003. Manuscript Collections
Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:
John Funck (Funk) Family Journal
Ledger includes farming expenses; details of the construction of house, barn, corn house and hog stables; medicinal and culinary recipes; various formulas.
Susan Ann Furnace
Daybook includes a list of daily expenses plus a listing of the names of men performing labor or services for the company and payment amounts to those individuals.
Henry B. Lehman Journal
Ledger and diary belonging to Henry B. Lehman of Hellam, York County, Pennsyvlania
George L. Bauer Receipt Book
Handwritten receipt book of rents, mortgages and bonds. The final entries for 1881-1882 are payments received of Mrs. Lydia Bauer, executrix of George L. Bauer estate.
Josiah E. McElwain Account Ledger
Account/Ledger Book of Josiah E. McElwain of Octoraro, Pennsylvania for the McElwain farm and the Benevolent Board of the Middle Octoraro Presbyterian Church. Some of the accounts include the names Washington Carrick, Lemuel Myers, James Markey, Cora Markey and Samuel Swayne. Also payments to serveral accounts including the Foreign Missions, Freedmen and York Colored School.
Millersville postcard collection
Postcards of the Millersville University campus showing campus buildings, aerial views, campus scenes, and student groups.
William H. Reiff Letter
A letter recounting a skating party on Conestoga Creek by the Normal School students, in which the students were reprimanded for the young men and women skating together. This would have taken place in the mid-1870s when Reiff was a student. The letter is written to W.W. Griest (Class of 1876) and member of the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Pennsylvania Female Colleges collection
Materials about the different Female Colleges throughout the state of Pennsyvlania.
Octoraro Canal Office Journal kept by J. Emmons.
Ledger documents the daily business transactions of the Octorara Canal Company, as kept by J. Emmons, manager of the canal, from July 1st, 1817 to January of 1824. Includes a listing of debits and credits along with the names of individuals conducting business with the canal company. The ledger was later used as a scrapbook. Newspaper clippings are attached to some pages.
H.W. Shoemaker Papers
Manuscripts and correspondence. Includes correspondence and drafts of articles written by Henry Wharton Shoemaker from 1941 to 1955.