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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Object ID: MG0341

Date Range: 1912-2000

. Peter’s Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania Trivia World War II WWII Related Materials: Processing History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection

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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Description: This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.

Date Range: 1912-2000

Year Range From: 1912

Year Range To: 2000

Date of Accumulation: 1912-2000

Creator: Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Appel, Roberts R.; Browne, George I.; Cooper, John Wallace; Cramer, Margaret Snader; Cramer, William Stuart; Davidson, Paul; Dippell, Marion Fox; Dippell, Victor William; Distler, Theodore A.; Donner, M. M.; Dotterer, Ray H.; Duke, Robert W.; Hager, E. M.; Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker; Hamblin, Dora Jane; Hartman, Edwin Mitman; Hartman, Mr.; Herman, Emma Garrigan; Herman, Theodore F.; Honig, Margaret; Honig, Stanley; Jefferson, Thomas; Jordan, Paul; Jurgelski, Susan; Kell, R. M.; Kilby, Tom; Kunkel, Arthur King; Lincoln, Abraham; Maugans, David; Mencken, Henry Louis; Michalak, Beverly; Michalak, Stanley; Moore, C. Eugene; Parks, Cynthia; Poole, H. Herbert; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Roy, John; Rudisill, Carl; Rudisill, Flo; Sayres, Alfred Nevin; Schmitchew, Peter; Schwalm, Ted; Smith, Howard P.; Steinmetz, Rollin; Thornley, Richard; Twombly, Clifford Gray

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Letters; Minutes (Records); Obituaries

Search Terms: Accomac Inn; Alfred's Victorian Restaurant; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Bynden Wood; Conestoga Bridge; Correspondence; Finding aids; Flyers; Franklin and Marshall College; Hamilton Club; Huachung University; Letters; Manuscript groups; Membership; Minutes; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Outings; Poetry; Republican Party; Restaurants; Sphinx Club; St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Trivia; World War II; WWII

Extent: 1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0341

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection 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. 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. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2004.MG0341

Other Numbers: MG-341

Classification: MG0341

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.

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A brief history of Springton Manor Farm and its owners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo293

Author: Logan, Natalie A.

Date of Publication: 1988

Call Number: 974.813 L831

Author: Logan, Natalie A.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Department of Parks and Recreation

Date of Publication: 1988

Physical Description: 23 p. ill. 28 cm.

Subjects: McIlvaine, Abraham Robinson.; McIlvaine, Anna Mulvany.; Atlee, Washington Lemuel.; Bartol, George Edward.; Bartol, Eleanor Grier.; Greer family.; Springton Manor Farm (Chester County, Pa.); Chester County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 L831

Chester County (Pennsylvania) bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4916

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene.

Date of Publication: 1981.

Call Number: 974.813 C284

Responsibility: collected and edited by Robert E. Carlson ; assisted by Marjorie J. Carlson.

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene.

Place of Publication: Kennett Square, Pa

Publisher: KNA Press,

Date of Publication: 1981.

Physical Description: xvi, 289 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; LCHS copy limited ed. Copy 355 of 1000 signed by author.

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Carlson, Marjorie J.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C284

County taxes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22246

Corporate Author: Chester County Archives (Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1984-

Alternate Title: Chester County, Pennsylvania, tax lists

Responsibility: Board of County Commissioners, Chester County Archives.

Corporate Author: Chester County Archives (Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.]

Publisher: Microfilmed by the Division of Archives & Manuscripts, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1984-

Physical Description: microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Series: Pennsylvania local records project ; LR250.1-LR250.9

Notes: Microfilm of Chester County, Pennsylvania, tax lists.; Title from order slip: Chester County, Pennsylvania, tax lists.; LHO has roll no 1 only.

Contents: roll no. 1. 1718-1753 -- roll no. 2. 1754-1775 -- roll no. 3. 1778-1785 -- roll no. 4. 1785-1787 -- roll no. 5. 1787-1792 -- roll no. 6. 1793-1896 -- roll. 7. 1796 1797 -- roll. no. 8. 1797-1799 -- roll no. 9. 1799-1800.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Lists.; Taxation.; Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Lists.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County (Pa.). County Commissioners.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Forty years of days

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4494

Author: Ball, Berenice M.,

Date of Publication: c1980.

Call Number: 974.813 B187

Responsibility: Berenice M. Ball.

Author: Ball, Berenice M.,

Place of Publication: West Chester [Pa.]

Publisher: Chester County Day Committee of the Women's Auxiliary, Chester County Hospital,

Date of Publication: c1980.

Physical Description: xii, 182 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; LCHS copy is number 966 of a limited ed. of 4000 copies. Signed by the author.; Bibliography: p. 178-179.

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 B187

Guide to records of the Court of Common Pleas, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1900 : records of the prothonotary, civil records of the sheriff, select civil records of the Circuit Court of Chester County, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4492

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Responsibility: researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: iv, 139 p., 1 leaf of plates : 1 facsim ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 122-126.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Court of Common Pleas (Chester County) - Archives.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C357

Guide to records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681-1969 : records of the clerk of courts, records of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, criminal records of the sheriff

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4383

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Date of Publication: 1989, c 1988.

Call Number: 974.813 C357q

Responsibility: researched and compiled by Lynn Ann Catanese.

ISBN: 0929706048 :

Author: Catanese, Lynn Ann,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989, c 1988.

Physical Description: ii, 80 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 62-67.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Court of Quarter Sessions (Chester County) - Archives - Catalogs.; Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C357q

History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5898

Author: Futhey, J. Smith.

Edition: Facsimile reprint ed.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 974.813 F996 1986 Oversize

Responsibility: by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.

Author: Futhey, J. Smith.

Edition: Facsimile reprint ed.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 782, xliv, 153 p., [105] p. of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.

Notes: Facsim. of: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1881.; Includes index compiled by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland, originally published in 1971.

Summary: "The first section of the book is a general history of the county dealing with such topics as: religion, education, agriculture, masons, mills, banks, judges, county officials, lawyers, doctors, etc. The second section of the book provides over three hundred pages of brief genealogical and biographical sketches of county residents." [Worldcat.org]

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Cope, Gilbert,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 F996 1986 Oversize

Index to Chester County (Pennsylvania) biography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4493

Author: Carlson, Robert E.

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 974.813 C284i

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Robert E. Carlson.

Author: Carlson, Robert E.

Place of Publication: West Chester

Publisher: Published under the auspices of the Friends of the Library, West Chester University,

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: xxii, 180 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy signed by author.; Abbreviations of sources; p. vii-xxii.

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C284i

Reflected light : a century of photography in Chester County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12709

Author: Powell, Pamela C.,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 974.813 P885

Responsibility: essay and catalogue by Pamela C. Powell ; edited by Ann Barton Brown.

ISBN: 0929706013; 0929706021 (pbk.)

Author: Powell, Pamela C.,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 79 p. : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.

Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Chester County Historical Society, Oct. 1, 1988-Feb. 12, 1989.; Bibliography: p. 79.

Subjects: Photography - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Photographers - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works - Exhibitions.

Additional Author: Brown, Ann Barton.

Additional Corporate Author: Chester County Historical Society (West Chester, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 P885

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