- Collection
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Title
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Object ID
- MG0116
- Date Range
- 1805-1984
1 document
- Collection
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Title
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
- Description
- Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
- Date Range
- 1805-1984
- Year Range From
- 1805
- Year Range To
- 1984
- Date of Accumulation
- 1805-1984
- Creator
- Hand family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 03
- Subjects
- Genealogy
- Family records
- Letters
- Search Terms
- Genealogy
- Family records
- Family reunions
- Rock Ford
- Correspondence
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Finding aids
- Extent
- 1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0116
- 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
- Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection (MG-116), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
- Other Numbers
- MG-116
- Classification
- MG0116
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 1 May 2019.
Documents
- Collection
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Title
- Archive of Alice P. Fordney
- Object ID
- HC0001
- Date Range
- 1905-1974
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
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
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
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Title
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Object ID
- MG0132
- Date Range
- 1830-1950
1 document
- Collection
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Title
- Benjamin Witmer Collection
- Description
- The Benjamin Witmer Collection contains family photographs, a printed copy of Benjamin Herr's journal, judgment bond, correspondence, and a Lehigh University progress report. Within the collection are genealogies for Letitia Herr Malone, the DuBois family, and the Witmer family, as well as a copy of a genealogy chart of the Witmer family.
- Date Range
- 1830-1950
- Year Range From
- 1830
- Year Range To
- 1950
- Date of Accumulation
- 1830-1950
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Herr, Benjamin Groff
- Search Terms
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Manuscript groups
- Extent
- 1 box, 6 folders, .2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0132
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- See Photograph Collection:
- 1-20-03-46
- 1-20-03-47
- 1-20-03-48
- 1-20-03-49
- 1-20-03-50
- 1-20-03-51
- 2-28-02-01
- 2-28-02-02
- 2-28-02-03
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Benjamin Witmer Collection (MG0132), 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-132
- Other Number
- MG-132
- Classification
- MG0132
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 23 September 2021.
- The photographs in Folder 1 were transferred to the Photograph Collection, 17 November 2017.
Documents
- Collection
- Auto Racing Collection
- Title
- Auto Racing Collection
- Object ID
- MG0137
- Date Range
- 1932-1987
1 document
- Collection
- Auto Racing Collection
- Title
- Auto Racing Collection
- Description
- The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about a benefit for the Williams Grove Old-Timers Association.
- Admin/Biographical History
- J. Earl Way (1907-1997) of Salunga, Pennsylvania was a barber, dance instructor, and local band leader. He was also involved in auto racing, was a race promoter at Landisville Speedway, and wrote articles about racing for several newspapers. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43953963/obituary-for-j-earl-way-aged-89/
- Date Range
- 1932-1987
- Year Range From
- 1932
- Year Range To
- 1987
- Date of Accumulation
- 1932-1987
- Creator
- Way, J. Earl, 1907-1997
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Acker, Ralph
- Barzda, Joe
- Bennet, W.
- Bob, Gert
- Bob, Joe
- Bonmoyer, Herry
- Brubaker, Allen
- Chittwood, Joe
- Cooper, Joe
- Cooper, Russel
- Culp, Dutch
- Dotter, Clyde
- Emery, E.
- Emery, L. D.
- Fritz, Ben
- Gable, Bill
- Gasta, Al
- Gensler, Le Roy
- Graham, Ray
- Greer, Adam
- Greer, Wilbur
- Hamilton. Les
- Heister, Duer
- Herman, George
- Holland, Bill
- Horn, Ted
- Keenig, Len
- Kelcher, Ammon
- Kline, Ted
- Kolas, Fred
- Light, Mark
- Martin, Jack
- Matera, Johnny
- McClanagan, Don
- Menke, Bill
- Meyer, Newt
- Miller, Paul
- Mowery, Earl
- Myers, Chares
- Shollenberger, Ray "Dutch"
- Shoop, Bill
- Spahr, Russel
- Stine, Ottis
- Trissler, John
- Way, Ardella
- Way, Betsy
- Way, Betty
- Way, Fern
- Way, John Earl
- Way, Steven
- Wentz, Walt
- Wilt, Dave
- Wolf, M. J.
- Young, Paul
- Subjects
- Advertisements
- Automobile racing
- Automobile racing drivers
- Automobile racing--Accidents
- Automobiles
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Programs (Publications)
- Racetracks (Automobile racing)
- Stock car drivers
- Search Terms
- Advertisements
- Automobile racing
- Automobile racing drivers
- Automobile racing--Accidents
- Automobiles
- Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.
- Bird-in-Hand Speedway
- Bishop's Café
- Cars
- Central Speedway
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Columbia
- Finding aids
- Greer's Motor Dome
- Landisville, East Hempfield Twp.
- Landisville Speedway
- Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Manuscript groups
- Newspaper clippings
- Lancaster Fairgrounds
- Pennsylvania Casualty Company
- Programs
- R. R. Graybill's Garage
- Racetracks
- Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Russ Cooper's Riley Special
- Sambler Special
- Speedways
- Star Beer Special A V8 Ford
- Statistics
- Stock car drivers
- Williams Grove Old Timers
- Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Young Bros.
- Extent
- 1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0137
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Auto Racing Collection (MG0137), 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-137
- Classification
- MG0137
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by AS, 1999. Finding aid typed by KS, March 2013. Added to database 25 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Temperance Collection
- Title
- Temperance Collection
- Object ID
- MG0154
- Date Range
- 1815-1959
1 document
- Collection
- Temperance Collection
- Title
- Temperance Collection
- Description
- The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
- Date Range
- 1815-1959
- Year Range From
- 1815
- Year Range To
- 1959
- Date of Accumulation
- 1815-1959
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 04
- People
- Aikin, Francis
- Alexander, Eleanor B.
- Brosius, Letitia
- Brubaker, George
- Eckman, Benjamin F.
- Geist, Jacob Miller Willis
- Harlan, E. W.
- Heiges, George Leonard
- Jackson, Josephine
- Richardson, Benjamin W.
- Rineer, A. Hunter
- Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle
- Seberry, Cora E.
- Thomas, A. Elizabeth
- Willard, Frances Elizabeth
- Subjects
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Minutes (Records)
- Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Programs (Publications)
- Temperance
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Search Terms
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Bart Society
- Business records
- Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.
- Christiana
- Churches
- Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Columbia
- Conventions
- Dauphin County Historical Society
- Eastland Female Temperance Society
- Finding aids
- Friends Academy
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster
- Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Lititz
- Locust Valley, Long Island, New York
- Manheim
- Manuscript groups
- Minutes
- National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Pageants
- Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union
- Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Poetry
- Programs
- Reports
- Songs
- Strasburg
- Temperance
- Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Extent
- 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0154
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), 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-154
- Classification
- MG0154
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
- Title
- Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
- Object ID
- MG0314
- Date Range
- 1913-1979
1 document
- Collection
- Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
- Title
- Fourth of July Celebrations Collection
- Description
- This collection contains programs for Fourth of July celebrations in Lancaster County.
- Date Range
- 1913-1979
- Year Range From
- 1913
- Year Range To
- 1979
- Date of Accumulation
- 1913-1979
- Creator
- LancasterHistory (Organization)
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- People
- Good, Susan G.
- Hackman, Floyd F.
- Search Terms
- Finding aids
- Fourth of July celebrations
- Holidays
- Independence Day
- Manuscript groups
- Programs
- Extent
- 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0314
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Fourth of July Celebrations Collection (MG0314), 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-314
- Other Number
- MG-314
- Classification
- MG0314
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by HST, 21 February 2006, updated 2006, 2007, 2011. Added to database 30 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Henry Boyd Neff Collection
- Title
- Henry Boyd Neff Collection
- Object ID
- MG0307
- Date Range
- 1914-1978
1 document
- Collection
- Henry Boyd Neff Collection
- Title
- Henry Boyd Neff Collection
- Description
- The Henry Boyd Neff Collection contains legal documents about Neff Taxi, as well as Neff Taxi service cards and correspondence. The majority of the collection consists of legal documents from the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, which later became the Public Utility Commission. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission regulates transportation services, in addition to gas, water, electricity, and telephone services, for consumers in the state. The commission maintains licenses and fair rates and ensures proper insurance coverage for the taxicab companies.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Henry Boyd Neff was born in 1877, the son of Levi Neff and grandson of Samuel Neff. He started his Lancaster-based taxi business in the 1910s, although he first had a confectionary store on West James Street. Henry Neff and his wife, Emma, resided on East End Avenue (formerly Chester Avenue) in Lancaster city with their two children-Dorothy and Raymond. While their business was originally located on Penn Square, it moved to East Mifflin Street by 1950. Henry Neff ran the business until his death on May 16, 1959, at which time his daughter Dorothy took over. Dorothy Neff managed Neff Taxi through the mid-1970s, and she sold the business to Friendly Taxi in 1978.
- Date Range
- 1914-1978
- Year Range From
- 1914
- Year Range To
- 1978
- Date of Accumulation
- 1914-1978
- Creator
- Neff, Dorothy H., d. 2018
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- People
- Berry, Charles Radford
- Fickenscher, P. E.
- McElwee, Cornelius J.
- Morgal, B. Frank
- Neff, Dorothy H.
- Neff, Henry Boyd
- Reinhard, J. W.
- Subjects
- Business records
- Taxicab drivers
- Search Terms
- Business records
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Finding aids
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Neff Taxi
- Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
- Reports
- Taxicab drivers
- Extent
- 1 box, 4 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0307
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Henry Boyd Neff Collection (MG0307), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Folder 4 contains restricted material; do not use.
- 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-307
- Other Number
- MG-307
- Classification
- MG0307
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- This collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared by MEB, Spring 2006. Added to database 30 September 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Michael and Maria Eby Hostetter Family Papers
- Title
- Michael and Maria Eby Hostetter Family Papers, 1828-1939
- Object ID
- MG0641
- Date Range
- 1828-1939
1 document
- Title
- Michael and Maria Eby Hostetter Family Papers, 1828-1939
- Description
- The Michael and Maria Eby Hostetter Family Papers include cards, notes, birth certificate, and receipt, some of which could have belonged to other members of the Eby and Hostetter families.
- Date Range
- 1828-1939
- Year Range From
- 1828
- Year Range To
- 1939
- Date of Accumulation
- 1828-1939
- Creator
- Hostetter family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 13
- Other Creators
- Eby family
- Subjects
- Family records
- Search Terms
- Family records
- Finding aids
- Manuscript groups
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0641
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Michael and Maria Eby Hostetter Family Papers (MG0641), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Additional Notes
- Preferred Citation: Michael and Maria Eby Hostetter Family Papers (MG0641), 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-641
- Other Number
- MG-641
- Classification
- MG0641
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, May-June 2014. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection was cataloged using DACS conventions.
Documents
- Collection
- Ranck Family Reunion Records
- Title
- Ranck Family Reunion Records
- Object ID
- MG0663
- Date Range
- 1928-2002
1 document
- Collection
- Ranck Family Reunion Records
- Title
- Ranck Family Reunion Records
- Description
- The Ranck Family Reunion Records contain reunion programs of the Ranck family from 1928 to 2002, lists of descendants from 1983 to 2000, minutes from 1976 to 2002, and letters and correspondence pertaining to the Ranck clan.
- Date Range
- 1928-2002
- Year Range From
- 1928
- Year Range To
- 2002
- Date of Accumulation
- 1928-2002
- Creator
- Ranck family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 13
- People
- Poole, Vera
- Ranck, E. M.
- Ranck, Ezra H.
- Ranck, Harriet M.
- Ranck, Iola S.
- Ranck, P. J.
- Rank, George Seldomridge
- Ronk, John
- Shippen, Edward, Jr.
- Search Terms
- Cemeteries
- Correspondence
- Family reunions
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Maps
- Minutes
- Obituaries
- Programs
- Scholarships
- Songs
- Extent
- 1 box, 11 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0663
- 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 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-663
- Classification
- MG0663
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, September 2013. Added to database 30 September 2021.
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