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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Object ID: HC0001

Date Range: 1905-1974

dealers (LHo-LOC sh 85005745) Interior decoration (LHo-LOC sh 85067272) Armstrong Cork Company (LHo-LOC n 50001851) Armstrong World Industries (LHo-LOC n 83169682) F. Schumacher & Co. (LHo-LOC n 91059671) Correspondence (LHo-LOC sh 85033035) Letters (LHo-LOC sh 85076240) Student newspapers & periodicals

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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Description: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.

Admin/Biographical History: Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.; Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.; Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.; Works Cited:; "Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.; "Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.; "Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.; "One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.

Date Range: 1905-1974

Year Range From: 1905

Year Range To: 1974

Date of Accumulation: 1905-1974

Creator: Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 28

People: Appel, Charles Rengier; Bohlen, Sidney Franklin; Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.; Boyer, R. J.; Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard; Brown, Hazel Dell; Chiarell, Fred P.; Clark, George W.; Daugherty, Harvey P.; Demuth, Charles; Dodge, Arthur B.; Embsweiler, Ruth; Erb, Edna; Fordney, Alice Potter; Fordney, William Bush Jr.; Fordney, William Jenkins; Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney; Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine; Gilbert, L. J.; Gingrich, Milton E.; Graybill, John M.; Griest, Charles J.; Higby, Everett; Hostetter, A. K.; Howe, John; Irvine, Blanche; Kent, William Winthrop; Knodle, Edward; Krone, Herbert B.; Lindenmuth, J. D.; Long, Yvonne; Maclay, Helen Hurley; Malone, Clarence; Morris, Charles R.; Morris, Grace M.; Nauman, Gertrude Colson; Orr, Barclay; Pennypacker, Charles A.; Pennypacker, James G.; Randall, Meda; Rannels, Paul; Stokes, Agnes M.; Strickler, Belle; Wolf, Emily

Other Creators: Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006

Subjects: American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women; Antique dealers; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; F. Schumacher & Co.; Farm Journal Media; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Letters; Montclair Art Museum; Patterns for crafts; Rugs; Rugs, Hooked; Student newspapers and periodicals; Woman's world magazine

Search Terms: Albert Steiger Company; Antique dealers; Antique sales; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Berlinwork patterns; Blue and Brown (Yeates School); Cheney Silks; Cheney Weaves; Christmas; Correspondence; Cricket Club; Dickinson Presbyterian Church; Estate sales; F. Schumacher and Company; Farm Journal Media; Fiber arts; Finding aids; Gilbert's store; Griest Homestead; Guernsey Sales Pavilion; Hager's Department Store; Hershey Fire Hall; Hooked rugs; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Kleinfelter's auction rooms; Letters; Manuscript groups; Montclair Art Museum; Odd Fellows Hall; Olson Rugs; Patterns for crafts; Rossmere Hotel; Rug patterns; Rugs; State Armory Hall; V-mail; Woman's World Magazine; Yeates School

Extent: 3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: HC0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.

Related Item Notes: See photograph collection.; See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.; Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.

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: G.04.23.52

Classification: HC0001

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.; Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-02-02-62

Date Range: January 1946

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Armstrong Cork Company, Home Office Visit Group, January 1946. First Row: V. L. Ritter, E. N. Lee, J. D. Glenn, P. H. Young, D. L. Bowers, P. S. Holmquest, J. R. Leaman, P. C. Anderson, Second Row: J. F. Campbell, R. P. Keown, S. D. Allison, J. B. Tucker, L. T. Kelly, A. P. Tingle, R. A. Angle, W. E. Cash, Roy Minet, T. E. Jobbins, Jr., C. H. Cooper Third Row: W. A. Hartman, Jr., P. H. Pennell, G. S. Eager, Jr.,F. M. Gavan, D. M. Smith, F. E. Williams, B. P. Abbott, E. H. Zinn, Jr.,R. V. Vosburg, J. M. Curlett, G. H. Davis, P. H. Howell, F. C. Meyer, W. R. Kiner, T. H. Weaver, H. G. Eshelman, J. O. Sampson, J. H. Morrison, Forth Row: W. R. Foote, J. M. Hall, D. J. Kyle, R. E. Moehl, Theodore Conant, P. R. Furlow, W. J. Appel, R. L. Hilton, H. L. Murphey, C. E. Sawyer, Guy McLaughlin, A. R. Patterson, F. L. Jones, M. M. Moseley, F. S. Donnelly, E. W. Jones Fifth Row: D. W. Ford R. G. Boughman, R. H. Stark, L. E. Foster, J. F. Cline, G. H. Goodhue, F. W. Huffmanb, J. F. S. Rees, J. L. Kilgour, V. H. Elsen, H. P. Cox, Jr., E. H. Martin, Jr., J. E. Snyder Sixth Row: C> T. HibbardJr., John Seele, Jr., R. L. Wilber, V. E. Force, B. W. Fox, F. C. Pauls, J. W. Ludwig, J. M. Goodwillie, J. M. Fowler.

Date Range: January 1946

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Ritter, V. L.; Lee, E. N.; Glenn, J. D.; Young, P. H.; Bowers, D. L.; Holmquest, P. S.; Leaman, J. R.; Anderson, P. C.; Campbell, J. F.; Keown, R. P.; Allison, S. D.; Tucker, J. B.; Kelly, L. T.; Tingle, A. P.; Angle, R. A.; Cash, W. E.; Minet, Roy; Jobbins, T. E. Jr.; Cooper, C. H.; Hartman, W. A. Jr.; Pennell, P. H.; Eager, G. S. Jr.; Gavan, F. M.; Smith, D. M.; Williams, F. E.; Abbott, B. P.; Zinn, E. H. Jr.; Bosburg, R. V.; Curlett, J. M.; Davis, G. H.; Howell, P. H.; Meyer, F. C.; Kiner, T. H.; Weaver, H. G.; Eshelman, H. G.; Sampson, J. O.; Morrison, J. H.; Foote, W. R.; Hall, J. M.; Kyle, D. J.; Moehl, R. E.; Conant, Theodore; Furlow, P. R.; Appel, W. J.; Hilton, R. L.; Murphy, H. L.; Sawyer, C. E.; McLaughlin, Guy; Patterson, A. R.; Jones, F. L.; Moseley, M. M.; Donnelly, Frederick S.; Jones, E. W.; Ford, M. D.; Boughman, R. G.; Stark, R. H.; Foster, L. E.; Cline, J. F.; Goodhue, G. L.; Huffman, F. W.; Rees, J. F. S.; Kilgour, J. L.; Elsen, V. H.; Cox, H. P. Jr.; Martin, E. H. Jr.; Snyder, J. E.; Hibbard, C. T. Jr.; Seele, John Jr.; Wilbur, R. L.; Force, V. E.; Fox, B. W.; Pauls, F. C.; Ludwig, J. W.; Goodwillie, J. M.; Fowler, J. M.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Photographs

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 10 x 8 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2-02-02-62

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-06-05-11

Date Range: July 1945

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Armstrong Cork Company. Arthur R. Lamparter, 912 North Queen Street, Lancaster, employee of Armstrong's Lancaster Floor Plant, preparing to test chute for Eagle Parachute Corporation.

Date Range: July 1945

Creator: Armstrong Reporter

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Lamparter, Arthur E.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Eagle Parachute Corporation; Armstrong World Industries; Airplanes

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 10 x 8 inches

Object ID: 2-06-05-11

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Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-10-01-58

Date Range: 1943

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: "Rosie the Riveters" like Eleanor Flora helped in the war effort at Armstrong's Floor Plant in the 1940s. Taken in 1943 when Eleanor was 19. The picture was used as "Help Wanted" ad for Armstrong Floor Plant on Liberty Street and read "You Can Do It Too." Flora enlisted in the Navy in 1944 as a WAVE (Women Accepted as Volunteer Emergency Service) and was stationed at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. Because of her work at Armstrong, she was not required to take further training in aircraft repair. At Pensacola she served as an Aviation Metalsmith Mate and repaired PBY Catalinas, the patrol bombers that patrolled the coast. These planes were painted black for night patrol and were called "Black Cats." An example of one hangs in the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola.

Date Range: 1943

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Flora, Eleanor

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Armstrong World Industries; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong; World War II

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-10-01-58

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-379

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Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-10-01-59

Date Range: June 13, 1947

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Park crowd that totalled over 900 workers from Armstrong Cork Co. gather for a strike rally at Stumpf Field on June 13, 1947.

Date Range: June 13, 1947

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Strikes; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; Armstrong; Stumpf Field; Automobiles; Cars

Place: Manheim Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-10-01-59

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-389A

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Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-10-01-69

Date Range: c. 1943

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Mrs. Margaret Foster, right, and Pauline Bryson, left, visit the Armstrong Cork Company's Mobile Employment unit on North Queen Street.

Date Range: c. 1943

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Foster, Margaret; Bryson, Pauline

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; Armstrong; Buses; World War II

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-10-01-69

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-406

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Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Object ID: A-10-02-15

Date Range: c. 1940

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Lancaster 250 Collection

Description: Harry L. Spidle, Sr., second from left, Armstrong Cork Company's first floor plant watchman, poses with others at the plant.

Date Range: c. 1940

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Spidle, Harry L.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Armstrong World Industries; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong Floor Plant; Armstrong

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 2.25 x 2.75 inches

Print Size: 5 x 7 inches

Object ID: A-10-02-15

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: PC-481

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: The Annexation of Greater Lancaster, Manheim Township, Book 1, 1947-1952; The Annexation of Greater Lancaster, Manheim Township, Book 2, 1947-1952

Object ID: MG0434_Box024and025

Date Range: 1947-1952

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: The Annexation of Greater Lancaster, Manheim Township, Book 1, 1947-1952; The Annexation of Greater Lancaster, Manheim Township, Book 2, 1947-1952

Description: These scrapbooks address the development of Manheim Township. There is a variety of correspondence discussing the boundary lines between Greater Lancaster and Manheim Township and the impact they would have on the community. The books show the debates between Kendig C. Bare with Simplex Paper Box Corporation and John M. Groff with Armstrong Cork Company. The newspaper clippings give a wider community view of the complex problems in developing new boundary lines, including taxes and education.

Date Range: 1947-1952

Creation Date: 1947-1952

Year Range From: 1947

Year Range To: 1952

Creator: Groff, John M.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

People: Bare, Kendig Charles "Casey"; Groff, John M.

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Lancaster (Pa.); Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Lancaster; Letters; Manheim Twp.; Scrapbooks; Simplex Paper Box Corporation

Extent: 2 volumes

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box024and025

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request these items by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: These 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.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Boxes 24 and 25

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Books 33 and 34.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

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