- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
- Title
- An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.6.3.001
- Date Range
- 1832/07/00
1 document
4 images
- Title
- An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports
- Description
- An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports. Washington, D.C.
- Date Range
- 1832/07/00
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 1, Box 6
- People
- Buchanan, James
- Subjects
- Legislation
- Statutes and codes
- Search Terms
- Acts, Legislative
- Legislation
- Buchanan Collections
- James Buchanan
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Extent
- 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 10 x 8 in.
- Object Name
- Act
- Language
- English
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 1 Series 6
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.6.3.001
- Associated Material
- James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
- http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
- James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
- James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
- http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
- James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
- Related Item Notes
- James Buchanan Family Papers
- MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
- Photograph collections
- Curatorial collections
- Wheatland Mansion
- Notes
- May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@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. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- JBMS1995.373
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 1
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Images
Documents
- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
- Title
- An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution”
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.6.3.003
- Date Range
- 1832/06/07
1 document
2 images
- Title
- An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution”
- Description
- An Act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.” Accompanied by envelope from James Buchanan to Col. R. R Heitler, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.
- Date Range
- 1832/06/07
- Creator
- United States. Congress
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 1, Box 6
- Search Terms
- Acts, Legislative
- Legislation
- United States Congress
- Buchanan Collections
- James Buchanan
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Extent
- 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 8.25 x 8 in.
- Object Name
- Act
- Language
- English
- Condition Notes
- Pasted to boards.
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 1 Series 6
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.6.3.003
- Associated Material
- James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
- http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
- James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
- James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
- http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
- James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
- Related Item Notes
- James Buchanan Family Papers
- MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
- Photograph collections
- Curatorial collections
- Wheatland Mansion
- Notes
- May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@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. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- JBMS1996.461
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 3
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Images
Documents
- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
- Title
- Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.2.4.001
- Date Range
- 1838/12/29
2 documents
4 images
- Title
- Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan
- Description
- Agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning funds of Jane B. Lane, Elliott’s wife and James’ sister, and in case she makes no will, how the estate will be divided. Involves bequeaths from her father, James Buchanan, and her mother, Elizabeth Buchanan. Also mentioned in the agreement are her sister, Harriett Henry, and her brother, the Reverend Edward Y. Buchanan, and her four children, James B. Lane, Elliott E. Lane, Mary Elisabeth Lane and Harriett Rebecca Lane. Franklin County, PA.
- Date Range
- 1838/12/29
- Creator
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 1, Box 5
- People
- Baker, Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane
- Buchanan, Edward Young
- Buchanan, Elizabeth Speer
- Buchanan, James
- Henry, Harriet Buchanan
- Johnston, Harriet Lane
- Lane, Elliott Eskridge
- Lane, Elliott Toll
- Lane, James Buchanan
- Lane, Jane Buchanan
- Subjects
- Legal documents
- Probate records
- Search Terms
- Articles of agreement
- Legal documents
- Probate records
- Buchanan Collections
- James Buchanan
- Harriet Lane Johnston
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Extent
- 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.
- Object Name
- Agreement
- Language
- English
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 1 Series 2
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.2.4.001
- Associated Material
- James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
- http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
- James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
- James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
- http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
- James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
- Related Item Notes
- James Buchanan Family Papers
- MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
- Photograph collections
- Curatorial collections
- Wheatland Mansion
- Notes
- May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@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. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- JBMS1995.291
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 1
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Images
Documents
- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
- Title
- Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.2.4.002
- Date Range
- 1839/01/01
2 documents
4 images
- Title
- Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston
- Description
- Copy of the agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan possessed by Harriet Lane Johnston. On reverse :“Article of agreement between Elliott T. Lane and James Buchanan concerning my Mother’s Estate, Decr 31, 1838.” At end of document: “a copy.” And a summary of her mother’s estate not included in the original. Franklin County, PA.
- Date Range
- 1839/01/01
- Creator
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 1, Box 5
- Other Creators
- Johnston, Harriet Lane, 1830-1903
- Subjects
- Legal documents
- Probate records
- Search Terms
- Articles of agreement
- Legal documents
- Probate records
- Buchanan Collections
- James Buchanan
- Harriet Lane Johnston
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Extent
- 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 8 x 10 in.
- Object Name
- Agreement
- Language
- English
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 1 Series 2
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.2.4.002
- Associated Material
- James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
- http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
- James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
- James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
- http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
- James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
- Related Item Notes
- James Buchanan Family Papers
- MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
- Photograph collections
- Curatorial collections
- Wheatland Mansion
- Notes
- May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@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. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- JBMS1995.267
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 1, Series 2, Subseries 4, Folder 2
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Images
Documents
- Collection
- James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
- Title
- Proposed agreement for James Buchanan to rent rooms and furnishings in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.6.3.023
- Date Range
- 1832
1 document
2 images
- Title
- Proposed agreement for James Buchanan to rent rooms and furnishings in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Description
- Proposed agreement in French for James Buchanan to rent certain rooms and furnishings from Anna Michavlova, wife of Marchand Brockhausen. St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Date Range
- 1832
- Creator
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Container
- JBFP Part 1, Box 6
- Subjects
- Contracts
- Extent
- 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 8.25 x 13.25 in.
- Object Name
- Agreement
- Language
- French
- Parent Object ID
- JBFP Part 1 Series 6
- Object ID
- JBFP 1.6.3.023
- Associated Material
- James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
- http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
- James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
- James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
- http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
- James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
- https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
- Related Item Notes
- James Buchanan Family Papers
- MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
- Photograph collections
- Curatorial collections
- Wheatland Mansion
- Notes
- May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@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. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- JBMS1996.080
- Other Number
- JBFP Part 1, Series 6, Subseries 3, Folder 23
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Images
Documents
- Collection
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Title
- Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others
- Object ID
- MG0846_F016
- Date Range
- 1831/07
, Joseph
Hamilton, James
Hertzkey, John
Kendall, John
Kirk, Jeremiah
Lightfoot, Jepthat
Miller, Eliza
Miller, John
Reynolds, Margaret
Stauffer, Christian
Steer, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Thomas, William B.
Wartnaby, Elizabeth
Subject Headings:
Business records
Deeds
Letters
Mills and millwork
Quakers
1 document
- Title
- Agreement from Daniel Gibbons and others
- Description
- Agreement by Daniel Gibbons and six others to pay the sums posted beside their names for the purpose of erecting the Friends meeting house on 9th Street near Spruce Street in Philadelphia.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Some of the names of the signers in the document are hard to read.
- Date Range
- 1831/07
- Creation Date
- July 1831
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 19
- Search Terms
- Agreements
- Business records
- Financial records
- Hicksite Friends' Meeting House
- Meetinghouses
- Quakers
- Society of Friends
- Extent
- 1 item, 2 pages to scan
- Object Name
- Agreement
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0846_F016
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
- Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks 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.
- Accession Number
- 2021.008
- Other Numbers
- MG-846
- Other Number
- MG-846, Folder 16
- Classification
- MG0846
- Description Level
- Item
- Custodial History
- Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Wheatland
- Description
- One pair of Chippendale brass and iron andirons. Contains large reeded ball at top, three graduated small balls center and large ball at base. Snake turned base with two small balls each side of snake turning. Rear of base small turned ball with double column base.
- Provenance
- James Buchanan
- To - Harriet Lane Johnston
- Sold To - Albert & Frank Boutall
- To - Harriet Boutall Carew
- To - Helen Carew Hickman
- To - Rolf Hickman
- To - LancasterHistory
- Year Range From
- 1830
- Year Range To
- 1835
- Last Owner
- Buchanan, James
- Storage Location
- Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Parlor
- Storage Wall
- West Wall
- Search Terms
- James Buchanan Presidential Library
- Object Name
- Andiron
- Material
- Brass, Iron
- Height (cm)
- 53.34
- Height (ft)
- 1.75
- Height (in)
- 21
- Length (cm)
- 58.42
- Length (ft)
- 1.9166666667
- Length (in)
- 23
- Width (cm)
- 30.48
- Width (ft)
- 1
- Width (in)
- 12
- Condition
- Excellent
- Condition Date
- 2022-02-21
- Object ID
- 2011.016.001
- Accession Number
- 2011.016
Images
- 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
- Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs Records
- Title
- Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs
- Object ID
- MG0476
- Date Range
- 1950-1951
1 document
- Collection
- Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs Records
- Title
- Commonwealth vs. Edward L. Gibbs
- Description
- On 10 January 1950, Marian L. Baker was brutally murdered by Edward Lester Gibbs. This collection contains W. Hensel Brown's copies of the clerk's file, transcripts, appeal briefs, and other court records from the murder trial of Edward L. Gibbs, 1950. Newspaper articles report on the 1950 trial and his 1951 electrocution.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Edward Lester Gibbs (1924-1951), veteran (98th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force) and husband of Helen Woodward, was from Gloucester County, NJ. In 1950, he was a student at Franklin and Marshall College. (1)
- Marian Louise Baker (1928-1950), the daughter of Walter M. Baker and Helen Beatrice Soule Britcher, was originally from New Bloomfield, Perry County, PA. (2) She had spent much of her childhood in Conestoga, PA with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy O'Donel. (3) In 1950, she worked as a cashier and secretary in the treasurer's office at Franklin and Marshall College (4) and was engaged to Edward Rankin. (5)
- W. Hensel Brown was the attorney chosen to defend Gibbs.
- "On January 10, 1950, Marian Louise Baker was brutally slain by being
- beaten to death with a lug wrench. Eight days later Edward Lester
- Gibbs, defendant, confessed the killing. Thereafter, he was indicted in
- Lancaster County, tried by a jury, and convicted of murder in the first
- degree with the penalty fixed at death. Prior to his bringing this appeal, his motion for new trial was denied and sentence was imposed in accordance with the verdict.
- At the time of the killing, defendant, a married war veteran twenty-five years of age, was a student at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. *185 In the early afternoon of January 10, 1950, he was in downtown Lancaster when he saw Miss Baker, an employee of the college. He offered to drive her back to the campus in his car and she accepted. However, instead of returning directly to the college, they rode out of town and into the open country. When they reached an isolated spot several miles from the city she commented on the view and defendant stopped the car so that they both might enjoy it. While sitting there he suddenly reached over and began choking her. She broke away and got out of the car. He followed her and after choking her again, he returned to the car, unlocked and opened the luggage compartment, removed the lug wrench, and beat her over the head with it until she was dead. He then left but later returned to hide the body and remove any incriminating evidence. The body was not discovered until four days later.
- On January 18, 1950, defendant admitted committing the crime and on that same day he signed a statement setting forth the facts as we have synopsized them here. Neither at the trial nor at any other time did he deny the truth of that confession and substantially all of the facts contained in it were verified by the independent investigation of the Pennsylvania State Police." (6)
- 1 "Edward Lester Gibbs," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76555590/edward-lester-gibbs.
- 2 "Marian Louise Baker," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632108/marian-louise-baker.
- 3 "Vintage photos, the 1950 murder of an F&M secretary," PennLive.com, last modified January 8, 2016, https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/vintage_photos_the_1950_murder.html.
- 4 "Marian Louise Baker," Find A Grave, accessed November 27, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76632108/marian-louise-baker.
- 5 "Vintage photos, the 1950 murder of an F&M secretary," PennLive.com, last modified January 8, 2016, https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/vintage_photos_the_1950_murder.html.
- 6 "Opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Drew, November 20, 1950," Justia, accessed November 27, 2018, https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1950/366-pa-182-0.html.
- Date Range
- 1950-1951
- Creation Date
- 1950-1951
- Year Range From
- 1950
- Year Range To
- 1951
- Date of Accumulation
- 1950-1951
- Creator
- Brown, W. Hensel, b.1902.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 11
- Subjects
- Murder
- Trials (Murder)
- Trial transcripts
- Trials
- Court records
- Jury selection
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Search Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Court records
- Finding aids
- Jury selection
- Manuscript groups
- Murder
- Newspaper clippings
- Trial transcripts
- Trials
- Trials (Murder)
- Extent
- 1 box, 15 folders, 24 items, 1,081 pages to scan, .5 cubic feet
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0476
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Information about photographs used as evidence may be found in the Photograph Collection-many of the photographs are restricted.
- ObjectID 2-15-04-01 to 2-15-04-21
- Information about photographs used as evidence may be found in the Photograph Collection-many of the photographs are restricted.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Folders 12-15 are restricted. Use photocopies in Folders 8-11.
- 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 Number
- MG-476
- Classification
- MG0476
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by RC, May 2017.
Documents
- Collection
- Transportation Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Object ID
- MG0123
- Date Range
- 1819-1977
• www.LancasterHistory.org
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
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.
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