Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania land records
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12470
- Responsibility
- Carol Bryant.
- Author
- Bryant, Carol.
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)
- Publisher
- Family Line Publications,
- Date of Publication
- 1997-<1998 >
- Physical Description
- v. <1-5 > : folded maps ; 22 cm.
- Notes
- Includes indexes.
- LCHS has v. 1.
- Contents
- v. 1. 1681-1730 -- v. 2. 1729-1745 -- v. 3. 1745-1753 -- v. 4. 1753-1758 -- v. 5. 1758-1765.
- Subjects
- Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
- Landowners - Pennsylvania - Chester County
- Deeds - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
- Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.813 B915
Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA deed records : including areas now comprising Dauphin and Lebanon counties
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14328
- Responsibility
- compiled by Edward N. Wevodau.
- ISBN
- 1558563806
- Author
- Wevodau, Edward N.
- Place of Publication
- Apollo, PA
- Publisher
- Closson Press,
- Date of Publication
- c2002.
- Physical Description
- v. ; 28 cm.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Contents
- v.1 Books N-Q (deeds recorded 1770-1789) -- v.2 Books R,S,T,U (deeds recorded 1774-1789) -- v.3 Books W, X, Y,Z (deeds recorded 1779-1786) -- v.4 Books AA, BB, CC, DD (deeds recorded 1784-1771) -- v.5 EE, FF, GG, HH (deeds recorded 1786-1797) -- v.6 II, KK, LL, MM, NN (deeds recorded 1787-1793)
- Subjects
- Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
- Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Reference
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO M469a
- Collection
- John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
- Title
- John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
- Object ID
- MG0071
- Date Range
- 1726-1922
Content Note: Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers
of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include
correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings,
photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers
1 document
- Collection
- John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
- Title
- John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
- Description
- Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.
- Date Range
- 1726-1922
- Year Range From
- 1726
- Year Range To
- 1922
- Date of Accumulation
- 1726-1922
- Creator
- Ellmaker family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 02
- People
- Cochran, Thomas B.
- Eichholtz, Jacob
- Elder, Thomas
- Ellmaker, Alfred
- Ellmaker, Amos
- Ellmaker, Ana Margareta
- Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker
- Ellmaker, E. Ben
- Ellmaker, Edgar O.
- Ellmaker, Elizabeth
- Ellmaker, Enos
- Ellmaker, John Leonard
- Ellmaker, John Watson
- Ellmaker, Leonard
- Ellmaker, Lucy H.
- Ellmaker, Nathaniel
- Ellmaker, Thomas
- Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta
- Haverstick, H. B.
- Hoofgardner, Ferdinand
- Hornberger, Maria
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Huston, R. M.
- Koning, P.
- Mayor, Robert
- Moor, John
- Nicolaas, I.
- Pancoast, Dr.
- Schnierer, Jacob
- Snyder, Edwin L.
- Snyder, John A.
- Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.
- Other Creators
- Ellmaker, John Leonard
- Subjects
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Deeds
- Family records
- Genealogy
- Letters
- Marriage records
- Stocks
- Wills
- Search Terms
- Aoelian Hall
- Carnegie Hall
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Ephrata Cloister
- Family records
- Finding aids
- Genealogy
- Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Marriage records
- Metropolitan Opera House
- Newspaper clippings
- Obituaries
- Philharmonic Society of New York
- Roycroft
- Stocks
- Wills
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English, German, Dutch
- Object ID
- MG0071
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- Photograph Collection
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
- Copyright
- Collection 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.
- Classification
- MG0071
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.
Documents
- Collection
- Lyte Family Papers
- Title
- Lyte Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0727
- Date Range
- 1884-1930
: The Lyte Family Papers contain documents pertaining to the
family of Joshua Louis Lyte and Amelia Fleetwood Lyte. Items include deeds, Masonic
membership information, a mortgage, a will and other documents that together provide
a few details of the family’s relationships and activities from 1884 to
1 document
- Collection
- Lyte Family Papers
- Title
- Lyte Family Papers
- Description
- The Lyte Family Papers contain documents pertaining to the family of Joshua Louis Lyte and Amelia Fleetwood Lyte. Items include deeds, Masonic membership information, a mortgage, a will and other documents that together provide a few details of the family's relationships and activities from 1884 to 1930.
- Date Range
- 1884-1930
- Year Range From
- 1884
- Year Range To
- 1930
- Date of Accumulation
- 1884-1930
- Creator
- Lyte, Mary Rebecca, d. 1931
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 15
- People
- Albright, Henry Fleetwood, Jr.
- Albright, Laura H.
- Burger, Henry
- Carter, John C.
- Eaby, Joel S.
- Fisher, J. Frederick
- Fleetwood, David
- Groezinger, Robert W.
- Keller, William Huestis
- Kline, Mabel May
- Lansinger, John W.
- Lyte, Amelia Fleetwood
- Lyte, Eliphalet Oram
- Lyte, Elizabeth
- Lyte, Harold
- Lyte, John H.
- Lyte, Joshua Louis
- Lyte, Mary Rebecca
- Musselman, John E.
- Rothermel, George H.
- Schwarz, Peter
- Subjects
- Deeds
- Family archives
- Freemasons
- Wills
- Search Terms
- Bonds
- Deeds
- Family archives
- Finding aids
- Freemasons
- Lancaster Cemetery
- Manuscript groups
- Mortgages
- Musselman & Schwarz Plumbing and Heating
- West End Building and Loan
- Wills
- Extent
- 1 box, 4 folders, .2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0727
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lyte Family Papers (MG0727), 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-727
- Classification
- MG0727
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Document Collection, June 2014. Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, August 2014. Added to database 25 May 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Dr. Charles Herbst Papers
- Title
- Dr. Charles Herbst Papers
- Object ID
- MG0725
- Date Range
- 1823-1867
1 document
- Collection
- Dr. Charles Herbst Papers
- Title
- Dr. Charles Herbst Papers
- Description
- This collection contains estate papers and financial documents of Dr. Charles Herbst.
- Admin/Biographical History
- Charles Herbst (1782-1865) studied medicine with Dr. William Fahnestock and started his practice in 1804. The following year he was a physician at the prison. In May 1813, he served as surgeon in Major Samuel Humes' Lancaster Battalion. Dr. Herbst is buried at Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- Date Range
- 1823-1867
- Year Range From
- 1823
- Year Range To
- 1867
- Date of Accumulation
- 1823-1867
- Creator
- Beates family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 15
- People
- Armstrong, Arthur
- Bart, Nathaniel
- Beates, Anna Mary Herbst
- Beates, William
- Bruner, M.
- Ellmaker, Nathaniel
- Geiger, Christopher
- Grubb, Edward Burd
- Harman, Susan
- Herbst, Charles
- Herbst, Elizabeth
- Herbst, Henry
- Huber, Jacob
- Humes, Samuel
- Keller, Samuel
- Kirkpatrick, William
- Long, Henry Grimler
- Longenecker, Catherine
- Longenecker, John
- Sener, Frederick
- Wisler, Jacob
- Wisler, John
- Search Terms
- Lancaster Cemetery
- Bonds
- Promissory notes
- Probate records
- Receipts
- Deeds
- Finding aids
- Manuscript groups
- Extent
- 1 box, 4 folders
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0725
- Location of Originals
- 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-725
- Other Number
- MG-725
- Classification
- MG0725
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Documents were transferred from the Document Collection, Box 5, Folders 6, 7, 8 and 12 in May 2014.
- Processed and finding aid prepared by PH, July 2014. Added to database 25 May 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Title
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0720
- Date Range
- 1798-1939
1 document
- Collection
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Title
- Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers
- Description
- This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.
- Date Range
- 1798-1939
- Year Range From
- 1798
- Year Range To
- 1939
- Date of Accumulation
- 1798-1939
- Creator
- Woerner family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 15
- People
- Bassler, Maria
- Bernhard, Henry
- Bernhardy, Henry
- Breitigan, Daniel Mumma
- Bomgardener, Elias
- Burkholder, Ann
- Buckwalter, Barbara
- Buckwalter Daniel W.
- Buckwalter, David Joseph
- Buckwalter, Elam
- Buckwalter, Harry Sahm
- Burkholder, Henry
- Buckwalter, Henry W.
- Buckwalter, Hiram
- Buckwalter, Ivan
- Buckwalter, Joseph
- Burkholder, Martha
- Buckwalter, Stella
- Burkholder, Rebecca
- Burkholder, Veronica
- Cross, Peter
- Drutt, George
- Dunlap, W. M.
- Dutt, Anne
- Dutt, George
- Eberle, Ann
- Eberly, H. S.
- Fory, Zeno
- Frank, Christian
- Fulmer, Phillip
- Hackman, Andrew
- Harnish, M. M.
- Hartman, Frank
- Heidman, Elizabeth
- Heilmand, John
- Herr, Isaac
- Herr, Walter
- Hollersten, Peter
- Homsher, Fred
- Huber, Abraham
- Kreider, Abraham
- Kreiter, Christian
- Landis, Levi
- Myers, N. S.
- Myers, Samuel
- Masterson, Maria
- Masterson, Thomas
- Newcomer, Jacob
- Nolly, Loretta Jane
- Peifer, Amos
- Ritter, Benjamin
- Ruth, John
- Sahm, Aaron
- Sahm, David C.
- Sahm, Eliza Gross
- Sahm, George
- Sahm, Henry Gross
- Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker
- Sahm, Levi
- Sahm, Menno L.
- Shriner, Daniel
- Snyder, H. B.
- Spacht, Ralph M.
- Stauffer, Christian
- Weidman, David
- Witmer, David M.
- Subjects
- Airports
- Auctions
- Broadsides
- Campbell Soup Company
- Contracts
- Deeds
- Inventories
- Loans
- Maps
- Probate records
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)
- Runways (Aeronautics)
- Stocks
- Taxation
- Wills
- Search Terms
- Administrators' accounts
- Agreements
- Airports
- American Union Telephone Company
- Auctions
- Broadsides
- Campbell Soup Company
- Contracts
- Deeds
- East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
- Estate inventories
- Executors' accounts
- Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
- Farmers Market Company
- Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
- Financial records
- Guardianship accounts
- Inventories
- Kissel Hill Telephone Company
- Lancaster Abattoir Company
- Lancaster Trust Company
- Leaf Tobacco Company
- Livestock
- Loans
- Manheim Fairview Cemetery
- Manheim Twp.
- Maps
- Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company
- Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
- Penn Twp.
- Phoenix Water Power Company
- Probate records
- Reading Transit and Light Company
- Receipts
- Runways
- Stocks
- Taxation
- Taxes
- Warwick Twp.
- West Lampeter Twp.
- Wills
- Extent
- 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0720
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), 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-720
- Other Number
- MG-720
- Classification
- MG0720
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Title
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Object ID
- MG0846
- Date Range
- 1727 - 1980s
; 5
volumes of business records
Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7
Shelving Location: Archives North, Side 28
Scope and Content Note: The Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
contain letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and business records from three
generations of the
1 document
- Title
- Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
- Description
- This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
- Date Range
- 1727 - 1980s
- Creator
- Gibbons family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 19
- People
- Bonsall, Daniel
- Bonsall, Edward Horne
- Bonsall, Rachel
- Brinton, William
- Brown, Ellen
- Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
- Conrad, Abraham
- Dunbar, Andrew
- Dunbar, Mary
- Eaby, Christian
- Eaby, Samuel
- Earle, Mary Hussey
- Evans, Thomas
- Evans, Rebecca
- Evans, William
- Gibbons, Abraham
- Gibbons, Caroline
- Gibbons, Daniel
- Gibbons, Deborah
- Gibbons, Joseph
- Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle
- Gibbons, Rachel
- Gibbons, Samuel
- Gibbons, William
- Grigs, 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
- Subjects
- Business records
- Deeds
- Letters
- Mills and mill-work
- Quakers
- Society of Friends
- Westtown Boarding School
- Search Terms
- Business records
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Diaries
- Finding aids
- Lampeter Twp.
- Leacock Twp.
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Mill Creek
- Mills
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Quakers
- Society of Friends
- Westtown Boarding School
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0846
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Copies
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 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
- 2021.008
- Other Numbers
- MG-846
- Other Number
- MG-846
- Classification
- MG0846
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Groff Family Papers
- Title
- Groff Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0333
- Date Range
- 1865-1969
1 document
- Collection
- Groff Family Papers
- Title
- Groff Family Papers
- Description
- The Groff Family Papers contain patents issued to Frederick F. Groff, deeds and related documents for the property of Fred F. Groff, Inc. Funeral Home, and a booklet about the history of cremation in Lancaster. Patents include drawings, petition and specifications, and signatures of Mr. Groff, his attorneys, and witnesses. The property records show the purchase of lots at 234, 236, 238, and 240 West Orange Street, Lancaster.
- Date Range
- 1865-1969
- Year Range From
- 1865
- Year Range To
- 1969
- Date of Accumulation
- 1865-1969
- Creator
- Groff, Robert Frederick, b. 1930
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 08
- Search Terms
- Patents
- Deeds
- Letters
- Correspondence
- Cremation
- Finding aids
- Manuscript groups
- Extent
- 1 box, 6 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0333
- Location of Originals
- 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-333
- Other Number
- MG-333
- Classification
- MG0333
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Added to database 23 July 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Title
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Object ID
- MG0410
- Date Range
- 1691-1963
Note: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items
that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for
tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that
preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain
1 document
- Collection
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Title
- Diffenderffer Family Papers
- Description
- The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
- Date Range
- 1691-1963
- Year Range From
- 1691
- Year Range To
- 1963
- Date of Accumulation
- 1691-1963
- Creator
- Diffenderffer family
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 10
- People
- Brubaker, John
- Brubaker, Margaret
- Brubaker, Philip
- Davis, Sarah
- Diffenderfer, David
- Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
- Diffenderfer, John
- Diffenderffer, Christina
- Diffenderffer, David
- Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
- Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
- Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
- Diffenderffer, Harold F.
- Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
- Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
- Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
- Diffenderffer, Michael
- Freymyer, Jacob
- Grim, Henry
- Haupt, Charles Elvin
- Hoch, Herman E.
- Holl, Wendel
- Hubley, Bernard
- Kennerly, John
- Kinzer, John
- Kinzer, Magdalena
- Koch, Mary
- Koch, Melchior
- Law, James D.
- Markley, Henry
- McCaskey, Donald G.
- McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
- Nevin, Blanche
- Painter, John
- Penn, William
- Rodman, John H.
- Shirk, Henry
- Smith, Oliver
- Smith, William Evans
- Sneider, Christian
- Stone, David
- Stone, George
- Stone, Leonard
- Stone, Mary
- Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
- Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
- Winter, John
- Young, Matthias
- Other Creators
- Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
- Diffenderffer, David
- Subjects
- Deeds
- Letters
- Real property
- Search Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Conestoga River
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Drowning
- Earl Twp.
- England
- Estate settlement
- Finding aids
- German Reformed Church of New Holland
- Haupt Elementary School
- Hutchings Printing House
- King Street
- Lancaster
- Land drafts
- Lemon Street School
- Letters
- Manuscript groups
- Mortgages
- New Design, Earl Twp.
- New Holland
- Newspaper clippings
- Programs
- Real estate
- Real property surveys
- Reigart's Landing
- Susquehanna River
- Texas
- Texas Frontier Forces
- Windsor Forge
- Extent
- 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0410
- 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).
- Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
- Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection 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
- 2006.MG0410_NOV
- Other Numbers
- MG-410
- Classification
- MG0410
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
Documents
- Collection
- Rossmere Sanatorium Records
- Title
- Rossmere Sanatorium Records
- Object ID
- MG0588
- Date Range
- 1908-1991
1 document
- Collection
- Rossmere Sanatorium Records
- Title
- Rossmere Sanatorium Records
- Description
- The Rossmere Sanatorium Records contain a 1908 membership list for the Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County, a charter for the Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County, property records and annual reports for Rossmere Sanatorium and programs for commemorative events.
- Admin/Biographical History
- The Rossmere Hotel, which was located in Manheim Twp., opened in 1898. The building became a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1925; the ballroom was converted into a ward for female patients. The sanatorium closed in 1957 and was eventually demolished.
- Date Range
- 1908-1991
- Year Range From
- 1908
- Year Range To
- 1991
- Date of Accumulation
- 1908-1991
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Room
- Archives South
- Storage Wall
- Side 12
- Search Terms
- American Lung Association of Lancaster and Berks Counties
- American Lung Association of Lancaster County
- Annual reports
- Business records
- Deeds
- Finding aids
- Huff and Puff Club
- Manuscript groups
- Rossmere Sanatorium
- Sanatoriums
- Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis of Lancaster County
- Tuberculosis Society of Lancaster County
- Tuberculosis-Hospitals
- Extent
- 1 box, 9 folders, .25 cubic ft.
- Object Name
- Archive
- Language
- English
- Object ID
- MG0588
- Location of Originals
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Related Item Notes
- American Lung Association Photograph Collection
- American Lung Association of Lancaster County Records (Archives, not cataloged)
- Banners in the Curatorial Collection
- Notes
- Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Rossmere Sanatorium Records (MG0588), 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-588
- Other Number
- MG-588
- Classification
- MG0588
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Custodial History
- Processed and finding aid prepared by CS, December and January 2011. Added to database 28 August 2021.
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