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1. Seeing Lloyd In a Whole New Light
(The Historian/Photograph News)
The recent discovery of a cache of almost fifty glass-plate negatives by Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921), noted painter of the Susquehanna River, at the Lancaster County Historical Society inspired the research ...
2. Intro to Poets and Painters
(Objects/Poets and Painters of Lancaster)
... to rediscover these amazing individuals and assist in educating our community on Lancaster County's anomalous history.  ...
... domestic servants hard at work during Life Below Stairs: The Servants' Tour. How did they keep house in the 1860s? Why was laundry day so dreadful? Discover how servants completed their daily tasks without ...
4. Industrial Advantages
(Exhibitions/Along the Susquehanna)
... in the 1830s made bulk transportation economically practical. The discovery of anthracite coal as a fuel source also proved advantageous to those downstream from Pennsylvania's extensive coal deposits. ...
5. European Discovery
(Exhibitions/Along the Susquehanna)
Captain John Smith recorded the European discovery of the Susquehanna River. The James River and Jamestown Almost four centuries ago, Captain John Smith led 104 men and boys to found the first permanent ...
6. Discovering the River
(Exhibitions/Along the Susquehanna)
... she turns her gaze upstream, then down, wondering what else the river could show her. European Discovery The Susquehannock Indians    ...
7. The Susquehanna's First Inhabitants
(Exhibitions/Along the Susquehanna)
... smaller campsites and moved according to the season. Discovered in the Dirt The Shenks Ferry Indians get their name from the location of their archaeological discovery in the 1950s. Further archaeological ...
8. A Day's Fern Hunt
(Tanger Arboretum/The Papers of Louise Arnold Tanger)
... which we have not as yet discovered but which may be easily distinguished by the fact that the Chain Fern has its spores on the back of the frond itself, while the Sensitive has a separate spore stalk. ...
... Advanced Genealogical Research" follows on Monday, November 2, 2009. This advanced course explores personal papers, business records, and family collections to discover more about your ancestors. Government ...
10. Visiting Wheatland
(Visit Us/Visit Us Overview)
... First Lady Discover: The library where Buchanan wrote his inaugural address and presidential memoirs The Wheatland mansion, carriage house, ice house, privy and grounds Buchanan's ...
... 7 February 1962. Newspaper article, “Discoverer of Pluto Adds Weight To Saucer Theory.” No date. Newspaper article, “Lancaster Boy Co-Founder of Aerial Phenomena Unit” about a flying saucer study. ...
12. Louise Arnold Tanger Papers, 1934-1943
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... of Agriculture, Harrisburg. With envelope. 13 December 1935. Insert 2  Letter from Charles Neidorf, New York City, to Mrs. Charles Y. Tanger regarding fern plant discoveries. With envelope. 16 September ...
13. Civil War Webelos Camp-Out
(Wheatland/Visit Wheatland)
... learn why their uniforms are different from other soldiers, discover who gave them their orders, what equipment they carried, and why they are camping nearby the home of the ex-President of the United ...
14. Jackson, Hazel (03/15/2007)
(Oral Histories/African American Veterans Project)
... discover something new that's wondrous it doesn't, if you're really looking to go on to realize that you have something here.   J: Exactly.   L: Does anyone or any student such as in this category ...
15. Two Rewarding Experiences
(Oral Histories/Intern Blog)
... of discovery, the sentry was supposed to alert the others who would then vacate the shelter and take up positions in surrounding foxholes. The whole situation seemed very humorous and Victor laughed quite ...
16. Libhart, Henry
(Oral Histories/Community Soundings)
... and so forth and so on. And she suddenly discovered that she no longer had the bandade on and she was making soups of some kind, I don't know. But anyway she said she was going to have to throw that out ...
17. Dyke, Mary
(Oral Histories/Community Soundings)
... how long did you live in Pittsburg?   Mary Dyke: 2 years   MM: You only stayed there until you were 2 years old, where did you go after that?   MD: Titusville, where oil was first discovered. ...
...  Winterthur Museum curators Wendy Cooper and Lisa Minardi will present "Paint, Pattern and People: Rediscovering the Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725-1850," at the Lancaster County Historical ...
19. Yeates, Carson Collection, 1700-1874
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... Letter also notes that "our guns at the Battery Barracks were discovered to have been all...up." 5. Letter, Mark Grime to Jasper Yeates (it appears so from the note in Yeates' hand on the letter), Philadelphia ...
20. The Susquehanna River
(Exhibitions/Along the Susquehanna)
... River! An Introduction to the River Discovering the River Life Along the Water From the River to the Table Getting Up, Down, and Across Profit and Power The River in War The River in ...
21. Go to the Source
(Education/School Programs and Tours)
... students discover the excitement of working with real historical materials!  All workshops are designed to meet Pennsylvania Academic Standards in history.   Funding for this program generously provided ...
22. Guide to Discovery Tool Search Results
(Research and Genealogy/Research Guides)
Our new Discovery Tool combines data from several of our collections databases into one search function.  While all of this material is searchable via our in-house databases, this is the first time that ...
23. Additional Resources
(Education/Underground Railroad)
... of African American Resources and the Lancaster County Historical Society Discovery Tool.   COLUMBIA Crawford, John W. Newspaper Articles on Columbia's Black Community Found in the Columbia Spy. ...
24. Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth
(Bookstore/State & Local)
... a narrative history of the Commonwealth paying special attention to the peopling process. Part two offers a series of "Ways to Pennsylvania's Past"-nine concise guides designed to enable readers to discover ...
25. Writing Family Histories and Memoirs
(Bookstore/Genealogy & Research Aids)
... are too good, too important, to loose. This book is both a research guide and a manual on how to turn what you discover about your family into a book.  ...
26. Psychic Roots: Serendipity & Intuition in Genealogy
(Bookstore/Genealogy & Research Aids)
... him to a fortuitous discovery. Esteemed genealogist Hank Jones tells us about his own brushes with preternatural experiences and he has invited other genealogists to share their experiences as well. Their ...
27. Volume 96 (1994)
(The Journal/Table of Contents)
... Willis L., Jr. The Robert Barber, Jr. House: A Relic of Quaker Hegemony 79-98 Schock, Edwin Thomas, Jr. The "Cloven Foot" Rediscovered: The Historiography of the Conestoga Massacre through Three Centuries ...
28. Volume 89 (1985)
(The Journal/Table of Contents)
... County History 67-72 No. 3 Cunningham, Robert Pennsylvania's Camerons in Bloodshed on the Border 74-85 Gerlach, Dorothy B. Re-Discovering Horatio Alger, Jr.: 1832-1899 86-93 Student Historians of Pennsylvania: ...
29. Architectural Evidence
(House History/House History)
... will want to draw a floor plan of your house as it presently is configured. You will also want to draw a floor plan of the original structure if you discover changes that have occurred over the years. ...
30. Check Please
(The Historian/Archives News)
... social responsibilities of the county. Genealogists often use these records to find ancestors' names and to discover how the county was involved in their lives. These records might just hold the key to ...
31. Ways to Search the Journal
(The Journal/The Journal)
Every Name Index Table of Contents Use the Online Library Catalog Use our Discovery Tool Browse Selected Articles  ...
32. Ephrata Cloister Collection, 1753-
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... (A Way of Life), performed and sung by the Ephrata Cloister Chorus. 1960-1964, 1967.   Folder 16     Brochures Insert 1  "Discover Historic Ephrata Cloister." Pamphlet distributed by Ye Village Inne,  ...
33. David B. Hackman Collection, 1850-1896
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... California, the area, and the discovery of gold; "Journal of My Voyage from San Francisco to New York," 1854; photographs of a gold rush town and the great-granddaughter of John Sutter; and an obituary. ...
34. Introduction to Genealogy
(Education/Multimedia Presentations)
Learn how to get started with your own genealogical research. Discover how to gather and organize information, and use vital and census records to build your family tree. ...
35. The Gold Rush through the Eyes of a Lancastrian
(Education/Multimedia Presentations)
Travel across the country to California in 1850 and discover the hard life of a gold miner through the letters and journal of David B. Hackman. ...
36. Classes, Lectures, Workshops
(Education/Education)
... object or photograph.  Or take a walking tour and discover Historic Taverns & Pubs of the Past. If you are in need of a speaker for your club or a special program for your organization, just contact ...
37. S. S. Haldeman Papers
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... "Local Archeological Discoveries." Local Intelligence. 1876. Insert 7  "Our Local Scientists." Local Intelligence. No date.   Folder 21  Scientific Articles Insert 1  Paragraph on Professor Haldeman's ...
38. Heritage of Lititz Collection, 1940s-
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... The Man" traces the life of John Augustus Sutter from his 1803 birth in Germany through the discovery of gold at his California fort to his death in 1880 and burial in Lititz, Pa.  The 12 page booklet ...
39. Tourist Brochures, [1929]-
(Archives/Finding Aids)
... Lebanon, Reading, and York. South Central Pennsylvania Travel Council. July 1981. Insert 3  "Discover Lancaster County Pennsylvania." With map and listing of the arts, county parks, golf courses, museums, ...
40. History of the Lancaster County Historical Society
(History of Lancaster County/History of Lancaster County)
... objects shall be the discovery, collection, preservation and publication of the history, historical records and data of and relating to the Lancaster city and county; the collection and preservation of ...
... of the Society, held on January 6, 1887 at the Lancaster County Courthouse: Its objects shall be the discovery, collection, preservation and publication of the history, historical records and data ...
42. Photographs
(Photographs/Photographs)
... and related services Aerial photographs The photographs in our collection can be searched by a database housed in the library and through our new Discovery Tool.  ...
43. Origin of Lancaster County Township and Borough Names
(History of Lancaster County/History of Lancaster County)
Look here to discover where Lancaster's townships and boroughs got their names. Origins of the Names of the Townships of Lancaster County Bart1744, Supposedly for baronet,"Bart"Brecknock 1740, Welsh ...
44. Welcome to the Library
(Library/Library)
... is through the library catalog or our new Discovery Tool, which also allows searches of the historical societies archival, manuscript, photograph, and object collections. Our new web site allows us to ...
45. Lancaster County Government Records
(Archives/What's in the Archives)
... 1750-1901. Search this collection by using the Discovery Tool. Appearance Dockets Record of civil court proceedings, showing court term and case number, names of plaintiff and defendant, attorneys ...
46. Archives
(Archives/Archives)
... to the present. Archival collections can be located using the Library Catalog, our new Discovery Tool, in-house databases, or paper finding aids. Most archival items may be used in the Reading Room and ...
47. Upcoming Events Around the County
(Uncategorised Content)
Look here for upcoming history related events from around the county.  These events are administered and produced by the many historical organizations around the county.  Follow the links to discover more ...
48. One Stop, Two Tours
(Uncategorised Content)
... exhibition with the curator.  Come by and see our latest gallery exhibitions.  Take a guided tour of Wheatland and discover life in the mid-19th century.  Stroll the Tanger Arboretum and stop by ...
49. Research and Genealogy Guides
(Uncategorised Content)
... 1729. We hope that these resources will help you to discover the materials you need for your genealogical or scholarly interests.  ...
50. 911-007-004
(Collections/Photographs)
Object Name: Postcard / Date: after 1907 / Collection: Postcard Collection / Category: Communication Artifact
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 S647 / Authors: Smith, Franklin Carter, 1954-; Croom, Emily Anne, 1943-
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 C287f / Authors: Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo, 1956-;
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 A549 / Authors: Anderson, S. Chris, 1948-; Thode, Ernest.
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 N427 / Authors: Nelson, Lynn, 1957-;
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 J76 / Authors: Jonas, Linda, 1953-; Milner, Paul, 1953-
Call Number: LCHSR 974.802814 F394 / Authors: Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867.;
Call Number: LCHSRB 090 L244h 1810 / Authors: Wesley, John, 1703-1791.;
Call Number: LCHSJL 974.9 L245 v.19 / Authors: Sener, Samuel Miller, 1855-1911.;
Call Number: LCHSR 974.80083 H428 / Authors: Hazard, Samuel, 1784-1870.;
60. Die shilgrut fun der Tulpehock.
(Collections/Library)
Call Number: / Authors: ;
Call Number: LCHSMA 974.815 LACO 143 / Authors: ;
62. Discover the new Pennsylvania /
(Collections/Library)
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.80445 P412 Oversize / Authors: ;
Call Number: LCHSBK 306.40973 Y54 / Authors: Yoder, Don.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.8011 K37d / Authors: Kent, Barry C.;
Call Number: LCHSR 720 G795 / Authors: Green, Betsy J., 1950-;
66. Discovering your Jewish ancestors /
(Collections/Library)
Call Number: LCHSR 016.929 K89 / Authors: Krasner-Khait, Barbara.;
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 H251 / Authors: Hanson, Freya Ottem, 1949-;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.843 C969m v. 3 / Authors: Norcross, George.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.821 D265 / Authors: Davis, W. W. H. 1820-1910. (William Watts Hart),; Ely, Warren Smedley, 1855-, Jordan, John W. 1840-1921. (John Woolf),
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.814 S648 / Authors: Smith, George, 1804-1882.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.843 C969m v. 3 / Authors: Osmond, I. Thornton.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 917.8042 D911 / Authors: Duncan, Dayton.; Burns, Ken, 1953-, Heat Moon, William Least., Ambrose, Stephen E., Funkhouser, Erica.
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.843 C969m v. 3 / Authors: Tritt, Helen.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.843 C969m v. 3 / Authors: Murray, J. A.;
Call Number: LCHSR 929.1 H361 / Authors: Hatcher, Patricia Law.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 973.843 C969m v. 3 / Authors: Sharp, Thomas.;
77. New discoveries in American quilts /
(Collections/Library)
Call Number: LCHSBK 746.46 B622 / Authors: Bishop, Robert Charles.; Coblentz, Patricia,
Call Number: LCHSLC 645 A633 1984 / Authors: Snyder, John J.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.843 C969m v.3 / Authors: Leeds, Charles H.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 929.1 P297 / Authors: ;
Call Number: LCHSBK 929.1 P297m / Authors: ;
Call Number: LCHSBK 929.1 P297k / Authors: ;
Call Number: LCHSJL 974.9 L245 v.84 / Authors: Overton, Albert G.; Loose, John Ward Willson.
Call Number: LCHSJL 974.9 L245 v.89 / Authors: Gerlach, Dorothy B.;
Call Number: LCHSJL 974.9 L245 v.96 / Authors: Schock, Edwin Thomas.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.800912 W547b / Authors: Weygandt, Cornelius, 1871-1957.;
Call Number: / Authors: Weygandt, Cornelius, 1871-1957.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 645 A633 1982 / Authors: Cain, Helen; Hummel, Charles F.
89. The colonial era,
(Collections/Library)
Call Number: LCHSBK 973.2 F533 / Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909.;
Call Number: LCHSR 929 E49 / Authors: Else, Willis I.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.843 C969m v.3 / Authors: Bedford, Emeline D. T.;
Call Number: LCHSR 905.748 PG v.7 / Authors: Sachse, Julius Friedrich , 1842-1919.;
93. The history of America,
(Collections/Library)
Call Number: LCHSBK 930.0973 P544 1812 Remote Storage / Authors: Robertson, William, 1721-1793.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.802 G666 / Authors: Gordon, Thomas Francis, 1787-1860.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 974.8009 C814 / Authors: Cornell, William Mason, 1802-1895.;
Call Number: LCHSBK 912 B287 / Authors: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893.;

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