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MG-92 The Almanac Collection: 1775-
12 boxes 5.5 cubic ft
Description: Collection consists of almanacs printed in Lancaster
County and other locations. In addition to general almanac information,
many issues contain articles and poems about historical events and
persons, as well as government and political information, housekeeping
information and remedies, recipes, songs, titles of sheet music,
music for a variety of instruments, times and places of the Meetings
of the Friends on the Continent of America, and engravings and descriptions
of battles. Some almanacs are illustrated.
Organized by language:
Series 1.0 -- English
Series 2.0 -- German
Each series has paper indexes arranged alphabetically, chronologically,
and by box and folder numbers.
Series 1.0 - English
Box 1
Folder 1 Almanac for the German Reformed Church
for the Year of Our Lord...,1864.
Folder 2 Almanac for the Year of Our Lord...,1861.
Folder 3 Almanac for the Year of Our Lord...for
The Reformed Church in the USA [Lebanon, Pa.: Laurence Ibach],
1877.
Folder 4 Almanac for the Reformed Church in
the United States..., 1893-1895, 1897.
Folder 5 Almanac for the Reformed Church in
the United States..., 1900, 1905.
Folder 6 Frederick Almanac [Frederick
City, Md.], 1898, 1900, 1904.
Folder 7 Frederick Almanac, 1910.
Folder 8 Hagers-town Town and County Almanack
[Hagerstown, Md.: John Gruber], 1877.
Folder 9 Hagers-Town Almanack, 1895.
Folder 10 Hagers-Town Almanack, 1900,
1903, 1905-1907.
Folder 11 Telephone Almanac [includes
historical events and a Rebus page], 1929.
Folder 12 Telephone Almanac, 1952,1956-1958.
Folder 13 Great Western Almanac, 1853,
1860.
Folder 14 Tribune Almanac (and Political Register),
[Includes Constitution of the U.S., Foreign Slave Trade, Land
for the Landless, 36th Congress, Free Homesteads, National party
Platforms for 1860.], 1860, 1861.
Folder 15 People's Almanac for the Year of
Our Lord..., [Lancaster, Pa.: James F. Downey], 1871, 1872.
Folder 16 Downey's Almanac for the Year of
Our Lord..., 1874, 1875.
Folder 17 People's Almanac, [Philadelphia,
Pa.: Richard Magee], 1850.
Box 2
Folder 18 Uncle Sam's Almanac, [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Sheaffer], 1861, 1865.
Folder 19 Lee and Walker's Musical Almanac
[A listing of sheet music and books: operatic songs for the
piano; guitar songs; polkas; cabinet organ treasury; violin music;
flute solos; music for the piano-forte; and list of most popular
pieces. Established in Philadelphia, 1794.], 1872.
Folder 20 Daily and Weekly Lancaster Intelligencer
Almanac [illustrated], 1879.
Folder 21 New Era Illustrated Almanac
[Lancaster, Pa. Progress of the U.S. (1830-31); canals-their length
and cost; Lancaster's Passenger Station; Lancaster's Crowning Industry
(watch factory picture).], 1882.
Folder 22 Vennor's Almanac and Weather-Record
[Philadelphia, Pa. Includes articles on weather; town and country
rain; A Balloon in a Thunderstorm; Red & Yellow Rain; The Terrible
Summer of 1881 (drought); also old ads.], 1882.
Folder 23 Dr. D. Jayne's Medical Almanac &
Guide to Health, 1895.
Folder 24 Bank Almanac [Intercourse, Pa.:
First National Bank], 1909.
Folder 25 Everyday Almanac and Home Helps
[Lancaster, Pa.: Farmers Trust Company], 1915, 1930. 1915 almanac
donated by Gary Hawbaker in January 2001.
Folder 26 Old Moore's Almanack, 1967.
Folder 27 General Taylor's Old Rough &
Ready Almanac [Lancaster, Pa.: Seth Smith. Mexican War. Pennsylvania
Courts. ], 1847, 1848.
Folder 28 Kodol Almanac: 200 Year Calendar,
1904.
Folder 29 Ingleside Almanac [New York.
Illustrated.], 1895 (Christmas Number, 1894).
Folder 30 Hostetter's Illustrated United States
Almanac, 1894.
Folder 31 Friends' Almanac [by Joseph
Foulke, Jr. Lists times and places of the Meetings of Friends on
the Continent of America, including Nottingham and Little Britain
in Lancaster County.], 1847.
Folder 32 Marshall's Illustrated Almanac and
Pocket Compendium, 1892, 1908.
Folder 33 Church Almanac [Philadelphia,
Pa.: Lutheran Bookstore], 1893, 1894.
Folder 34 Illustrated Family Christian Almanac,
1968.
Folder 35 Columbian Almanac [Philadelphia,
Pa.: Joseph McDowell], 1827, 1837, 1854.
Folder 36 Democratic Almanac and Political
Compendium, 1869.
Box 3
Folder 37 Gaine's Universal Register, or American
and British Kalender for the Year... [American and British.
General description of America. Population estimates. 1774 extracts
from the Continental Congress.], 1775
Folder 38 United States Almanac, 1855
Folder 39 United States Farmer's Almanac,
1857
Folder 40 (Old) Farmer's Almanac [Robert
B. Thomas], 1905
Folder 41 Old Farmer's Almanac [Bicentennial
Issue, Robert B. Thomas], 1976
Folder 42 American Farm and Home Almanac,
1973
Folder 43 Bauer Almanac, 1939
Folder 44 Farmers' Almanac, 1968, 1973,
1974
Folder 45 American Farmer's Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: J. Gish], 1846
Folder 46 American Farmer's Almanac [Philadelphia,
Pa.: Fisher & Brother], 1863
Folder 47 Farmer's Almanac for the Year...
[Philadelphia, Pa.: Miller & Elder], 1865
Folder 48 Farmer's Almanac for the Year...
[Philadelphia, Pa.: King & Baird], 1866
Folder 49 New England Farmer's Almanac, 1833
Folder 50 McCarty & Davis' Pennsylvania
Almanac [Rates of postage. Wm. Penn's deed from the Indians,
1685.], 1820
Folder 51 Pennsylvania Almanac, 1826
Folder 52 Pennsylvania Agricultural Almanac,
1824
Box 4
Folder 53 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1833, 1837, 1838
Folder 54 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1840, 1842-1844 (dup: 1842, 1843)
Folder 55 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1845-1849 (dup: 1846-1849)
Folder 56 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1850-1852, 1854-1859 (dup: 1850)
Folder 57 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1860-1863 (4 copies 1861)
Box 5
Folder 58 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1865-1869 (dup: 1867, 1868; 4 copies 1869)
Folder 59 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1870-1872 (dup: 1870-1872)
Folder 60 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1873-1875 (dup: 1873, 1874; 3 copies 1875)
Folder 61 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer], 1876-1879 (dup: 1877, 1878; 3 copies 1876, 1879)
Folder 62 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1880-1883 (dup: 1880-1883)
Folder 63 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1884-1885 (3 copies 1884, 4 copies 1885)
Box 6
Folder 64 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1886-1888 (dup: 1888; 3 copies 1886, 1887)
Folder 65 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1889-1890 (3 copies 1889, 1890)
Folder 66 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1891-1894 (dup: 1891-1893)
Folder 67 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1895-1896 (dup: 1896; 3 copies 1895)
Folder 68 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1897-1899 (dup: 1897, 1899)
Folder 69 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1900-1901 (3 copies 1900)
Folder 70 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1902-1904 (dup: 1903)
Folder 71 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1905-1909
Folder 72 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1910-1914 (dup: 1913)
Folder 73 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1915-1919 (dup: 1915, 1917, 1919)
Box 7
Folder 74 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1920-1924 (dup: 1921, 1922)
Folder 75 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1925-1929 (dup: 1927)
Folder 76 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1930-1933 (dup: 1930, 1932, 1933)
Folder 77 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1934-1936 (dup: 1934, 1935, 1936)
Folder 78 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1937-1939 (dup: 1937, 1939)
Folder 79 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1940-1944
Folder 80 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1945-1949
Folder 81 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1950-1954
Folder 82 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1955-1959
Box 8
Folder 83 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1960-1964
Folder 84 Agricultural Almanac [Lancaster,
Pa.: John Baer's Sons], 1965-1967
Folder 85 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1968, 1969
Folder 86 Baer's Agricultural Almanac, 1970-1972
Folder 87 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1973-1974 (dup: 1973)
Folder 88 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1975-1977
Folder 89 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1978, 1979
Box 9
Folder 90 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1980-1982 (dup: 1982)
Folder 91 Baer's Agricultural Almanac, 1983-1985
Folder 92 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1986-1988 (dup: 1986)
Folder 93 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1989, 1990, 1992 (dup: 1990)
Folder 94 Baer's Agricultural Almanac,
1997, 1998, 2002, 2005.
Folder 95 Photocopy of newspaper clipping about
The Farmer's Almanac, [1953]
Folder 96 Turner's Improved House-keeper's
Almanac and Family Receipt Book, 1849
Series 2.0 - German
Box 1
Folder 1 Stadt und Land Calender, 1855.
Folder 2 Bauren und Handwerkesmannes Calender,
1853
Folder 3 Lutherische Kalender, 1878
Folder 4 Rosenthal's Berks County Calender,
1866
Folder 5 Sinn des Geistes [unparthenlichkeit],
1820
Folder 6 Neue Berbesserte Nord-Americanische
Calender, 1782
Folder 7 Neue und Berbesserte Nord-Americanische
Kalender, 1792
Folder 8 Americanische Calender, 1798
Folder 9 Republikanische Kalender, 1779,
1780
Folder 10a Neuer Lancasterscher Calender (Neue
Gemeinnukige Landwirthshafts Calender), 1798 (2 copies), 1799,
1800 (1798-1800 are bound together)
Folder 10b Neuer Lancasterscher Calender (Neue
Gemeinnukige Landwirthshafts Calender), 1801, 1803, 1804 (2
copies)
Folder 10c Neuer Lancasterscher Calender (Neue
Gemeinnukige Landwirthshafts Calender), 1805-1808
Folder 10d Lancasterscher Calender (Gemeinnukige
Landwirthshafts Calender), 1812, 1813 (2 copies), 1814
Folder 10e Lancaster Calender (Gemeinnukige
Landwirthshafts Calender), 1822, 1823, 1825, 1826, 1828, 1830
Folder 11 Neue Americanische Landwirthschafts
Calender (Neue Readinger Calender), 1824, 1825, 1830
Folder 11a Neue Pennsylvanische Stadt und Land
Calender, 1829
Folder 12 Hoch-Deutsche Americanische Calender,
1831
Folder 12a Pennsylvanische Anti-Freimaurer
Calender, 1832
Folder 13 Turner and Fischer's Deutscher Bilder
Calender, 1848
Folder 14 Schlusstein Calender, 1840
Folder 15 Kalender fur die Reformirte Kirche,
1880-1882, 1885, 1889
Folder 16 Kalender der Reformierten Kirche
in den Vereinigten Staaten, 1901, 1904, 1905
Box 2
Folder 17 Americanischer Stadt und Land Calender,
1813
Folder 18 Americanischer Stadt und Land Calender,
1837-1839
Folder 19 Amerikanischer Stadt und Land Calender,
1843, 1855
Folder 20 Amerikanischer Stadt und Land Calender,
1863, 1865
Folder 21 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1807,
1833-1839
Folder 22 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1840,
1841 (2 copies), 1842
Folder 23 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1843,
1844, 1845 (2 copies), 1846, 1847
Folder 24 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1848,
1849
Folder 25 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1852-1854
Folder 26 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1855-1857,
1858 (2 copies), 1859
Box 3
Folder 27 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1860-1864
Folder 28 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1865
(2 copies), 1866, 1867, 1868 (2 copies), 1869
Folder 29 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1870,
1871, 1872 (2 copies), 1873, 1874
Folder 30 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1875,
1876, 1879 (2 copies), 1880
Folder 31 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1881,
1882, 1883 (2 copies), 1884 (2 copies), 1885, 1886
Folder 32 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1887-1889,
1890 (2 copies), 1891
Folder 33 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1892
(2 copies), 1893-1898
Folder 34 Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1903,
1904, 1909, 1911, 1913-1915, 1917
Folder 35 Unknown title, 1838
Folder 36 Unknown title (Jan.-Oct.), 1783
Folder 37 Negatives of cover drawing, with the
name Francis Baily at the top. (Matches cover of Neuer Berbesserte
Nord-Americanische Calender), 1779 (cover date)
Folder 38 Neue Hoch Deutsche Americanische
Calender, 1801
Folder 39 Neuer Lancasterscher Calender
(Neue Gemeinnukige Landwirthshafts Calender), 1791-1796, 1798;
Neue Hoch Deutsche Americanische Calender, 1794-1796. (these
are all bound in one volume)
Folder 40 Neue Americanische Landwirthschafts Calender (Neue Readinger Calender), 1861, 1865, 1876.
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