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The American-German review

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15603
Date of Publication
1934-1970.
Call Number
943 AGR
Alternate Title
American German review
ISSN
0002-8622
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation,
Date of Publication
1934-1970.
Physical Description
36 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Bimonthly, 1939-Aug./Sept. 1970
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1934)-v. 36, no. 6 (Aug./Sept. 1970).
Notes
Library has: v. 1 - v. 12 ; v. 31 - v. 35.
Title from cover.
Subjects
United States - Relations - Germany - Periodicals.
Germany - Relations - United States - Periodicals.
Germany - Civilization - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation.
National Carl Schurz Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
943 AGR
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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.
Documents
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Comprehensive annual financial report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12472
Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Office of the Controller.
Date of Publication
[1977]-
Call Number
352.05 C737
Responsibility
Office of Controller, County of Lancaster.
Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.). Office of the Controller.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Office,
Date of Publication
[1977]-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Annual
Dates of Publication
1977-
Notes
LCHS has 1980, 1982
Subjects
Finance, Public - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Appropriations and expenditures - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352.05 C737
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Index to genealogical periodical literature, 1960-1977

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9384
Author
Sperry, Kip.
Date of Publication
c1979.
Call Number
016.929 S851i
Responsibility
Kip Sperry.
ISBN
0810314037 :
Author
Sperry, Kip.
Place of Publication
Detroit
Publisher
Gale Research Co.,
Date of Publication
c1979.
Physical Description
xxiv, 166 p. ; 22 cm.
Series
Gale genealogy and local history series ; v. 9
Subjects
United States - Genealogy - Periodicals - Indexes.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.929 S851i
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Date of Publication
1972-
Call Number
905.748 LH
Place of Publication
[Morgantown, Pa.]
Publisher
Morgantown-Caernarvon Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1972-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Publication Frequency
Two no. a year
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1972)-
Notes
Library has: vol. 28, no.2 - vol. 32, no. 4
Subjects
Morgantown (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Caernarvon (Berks County, Pa. : Township) - History - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Morgantown-Caernarvon Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
905.748 LH
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Newsletter of the Association for Gravestone Studies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15785
Date of Publication
c1977-
Call Number
736.5 A849g
Alternate Title
Newsletter
AGS newsletter
ISSN
0146-5783
Place of Publication
Stony Brook, NY
Publisher
The Association,
Date of Publication
c1977-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 28-36 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1977)- Vol. 19, no. 4 (fall 1995).
Notes
Library owns Vol. 10, Vol. 16-19.
Place of publication varies.
Subjects
Association for Gravestone Studies - Periodicals.
Sepulchral monuments - United States - Periodicals.
United States - Antiquities - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Association for Gravestone Studies.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
736.5 A849g
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Date of Publication
1976-
Call Number
905.748 PI
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Place of Publication
Columbus, Ohio
Publisher
Palatines to America,
Date of Publication
1976-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 ([winter 1976])-
Notes
"Quarterly journal of Palatines to America."
Subjects
German Americans - Periodicals.
United States - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Germany - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PI
Websites
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Pennsylvania genealogy magazine

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18582
Date of Publication
1971 - .
Call Number
929.3 G326
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1971 - .
Physical Description
v. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Date from cover.
Library has March 1971.
"not connected with publication in Philadelphia by the state historical society."
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 G326
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Date of Publication
[1974-
Call Number
905.748 PHMC
ISSN
0270-7500
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
[1974-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 26-28 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 1974)-
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Pennsylvania Heritage Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PHMC
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Preservation : The newsletter of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18815
Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1979-
Call Number
729 H673n
Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Preservation Trust ,
Date of Publication
1979-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly.
Notes
Library has: Vol.1, no.1 (January 1979), vol.2,no.2 (April 1980), Vol. 11,no.1 (1989), vol. 11,no.4 (1989)--vol.19, no.2 (Summer 1992), vol.20, no.2 (Fall 1993), vol.21, no.1 (Spring 1994--vol.22,no.2 (Summer-Fall 1996)--vol.23,no.2 (Spring 1998), vol.24,no.1 (winter 1999)--vol.25,no.2 (Summer 2000), vol.26, no.2 (Summer 2001)
Name changed from Preservation to Preservation News in 1998.
Subjects
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.) - Periodicals.
Buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History, Local - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
729 H673n
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