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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

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Author
Bixler, Miriam Eyde.
Date of Publication
1973.
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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
Documents

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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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A Lancaster City boy in the gay nineties, part III

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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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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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Author
Wilde, Betty.
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.1, no.4
Responsibility
by Betty Wilde.
Author
Wilde, Betty.
Notes
In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.1, no.4.
Subjects
Wilde family.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OAHS v.1, no.4
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