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- William Allison Financial Records, 1801-1852, 1941 [HCLA]
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- Mercantile and manufacturing business in Potters Mills, Pa.
- Brush Valley Association for the Detection and Apprehension of Horse Thieves Constitution and Bylaws, 1853-1880 [RB&M]
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- Organization for residents of Haines, Penn, Miles and Gregg townships, Centre County, and Logan and Green townships, Clinton County, Pa.
- James Buchanan Papers, 1811-1865 [HCLA]
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- Presidential documents, financial records, letters, and portraits of the fifteenth president of the United States (1857-1861) from Lancaster, Pa.
- Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company Records, 1882-1906 [HCLA]
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- Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, business records documenting labor relations, legislative issues, production, and scientific research pertaining to the brewing industry in the late 19th century.
- Harmony Society Collection, 1838-1935 [RB&M]
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- The collection includes letters, photographs, and newspaper and magazine clippings, mainly about the utopian society after its move to Economy, Pennsylvania.
- A.P. Jacobs Carpentry and Sawmill Account Book (Bradford County, Pa.), 1839-1855 [HCLA]
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- Account book from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, containing a list of names, transactions, and account balances of customers for carpentry and sawmill services.
- T. R. Johns Papers, 1853-1948 (bulk 1919-1940) [HCLA]
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- Documents the life and career of the General Manager and Vice-President of the Bethlehem Mines/Industrial Collieries Corporation, the mining subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
- Lumber Rafting Oral History Collection, 1873-1975[HCLA]
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- Documents the timber industry in North Central Pennsylvania, focusing on the work patterns of the lumber industry, including detailed descriptions of building and maneuvering log rafts on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River to the end of the run in Williamsport or Lock Haven.
- Jacob Nofsker Account Ledger and Civil War Letter, 1833-1873[HCLA]
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- The account book includes entries for labor, sundries, farm supplies, food stuffs, and liquor made out to men and women. The Civil War letter from William Noffsker to Jacob Noffsker was written from Campbell Hospital, Washington D.C., on 7 June 1864. It describes his injuries, identifies soldiers from his unit who were also wounded, and requests money to return home on an anticipated furlough.
- Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen Local 160 Records, 1884-1927 [HCLA]
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- Railroad union records.
- Pennsylvania Bridges Collection, 1884-1915 [HCLA]
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- Photographs and lantern slides of railroad bridges in Pennsylvania, mostly in the Pittsburgh area, and photographs of technical drawings depicting structural details and complete designs of modern railroad bridges.
- List of Pennsylvania County Atlases and Histories [RBM]
- Pennsylvania German Broadsides and Fraktur Collection [RB&M]
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- Manuscript and printed Pennsylvania German Fraktur (drawings on paper made with pen, ink, and watercolor, using fancy penmanship and illustrations such as birds, hearts, flowers, and angels), broadsides (sheets of paper printed on one side only, such as commentaries on religious texts and political events), and German-language newspapers.
- Philadelphia (Pa.). Overseers of the Poor Assessment Ledger - Chesnut Ward, 1772 [HCLA]
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- The Philadelphia Overseers of the Poor levied a poor tax and distributed alms in Philadelphia since 1705. This is an assessment ledger for the Chestnut Ward.
- Porter Family Papers, 1890-1943 (bulk 1891-1909) [HCLA]
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- Primarily concerns Albert L. Porter, newspaper reporter and editor, and his entry into the newspaper business in western Pennsylvania.
- Joseph Priestley Papers, 1777-1835 [RB&M]
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- English clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist's correspondence, two drafts of his memoirs, review of his memoirs, a play, sermon, his will, account book, and financial papers.
- Joseph Priestley Collection, 1874-1996 [RB&M]
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- Publications about the scientist, Centennial of Chemistry, Bicentennial of Chemistry, and Priestley house/museum in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.
- Jay Ruby Collection on the Photographic Representation of Death, 1840-1993 [HCLA]
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- Photographs and memorabilia primarily collected by Temple University professor of anthropology to trace the history of how people use photographic images of loved ones to alleviate or hasten the grieving process.
- Stuart Family Papers, 1676-1994 (bulk 1861-1976) [HCLA]
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- Documents the history of five generations of a Pennsylvania family based in Boalsburg and Pittsburgh, especially during the American Civil War and the establishment of Memorial Day.
- Christian Urich Farming and Milling Account Book (Dauphin County, Pa.), 1824-1840 [HCLA]
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- This early nineteenth-century account book from Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, contains a list of names, transactions, and account balances of customers for milling, shoemaking, dry-goods, school books, and farm rentals.
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