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Manuscripts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:

Song of Pennsylvania Verses

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 417
Scope and Contents

Sheet music.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1927

Speech to railroad men at Philadelphia

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 69
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a speech delivered by former President Theodore Roosevelt on June 10, 1917, in Philadelphia, Pa. Includes handwritten corrections and additions. Not signed.

Dates: Event: Majority of material found in 10 June 1917

Steacy family business records

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 14
Scope and Contents

Business ledgers. Day books, 1842-1877 contain debit and credit entries by name, merchandise or service performed, and amount. Account book, 1853-1864, with Farm Bank of Lancaster, Pa., shows deposits and withdrawals, reason, and periodic balancing. Record of purchases, 1849-1857 is a daily listing of purchaser, product, and cost.

Dates: 1842-1877

Strasburg Township Board of School Directors ledger

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 19
Scope and Contents

Ledger containing financial records of the Board of School Directors. ‡b Includes reports from the treasurer and auditor and records of teacher salaries and miscellaneous expenses.

Dates: 1843 Dec. 30-1913 July 7

Surveying / by Charles and David H. Hottenstein.

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 58
Scope and Contents

Workbook. Includes arithmetic questions and problems related to surveying land.  Entries signed chiefly by David Hottenstein. Signature on front cover of Charles Hottenstein.

Dates: undated

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: Created: 1837-1838

Susquehanna Litho Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 144
Scope and Contents

Constitution, by-laws, minutes, committee reports, annual publications, photographs, and miscellaneous ephemera.

Dates: 1958-2005

Teachers' monthly reports for Warwick Secondary school, number 15 in Warwick District, Lancaster County

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: 003-MS 126
Scope and Contents

Lists names of pupils, attendance record, total number by sex, branches of study, visitors, books used, and days open. Entries by teachers J.B. Haag, Kate L. Wertz, J.W. Hershey, H.N. Mohler, Lizzie Myer, Nathan E. Reist.

Dates: 1892-1899

The Homespun Dress copyed [sic] by Lewis M. Prall.

 Collection — Box 1 folder
Identifier: MS-107
Scope and Contents

Transcription of lyrics to the Confederate song "The Homespun Dress" by Carrie Belle Sinclair which Private Lewis M. Prall heard sung while at Carver General Hospital in Washington D. C. Prall transcribed his version of the lyrics from memory on Aug. 4, 1864 while in Christiana, Pa.

Dates: 4 August 1864

Thomas Green diaries

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 28
Scope and Contents

Diaries. Consists of three diaries written by Thomas Green of Chelsea, Mass., from 1866 to 1868. Diaries list a running account of his activities as a storekeeper, his involvement in the affairs of the local community, including the school board, his daily routine at home and his travels to nearby towns. Includes photographs of family members who resided in Pennsylvania from 1866 to 1918.

Dates: 1866-1868