| AccessionNo | Collection | Subject | Date | Geographic Location | History | Arrangement | Scope and Content | Container List | Size | Related |
| 31485 | 200th Regiment, PVI | Civil War; military | York Co | Rosters of Companies A, E, & H. Minute Book, Veterans of the 200th Regt. | ||||||
| 33716 | 3 Account Books-unidentified | farming; agriculture | 1875-1887; 1888-1894; 1889-1894 | probably York | 2 Account books detailing records of farm workers, harvest schedule, sales to mills and business in other items including lime, rails, harness materials, calico, screws, lumber, steers, sugar, and coffee. Account book detailing payments for farm work and purchases. Purchases include corn, bulls, pigs, and a "thrashing" (threshing) machine. Receipt made out to David Horn found in book. | 3 volumes | ||||
| 30065 | 39th Regt, USC Troop/Frick, Benjamin, 1841 | Civil War, Afro-Americans, 87th PA Vols, York County Academy; military; educations; schools | 1861-1912 | York, Maryland | Commission as prothonotary; correspondence concerning homestead rights; diary 1863-1864 (with transcript); miscellaneous clippings; Appointment as sergeant in 87th PA Vols; records as lieutenant and commander of 39th Regt, US Colored Troops; pension papers; | |||||
| 40030 | A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd. | steam engines; agriculture implements; heavy machinery; farming | 1879-1918 | York | Farquhar, Arthur Briggs joined Dingee & Co. in 1856. Quickly became sole owner and name changed to Pennsylvania Agricultural Works. In 1866 began international exports of agricultural implements. Plant located on N. Duke St. in 1876. Incorporated in 1889 and became A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd. Early products include plows, planters, portable steam engines, boilers and sawmills, and hydraulic presses. Became one of largest producers of steam engines in 1870s. Expanded to government ordnance in 1920s. Became a division of Oliver Corp. in 1952. Terminated production in 1961. | 5 Records of engines sold. Thresher orders 1891-1906, with later entries to 1918 for parts supplied for earlier purchases. | 6 volumes | See also 937,12558, 39937 | ||
| 937 | A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd. | steam engines; agriculture implements; heavy machinery; farming | 1887-1945 | York | Farquhar, Arthur Briggs joined Dingee & Co. in 1856. Quickly became sole owner and name changed to Pennsylvania Agricultural Works. In 1866 began international exports of agricultural implements. Plant located on N. Duke St. in 1876. Incorporated in 1889 and became A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd. Early products include plows, planters, portable steam engines, boilers and sawmills, and hydraulic presses. Became one of largest producers of steam engines in 1870s. Expanded to government ordnance in 1920s. Became a division of Oliver Corp. in 1952. Terminated production in 1961. | 1)Business Records; 2) Miscellaneous | Business Records include catalogs; small ledger 1897; receipts 1889-1903; correspondence 1893-1912; Apprentice agreement, 1904; Oliver Corp. Annual report 1958; price and parts lists; certificates for company and employees; "E" production award materials; newsletter The Bugle-2 bound volumes, 2 loose from 1945; and industrial drawings 1912-1923. Miscellaneous includes newspaper clippings; history; HSYC correspondence; advertising; copies of photos; magazine articles including copies of Scientific American and American Machinist, Armament Section, April 16, 1941, article by Fisher, E.H., A.B. Farquhar Co. See also Iron Man Album, 1992. | Box 1: Business Records Box 2: Business Records(bound newsletters) and Miscellaneous. In ofb 16: industrial drawings (62), dated 1912 to 1923. In ofb 6: 2 reproduction advertisements | 2 hollinger boxes | see also 40030, 12558, 39937 |
| 22869 | Account book | 1817-1818 | Unidentified account book. | |||||||
| 10211 | Acme Wagon Company/American Acme Co./American Toy and Novelty Co./American Sales Co./Oermann, Casper H. | mills-cider; toys, sleds, wagons | 1899-1919 | York, Emigsville | correspondence, ledger 1912-1917. Receipts and correspondence. In ofb 12: broadside advertisement. Photos, news stories, catalogs | |||||
| 985 | Adams County Railroad Company | railroads; transportation | 186,818,691,878 | Adams County | Receipts for services; Subscription Notices; Company correspondence | 2 folders | ||||
| 11236 | Adams Express Company | freight; shipping; transportation | 1863-1903 | York | Freight orders, 5? receits, copy of ad. | |||||
| 33048 | Adams, William | general stores; merchants | 1807-1809 | York | Account book, probably owned by Wm. Adams and was in Yorktown. | 1 volume | ||||
| 678 | Agriculture | farming; agriculture | 1943-2000 | News story about York County Chamber of Commerce Farm Visitation Day, October 2000, and farms open to visitors that day: Perrydell Farm (Perry, Tom and Donna), South Branch beef operation and horse operation (Kinsley, Robert and Anne). Other papers. Newspaper articles; Correspondence; Misc publications, booklets, catalogs, pamphlets, magazine articles; Minutes of Boys Corn Growing Contest, 1914-18. 4-H Club banquet 1942. Obituary of Shive, Daniel, 4-H founder in Bair, West Manchester Twp. Metzler, Valerie A. [Agriculture in York County] 1977. Obituary of Reber, Norman F., 1910-1998, editor of the "Pennsylvania Farmer;" article about Myers farm on National Wildlife Federation poster & poster, 1985; | ||||||
| 40028 | Ahl-Gross | physicians; medicine | 1841-1929 | Dover and York | 37 Day books, 1841-1929. 3 Ledgers: Dr. Ahl, Dover, 1847-1851; Ahl and Gross, Dover, 1874-1875; Dr. Gross, Dover, 1884-1912. | 40 volumes | See also 15867 and 15988-related papers. See also 40106, 32314 | |||
| 687 | Airports, Aviation | airports; aviation; transportation | Newspaper articles; Correspondence; York Airport Dedication booklet, 1930; York Air Show program, 1982; Feasibility Report, York Municipal Airport, 1956. Program for York Air Show 1989. Story about early dare-devil pilot from Adams County--Charles, Paul. Report prepared for schedule and fares. | |||||||
| 31937 | Aldinger, D. M. | brickmaking | 1869-1877 | York | Account Book | |||||
| 24013 | Allen, John & Francis | machinery | 1854-1869 | York | Ledger. Used by S.F. Allen, addresses of businesses(see acc. sheet) | 1 volume | ||||
| 40107 | Almshouse Record | poor; charitable organizations | 1810-1845 | York | Journal 1810-1845 (BR 107a). Folder of receipts 1838 (BR 107b). | 2 volumes | ||||
| 40032 | Altland, F. M. | general stores; merchants | 1894-1912 | Dillsburg | 6 Day books or journals, 1894-1912(BR 32a to f). Account of cash and credit sales, 1897-1902 (BR 32). | 7 volumes | ||||
| 22539 | American Clock & Watch Foundation | clocks and watches | 1948-1949 | York, New York | Correspondence, Account pages. | 1 hollinger box | ||||
| 24021 | Ancient Order Knights of the Majestic Chain | fraternal organizations | 1906-1915 | Dallastown | Ledger 1906-1910; treasurer's book 1912-1915. | 2 volumes. | See also 16782.(Mystic Chain) | |||
| 22733 | Anderson Motor Company | automobiles; transportation | 1915-1962 (1831-1925)? | York | 2 deeds, agreement, inheritance release, court judgement certificate, construction contracts, sale brochure, letter from attorney. | |||||
| 18044 | Anderson, Lee (1896- )/ (Leander Assoc.) | poets | 1934-62 | Wisconsin? | Box 1-poetry manuscripts. Box 2-teaching materials. Box 3-correspondence, financial records-check stubs, tax returns, lease. Box 4-poem, tapes, daybook, 1951. Ledgers, 1934-62? Four news releases from the 1960's. 1998 letter from Ed Miller. Booklet to accompany recording. (Broadside from Wisconsin?) | 4 hollinger boxes | See 40130, 42013 | |||
| 22801 | Asper-Spangler/ Asper, Frederick L./Spangler, Leah C. | farming; agriculture | 1844-1872 | Paradise Twp | Accounts book; will; accounts book; miscellaneous papers; Receipt book; other family papers. Contain farm work. | 2 folders | ||||
| 39378 | Bachman/Bachman Valley Railroad Company | railroads; transportation | 1875-1889 | York Co. | Cash book including rent payments, payment of notes, newspaper article. | 1 volume in folder | ||||
| 15682 | Bacon, Jacob Barnitz, 1815-1896 | surveyors | 1820-1838 | York | Correspondence (inventory included). Appointment and Other papers. | 1 hollinger box | ||||
| 40144 | Bair, John, & Son/ York Furnace | furnaces | 1846-1890 | York | BR 144A: Ledger 1883-1892. BR 144B and C: Index and ledger 1883-1892. BR144D: Coupon Book 1846-1890. | 4 volumes | ||||
| 15605 | Bair, John, 1816-1892 | furnaces | 1866-1904 | York | York Furnace. Ledgers of receipts 1866-1892, 1903-1904 (estate). | |||||
| 13480 | Bair, Robert C. | numerous business records.RCB-151; York Trust Co. account book;RCB-160; Account book partial of Fulton, Samuel M.;RCB-195; Agreement between the Western Maryland Railroad Co.;various records for York Furnace Bridge Co. Receipt from Camden & Amboy R.R. & Transportation Co. | see also 13580 | |||||||
| 39317 | Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad | railroads; transportation | negative reverse photocopies of the 1837 report (misnamed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) originals and photo copies of tickets, stock certificates, and receipts; copy of a Gazette article 1/20/1829; see People's Advocate 12/5/1854 for 27th annual report | 1 folder | ||||||
| 11765 | Banner, William H. | Civil War photographers; artists | 1865-1901 | York | undated newspaper sketch of Ohio Gov. Bushnell; 35 pieces of corresp (1894-1901) betw W. Banner and others (incl. Smithsonian Inst.) re: purchase of his Civil War photos; in ofb 15: sketch of battlefield at Petersburg, VA, 1865. 35 assorted ltrs (incl. one from the Smithsonian Institution), dating from 1894 through 1901 regarding orders for various civil war photographs; one undated newspaper sketch of Gov. Bushnell of Ohio; | 1 folder | ||||
| 17201 | Bard, Michael (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | petition to continue taven license; HSYC letter of 2/21/1951 re Bard family genealogy | |||||||
| 11663 | Barnitz (Bernitz), Jacob (1758-1828) | registers; politicians;recorder of deeds; postmasters; post offices | 1809 | York Borough | Appointment as Deputy Prothonotary by Arch. McClean Apr. 14, 1786; appointment by Judge Richard Peters of the physicians to examine persons disabled in the Revolutionary War, Oct. 16, 1806; letters; See Past Perfect. | |||||
| 12303 | Barnitz, Charles Augustus, 1780-1850 | attorneys; politicians; congress; banks; law; financial institutions | 1826 | York Borough, York | 2 boxes containing legal papers; attorney for the Heirs of William Penn, President of York Bank | |||||
| 12290 | Baugher, Kurtz & Company, 1899-1904/Eyster-Weiser | foundries; tanneries; iron; brass; machinery; turbine water wheel | 1832-1931 | York | Catalogs; invoices; form letter, 1894; shipping orders, 1907. Advertisement, lists Wm. Eyster as treasurer; Klinedinst, Tes, "Cast Iron Industry in York County: Eyster Weiser Co." 1976; Advertisement shows Strikter, John, as chairman; Weiser, George U., as treasurer. | 1 folder | see 31146 | |||
| 40017 | Baugher, Kurtz and Stewart/Eyster-Weiser Co. | foundries; tanneries; machinery | 1884-1932 | York | Journal, Machine Shop. Lists customers, services produced and hours required. Customers include S. M. Smith(extensive), York Water Co, C.W. Dempwolf & Co., North Carolina ? And Stone Co., York Gas Co. Order book for cans. Time book. Journal, Machine Shop. Journal--scoured and rolled leather (tanning). Day book-label on cover reads B.K. & Stewart/ Eyster-Weiser(successor co.). Time book-includes names of workers, pay. In Jan. 1930, weekly pay range $30-$45. Day book. | 8 volume | ||||
| 10645 | Beck, Emanuel C. 1838-1920/ E.C. Beck and Sons | herbalists | 1861-1920 | Court documents, receipts, checks, letter. | ||||||
| 23081 | Bender, Christian | warehouse | 1897-1913 | Spring Garden Twp. | Ledgers 1897-1913. | |||||
| 24006 | Beshore & Shelley | grain, floor, feed, fertilizer, lime, cement, coal; agricultural supplies | 1951-1954 | Goldsboro | Ledger. | 1 volume | ||||
| 11237 | Bicentennial U. S. A/Kling Bros. Insurance Agency & Currier & Ives | insurance | 1977 | York | York County Bicentennial Commission minutes and misc. notes;Commission correspondence;Thanks-giving Square Foundation misc. documents; Colonial York County Tourist Bureau misc. documents; publication and news articles. See Past Perfect for more details. | |||||
| 16076 | Billmeyer and Small Company | railroad cars; railroads; transportation | 1857-1892 | Spring Garden Twp, York | deeds, bonds and warrants, address. | 1 folder | ||||
| 10945 | Blacksmith/Blacksmithing/William Reese | blacksmiths; horse-shoers; Native Americans | 1808-1919 | BR 6: Journal belonging to William Reese,1808-1824. BR 87: Account book, unidentified blacksmith, 1863-1864. Daybook, unidentified, 1917-1919. Daybook, unidentified, 1906-1919. Invoice form for Samuel E. Hoffman, Horse-shoer, North Cherry Alley, Rear Central Market House. Account book, Katunka Tribe No. 453, Improved Order Red Men. Booklet "Blacksmith Shop Practice," 1910 | ||||||
| 31231 | Blaney, William M. | general stores; produce; Civil War; military; merchants | 1875-1893 | York | Formerly BR 34: Journal, 1875-1892, and day book, 1883-1893. Stock Certificates; Discharge; Will; letters; Receipts; Misc Papers (Civil War; 209th Regiment PVI) | 2 volumes | ||||
| 17199 | Bott, Adam (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | petition to extend public house license for one year | ||||||
| 17200 | Bott, Johan Rynard (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | Manchester Twp | petition to keep tavern, endorsed disallowed | |||||
| 16992 | Bowman, Samuel & George R. | bookkeeper; books | 187,018,841,894 | Hanover | Accounts books. Bond for duties as bookkeeper for Peoples Bank of Hanover(George R.) Other family papers. | |||||
| 24012 | Boyer, Israel | general stores; merchants | 1868-1874 | Account book. | 1 volume | |||||
| 40125 | Brenneman, John G. | 1854-1887 | Day book | 1 volume | ||||||
| 22857 | Brickley, George (The Reverend)(Dr.) | physicians; clergy; religion; medicine | 1839-1848 | Miscellaneous letters, lists, receipts and other business records. (see inclosed inventory) | ||||||
| 16899 | Bundles for Britain | World War II; military; charitable organizations | 1940 | York | Minutes 1940-43; two letters | |||||
| 17157 | Bupp (Pop), Jacob (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | c. 1760 bill of indictment for unlicensed tippling house | ||||||
| 17204 | Butler, Thomas (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | July Sessions 1760 petition to renew tavern license | ||||||
| 39726 | Buttstown (Bottstown) Fire Company | fire companies | 1811-1837 | York | Bound volume of minutes, 5/18/1811-5/27/1837 with copy of frontispiece and HSYC gift receipt | |||||
| 697 | Canals and Dams | canals and dams; transportation | Newspaper Article; Freight bills; Maps; Booklets | |||||||
| 22873 | Cash book | 1825 | Unidentified cash book. | |||||||
| 22831 | Central Market House Company | markets | 1810-1888 | York | Deeds and other documents. | see video 43020 | ||||
| 33670 | Central Pennsylvania Industrial Photographers Asso | photography; associations | 1962-1984 | Banquet programs. Membership rolls and applications with biographical data. Publicity. Organization correspondence and misc.; Newsletters 1981-84; Newsletters 1962-1981; Reservation forms. | 2 hollinger boxes | |||||
| 17568 | Chalfont, George J.(1839- ) | fire companies, Civil War; military | 1867-1868 | 2 copies of undated, unattributed news article "Civil War Diaries"; handwritten note card re election to Presidency of Vigilant Fire Co.; small business account book, 1867-1868 with misc materials including his handwritten acceptance speech on being elected Fire Co. pres. | 1 folder | |||||
| 39553 | Chanceford Gospel Tabernacle | churches; religion | 1947-1960 | Chanceford Twp | History by F. W. Zarfoss; Minute book 1951-1960; letter of resignation of E. H. Bedford | |||||
| 915 | Chariot Line of York County | transportation | 1880 | York | Stock certificate; Newspaper article; Ticket; treasurer's report; Deed | |||||
| 40156 | Cigar Factories | cigars; manufacturing | 1929-1954 | Red Lion, Windsor, Reamstown, Ephrata | Payrolls for five cigar factories: Red Lion No. 890 #1 & #2; Windsor No. 160; Reamstown No. 700; Ephrata No. 175. | 1 volume? | ||||
| 11138 | Cigar makers union | cigars; labor unions | 1882-1920 | Seven boxes of materials of Philip A. Wagaman relating to the cigar makers union from 1882 to 1920(?) | 7 hollinger boxes | Wagaman | ||||
| 40104 | Cigar Manufacturer | cigars; manufacturing and tobacconists | 1890-1891 | Journal | 1 volume | |||||
| 18111 | City Bank | banks; financial institutions | 1923 | York | share certificates and other materials relating to the bankruptcy of City Bank of York | |||||
| 22435 | City Bank of York | banks; financial institutions; clothing; hosiery | 1911 | York | Plaintiff in suit vs. Hartman, L.M. and sons | |||||
| also checks and blank statements from L.M. Hartman & Sons Hosiery | ||||||||||
| 947 | City Market | markets | 1879-1961 | York | Newspaper articles. Records, 1879-1961; 1894 receipt for rent of stall. | |||||
| 31910 | Cobel, George | agriculture; farming | 1783-1784 | Account for farm work | ||||||
| 40160 | Codorus Council No. 115, JOUAM (Junior Order of United American Mechanics) | fraternal organization | 1871-1982 | York | Organized January 10, 1871. Among its early members were carpenters, mechanics, foundry men, grocers, mill workers, shop clerks and machinists. As the Junior Order grew, its membership included a broad range of skilled workers and craftsmen. | BR 160A Membership Book, Officers 1924-1944, Members 1871-1944, Past Councilors 1871-1940; Deceased Members (with cause of death_ 1880-1990; Applicants rejected 1881-1913; Suspended members (mostly for nonpayment of dues and a few for drunkenness) 1882-1982; Expelled members (only 3) 1882-1982. BR 160B Minute Book 1878-1887. BR 160C Minute Book 1887-1892. BR 160D Minute Book 1893-Sept. 1896. BR 160E Minute Book Sept. 1896-June 1903. BR 160F Dues Book 1932-1937. BR 160G Ledger of expenses and receipts 1955-1973. | 7 volumes; 1.5 linear feet | see 40129; 33640; 857 | ||
| 33640 | Codorus Council No. 115, JOUAM (Junior Order of United American Mechanics) | fraternal organization | 1870-1990 | York | Organized January 10, 1871. Among its early members were carpenters, mechanics, foundry men, grocers, mill workers, shop clerks and machinists. As the Junior Order grew, its membership included a broad range of skilled workers and craftsmen. | Business records including membership information, minutes, financial records, reports, correspondence, insurance papers; constitution and bylaws and other ceremony related documents, songbooks, miscellaneous. | Box 1: Applications and proposals for membership 1921-1942; Treasurers Book, receipts and paid out for 1930-1936; Dues paid 1872-1878; Book of blank checks, 194___; constitution and bylaws 1927; funeral ceremony; digest of parliamentary lasw. Box 2: Record of receipts, 1926; Paid out by vouchers 1926-1929; Paid out for benefits, cash receipts 1929-30; Dues received 1933-1937; Minute book 1871-1873; Dues received 1931-1933; Minutes 1873-1878. Box 3: Membership book 1904-1919; Treasurer's Book 1941-1952; Brothers Having Keys to Social Room; Payments 1952-1955; "Box 1: Applications and proposals for membership 1921-1942; Treasurers Book, receipts and paid out for 1930-1936; Dues paid 1872-1878; Book of blank checks, 194___; constitution and bylaws 1927; funeral ceremony; digest of parliamentary lasw. Box 2: Record of receipts, 1926; Paid out by vouchers 1926-1929; Paid out for benefits, cash receipts 1929-30; Dues received 1933-1937; Minute book 1871-1873; Dues received 1931-1933; Minutes 1873-1878. Box 3: Membership book 1904-1919; Treasurer's Book 1941-1952; Brothers Having Keys to Social Room; Payments 1952-1955; | 8 hollinger boxes; 3.25 linear feet | see 40129; 40160; 857 | |
| Dues payments 1930-31; Dues payments 1956-1983. Box 4: Paid out and receipts 1936-1941; Pledge books 1906-1910, 1910-1920, 1918-1940, 1929-1966, 1962-1974. Ritual 1909 (3 copies). Short Form Ritual 1911 (3 copies). Short Form Ritual 1911, amended 1957, effective 1958 (3 copies). Digest of Official Decisions and Interpretations of Laws of the National Cuncil of the U.S. and the State Council of Penna., Jr. O.U.A.M., 1893. Minutes 1870-1871. Official Funeral Ceremony 1927. The Key to gain admission. Songbooks. Box 5: Check registers and cancelled checks. Box 6: Receipt books; savings account pass books; correspondence and misc. papers, passwords; ledger pages 1871-1924; ledger pages 1968-1990. Box 7: Insurance policies, financial and legal papers; quarterly and semi-annual reports; receipts. Death certificates: Houseal, Vincent G., 1990; Hykes, Harry E., 1990; Reiber, Ira M., Sr.; envelope addressed to Houseal, George F. Box 8: MIscellaneous unsorted papers. | ||||||||||
| 865 | Codorus Furnace | furnaces | 1765,1841-1865 | Hellam Twp | Newspaper articles; Ledger, 1841-1865; Correspondence; Misc publications and papers | |||||
| 910 | Codorus Mills | mills-flour | 1796-1802 | Ledger. Used by Albright, Philip, and Small, George (millers in 1793). | 1 volume | see 862 | ||||
| 743 | Codorus Navigation Company | canals; transportation | 1825-1843 | York County | List of stockholders; Rules & Regulations; Rates of Toll; Histories; Newspaper articles; Notes on Deeds;Following in Rare Book Room: Stock Certificates; Rules and Regulations; List of Stockholders; Passes | |||||
| 17208 | Collins, John (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | Warrington Twp. | July Quarter Sessions 1760 petition to keep a tavern on property formerly owned by John Hammel, endorsed allowed | |||||
| 22890 | Committee of Ten | Temperance movement, alcohol; associations | 1874-1898 | York | Minutes, 1874; handbill; newspaper articles; playlet "The Indian's Talk," by Reeves, the Rev. Henry; Constitution; Resolution. | 1 folder | ||||
| 917 | Conewago Canal Company | canal; transportation | 1789-1792 | Newberry Twp | Copy of Papers pertaining to the canal at the Falls of Conewaga; Company correspondence. | 1 folder | ||||
| 33126 | Cooney, Thomas | Taverns | 1836-1842 | Chanceford Twp | Day book 1836-1842 | |||||
| 40155 | County Agent report | agriculture; farming | 1917-1941 | York | Ledger, "Receipts and Expenditures of County Agricultural Extension Association" | 1 volume | ||||
| 924 | Court House, York | court house | 183,818,421,898 | York | Petitions relative to York Court House; Newspaper articles. Documents relating to clock made by Lukens, Isaiah. Clock, formerly at Court House, was moved in 1995 to Historical Society of York County. Receipts to Epley, Charles, Superintendent of the mason work at the new court house (1838-1839); to Bixler, John, and Koons, George, for hauling granite. Copies of bills for building the Second Courthouse. | |||||
| 492 | Craley (St. Paul's) | churches; religion | 1881-1937 | Lower Windsor Twp | Records of Craley Evangelical Charge Parsonage, 1937-1951. Ledger, Church Community Playground Assn., 1955-1956.Picture. News story. | |||||
| 15251 | Crawford, William, Dr. and M.C., 1760-1823 | physicians; medicine | 1806-1807 | Appointment and treatment book | ||||||
| 17209 | Crone, Henry (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | York Town | July 1760 Quarter Sessions petition to keep a public house; see also 17219, Holtzbaum for signature as plaintiff vs. Conrad Holtzbaum | |||||
| 33747 | D. S. Peterman and Co. | shoes; retail | 1948-1951 | York | In business 1888-present. 110-114 N. George St. from 1905-2002. | Catalog 1953. 2 catalogs with price lists for 1948-1949 and 1950-1951. | 1 folder | |||
| Newsclippings-Peterman, Daniel N., obituary June 2000. Article on relocation, 2002. | ||||||||||
| 40151 | Danner & Wagner | dry goods, groceries, hardware, queensware; store; merchants | 1815-1819 | York | Danner, Martin, and Wagner, George. Ledger 1815-1819. | 1 volume | ||||
| 40010 | Davis, Gartner and Webb Company | foundries; engines | 1824-1832 | Account book: Davis, Phineas; Gartner, Isreal; Webb, James B.-business unclear, appears to be building materials with refernces to timber and shingles and sash weights. | 1 volume | |||||
| 22735 | Dempwolf, Charles H./ C.H. Dempwolf & Company/ Independent Fertilizer Manufacturers Assn./York Chemical Works | fertilizer | 1870-1938 | York | Trade certificate, transcript. Blueprint, 1911. Pocket notebooks for 1912,1913,1914,1915,1917; newspaper clipping 1938. Personal and miscellaneous. (Many personal letters.) In ofb 15: Family photo, circa 1905-1906. Will, papers related to admin.(Executor: Charles H. Dempwolf, Jr.);other personal papers. Advertisements for machinery.Independent Fertilizer Manufacturers Assn.In ofb 14: page of newspaper, 1875, in German, with ad for York Fertilizer, C.H.Dempwolff & Co. Memo books, 1916 and 1919, for Dempwolf's Fertilizers. | |||||
| 11022 | Dempwolf, John Augustus (1848-1926) | architects; architecture; architectural drawings | York | Architectural drawings collection. See also card index of buildings. Articles on buildings w/ Hummelstown brownstone. Gruver, Lee, "Guide to Index Cards and Summary," 1976. Stitely, Susan, "A Partial Study of the Architectural Styles of the J. A. Dempwolf Firm," 1977. Obituary in the York Dispatch, Dec. 27, 1926 , and York Gazette and Daily, Dec. 25. (Died Dec. 24); ledger and documents. | 1 hollinger box; 5 flat file drawers for drawings | |||||
| 33449 | Detwiler, Daniel W. | lime kiln; lime manufacturing | 1891-1921 | Long Level | 1894-1895 postcards. 1886 advertisement for lime. 1891-1899 pass book for W & C Pike [Wrightsville & Chanceford Turnpike]. 1921 receipt for $25 for annulment of canal charter, Susquehanna & Tidewater Canal. | |||||
| 12839 | Devers, Jacob L./Devers and Veterans Memorial Committee | committees; military organizations | 1945 | York | Correspondence; committee minutes. 2 coins honoring Devers. Other Devers papers. See Devers Collection/Archive in aisle 9B(see inventory or Past Perfect for details) | 1 hollinger box (Devers Collection-24 shelves or 92 linear ft.) | ||||
| 31262 | Diaries--Author unknown | Diaries, Civil War; military; clothing | 1856 | York | Diary and account book, 1856-64. (Includes work on hats and bonnets.) | 1 folder | ||||
| 24017 | Dietz, Harry H.(1833-1920)and George (1801-1880) | laborers | 1828-1870 | Journal,1828-1849, of George Dietz and journal, 1854-1870, of Harry Dietz. | 2 volumes | |||||
| 0 | Dietz-Keller Collection | carriages; truck bodies; caskets; wagons; automobiles; truck chassis; transportation; caskets; funeral | York | Collection of Business Records for York Carriage Company/York Wagon Gear Company/York Casket Co./York-Hoover Corp./York Body Corporation/Hoover Wagon Company. | 18 boxes plus misc. containters; 23.5 linear ft. | 15680; 22565 | ||||
| 17210 | Dill, James (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | Manheim Twp. | July 1760 Quarter Sessions petition to renew license for a public house | |||||
| 24016 | Diller Wire Fence Company | fencing | 1896-1899 | York | Journal. | 1 volume | ||||
| 39552 | Dime Savings Institution | banks; savings; financial institutions | 1858-1879 | York | Records; Minute book; Dividend book; Share Book | |||||
| 40139 | District Attorney | District Attorney; law | 1902-1904 | York | Docket for years 1902, 1903, 1904. DA was Wiest, Allen C. | 1 volume | ||||
| 33552 | Dover Band | bands; musical organizations | Dover | Receipts; Schedule; history of the Dover Band; letters; bills from John H. Singley; programs; sales agreement; bank books from the York Bank; constitution and by-laws; articles of incorporation. | ||||||
| 39717 | Druggists/Pharmacies | druggists/pharmacists; drug stores/pharmacies; medicine; merchants | folder with 4 advertising catalogues and misc materials on cures; digest of the Pharmaceutical Mfrs. Assn. presentation before Congress in Dec. 1961; 1867 bound book of remedies; undated bound book of horse and human remedies. Two pres. bags from Shultz Drug Store, 1956. | 1 hollinger box | ||||||
| 32488 | East Prospect Cornet Band | music; bands; organizations; entertainment | 1876-1914 | East Prospect | Minute and Cash Books | |||||
| 19823 | Ebert Furniture Company | manufacturing | Red Lion | 23 unbound catalog pp, undated; undated 2p folder on Weldwood fr Arnold Lumber Co; 2p undated handwritten price lists; undated logo sketch; undated cartoon; 4p 100th anniversary folder; Dispatch anniversary photo article 5/15/1954; photo and typed copies of original articles of agreement; 18 unbound pp price lists, 1/10/1947-9/25/1950; HSYC corresp 5/21/1957-6/25/1958 re gift of antique furniture; corresp 4/1989-7/1989 re company history | ||||||
| 40132 | Edison Electric Light Company | electricity; power; lighting; ;utilities | 1903-1907 | York | Receipts | 1 volume? | ||||
| 22954 | Edwin B. Watts Camp 68, United Spanish War Veteran | Spanish-American War; military | 1914-1956 | York | Minute Book, Ledgers, Misc items | |||||
| 12568 | Eichelberger, Ellizabeth | 1818-1839 | Accounts book 1818-1839 | |||||||
| 17211 | Eichelberger, Frederick (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | Manheim Twp. | July 1760 Quarter Sessions petition to renew license for a public house | |||||
| 33024 | Emigsville Cornet Band/Acme Cornet Band | bands, Music; organizations; entertainment | 1872-1906 | Emigsville | Minutes, membership rolls, and financial records, 1893-1895.Emigsville Band reorganized. | See 22684, Community Bands, local, p. 57 | ||||
| 39488 | Engineering Society of York | professional societies, local; organizations; engineering | 1910-1975 | York | Founded in 1910 by H.A. Delano, W.L. Craver, Howard Fink. Constitution and By-Laws ratified March 31, 1910. First headquarters established on Jan. 1, 1911 on the third floor of the Polack Building, 29 East Market Street. Society archives founded in 1915. Dedicated Phineas Davis memorials in 1924. New permanent headquarters at 29 S. Beaver St. in 1939. York Engineer began in 1939. Edgar P. Kable, 1929 president, established scholarship fund in 1956. (information from file) | Series 1: General Business Series 2: Scholarship-chronological Series 3: Financial-chronological Series 4: Misc. | General Business: 8 minute books, 1910-1966; president's files from 1959-1962 and 1967-1968; committee files; The York Engineer newsletters 1943-1969; Scholarship: Edgar P. Kable Scholarship Fund committee files and student applications 1955-1973; Financial: treasurer's files, vouchers and bank statements, 1958-1975; Misc. material: banquet and meeting announcements and programs, applications for membership, proceedings for 1913, membership rolls (1954, 1956, 1962, 1966), history, news clippings, 50th anniversary correspondence; (ofb 7d)Poster-50th anniversary celebration, 1960, at Yorktowne Hotel and Historical Society of York County. Lists exhibits sponsored by various York companies. | Box 1: Book-Directory of Engineering Societies, 1966; Misc. file containing banquet and meeting announcements and programs, applications for membership, proceedings for 1913, membership rolls (1954, 1956, 1962, 1966), history, news clippings, 50th anniversary correspondence; York Engineer committee misc. papers 1945-1968; York Engineer Newsletters 1943-1969. Box 2: 6 minute books 1910-1920; 1917-1930; 1920-1932; 1935-1947; 1942-1946; 1946-1953. Box 3: minute book 1953-1960; minute book 1960-1966; File-probably of Horace E. Schenk, president 1959-1960 (50th anniversary notes, correspondence, minutes, budget notes, etc.); Records-probably of Charles E. Elicker, president 1961-1962 (2 folders-records range from 1958-1962 and include minutes, membership lists, financial statements, scholarship records, corres., etc.) Box 4: Files-probably of Richard C. Earle, president 1967-1968 (11 folders-records range from 1960-1968 and include correspondence, committees, banquet, Technical Societies Council, minutes, financial records, scholarship records, etc.); Excursion Committee records, 1950-1962; House Committee correspondence, 1963-1970; Festival Committee records, 1971; Membership Resignations, 1963-1967. Box 5: Scholarship committee files, 1955-1973. Box 6: Scholarship applications, 1958-1963. Box 7: Scholarship applications, 1962-1965. Box 8: Scholarship applications, 1966-1972. Box 9: Scholarship applications, 1972-1973; financial records 1964-1970 (including statements and reports); treasurer's files 1968-1970 (including other society documents 1960-1970). Box 10: vouchers and bank statements, 1958-1961. Box 11: vouchers and bank statements, 1961-1966. Box 12: vouchers and bank statements, 1966-1971. Box 13: vouchers and bank statements, 1970-1975. (ofb 7d) Poster-50th anniversary celebration, 1960 | 13 boxes; 5.5 linear inches | see 41041-3 scrapbooks 1929-1938, 1938-1941, 1942-1946 |
| 17212 | Fackler (Faulkler), Adam (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | York Town | July 1760 Quarter Sessions petition to renew license for a public house | |||||
| 40016 | Fahs and Smith | real estate | 1897-1911 | York | "Record of sale of lots of ground by Capt. John Fahs from 1897 to 1911. Location: 14th Ward, York, from West York St. (now Roosevelt Ave.) to Belvidere Ave and Pennsylvania Ave. to remaining lands of the Fahs farm, later Maryland, Florida, and Texas Ave. with the Edgar Fahs Smith Junior High School on the crest of the hill."-handwritten note. Lists buyers, amounts, street names and side, feet and legal descr. | 1 volume? | ||||
| 33658 | Falkensteirn, Jacob | mills | Account of Falkenstein, Jacob (1775 - 1859) mill property, his will, and drawings of the additions to the original building. | |||||||
| 33547 | Farmer's Forum | associations; organizations | 1982-1984 | Meeting notices, letters, agendas, notes, mostly from 1982-1984, many signed by Reigart, Milton E., President. | 1 folder | |||||
| 33547 | Farmer's Forum | farming; agriculture; organizations | 1982-1984 | Meeting notices, letters, agendas, notes, mostly from 1982-1984, many signed by Reigart, Milton E., President. | 1 folder | |||||
| 39306 | Farmers Market (Penn Street) | markets | York | Bound Secretary's Book, 1867-1882; Bound Secretary's Book 1886-1918; misc. newspaper articles & photos | ||||||
| 989 | Fawn Grove Academy | schools; education | 1872 | Fawn Grove | Newspaper article; Correspondence; Contract; Minute book | |||||
| 32445 | Fawn Grove and Delta Railway | railroads; transportation | 1906 | York County | Articles of Association (and copy), Letters Patent, and copies of various receipts | |||||
| 146 | Fawn Grove, York County/Fawn Borough School District | schools; education | 1882-1901 | Fawn Grove | School board records, minutes, check stubs, ledger 1882-1901 | |||||
| 991 | Federal Fire Company/Active Fire Company | fire companies | 1790-1816 | York | Book containing Articles for the government, Minutes, Constitution and By-Laws | |||||
| 39228 | Finance, Local Public | finance | 1933 | York | originals and copies of certificates issued in the amounts of 5, 10, & 20 dollars, with York Trust co. cover letter signed by G. L. Sprenkle | |||||
| 17213 | Finley (Finly), John (fl. 1760) | inns/hotels | 1760 | Chanceford Twp. | July 1760 Quarter Sessions petition to renew license for a public house; a document by Finly explaining how an accident occurred at his place; one document by Finly assert the incompetency and false charges of a rival innkeeper, John Mekinly (McKinley) | |||||
| 741 | Fire Companies | fire companies | York | Business Records at Fire Museum: Ledger, unknown company 1912-1947; Roll book with lists of officers, unknown company 1895-1967; Record book for Fire Department and Police Department of York City with city council ordinances, regulation and reports c. 1887-1940; Binder with corres. And notes, Fire department of City of York c. 1960s; Membership book, unknown company with death and suspension dates added; Framed letter concerning meeting of the Frystown Fire Company 1839; 2 volumes of fire inspections; small ledger of S.W. Bahn refering to horse shoes 1903-1905; Ledger of receipts and expenditures, unknown company 1947-1951; Fire log, unknown company 1944-1958; Annual reports, Bureau of Fire 1967-1996. Newspaper articles; Memorial Service programs; Fire alarm directory, 1924; Booklets on Firemarks;YY History of the York Fire Company. Fire alarm directory, 1959, from Gazette and Daily calendar for December of that year. Kreider, Jas. G. "York Fire Department Guide and Reference Book for 1894-95." Lewis, Alice B., and Kirk, John L. "City of York Castle Museum and History of Firefighting," 1940. Programs for Memorial Services. | ||||||
| 16061 | Firemen's Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania | fire association | 1939-1943 | Constitution and By-laws; officers and committees; Business Records at the Fire museum: Certificate of Incorporation 1922; Minute book 1922-1935; Minute book with expenses 1935-1958 | ||||||
| 12592 | Fisher & Company, John | druggists/pharmacists; medicine | 1790-1801 | York | Invoice (1790) from H. B. Bennett; 1795-96 accounts current of Jacob & John Frey; 1796 bill from Yeiper Englehart; 1804 account of Valentine Snyder; 1800 invoice from Dr. Samuel Fahnerstock; 1800 order from Jacob & John Frey; 2 1801 invoices from Samuel Fahnerstock; miscellaneous receipts and bills | |||||
| 40076 | Fisher, Henry L. Esq. 1822-1909 | attorneys; law | 1859-1896 | Legal account books 1859-1896 (BR 76a & b). Index to legal accounts (BR 76c). | 3 volumes | |||||
| 15189 | Fisher, John Jr., Dr. | advertising; physician; medicine | 1796-1813 | York | 43 letters to Dr. John Fisher Jr. dating from 1796. A general advertisement listing what goods were for sale and requesting that a qualified person apply as an apprentice. Copybook, drawing, water permit. | |||||
| 16800 | Fisher, John, 1736-1808 | clocks; clockmakers; organs | 1756-1789 | York | Marriage certificate 1766; genealogies; inventories; biographical sketches; correspondence; oath of allegiance 1778; commission to John Fischer (1789) to make clock for James Ewing | |||||