Diary of Katherine Kauffman
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17913
- Alternate Title
- The 1899 diary of Katherine Kauffman.
- Responsibility
- Katherine Kauffman, edited by Debora E. Dunkle.
- Author
- Kauffman, Katherine.
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- Blurb, Inc. ,
- Date of Publication
- 2006.
- Physical Description
- 54 p. : ill, ; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Diary for the year 1899, while Ms. Kaufman was a student studying to be a teacher at the Millersville Normal School (now Millersville University). She taught school and, after marrying, was for a time a farm wife. She died in 1956 while living in Lancaster, PA.
- Subjects
- Kauffman, Katherine - Diaries.
- Pennsylvania. - State Teachers College, Millersville - Diaries.
- Students
- Buck (Pa.) - History - Sources.
- Diaries.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 929 K21d
The diary of Harriet Amelia Arndt for 1865
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1233
- Responsibility
- by Harriet Amelia Arndt.
- Author
- Arndt, Harriet Amelia.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1946
- Physical Description
- [73]-76 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
- Summary
- Harriet Amelia Arndt was a resident of Manheim.
- Subjects
- Arndt, Harriet Amelia, - 1834- - Diaries.
- Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
- Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.
- Manheim (Pa.) - History - Personal narratives.
- Diaries.
- Additional Author
- Kendig, John D.
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 73-76Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
Documents
Diary of a Hessian soldier, Johannes Reuber
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1577
- Responsibility
- typescript & translation by Herbert H. Freund.
- Author
- Reuber, Johannes.
- Place of Publication
- Typescript
- Date of Publication
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 44p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Notes
- Original in German housed in the archives.
- Summary
- The diary follows Hessian soldier Johannes Reuber from 1776 to 1783. He describes his sea voyages in detail, the hardships involved and the weather. He saw action in New York and was captured at Trenton at the time of Washington's surprise crossing of the Delaware river. He spent time as a prisoner in Philadelphia, then Lancaster,Pa. and in Winchester, Virginia. After being freed,the remainder of the war was mostly spent in Savannah,Georgia and other parts of the South. He returned to Germany in 1783.
- Subjects
- Reuber, Johannes - Diaries.
- United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
- United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
- United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
- Diaries.
- Additional Author
- Freund, Herbert H.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 973.342 R442
Documents
Doughboy's diary
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14077
- Responsibility
- by Lawrence F. Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Lawrence F.
- Physical Description
- Vol. 6,No. 12, p. 36 - 39 and Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 14-17.
- Notes
- Susquehanna Magazine (December 1981) and (January 1982).
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
- Call Number
- 905.748 SM (Dec 1981, Jan 1982)
Abstract of diary of Warren C. Bean, 1899
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14170
- Responsibility
- by Willoughby W. Moyer.
- Author
- Moyer, Willoughby W.
- Physical Description
- 32-39 p.
- Notes
- In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.28, no.4, Summer 1979.
- Warren Bean was a farmer and Mennonite minister in Montgomery County, PA.
- Subjects
- Bean, Warren C. - Diaries.
- Mennonites - Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
- Diaries.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
- Call Number
- 905.748 PDF v.28, no.4
Websites
The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo112
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
- Author
- Hiller, Peter C.,
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, PA
- Publisher
- P.B. Eshelman,
- Date of Publication
- 1994.
- Physical Description
- xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Notes
- Includes indexes.
- Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
- Summary
- Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.
- Subjects
- Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.
- Hiller family.
- Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.
- Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
- Diaries.
- Additional Author
- Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 CONE H652
Marshall's diary in its relation to Lancaster city and county
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4407
- Responsibility
- by F. R. Diffenderffer.
- Author
- Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1899
- Physical Description
- [131]-161 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 6
- Subjects
- Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797 - Diaries.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
- Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - Personal narratives.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century - Personal narratives.
- Diaries.
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 6 (1899), p. 131-161Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
Documents
A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2271
- Responsibility
- reviewed by Elizabeth C. Kieffer.
- Author
- Pehrson, Immanuel C.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1950
- Physical Description
- [17]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 2
- Subjects
- Pehrson, Immanuel - Diaries.
- Diaries.
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
- Additional Author
- Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 2 (1950), p. 17-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
Documents
The Douglas diary; student days at Franklin and Marshall College, 1856-1858
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2563
- Responsibility
- Edited by Frederic Shriver Klein and John Howard Carrill. Illustrated by Florence Starr Taylor.
- ISBN
- 0910626006
- Author
- Douglas, Henry Kyd,
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Franklin and Marshall College,
- Date of Publication
- 1973.
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 192 p. illus. 20 cm.
- Notes
- African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
- Summary
- "March 1858...Should Kansas be admitted to the Union? Who will run Pennsylvania's canals? What is the family's relation to Society? These are but a few of the concerns recorded this month by Henry Kyd Douglas in 'The Douglas diary'. Douglas, residing on Center Square, is in the class of 1858 at F&M College. He tells of the 'students escort' to President James Buchanan during the latter's inaugural one year ago. 'The Douglas Diary' is also said to record many other events and hitherto unexplained mischief in community, college and national life during the years 1856-1858." [advertisement]
- Subjects
- Douglas, Henry Kyd, - 1838-1903 - Diaries.
- Franklin and Marshall College - History - Personal narratives.
- Diaries.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
- Call Number
- 371.8092 D734
Diary of J. H. Druckemiller 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment October 6,1861 to December 31, 1862
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2908
- Responsibility
- transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.
- Author
- Druckemiller, J H.
- Place of Publication
- Typescript
- Date of Publication
- 1993.
- Physical Description
- 65 leaves ; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Mr Druckemiller was a Captain in Company B of the 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The diary details his military duties and movements. His references to the weather and daily activities remind the reader of the hardships endured by armies at that time. His writing is clear and succinct.
- Subjects
- Druckemiller, J. H. - Diaries.
- Pennsylvania Infantry. - 79th Regiment, 1861-1862.
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
- United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.
- Diaries.
- Additional Author
- Davis, William G.
- Davis, Janet B.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 973.781 D794