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Collection: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Title: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Object ID: MG0711

Date Range: 1917-2004

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Collection: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Title: Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania

Description: This collection contains the Board Minutes for the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women from 1922 to 2004. These minutes include roll calls, treasurer reports, entertainment schedules and activity reports. Minutes from 1922 through 1971 are contained in leather bound books. The following years are in three-prong pocket folders or three-ring binders. This allowed for additional items to be put in with the minutes such as Thank-you cards, newspaper articles of events they sponsored and hand-written notes. By the 1990's the minutes are more sporadic, only a few or one from each year. There are programs from the annual convention of the County Society starting with the 13th convention in 1929 through the 60th convention in 1977. The following years are missing: 1934; 1943-1944; 1949-1954; 1957-1958; 1961-1962; 1965-1971. Some of the minutes also contain a copy of these programs. Later years and some of these missing programs may be found in the minutes themselves. There are four typed up documents that comprise the history of the Society that were drafted between 1929 through 1982. This includes a summary of the past years written in what they call a "skit." The final years also contain documentation regarding the duties of the officers of the society-elected board members.

Admin/Biographical History: The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania was established by Flora Black from Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1914 when she invited her female neighbors to her farm for lunch. Mrs. Black began the meeting for fellowship, but she also wanted to establish a support system for women living in rural communities. It was also a goal of the society to teach women to take on leadership roles and help contribute to society. Their numbers grew rapidly making it necessary for County chapters. (Reading Eagle. 8 Oct 2014. Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania Celebrating 100th Anniversary. http://www.readingeagle.com/berks-country/article/society-of-farm-women-of-pennsylvania-celebrating-100th-anniversary) The Lancaster County Chapter was formed in January, 1917. It was very popular and eventual grew to 33 separate societies throughout Lancaster by the 1980s. They founded many successful charity drives and scholarship programs, but also provided entertainment for their members, such as bus trips and vacation tours.

Date Range: 1917-2004

Creation Date: 1917-2004

Year Range From: 1917

Year Range To: 2004

Creator: Society of Farm Women of Lancaster County (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

Subjects: Business records; Ephemera; Lancaster County (Pa.); Meetings; Minutes (Records); Women in agriculture

Search Terms: Agriculture; Business records; Ephemera; Farming; Finding aids; Lancaster County Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Meetings; Minutes; Women in agriculture

Extent: 3 boxes, 23 folders/binders, 80 items, 3168 pages to scan, 1.5 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0711

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-711

Other Number: MG-711

Classification: MG0711

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KB, 11 December 2015. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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Collection: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Title: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Object ID: MG0344

Date Range: 1799-1977

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Collection: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Title: S. S. Haldeman Papers

Description: The S. S. Haldeman Papers are an overview of Haldeman's career. The collection contains biographical information about and published works of Samuel Steman Haldeman on the freshwater univalve mollusca, language, and agriculture. There is also a handwritten biography on Ben Keywood.

Admin/Biographical History: Samuel Steman Haldeman was born in Locust Grove, Lancaster County circa 1812. He was the eldest of seven children of Henry Haldeman and Frances Steman. (Haldeman genealogy chart) Samuel was raised in the family mansion in Bainbridge and developed an interest in science and nature by wading in the Susquehanna River. There he collected shells, eels, Indian relics, minerals and insects. (Barber, 53) He was educated in public schools and attended Dickinson College for two years before withdrawing. Samuel left Dickinson because he found college to be irksome and that he could learn more on his own. After college Samuel educated himself by going to lectures, analyzing specimens, and studying books.; Also after college he moved into the mansion near Chickies Creek, which he designed. In 1835 S. S. Haldeman married Mary Hough of Bainbridge and they had four children. (Haldeman genealogy) Haldeman was not a religious man and was born protestant, but when he was in his thirties he converted to Roman Catholic and was a member of St. Mary's Church in Lancaster City.; During his life, Samuel was the author of scientific works, as well as many works on the study of language. One of his more famous works was A Monograph of the Limniades and other Fresh-Water Univalve Mollusca of United States. Samuel published these volumes during the 1840s. These volumes on mollusca were viewed as authoritative by most of the scientific world including Charles Darwin. (Sunday News, Lancaster, Pa.) Haldeman was considered an expert of many of the subjects he wrote about because of his attention to detail. He worked 16-hour days going over different specimens and spent time practicing the correct way to pronounce words and letters in different languages. (Croll); Haldeman was the author of over 150 articles on natural science, zoology, ethnology, language, natural history, and archaeology. His publications include several newspaper articles for Lancaster County newspapers, the Marietta Times and the Intelligencer Journal. Additionally, he was the editor of the Pennsylvania Farm Journal for three years. Haldeman's articles were also published in Silliman's Journal, better known as The American Journal of Science, and Popular Science Monthly. (Croll); However, Haldeman's career was not limited to publishing. His interest in the sciences led to careers in teaching and geology. In 1836 he began working for the State Geological Survey in New Jersey as an assistant and later held the same position in Pennsylvania. He received his first professorship to teach zoology at the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia in 1841. Haldeman was elected professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania in 1851, and then in 1855 he became a professor of natural history at the University of Delaware. He returned to the University of Pennsylvania as a professor in 1876 and retained that position until his death in 1888. (Barber); Haldeman did not limit his career solely to science. He managed the First National Bank of Marietta. He was also a partner with his brothers in the iron business that his father had built. The original name of the furnace was Chiqusalungo. It operated under the name E. Haldeman and Co. The brothers later built another blast furnace, and called the two furnaces Chickies 1 and Chickies 2. These furnaces were located along the Susquehanna south of Marietta. Haldeman perfected the practice of smelting iron with anthracite coal. Some of his articles on the use of anthracite coal in blast furnaces were published in Silliman's Journal during the 1840s. (Gramm); Samuel Steman Haldeman brought the forefront of science to Lancaster County. He worked on issues relevant to his home and community. He was never involved in any business that did not affect his home or family and worked hard to the end of his life. He returned home, tired and exhausted, from a convention in Boston in 1888. Samuel Steman Haldeman died six days later of a heart attack at age 68. "Thus peacefully ended a useful life, full of years and honors." (Barber); Works Cited:; Barber, Edwin A. "The Late Professor S.S. Haldeman" The Museum; 1885. MG-344 S. S. Haldeman Papers, Lancaster County Historical Society.; Croll, P. C. "Famous Pennsylvania Germans; Professor Samuel S. Haldeman, LL.D." The Pennsylvania German, v.6 1905.; Gramm, Bertha Sue, The Ironmasters of Marietta and vicinity during the period 1848-1878, Lancaster County Historical Society: Lancaster, Pa. 1948.; Haldeman genealogy chart prepared by Horace L. Haldeman, 1893. Haldeman Family file, Lancaster County Historical Society.

Date Range: 1799-1977

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1799-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Haldeman, Frances; Haldeman, Henry; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hough, Mary; Keywood, Ben; Munsell, Joel

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Linguistics; Mollusks; Proofs (Printing); Scientists; Scientists' writings

Search Terms: Agriculture; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Farming; Finding aids; Letters; Linguistics; Manuscript groups; Mechanics' Society; Mollusks; Newspaper clippings; Pennsylvania Farm Journal; Proofs (Printing); Scientists

Extent: 1 box, 24 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Latin

Object ID: MG0344

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society https://haldeman-mansion.org/

Related Item Notes: Haldeman Family Papers and Business Records (MG0736); Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), S. S. Haldeman Papers (MG0344), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; See the attached finding aid for a list of S. S. Haldeman's publications.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use photocopies of newspaper articles.

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-344

Classification: MG0344

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged and finding aid prepared by AV, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 22 August 2017.

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The first fifty years of the Pennsylvania Farm Show; historical information commemorating the 50th anniversary Farm Show, January 10-14, 1966

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Author: Cresswell, Donald McCauley,

Date of Publication: [1966]

Call Number: 974.80065 P415f

Responsibility: compiled by Donald M. Cresswell.

Author: Cresswell, Donald McCauley,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Farm Show Commission

Date of Publication: [1966]

Physical Description: 64 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.

Subjects: Agricultural exhibitions.; Agriculture - Pennsylvania.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. State Farm Products Show Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80065 P415f

Plough and winnower : agricultural miscellany

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Date of Publication: 1965

Northeastern United States in 1964. A pedigree director and manager of Holstein Friesian cattle for several years, Mr. Brubaker is a student at the Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture. The first Future Farmers of America Chapter in Lancaster County was founded in 1930 at Lampeter-Strasburg High

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1965

Physical Description: [42]-44 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 69, no. 1

Subjects: Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Farms - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 69, number 1 (1965), p. 42-44Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.69

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Plough and winnower : General Edward Hand, experimental farmer

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Date of Publication: 1962

of Philadelphia gentleman farmers — mostly physicians, lawyers, jurists, merchants and political leaders — band- ed together for conducting experiments and observing results in agricul- tural improvements; they worked through and in conjunction with the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture and

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1962

Physical Description: [133]-139 p. ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 66, no. 3

Subjects: Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802 - Correspondence.; Rockford (Lancaster County, Pa.); Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 66, number 3 (1962), p. 133-139Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.66