Julia Ann Drake (Professor of History, Wood Junior College) and James Ridgely Orndorff co-authored this book in 1938. Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, PA Catalogue notes: "The story of the contributions of Christian Orndorff family to the social and industrial history of the United States." Photographs are illegible in this book copy. They are clear in the microfilm version of the book which can be found at the Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, PA.

See related book: "John Orndorff, Pennsylvania Pioneer, and his ancestors." John Barclay Orndorff and Nora Lee Orndorff, 1953. 228 pages.