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Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Letter from Stephen C. Foster to William E. Miller

Object ID: JBFP 8.1.1.004

Date Range: 1849/05/25

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Letter from Stephen C. Foster to William E. Miller

Description: Letter from Stephen C. Foster to William E. Miller regarding the copyrights and publications of his songs “Louisiana Belle,” “Uncle Ned” and “Oh, Susanna.” Cincinnati, OH. Photostatic copy.

Date Range: 1849/05/25

Creator: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 8, Box 1

People: Foster, Stephen Collins; Miller, William E.

Subjects: Copyright--Music; Music publishing; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Copyright; Music; Music publishing; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 1 page to scan, 20 x 24.5 cm.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 8.1.1.004

Location of Originals: Photostatic copy. Location of the original is unknown.

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

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS2000.039.3

Other Number: JBFP Part 8, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 4

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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Clock, Tall Case

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.92.02

Date Range: c. 1803

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: 8-day musical clockworks by Mennonite Christian Eby (c.1768-1803) of Manheim. Housed in a large, inlaid cherry case attributed to Emanuel Dyer. Case is transitional from Chippendale to Federal, although strongly Federal due to inlay of eagle and floral motifs on tympanum, quarter fan inlays and another floral inlay on waist section, and a patera centered on the base within a cartouche of line inlay.; Notes: Weight, key, and various parts located in box on Unit 52, Bottom Shelf.; Hood has side lights, fluted colonettes at sides, swan's neck scrolls terminating in inlaid paterae, three ball and spire finials (spire missing on center finial). Waist and base have fluted quarter columns. French bracket feet.; White-painted iron dial w/ Roman numerals on chapter ring. Seconds use Arabic numerals. Floral spandrels, lunar dial and inscription "C EBY Manheim under XII. Above lunar dial are ten names of tunes played by the musical works. Dial attributed to Reading area due to a dark moon wheel and the 2 hemispheres for the moon phase are identical (per Gary Sullivan). He also notes that brass-clad weights are very unusual, and usually an English practice.

Provenance: Ex Renner (per Gary Sullivan, clock dealer). Later from estate sale of Pauline Heilman of York, PA by Sotheby's July 17, 1982. The buyer, a private client of Citibank, put clock in storage in Florida, then consigned it Christie's where HCLC purchased Jan. 1992.

Date Range: c. 1803

Year Range From: 1768

Year Range To: 1803

Made By: Eby, Christian; Deyer, Emanuel

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Gerhart Gallery

Storage Wall: East Wall

People: Eby, Christian; Deyer, Emanuel

Subject: Clock chime music; Clocks; Tall case clocks

Search Terms: Clock chime music; Clocks; Inlays (Decorations); Movements (Clockworks); Music; Tall case clocks

Inscription Position: On dial under XII.

Inscription Technique: Painted

Inscription Text: C Eby Manheim

Inscription Type: Manufacturer's Mark

Object Name: Clock, Tall Case

Material: Wood, Glass, Brass

Height (cm): 269.875

Height (ft): 8.8541666667

Height (in): 106.25

Width (cm): 64.135

Width (ft): 2.1041666667

Width (in): 25.25

Depth (cm): 30.7975

Depth (ft): 1.0104166667

Depth (in): 12.125

Condition: good

Condition Date: 2017-12-04

Condition Notes: John and Carol Pyfer paid $800 for Quentin Johnson to repair the clockworks and get it running in 2004. Clock hands have losses (pieces in a box stored in clock bottom), repaired by Johnson. Case refinished (see early photos in file). Scratch on side to left of pendulum door; nicks & scratches at left side vertical member of opening to pendulum. Marred overall. Split at left side of front section of molding under hood. Pieces of string inlay replaced. Proper left back foot loose; proper left front column loose. See Gary Sullivan condition report (loan to Willard House)

Object ID: P.92.02

Notes: Made by Christian Eby (c.1768-1803), working 1792-1803. Case attributed to Emanuel Deyer.; J.J. Snyder notes, "The clock is significant because it is the only known Lancaster Co. eagle-inlaid clock with a musical movement. Musical movements predating 1840 are quite rare, and fewer than eight Lancaster Co. musical clocks prior to 1840 are known to survive. The inlay is unique in the placement of the eagle in the center of the pediment rather than in an oval medallion above the pendulum door and in the use of floral inlay in addition to the eagle. In summary, the Christian Eby clock is a masterpiece of not only regional but also national importance."; Snyder also states "Unquestionably, this is one of the most elegant and sophisticated pieces of Lancaster County Federal furniture now known." He adds "Of all the known Lancaster County eagle-inlaid clock cases, this one alone has floral inlays. In view of the fact that this case must predate Christian Eby's death in 1803, it stands as the earliest known use of the eagle as a patriotic device in Lancaster County furniture."; Snyder also suggests Manheim cabinetmaker Emanuel Dyer (1760-1836) as the probable casemaker. Working for about a half century starting in the early 1780s, Dyer was the leading Manheim cabinetmaker.

Place of Origin: Manheim

Credit: Gift of members and friends of the Heritage Center, Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number: P.92.02

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Lititz as an early musical centre

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Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Date of Publication: 1915

LITITZ AS AN EARLY MUSICAL CENTRE. THEhistoryofmusicinLancastercountybeginswiththeearlyreligiousmovements. The county of high agricul- tural destiny was in the mak- ing—with axe and plowshare—and there was neither opportunity nor oc- casion for serious or organized effort in the field of music

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Responsibility: by Herbert H. Beck.

Author: Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1915

Physical Description: 71-81 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 3

Subjects: Music - Pennsylvania; Orchestral music.; Musicians - Pennsylvania - Lititz; Band music.; Lititz (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 3 (1915), p. 71-81Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19

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The church music of the Old Order Amish of the United States

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Author: Hohmann, Rupert Karl,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: Drawer 1, Sec. 4: #28

Responsibility: Rupert Karl Hohmann.

Author: Hohmann, Rupert Karl,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: iv, 257 leaves : ill.; 1 reel ; 35 mm.

Notes: Vita.; Labeled on box # 28.; Bibliography: leaves [252]-257.; Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1960. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Subjects: Church music; Church music - United States.; Mennonites; Amish

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 1, Sec. 4: #28

The history and development of the marimba ensemble in the United States and its current status in college and university percussion programs

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Author: Eyler, David Paul,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 789.6 E97

Responsibility: by David Paul Eyler.

Author: Eyler, David Paul,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: x, 270 leaves : music, forms ; 29 cm.

Notes: This thesis includes information gleaned from a survey of marimba ensembles at different colleges and universities. Millersville University was a responding school.; Vita.; Bibliography: leaves 208-228.