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Agricultural almanac for the year of our Lord ... being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July the ... of American Independence

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13512
Call Number
090 L244be (Yr.)
Alternate Title
Agricultural almanac
Agricultural almanac for the year ...
Baer's agricultural almanac
Baer's agricultural almanac & gardener's guide
ISSN
0732-5932
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John Baer's Sons
Physical Description
v. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Annual
Dates of Publication
Began 1826?
Notes
Title varies slightly.
LCHS library has three bound volumes: 1851-1875, 1876-1900, 1901-1925. LCHS Archives has varioius loose issues. Check Almanac Collection (MG-92) finding aid for complete listing.
Description based on: 103rd vol. (1928).
Latest issue consulted: 172nd year (1997).
Subjects
Almanacs, American - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
John Baer's Sons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244be (Yr.)
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Almanacs - Information file

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21332
Call Number
Information file - Almanacs
Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Almanacs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Almanacs
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America and her almanacs; wit, wisdom, & weather, 1639-1970

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2343
Author
Sagendorph, Robb Hansell.
Date of Publication
1970]
Call Number
528.1 S129
Responsibility
by Robb Sagendorph.
Author
Sagendorph, Robb Hansell.
Place of Publication
[Dublin, N.H
Publisher
Yankee,
Date of Publication
1970]
Physical Description
318 p. illus. (part col.), facsims., maps, ports. 25 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 311-312.
Subjects
Almanacs
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
528.1 S129
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Collection
Almanac Collection
Title
Almanac Collection
Object ID
MG0092
Date Range
1775-present
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Collection
Almanac Collection
Title
Almanac Collection
Description
The Almanac Collection consists of almanacs printed in Lancaster County and other locations. They contain long-range weather predictions, calendars, moon phases, planting guides, and natural remedies. Many publications also contain articles and poems about historical events and persons, as well as government and political information, housekeeping information, recipes, songs, titles of sheet music, music for a variety of instruments, times and places of the Meetings of the Friends on the Continent of America, and engravings and descriptions of battles. Some almanacs are illustrated.
System of Arrangement
Organized by language. Each series has paper indexes arranged alphabetically, chronologically, and by box and folder numbers.
Series 1 English
Series 2 German
Date Range
1775-present
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Baer, John
Foulke, Joseph, Jr.
Gruber, John
Ibach, Laurence
Magee, Richard
McDowell, Joseph
Sheaffer, John
Thomas, Robert B.
Subjects
Almanacs
Search Terms
Almanacs
Calendars
Gardening
Music
Planting guides
Poetry
Politics
Recipes
Weather
Extent
12 boxes, 5.5 cubic ft
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0092
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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-92
Classification
MG0092
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 24 October 2017.
Documents
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Author
Sheppard, Richard.
Call Number
905.748 SM (Jan. 1981)
Responsibility
by Richard Sheppard.
Author
Sheppard, Richard.
Physical Description
p. 20 - 21.
Notes
Susquehanna Magazine (January 1981).
Subjects
Baer, John.
Baer's almanac.
Almanacs, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (Jan. 1981)
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Neuer gemeinnutziger pennsylvanischer Calendar

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14009
Call Number
090 L244b (Yr.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Johann Bar,
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Almanacs - Pennsylvania.
Agriculture - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
John Baer's Sons.
John Bear (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244b (Yr.)
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Pennsylvania German astronomy and astrology [series]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11002
Author
Winkler, Louis
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.21-28
Author
Winkler, Louis
Notes
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 21, no.3, p. 24-31: I- Almanacs.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 21, no.4, p. 23-27: II- The Moon.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 22, no.1, p. 35-41: III- Comets and meteors.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 22, no.2, p. 42-45: IV- Tombstones.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 22, no.3, p. 37-40: V- Religion and astronomy.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 22, no.4, p. 27-33: VI- Astrological philosophy.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 23, no.1, p. 2-12: VII- Carl Friederich Egelmann (1782-1860).
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 23, no.3, p. 11-14: VIII- David Rittenhouse.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 24, no.1, p. 45-48: IX- Johann Friederich Schmidt.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 24, no.2, p. 36-39: X- Christopher Witt's device.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 24, no.4, p. 45-48: XI- Contemporary almanacs.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 25, no.1, p. 31-34: XII- Conjunctions of 1683, 1694, and 1743.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 26, no.1, p. 31-34: XIII- Health and heavens.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 26, no.4, p. 36-43: XIV- Benjamin Franklin's almanacs.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 27, no.3, p. 33-42: XV- The Gruber-Baer era.
Pennsylvania Folklife v. 28, no.2, p. 18-26: XVI- German language almanacs.
Subjects
Germans in Pennsylvania
Astrology, Pennsylvania German.
Astronomy, Pennsylvania German.
Almanacs, American - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.21-28
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There is a season : A countryman's almanac of an orderly world

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13819
Author
Kermes, Constantine.
Date of Publication
1968]
Call Number
759.135 K39a
Responsibility
Compiled from Ecclesiastes 3:18 with drawings by Constantine Kermes.
Author
Kermes, Constantine.
Place of Publication
[Landis Valley, Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1968]
Physical Description
14 ø. : ill. ;
Notes
The R. Theordore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
Subjects
Almanacs, Pennsylvania German.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.135 K39a
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-28-07-05
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Book. Ballon Almanac.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Books
Almanacs
Printing
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-28-07-05
Images
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The United States register, for the year 1795 : being the 19-20th of national sovereignty

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9882
Date of Publication
1794.
Call Number
810 P544 1794
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for Mathew Carey,
Date of Publication
1794.
Physical Description
195 p. ; 15 cm.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - Almanacs, yearbooks, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 P544 1794
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