Name That Col.
Describing over 270 mills, this collection was donated by a local engineer.
What is the Grant Voaden Mill Collection?
The YCHC celebrates the impact this salty mollusk had on York's history annually.
What are oysters?
Stored in the center column, this resource often focuses on a select few family lines. Patrons are advised to fact-check clues found in this resource.
What are Family Genealogies?
The plant of this major company is infamous for its odor in Spring Grove.
What is the Glatfelter Paper Mill?
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What is a call slip?
Primarily comprising of architectural drawings, this collection is fully searchable on our website.
What is the Dempwolf Collection?
Sold at every festival, fair, and fundraiser, this soup is a York County staple.
What is Chicken Corn Soup?
Organized by school district and year, this is a popular resource in our library.
What are Yearbooks?
This company was at one point the largest manufacturer of artificial teeth.
What is the Dentists' Supply Company of New York, or Dentsply?
Inhabited by "Gremlins" this device is to be used by volunteers and staff only.
What is the copier?
Items in this collection are from a local Civil War General.
What is the General William Buel Franklin Collection?
Traditionally eaten on Fat Tuesday, This York County treat started as a way to rid the home of lard before Lent.
What are Fastnachts?
Split into a "Red" and "Black" series, this resource has become increasingly popular ahead of the 250th celebration.
What is Henry Young's Revolutionary War Series?
This York County company manufactured the world's first megawatt-size wind turbine in Castleton, Vermont.
What is the S. Morgan Smith Company?
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What is "public"?
Filled to the brim with books, photos, and items on the circus, theater, and arts, this collection is stored both in the reading room and the rare book section.
What is the Shettel Collection?
Marinated in beet juice, this York County food brightens up any plate.
What are red beet eggs?
Stored under Fiction & Selected Biographies, this resource is especially helpful when conducting property and business research.
What are city directories?
This company began as a one room millinery and dry goods store.
What is the Bon-Ton Department Store?
Located on top of a filing cabinet next to the elevator, this allows volunteers to note when they'll be absent.
What is the Volunteer Calendar Binder?
A project focusing on the handiwork of women, had local York residents bring artifacts to the Library to be documented in this collection.
What is the Quilt Documentation Project Collection?
A pig's stomach traditionally stuffed with cubed potatoes and loose pork sausage.
What is hog maw?
Many of the items in this resource category are available online through Newspapers.com, FamilySearch, or Ancestry.
What are microfilm?
Founded in 1892, this York County company started in the wagon business and now manufactures custom-built truck bodies.
What is the York-Hoover Corporation?
Visitors and volunteers are discouraged from using this item—the same item Emma sprained her ankle on.
What is the step ladder?