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Collection
Charles Kessler Papers
Title
Charles Kessler Papers
Object ID
MG0432
Date Range
1939-2004
H. Buchanan, James Johnston, Harriet Lane Subject Headings: Authors Family records Jewish veterans Letters World War, 1939-1945 Search Terms: Authors Correspondence Family records Finding aids Jewish veterans Letters Manuscript groups World War II World War, 1939-1945 Processing History: The
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Charles Kessler Papers
Title
Charles Kessler Papers
Description
The Charles Kessler Papers contain some personal and professional correspondence, research for articles and books, and manuscripts for published and unpublished works. Kessler authored several pamphlets and books on local history including Lancaster in the Revolution in 1975 and President Buchanan: Trapped in a Whirlwind in 2003.
Admin/Biographical History
Charles H. Kessler, a World War II veteran, began his career as a reporter for the Reading Eagle Times, and later worked for the Lancaster New Era until his retirement in 1984.
Date Range
1939-2004
Year Range From
1939
Year Range To
2004
Date of Accumulation
1939-2004
Creator
Kessler, Charles H., 1921-2005
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Kessler, Charles H.
Buchanan, James
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Subjects
Authors
Family records
Jewish veterans
Letters
World War, 1939-1945
Search Terms
Authors
Correspondence
Family records
Finding aids
Jewish veterans
Letters
Manuscript groups
World War II
WWII
Extent
13 boxes, 127 folders, 6.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0432
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Charles Kessler Papers (MG0432), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the folder or 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. 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-432
Classification
MG0432
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
The collection has not been fully cataloged. Added to database 22 February 2022.
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Authors of Lancaster County - Information file

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Information file - Authors of Lancaster County
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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
Authors.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Authors of Lancaster County
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Bayard Taylor and the Maytown connection

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Author
Straley, George H.
Call Number
905.748 SM (May 1981)
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Author
Straley, George H.
Physical Description
17-29 p.
Notes
In: Susquehanna Magazine, May, 1981.
Subjects
Taylor, Bayard, - 1825-1878.
Authors, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Maytown (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (May 1981)
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Dear Mark Twain : letters from his readers

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Date of Publication
c2013.
Call Number
818.409 T969
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Responsibility
edited by R. Kent Rasmussen.
ISBN
9780520261341 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520261348 (cloth : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Berkeley
Publisher
University of California Press,
Date of Publication
c2013.
Physical Description
xviii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Jumping frogs : undiscovered, rediscovered, and celebrated writings of Mark Twain ; 4
Notes
Includes letters from Ellen (Mary) Keily (c.1831-1901) who was a resident at the County Home in Lancaster, Pa. at that time.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Letters: 1861-1870 ;1871-1880 ;1881-1890 ;1891-1900 ;1901-1910.
Summary
Collects two hundred letters from readers of Mark Twain to the author himself, offering a glimpse into the lives and sensibilites of nineteenth-century children, preachers, con artists, inmates, and other fans of the author's work.
Subjects
Twain, Mark, - 1835-1910
Authors, American - Correspondence.
Authors and readers - United States.
Humorists, American - Correspondence.
Additional Author
Rasmussen, R. Kent.
Twain, Mark,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
818.409 T969
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Discourses on Romanism and the reformation

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Author
Greenwald, E.
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
813 G816d
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Author
Greenwald, E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
J. Baer's sons, printers,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
185 p. ; 17 cm.
Subjects
Catholic Church - Doctrinal and controversial works - Protestant authors.
Reformation.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813 G816d
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England's conversion and reformation compared; or, The young gentleman directed in the choice of his religion. To which is premised, a brief inquiry into the general grounds of the Catholic faith in a conversation between a young gentleman and his preceptor

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Author
Manning, Robert
Edition
The 1st American ed., rev. and corr. ...
Date of Publication
1813.
Call Number
090 L244k 1813
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Author
Manning, Robert
Edition
The 1st American ed., rev. and corr. ...
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed for George Daly, by Jesse Kendall,
Date of Publication
1813.
Physical Description
314, [20] p. 17 cm.
Notes
List of subscribers, p. [5]-[20] at end.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Catholic Church. - Doctrinal and controversial works - Catholic authors.
Catholics - England.
Great Britain - Politics & government - 1485-1603.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244k 1813
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The hedge of thorns

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Author
Sherwood,
Edition
Third edition.
Date of Publication
1825.
Call Number
268.432 P544 1825
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By Mrs. Sherwood, author of "Little Henry and his bearer," &c. &c.
Author
Sherwood,
Edition
Third edition.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
American Sunday School Union. Depository 13 North Fourth-Street.,
Date of Publication
1825.
Physical Description
70, [2] p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Notes
In marbled boards with leather spine.
"On the formation of sin in the heart, or the story of the apples. By Mrs. Sherwood."--p. [52]-62. A selection from Sherwood's The history of the Fairchild family.
"The denials of him who would not deny himself."--p. [63]-70. Signed at end: Miss Jane Taylor.
"Books published, and for sale, by the American Sunday School Union"--p. [71-72].
Shoemaker
Subjects
Sunday school literature.
Children's stories.
Conduct of life - Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters - Juvenile fiction.
Women teachers - Juvenile fiction.
Obedience - Juvenile fiction.
Christian education of children.
Orphans - Juvenile fiction.
Young men - Juvenile fiction.
Women as authors.
Juvenile literature - 1825.
Cottage stories.
Publishers' catalogs - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Additional Author
Taylor, Jane,
Sherwood,
Additional Corporate Author
American Sunday-School Union.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
268.432 P544 1825
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History of Presbyterian churches [and other items]

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Call Number
285.1 M678b
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Reprints of miscellaneous articles and poems on Presbyterian churches in Southeastern Pa., Horseshoe Pike, the Ten Commandments, horse thieves, Conestoga Wagon, Gettysburg Campaign, and poems by "nature" poets.
Subjects
Carmichael, John.
Nevin, Alice.
Nevin, Blanche, - 1841-1925.
Thom, John C.
Dengler, Clyde.
Skillman, Willis R.
Kersey, John.
Dampman, Elizabeth B.
Kurtz, H.H.
Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth, - 1845-1928.
McCamant family.
Wagons.
Horseshoe Pike (Pa.)
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Authors, American - Pennsylvania.
Honey Brook (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Church history.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.1 M678b
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The kitchen scrapbook

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Author
Horst, Irene.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
641.5 H819
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Responsibility
by Irene Horst.
Author
Horst, Irene.
Place of Publication
Reinholds, Pa
Publisher
Printed by Share-A-Care Publications,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
[2], 59 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Cover subtitle: An assortment of recipes, facts on food, and inspirational pieces.
Subjects
Cookery, American.
Authors, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
641.5 H819
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Lancaster County's literary tastes of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo375
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1991.
statutes then current should be incorporated into Pennsylvania statutes. This library, now at the Lancaster County Historical Society, is considered the fourth most important library of its kind in the nation. Lancaster Countians not only have been readers; they have been authors. The first history of the
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Responsibility
by John Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1991.
Physical Description
[118]-124 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 93, no. 4
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Authors, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Periodicals.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 93, number 4 (1991), p. 118-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.93
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