Lancaster Law and Order Society Collection, 1868-1972

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Call Number:  M0062 

8 boxes     76 folders     4.25 cubic ft.

Repository:  LancasterHistory (Organization)

Shelving Location:  Archives South, Side 2

Description:  Records of an organization founded by business and church leaders to overthrow commercialized vice in Lancaster by sending agents into the community to check for prostitution, obscenity, drinking, and gambling. Collection includes by-laws, minutes, annual reports, treasurers’ reports, agents’ expenses, reports on findings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 25 books of agents’ on-duty reports, and investigative reports. The Rev. Clifford G. Twombly was identified with this movement, as was the late William H. Hager, department store merchant.

Creator:  Lancaster Law and Order Society (Pa.)