Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
A way of life typescript
Manuscripts. Consists of original typescripts with author's hand written corrections and additions. Includes galley proofs, paste-ups, and editor's transcript.
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.
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.
Henry Frank Eshleman papers
Notebooks, ledgers, manuscripts, books, scrapbooks, and correspondence. Includes daily research notebooks from 1936 to 1946, notebooks on specific subjects relating to Pennsylvania history, manuscripts of articles, books from 1814-1932, scrapbooks from 1906 to 1909, personal account ledger from 1897 to 1925, the Lancaster County Voting Register from 1911 to 1916, notes on law by Congressman Marriott Brosius, and miscellaneous correspondence from 1909 to 1945.
Herr family financial records
Inventories of goods and chattels, receipts, security bonds, judgments, last wills and testaments and related documents, surveys, notices of public sales, ledgers, rental records, apprentice indentures, and deeds of the Herr family of Lancaster County, Pa. A folder of biographical information is also included.
Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee records
Correspondence, minutes, records, manuscripts, [photographs, and negatives detailing the work of the Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee from Oct. 10, 1974 to Nov. 13, 1976.
Pennsylvania Rifle
Published by the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee in 1974 as part of the series: Lancaster County during the American Revolution.
Women at Millersville: Oral Histories
Beginning in 2003, numerous classes have conducted oral histories with members of the Millersville community, as well as the wider community in Lancaster County. Transcriptions of these interviews are availalbe in the Archives & Special Collections.