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Literature in stone : the hundred year history of Pennsylvania's State Capitol

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17811
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
974.8 P415pe
Alternate Title
Hundred year history of Pennsylvania's State Capitol
Responsibility
Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee; book design by Amanda J. DeLorenzo; editors, Ruthann Hubbert-Kemper and Jason L. Wilson.
ISBN
0964304880 (hbk.)
9780964304888 (hbk.)
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Capitol Preservation Committee.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
384 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-375) and index.
Contents
Capitol Preservation Committee members and administrative staff -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Our legacy from William Penn -- Ch. 1: Pennsylvania's early Capitols -- Ch. 2: The Cobb Capitol -- Ch. 3: The Huston Capitol: inspiration, design, and construction -- Ch. 4: Capitol dedication: October 4, 1906 -- Ch. 5: The Capitol graft scandal -- Ch. 6: The Capitol's fine and decorative arts -- Ch. 7: The Capitol Complex and the City Beautiful Movement -- Ch. 8: The people's building: a preservation journey -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.
Subjects
Huston, Joseph M.
Capitol Complex (Harrisburg, Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Harrisburg (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc. - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Harrisburg (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.
Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol - Centennial celebrations, etc. - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
DeLorenzo, Amanda J.
Hubbert-Kemper, Ruthann.
Wilson, Jason L.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 P415pe
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Collection
Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
Title
Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
Object ID
MG0314
Date Range
1913-1979
  1 document  
Collection
Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
Title
Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
Description
This collection contains programs for Fourth of July celebrations in Lancaster County.
Date Range
1913-1979
Year Range From
1913
Year Range To
1979
Date of Accumulation
1913-1979
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Good, Susan G.
Hackman, Floyd F.
Subjects
Fourth of July
Fourth of July celebrations
Holidays--United States
Programs (Publications)
Search Terms
Finding aids
Fourth of July celebrations
Holidays
Independence Day
Manuscript groups
Programs
Extent
4 folders, .25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0314
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Fourth of July Celebrations Collection (MG0314), Folder #, 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-314
Other Number
MG-314
Classification
MG0314
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by HST, 21 February 2006, updated 2006, 2007, 2011. Added to database 30 September 2021.
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The unveiling of the tablet commemorating the joint sesqui-centennial of the Constitution of the United States and Franklin College

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3727
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1937
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Dr. Horace R. Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
[173]-181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 41, no. 7
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
United States. - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 41, number 6 (1937), p. 173-181Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.41
Documents

edit_vol41no7pp173_181.pdf

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Book of the centuries : official publication of the Cumberland-Carlisle Bicentennial Celebration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7351
Corporate Author
Cumberland-Carlisle Bicentennial Celebration
Date of Publication
1951?]
Call Number
974.843 C278b
Responsibility
editor, Albert Carrière.
Corporate Author
Cumberland-Carlisle Bicentennial Celebration
Place of Publication
[Carlisle, Pa.?
Publisher
Cumberland-Carlisle Bicentennial Committee,
Date of Publication
1951?]
Physical Description
108, [8] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Held at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 17 to June 23, 1951 to commemorate the 200th anniversaries of Cumberland County and of Carlisle, Pennsylvania."
Subjects
Carlisle (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
Carlisle (Pa.) - History.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Carrière, Albert.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 C278b
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Program for the Wheatland Centennial Celebration
Object ID
MG0096 F057 It01
Date Range
1956/08/05
  1 document     8 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Program for the Wheatland Centennial Celebration
Description
Wheatland Centennial Celebration, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the election of James Buchanan. Program of events with color photos. Lancaster.
Date Range
1956/08/05
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
Storage Container
Box 0002
People
Buchanan, James
Subjects
Anniversaries
Centennial celebrations, etc.
Elections
Presidents--Election
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Anniversaries
Buchanan Collections
Centennial celebrations, etc.
Elections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Presidential elections
Wheatland
Extent
1 item, 8 pages to scan, 28.5 x 22 cm
Object Name
Program
Language
English
Parent Object ID
MG0096
Object ID
MG0096 F057 It01
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 057 Item 01
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Images
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Collection
Esther Etter Rebman Photograph Collection
Title
John Christian Etter and Katie M. Falk Etter at sesquicentennial celebration in Philadelphia
Object ID
EER-01-01-16
Date Range
1926/08/07
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Esther Etter Rebman Photograph Collection
Title
John Christian Etter and Katie M. Falk Etter at sesquicentennial celebration in Philadelphia
Description
John Christian Etter, fourth from left, and Katie M. Falk Etter, fifth from left, with group of unidentified people. Written on back: "[taken] at the entrance" and "Sesqui Centennial, Phila., Aug. 7th". Possibly at sesquicentennial celebrations in Philadelphia, August 7, 1926.
Provenance
This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
Date Range
1926/08/07
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Etter, Katie M. Falk
Falk, Katie M.
Etter, John Christian
Subject
Photographs
Classification
EER-01-01-16
Search Terms
Women
Celebrations
Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
EER-01-01-16
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.Shaub
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-82
Date Range
1922
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
May Day at Maytown, 1922. Lutheran Church in background.
Provenance
J. E. Miller Glass-plate Collection
Date Range
1922
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
May Day
Churches
Religion
Celebrations
Place
East Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-82
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-83
Date Range
1922
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
May Day at Maytown, 1922. Lutheran Church in background.
Provenance
J. E. Miller Glass-plate Collection
Date Range
1922
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
May Day
Churches
Religion
Celebrations
Place
East Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-83
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-84
Date Range
1922
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
May Day at Maytown, 1922. Lutheran Church in background.
Provenance
J. E. Miller Glass-plate Collection
Date Range
1922
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
May Day
Churches
Religion
Celebrations
Place
East Donegal Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-84
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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Men going to Sesquicentennial Celebration with Conestoga Wagon.
Object ID
D-04-01-82
Date Range
October 25, 1926
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Men going to Sesquicentennial Celebration with Conestoga Wagon.
Description
Men going to Sesquicentennial Celebration with Conestoga Wagon.
Date Range
October 25, 1926
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Celebrations
Covered wagons
Conestoga wagon
Horses
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
7 x 11 inches
Print Size
7 x 11 inches
Object ID
D-04-01-82
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
656-1038
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