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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15355
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
306.9 I78
Responsibility
Kenneth V. Iserson.
ISBN
1883620228 (cloth)
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Tucson, AZ
Publisher
Galen Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xviii, 821 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dying to know : introduction -- I'm dead--now what? -- Help for the living : organ, tissue, & whole-body donation -- The autopsy : my body and the pathologist -- Beauty in death -- The eternal flame -- Souls on ice -- Wayward bodies -- Nightmares -- Going out in style -- Black tie affairs -- From earth to earth -- A hand from the grave -- Say it gently : words, sayings, & poetry about the dead.
Subjects
Death.
Autopsy.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Mortuary Practice.
Attitude to Death.
Funeral Rites.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 I78
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Early Lancaster County funeral customs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo819
Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Date of Publication
1973.
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Miriam Eyde Bixler.
Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[163]-170 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 4
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 4 (1973), p. 163-170Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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Author
Groff, Robert F.
Date of Publication
1992
Call Number
974.815 LACI O63j Oversize
Responsibility
by Robert F. Groff, Jr. as told to Barbara Allen
Author
Groff, Robert F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Library
Date of Publication
1992
Physical Description
19 p. 28 cm.
Notes
An oral history project of Lancaster 250 Education Committee and Operation Remember.
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI O63j Oversize
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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
"Funeral Obsequies of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens"
Object ID
MG0115_P01_F013
Date Range
1868/08
  1 document  
Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
"Funeral Obsequies of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens"
Description
"Funeral Obsequies of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens."
Date Range
1868/08
Creation Date
[August 1868]
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Stevens, Thaddeus
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funerals
Search Terms
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funerals
Stevens and Smith Center
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Funeral Rites
Language
English
Object ID
MG0115_P01_F013
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site 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.
Other Numbers
MG-115
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1, Folder 13
Classification
MG0115
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 18 April 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Invoice for the tolling of bells in Lancaster for the funeral of Thaddeus Stevens
Object ID
MG0115_P01_F026
Date Range
1868/08/26
  1 document  
Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Invoice for the tolling of bells in Lancaster for the funeral of Thaddeus Stevens
Description
Invoice presented to the City of Lancaster for the tolling of bells for the funeral of Thaddeus Stevens. Bells tolled at First German Reformed Church, Lutheran Church (Duke Street), St. Paul's German Reformed Church, St. James Episcopal Church, St. John Episcopal Church, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Washington Fire Company. 26 August 1868. Approved on 25 September 1868 and paid.
Date Range
1868/08/26
Creation Date
26 August 1868; 25 September 1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Stevens, Thaddeus
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Invoices
Search Terms
First Reformed Church, Lancaster
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funerals
Invoices
St. James Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Stevens and Smith Center
Trinity Lutheran Church
Washington Fire Company
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Invoice
Language
English
Object ID
MG0115_P01_F026
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site 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.
Other Numbers
MG-115
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1, Folder 26
Classification
MG0115
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 18 April 2022.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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A Lancaster City boy in the gay nineties, part III

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo602
Author
Eyde, Abner McMichael.
Date of Publication
1973.
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Abner McMichael Eyde as told to Miriam Eyde Bixler.
Author
Eyde, Abner McMichael.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[143]-162 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 4
Subjects
Groff, Fred F.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 4 (1973), p. 143-162Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Letter from the relatives of James Buchanan to H. M. North
Object ID
MG0096 F015 It06
Date Range
1868/06/02
  1 document     8 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Letter from the relatives of James Buchanan to H. M. North
Description
A letter from the relatives of James Buchanan to H. M. North, Esq. designating him as a pallbearer at the funeral of Buchanan. The funeral was to take place at Wheatland. Lancaster. See digital image of original at JBFP 5.1.1.008
Date Range
1868/06/02
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Buchanan, James
North, Hugh McAlister
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Pallbearers
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Letters
Funerals
Pallbearers
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 0 pages to scan DO NOT FILM, 29.5 x 21 cm
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
MG0096
Object ID
MG0096 F015 It06
Location of Originals
photostatic copy of original in JBFP 5.1.1.008
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
Persons wishing to publish any material from this site 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, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 015, Item 06
Classification
MG0096
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Mortal remains : death in early America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14627
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
306.9 M887
Responsibility
edited by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein.
ISBN
0812236785 (cloth : alk. paper)
081221823X (paper : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-245) and index.
Subjects
Death - United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Thanatology - United States.
Attitude to Death - United States.
Funeral Rites - United States.
Literature, Modern - United States.
Religion and Psychology - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Isenberg, Nancy.
Burstein, Andrew.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 M887
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Pennsylvania German funeral lore

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13759
Author
Shupp, Leonard E.
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v. 18, no.1
Responsibility
by Leonard E. Shupp.
Author
Shupp, Leonard E.
Physical Description
p. 5 - 11.
Notes
The Rainbow, v. 18, no. 1 (1984).
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Mourning customs - Pennsylvania.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v. 18, no.1
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Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Amish Culture
Object ID
MG0434_Box021
Date Range
1988/04 - 1995/07
Collection
Scrapbook Collection
Title
Amish Culture
Description
This scrapbook discusses many aspects about the Lancaster County Amish community. Several well-known Amish customs are mentioned throughout the newspaper clippings such as Rumspringa, barn raising, marriage season, and education. Other articles contain information about funeral customs, past-time activities, agriculture and other occupations. An article of special interest surrounds two Amish men arrested for religious beliefs.
Date Range
1988/04 - 1995/07
Creation Date
April 1988 - July 1995
Year Range From
1988
Year Range To
1995
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 22
Subjects
Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
Amish
Amish farmers
Amish women
Amish--Customs and practices
Amish--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Amish--Marriage customs and rites
Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Education
Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--20th century
Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--Economic conditions
Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Social life and customs
Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Public Opinion
Barns
Carriages
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Horticulture
Lancaster (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local
Rumspringa
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Amish
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Newspaper clippings
Scrapbooks
Women
Extent
1 volume
Object Name
Scrapbook
Language
English
Object ID
MG0434_Box021
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Ferster, H. V. the Education of Amish Children. Buffalo, New York: Typescript, 1980.
Amish Traditions. Call Number: 289.71 Y54
The Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Call Number: 289.71 S819
Amish Beliefs, Customs and Discipline. Call Number: 289.71 L643
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request this item by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.
Copyright
This item 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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-434
Other Number
MG-434, Box 21
Classification
MG0434
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.
Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 158.
This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
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