Manuscripts
Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:
Charlie Pollock autograph book
Autograph book of students and faculty of MSNS, friends of Pollock, as well as Boston Corbett (who shot JohnWilkes Boothe).
Chester Wittell Music Collection
Compositions, correspondence, manuscripts, poetry, recital programs, photographs, and ephemera. The compositions include orchestral works, chamber music, piano and guitar solo pieces, vocal arrangements, and transcriptions.
Christ family legal papers
Security funds, inventories, letters of administration, releases, and promissory notes signed by Jacob, Samuel, and Amos B. Christ of Millerstown (Millersville), Lancaster County, Pa.
Collection of music
Music notebooks. Consists of handwritten copies of musical compositions by various composers believed to have been copied by Charlotte Brown in 1816. Includes period songs, ballads, waltzes, and other dance music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Music written in English and German.
Coming home to Pennsylvania Dutch country
Includes first day covers of four toleware stamps issued by the U.S. on Apr. 17, 1979 at Lancaster, Pa., plus original works of art created for the Fleetwood ed. by Jim Butcher.
Community Historians of Lancaster County records
Constitution, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, membership lists, treasury reports, newspaper clippings, oral histories, notes on field trips, and issues of the Community Historians of Lancaster County's journal, Community history are included in the collection.
Conestoga Indian treaties and traders, 1682-1722
Typescript documents the contacts between the Native Americans and the early settlers of Lancaster County, Pa. It later formed the basis for a condensed version appearing in Millersville-Penn Manor Community History, ed. Robert E. Coley, James A. Jolly, and Carole E. Slotter. Includes a partial revision and illustrative materials used with the published article.
Contributions in aid of the widow of Henry Murray, late engineer of the Philadelphia & Columbia Rail
List of people who contributed money to aid the widow and orphaned child of Henry Murray of Columbia, Pa. ‡b Includes names of contributors, amount contributed and the date.
Daily memorandum book for 1863
Diary describes the daily activities of Adam Geist from Feb. 1 to May 3, 1863, a period just prior to Geist's enlistment in the Pennsylvania Militia. Includes entries on events relating to the American Civil War.
David Heber Plank School Notebook
School notebook of David Heber Plank from his years as a student at the Pennsylvania Normal School at Millersville. The notes were taken sometime between 1860 and 1864. Includes notes from lectures given by Edward Brooks who served as principal of Millersville Normal School from 1866 to 1883.