LancasterHistory Research Collections

We sing to thee : a history of Millersville University

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Author
Downey, Dennis B.,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
370 M652d
Responsibility
Dennis B. Downey.
ISBN
0975934007
Author
Downey, Dennis B.,
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa
Publisher
Millersville University of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
xiii, 261 p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports., music ; 21 x 26 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Includes words and music for Millersville's alma mater song, "We sing to thee."
Subjects
Lancaster County Normal Institute - History.
Lancaster County Normal School (Millersville, Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania State Normal School of the Second District - History.
State Teachers College (Millersville, Pa.) - History.
Millersville State College (Pa.) - History.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania - History.
Universities and colleges - Pennsylvania - Millersville
Teachers colleges - Pennsylvania - Millersville
Teachers - Pennsylvania - Millersville
Additional Corporate Author
Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
370 M652d
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson
Object ID
OH0163
Date Range
2007/03/15
facility, the structure of the building, uh, the number of the students, the number of the teachers? Can you remember those things, or… J: I-I vaguely remember, yes, and-and certainly well enough to give some comparison. Um…a one room school was exactly haha how…what it appears…what it’s stated to be—a one
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson
Description
Oral history interview with Hazel Jackson, the first African American teacher in the School District of Lancaster.
Date Range
2007/03/15
Date of Interview
2007-03-15
Creator
Jackson, Hazel, 1926-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Jackson, Hazel
LeFever, Carol
Shugar, Miles
Interviewer
LeFever, Carol
Narrator
Jackson, Hazel
Other Creators
Shugar, Miles, collector
Subjects
African Americans
African American women
African American teachers
African American Veterans
Oral history
Search Terms
African American teachers
African American Veterans
African American women
Local figures
Oral histories
Persons of color
Teachers
Veterans
Women
Area / Region
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Place of Interview
Home of Hazel Jackson
Object Name
Recording, Video
Length of Interview
1:31:50
Object ID
OH0163
Description Level
Item
Documents
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Collection
Wails Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
WA-02-03-16
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Wails Family Photograph Collection
Description
Photo album #3. Group of studends, William Dague, schoolteacher. He was brother of Annie Dague Wails.
Provenance
Gift of Richard and Gretchen Sheppard
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Dague, William
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Teachers
Education
Students
Schools
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
WA-02-03-16
Notes
Large green album, plastic-like front cover with floral design, velvet back cover. Clasp intact. Mostly cabinet cards.
Images
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Collection
Abele and Shirk Family Photograph Collection
Title
Students and teacher at Spring Garden School
Object ID
ASF-01-02-08
Date Range
1900/10/17
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Abele and Shirk Family Photograph Collection
Title
Students and teacher at Spring Garden School
Description
Students and teacher at Spring Garden School, near Paradise. Ruth Haines is fourth from left and her sister, Lida Haines is fifth from left in back row.
Date Range
1900/10/17
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Haines, Ruth
Henry, Ruth Haines
Haines, Lida
Mull, Lida Haines
Subject
Photographs
Classification
ASF-01-02-08
Search Terms
Children
Students
Spring Garden School
Teachers
Place
Paradise Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4.25 x 6.5 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph on 7 x 9 inch backing board
Object ID
ASF-01-02-08
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.041
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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Weaver family scrapbook, page 2.
Object ID
WBH-02-07-02
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Weaver family scrapbook, page 2.
Description
Weaver family scrapbook, page 2.
Real photo postcard of a woman and boy identified as Robert Weaver and Mary Davis. Newspaper clipping of Prof. S. K. Henrie
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Davis, Mary
Weaver, Robert N.
Henrie, Samuel K.
Subject
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Classification
WBH-02-07-02
Search Terms
Scrapbooks
Photograph albums
Real photo postcards
Teachers
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
6.5 x 8.25 inches
Object ID
WBH-02-07-02
Notes
This scrapbook consists of photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings and other ephemera glued to pages of a 6.5 x 8.25 inch composition notebook with lined pages. Not all pages are used. Cover is grey and is labeled "Roberts & Meck's Seaboard Composition Book, 36 Leaves Writing Paper, Roberts & Meck, Harrisburg, Pa."
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
Images
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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Weaver family scrapbook, page 22.
Object ID
WBH-02-07-22
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Weaver family scrapbook, page 22.
Description
Weaver family scrapbook, page 22.
Top left: Ida M. Weaver, "Taken Oct. 4th in Calumet School (1927)." Top center: "Miss Anna Hubert with whom i taught at Calumet terms 1926-1927 & 1927-1928". Top right: "Pearl Tinkey, pupil 1926-1972, Calumet #1". Bottom: "Girls of boarding house in State College July and Aug. 1928. Left to right, Margaret Price, Luella Martin, Ethel Young, Mrs. Duck, Laura Rossbach, "Jerry" Thomas, Agnes Bowie, Anna Williams.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Weaver, Ida Miran
Hubert, Anna
Tinkey, Pearl
Price, Margaret
Martin, Luella
Young, Ethel
Rossbach, Laura
Bowie, Agnes
Williams, Anna
Subject
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Classification
WBH-02-07-22
Search Terms
Scrapbooks
Children
Students
Teachers
Women
Education
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
6.5 x 8.25 inches
Object ID
WBH-02-07-22
Notes
This scrapbook consists of photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings and other ephemera glued to pages of a 6.5 x 8.25 inch composition notebook with lined pages. Not all pages are used. Cover is grey and is labeled "Roberts & Meck's Seaboard Composition Book, 36 Leaves Writing Paper, Roberts & Meck, Harrisburg, Pa."
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Weaver family scrapbook, page 31.
Object ID
WBH-02-07-31
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Weaver family scrapbook, page 31.
Description
Weaver family scrapbook, page 31.
Newspaper clipping about Dr. Samuel Fausold, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, educator, dated October 31, 1936. Newsprint photo of Samuel M. Ankney, "buried Jan. 1, 1937".
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Fausold, Samuel
Ankney, Samuel M.
Subject
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Classification
WBH-02-07-31
Search Terms
Scrapbooks
Teachers
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
6.5 x 8.25 inches
Object ID
WBH-02-07-31
Notes
This scrapbook consists of photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings and other ephemera glued to pages of a 6.5 x 8.25 inch composition notebook with lined pages. Not all pages are used. Cover is grey and is labeled "Roberts & Meck's Seaboard Composition Book, 36 Leaves Writing Paper, Roberts & Meck, Harrisburg, Pa."
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph of students at Conestoga School
Object ID
2-30-01-05
Date Range
c. 1891
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph of students at Conestoga School
Description
Students of Conestoga School, c. 1891. Possibly near New Holland. Teacher is Martin G. Weaver. Identified from left in first row: Aaron McQuate, Samuel M. Martin, Annie Martin, Harry J. Martin, Ida Fox, Barton Stauffer, Lizzie Beam, Nora Burkey, Cora Fox, and George Hollinger. Second row, from left: William Z. Martin, Horace K. Martin, Lizzie Martin, Lizzie Weaver and Warren Weaver. Third row, from left: Peter J. Martin, Abram Stauffer, Wayne Burkey, George Weaver, Mary Martin and John H. Weaver. Fourth row, from left: Harry Ludwig, Wayne Ammon, Tobias Martin, Annie Weaver, Ida Stauffer, and Mary Ammon. Fifth row, from left: Anna Martin, Lydia Martin, Etta Weaver, Emma Weinhold, Horace Martin, and Walter McQuate. Sixth row, from left: Lydia Ann Hollinger, Scott McQuate, Joseph Burkey, and Amos Weaver.
Provenance
Gift of Denise Lahr
Date Range
c. 1891
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Weaver, Martin G.
McQuate, Aaron
Martin, Samuel M.
Martin, Annie
Martin, Harry J.
Fox, Ida
Stauffer, Barton
Beam, Lizzie
Burkey, Nora
Fox, Cora
Hollinger, George
Martin, William Z.
Martin, Horace K.
Martin, Lizzie
Weaver, Lizzie
Weaver, Warren
Martin, Peter J.
Stauffer, Abram
Burkey, Wayne
Weaver, George
Martin, Mary
Weaver, John H.
Ludwig, Harry
Ammon, Wayne
Martin, Tobias
Weaver, Annie
Stauffer, Ida
Ammon, Mary
Martin, Anna
Martin, Lydia
Weaver, Etta
Weinhold, Emma
Martin, Horace
McQuate, Walter
Hollinger, Lydia Ann
McQuate, Scott
Burkey, Joseph
Weaver, Amos
Subject
Photographs
Classification
2-30-01-05
Search Terms
Conestoga School
Students
Education
Teachers
Schools
Place
Earl Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Dimention Details
On backing board
Object ID
2-30-01-05
Notes
See also MG-806 Witmer and McClure Family Papers or MG-789 Homsher Family Papers
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph of students at Good's School
Object ID
2-30-01-06
Date Range
1907-1908
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph of students at Good's School
Description
Students of Good's School. Edgar Shrom, teacher.
Provenance
Gift of Denise Lahr
Date Range
1907-1908
Year Range From
1907
Year Range To
1908
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Shrom, Edgar
Subject
Photographs
Classification
2-30-01-06
Search Terms
Good's School
Students
Education
Teachers
Schools
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Dimention Details
On backing board measuring 8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-30-01-06
Notes
See also MG-806 Witmer and McClure Family Papers or MG-789 Homsher Family Papers
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Miss Billee and her dance students get ready for a recital.
Object ID
D-02-03-08
Date Range
June 16, 1930
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Title
Photograph- Miss Billee and her dance students get ready for a recital.
Description
Miss Billee and her dance students get ready for a recital. Amelia "Miss Billee" Gilman had a dance studio on East Orange Street at the time this photo was taken.
Date Range
June 16, 1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Gilman, Amelia
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Students
Teachers
Dancing
Schools
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
7 x 11 inches
Print Size
7 x 11 inches
Object ID
D-02-03-08
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
715-1371
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