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003. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 003
Manuscript materials.

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

John Funck (Funk) Family Journal

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 451
Abstract

Ledger includes farming expenses; details of the construction of house, barn, corn house and hog stables; medicinal and culinary recipes; various formulas.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1782-1831; Other: Majority of material found in 1788-1802; Other: Date acquired: 05/03/2016

Susan Ann Furnace

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 149
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1837-1838

Henry B. Lehman Journal

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 450
Abstract

Ledger and diary belonging to Henry B. Lehman of Hellam, York County, Pennsyvlania

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1890; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2016

George L. Bauer Receipt Book

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 453
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1845-1882; Other: Date acquired: 01/03/2017

Josiah E. McElwain Account Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 449
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1889-1923; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/2016

Millersville postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 234
Abstract

Postcards of the Millersville University campus showing campus buildings, aerial views, campus scenes, and student groups.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

William H. Reiff Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 447
Abstract

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.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 25 July 1916

Pennsylvania Female Colleges collection

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 452
Abstract

Materials about the different Female Colleges throughout the state of Pennsyvlania.

Dates: 1873-1932; Other: Date acquired: 04/04/2017

Octoraro Canal Office Journal kept by J. Emmons.

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 141
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1817-1824

H.W. Shoemaker Papers

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 9
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts and correspondence. Includes correspondence and drafts of articles written by Henry Wharton Shoemaker from 1941 to 1955.

Dates: 1941-1955