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OBJECTS

Oral History

The Lancaster County Historical Society is committed to collecting and making accessible Oral History interviews that detail life in Lancaster County. Click on some of the examples below and enjoy.

Miss Yetta Sachs

Elizabeth Carter

Mary Haverstick

Since 1887 the Lancaster County Historical Society has been collecting objects for research and exhibition. The object collection continues to grow and now includes thousands of items that pertain to the history of Lancaster County. Partly as a result of the many years of collecting, the LCHS Objects Collection maintains an incredibly diverse personality.

Many of these objects have been displayed in the historical society's gallery spaces over the years, whereas others have been featured in exhibitions offered by other institutions. Only a few of these objects can ever be displayed at any one time. Those objects not on display are stored in a climate controlled environment.

Recent Cataloging Projects

Boxing Posters

The Lancaster County Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has recently cataloged and scanned a large collection of boxing broadsides from the Johnny Houck Collection. The historical society’s collection consists of 102 broadsides that highlight the careers of Lancaster's Leo Houck and other prominent local and regional boxers from the first decades of the twentieth century. The broadsides are available for viewing through the PastPerfect database software found on the computers in the Historical Society’s library.

Lantern Slides

Lantern Slide Two

The Lancaster County Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has recently cataloged and scanned its Lantern Slide collection. The precursors to the modern 35mm slide, lantern slides were a popular photographic form used to display images on a large screen using a Magic Lantern projector. The historical society’s collection consists of nearly 600 images related to Lancaster County, many of which are photographs taken between 1890 and 1910. Volunteer Pat Keene spent countless hours in recent months cleaning, cataloging, and scanning the slides in order to make this collection available to researchers through the PastPerfect database software found on the computers in the Historical Society’s library.