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Archive

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Collection
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Title
Archive of Alice P. Fordney
Object ID
HC0001
Date Range
1905-1974
); 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. Creators: Fordney, Alice Potter, 1887-1973; Muench, Sarah Ellmaker McIlvaine, d. 2006
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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 Blue and Brown

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18402
Corporate Author
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1898.
Call Number
371.805 Y41
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Responsibility
pub. monthly.
Corporate Author
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Institute ;
Date of Publication
1898.
Physical Description
v. 23-25 cm.
Notes
Includes local advertisements.
Information from 1901.
Library has: v. 3 (1901-1902) 1-2, 4-7; v. 4 (1902-1903) 1, 3, 5-7; v.6 (1904-1905) 8; v. 13 (1911-1912) 4-5, 7; v. 20 (1918-1919) 6; (1919--1920) 1-7 bound.
Summary
This is a monthly publication of the Yeates Episcopal School citing activities of the school and its students. It was established with money donated by Jasper Yeate's daughter Catherine in 1857. The school was located on grounds presently occupied by the Lancaster Mennonite High School.
Subjects
Student newspapers and periodicals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Yeates Institute (Lancaster, Pa.)
Yeates School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Yeates Episcopal School (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
371.805 Y41
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List

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/04957fdd-2748-4205-9760-448158711710
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I003
Date Range
1919
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Bridge Records
Title
List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors
Description
Document type: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors.
1. Big Conestoga No. 24
[Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
2. Chickies No. 6
[East Hempfield Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek at Shenk's Mill.
3. Chickies No. 3
[Penn Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek.
4. Little Chickies No. 2
[Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek.
5. Big Chickies No. 13
[East Donegal Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]
6. Pequea No. 6
[Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]
Location: Over Pequea Creek at Parkes' Nursery.
7. Pequea No. 8
Location: Over Pequea Creek.
8. Mill Creek No. 2.75
[East Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over Mill Creek, first bridge above Yeates' School.
9. Raccoon Creek Bridge
Little Britain Twp. and [Chester County]
Location: Over Raccoon Creek near Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.
10. Hammer Creek No. 2
[Ephrata Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
Location: Over Hammer Creek.
11. Cocalico No. 3
[Ephrata Twp.]
Location: Over Cocalico Creek at quarry south of Ephrata.
12. Conestoga No. 1
Caernarvon Twp.
Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
13. Bridge No. 23
Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] at Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
14. Conewago No. 2
[Lancaster County and Dauphin County]
Location: Over Conewago Creek.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1919
Year
1919
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Big Chickies Bridge
Big Conestoga Bridge
Bridges
Caernarvon Twp.
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chickies Bridge
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
Cocalico Bridge
Cocalico Creek
Conestoga Bridge
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Conewago Bridge
Conewago Creek
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
East Donegal Twp.
East Hempfield Twp.
East Lampeter Twp.
Ephrata
Ephrata Twp.
Hammer Creek
Hammer Creek Bridge
Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Leacock Twp.
Lists
Little Britain Twp.
Little Chickies Bridge
Little Chiques Bridge
Little Chiques Creek
Little Chickies Creek
Manor Twp.
Mills
Mill Creek
Mill Creek Bridge
Mount Joy Twp.
Nurseries
Paradise Twp.
Parkes' Nursery
Penn Twp.
Pequea Bridge
Pequea Creek
Quarries
Raccoon Creek
Raccoon Creek Bridge
Rapho Twp.
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Shenk's Mill
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Warwick Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
Yeates School
Extent
1 item, 2 pieces
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I003
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Novelty, Promotional

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/c22284aa-15db-4d96-930c-220983233480
Collection
History Collection: Person
Object ID
2004.017.6
Date Range
May 1, 1903
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Collection
History Collection: Person
Description
Decorative paddle with picture of a woman, marked "May First 1903", "YEATES" on one side and in pencil on back "Alice Potter Fordeny", "Pleasure Road, Lancaster, PA", "From Bert Thomson", "Yeates School Lancaster Pennsylvania"
Date Range
May 1, 1903
Year Range From
1903
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 02
People
Fordney, Alice Potter
Thompson, Bert
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Search Terms
Yeates School
Object Name
Novelty, Promotional
Material
Wood
Height (in)
12.875
Width (in)
6
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2005-08-02
Condition Notes
stained & oxidized
Object ID
2004.017.6
Accession Number
2004.017
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a6d066ac-8947-453e-8efa-793148066020
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of buildings.
Object ID
D-01-03-41
Date Range
March 3, 1930
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of buildings.
Description
Yeates School, exterior of buildings.
Date Range
March 3, 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Yeates School
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-01-03-41
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
710-1118
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of buildings.
Object ID
D-01-03-42
Date Range
March 3, 1930
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of buildings.
Description
Yeates School, exterior of buildings.
Date Range
March 3, 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Yeates School
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-01-03-42
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
710-1118
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of buildings and stream.
Object ID
D-01-03-43
Date Range
March 3, 1930
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of buildings and stream.
Description
Yeates School, exterior of buildings and stream.
Date Range
March 3, 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mill Creek
Yeates School
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-01-03-43
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
710-1118
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of building.
Object ID
D-01-03-44
Date Range
March 3, 1930
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, exterior of building.
Description
Yeates School, exterior of building.
Date Range
March 3, 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Yeates School
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-01-03-44
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
710-1118
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/7b233882-e7f4-4896-b46d-989985920430
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-13-09-01
Date Range
March 17, 1916
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Yeates School Cap and Bells Club. Group of twelve costumed students in play "Master Pierre Patelin". John Kline (seated, extreme left) and Truxton Broadhead (seated, second from left) are identified. A part of the program is pasted next to the photo.
Date Range
March 17, 1916
Creator
Miesse, D. Walter
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Kline, John
Brodhead, Truxton
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Actors
Cap and Bells Club
Costumes
Theatrical performances
Yeates School
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
9.5 x 8.75 inches
Object ID
2-13-09-01
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, group of students and faculty.
Object ID
D-01-03-46
Date Range
June 12, 1921
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Yeates School, group of students and faculty.
Description
Yeates School, group of students and faculty.
Date Range
June 12, 1921
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Yeates School
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
8 x 10 inches
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
D-01-03-46
Negative Number
yes glass
Other Number
G 518-1139
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