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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Object ID: HC0001

Date Range: 1905-1974

dealers (LHo-LOC sh 85005745) Interior decoration (LHo-LOC sh 85067272) Armstrong Cork Company (LHo-LOC n 50001851) Armstrong World Industries (LHo-LOC n 83169682) F. Schumacher & Co. (LHo-LOC n 91059671) Correspondence (LHo-LOC sh 85033035) Letters (LHo-LOC sh 85076240) Student newspapers & periodicals

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Collection: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Title: Archive of Alice P. Fordney

Description: This collection contains ephemera related to Alice Potter Fordney, antiques dealer and rugmaker. Items in the collection include business correspondence with Armstrong, F. Schumacher & Co., and the Montclair art museum; personal correspondence with friends and family; hooked rug patterns; and antiques sale flyers from the early 20th century. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, including the obituary of Fordney's sister Ellen Franklin; reference material for rug making and interior design (informational sheets, books and patterns); several items related to the Yeates School, which Fordney's brother William Bush Fordney attended; several photographs of unidentified persons; and a statement related to the will of William J. Fordney, her uncle.

Admin/Biographical History: Alice Potter Fordney was born June 21, 1887 in Lancaster, the daughter of Ida Cox and Thomas Potter Fordney. A prominent antique dealer from the late 1920s to her retirement in 1965, Fordney also made and sold hooked rugs.; Fordney's family features prominently in Lancaster County history. Her maternal great-grandfather was John Michael, who owned the historic Grape Hotel from 1805-1839. Fordney's paternal great-grandfather William Jenkins built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the "water works" in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a "pioneer" in the industry of women's knit suits, opening her first shop in 1929 in Philadelphia.; Fordney never married. She kept in contact with her nieces and nephews, as evidenced by letters in the collection. According to notes provided by Wendell Zercher, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine Muench, her niece and the donor of the collection, recalled her as "warm and artistic," and "a character." She died April 17, 1973, at the age of 85.; Works Cited:; "Mrs. Franklin, pioneer of women's knit suits, dies." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 10 May 1963, p. 2.; "Accident Fatal to Mrs. Sarah A. Cox." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], no date, page unknown.; "Miss Fordney, Antique Dealer, 85, Succumbs." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 18 April 1973, p. 2.; "One of Lancaster's Most Prominent and Venerable Citizens Passes Away." Daily Intelligencer Journal [Lancaster, PA], 29 July 1889, p. 1.

Date Range: 1905-1974

Year Range From: 1905

Year Range To: 1974

Date of Accumulation: 1905-1974

Creator: Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 28

People: Appel, Charles Rengier; Bohlen, Sidney Franklin; Bowman, Mrs. Edward J.; Boyer, R. J.; Brenneman, Mary Rue Bard; Brown, Hazel Dell; Chiarell, Fred P.; Clark, George W.; Daugherty, Harvey P.; Demuth, Charles; Dodge, Arthur B.; Embsweiler, Ruth; Erb, Edna; Fordney, Alice Potter; Fordney, William Bush Jr.; Fordney, William Jenkins; Franklin, Ellen Julia Fordney; Gibbons, Alice McIlvaine; Gilbert, L. J.; Gingrich, Milton E.; Graybill, John M.; Griest, Charles J.; Higby, Everett; Hostetter, A. K.; Howe, John; Irvine, Blanche; Kent, William Winthrop; Knodle, Edward; Krone, Herbert B.; Lindenmuth, J. D.; Long, Yvonne; Maclay, Helen Hurley; Malone, Clarence; Morris, Charles R.; Morris, Grace M.; Nauman, Gertrude Colson; Orr, Barclay; Pennypacker, Charles A.; Pennypacker, James G.; Randall, Meda; Rannels, Paul; Stokes, Agnes M.; Strickler, Belle; Wolf, Emily

Other Creators: Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006

Subjects: American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Women; Antique dealers; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries; F. Schumacher & Co.; Farm Journal Media; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Letters; Montclair Art Museum; Patterns for crafts; Rugs; Rugs, Hooked; Student newspapers and periodicals; Woman's world magazine

Search Terms: Albert Steiger Company; Antique dealers; Antique sales; Armstrong Cork Company; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Berlinwork patterns; Blue and Brown (Yeates School); Cheney Silks; Cheney Weaves; Christmas; Correspondence; Cricket Club; Dickinson Presbyterian Church; Estate sales; F. Schumacher and Company; Farm Journal Media; Fiber arts; Finding aids; Gilbert's store; Griest Homestead; Guernsey Sales Pavilion; Hager's Department Store; Hershey Fire Hall; Hooked rugs; House & Garden; Interior decoration; Kleinfelter's auction rooms; Letters; Manuscript groups; Montclair Art Museum; Odd Fellows Hall; Olson Rugs; Patterns for crafts; Rossmere Hotel; Rug patterns; Rugs; State Armory Hall; V-mail; Woman's World Magazine; Yeates School

Extent: 3 boxes, 37 folders, 333 items, 1,015 pages to scan, 4.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: HC0001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Sarah McIlvaine Muench Family Papers, MS 44 at Archives and Special Collections, Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.

Related Item Notes: See photograph collection.; See curatorial collection for examples of rugs.; Fordney Family Diaries (MG0539)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Archive of Alice P. Fordney (HC0001), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: The kraft paper patterns in Folders 33-37 are restricted. Please make an appointment with the Director of Archival Services to view these items.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. 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.

Accession Number: G.04.23.52

Classification: HC0001

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: From the Heritage Center of Lancaster County collection, G04.23.52.; Processed and finding aid prepared by MJ, June 2018.

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The house beautiful essays on beds and tables, stools and candlesticks

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo481

Author: Cook, Clarence,

Date of Publication: 1877

Call Number: 749 C771

Responsibility: by Clarence Cook

Author: Cook, Clarence,

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Date of Publication: 1877

Physical Description: 336 p. ill. 23 cm.

Notes: Originally published in Scribner's Monthly

Subjects: Furniture.; Interior decoration.; House furnishings.; Interior decoration accessories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 749 C771

How we lived : everyday furniture, fashions, and settings, 1880-1940

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13394

Author: Seibert, Peter S.

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 770.9 S457

Alternate Title: Everyday furniture, fashions and settings, 1880-1940

Responsibility: Peter Swift Seibert.

ISBN: 0764317431 (pbk.)

Author: Seibert, Peter S.

Place of Publication: Atglen, PA

Publisher: Schiffer,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 128 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: The author uses photographic images of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century to depict everyday life.

Subjects: Interior decoration - United States; Decorative arts - United States; United States - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 770.9 S457

The Armstrong book of interior decoration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19709

Corporate Author: Armstrong Cork Company.

Date of Publication: [1962]

Call Number: 747 A735

Corporate Author: Armstrong Cork Company.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: MacMillan

Date of Publication: [1962]

Physical Description: 191 pages illustrations (some color) plans 28 cm

Subjects: Armstrong World Industries.; Interior decoration.; Tiles in interior decoration.; Floor coverings.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 747 A735

Victorian style

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13539

Author: Miller, Judith.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 709.034 M649

Responsibility: Judith & Martin Miller ; photography by James Merrell.

ISBN: 1857329554 (pbk.)

Author: Miller, Judith.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.

Notes: Originally published: London : M. Beazley, c1993.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 237) and index.

Subjects: Victoriana in interior decoration.; Decoration and ornament

Additional Author: Miller, Martin.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 709.034 M649

The practical book of American furniture and decoration, colonial and federal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2494

Author: Holloway, Edward Stratton.

Edition: A new ed., rev.

Date of Publication: 1937.

Call Number: 645 H745

Responsibility: by Edward Stratton Holloway ... with 200 illustrations.

Author: Holloway, Edward Stratton.

Edition: A new ed., rev.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, London

Publisher: J.B. Lippincott company,

Date of Publication: 1937.

Physical Description: 3 p. l., 5-191 p. front., illus., 140 plates on 70 l. 24 cm.

Series: [Lippincott's practical books for the enrichment of home life]

Notes: First published, 1928, under title: American furniture and decoration, colonial and federal.

Subjects: Furniture - United States.; Interior decoration - United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 645 H745

A handbook of the American Wing opening exhibition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2496

Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.

Date of Publication: 1924.

Call Number: 645 A512

Responsibility: by R.T.H. Halsey and Charles O. Cornelius.

Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Museum,

Date of Publication: 1924.

Physical Description: xxi, 283 p. illus. (incl. plans) 22 cm.

Subjects: Furniture - United States.; Art objects - United States.; Interior decoration.; Architecture, Domestic - United States.; Architecture, Colonial.

Additional Author: Halsey, R. T. Haines; Cornelius, Charles Over,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 645 A512

Interior solutions from Armstrong the 1960s

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16267

Author: Moore, C. Eugene,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Call Number: 747.2 M821i

Responsibility: C. Eugene Moore.

ISBN: 0764307002 (pbk.)

Author: Moore, C. Eugene,

Place of Publication: Atglen, Penn

Publisher: Schiffer,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Physical Description: 175 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Subjects: Armstrong World Industries.; Interior decoration - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 747.2 M821i

Inspiring 1950s interiors from Armstrong

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16268

Author: Moore, C. Eugene,

Date of Publication: c1997.

Call Number: 747.2 M821

Responsibility: C. Eugene Moore.

ISBN: 0764304585 (pbk.)

Author: Moore, C. Eugene,

Place of Publication: Atglen, PA

Publisher: Schiffer Pub.,

Date of Publication: c1997.

Physical Description: 176 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Subjects: Armstrong World Industries.; Interior decoration - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 747.2 M821

Robert E. Locher : A modern Classic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21713

Author: Lampe, Anne M.

Date of Publication: 2017.

Call Number: 747.092 L237

Responsibility: by Anne M. Lampe.

Author: Lampe, Anne M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Demuth Museum,

Date of Publication: 2017.

Physical Description: 209 p.: illus.; 34 cm.

Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Robert E. Locher: A Modern Classic on view at the Demuth Museum, Lancaster, Pa, July 14 - September 8, 2017."; "First edition."

Summary: Born in Lancaster (and friend of Lancaster artist Charles Demuth), Locher was an artist and a designer. "[This book] is the first monograph on this now lesser-known but very influential Renaissance man of the applied arts. Locher, who began his training as an apprentice to an architect in Lancaster then in Philadelphia, made the leap in 1914 to move to New York City...In all his work, Locher remained steadfast to his ability to bridge between the timelessness of classic design and the contemporary modes of the modern world." [from the inside dust jacket]

Subjects: Fashion designer - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Interior decoration - Pennsylvania - Lancasater County.; Fashion illustrators - Pennylvania - Lancaster county.

Additional Author: Locher, Robert Evans,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 747.092 L237

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