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Three hundred years with the Pennsylvania traveler

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Author: Shank, William H.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 380.5 S524

Responsibility: by William H. Shank.

Author: Shank, William H.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: American Canal and Transportation Center,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 194.

Contents: Chapters: PENNSYLVANIA INDIAN TRAILS --- EARLY ROAD DEVELOPMENT --- EARLY RIVER TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA --- LAND VEHICLES AND ROADCONDITIONS, EARLY 1800's --- THE FIRST STONE-SURFACED ROADS --- PENNSYLVANIA PIONEER BRIDGE BUILDERS --- THE CANAL ERA -- AQUEDUCTS AND CANAL ENGINEERING -- INCLINED PLANES AND GRAVITY RAILWAYS --- STEAM RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA --- THE PLANK ROAD--- THE BICYCLE CRAZE --- URBAN RAIL CARS --- THE AUTO ERA OPENS--- PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY --- AIR TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA --- THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAVELER TODAY AND TOMORROW

Summary: Pennsylvania's unusual topography and location at the hub of the original 13 colonies make the state's transportation history unique.This comprehensive, 156-page book with four-color cover employs delightful, often humorous, perceptions of the problems which beset Pennsylvania pioneers. It also details an amazing assortment of vehicles and unusual means of crossing streams and mountains, perhaps unequalled in any other state.

Subjects: Transportation - Pennsylvania; Roads - Pennsylvania.; Canals - Pennsylvania.; Indian trails - Pennsylvania.; Trolley cars - Pennsylvania.; Railroads - Pennsylvania.; Bridges - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 380.5 S524

History of the Mountwaybia Club

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Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Date of Publication: 1970.

History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of

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Responsibility: by Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [23]-29 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Breneman, W. P., - Mrs.; Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.); Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 23-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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The private records of Rev. George Jacob Martz, 1869-1878 : comprising deaths, marriages, and baptisms during his ministerium at Womelsdorf Lutheran Church, Berks County, and Lutheran Churches of the southeastern area of Lebanon County and the extreme northern area of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: 38 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2 (January 1978)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 016.9748 P415mrw

Responsibility: Roland M. Baumann, project director and editor, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant editor, Douglas H. West, assistant editor.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 22 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.; West, Douglas H.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415mrw

The Plain churches of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : and related groups: Mennonite--Amish--Brethren--River Brethren

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Author: Scott, Stephen,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 512

Author: Scott, Stephen,

Place of Publication: Lancaster

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: Map On sheet 74 x 114 cm.

Notes: Shows locations of churches, of meeting houses, and parish boundaries.; Includes text, indexes, and chart of "The family tree of the Plain Chuches in Lancaster County" with notes.

Subjects: Parishes - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Sects - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Anabaptists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County; Church, Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 LACO 512

Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies (pursuant to Statute 13 George 11, c.7)

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Author: Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,

Date of Publication: 1979.

Call Number: 929.33 G538

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Responsibility: edited by M.S. Guiseppi.

Author: Giuseppi, Montague Spencer,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co., ;

Date of Publication: 1979.

Physical Description: xix, 195 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: "Originally published as volume XXIV of The Publications of The Huguenot Society of London, London, 1921."; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Naturalization records - Pennsylvania.; Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - York County.; Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; United States - Genealogy - Sources.; United States - Emigration and immigration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.33 G538

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Fields of peace: a Pennsylvania German album

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Author: Brand, Millen,

Edition: [1st ed.].

Date of Publication: [1970]

Call Number: 917.48 B817

Responsibility: Text by Millen Brand. Photos. by George A. Tice.

Author: Brand, Millen,

Edition: [1st ed.].

Place of Publication: Garden City, N.Y

Publisher: Doubleday

Date of Publication: [1970]

Physical Description: 159 p. illus. 20 x 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 157-158.

Summary: A photographic study of the Pennsylvania Germans (mistakenly named Pennsylvania Dutch), portraying the people, their homes, farms, cultural background and customs.

Subjects: Mennonites - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania Dutch.; Mennonites.; Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Tice, George A.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 917.48 B817

Journey through Pennsylvania, 1835, by canal, rail, and stage coach

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Author: Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 380.5 N632

Responsibility: as written by Peregrine Prolix (Philip Nicklin) ; with introd. by William H. Shank.

Author: Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,

Uniform Title: Pleasant peregrination through the prettier parts of Pennsylvania

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: American Canal and Transportation Center,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: 92 p. : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.

Notes: Reprint, with new ill., of the 1836 ed. published by Grigg and Elliot, Philadelphia, under title: A pleasant peregrination through the prettier parts of Pennsylvania.

Summary: "Nicklin writes with great perception and humor of his experiences while traveling across Pennsylvania in 1835 by canal, stage coach, inclined plane and railroad. His interesting and detailed descriptions of these conveyances and the anecdotes he relates in this connection with such relish, make his twelve letters, which we publish here in their entirety, a classic of American non-fiction." [introduction]

Subjects: Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke, - 1786-1842.; Canals - Pennsylvania.; Railroads - Pennsylvania.; Coaching - Pennsylvania.; Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1835.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Description and travel - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 380.5 N632

Central Pennsylvania redware pottery, 1780-1904

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Author: Lasansky, Jeannette.

Date of Publication: c1979.

Call Number: 738.3 L339

Alternate Title: Redware pottery, 1780-1904

Responsibility: Jeannette Lasansky.

Author: Lasansky, Jeannette.

Place of Publication: Lewisburg, Pa

Publisher: Union County Oral Traditions Projects,

Date of Publication: c1979.

Physical Description: 60 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Notes: "An oral taditions project."; Includes bibliographies and index.

Subjects: Pottery, American - Pennsylvania.; Pottery - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 738.3 L339

The Afro-American in Pennsylvania : a critical guide to sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives

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Author: McBride, David,

Date of Publication: 1979.

Call Number: 326 M119

Responsibility: by David McBride.

Author: McBride, David,

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1979.

Physical Description: vii, 36 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents: I. Slavery: the colonial and early national period -- II. Free black life in the antebellum period: political, legal and socio-economic status -- III. The Civil War period -- IV. Reconstruction and the late nineteenth century -- V. The early twentieth century and World War I -- VI. The twenties and the New Deal decades -- VII. World War II and the modern era.

Notes: African American resources in the Lancaster County Historical Society.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Catalogs.; African Americans - Pennsylvania; Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg; Pennsylvania - Race relations - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 326 M119

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