Skip header and navigation
  Revise Search

Revise Search

519 records – page 1 of 52.

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3ea739a1-fd10-400d-b9c6-269786291620
Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Conestoga River Correspondence Deeds Drowning Earl Twp. England Estate settlement Finding aids German Reformed Church of New Holland Haupt Elementary School Hutchings Printing House King Street
More detail
  1 document  
Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
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).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection 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
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
Documents
thumbnail

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fa911193-4c36-41d5-bc4d-375007199700
Collection
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Title
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Object ID
MG0587
Date Range
1960s-1970s
Compiled by Benjamin Weaver (MG0587), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org People: Weaver, Benjamin Subject Headings: Bridges Search Terms: Beaver Creek Big Chiques Creek Conestoga River
More detail
  1 document  
Collection
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Title
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Description
This collection of Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver contains index cards prepared by Mr. Weaver with information about bridges over several creeks in Lancaster County. The waterways include the Beaver, Calamus, Big Chiques, Little Chiques, Cocalico, Conestoga, Little Conestoga, Conewago, Conowingo, Coon, Conoy, Hammer, Mill, Muddy, East Octoraro, West Octoraro, Pequea and Peters. Information includes the name, township(s), and type of each bridge, and may also include the date of construction, contractors, commissioners, size and weight limit, details on location and/or destruction or replacement of the bridge.
Admin/Biographical History
Mr. Weaver photographed these bridges in the 1960s and 1970s.
Date Range
1960s-1970s
Date of Accumulation
1960s-1970s
Creator
Weaver, Benjamin
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Weaver, Benjamin
Subjects
Bridges
Search Terms
Beaver Creek
Big Chickies Creek
Big Chiques Creek
Conestoga River
Bridges
Calamus Run
Cocalico Creek
Conewago Creek
Conowingo Creek
Conoy Creek
Coon Creek
East Octoraro Creek
Finding aids
Hammer Creek
Little Chiques Creek
Little Chickies Creek
Little Conestoga Creek
Manuscript groups
Mill Creek
Muddy Creek
Pequea Creek
Peters Creek
West Octoraro Creek
Extent
1 box, 3 folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0587
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Mr. Weaver photographed these bridges in the 1960s and 1970s; the slides are in the Photograph Collection.
Some of these cards correspond with the Bridge Records in the Lancaster County Government Records.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver (MG0587), 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.
Accession Number
2010.MG0587
Other Numbers
MG-587
Classification
MG0587
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by HT, 10 September 2010. Added to database 26 December 2021.
Documents
thumbnail

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Canoeing guide to the historic Conestoga

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3193
Corporate Author
Conestoga Valley Association.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
797.122 C747
More detail
Corporate Author
Conestoga Valley Association.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Conestoga Valley Association,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
31 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Canoes and canoeing - Pennsylvania.
Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Pennsylvania - Guidebooks.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
797.122 C747
Less detail

Channeling through time : Landscape evolution, land use change, and stream restoration in the Lower Susquehanna Basin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12526
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
551.483 C458
More detail
Responsibility
Trip leaders: Dorothy Merrits, Robert Walter & Andrew de Wet.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Franklin & Marshall College]
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
88, 20 p. ill. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Southeastern Friends of the Pleistocene Fall 2003 Field trip Guidebook..17-19 October 2003", hosted by Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Subjects
Stream conservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stream ecology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Little Conestoga Creek - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Millers Run - Pennsylvania - East Hempfield Twp.
Additional Corporate Author
Southeastern (Pa.) Friends of the Pleistocene.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
551.483 C458
Less detail

Conestoga navigation : a collection of pertinent data, 1771-1872

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17775
Author
Schuleen, Ernest T.
Date of Publication
1983
Call Number
386.4 S386
More detail
Responsibility
Ernest T. Schuleen.
Author
Schuleen, Ernest T.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1983
Physical Description
23 p. : 27 cm.
Subjects
Conestoga Navigation Company
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce
Conestoga River (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
386.4 S386
Less detail

Conestoga navigation PennDot's 2019 historic resource survey form

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22241
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
386.4 P415
Horizontal Datum: NAD83 Lancaster Co., Conestoga Twp.; SR 3017-026; MPMS# 101074; Safe Harbor Rd over Conestoga River �+,6725,&�1$0(���� &855(17�&20021�1$0( 2:1(5�1$0(�$''5(66 727$/� 180%(5� 2)�5(6285&(6� &2817< 86*6� 48$' /2&$7,21 675((7�$''5(66 � &$7(*25<�2)�3523(57<� 2:1(56+,3 Key # ER# Historic Resource
More detail
  1 document  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2019.
Physical Description
18, 2, 2, 3 3 pages : illustrations , 29 cm.
Notes
Key #101539 (Update)
"Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Further, Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP as a contributing feature of a larger non-contiguous historic district."
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Department of Transportation.
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
386.4 P415
Documents
thumbnail

ConestogaNavigation-PennDOTs_2019_historic_resource_survey_form.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

The Conestoga River : a history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22342
Author
Kautz, Donald,
Date of Publication
2021.
Call Number
974.815 LACO K21c
More detail
Responsibility
Donald Kautz.
ISBN
9781467147569
Author
Kautz, Donald,
Place of Publication
Charleston
Publisher
The History Press,
Date of Publication
2021.
Physical Description
159 (1) pages 23cm
Subjects
Conestoga River - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO K21c
Less detail

The Conestoga River at Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2319
Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Date of Publication
1932.
THE CONESTOGA RIVER AT LANCASTER By D. B. LANDIS THE present topic, while having been fairly touched upon by local writers and historians, has been by no means fully ex- hausted or fitly recorded. At this period more than usual interest is being aroused by announcement of the building of a new
More detail
  1 document  
Responsibility
by D. B. Landis.
Author
Landis, David Bachman,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1932.
Physical Description
[261]-271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 36, no. 11
Subjects
Conestoga River (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 36, number 11 (1932), p. 261-271Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.36
Documents
thumbnail

edit_vol36no11pp261_271.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Conestoga River - Information file

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21825
Call Number
Information file - Conestoga River
More detail
Notes
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Conestoga River (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Conestoga River
Less detail

Conestoga river scenic drive : Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17201
Corporate Author
McCloud, Scatchard, Derck, and Edson.
Date of Publication
1970.
Call Number
307.3 C747c
More detail
Responsibility
a study prepared by McCloud, Scatchard, Derck and Edson ; for the Conestoga Valley Association.
Corporate Author
McCloud, Scatchard, Derck, and Edson.
Place of Publication
Lititz, (Pa.)
Publisher
McCloud, Scatchard, Derck and Edson,
Date of Publication
1970.
Physical Description
37 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
On title page: A plan for preserving and developing the Conestoga River Valley as a scenic open space corridor for scenic, cultural and recreational uses.
Subjects
Recreation - Pennsylvania - Conestoga River.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
307.3 C747c
Less detail

519 records – page 1 of 52.