Collection contains the research materials of R. Harold Barton on the mills and bridges of Lancaster County. Included are field notes, working papers, photographer's negatives, and postcards. Indexes are available listing mills by name and location, and bridges by name.
Four notebooks are the finished product of the mills and bridges research of R. Harold Barton. These notebooks are in the library under Barton, R. Harold on the online catalog (LC621.85, B283, v.1-v.4). The notebooks constitute 1 cubic ft. of the collection.
The remaining six boxes are located within the manuscript collection. These boxes house working papers, field notes, worksheets, notebooks, photographs, negatives, additional albums of photographs and other miscellaneous material relating to Lancaster County bridges and mills.
Mr. Barton uses a numerical system to locate bridges and mills by township or by the names of the streams, rivers, runs and creeks. Three indexes have been prepared: one lists the bridges by name, one the location by town or townships, and one the names of the mills.
There are a few notes related to Lancaster County gunsmiths, missionaries, and Indian traders.
System of Arrangement
Collection is arranged by township, number, and index.
The Edward Clark genealogy, 1676-1988 : from Bacon's Rebellion of 1676 in Virginia down to the present day : Edward (1655?-1737) of Middlesex and Essex counties, Virginia, and his descendants, including the Bristow, Stiff, Roudebush, McFarland, Holleman, and other families
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission : Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
187, 17 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Notes
Describes old Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Hammer Creek Bridge, Bridge in West Earl Township, Pine Grove Bridge, Risser's Mill Bridge, Bitzer's Mill Bridge.
Bibliography: p. 14 (2nd group).
Summary
Results of a statewide survey which identified 180 PennDOT-owned bridges as significant and worthy of preservation. Pictures and descriptions included.
White porcelain commemorative plate with black printed image of Colemanville Bridge. Surrounded by, "3rd International Volksmarch / Pequea, Pennsylvania"; "IVV / AVA"; "7 - 8 October 1989 / Penn Dutch Pacers"; signature, "G. Robert Wagner"