Windolph: F. Lyman Windolph’s Law Office Records, 1901-1909, 1941-1975
Call Number: MG-664
10 boxes 41 folders 5 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 13
Scope and Content Note: This collection contains the Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster, the paid invoices from the Law Office of F. Lyman Windolph, and his time sheets. The Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster contains general information about the population of Lancaster and the documentation of diseases, divorces, crimes, deaths, births, etc. from 1901-1905, 1907-1909. Paid invoices are a list of clients at F. Lyman Windolph’s Law Office in alphabetical order with each time of contact, services rendered and fees paid from 1941-1955. F. Lyman Windolph’s time sheets record a daily schedule that includes fees collected and the reasons, client meetings, as well as personal matters from 1949-1966, 1972-1975.
Creator: Windolph, F. Lyman (Francis Lyman), 1889‐1978.
Conditions for Access: No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: Source unknown.
Related Materials:
At LancasterHistory: Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster in the City Archives records
Russian War Relief Program, MG-336
At Franklin & Marshall College: Francis Lyman Windolph Papers, MS 11
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
Preferred Citation: F. Lyman Windolph’s Law Office Records (MG-664), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection was cataloged using DACS conventions.
Box 1
Folder 1 Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster, 1901-1902
Folder 2 Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster, 1903-1904
Folder 3 Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster, 1904-1905
Folder 4 Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster, 1907-1908
Folder 5 Journal of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Lancaster, 1908-1909
Box 2
Folder 6 Paid Invoices September 1941- December 1942 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Lititz, Ephrata.
Folder 7 Paid Invoices 1943 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Case(s): Claim filed by Besser Manufacturing Company of Alpena, Michigan against Lancaster Concrete Tile Corp. Preparation of agreement between Besser Manufacturing Company, Washington Concrete Products Company, and Harry H. Longenecker. Clients were located in: Lancaster, Ephrata, Leola, Elizabethtown, Pa; and Frederick, MD.
Folder 8 Paid Invoices 1944 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Strasburg, Ephrata, Lancaster.
Folder 9 Paid Invoices 1945 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Rohrerstown, Ephrata, Lancaster, Christiana, Philadelphia. W.G. Johnstone, Jr. is listed as an Attorney at Law. Initials match markings in top right corner of pages.
Box 3
Folder 10 Paid Invoices 1946 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Reading, Ephrata, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lititz, Columbia, PA; New York, NY. Case(s): Major Harold F Shartle of Huntsville, AL – Preparation of deeds conveying President Avenue real estate to Harold F Shartle and Marguerite Shartle, July, 1946.
Folder 11 Paid Invoices 1947 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Strasburg, Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, PA; Madison, WI; Minneapolis, MN.
Folder 12 Paid Invoices 1948 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Landisville, Palmyra, PA; Trenton, NJ. Case(s): Professional service in suit of York-Buffalo Motor Express, Inc. v. Garford Trucking Company. Penna Artificial Breeding.
Folder 13 Paid Invoices 1949 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Ephrata, Lancaster, Lampeter, Philadelphia, PA; Kansas City, MO. Case(s): Kansas City, MO – Attending coroner’s inquest with Harold E. Dillingham in death of Mrs. John E. Weaver and furnishing opinion.
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Folder 14 Paid Invoices 1950 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Strasburg, Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Lititz. Case(s): Mr. Charles F. Widmyer of the Fulton Bank Building purchases and re-registers Colonial Theatre as a fictitious name. Windolph proceeds to advertise in Lancaster newspapers and the Lancaster Law Review.
Folder 15 Paid Invoices 1951 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Strasburg, Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, York, PA; Tenafly, NJ. The initials JIH appear in the right top corner of pages, a possible new lawyer in the firm.
Folder 16 Paid Invoices 1952 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Strasburg, Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Denver, Thorndale, PA; Trenton, NJ; Sanford, NC. Case(s): June 4th, 1952, Mr. William G. Heim adopts Deborah Sue in Orphan’s Court. Hershey Chocolate Corporation Mr. P N. Hershey, services rendered- deed to Walter Eberly, et ux. and corporation resolutions. A large case was the criminal trial of Nathan Kimmel, the case was appealed to the Supreme Court.
Folder 17 Paid Invoices 1953 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Sheridan, Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Strasburg, Bird-In-Hand, Pottsville, Wayne, Pittsburgh, PA; St. Paul, MN; Columbus, OH; Springfield, MA; Newark, NJ. Case(s): E. I duPont and deNemours & Co. of Wilmington, DE- professional services rendered in prosecution for involuntary manslaughter against Robert Lessing.
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Folder 18 Paid Invoices 1954 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: East Petersburg, Ephrata, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Mt. Joy, PA; Chicago, IL; Packanack Lake, NJ; Wilmington, DE; New York, NY; Iowa; Toledo, OH. Most pages have WGJ or JIH initials, few have FLW. Spine of book now says Windolph and Johnstone.
Folder 19 Paid Invoices 1955 List of clients in alphabetical order with each time of contact and services rendered. Clients were located in: Strasburg, Ephrata, Lancaster, Philadelphia, PA; Stamford, CT; Montpelier, VT; New York, NY; West Palm Beach, FL; Case(s): City of Lancaster Authority preparations and settlements for the installation of water lines in Lancaster County. Spine of book says Windolph and Johnstone.
Folder 20 Time Sheets 1949 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 21 Time Sheets 1950 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
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Folder 22 Time Sheets 1951 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 23 Time Sheets 1952 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 24 Time Sheets 1953 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 25 Time Sheets 1954 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
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Folder 26 Time Sheets 1955 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 27 Time Sheets 1956 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office. Spine of book now says, Windolph, Burkholder, and Hartman.
Folder 28 Time Sheets 1957 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 29 Time Sheets 1958 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
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Folder 30 Time Sheets 1959 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 31 Time Sheets 1960 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 32 Time Sheets 1961 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 33 Time Sheets 1962 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
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Folder 34 Time Sheets 1963 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 35 Time Sheets 1964 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 36 Time Sheets 1965 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
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Folder 37 Time Sheets 1966 Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office.
Folder 38 Time Sheets 1972. Unbound. Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office. Most of the time spent is now labeled as “miscellaneous.”
Folder 39 Time Sheets 1973. Unbound. Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office. Most of the time spent is now labeled as “miscellaneous.” Does not work in the afternoon often and if so, he does not stay much past 3 PM.
Folder 40 Time Sheets 1974. Unbound. Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office. Most of the time spent is now labeled as “miscellaneous.” Does not work in the afternoon often and if so, he does not stay much past 3 PM.
Folder 41 Time Sheets 1975. Unbound. Daily schedule for F. Lyman Windolph and recording of fees/cash collected during times specified, the reasons, and clients. Also included are personal items on the schedule when Windolph was out of office. Most of the time spent is now labeled as “miscellaneous.” Does not work in the afternoon often and if so, he does not stay much past 3 PM.