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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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Births, deaths, and marriages of the Nottingham Quakers, 1680-1889

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12788

Author: Beard, Alice L.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 289.6 N921

Responsibility: compiled by Alice L. Beard.

Author: Beard, Alice L.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Willow Bend Books,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: vii, 296 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Spine title: Nottingham Quakers.; Includes index.

Subjects: Quakers - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Genealogy.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy.; Quakers - Maryland - Harford County - Genealogy.; Quakers - Maryland - Cecil County - Genealogy.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Harford County (Md.) - Genealogy.; Cecil County (Md.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 289.6 N921

Early charcoal iron forges, furnaces and slitting mills in Chester County, Pennsyvania 1718-1830 : including sketches on the works and a finding aid for the original forge and furnace books at the Chester County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17946

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 672 E12

Place of Publication: [West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Daniel A. Graham ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: [4], 41, [10] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Iron foundries - Pennsylvania - Chester County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 672 E12

Episcopalians and slavery in Lancaster County : from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11377

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Responsibility: by Mark C. Ebersole.

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: p.64-88 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.105, no.2.

Subjects: Hope Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. John's Episcopal Church (Chester County, Pa.); Bangor Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 105, number 2 (2003), p. 64-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.105 no.2

History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15186

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

Responsibility: R.C. Smedley ; introduction by Christopher Densmore.

ISBN: 0811731898

Author: Smedley, R. C.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, PA

Publisher: Stackpole Books,

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: xx, 406 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : Office of the Journal, 1883.; Includes index.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.

Summary: This book was written in 1883 by Robert Clemons Smedley, a Chester County Pennsylvania physician who interviewed participants in the underground railroad. He was not a historian and was not unbiased. But he is considered to have been conscientious in his efforts to record the stories he was told. He wrote about events as described to him by person who themselves were involved, both those fleeing slavery and those assisting them.Topics in chapters 1 & 2 include William Wright and Columbia, PA. Chapter 8 is about the "Christiana Tragedy".

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Chester County; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.; Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7115 S637 2005

Just over the line: Chester County and the underground railroad. A catalogue to accompany an exhibition organized by the Chester County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11299

Author: Kashatus, William C.,

Date of Publication: 2002

Call Number: 974.813 K19

Responsibility: William C. Kashatus ; foreword by Roland H. Woodward.

ISBN: 092970617X

Author: Kashatus, William C.,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2002

Physical Description: ix,119 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at Chester County Historical Society February 7, 2002 to December 31, 2002."-- T.p. verso.

Summary: Although this resource is described as a "catalogue", its contents are a series of articles about the underground railroad in Chester County.; "Relates the exciting tales of the legendary Underground Railroad in Chester County, Pennsylvania, an area on the front lines of the antebellum struggle over slavery and black freedom. Examines the spectrum of opinion among Quakers, the prominence of black activists, and the interracial cooperation essential to the Underground Railroad's success." [from Worldcat.org]

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania - Chester County..

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 K19

Metro street atlas of Chester and Delaware Counties in Pennsylavania : including the main line

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12377

Corporate Author: Franklin Maps (Firm)

Date of Publication: [c2000]

Call Number: 912.74813 F833

ISBN: 192895510X

Corporate Author: Franklin Maps (Firm)

Place of Publication: King of Prussia, PA

Publisher: Franklin Maps,

Date of Publication: [c2000]

Physical Description: 1 atlas (110 p.) : col. maps ; 32 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes indexes with zip codes and cultural features.

Subjects: Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Maps.; Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Delaware County - Maps.; Chester County (Pa.) - Maps.; Delaware County (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Atlas

Call Number: 912.74813 F833

The Nottingham Lots : a tercentenary celebration 2001

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20603

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 974.8 N921

Responsibility: East Nottingham Trustees.

ISBN: 1425700446; 9781425700447; 1425700438; 9781425700430

Place of Publication: [United States]

Publisher: Xlibris,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 104 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary: The Nottingham Lots began in 1701 after William Penn was told by Lord Talbot of Maryland, that Pennsylvania could settle as far as the fall waters of the Susquehanna go down hill. This area is now located in Northern Cecil County, Maryland and Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. This book tells the history of the Nottingham Lots and the genealogy of each of the original sixteen settlers.--Publisher's description.

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718; Churchman, John, - 1705-1775.; Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Oxford, Pa.); Quakers - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Quakers - Maryland - Cecil County; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Cecil County (Md.) - Genealogy.; Cecil County (Md.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: East Nottingham Trustees.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8 N921

The old flat road Amish cemetery and meetinghouse at Malvern, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16124

Author: Kauffman, Robert J.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 905.748 MFH v. 26

Responsibility: by Robert J. Kauffman.

Author: Kauffman, Robert J.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, Pa

Publisher: Mennonite Family History ,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: 52 - 53 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.

Series: Mennonite Family History, v. XXVI, no. 1(January 2007).

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Chester County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 MFH v. 26

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/db25cb82-3ebb-4bd4-94b6-232802512285

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- St. John's Episcopal Church, Compass, PA.

Object ID: 1-09-03-22

Date Range: 2001

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Title: Photograph- St. John's Episcopal Church, Compass, PA.

Description: St. John's Episcopal Church, Compass, PA.

Date Range: 2001

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: St. John's Episcopal Church; Compassville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Place: West Caln Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-09-03-22

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