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Collection
M. T. Garvin Papers
Title
M. T. Garvin Papers (MG-34)
Object ID
MG0034
Date Range
1899-1988
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Collection
M. T. Garvin Papers
Title
M. T. Garvin Papers (MG-34)
Description
This collection contains information and materials relating to Milton Thomas Garvin, his department store and the Garvin Lecture Series. The scrapbooks were complied by him through the years of 1899-1936. Other items in this collection include letters to family and business partners, several pamphlets from the Garvin Lecture Series, M. T. Garvin & Co. store information, receipts, invoices, banquet programs, and a sampling of financial records from the store.
Admin/Biographical History
Milton Thomas Garvin was born in Fulton Township around 1860. In 1874, at the age of fourteen, Garvin quit school and moved to Lancaster City. He worked various odd jobs before he was hired to work as an errand boy for R. E. Fahnestock's dry goods store in December of 1874.
At the age of sixteen, Fahnestock promoted Garvin to a salesman for the store. He continued to work there through his adolescent years and was promoted to manager at the age of twenty-one, when Fahnestock was in failing health. Garvin assumed that responsibility for twelve years and then bought the store when Fahnestock was ready to retire. Garvin renamed the store M. T. Garvin & Co.
Over the next ten years, Garvin bought the rest of the building and several surrounding buildings to expand his store to a four story and three lot property. He prospered in business and was a philanthropist throughout Lancaster County.
Other than a prominent businessman, Garvin served as a board member, trustee, director or president of the following organizations: The Shippen School for Girls, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, Meadville Theological Seminary, A. Herr Smith and Mechanics' Libraries, Lancaster Charity Society, Joseph Priestly Conference, and People's Octoraro Meeting House.
Milton Thomas Garvin died on 18 August 1936.
Date Range
1899-1988
Year Range From
1899
Year Range To
1988
Date of Accumulation
1899-1988
Creator
Garvin, Milton Thomas, 1860-1936
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Bechtold, Walter
Bixler, Julius Seelye
Cayce, Hugh Lynn
Chaisson, Eric J.
Compton, Arthur H.
Cousins, Norman
Fitch, S. W.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson
Garvin, Milton Thomas
Hart, Hornell
Hocking, William Ernest
Hopf, Richard
Hupper, Jacob
Kennedy, Gerald
Kiehl, J. P.
Kring, Walter Donald
Lamont, Corliss
Maritain, Jacques
McMurrin, Sterling M.
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Northop, F.S.C.
Noss, John B.
Park, Charles E.
Ross, James H.
Rossner, John
Royden, Maude
Ruether, Rosemary Radford
Smith, Andrew
Sperry, Willard L.
Taylor, Jeremy
Thurman, Howard
Tillich, Paul
Other Creators
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Subjects
Business records
Civic leaders
Department stores
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Civic leaders
Correspondence
Department stores
Elks (Fraternal order)
Hotel Brunswick
Lancaster Elks Lodge, No. 134
Letters
M. T. Garvin and Co.
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Stevens House Hotel
Williamson Park
Wills
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Extent
5 boxes,12 folders, 13 scrapbooks, 4.5 cubic ft
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0034
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph and Curatorial Collections.
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-34
Classification
MG0034
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by TH, April 2014. Added to database 10 May 2018.
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Scrapbooks South Mountain Railroad South Queen Street Stock certificates Susquehanna Railroad Tickets Tolls Trolley car barn Trolley car yard Trolley cars Trolleys Turnpikes Walnut Street WGAL (TV station) Williams Park Station Willow Street Turnpike Windsor Twp., York County �230 North President Avenue
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Collection
Stevens House Hotel Records
Title
Stevens House Hotel Records
Object ID
MG0246
Date Range
1897-1928
Content Note: The Stevens House Hotel Records include items from the Stevens House Hotel in Lancaster, PA. The hotel was considered one of the most elegant outside of Philadelphia. Two scrapbooks contain board meeting minutes, as well as menus and programs for events that took place at the hotel. The
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Collection
Stevens House Hotel Records
Title
Stevens House Hotel Records
Description
The Stevens House Hotel Records include items from the Stevens House Hotel in Lancaster, PA. The hotel was considered one of the most elegant outside of Philadelphia. Two scrapbooks contain board meeting minutes, as well as menus and programs for events that took place at the hotel. The board meeting minutes record the management and modernization of the hotel. Researchers will find an example of how Prohibition affected the local economy. The second book preserves programs from New Year's Eve celebrations, balls and banquets, and class reunions, which contain menus and list entertainment.
Date Range
1897-1928
Year Range From
1897
Year Range To
1928
Date of Accumulation
1897-1928
Creator
Shoemaker, Robert Reed, 1925-2004
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 06
People
Griest, William Walton
Heisey, Martin Luther
McClain, Francis Bernard
Shoemaker, Robert Reed
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Hotels
Menus
Minutes (Records)
Programs (Publications)
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Finding aids
Hotels
Lancaster Hotel Company
Manuscript groups
Menus
Minutes
Newspaper clippings
Pennsylvania State Hotel Association
Programs
Scrapbooks
Stevens House Hotel
Extent
1 box, 16 folders, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0246
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Menu Collection (MG0339)
Photograph Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Stevens House Hotel Records (MG0246), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folders 15-16 are restricted because they contain original newspaper articles that are too fragile to handle.
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
1997.MG0246
Other Numbers
MG-246
Classification
MG0246
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by KB, January-May 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.
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Collection
World War I Collection
Title
World War I Collection
Object ID
MG0045
Date Range
1916-1972
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Collection
World War I Collection
Title
World War I Collection
Description
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Date Range
1916-1972
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1972
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Andrews, David F.
Benda, W. T.
Beneker, Gerrit A.
Boyce, C. M.
Breitigan, Abraham
Brenner, William A.
Brown, Arthur William
Bryson, Raymond
Bull, Charles Livingston
Carbaugh, Calvin A.
Chambers, Charles E.
Christy, Howard Chandler
Cover, Martin
Culp, Guy
Daugherty, James A.
Davis, Robert Courtney
De Maris, Walter
Dommel, Elmer
Drepperd, C. W.
Eschbach, H. H.
Fergeson, George
Fisher, Harrison
Foringer, A. E.
Forsythe, Clyde
France, Charles
Fulton, Hugh R.
Gibble, Ammon
Griest, William Walton
Habel, Albert A.
Harner, Marvin
Helwig, John W.
Hendee, A.
Hiemenz, Edward A.
Hiestand, Benjamin
Hottenstein, H.
Kahl, William
Kellish, William
Kimmel, Harry
Krone, Herbert D.
Landis, Estes B.
Leber, Paul Revere
Lundy, Edwin H.
Lyons, Julius
Matricardi, Frank
McFarland, Owen
McKee, W. M.
Miller, Peter
Moore, Luther
Musser, John W.
Myers, S. W.
O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank
Orr, Alfred Everitt
Palm, Elam B.
Shafer, L. A.
Shenk, Roy
Shoop, J. M.
Small, W. F.
Snyder, James H.
Tittle, Walter
Usner, Isaac L.
Volk, Douglas
Wauk, S. J.
Worthington, Henry H.
Zellers, George
Subjects
Alco-Gravure
American Lithographic Co.
E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.
Fatherless Children of France (Organization)
Lithography
Posters
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.
Scrapbooks
Strobridge Lithographing Company
United States. Army
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
W.F. Powers Co.
William H. Forbes & Company
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
YMCA of the USA
Search Terms
28th Division
Alco-Gravure
Ambulance Company No. 111
American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111
American Lithographic Company
American Red Cross
Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society
E. Ketterlinus and Company
Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fatherless Children of France (Organization)
Finding aids
Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company
Lithography
Manuscript groups
Military draft cards
Posters
Prohibition
Rotoprint Gravure Company
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company
Scrapbooks
Strobridge Lithographing Company
United States Army
United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces
United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th
Veterans
W. F. Powers Company
William H. Forbes and Company
World War I
WWI
YMCA
Commission for Relief in Belgium
Extent
1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0045
Related Item Notes
MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
Additional Notes
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
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-45
Classification
MG0045
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.
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Kirk Family Papers
Title
Kirk Family Papers
Object ID
MG0279
Date Range
1835-1891
Kirk, Lizzie Lewis, John McCaslin, Thomas McDowell, Joseph Miller, John Peeples, J. A. Reedy, Edward Stubbs, J. B. Wardens, George Witmer, Cyrus Wood, Samuel Subject Headings: Advertisements Problems and exercises Receipts (Acknowledgments) Scrapbooks Search Terms: Advertisements Finding aids
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Collection
Kirk Family Papers
Title
Kirk Family Papers
Description
The Kirk Family Papers contain items from the Kirk family, of Kirk's Mill, in Little Britain Twp. Ciphering and other school books of Lewis Kirk represent some of his schoolwork. Elisabeth's scrapbook from 1846 shows her interest in poetry. Legal and financial documents of Levi Kirk pertain to the sale of land, farming, medical expenses and the payment of bounties in 1864. Published works and the Columbian Almanac for 1836 are among the mid-nineteenth century items that the family saved.
Date Range
1835-1891
Year Range From
1835
Year Range To
1891
Date of Accumulation
1835-1891
Creator
Kirk Family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
People
Adams, John Quincy
Bache, Anna
Brown, John
Brown, William
Cunningham, H. C.
Foley, James W.
Griest, William Walton
Haines, William P.
Kirk, Elisabeth
Kirk, Levi
Kirk, Lewis
Kirk, Lizzie
Lewis, John
McCaslin, Thomas
McDowell, Joseph
Miller, John
Peeples, J. A.
Reedy, Edward
Stubbs, J. B.
Wardens, George
Witmer, Cyrus
Wood, Samuel
Subjects
Advertisements
Problems and exercises
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Scrapbooks
Search Terms
Advertisements
Finding aids
Manuscript groups
Receipts
School workbooks
Scrapbooks
Extent
1 box 14 folders .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0279
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See estate papers and court records for members of the Kirk family in the Lancaster County Government Records.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2000.MG0279
Other Numbers
MG-279
Classification
MG0279
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 1 August 2022.
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