- Collection
- Blanche Nevin Papers
- Title
- Blanche Nevin Papers
- Object ID
- MG0730
- Date Range
- 1850s-1920s
: The Blanche Nevin Papers include manuscripts of Blanche
Nevin’s prose and poetry, the 1878 contract for her statue of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg,
letters, essays, biographies, and articles about her travels. The collection has not been
fully processed—please see the inventory below.
Creator: Nevin, Blanche
1 document
- Collection
- Blanche Nevin Papers
- Title
- Blanche Nevin Papers
- Description
- The Blanche Nevin Papers include manuscripts of Blanche Nevin's prose and poetry, the 1878 contract for her statue of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, letters, essays, biographies, and articles about her travels.
- Date Range
- 1850s-1920s
- Year Range From
- 1850
- Year Range To
- 1920
- Date of Accumulation
- [1850s-1920s]
- Creator
- Nevin, Blanche, 1841-1925
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- Other Creators
- Nevin family
- Search Terms
- Artists
- China
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Essays
- Finding aids
- Japan
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Pets
- Poetry
- Sculptors
- Travel
- Extent
- 1 box, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0730
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Leather portfolio (2014.020)
- Blanche Nevin Collection (MG0039)
- See also the Photograph, Library, and Curatorial Collections
- Notes
- The collection has not been fully processed-please see the inventory below.
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Original documents may be used-contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at the 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-730
- Classification
- MG0730
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Inventory prepared by donor, 2014. Added to database 26 December 2023.
Documents
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Blanche Nevin lion fountain at Reservoir Park.
- Object ID
- 1-01-04-34
- Date Range
- 1996
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Blanche Nevin lion fountain at Reservoir Park.
- Description
- Blanche Nevin lion fountain at Reservoir Park.
- Date Range
- 1996
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 5.875 x 4 inches
- Object ID
- 1-01-04-34
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Blanche Nevin cross fountain at West Orange Street and West King Street
- Object ID
- 1-01-04-35
- Date Range
- 1996
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Blanche Nevin cross fountain at West Orange Street and West King Street
- Description
- Blanche Nevin cross fountain at West Orange Street and West King Street
- Date Range
- 1996
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Fountains
- Monuments
- West King Street
- West Orange Street
- Place
- Lancaster
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 4 x 5.875 inches
- Object ID
- 1-01-04-35
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Diffenderfer Album 1
- Description
- Page 22: "Wednesday, May 21, 1902 - Dining Party" - Windsor Forge, home of Miss Blanche Nevin; Crowd on lawn at Windsor Forge; Windsor Forge built 1735; Windsor forge dining room; Little Conestoga Creek near Windsor Forge; Dining room fireplace at Windsor Forge.
- Provenance
- First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
- Year Range From
- 1900
- Year Range To
- 1903
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- A-36-01-22
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Diffenderfer Album 1
- Description
- Page 28: "Drive over Welsh Mountains from Churchtown Road Railroad Station"; "Miss Nevin on porch, June 30, 1902"; "Family on the lawn, Windsor Forge, June 30, 1902"; "Snap shot of Amish boys near Morgantown"; Group of people on the lawn at Windsor Forge; large mansion with a cannon on the front lawn - Windsor Forge?; Windsor Forge.
- Provenance
- First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
- Year Range From
- 1900
- Year Range To
- 1903
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Windsor Forge Mansion
- Welsh Mountains
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- A-36-01-28
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Diffenderfer Album 1
- Description
- Page 29: Back view of Windsor Forge, June 30, 1902; "Miss Blanche Nevin, Windsor Forge, June 30, 1902"; "Scene on Conestoga Creek, Windsor Forge, June 28, 1902"; Blanche Nevin and horses at the Constoga Creek, "Miss Nevin and her pets, Conestoga at Windsor Forge"; "I. M. S. F. - Windosr Forge, June 30, 1902"; Headwaters, Conestoga Creek, Windsor Forge, June 28, 1902.
- Provenance
- First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
- Year Range From
- 1900
- Year Range To
- 1903
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Windsor Forge Mansion
- Conestoga Creek
- Horses
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- A-36-01-29
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Diffenderfer Album 1
- Description
- Page 30: Gen. Morgan's Home, near Morgantown, June 28, 1902; "Windsor Forge tentant house, built 1735, June 29, 1902, only one left in rows, where Robert Coleman's parents started"; Gen. Morgan Farm near Morgantown, June 28, 1902; Mrs. King, age 88, near Morgantown; Blanche Nevin playing guitar on a boat, "Taken on Honululu Boat - Miss Blanche Nevin"; "Mrs. King, daughter, and Blanche Nevin, King home, June 29, 1902, near Morgantown."
- Provenance
- First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
- Year Range From
- 1900
- Year Range To
- 1903
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- A-36-01-30
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Diffenderfer Album 1
- Description
- Page 31: Interior of Windsor Forge, "Windsor Hall", June 30, 1902; Blanche Nevin on porch at Windsor Forge, June 30, 1902, note table with legs made of longhorn; "Looking into Reception Room, June 30, 1902"; "Windsor Dining Room, Miss Nevin and Hannah, June 30, 1902"; "Miss Nevin's Bourdoir, June 30, 1902"; Windsor Forge Guest Chambers, June 30, 1902.
- Provenance
- First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
- Year Range From
- 1900
- Year Range To
- 1903
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Windsor Forge Mansion
- Dining rooms
- Bedrooms
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- A-36-01-31
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Windsor Forge - Seventeenth pilgrimage of Historical Society of Berks County. Miss Blanche Nevin greeting guests on the grounds.
- Object ID
- 1-04-04-91
- Date Range
- September 2, 1921
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Windsor Forge - Seventeenth pilgrimage of Historical Society of Berks County. Miss Blanche Nevin greeting guests on the grounds.
- Description
- Windsor Forge - Seventeenth pilgrimage of Historical Society of Berks County. Miss Blanche Nevin greeting guests on the grounds.
- Date Range
- September 2, 1921
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Outings
- Windsor Forge Mansion
- Mansions
- Place
- Caernarvon Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5.5 inches
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-04-04-91
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Windsor Forge - Seventeenth pilgrimage of Historical Society of Berks County. Miss Blanche Nevin greeting guests on the grounds.
- Object ID
- 1-04-04-92
- Date Range
- September 2, 1921
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Windsor Forge - Seventeenth pilgrimage of Historical Society of Berks County. Miss Blanche Nevin greeting guests on the grounds.
- Description
- Windsor Forge - Seventeenth pilgrimage of Historical Society of Berks County. Miss Blanche Nevin greeting guests on the grounds.
- Date Range
- September 2, 1921
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- People
- Nevin, Blanche
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Windsor Forge Mansion
- Outings
- Mansions
- Place
- Caernarvon Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 3.5 x 5.5 inches
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-04-04-92
Images
