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Our MissionWe are dedicated to acquiring, preserving, and interpreting material pertaining to the heritage of the Northern Lancaster County community known as the Cocalico Valley and making this material accessible to the public. The Cocalico Valley is defined as the townships of East and West Cocalico, Clay, Ephrata, West Earl and a portion of Earl. This includes the boroughs of Akron, Adamstown, Denver and Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
donations, see our Support Us Page and publications and prints purchases, see our Publications Page.
Ask about The Lancaster County Community Foundation Charitable Gift Annuity Program. Check out this link to see how you may be able to help us. http://www.lancfound.org/funds/cocalicohistorical
"WWII and the Cocalico Valley" From Saturday, November 17, 2012 running through September 28, 2013 the Society will honor those veterans of World War II with an exhibit. For more about the exhibit go to our Museum and Library page.
May 22, Travels with Hannes Eby Researcher and writer Denise Witwer Lahr spent a decade meticulously documenting almost nine hundred relatives, friends, and acquaintances that Hannes Eby listed in his death and burial record, 1806 to 1845. She will give a Powerpoint presentation on her findings. Meetings are held at 7:30 P.M. The Program is at the Eicher Arts Center , The Eicher Center is located at the entrance to the Ephrata Park, EPAC and the American Legion. Open free to the public. |
Introducing a new feature to our Society web page.
You can now search our card catalog files right from your
computer in the comfort of your home .
The project was spearheaded by the Library and Museum Committee under
the direction of Clarence Spohn in conjunction with the Ephrata National Bank.
Approximately 33,000 cards contained in the Society's card files were scanned in
PDF format and are now available on their own page on this site for you to peruse.
The cards in the file represent the photograph, manuscript, and library collections of the Society cataloged, for the most part, prior to the year 2000. (A few books continued to be entered in the several years that followed.) Beginning in 2000 the Society adopted digital cataloging and now uses the museum software PastPerfect, which allows for more detailed and sophisticated cataloging and easier searching. We may someday be able to place our PastPerfect records online; for now, keep in mind that the cards do not represent the entire collection.
When browsing the cards, take note of the numbers in the upper right-hand corners. Numbers prefaced with "MS" denote manuscript items and numbers prefaced with "P" denote photographs. Occasionally you may find a number prefaced with "CV," which denotes an object. Cards for books carry call numbers in the upper left-hand corners, and vertical file materials have no numbers.
If you are interested in seeing or obtaining copies of any of the items in the catalog, or need more information concerning them, please contact the Society's librarian, Cynthia Marquet, by calling the Society's number or sending an email to hscv@cocalicovalleyhs.org. Enjoy your searching!
Click here or go to our Library Card Catalog page to explore.
237- 249 West Main Street (Rt. 322), Ephrata, at the corner of Oak Stree
Links
Ephrata Cloister Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Lancaster County Historical Society Ephrata Area Chamber of Commerce
Virtual Ephrata Borough of Ephrata Downtown Ephrata, Inc. (DEI) Lancaster County Community Foundation
Contact Information
Telephone 717.733.1616
Postal address P O Box 193, Ephrata, PA 17522
EMAIL HSCV@cocalicovalleyhs.org