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.
A memoir by Caleb Bucher,school teacher,school principal, and college professor at Millersville University. He was a Principal for many years at Brecht Elementary School in Manheim Township , Pa. The Bucher Elementary School and the Bucher Park in Manheim Township are named for him.Chapters: 1.Family 2.Church 3. Early Education 4. Summer Camp 5. School 6. Changes 7. City 8. Recreation
Life of Christopher Dock.--The Schul-Ordnung "School Management".--Translation of the Schul-Ordnung.--Geisliches Magazien; four numbers.--Translation of the Geistliches Magazien.--Schriften, with translation.--Hymns, with translation.
Summary
Christopher Dock emigrated to the American colonies sometime before 1714. He was a school teacher and farmer in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He introduced teaching methods that emphasized persuasion, discussion, and positive peer pressure.This was a departure from the more stringent methods in use.
University of Pennsylvania Press; G. Cumberlege, Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
1946.
Physical Description
xi, 271 p. plates, ports. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 237-264.
Summary
Thomas Henry Burrowes held the following positions: Mayor of Lancaster, PA; a member of the state legislature; Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA; State Superintendent of PA Common Schools; fourth president of Pennsylvania State University; and Superintendent of PA Soldiers Orphan Schools.
Book chapters: 1. Ancestry and early education 2. Trial Balloon 3. Opponent and defender of Common Schools 4. Burrowes educational positions 5. Educational journalist 6. United we stand 7. Normal school crusade 8. Better buildings, better schools 9. Defensive action 10. The orphan's friend 11. " A last and crowning labor " 12. As men judge him
Includes information on Susannah Wright; Sarah H. Armstrong; Esther Barton; Hannah Brown; Juliana Clark; Catherine Ross Claiborne; Harriet Lane; Sarah Curtis; Leah Bratten Gallagher; Ann McCullough; Alice Appenzeller; Anna Lyle; Amanda Landes; Mary Martin; Bertha Cochran Landis; Elizabeth R. Martin; S. June Smith; and Psyche Cattell.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 99, number 4 (Winter 1998), p. 178-188Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 99 no. 4
