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250th anniversary history : 1724-1974

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Date of Publication
1974]
Call Number
285.1 P425e
Responsibility
edited by Beth Eby ; cover by Elizabeth B. Ford.
Place of Publication
[Gap, Pa
Publisher
Pequea Presbyterian Church,
Date of Publication
1974]
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Pequea United Presbyterian Church.
Subjects
Pequea Presbyterian Church (Gap, Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Eby, Beth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 P425e
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The 250th anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo891
Author
Troop, Hiram G.
Date of Publication
1977
The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church by Hiram G. Troop, Sr. Mr. Madison E. McElwain's Faith and Works at Middle Octorara Since 1727 was published in 1956, and there is a copy in the LCHS col- lection. "The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyter- ian
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Responsibility
by Hiram G. Troop, Sr.
Author
Troop, Hiram G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
[88]-91 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 81, no. 2
Subjects
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 81, number 2 (1977), p. 88-91Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.81
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Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
. Berlinwork patterns Cheney Silks Cheney Weaves Christmas V-mail Correspondence Cricket Club Dickinson Presbyterian Church Estate sales F. Schumacher & Co. Farm Journal Media Fiber arts Finding aids Gilbert's store Griest Homestead Guernsey Sales Pavilion Hagers' Department Store Hershey Fire Hall Hooked rugs
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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 Donegal Society Collection
Title
The Donegal Society Collection
Object ID
MG0975
Collection
The Donegal Society Collection
Title
The Donegal Society Collection
Description
This collection contains programs, session schedules, miscellaneous correspondence and other items from the Donegal Society.
Admin/Biographical History
The Donegal Society was organized in 1909 to maintain, preserve and promote the history and grounds of the Donegal Presbyterian Church near Mount Joy, Lancaster County, and the history of the Scots-Irish who settled in the area and founded the church in 1721.
Year Range From
1909
Year Range To
1985
Date of Accumulation
1909-1985
Creator
LancasterHistory
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Casanova, A. Y.
Hamilton, Hugh
Eshleman, H. Frank
Zell, Josephine P.
Hogue, Walter Jenkins
Hutchison, Ralph Cooper
Schock, Clarence
Prentis, H. W.
Simons, S. S.
McCollough, Clair
Anderson, James
Allison, John
Mitchell, James
Hayes, David
Other Creators
The Donegal Society
Subjects
Presbyterian Church
Search Terms
Donegal Presbyterian Church
Speeches
Programs
Plaques
Deeds
Patents
Manuscript groups
Extent
12folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0975
Notes
Preferred Citation: The Donegal Society Collection (MG0975), 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-975
Other Number
MG-975
Classification
MG0975
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Title
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Object ID
MG0050
Date Range
1703-1991
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Collection
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Title
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Description
The work of Eleanor Fulton, a professional researcher. Contains information on the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, including First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donegal Presbyterian Church. Also, genealogy notes for local families and St. James Episcopal Church.
System of Arrangement
Organized by subject, arranged chronologically.
Date Range
1703-1991
Year Range From
1703
Year Range To
1991
Date of Accumulation
1703-1991
Creator
Fulton, Eleanor
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Ashmead, William
Buchanan, James
Fulton, Robert
Woodhull, John
Subjects
Genealogy
Letters
Presbyterian Church
United States--History--War of 1812
Search Terms
Booklets
Correspondence
Diaries
Donegal Presbytery
Ephemera
Genealogy
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Presbyterian Church
War of 1812
Extent
2 boxes, 56 folders, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0050
Location of Originals
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-50
Classification
MG0050
Description Level
Fonds
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Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Object ID
MG0573
Date Range
1923-2003
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Collection
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Description
This collection contains genealogy for some of the descendants of Philip Lefever. Family history includes family sheets for several descendants, the family crest and a family tree. Copies of the will and estate inventory of Martin K. Lefever are among the documents. Minutes are preserved from the Adam Lefever Descendants Reunions, 1945-1979. There are also legal papers and information for the Philip Lefever Cemetery and Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association, including the rededication of the cemetery in 2001.
Date Range
1923-2003
Creation Date
1923-2003
Year Range From
1923
Year Range To
2003
Creator
Lefevre family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Brandt, Kathleen
Brenneman, Mabel
Brubaker, Ann Mary Lefever
Brubaker, John H.
Buckwalter, Nancy
Buckwalter, Naomi
Buckwalter, Nathan
Dagen, Florence Lefever
Dagen, Jacob Jr.
Dagen, Jacob L.
Dagen, Lester L.
Eaby, Christian Earl
Eshleman, Arlene
Eshleman, Chester L. Jr.
Frey, Furry H.
Gontner, Lizzie
Hess, Edith A. Lefever
Houser, Emma Lefever
Huber, Christian
Huber, Elizabeth Lefever
Kirk, Ethel
Knight, Mary Lefever
Lefever, Adam K.
Lefever, Ruth M.
Lefever, Benjamin M.
Lefever, Charles
Lefever, Charles J., Sr.
Lefever, Charles R.
Lefever, Christian
Lefever, Clair
Lefever, Edna
Lefever, Elizabeth
Lefever, Elizabeth M. Gerlach
Lefever, Emilie A.
Lefever, Enos
Lefever, Ernest
Lefever, Frank K.
Lefever, Gertrude M.
Lefever, Gladys Brenneman
Lefever, Harry M.
Lefever, Henry
Lefever, Henry K.
Lefever, Isaac
Lefever, John A.
Lefever, John M.
Lefever, Leon
Lefever, Martin
Lefever, Martin K.
Lefever, Martin M.
Lefever, Mary Buckwalter
Lefever, Mary C.
Lefever, Mengen
Lefever, Parke M.
Lefever, Paul S.
Lefever, Philip
Lefever, Walter F.
Martin, Anna G. Lefever
Martin, Reba Mae
Meck, Robert A.
Mellinger, Catherine
Metzler, Mary L. Lefever
Morrow, Grace
Mylin, Amanda C.
Mylin, Frank H.
Mylin, Martha Lefever
Rohrer, Betty P. Lefever
Sensenig, Gladys
Shimp, Charles
Shimp, Verna Lefever
Smith, Dottie
Stoltzfus, Amos L.
Stoltzfus, Clarence L.
Stoltzfus, Elmer L.
Stoltzfus, Marjorie E. Lefever
Williams, Steven A.
Subjects
Family records
Cemeteries
Genealogy
Business records
Family reunions
Search Terms
Business records
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Family records
Family reunions
Finding aids
Genealogy
Grave Concerns, Inc.
Harvest Presbyterian Church
Letters
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association
Philip Lefever Cemetery
Wills
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 binder, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0573
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-573
Classification
MG0573
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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History of Pequea Presbyterian Church : delivered September 8th, 1876

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13997
Author
Alexander, W. C.
Date of Publication
between 1970 and 1999]
Call Number
285.1 P425 reprint
Responsibility
by W.C. Alexander ; reprint and index by Gary T. Hawbaker.
Author
Alexander, W. C.
Place of Publication
[Hershey, Pa
Publisher
Gary T. Hawbaker,
Date of Publication
between 1970 and 1999]
Physical Description
51 p. ; 17 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint. Originally published: The New Era Steam Book. Lancaster, Pa., 1878.
Subjects
Pequea Presbyterian Church (Pequea, Pa.) - History.
Pequea (Pa.) - Church history.
Pequea (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Hawbaker, Gary T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 P425 reprint
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Little Britain Presbyterian Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo368
Author
Stubbs, Charles H.
Date of Publication
1978
Little Britain Presbyterian Church by Dr. Charles H. Stubbs The migration of the Scotch-Irish into these parts was coeval with that of the English Friends. They embraced the Presbyterian faith, and in those days not being sufficiently numerous to form a congregation, received oc- casional visits
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Responsibility
by Dr. Charles H. Stubbs.
Author
Stubbs, Charles H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1978
Physical Description
[165]-168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 82, no. 3
Subjects
Little Britain Presbyterian Church (Fulton Twp., Pa.)
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 82, number 3 (1978), p. 165-168Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.82
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Middle Octorara and the Revolution : a history prepared for the Bicentennial and 250th Anniversary Committee of the Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17567
Author
Girvin, J. Barry
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
285.1 G515
Responsibility
J. Barry Girvin.
Author
Girvin, J. Barry
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
29 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [28]-29).
Subjects
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 G515
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Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church : minutes for history

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Author
Beyer, Dorothy J.
Date of Publication
1976?
Call Number
285.1 M627b
Responsibility
compiled by Dorothy J. Beyer.
Author
Beyer, Dorothy J.
Place of Publication
[S.β
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1976?
Physical Description
62 p. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
United Presbyterian Church of North America - History.
Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 M627b
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