topic:"Ephrata" found 166 records - Research Collections

"Pencillings about Ephrata, by a visitor" and the Ephrata Mountain Springs

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Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: JHSCV v. 23 1998

Responsibility: Introduction by Clarence Edwin Spohn.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: xx, 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel (Ephrata, Pa.); Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Spohn, Clarence Edwin.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: JHSCV v. 23 1998

Archive

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Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Object ID: MG0081

Date Range: 1753-2007

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Ephrata Cloister Collection, 1753-2007 Object ID: MG0081 2 boxes 22 folders, 1 volume .75 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 3 Scope and

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Collection: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Title: Ephrata Cloister Collection

Description: Collection of items relating to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs, tourist brochures, and a booklet describing treatments for various ailments.

Date Range: 1753-2007

Year Range From: 1753

Year Range To: 2007

Date of Accumulation: 1753-2007

Creator: Ephrata Cloister

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.; Baer, Johann; Bar, Johann; Bowman, John; Daniel, N. J.; Doll, Eugene E.; Downes, J. A.; Dunkelberger, Ralph D.; Elsen, John; Franck, Ira S.; Hagen, F. F.; Heatwole, Daniel R.; Hocker, Ludwig; Hollinger, J. Daryl; Keller, James; Kimmel, Jacob; Leber, A. P.; Lollich, P. M.; Loose, John W. W.; Miller, Henry; Mitton, Juliet; Nevin, [ ]; Plessinger, F. P.; Pyle, Howard; Raber, [ ]; Senseman, John; Stubsky, Georg

Subjects: Pamphlets; Watermarks

Search Terms: Aurand Press; Brochures; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Cloister Associates, Inc.; Ephrata Cloister Chorus; Harper's New Monthly Magazine; Hocking Printing Company, Inc.; Legal papers; Mennonite Publishing House; Pamphlets; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pow wow; Review Book Store; Seventh Day Baptists; Society of the Seventh Day Baptists of Ephrata; Watermarks; Ye Village Inne

Extent: 2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 volume, .75 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English and German

Object ID: MG0081

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See also the Photograph and Library collections

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0081

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 01 November 2018.

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1993 Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : [zoning districts]

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Corporate Author: Community Map Company.

Date of Publication: 1993]

Call Number: 974.815 EPHT 101

Alternate Title: Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1993 community information guide.

Responsibility: Community Map Company.

Corporate Author: Community Map Company.

Place of Publication: Pottstown, PA : Ephrata, PA

Publisher: Community Map Co. ; Ephrata Township Supervisors [Distributor,

Date of Publication: 1993]

Physical Description: 1 map : col., ill., ports. ; 43 x 55 cm., on sheet 59 x 74 cm., folded to 19 x 30 cm.

Notes: Includes notes.; Text, municipal directory, ill., township insignia, on verso.; Includes street index and indexed advertisements.; "699 93."

Subjects: Zoning - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township) - Maps.; Municipal government - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township) - Directories.; Ephrata (Pa. : Township) - Maps.

Additional Corporate Author: Ephrata (Pa. : Township). Supervisors.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 EPHT 101

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Historical archaeology at Ephrata Cloister : A report on ... investigations

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Author: Warfel, Stephen G.

Date of Publication: 1993

Call Number: 286.3 W274

Responsibility: by Stephen G. Warfel.

Author: Warfel, Stephen G.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Notes: Each edition contains the year of the investigations that the edition covers; for example : A report of 1994 investigations.; Library has: 1993-1999, 2002-3; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister.; Excavations (Archaeology) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Archaeology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Antiquities.; Ephrata (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286.3 W274

Deed

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Deed for selling lots in Millers Burgh

Object ID: P.04.34.05

Date Range: 1764-1771

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Title: Deed for selling lots in Millers Burgh

Description: Deed (indenture) printed by Ephrata Cloister on vellum for John Miller, blacksmith of Lancaster Borough, and his wife Elizabeth, for use in selling lots in the "Town Called "Millers Burgh." Blank areas are filled in by hand for sale of property to Margaret Stout for 50 pounds. Initially filled in on May 1, 1764, and completed at bottom on March 8, 1765. Pink linen ribbons and red sealing wax are affixed at bottom right. The headpieces printed at top left is done in elaborate letter style using the first two words "This indenture." Each initial line is done in the distinctive illuminated manner of Ephrata Cloister, employing floral and foliate designs.; Reverse is also used as a deed for the transfer of property for Margaret Stour to Patrick McElkar, begun 1770 and completed 1771. Red linen ribbons and red sealing wax are affixed to bottom right (of reverse).; (Written by Wendall Zercher.)

Date Range: 1764-1771

Year Range From: 1764

Year Range To: 1771

Creator: Ephrata Cloister Printery

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Cabinet: Framed Items Bin

People: McElkar, Patrick; Miller, John; Miller, Elizabeth; Stout, Margaret

Subject: Ephrata Cloister; Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Ephrata Cloister

Object Name: Deed

Height (cm): 40.64

Height (ft): 1.3333333333

Height (in): 16

Width (cm): 47.625

Width (ft): 1.5625

Width (in): 18.75

Dimension Details: Generally good, darkened and soiled on sections of reverse side, sprinkled stains and light soiling overall. Bottom right corner torn off. Three vertical and two horizontal fold lines.; Framed for 2006 Printed Word Exhibit.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2004-07-28

Condition Notes: Generally good, darkened and soiled on sections of reverse side, sprinkled stains and light soiling overall. Bottom right corner torn off. Three vertical and two horizontal fold lines.; Framed for 2006 Printed Word Exhibit.

Object ID: P.04.34.05

Memory Gardens interments

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Date of Publication: [1994]

Call Number: 310.35 M533

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Typescript

Date of Publication: [1994]

Physical Description: 14 p. 23 cm.

Notes: Alphabetical list of all interments at Memory Gardens as of Oct. 1994

Subjects: Memory Gardens (Ephrata, Pa.); Burial - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 M533

Memory Gardens Cemetery ; Ephrata, Pa

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Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.35 M533

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 14 p. : 29 cm.

Notes: Arranged alphabeticaly by surname.

Subjects: Register of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Ephrata; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 M533

Centennial year, 1891-1991 : the borough of Ephrata, incorporated, 1891

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Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB H693

Responsibility: Ferdinand Hoefner, editor.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Science Press,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: 152 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: At head of title: 100th anniversary publication of the Ephrata Centennial Celebration Committee.; Spine title: Ephrata centennial book.

Subjects: Ephrata Centennial (Pa.), 1891-1991.; Ephrata (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Hoefner, Ferdinand.

Additional Corporate Author: Ephrata Centennial Celebration Committee (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPHB H693

Some theosophical maxims, or, Rules of the solitary life

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Author: Beissel, Conrad,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 286.3 B423

Responsibility: by Georg Conrad Beissel ; translated from the German by Michelle S. Long ; illustrated by Nancy L. Coleman ; compiled and edited by Nadine A. Steinmetz.

Author: Beissel, Conrad,

Uniform Title: Theosophischen Lectionen.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, PA

Publisher: Ephrata Cloister Associates in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: xii, 44 p. : ill. ; 18 x 23 cm.

Notes: Extracted from Erster Theil der Theosophischen Lectionen Betreffende die Schulen des einsamen Lebens (The first part of the theosophical lessons pertaining to the instruction of the solitary life) printed at Ephrata Cloister in 1752.; "This is copy 480 in an edition of 2,000 copies."; Cover title: Rules of the solitary life.

Subjects: Ephrata Cloister - Doctrines.; Devotional literature.; Christian life.; Ephrata (Pa.)

Additional Author: Steinmetz, Nadine A.

Additional Corporate Author: Ephrata Cloister Associates.; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 286.3 B423

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