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Abstract of diary of Warren C. Bean, 1899

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Author: Moyer, Willoughby W.

Call Number: 905.748 PDF v.28, no.4

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Responsibility: by Willoughby W. Moyer.

Author: Moyer, Willoughby W.

Physical Description: 32-39 p.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.28, no.4, Summer 1979.; Warren Bean was a farmer and Mennonite minister in Montgomery County, PA.

Subjects: Bean, Warren C. - Diaries.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PDF v.28, no.4

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847

Date Range: 1879, 2020

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This collection contains Frank E. Witmer's original 1879 diary, as well as a transcription and index prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace. The diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family. He primarily records the work involved in running a truck farm--planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops, and preparing for market. Other entries of interest include helping a neighbor move a carriage house; building a hog pen; canning; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the process of moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school and the leisure activities of the young men.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 1879, 2020

Creation Date: 1879, 2020

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Brackbill, Thaddeus; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr

Other Creators: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Transcriptions; Indexes; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 3 items, 146 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: PDFs of the transcription and index are attached to the correlating records.

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The California excursion : an illustrated account of a transcontinental train trip in 1874 based on the diary and letters of Chauncey Forward Sargent

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Author: Sargent, Chauncey Forward

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 380.509 B945f Oversize

Responsibility: by Chauncey Forward Sargent.

Author: Sargent, Chauncey Forward

Place of Publication: Lincoln Center, Mass

Publisher: Heritage House ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: xvii, 110 pages : ill. : 21 x 28 cm.

Notes: Contains indices.

Subjects: Lockard, William F.; Reynolds, Samuel H.; Carpenter, Henry.; North, Hugh M. , - 1826-1907.; Sargent, Chauncey Forward , - 1828-1904.; Dickey, Oliver James.; Baumgardner, Henry.; Keller, John.; Wolfe, Napoleon B.; Young, James.; Railroad travel - United States.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 380.509 B945f Oversize

The California journal of Henry Carter, April 1849 - February 1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17458

Author: Carter, Henry,

Date of Publication: c.1990.

Call Number: 929 C323c

Author: Carter, Henry,

Place of Publication: Transcript

Date of Publication: c.1990.

Physical Description: 40 p. ; 28.cm.

Summary: Account of a trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Typed transcript.

Rights: Copyright held by John M. Comer.

Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast - Personal narratives.; Gold mines and mining - California; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 C323c

Cedar Hill Seminary : and diary of a teenager in Mount Joy, 1953

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Author: Albert, Vera E.

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 974.815 MOJT H673 v.2, no.1

Responsibility: by Vera E. Albert.

Author: Albert, Vera E.

Place of Publication: Mount Joy,(Pa.) Area Historical Society

Publisher: The Society ,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: 36 p. ill. : 22 cm.

Series: Remember when ; v.2, no. 1.

Notes: Diary of Adeline C. Wykoff translated by Virginia Lane.

Subjects: Wycoff, Adeline C.; Dodge family.; Wycoff family - Diaries.; Cedar Hill Female Seminary (Chiques, Pa.) - History.; Schools - Pennsylvania - Mount Joy.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Lane, Virginia

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 MOJT H673 v.2, no.1

Christopher Marshall's home in which he lived and wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive

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Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Date of Publication: 1927

wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive / by D. F. Magee, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Marshall, Christopher, 1709-1797 --Diaries. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 118-120 p. ; 23 cm. Series

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Responsibility: by D. F. Magee, Esq.

Author: Magee, Daniel F.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1927

Physical Description: 118-120 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 8

Notes: Christopher Marshall, a politically active resident of Philadelphia, lived in Lancaster County during the American Revolution. He had begun writing a diary in Philadelphia that included observations on events of the day. He continued this while in Lancaster. The diary shows much about life in Lancaster during the Revolution.

Subjects: Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 8 (1927), p. 118-121Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31

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vol31no8pp118_121.pdf

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A compilation of Squire Thon's extracts : selected from diaries covering a period of nearly half a century

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Author: Thon, Charles,

Date of Publication: 1885.

Call Number: 922.3 T486

Alternate Title: Extracts, Squire Thon's diary; Squire Thon's diary

Responsibility: by Charles Thon.

Author: Thon, Charles,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: New Era, Printer,

Date of Publication: 1885.

Physical Description: 158 pages ; 19 cm

Notes: "Reprint and index" copy by Gary T. Hawbaker compiled in 1993

Summary: Squire Thon was born in Germany in 1807. He kept a diary from 1847 until his death in 1888. He was well known in the county. His diary entries appeared in the Lancaster New Era newspaper for several years. His title of Squire came from his service as Justice of the Peace in Lancaster Township for 25 years

Subjects: Thon, Charles, - 1807-1888; Thon, Charles, - 1807-1888.; Manners and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 922.3 T486

Copy Info: 1993; 1885

Daily diary, 1911 March 6 - December 28

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Author: Hess, Mercy Mylin,

Call Number: 920.7 H586 1911

Author: Hess, Mercy Mylin,

Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : bound ; 20x13 cm.

Notes: Some days contain no entries.; Diary transfered to archives.; Separate volume includes index of names, typescript of diary, background of family, and letters compiled by Robert T. Hale, ca. 1983.

Subjects: Hess family.; Farmers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster County (Pa.) - 20th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Hess, Mercy Mylin.; Hall, Robert T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 920.7 H586 1911

Diaries of a 19th century college man, 1851-1936

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9284

Author: Roeder, Samuel Marsteller.

Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 371.8092 R712

Responsibility: Samuel Marsteller Roeder.

Author: Roeder, Samuel Marsteller.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: F.M. College/Theological Seminary,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: 1 v.

Notes: Copied and annotated by Dorothy Nace Tharpe.

Summary: "This collection includes the diaries of S. M. Roeder kept while he was a student at Franklin and Marshall College (1872 - 1876) and a student at the Seminary (1876-1878).These diaries are useful in documenting student life in Lancaster during that time period." [from Google.com]

Subjects: Roeder, Samuel Marsteller - Diaries.; Franklin and Marshall College.; Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.).; Students; Diaries.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 371.8092 R712

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Abstract of diary of Warren C. Bean, 1899

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14170

Websites

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e9e1e3c9-88b8-4de5-97f3-843122087561

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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4939de00-e967-4779-ae57-027489412990

The California excursion : an illustrated account of a transcontinental train trip in 1874 based on the diary and letters of Chauncey Forward Sargent

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12308

The California journal of Henry Carter, April 1849 - February 1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17458

Cedar Hill Seminary : and diary of a teenager in Mount Joy, 1953

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7018

Christopher Marshall's home in which he lived and wrote his diary in year 1777 and 1781 inclusive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3997

Documents

A compilation of Squire Thon's extracts : selected from diaries covering a period of nearly half a century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20550

Daily diary, 1911 March 6 - December 28

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15052

Diaries of a 19th century college man, 1851-1936

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9284