball's reminiscences of Bethel AME Church (1897-1935)

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Date of Publication
1987.
  1 document  
Alternate Title
Mrs. Maude Wilson Ball's reminiscences of Bethel AME Church (1897-1935)
Responsibility
by Leroy T. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
173-183 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 91, no. 4
Subjects
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African American churches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Author
Ball, Maude Wilson.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 91, number 4 (1987), p. 173-183Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.91
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Historical reflections -- "Todays challenges for the future": 200th bicentennial African Methodist Episcopal Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17704
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
287 B562
Alternate Title
170th anniversary Bethel A.M.E. Church 1817 to 1987.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.}
Publisher
The Church
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
unpaged : ill. ; 28cm.
Subjects
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African American churches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
287 B562
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Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Object ID
A-34-01-78
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster City and County Scenes Album
Description
Feagleyville, showing African American church.
Year Range From
1898
Year Range To
1905
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African American churches
African Americans--History
Churches
Search Terms
Churches
Feagleyville
Lancaster
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-34-01-78
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-51
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
Page 51: Four African American women, "Duquesne help, September 1901"; Nellie Brown, August 1901, African American woman; Three photos of a naked baby playing on balcony; Two unidentified women.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Brown, Nellie
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Babies
Children
Persons of color
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-51
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-12
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 12: Round Top, Accomac, August 14, 1903; From Round Top, August 14, 1903; Round Top House, August 14, 1903; From Chickies Rock looking toward Marietta, August 14, 1903; Baby in carriage, two older children and an African American woman; From near Chickies Rock looking toward Columbia, August 14, 1903.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Accomac, Hellam Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
African American women
Babies
Chickies Rock
Children
Persons of color
Recreation
Round Top
Round Top House
Susquehanna River
Women
York County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-12
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-43
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 43: Unidentified stores on city street; Anna Fondersmtih and unidentified African American woman; House decorated with paper lanterns; Group of people in automobile; Two children with 147 and a half pound pumpkin grown by Walter S. Lehman; Houses decorated with patriotic bunting, flags and paper lanterns.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fondersmith, Anna
Lehman, Walter S.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Automobiles
Cars
Holidays
Houses
Persons of color
Pumpkins
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-43
Images
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-48
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 48: African American woman; African American baby; African American woman with a dog.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Babies
Children
Dogs
Persons of color
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-48
Images
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