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Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County.

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Haines Family Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 068
Summary The Haines Family Business Records collection documents two distinct business enterprises run by the Haines Family of Lancaster County over several generations. The first section contains records of an early to mid- 19th century shad fishing company and the second features the business dealings of a late 19th century canning company/ general store. The shad fishing collection includes account books, attendance books, bills, business correspondence, and legal documents dating from 1833 to...
Dates: 1833-1887; Majority of material found within 1833-1841

John F. Sehner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 002
Summary

This collection contains the personal and business correspondence of John Frederick Sehner a Lancaster PA businessman in the mid- late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1861-1896,; Majority of material found within 1868-1879

Lancaster County Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 040
Summary

This collection of materials consists mostly of published items relating to tourism, businesses, churches, schools, and social and cultural organizations of Lancaster County.

Dates: 1904-present,; Majority of material found within 1928-1965

Lancaster Farmland Trust Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 067
Summary

This collection contains the administrative, outreach, and publicity records of Lancaster Farmland Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the rich and productive farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Strengths of the collection include comprehensive financial and administrative records of the organization, and a complete run of organizational newsletters. Additional strengths include lengthy runs of annual reports, event programs, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1988-present,; Majority of material found within 1993-present

League of Women Voters of Lancaster County Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 047
Summary

This collection contains by-laws, board meeting minutes, bulletins, publications, unit study reports, historical background information, photographs, and newspaper articles.

Dates: 1947-present,; Majority of material found within 1947-1998

Righter and Sutton Lumber Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 036
Summary

This collection contains, business correspondence, legal and financial documents, and orders relating to the lumber business of Washington Righter and his partner Nelson Sutton of Columbia, PA during the period 1847 - 1879.

Dates: 1847-1879.

Woman's Humane League of Lancaster County Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 046
Summary This collection contains the administrative, outreach, and publicity records of the Woman's Humane League of Lancaster County, a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to, and care of, children, girls, aged persons, and animals within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In more recent years, the mission of the Humane League of Lancaster County has been to ensure the health, happiness and welfare of domesticated animals in Lancaster County. Strengths of the collection...
Dates: 1917-1997,; Majority of material found within 1917-1985