topic:"Churches" found 1260 records - Research Collections

50 years of God's faithfulness : Mt. Calvary Church Elizabethtown, Pa

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Date of Publication: 1980.

Call Number: 289.913 F469

Place of Publication: 20th Century Publications

Publisher: Lexington, Ky.,

Date of Publication: 1980.

Physical Description: unpaged : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes membership information of photographs and addresses.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 168 #11.

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown; Churches - Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown - Directories

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.913 F469

200th anniversary cornerstone laying, St. Peter's Kierch, 1767-1967

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Corporate Author: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown, Pa.

Date of Publication: [1967?]

Call Number: 974.818 P478

Corporate Author: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown, Pa.

Place of Publication: Middletown, Pa

Publisher: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church,

Date of Publication: [1967?]

Physical Description: 60 p. : ill., port. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title.

Subjects: St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Middletown, Pa.; Churches - Pennsylvania - Middletown (Dauphin County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 P478

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Collection: Lancaster County Sunday School Collection

Title: Lancaster County Sunday School Collection

Object ID: MG0026

Date Range: 1898-1954

statistics from the churches in each district. Many publications contain commercial advertisements while a few contain pictures or drawings of churches and entertainment sites. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may

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Collection: Lancaster County Sunday School Collection

Title: Lancaster County Sunday School Collection

Description: The Lancaster County Sunday School Collection contains the annual convention publications, under various titles, of the Lancaster County (Pa.) Sunday School Association. The contents of the publications vary, but generally include directories and Sunday school attendance statistics from the churches in each district. Many publications contain commercial advertisements while a few contain pictures or drawings of churches and entertainment sites.

Date Range: 1898-1954

Year Range From: 1898

Year Range To: 1954

Date of Accumulation: 1899-1954

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Whitteker, J. E.; Laury, Preston A.

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Sunday school conventions; Lancaster County Sunday School Association; Sunday schools; Directories; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Sunday school conventions; Sunday schools; Advertisements; Churches; Directories; Programs; Lancaster County Sunday School Association; Associations, institutions, etc.; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 2 boxes, 16 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0026

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory

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-26

Classification: MG0026

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Collection cataloged circa 1998; added to database 8 May 2018.

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Collection: Tourist Brochures

Title: Tourist Brochures

Object ID: MG0095

Collection: Tourist Brochures

Title: Tourist Brochures

Description: Collection of brochures relating to tourist attractions, museums, historic sites, events, stores, farmers' markets, hotels, and restaurants in Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Visitors' guides and road maps provide additional information about points of interest. Items in the collection date back to the late 1920s and continue to the present, but most are from the mid-twentieth century.

Year Range From: 1929

Date of Accumulation: 1929-present

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Albert, Donna; Anderson, V. F.; Best, J. Donald; Buchanan, James; Burnley, Patricia Kling; Clark, Earl; Clark, Molly; Coleman, Robert; Eberly, Hiram M.; Fulton, Robert; Grubb, Peter; Hampton, Cindy; Hand, Edward; Heine, Paul L. H.; Heine, Paul, Jr.; Heisey, M. Luther; Hess, James E.; Horst, Mel; Loose, John Ward Willson; Kauffman, B. L.; Keener, A. E.; Kingston, Joseph T.; Heisey, M. L.; MacNeill, H. T.; Monaghan, Thomas J.; Motto, Marilyn; Procter, Edward C.; Pyle, Carl E.; Ross, Betsy; Shenk, Aaron S.; Smucker, Alma; Smucker, Paul; Stoltzfus, Louise; Sutter, John Augustus; Trach, M. A.; Tortora, V. R.

Subjects: Pamphlets; Tourism

Search Terms: 340-23 Club; A. Bube's Brewery; Amish Country Motel and Restaurant; Amish Dutchland map; Amish Farm and House; Bill Bard Associates; Bird-in-Hand Farmer's Market; Brunnerville Iron Foundry; Candy Americana Museum; Catacombs; Central Hotel; Christian Herr House; Columbia Bank Museum; Columbia Cultural and Historical Association; Columbia Dungeon; Columbia Farmers' Market House; Conestoga Motor Inn; Conestoga Traction Company; Cornwall Iron Furnace; Doneckers; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Donegal Mills Plantation; Duck's New Holland House and Hotel; Dutch Haven; Dutch Wonderland; Dutchland Music Theatre; Elizabethtown College; Ephrata Cloister; Flory's Tourist Rest and Camp Site; Foodergong Lodge; General Engraving Company; General Sutter Hotel and Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant; Gold Nugget Saloon Restaurant; Groff's Farm Restaurant; Guided Auto Tape Tour for Lancaster; Hammond and Company; Hans Herr House; Hebrew Tabernacle Reproduction; Heritage Center Museum; Heritage Map Museum; Herr Foods, Inc.; Herr's Potato Chips; Hex Barn; Historic Lancaster Walking Tour; Holiday Inn; Lancaster Host Resort; Host Farm; Hotel Brunswick; Hotel Wheatland; Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge; Intelligencer Journal; James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland; Klein Chocolate Company; Kreider's Tourist Farm Home; Lancaster Automobile Club; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster County Central Park; Lancaster County Council of Churches; Lancaster County Heritage; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County Outlet Shopping Guide; Lancaster County Planning Commission; Lancaster Downtown Investment District Authority; Lancaster Hilton Inn; Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society; Lancaster-York Heritage Region; Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Lititz Historical Foundation; Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery; Maps; Marken and Bielfeld Inc.; Masonic Homes; Masonic Villages; Mennonite Information Center; Miller's Smorgasbord; National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Inc.; National Central Bank; North Museum of Nature and Science; Old Mill Stream Campground; Old Village Store; Olde Lincoln House; Original Brunswick Pennsylvania Dutch Tours; Pamphlets; Pathway Publishers; Patton School; Pennsylvania Dutch Harvest Frolic; Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau; Discover Lancaster; Pennsylvania Folklife Society; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; People's Place; Photo Arts Press; Plain & Fancy Farm and Dining Room; Police Museum; Postcards; Robert Fulton Birthplace; Rock Ford; Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association; Sentinel Printing House; Sickman's Mill; South Central Pennsylvania Travel Council; Stevens House; Strasburg Railroad; Susquehanna Valley Tour; Tourism; Trinity Lutheran Church; Underground Railroad; Veitch Printing Corporation; Verdant View Farm; Vernon Martin Associates; Village Restaurant; Wagonland; Warwick Haus; Wheatland; Wilbur Chocolate Company; Wilbur Chocolate's Factory Candy Outlet; Wilbur-Suchard Chocolate Company; York County Heritage Trust

Extent: 1 box, 18 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English; Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0095

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0095

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by AL and HST, July 2007. Finding aid prepared by HST, August 2007. Updated 9 January 2008, HST.

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Collection: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Title: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Object ID: MG0646

Date Range: 1734-1849

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Collection: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Title: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records

Description: The Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records contain photocopies of the baptism records of the Conestoga Church of the Brethren from 1734 to 1849. The Conestoga Church of Brethren was founded in 1724.

Date Range: 1734-1849

Year Range From: 1734

Year Range To: 1849

Date of Accumulation: 1734-1849

Creator: Conestoga Church of the Brethren (Leola, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

Subjects: Church records and registers; Churches; Baptismal records

Search Terms: Baptismal records; Church records and registers; Churches; Conestoga Church of the Brethren; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0646

Location of Originals: [Conestoga Church of the Brethren]

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Conestoga Church of the Brethren Records (MG0646), 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-646

Other Number: MG-646

Classification: MG0646

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, May-June 2014. Added to database 2 July 2021.

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Collection: Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.) Records

Title: Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.) Records

Object ID: MG0649

Date Range: 1908

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Collection: Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.) Records

Title: Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.) Records

Description: The Zeltenreich Reformed Church Records contain the dedication program for the Zeltenreich Reformed Church in Earl Twp., Lancaster County. The church building was constructed in 1907-1908, the corner stone was laid on 14 July 1907, and the church dedication was on 16 August 1908.

Admin/Biographical History: Please see information about the Zeltenreich Reformed Church: "Zeltenreich Reformed Church, Earl Township," by Rev. C. G. Bachman. History of the Classis of Lancaster of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1852-1940. Part II, Histories of the Congregations of the Classis of Lancaster. Printed by The New Holland Clarion, New Holland, Pa. pp. 197. http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/church/zelt-ref-earl.txt

Date Range: 1908

Creation Date: 1908

Creator: Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

Subjects: Church dedication; Churches; Programs (Publications)

Search Terms: Church dedications; Churches; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Programs; Zeltenreich Reformed Church

Extent: 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0649

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.) Records (MG0649), 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-649

Other Number: MG-649

Classification: MG0649

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, May-June 2014. Added to database 28 August 2021.

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Collection: Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Title: Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Object ID: MG0650

Date Range: 1987

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Collection: Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Title: Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Description: The Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records contain the 1987 handbook for the church.

Date Range: 1987

Creation Date: 1987

Creator: Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

Subjects: Churches; Directories

Search Terms: Bethany Presbyterian Church; Churches; Directories; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0650

Notes: Preferred Citation: Bethany Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records (MG0650), 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-650

Other Number: MG-650

Classification: MG0650

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, May-June 2014. Added to database 28 August 2021.

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Collection: Temperance Collection

Title: Temperance Collection

Object ID: MG0154

Date Range: 1815-1959

(Publications) Temperance Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Search Terms: Associations, institutions, etc. Bart Society Business records Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp. Christiana Churches Coatesville, Chester County Columbia Conventions Dauphin County Historical Society Eastland Female Temperance Society Finding

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Collection: Temperance Collection

Title: Temperance Collection

Description: The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1815-1959

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1959

Date of Accumulation: 1815-1959

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Aikin, Francis; Alexander, Eleanor B.; Brosius, Letitia; Brubaker, George; Eckman, Benjamin F.; Geist, Jacob Miller Willis; Harlan, E. W.; Heiges, George Leonard; Jackson, Josephine; Richardson, Benjamin W.; Rineer, A. Hunter; Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle; Seberry, Cora E.; Thomas, A. Elizabeth; Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Minutes (Records); Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Programs (Publications); Temperance; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Search Terms: Associations, institutions, etc.; Bart Society; Business records; Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.; Christiana; Churches; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Conventions; Dauphin County Historical Society; Eastland Female Temperance Society; Finding aids; Friends Academy; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Lititz; Locust Valley, Long Island, New York; Manheim; Manuscript groups; Minutes; National Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Pageants; Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union; Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Poetry; Programs; Reports; Songs; Strasburg; Temperance; Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0154

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), 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-154

Classification: MG0154

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Collection: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Title: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Object ID: MG0710

Date Range: 1811

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Collection: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Title: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records

Description: This collection of First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records contains a deed for property on Lime Street, Lancaster that was sold by trustees of the church in 1811.

Date Range: 1811

Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Boyd, Robert; Clendenin, Samuel; Dickson, William; Gundacker, Michael; Hamilton, James; Helm, Henry; Humes, Samuel; Kirkpatrick, William; Montgomery, William; Mosher, Jeremiah; Pinkerton, Henry; Shippen, Edward; Slaymaker, Henry; White, William; Whiteside, John

Subjects: Church property; Churches; Deeds

Search Terms: Church properties; Churches; Deeds; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Hamilton Lots; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 box, 1 folder

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0710

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Records (MG0710), 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-710

Other Number: MG-710

Classification: MG0710

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 1 October 2021.

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Collection: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Title: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Object ID: MG0869

Date Range: 1835-1866

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Collection: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Title: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Description: Folder 1 Biographical information; Folder 2 Family tree; Diary entries on loose pages, Folders 3-7. Written while pastor at Pequea Church. 1835, 1855, 1860, and 1866. Mostly mentions the weather, other ministers and family members, funerals, baptisms, where he preaches, and the people with whom he meets or dines.; Folder 3 Diary entries. June 1835 to January 1836.; Folder 4 Diary entries. Had a large tumor removed from his neck on 1 June 1855. April to November 1855.; Folder 5 Diary entries. May to July 1860.; Folder 6 Diary entries. May to July 1866.; Folder 7 Diary entries and brief history of Pequea Church. October 1866.; Folders 8 and 9 Text and scripture for sermon. No date.

Admin/Biographical History: Rev. Wallace (d.1866) was pastor at Pequea Church, Gap, Lancaster County from 1833-1866. The family is from Chester and Lancaster Counties.

Date Range: 1835-1866

Year Range From: 1835

Year Range To: 1866

Date of Accumulation: 1835-1866

Creator: Schulz, Harry Morgan

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Wallace, John

Subjects: Diaries; Genealogy

Search Terms: Churches; Diaries; Finding aids; Funerals; Genealogy; Manuscript groups; Ministers; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Surgery

Extent: 9 folders, 9 items, 26 pages to scan .25 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0869

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; Given in memory of Ann Morgan Ryan.

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