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Collection
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Object ID
MG0010
Date Range
1817-1996
17603 717.392.4633 · lancasterhistory.org Subject Headings: Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.) School catalogs Girls’ schools School notebooks School yearbooks Women--Education Search Terms: Broadsides Finding aids Girls' schools Linden Hall Linden Hall Echo Manuscript groups School catalogs School notebooks
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Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Title
Linden Hall Seminary Collection
Description
The Linden Hall Seminary Collection contains school catalogs and Linden Hall Echo, the school yearbook. Other items include financial records, fundraising information, school workbooks, and a diploma from 1886.
Admin/Biographical History
Linden Hall Seminary is a girls' school located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1742 by the Moravian community, it is the oldest continuously operated girls' school in the United States.
Date Range
1817-1996
Year Range From
1817
Year Range To
1996
Date of Accumulation
1817-1996
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Beverly, Jane B.
Kepler, Mary
Subjects
Girls' schools
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
School catalogs
School notebooks
School yearbooks
Women--Education
Search Terms
Broadsides
Finding aids
Girls' schools
Linden Hall
Linden Hall Echo
Manuscript groups
School catalogs
School notebooks
Yearbooks
Extent
2 boxes, 22 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German
Object ID
MG0010
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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.
Other Numbers
MG-10
Classification
MG0010
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 8 Febraury 2018.
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letters from James Buchanan
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.015
Date Range
1849-1851
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letters from James Buchanan
Description
Note: This group of six photocopied letters to Rev. Eugene A. Freauf were generously provided by Linden Hall School, which retains the originals.
Letter 1 Letter concerns the bill of Miss Yates in the amount of 8½ cents. No date.
Letter 2 Letter making arrangements to send Miss Hobbs, Miss Dow, and the Misses Laumans for a Saturday appointment. Miss Lane will not be going, but Mr. John Ford, the driver of the carriage, is a careful driver. Wheatland, 26 September 1849.
Letter 3 Letter regretting not attending a musical presentation because of bad weather. Wheatland, 6 March 1850. Letter 4 Letter offering to send a carriage for Miss Theodora, the Misses Laumans, and his niece if they have permission to visit him. Wheatland, 13 August 1850. Letter 5 Letter announcing that Harriet Parker, sister of Miss Hetty, will accompany a pupil for the school. Wheatland, 18 November 1851.
Letter 6 Letter regretting that he cannot attend a function at the school tomorrow because of bad weather and because he has already accepted an invitation to attend the opening of the plank road between Lancaster and Petersburg. Wheatland, 7 December 1851.
Date Range
1849-1851
Year Range From
1849
Year Range To
1851
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 1
People
Freauf, Eugene A.
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Ford, John
Parker, Harriet
Parker, Esther "Miss Hetty"
Subjects
Letters
Turnpikes
Plank roads
Weather
Invoices
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Correspondence
Harriet Lane Johnston
Invoices
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Letters
Linden Hall
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Plank Road
Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Plank roads
Roads
Turnpikes
Weather
Extent
6 items, 14 pages to scan, 8.5 x 11 in.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.015
Location of Originals
Photocopies of six items. Originals at Linden Hall.
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 Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
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
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1995.405
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 15
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Linden Hall : enduring values, changing times

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1907
Author
Handler, Bonnie S.,
Date of Publication
1996.
Call Number
373.222 H236
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Responsibility
text by Bonnie S. Handler '60 ; contributors, Judith Jackson Melzer '65, Josephine Haubner Yocum '59 ; editor, Eleanor W. LaCasse.
Author
Handler, Bonnie S.,
Place of Publication
Lititz, Pa
Publisher
Published for Linden Hall by Sutter House,
Date of Publication
1996.
Physical Description
207 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199) and index.
Subjects
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.) - History.
Boarding schools - Pennsylvania
Women - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Melzer, Judith Jackson.
Yocum, Josephine Haubner.
LaCasse, Eleanor W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
373.222 H236
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The ornamental branches : needlework and arts from the Lititz Moravian girls' school between 1800 and 1865

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Author
Herr, Patricia T.,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
746.44 H564
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Responsibility
by Patricia T. Herr.
ISBN
089865968X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Herr, Patricia T.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. : Virginia Beach, Va
Publisher
Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County ; Donning Co.,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
87 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Exhibit April 19 through December 30, 1996 at the Heritage Center Museum ... Lancaster, Pennsylvania"--t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 84) and index.
Contents
Contents : "The ornamental branches": needlework and arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School between 1800 and 1865 --- Lititz Day School roster: 1808 to 1840 --- Lititz Boarding School roster: 1794 to 1840 --- Geographic origin of boarding students -- Endnotes.
Summary
Issued as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of Linden Hall, the school these young crafters attended in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Includes school rosters from the early 1800s, as well as lists of the geographic origins of the boarding students.
Subjects
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.) - History
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Needlework - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Additional Corporate Author
Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
746.44 H564
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Work, Cut Paper

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Collection
Fine Arts Collection
Title
Lizzie Lauber Scherenschnitte
Object ID
P.91.7
Date Range
circa 1818
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Collection
Fine Arts Collection
Title
Lizzie Lauber Scherenschnitte
Description
Papercut or Scherenschnitte wrought by a student at Linden Hall Seminary, Lititz. Mounted on dark red balanced weave fabric on board. Design has a flowerpot base; tree with leaves, birds (including a peacock), tulips, and girl with watering can held over a plant/flower. The girl is wearing pantaloons under a full skirt.
Inscribed on reverse: "Lizzie Lauber cut this for me when (at) Lititz school I was 15 years old then we were chums" and "Cut out be (by?) a school friend of G-Mother's. Done when they were at Linden Hall- Lititz about 1818. Mother was born 1836 went Linden Hall when about 12 years."
Provenance
Typewritten inscription on reverse side of back board states: "From the sale of Anna Elizabeth Martin, 242 N. Charlotte St., Lancaster. 94 years old, 6-21-58" Perhaps written by auctioneer?
Date Range
circa 1818
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 43
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Drawer
Bin 2-F
People
Lauber, Lizzie
Subject
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.)
Paper art
Scherenschnitte
Search Terms
Linden Hall
Paper art
Scherenschnitte
Object Name
Work, Cut Paper
Oither Names
Scherenschnitte
Height (cm)
19.685
Height (ft)
0.6458333333
Height (in)
7.75
Width (cm)
14.2875
Width (ft)
0.46875
Width (in)
5.625
Condition
Fair
Condition Notes
Crease down center of papercut, slight discoloration here. Two pinholes in center, near crease. 2 distinct dark stains, and a few other lesser stains. Several outer portions have folds or creases, and there are many places where the piece has torn, but the pieces are still present. One bird at the top right of the tree is in very bad shape, with missing pieces. One 'leaf' missing on the lift side of the tree. Remounted by conservator Brian Howard with a new window mat & Plexi glazing. Repairs done.
Object ID
P.91.7
Notes
All notes and descriptions prepared by Michael Martin, 24 September 1997.
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