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Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Gehman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 63
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts of books, short stories, and articles by Gehman, diaries (1966-1972), research notebooks (1958-1963), audiotaped interviews of television and movie celebrities, scrapbooks, books and photographs.

Dates: Created: 1953-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/03/1965
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Richard Gehman papers

Roads and Internal Improvements Acts

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 94
Scope and Contents

Official manuscript copies of a Sept. 28, 1789 act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly appropriating funds for the "improvement of roads and inland navigation" and an Apr. 10, 1862 act to improve and grade roads in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. Also includes a list of the original subscribers for the improvements.

Dates: 1789-1862
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Roads and Internal Improvements Acts

Sallie E. Bolton letters and autograph book

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 56
Scope and Contents Correspondence and autograph book. ‡b The correspondence consists of letters from Sallie E. Bolton to her mother written between 1855 and 1858 while she attended and taught at Lancaster County Normal School (presently Millersville University of Pennsylvania).  It includes comments on her concerns for her family, her feelings about a number of everyday life events, including marriage, illness, and her professional life as a young female faculty member at a new normal school in rural...
Dates: 1855-1863
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Sallie E. Bolton letters and autograph book

Sammlung unterschiedlicher nützlicher Recepte

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 32
Scope and Contents

Remedy book. Consists of Pennsylvania-Dutch home remedies written in German.  Has fraktur title page.

Dates: ca. 1850
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Sammlung unterschiedlicher nützlicher Recepte

Samuel G. Landis Account Ledger

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 68
Scope and Contents

Consists of the account ledger of Samuel G. Landis of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Includes a daily record of his business transactions from January 1 to March 28, 1875.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1875
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Samuel G. Landis Account Ledger

School attendance records

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 127
Scope and Contents

Attendance records of a private school, possibly located in or near Philadelphia. Front cover board and numerous pages are missing.

Dates: 1854-1855
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / School attendance records

School book for Martin Immel

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 38
Scope and Contents

Notebook of Martin Immel, a schoolmaster from Manor Township, Pa. Book includes the names of parents or masters, names of children, when they entered, when they left, and the amount of their tuition.

Dates: 1815-1816
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / School book for Martin Immel

Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company records

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 102
Scope and Contents Legislative act, letter, receipt, and account of lotteries relating to the Schuykill and Susquehanna Navigation Company and the Delaware and Schuykill Canal Company. ‡b Includes a Dec. 18, 1809 Pennsylvania State Senate Act, printed by Hugh Hamilton, requesting "further assistance to and altering the corporate title of the President, Managers and Company of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation" with handwritten notations and amendments.  Also included are a letter regarding payment of...
Dates: 1805-1821
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company records

Solomon Helser Daybook

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-118
Scope and Contents

Daybook contains the daily business records of Solomon Helser of Warren Township, Franklin County, Pa. Documents the daily activities of a lumber mill operator, distiller and farmer on the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. Records the daily sales of whiskey including names of purchasers, the amount of liquor purchased and the amount paid. The records of the lumber mill and family farm are also represented.

Dates: 1839-1886
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Solomon Helser Daybook

Some account of the forepart of the life of Elizabeth Ashbridge  of Chester County

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 31
Scope and Contents Contains the memoirs of Elizabeth Ashbridge from the days of her youth in Ireland to her life as an indentured servant and Quaker in the United States.  The story begins with her arrival in New York in 1732 and includes her servitude in Pennsylvania, her marriage to a school master, their lives in Rhode Island, and her return to Pennsylvania to visit Quaker relations.  She remarried in 1746 following the death of her abusive husband and returned to Ireland in 1753.  She died there in 1755. ...
Dates: 1775
Found in: Millersville University Special Collections / Some account of the forepart of the life of Elizabeth Ashbridge  of Chester County

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