- Collection
- Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
- Title
- Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
- Object ID
- MG0277
- Date Range
- 1798-1993
between the Directors of the Poor
and House of Employment and Matthias Slough. Ninety acres south of the turnpike road
leading from the borough of Lancaster to Abraham Witmer’s bridge. 27 November 1798.
Transferred from a drawer of assorted county documents, 2005. RG 08-12.
Folder 32 Blueprints for
1 document
- Title
- Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection
- Description
- The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors' reports, and a scrapbook of Conestoga View.
- Date Range
- 1798-1993
- Year Range From
- 1798
- Year Range To
- 1993
- Date of Accumulation
- 1798-1993
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- People
- Ash, Phineas
- Bachman, J. M.
- Bachman, John
- Bair, Ivan
- Baney, William
- Bard, R. W.
- Bare, Adam
- Bausman, John
- Bubach, Gerhart
- Carpenter, Sam
- Centini, Jane E.
- Clark, Thomas
- Coleman, Thomas
- Colwell, James
- Dale, Samuel
- Dorwart, Jonas
- Dunlap, Stephan
- Eaby, George W.
- Esler, P. O.
- Gibbons, William
- Good, William
- Graybill, N. W.
- Graybill, H.
- Gryder, Christian
- Haines, Timothy
- Halbach, W. A.
- Harnish, Jacob
- Harnish, Samuel
- Heck, Lewis
- Herr, Christian
- Hershey, W. E. H.
- Hildebrant, W.
- Hollinger, George
- Humes, Samuel
- Jackson, James J.
- Kean, Thomas M.
- Kready, David C.
- Lane, P. C.
- Lenegan, Archibald M.
- Light, John
- Livingston, J. B.
- Long, Jacob
- Metzger, John W.
- Meyers, Samuel M.
- Murray, William
- Musser, George
- Nauman, J. W.
- Nicholson, John
- Overholzer, H. D.
- Patterson, D. W.
- Reed, John K.
- Schwartz, Conrad
- Slaymaker, Henry
- Snyder, Simon
- Stone, Abraham
- Strine, Jacob S.
- Summy, A.
- Sweigart, E.
- Weaver, B. F.
- Webb, Will
- Wein, John
- Wentz, Thomas
- Witmer, Abraham
- Witters, Jacob W.
- Young, Mathias
- Zantzinger, Paul
- Other Creators
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Subjects
- Almshouses
- Almshouses--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
- Auditors' reports
- Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History
- Scrapbooks
- Extent
- 3 boxes, 33 books and folders, 3.5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0277
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection (MG0277), Folder or Book #, 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.
- Classification
- MG0277
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Most of the items in this collection are part of the Lancaster County Government Records, RG 08-12. They were transferred into MG-277 in 1999 during the planning of the Almshouse and Hospital exhibition. Other items are on loan from the Edward Hand Medical Heritage Foundation or were collected by LancasterHistory.
- Added to database 21 July 2017.
Documents
- Collection
- Watt & Shand Collection
- Title
- Watt & Shand Collection
- Object ID
- MG0237
- Date Range
- 1880-2003
Street from Jacob M. Long, trustee to Gabriel Hirsh. Jacob M. Long was to receive
$200 for the extinguishment and would receive rent from Gabriel Hirsh which was set at
forty-five shillings. Attached to the document is a note by Jacob M. Long to Gabriel
Hirsh noting that Long had received Hirsh’s payment
1 document
- Collection
- Watt & Shand Collection
- Title
- Watt & Shand Collection
- Description
- The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.
- Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.
- Admin/Biographical History
- On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995
- System of Arrangement
- This collection is arranged by series.
- Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory
- Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners
- Date Range
- 1880-2003
- Year Range From
- 1880
- Year Range To
- 2003
- Date of Accumulation
- 1880-2003
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 06
- People
- Ammon, Cora Mae Fox
- Ammon, John M.
- Appel, Eva Rengier
- Appel, Percy L.
- Baker, Miriam Rengier
- Bell, Louise Price
- Berger, R. R.
- Blatchley, Charles A.
- Breyers, C. J.
- Buchanan, James
- Drukenbrod, Lee Roy
- Fehl, J. Herbert
- Frantz, I. E.
- Fritz, C. C.
- Goodhart, E. C.
- Groff, Alpheaus S.
- Groff, Ella L.
- Hermansader, T. F.
- Hirsh, Bertha
- Hirsh, Gabriel
- Hostetter, D. B.
- Lively, Henry
- Long, Jacob M.
- Loss, Natalie M.
- Loss, Nathan
- Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.
- Marshall, Elizabeth Weber
- Marshall, George A.
- Marshall, George W.
- Marshall, Maria L. Good
- May, Jennie H.
- Miller, E. N.
- Myers, Harry
- Myers, Maria
- Myers, Patricia Marshall
- Myrtetus, George B.
- Noonan, Ella O.
- Noonan, Raymond Smith
- Prangley, James
- Reed, George R.
- Reichley, Jacob Christian
- Reifsnyder, Arden P.
- Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman
- Rengier, Charles F.
- Rengier, John S.
- Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen
- Rohrer, George Redsecker
- Rohrer, Jeremiah
- Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker
- Roth, George R.
- Rupert, L. H.
- Schaller, Kimberly
- Shand, James
- Shand, Thomas Marshall
- Sherrill, Anita B.
- Sherrill, S. Edward
- Short, Edwin P.
- Skyllas, Drossos A.
- Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert
- Stiles, H. A.
- Stirk, Isaac
- Stirk, Sarah C.
- Swarr, Donald
- Urban, Cassius Emlen
- Watt, Laura Louise Geiger
- Watt, Peter T.
- Weber, May H.
- Wisegarver, Harry P.
- Witmer, Albert F.
- Other Creators
- Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)
- Subjects
- Advertising
- Architectural drawings
- Blueprints
- Building leases
- Calendars
- Catalogs
- Deeds
- Department stores
- Historical markers
- Insurance policies
- Letters
- Menus
- Newsletters
- Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.)
- Scrapbooks
- Stores, Retail
- Search Terms
- A and S Realty and Investment Corporation
- A. B. Rote & Co.
- Advertising
- Agreements
- Air conditioning
- American Blower Corporation
- Appel & Weber
- Architectural plans
- Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America
- Awards
- Blueprints
- Bon-Ton
- Bon-Ton Beauty Salon
- Booklets
- C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.
- Calendars
- Catalogs
- Central Automatic Sprinkler Company
- Certificates
- Columbia
- Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
- Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Department stores
- DUSCO Property Management, Inc.
- East Hempfield Twp.
- Employee handbooks
- Employees
- Ephemera
- Escalators
- Finding aids
- Fire sprinklers
- Floorplans
- Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers
- Gift certificates
- Ground-rent
- Hager and Bro., Inc.
- Hager Realty Corporation
- Heating and ventilation systems
- Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
- Historical markers
- Insurance policies
- Job descriptions
- Kroll Electric Company, Inc.
- Lancaster
- Lancaster Parking Authority
- Lancaster Trust Company
- Leases
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Menus
- Mortgages
- Newsletters
- Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.
- Park City Mall
- Penn Square
- Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
- Permits
- Poetry
- PPL
- Price lists
- Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Reynolds and Reynolds Company
- Scrapbooks
- Stores, Retail
- Total Energy Leasing Corporation
- Trion, Inc.
- Watt and Shand
- Workers' Compensation Act
- York Corporation
- Extent
- 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0237
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection 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 site 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.
- Other Numbers
- MG-237
- Classification
- MG0237
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.
- The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.
Documents
- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
certificates resulting from an undated agreement between Z. P. Boyer and O. E.
McClellan of Philadelphia. 1894.
Folder 4 Railways, Documents of Lancaster-related Operations
Insert 1 J. R. Bitner’s blank receipt for an express freight line between Lancaster and
Philadelphia. [188_].
Insert 2 Two reports of the
1 document
- 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.
Documents
- Collection
- Geist Family Papers
- Title
- Geist Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0294
- Date Range
- 1865-1961
: Geist family.
Conditions for Access: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact
Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection items may be photographed. Please
direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research
1 document
- Collection
- Geist Family Papers
- Title
- Geist Family Papers
- Description
- The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.
- Date Range
- 1865-1961
- Year Range From
- 1865
- Year Range To
- 1961
- Date of Accumulation
- 1865-1961
- Creator
- Geist family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- People
- Alexander, James K.
- Anderson, Howard
- Bachman, Julie C.
- Bard, Bertha
- Brown, George
- Bulleit, Edward Banister
- Dague, Isaac W.
- Dague, Lily C. Geist
- Diller, Luther R.
- Eshleman, John H.
- Fox, Christian, Jr.
- Geist, Adam
- Geist, Agnes
- Geist, Bertha Wanner
- Geist, Daniel W.
- Geist, Ettie G.
- Geist, Everett S.
- Geist, Harry Kohler
- Geist, Lilly Kate
- Groff, John M.
- Heisher, Daniel
- Hobson, Jesse
- Hobson, Maria
- Horst, Jacob G.
- Kjorlien, Alvin C.
- Leaman, William
- Lyte, Eliphalet Oram
- Martin, Luke W.
- Milledge, Stanley
- Miller, Helen Mildred Diller
- Miller, Leon H. B.
- Miller, Ruth
- Ott, Janet F.
- Overly, Herman Witmer
- Overly, Richard Geist
- Pond, B. C.
- Pool, Virginia L.
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Rush, Charles William
- Rush, Harriet Geist
- Shaub, Sadie
- Shirk, H. S.
- Shirk, Henry
- Shirk, Lawrence
- Stoner, H. K.
- Weaver, C. R.
- Weaver, George A.
- Werner, John Thomas
- Witmer, Clara
- Wolf, Lemon A.
- Wolfe, Helen
- Search Terms
- A. Geist and Son
- Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Albert Pick Company
- Births
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Blue Ball Bank
- Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.
- Calling cards
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Correspondence
- Death
- Decedents' estates
- Earl Twp.
- East Earl Twp.
- Ephrata
- Estate settlement
- Farmers National Bank
- Finding aids
- Florida
- Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Funerals
- Gap, Salisbury Twp.
- Grand Forks Herald
- Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
- Health
- Hotel Gladstone
- Hunters
- Inheritance
- Internal Revenue Service
- Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota
- Johnson City, Broome County, New York
- K. Aslesen Company
- Lancaster
- Lancaster New Era
- Leland-Parker Hotel
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Masons
- McClure House
- Miami, Florida
- Millersville
- Millersville State Normal School
- Millersville University
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Minot, Ward County, North Dakota
- Mountville Farm Women's Society
- New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.
- New Holland
- Newspaper clippings
- Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey
- Parades
- Patterson Hotel
- Pennsylvania State Normal School
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Postage stamps
- Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Receipts
- Republican Party
- San Francisco, California
- Schools
- Stamps
- Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.
- Stocks
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Trusts and trustees
- United Commercial Travelers of America
- Vienna Bakery Company
- Visiting cards
- Washington, DC
- West Cocalico School District
- Wheeling, West Virginia
- Wills
- YMCA
- Young Men's Christian Association
- Extent
- 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0294
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 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
- 2002.Hawbaker
- Other Numbers
- MG-294
- Classification
- MG0294
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 19 January 2022.
Documents
- Collection
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Title
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Object ID
- HC0001
- Date Range
- 1905-1974
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
1 document
- 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
- Collection
- Calendar Collection
- Title
- Calendar Collection
- Object ID
- MG0070
- Date Range
- 1867-1995
1 document
- Collection
- Calendar Collection
- Title
- Calendar Collection
- Description
- This collection consists of calendars containing photographs, drawings, and prints from Lancaster County and the surrounding region. Some depict local culture, architecture, historic sites, events, or have Pennsylvania Dutch sayings. There are also backs of calendars containing information about Lancaster.
- Date Range
- 1867-1995
- Year Range From
- 1867
- Year Range To
- 1995
- Date of Accumulation
- 1867-1995
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- People
- Albright, R. A.
- Bushong, Joyce
- Ferguson, Novelda H.
- Forney, Myrl
- Hart, Deborah A.
- Hough, Doris
- Landis, David Bachman
- Mellinger, C.
- Reed, Anita
- Rider, Jacob D.
- Sweigart, Caleb K.
- Taggart, M. W.
- Warfel, Arthur
- Wesley, Hazel S.
- Wierman, Julia
- Subjects
- Calendars
- Search Terms
- Brown and Bigelow
- Calendars
- Chickaree Studio
- De Laval
- Denver Service Station
- Drawing Board Associates, Inc.
- Finding aids
- H. M. Stauffer and Sons, Inc.
- Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
- Intelligencer Printing Company
- Lancaster County Association for the Blind
- Lancaster County Farm Bureau Co-op Association
- Lancaster County Postcard Club
- Lebanon High School
- Manuscript groups
- Mount Joy Area Historical Society
- Pearsol and Geist
- Pensupreme Dairy
- Sir Speedy
- Southern Lancaster County Historical Society
- Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired
- Extent
- 3 boxes, 14 folders, 3 oversized folders, 2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0070
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions noted at the item level. Restricted items may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- 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-70
- Classification
- MG0070
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 23 October 2018.
Documents
- Collection
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Title
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0720
- Date Range
- 1798-1939
1 document
- Collection
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Title
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Description
- This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.
- Date Range
- 1798-1939
- Year Range From
- 1798
- Year Range To
- 1939
- Date of Accumulation
- 1798-1939
- Creator
- Woerner family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 15
- People
- Bassler, Maria
- Bernhard, Henry
- Bernhardy, Henry
- Breitigan, Daniel Mumma
- Bomgardener, Elias
- Burkholder, Ann
- Buckwalter, Barbara
- Buckwalter Daniel W.
- Buckwalter, David Joseph
- Buckwalter, Elam
- Buckwalter, Harry Sahm
- Burkholder, Henry
- Buckwalter, Henry W.
- Buckwalter, Hiram
- Buckwalter, Ivan
- Buckwalter, Joseph
- Burkholder, Martha
- Buckwalter, Stella
- Burkholder, Rebecca
- Burkholder, Veronica
- Cross, Peter
- Drutt, George
- Dunlap, W. M.
- Dutt, Anne
- Dutt, George
- Eberle, Ann
- Eberly, H. S.
- Fory, Zeno
- Frank, Christian
- Fulmer, Phillip
- Hackman, Andrew
- Harnish, M. M.
- Hartman, Frank
- Heidman, Elizabeth
- Heilmand, John
- Herr, Isaac
- Herr, Walter
- Hollersten, Peter
- Homsher, Fred
- Huber, Abraham
- Kreider, Abraham
- Kreiter, Christian
- Landis, Levi
- Myers, N. S.
- Myers, Samuel
- Masterson, Maria
- Masterson, Thomas
- Newcomer, Jacob
- Nolly, Loretta Jane
- Peifer, Amos
- Ritter, Benjamin
- Ruth, John
- Sahm, Aaron
- Sahm, David C.
- Sahm, Eliza Gross
- Sahm, George
- Sahm, Henry Gross
- Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker
- Sahm, Levi
- Sahm, Menno L.
- Shriner, Daniel
- Snyder, H. B.
- Spacht, Ralph M.
- Stauffer, Christian
- Weidman, David
- Witmer, David M.
- Subjects
- Airports
- Auctions
- Broadsides
- Campbell Soup Company
- Contracts
- Deeds
- Inventories
- Loans
- Maps
- Probate records
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Runways (Aeronautics)
- Stocks
- Taxation
- Wills
- Search Terms
- Administrators' accounts
- Agreements
- Airports
- American Union Telephone Company
- Auctions
- Broadsides
- Campbell Soup Company
- Contracts
- Deeds
- East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
- Estate inventories
- Executors' accounts
- Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
- Farmers Market Company
- Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
- Financial records
- Guardianship accounts
- Inventories
- Kissel Hill Telephone Company
- Lancaster Abattoir Company
- Lancaster Trust Company
- Leaf Tobacco Company
- Livestock
- Loans
- Manheim Fairview Cemetery
- Manheim Twp.
- Maps
- Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company
- Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
- Penn Twp.
- Phoenix Water Power Company
- Probate records
- Reading Transit and Light Company
- Receipts
- Runways
- Stocks
- Taxation
- Taxes
- Warwick Twp.
- West Lampeter Twp.
- Wills
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0720
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), 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-720
- Other Number
- MG-720
- Classification
- MG0720
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Scrapbook Collection
- Title
- Marietta Scrapbook
- Object ID
- MG0434_BoxR010
- Date Range
- 1879-1919
One Hundred Six and Seven:
Page from Ladies’ Home Journal. “A Yearly Rose Upon the Altar” by Clifford
Howard. “Gardens For Children” by Charles M. Skinner. Published June 1898.
Page One Hundred Seven (Four Columns):
�Column 1-2: “Funeral Sermon. Delivered by Rev. Mr. Howie, on the Death of
Prof. J. W
2 documents
- Collection
- Scrapbook Collection
- Title
- Marietta Scrapbook
- Description
- Known as The Marietta Scrapbook, this volume contains a variety of information in newspaper clippings and magazine articles about Marietta, Columbia, and the rest of Lancaster County. The articles convey a well-rounded view of local history. Topics include education, population, crime, taxes, elections, and occupations. There are also many articles on the Pennsylvania Dutch, personal histories, crime, and genealogical information within the book. Histories for the following municipalities are included: Marietta, Christiana, Columbia, Donegal, Erie, Lancaster, Lititz, Manheim, Maytown, Mountville, Peach Bottom, Salunga, and Wrightsville.
- Date Range
- 1879-1919
- Creation Date
- 1879-1919
- Year Range From
- 1879
- Year Range To
- 1919
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 22
- Subjects
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Education
- Job descriptions
- Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local
- Lancaster County (Pa.)--Population
- Local taxation
- Marietta (Pa.)
- Murder
- Occupations
- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Scrapbooks
- Search Terms
- Christiana
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Columbia
- Education
- Lancaster
- Lititz
- Manheim
- Marietta
- Maytown, East Donegal Twp.
- Mountville
- New Holland
- Newspaper clippings
- Peach Bottom, Fulton Twp.
- Pennsylvania Germans
- Salunga, West Hempfield Twp.
- Scrapbooks
- Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
- Extent
- 1 volume
- Object Name
- Scrapbook
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0434_BoxR010
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restricted access.
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original volume may be used by appointment only-contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
- LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
- Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
- Persons wishing to publish any material from this site 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.
- Other Numbers
- MG-434
- Other Number
- MG-434, Box R010
- Classification
- MG0434
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 25 October 2023.
- Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 88.
- This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.
Documents
- Collection
- Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
- Title
- Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
- Object ID
- MG0734
- Date Range
- 1856-1902
1 document
- Collection
- Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
- Title
- Thomas Baker's Surveying Records
- Description
- This collection contains Thomas Baker's three surveying books which document land and property ownership in southern Lancaster County, primarily Colerain Township from 1856-1902. Octorara Creek, Kirkwood, Christiana and Upper Oxford Twp. are among the place names.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Thomas Baker traces his ancestry back to Sir Richard Baker (1568), born in the county of Kent, England. In 1685, seven generations before Thomas Baker was born, Joseph Baker immigrated to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Born in Chatham, Chester County to Lewis and Diana Baker, Thomas was well-educated; a teacher until 1840, when he commenced the study of surveying. Land surveying is the location of points on, above and below the surface of the earth and the relation of those points to a common reference system. Employed at Jonathon Goss, at Unionville Academy in Chester, he surveyed over 650 farms in Lancaster County's Colerain Township. He married in 1855; his family adhering to his Quaker faith. The Biographical Annals in Lancaster, published in 1903, describes Baker as "…a man esteemed by his neighbors for his many good qualities and excellent character, and in disposition he is a man of warm heart and kindly feeling."
- Date Range
- 1856-1902
- Creation Date
- 1856-1902
- Year Range From
- 1856
- Year Range To
- 1902
- Creator
- Baker, Thomas, b. 1822
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 15
- People
- Alexander, Sara
- Andrews, Arthur
- Armstrong, Lapsley
- Ash, Daniel
- Aument, Frank
- Bailey, Thomas
- Bailey, William M.
- Bair, William M.
- Baker, George
- Baker, Harlan
- Baker, John
- Baker, Thomas
- Baldwin, Joseph B.
- Baptis, Joseph
- Bea, John
- Bear, Jacob
- Bernard, James J.
- Beyer, Andrew
- Beyer, Daniel
- Beyer, Margaret
- Beyer, Robert
- Black, Margaret
- Blackburn, Cromwell
- Blank, Christian
- Borland, William
- Bosland, William
- Brinton, Howard
- Brinton, Moses
- Brinton, Samuel
- Broomell, B. J.
- Broomell, Samuel H.
- Brosius, Clarkson
- Brosius, Jesse
- Brosius, John Comly
- Brosius, Joseph H.
- Brosius, Joshua
- Brosius, Levi
- Brosius, Mahlon J.
- Brosius, William
- Brown, J. W.
- Brown, James
- Brown, K.
- Brown, Thomas W.
- Bush, Fred
- Bushong, Jacob
- Carlow, James
- Carter, Benjamin
- Carter, John C.
- Chamberlain, Jonas
- Clark, Henry
- Cloud, Charles
- Coates, Ellis
- Coates, Lewis
- Coates, Samuel
- Coates, Truman
- Cochran, Joseph S.
- Cohan, Thomas H.
- Connar, James
- Conner, John
- Cooper, Truman
- Crossen, James
- Dale, George
- Davis, Abner
- Davis, Christopher
- Davis, John
- Davis, Joseph B.
- Davis, Joseph E.
- Davis, Lucretia H.
- Davis, William
- Dean, Thomas
- Doneby, Philip
- Donelly, Henry
- Donelly, Hugh
- Drumm, Earl
- Eby, Henry S.
- Edwards, Charles
- Edwards, James
- Elias, Emery
- Elizabeth, Mary
- Elliott, Cloud
- Ernery, Hannah E.
- Evans, Carrie R.
- Evans, John
- Evans, William
- Fagler, John
- Ferguson, Benjamin
- Ferguson, Robert
- Ferguson, William
- Fleming, Martin J.
- Foulk, Mrs.
- Fox, William
- Frames, David
- Fritz, Abby Ann
- Gill, John
- Goodman, Charles
- Gowan, William M.
- Graham, Harrison
- Graham, John T.
- Gray, Ezra
- Haines, Eugene M.
- Hall, Hiram S.
- Hamil, Armor
- Hamil, R. A.
- Hamilton, J. E.
- Hannun, Eurch
- Harper, J. D.
- Harrar, Daniel
- Harrar, Miller
- Harray, P.
- Harrett, William
- Harting, George R.
- Hastings, Jeremiah
- Hastings, Joseph
- Henning, James
- Hevenson, Ann
- Heyberger, Jacob
- Hodgson, Annie C.
- Hodgson, Ellis P.
- Hollis, William
- Holmes, John
- Hoopes, Thomas G.
- Houston, David
- Hoy, P.
- Hoy, William
- Hudson, Alex
- Hurley, John
- Jackson William Clark
- Jackson, Annetta L.
- Jackson, Clark
- Jackson, David W.
- Jackson, Ellwood
- Jackson, Hayes
- Jackson, James J.
- Jackson, Lydia
- Jackson, Thomas
- Jackson, Thomas E.
- Jackson, Thomas S.
- Jeffries, Benjamin
- Jenkins, Annie E.
- Jones, Emmos S.
- Jones, John
- Jones, John C.
- Jones, John G.
- Kalbach, A. M.
- Keene, Rebecca J.
- Kennedy, Anna
- Kennedy, James H.
- Kent, Daniel
- Kimble, Isaac W.
- King, Judson B.
- Lamborn, Jacob H.
- Lamborn, Kirk
- Lechman, Benjamin
- Lewis, Alex
- Lewis, Elijah
- Lewis, Isaac
- Lewis, John C.
- Lewis, Thompson
- Luckenbach, J. S.
- Lynch, Philemena C.
- Mahaney, Jeremiah
- Mahon, Jeremiah
- Markey, Pat
- Martin, Elijah P.
- Martin, James
- Martin, Samuel
- Martin, William S.
- Massey, Isaac
- Mayhu, William
- McCardle, Eli
- McCarter, Henry C.
- McCarter, Henry G.
- McCarter, John Jones
- McCarter, Thompson
- McCimans, Mike
- McClure, John
- McClure, Thomas
- McConnel, Samuel
- McCord, James
- McCord, William
- McCullough, James
- McCullough, Robert
- McElwain, David
- McElwain, James
- McElwain, Josiah
- McElwain, Robert
- McHenry, John
- McLinaus, John
- McLinaus, W. F.
- McNeil, George A.
- McSparren, James B.
- Miller, Andrew
- Miller, H. Jackson
- Miller, Henry H.
- Miller, Joanna
- Miller, Lemuel H.
- Miller, Minnie R.
- Mimm, Jesse
- Montgomery, John
- Montgomery, Sam E.
- Morrison, Caroline B.
- Morrison, Emma B.
- Morrison, Robert
- Morrison, Samuel
- Newhauser, John
- Nixon, A. W.
- Nixon, Joseph
- Noble, William M.
- Oatman, Eliza
- Oatman, Zachariah
- Ortlip, Andrew
- Patterson, Bordley Shippen
- Pennington, Robert H.
- Pennington, Thomas
- Pennock, F. J.
- Pennock, Francis J.
- Pennock, Joseph
- Pennock, Margaretta Walker
- Pennock, William E.
- Penny, Joseph
- Peters, Abraham
- Peters, Abraham K.
- Pierce, G.
- Pinkerton, James
- Purnal, Levis
- Pusey, Joseph
- Rakestraw, Abraham
- Rambo Elijah W.
- Rambo, David
- Rambo, Elisha
- Ramsay, James
- Reeses, Peter
- Reyburn, James H.
- Reylin, John
- Reylon, Henry S.
- Rhoads, Levi S.
- Richey, George
- Ricky, Immanuel
- Rigg, Hiram F.
- Robinson, Amy
- Robison, Joseph
- Roney, Pat
- Ross, George E.
- Ross, Hamilton
- Russel, Joseph
- Rutter, Adam
- Rynear, Charles
- Sampson, John
- Sampson, William
- Sellers, Thomas W.
- Seltzer, Sara R.
- Shaw, Ben
- Shivery, Demison
- Shivery, Elisha J.
- Shivery, George
- Shultz, Frank
- Simmons, Henry
- Siner, John T.
- Slack, Hall
- Slokom, Samuel
- Smith, Abram
- Smith, Jackson
- Smith, Jesse J.
- Smith, S. W.
- Smith, Samuel
- Sproul, James
- Stewart, James
- Stump, B. O.
- Sutton, Edwin
- Sweigert, John W.
- Swift, Joseph
- Taylor, Jacob
- Taylor, Jesse
- Thomas, Arthur
- Thomas, Edward
- Thomas, Margaret
- Thompson, James
- Thompson, Jane M.
- Thompson, Mary Jane
- Turner, James
- Walker, David
- Wallace, Arthur
- Walton, Abner Brinton
- Walton, Alban
- Walton, Brinton
- Walton, Elizabeth C.
- Walton, Isaac
- Walton, Joseph L.
- Walton, Joseph B.
- Walton, Joseph P.
- Watts, Mollie
- Webster, Chalkley
- Webster, Charles
- Webster, Daniel
- Webster, George
- Webster, Joseph
- Webster, Margaret C.
- White, Alexander
- Whiteside, Mrs.
- Whitman, James
- Whitson, Martha
- Whitson, Moses
- Whitson, Samuel
- Whitson, Thomas
- Whitson, William
- Willard, Agnes
- Williams, Abner
- Williams, David
- Williams, William B.
- Wood, James
- Wood, Joshua
- Wood, Thomas
- Wood, William N.
- Woodruff, John
- Woods, Joshua
- Woods, Peter
- Woods, Thomas
- Work, Robert
- Worth, Albert B.
- Worth, William C.
- Search Terms
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Christiana, Pennsylvania
- Colerain Twp.
- Finding aids
- Kirkwood, Colerain Twp.
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Manuscript groups
- Octoraro Creek
- Surveying
- Surveyors
- Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County
- Extent
- 1 box, 3 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0734
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Surveyor's transit case, Object ID 1973.008
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- 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-734
- Other Number
- MG-734
- Classification
- MG0734
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by AB, November 2014. Added to database 24 May 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Coulter and Hepler Land Records
- Title
- Coulter and Hepler Land Records
- Object ID
- MG0426
- Date Range
- 1733-1929
@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for
reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Language: English
Biographical and Historical Note: Walter R. and Esther E. Hepler (parents of donor)
purchased a farm from R. M. Coulter in 1929. The farm was located in Bart Twp. and
Colerain Twp
1 document
- Collection
- Coulter and Hepler Land Records
- Title
- Coulter and Hepler Land Records
- Description
- The Coulter and Hepler Land Records contain property records for land in southeastern Lancaster County that once belonged to the Reids, Coulters, and Heplers. The records include deeds, land drafts, and articles of agreement. There is also a desk blotter for I. P. Hepler.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Walter R. and Esther E. Hepler (parents of donor) purchased a farm from R. M. Coulter in 1929. The farm was located in Bart Twp. and Colerain Twp. with an address of 113 Rosedale Road, Quarryville. In the early 1930s, Walter was injured in a farm accident and the family had to sell the farm in a sheriff's sale. They subsequently lived with Esther's parents and helped on their farm, earning 50¢ per week plus meals and shelter. Somehow, Walter was able to keep the family's truck through these difficult times.
- He later was employed as manager at the Capital Theatre in Lancaster where he earned $14.75 per week. He moved the family into a three-story house in Lancaster with indoor plumbing and electricity, which was an exciting change for the children-James and his sister, Dorothy. As the U.S. emerged from the Depression and entered World War II, Walter used his carpentry skills to obtain a position in the shipyards and earned $2.37½ per day. James Hepler retired from Trojan Yachts as a boat-builder.
- Date Range
- 1733-1929
- Year Range From
- 1733
- Year Range To
- 1929
- Date of Accumulation
- 1733-1929
- Creator
- Hepler, Walter Rupert, 1897-1967
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 10
- People
- Armstrong, Jackson
- Beyer, John D.
- Caughey, John
- Coulter, Hugh
- Coulter, James
- Coulter, John
- Coulter, Nathaniel
- Coulter, Rankin Martin
- Coulter, Samuel
- Dip, Robert
- Downing, Samuel
- Duire, David
- Eastburn, Benjamin
- Eshleman, B. B.
- Eshleman, Isaac S.
- Eshleman, William G.
- Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer
- Hepler, Israel Painter
- Hepler, Walter Rupert
- Homsher, John
- Hunter, Alexander
- Jackson, Levin H.
- Johnson, J. B.
- Johnson. J. Buckley
- McCauley, James
- McNiss, Edgar
- Parke, John
- Read, Andrew
- Read, John
- Read, Nathan
- Read, Sarah
- Read, Thomas
- Reid, Andrew
- Reid, Sarah
- Reinhart, William
- Thompson, John
- Thompson, Mary
- Trout, Frank M.
- Trout, Jerre P.
- Wilson, Josephine
- Other Creators
- Hepler, Esther E. Sheaffer, 1901-1997
- Coulter, Rankin Martin, 1860-1929
- Coulter family
- Search Terms
- Advertisements
- Bart Twp.
- Blotters (Paper)
- Colerain Twp.
- Deeds
- Finding aids
- Land drafts
- Manuscript groups
- National Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Jersey
- Octoraro Creek
- Quarryville
- Real estate
- Sadsbury Twp.
- Extent
- 1 oversized box, 7 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0426
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Coulter and Hepler Land Records (MG0426), 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.
- Accession Number
- 2007.MG0426
- Other Numbers
- MG-426
- Classification
- MG0426
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 28 December 2021.
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