Our Amish neighbors

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1054

Author: Schreiber, William Ildephonse,

Date of Publication: 1972, c1962

Call Number: 289.71 S478

Responsibility: Drawings by Sybil Gould.

Author: Schreiber, William Ildephonse,

Place of Publication: [Chicago]

Publisher: University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication: 1972, c1962

Physical Description: 226 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography.

Subjects: Amish - Ohio.; Amish

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 S478

Captives' mansion

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3489

Author: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Date of Publication: [1973]

Call Number: 728.37 S631

Responsibility: [by] S. R. Slaymaker, II. Foreword by Sir Denis Brogan.

ISBN: 0060139234

Author: Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker,

Edition: [1st ed.]

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Harper & Row

Date of Publication: [1973]

Physical Description: xx, 220 p. illus. 25 cm.

Subjects: Slaymaker family.; White Chimneys (Gap, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 728.37 S631

Amish facts of life in a changing world

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16607

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 289.71 L642a

Responsibility: [author, Gerald S. Lestz].

Author: Lestz, Gerald S.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: York Graphic Services,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 72 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Christmas keepsakes ; 7

Notes: "Limited edition."

Subjects: Amish

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 L642a

The culture of the plain people : from a manuscript dated May 23rd, 1950

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Author: Klein, Henry Martin John,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Call Number: 289.71 K64c

Responsibility: as written by Dr. H.M.J. Klein ...

Author: Klein, Henry Martin John,

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: York Graphic Services,

Date of Publication: 1973.

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Amish

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K64c

Peter Reist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5084

Author: Reist, Henry G.

Edition: Reprint

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 929 R378r

Responsibility: by Henry G. Reist.

Author: Reist, Henry G.

Edition: Reprint

Place of Publication: Manheim, Pa

Publisher: Mary R. Rohrer,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: [6], 118, [4] p. : ill., facsims. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Reist family (Peter Reist, d. 1743); Eby family.; Hostetter family.; Kraybill family.; Nissley family.; Snavely family.

Additional Author: Rohrer, Mary R.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 R378r

The David and Anna Miller story

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2117

Date of Publication: 1979.

Call Number: 929 M647h

Place of Publication: Scottdale, Pa

Publisher: [A. Huss],

Date of Publication: 1979.

Physical Description: 430 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Miller family.; Brandt family.; Charles family.; Eby family.; Espenshade family.; Good family.; Hammaker family.; Hersherger family.; Hess family.; Keener family.; Kraybill family.; Longenecker family.; Martin family.; Nissley family.; Brubaker family.; Ebersole family.; Erb family.; Fry family.; Gruber family.; Heisey family.; Hertzler family.; Horst family.; King family.; Kreider family.; Lutz family.; Metzger family.; Rider family.; Risser family.; Reiff family.; Ruhl family.; Siegrist family.; Stoltzfus family.; Weaver family.; Yoder family.; Zeager family.; Roth family.; Rutt family.; Stauffer family.; Stoner family.; Wolgemuth family.; Zimmerman family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 M647h

The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania

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Author: Lemon, James T.

Date of Publication: [1972]

Call Number: 974.800912 L556

Responsibility: [by] James T. Lemon.

ISBN: 0801811899

Author: Lemon, James T.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins Press

Date of Publication: [1972]

Physical Description: xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Land use - Pennsylvania.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - Social conditions.; Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.800912 L556

Millersville-Penn Manor community history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2473

Corporate Author: Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Research Committee.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 MILL M647

Responsibility: Produced by the Research Committee of the Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Editors: Robert E. Coley, James A. Jolly, Carole L. Slotter.

Corporate Author: Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Research Committee.

Place of Publication: [Millersville, Pa.]

Publisher: The Committee,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 144 p. illus. 27 cm.

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Penn Manor's heritage: an historical introduction -- The first residents: the Susquehannock Indians -- Conestoga Indian treaties and traders -- Postlethwaite tavern -- Our Mennonite heritage -- Conestoga Township -- Conestoga wagon -- Early grist mills -- Reminiscences of a miller -- Rafting days on th Susquehanna -- Pequea Township -- History of Penn Manor Schools -- Millersville State College -- Conestoga Navigation Company -- Martic Township -- McCalls Ferry Bridge -- Covered Bridges of Penn Manor -- Manor Township -- Crossing the Susquehanna from Blue Rock to McCalls -- Agriculture in Penn Manor -- Millersville and Pequea trolleys -- Walk through historic Millersville -- Our volunteer fire companies.

Subjects: Millersville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Coley, Robert E.,; Jolly, James A.,; Slotter, Carole L.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 MILL M647

Farm life and its changes

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Author: Fisher, Gideon L.

Edition: 1st addition [sic].

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 289.71 F533

Responsibility: by Gideon L. Fisher.

Author: Fisher, Gideon L.

Edition: 1st addition [sic].

Place of Publication: Gordonville, Pa

Publisher: Pequea Publishers,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 384 p. (p. 384 blank) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary: "Amish farmer in Lancaster County, PA, remembers the depression and talks about the history of farming in America, concentrating on the changes which have taken place in rural life over the past fifty or more years. This is a book filled with colorful anecdotes, thoughtful observations, and homespun wisdom." The author "also discusses the influences of the outside world which the Amish farmer must continually face and offers insights into how they continue to preserve their way of life." [from the dust jacket]