- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
Hanover, York County
Hershey, Derry Twp., Dauphin County
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Co.
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster & York Street Railway Company
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown
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
- Temperance Collection
- Title
- Temperance Collection
- Object ID
- MG0154
- Date Range
- 1815-1959
(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
Columbia
Conventions
Dauphin County Historical Society
Eastland Female Temperance Society
Finding
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
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #583
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Ehrishman, John
- Stone, James
- Kitch, Jacob
- Davies, William
- Ackerman, Philip
- Mayer, George
- Smith, Stephen
- Dawson, Edward C. W.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #583
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Jul 31, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for labor and materials for a variety of work done at "house in Prince St. belonging to Lancaster County."
- Ehrishman, John. [Contractor]
- Individual workers/suppliers:
- Stone, James. Plastering.
- Kitch, Jacob. Digging.
- Davies, William. Hauling sand.
- Ackerman, Philip. Smithing.
- Mayer, George. Hardware.
- Smith, Stephen. Lumber.
- Dawson, Edward C. W. Glazing and painting.
- 1 item, 8 pieces.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #585
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Zahm, Godfried
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Prisons
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #585
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Never entered into Q&A.
- Additional Notes
- Prison.
- Payment for brushes, brooms and lime for the use of the jail.
- Zahm, Godfried.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #586
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Zahm, Mathias
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Prisons
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #586
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Aug 2, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Prison.
- Payment for candles fot the jail.
- Zahm, Mathias.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #587
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Zahm, Mathias
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #587
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Aug 2, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for candles fot the courthouse.
- Zahm, Mathias.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #588
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Eberman, John Sr.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #588
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Aug 2, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for winding the courthouse clock for a year.
- Eberman, John Sr.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #589
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Humes, Samuel Jr.
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Prisons
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #589
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Never entered into Q&A.
- Additional Notes
- Prison.
- Payment for medicine and attendance on prisoners at the jail.
- Humes, Samuel Jr.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #590
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Boas, Jacob
- Cowhick, David
- Doebler, John
- Dornes, William
- Easterday, Anthony
- Fisher, Lewis
- Gruder, Samuel
- Hays, Samuel
- Hinkle, Jonathan
- King, George
- Kissinger, John
- Lutz, George
- Miller, Alexander
- Mulgrew, John
- Powell, John
- Shaum, Benjamin
- Shuth, John
- Swernhart, David
- Wood, Ingraham
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Courthouses
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #590
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Never entered into Q&A.
- Additional Notes
- Courthouse.
- Payment for repairs to the street and pavement around the courthouse.
- Contractors:
- Hinkle, Jonathan.
- Powell, John. Laying brick pavement
- Keller & Dellet. Breaking stones and making footwalks and gutters.
- Fisher, Lewis. Carting.
- Swernhart, David. Carting.
- Dornes, William. Carting.
- Mulgrew, John. Carting.
- Hays, Samuel. Carting.
- Lutz, George. Paving brick.
- Hays, Samuel. Curb stone.
- Doebler, John. Curb stone.
- Miller, Alexander. Carpentry work.
- Shaum, Benjamin. Stones bought.
- King, George. Stones bought.
- Hays, Samuel. Stones bought.
- Logan & Mulgrew. Stones bought.
- Wood, Ingraham. Laborer.
- Shuth, John. Laborer.
- Easterday, Anthony. Laborer.
- Gruder, Samuel. Laborer.
- Kissinger, John. Laborer.
- Boas, Jacob. Laborer.
- Cowhick, David. Laborer.
- Fisher, Lewis. Laborer.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #591
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Description
- This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
- System of Arrangement
- The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
- Date of Accumulation
- 1810-1901
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Christ, John
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lancaster
- Prisons
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Place
- Lancaster
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1829 #591
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Never entered into Q&A.
- Additional Notes
- Prison.
- Payment for work done at the jail.
- Christ, John.
- 1 item, 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item