Skip to main content

003. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 003
Manuscript materials.

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

Anna H. Taylor Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 109
Scope and Contents

Copybook of Anna H. Taylor, a student at Westtown Boarding School in Chester County, Pa., during the 1866 school year. Includes poems, descriptions of the campus and the valedictory address of Jessie S. Cheyney to the Westtown Literary Society delivered on Apr. 3, 1866.

Dates: 1866

Annie E. Bare Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS339
Abstract

Exercise workbook, book of quotes (handwritten), notes from classes and autograph book.

Dates: 1869-1895; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/2017

Art Class of Lancaster Organization Records

 Collection — Box 1-8
Identifier: MS-143
Scope and Contents

Minutes, constitution, by-laws, programs, correspondence, photographs, and other organizational records. Includes note ledgers and scrapbook on the history of the organization.

Dates: 1910-

Autograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 76
Scope and Contents

Autograph albums produced in the Pennsylvania counties of Lancaster, York, Chester, Berks and Lebanon have been placed in two boxes for storage efficiency.

Dates: 1844-1933

Bachman and Pusey Planing Mill Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 170
Abstract

Business correspondence, bills, receipts, invoices, notices, legal documents, price lists, inventories, account books (1870-1879), mill workers' time book (1879-1883) and ephemera. The bulk of the correspondence reflects the activities of the Bachman & Pusey Planing Mill in the years before and during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1853-1883

Beatrice Hively Bacon papers

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 240
Abstract Millersville State Normal School catalog (1928), class materials, class work, song lyrics, music, programs of events, class reunion materials (1948-1993), correspondence, photographs of classmates and campus events, and student handbook (1926) relating to Beatrice Hively Bacon's years at Millersville State Normal School and to her participation in class reunions.  The collection also includes materials related to Mrs. Bacon's activities after leaving the Normal School including a family...
Dates: 1924-1994

Bechtel & Abernathy Coal Company Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 122
Scope and Contents

Daybook documenting the daily business activities of the Bechtel & Abernathy Coal Company of Bechtelsville, Pa. The ledger includes the company's sales and delivery records plus a list of customers and a detailed summary of items sold at public auction in 1877. An appraisal of personal property (1877) and records from a dairy believed to have been owned and operated by the Bechtel family is also included.

Dates: 1872-1878

Benjamin B. Eshleman Business Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 75
Scope and Contents

Business ledger contains the accounting records of a mill operated by Benjamin B. Eshleman of Bartville, Pa. Includes the names of customers, the costs and the work completed at Eshleman's mill.

Dates: 1834-1842

Berlin & Hanover Turnpike Company Stock Certificate

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 112
Scope and Contents

1 Stock Certificate dated 26 August 1817.

Dates: 1817 August 26

B.F. Skinner autograph

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 433
Abstract

Short note sent on letterhead of B. F. Skinner and signed by him to Psychology 316, Millersville State College. Envelope is addressed to Dr. Susan P. Luek-Keen and postmarked 24 March 1975.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2013