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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 46, No. 1, Jean-Paul Benowitz, John Lowry Ruth, Paula T. Hradkowsky, Monica Mutzbauer
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 46, No. 1, Jean-Paul Benowitz, John Lowry Ruth, Paula T. Hradkowsky, Monica Mutzbauer
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• The Mennonites of Pennsylvania: A House Divided
• "Not Only Tradition, but Truth": Legend and Myth Fragments Among Pennsylvania Mennonites
• Mennonite Women and Centuries of Change in America
• "It is Painful to Say Goodbye": A Mennonite Family in Europe and America
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 40, No. 1, Terry G. Jordan, Jon T. Kilpinen, Robert P. Stevenson, Richard E. Wentz, Henry J. Kauffman, Ray J. Dieffenbach, George L. Irgang
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 40, No. 1, Terry G. Jordan, Jon T. Kilpinen, Robert P. Stevenson, Richard E. Wentz, Henry J. Kauffman, Ray J. Dieffenbach, George L. Irgang
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Square Notching in the Log Carpentry Tradition of Pennsylvania Extended
• Letters from Home to a Wandering Farm Boy
• Parre Schtories
• Handcrafts in Lancaster County
• Johann Conrad Dieffenbach of Tulpehocken
• Aldes un Neies (Old and New)
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 4, William A. Leinbach, Patricia Tinsman, David Gottshall, Marvin A. Dourte, Daniel T. Kohler, Sam Blood, Charles Layland, Margaret Layland, Brenda Wilton, Stephen Day, Richard Shaner, Donna Longenecker, William Weber, Mel Horst, Robert Jensen, Donald D. Dillon
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 4, William A. Leinbach, Patricia Tinsman, David Gottshall, Marvin A. Dourte, Daniel T. Kohler, Sam Blood, Charles Layland, Margaret Layland, Brenda Wilton, Stephen Day, Richard Shaner, Donna Longenecker, William Weber, Mel Horst, Robert Jensen, Donald D. Dillon
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Coverlets
• Sign Painting
• Reverse Painting on Glass
• Kites
• Snake Lore
• Horncraft
• Weathervanes and Country Signs
• Festival Focus
• Sheep Shearing & Natural Knits
• Bread Baking Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Craft of Rushing
• Toy Soldier Casting
• Pennsylvania Dutch Humor
• Fireside Brooms and Whirligigs
• Springerle
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Henry J. Kauffman, Mac E. Barrick, Hilda Adam Kring
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Henry J. Kauffman, Mac E. Barrick, Hilda Adam Kring
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Johann Adam Eyer: "Lost" Fraktur Writer of Hamilton Square
• Aunt Lydia
• The Image of the Jew in South-Central Pennsylvania
• Gertrude Rapp: Harmony Society Abbess
• Aldes un Neies
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 3, William T. Parsons, David H. Rapp, Phyllis Vibbard Parsons, Alfred L. Creager, Alvin F. Kemp
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 3, William T. Parsons, David H. Rapp, Phyllis Vibbard Parsons, Alfred L. Creager, Alvin F. Kemp
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Lebenslauf of John Nicholas Schaefer
• Philip Jacob Michael: Ecclesiastical Vagabond or "Echt Reformirte" Pastor
• Drum! Drum! Drum!
• Kartz G'dichte (Short Poems)
• More Dialect Stories
• Aldes un Neies
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 2, Nancy K. Wierman, Joyce Demcher Moran, Louis Winkler, Alvin F. Kemp, Judith E. Fryer
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 2, Nancy K. Wierman, Joyce Demcher Moran, Louis Winkler, Alvin F. Kemp, Judith E. Fryer
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• The Pennsylvania Dutchman
• Miz Ukraini: "We are From the Ukraine"
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology XVII: German Language Almanacs
• Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect Stories
• Taufscheine: A New Index for People Hunters, Part II
• Aldes un Neies
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 21, Folk Festival Supplement, Leroy Gensler, Don Yoder, Edna Eby Heller, Richard C. Gougler, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Richard Shaner, Wayne F. Cardinalli
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 21, Folk Festival Supplement, Leroy Gensler, Don Yoder, Edna Eby Heller, Richard C. Gougler, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Richard Shaner, Wayne F. Cardinalli
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• A Look at the Festival
• The Tradition of the Dutch-English Comedian
• We Waste Not
• Amish Barn-Raising
• Festival Highlights
• Folk Festival Program
• Quilting Traditions of the Dutch Country
• Recollections of Witchcraft in the Oley Hills
• The Festival Potters
• Herbs and Herb Lore: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 25
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 20, No. 2, Carroll Hopf, Gregory Gizelis, Mac E. Barrick, Susan Dwyer Shick, Amos Long Jr., William S. Troxell, Ruth K. Hagy
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 20, No. 2, Carroll Hopf, Gregory Gizelis, Mac E. Barrick, Susan Dwyer Shick, Amos Long Jr., William S. Troxell, Ruth K. Hagy
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Decorated Folk Furniture
• Foodways Acculturation in the Greek Community of Philadelphia
• David Stoner: Notes on a Neglected Craftsman
• Baptist Autobiography as a Folklife Source
• Bank (Multi-Level) Structures in Rural Pennsylvania
• Der Census Enumerator
• Leisure Time Activities in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1800-1850
• Local Characters and Originals: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 18
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 19, No. 1, Vernon H. Nelson, Lothar Madeheim, Mildred Urick, John A. Hostetler, Beulah S. Hostetler, Mac E. Barrick, Arthur J. Lawton, Don Yoder
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 19, No. 1, Vernon H. Nelson, Lothar Madeheim, Mildred Urick, John A. Hostetler, Beulah S. Hostetler, Mac E. Barrick, Arthur J. Lawton, Don Yoder
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• The Moravian Settlements of Pennsylvania in 1757: The Nicholas Garrison Views
• The San Rocco Festival at Aliquippa, Pennsylvania: A Transplanted Tradition
• Amish Genealogy: A Progress Report
• Pulpit Humor in Central Pennsylvania
• The Pre-Metric Foot and its Use in Pennsylvania German Architecture
• Mennonite Contacts Across the Atlantic: The Van der Smissen Letter of 1838
• Bread, Baking, and the Bakeoven: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 13
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 18, No. 3, Harry E. Smith, Donald R. Friary, L. Karen Baldwin, Amos Long Jr., Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 18, No. 3, Harry E. Smith, Donald R. Friary, L. Karen Baldwin, Amos Long Jr., Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• The End of the Horse and Buggy Era
• Moravian Architecture and Town Planning: A Review
• Humor in a Friendly World
• Chickens and Chicken Houses in Rural Pennsylvania
• Eighteenth-Century Emigrants to America from the Duchy of Zweibrucken and the Germersheim District
• Horse-Drawn Transportation: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 11
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Arthur J. Lawton, Clarence Kulp Jr., Carter W. Craigie, Mabel Fritch, Edna Eby Heller, Sara Grey, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Arthur J. Lawton, Clarence Kulp Jr., Carter W. Craigie, Mabel Fritch, Edna Eby Heller, Sara Grey, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Ancient of Days - Plus Tax!
• Living History
• The Goschenhoppen Historians
• Folk Festival Program
• Festival Highlights
• The Tinsmith of Kutztown
• The Chaff Bag and its Preparation
• Traditional Favorites Go Modern
• Children's Games Among Lancaster County Mennonites
• Notes and Documents: Early American Humor in Philadelphia Jokebooks
• Numskull Tales in Cumberland County
• Contributors to this Issue
• Folklife Studies and American History
• Powwowing: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire #4
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 1, George Peterson Iii, William Hannan, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Berton E. Beck, Jacob G. Shively, Lester Breininger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 1, George Peterson Iii, William Hannan, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Berton E. Beck, Jacob G. Shively, Lester Breininger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Indian Readers and Healers by Prayer
• Bayard Taylor's Portrait of Pennsylvania Quakerism
• Gypsy Stories from the Swatara Valley
• Stump-Pulling
• Occult Tales from Union County
• Beekeeping and Bee Lore in Pennsylvania
• New Materials on the 18th Century Emigration from the Speyer State Archives
• The Snake-Bitten Dutchman
• Notes and Documents: A Letter to Germany (1806) ; Midwestern Diary of Joel Vale Garretson (1863-1864)
• Questionnaire on Hominy
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 4, Constantine Kermes, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Henry Glassie, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Tyrone Power
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 4, Constantine Kermes, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Henry Glassie, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Tyrone Power
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Amish Album
• Look Back, Once!
• The Pennsylvania Barn in the South: Part II
• Folk Festival Program
• Contributors to this Issue
• Festival Highlights
• Twenty Questions on Powwowing
• Moon-Signs in Cumberland County
• Reminiscences of "Des Dumm Fattel"
• Notes and Documents: Two Documents from the First World War
• The Dutch and Irish Colonies of Pennsylvania
Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver
Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed letter from Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 10, 1960. Within, the author provides various anecdotes from the Lehigh County region, including humor stories and naming lore.
Letter From William Buffenmoyer Sr. To Alfred L. Shoemaker, William Buffenmoyer Sr.
Letter From William Buffenmoyer Sr. To Alfred L. Shoemaker, William Buffenmoyer Sr.
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from William Buffenmoyer Sr. addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1957. Within, Buffenmoyer provides several humorous anecdotes and riddles about an elephant, baked beans, and an old wedding photograph.
Letters From J. Daniel Roth To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 19, 1956, J. Daniel Roth
Letters From J. Daniel Roth To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 19, 1956, J. Daniel Roth
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A set of handwritten letters from J. Daniel Roth addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 19, 1956. Within, Roth writes humorous anecdotes about animals such as bulls and chickens and includes information about the proper method for clearing snow from rye plants.
Letter From George C. Kershner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1955, George C. Kershner
Letter From George C. Kershner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1955, George C. Kershner
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from George C. Kershner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 15, 1955. Within, Kershner provides an answer to a radio program inquiry about a swine disease along with a humorous tale of three German men arrested for a crime they did not commit.
Dieffenbach On The Bull, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On The Bull, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled, "The Bull", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dating from circa 1952. Within, Dieffenbach provides two humorous tales involving preachers and cow breeding.
Dieffenbach On Meat: Addenda, Part I, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Dieffenbach On Meat: Addenda, Part I, Victor C. Dieffenbach
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Meat: Addenda", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dating from circa 1952. Within, Dieffenbach covers a variety of topics involving meat, including butchering, family recipes, and various humorous anecdotes from his youth.
Notes From The Reading Daily Times, 1858-1859, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Notes From The Reading Daily Times, 1858-1859, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A set of handwritten notes copied from The Reading Daily Times, transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker circa 1950. The notes cover topics including humorous ballads, an old turtle, and the death of a "Wurst Frau."
Ballad Of Jacob And Tillie, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Ballad Of Jacob And Tillie, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten ballad on note paper from the University of Illinois' Department of Germanic Language and Literatures, presumably copied by Alfred Shoemaker circa 1950. The bawdy rhyme concerns the courtship of a young Amish couple named Jacob and Tillie, who must suffer the strict Amish courting practices before they are wed.
Copied Letter From The Easton Sentinel, January 10, 1826, Jacop De Schleeber
Copied Letter From The Easton Sentinel, January 10, 1826, Jacop De Schleeber
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed copy of a satirical letter found within the Easton Sentinel, dated January 10, 1826. Within, a man going by the name 'Jacop de Schleeber' writes to Mr. Brinder and provides a short parody he entitles, "Do My Sussy" (To My Susie).
Notes From Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania: A Collection Of Historical And Biographical Sketches, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Notes From Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania: A Collection Of Historical And Biographical Sketches, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A set of handwritten, copied notes from Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania: A Collection of Historical and Biographical Sketches transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker. The notes describe the process of making apple butter and include a humorous interview with a local resident.
Notes From The Carlisle Herald, November 1854 To October 1856, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Notes From The Carlisle Herald, November 1854 To October 1856, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
Handwritten notes copied from the Carlisle Herald by Alfred L. Shoemaker, circa 1950. The notes cover various topics such as cider making, barn raising, a recipe for buckwheat cakes and a humorous story about a near-sighted clergyman.
Tales Of An Eccentric Character Of Old Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, David M. Quickel
Tales Of An Eccentric Character Of Old Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, David M. Quickel
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A typed submission to Alfred L. Shoemaker entitled, "Tales of an Eccentric Character of Old Dover Township, York County, Pa.", by David M. Quickel, dating from circa 1950. Within, Quickel recounts humorous sayings and tales surrounding the eccentric character he calls "Mr. Bull".
Notes From The New Holland Clarion, 1874-1878, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Notes From The New Holland Clarion, 1874-1878, Alfred L. Shoemaker
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
Handwritten notes copying excerpts from the New Holland Clarion newspaper, originally dated from 1874 to 1878, transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker. The notes concern topics such as Christmas trees, apple seeds, and Pennsylvania Dutch dialect humor.
Stories And Incidents, 1880, H. Wayne Gruber
Stories And Incidents, 1880, H. Wayne Gruber
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A set of typed stories, compiled by H. Wayne Gruber, circa 1950. The humorous anecdotes, featuring Pennsylvania German dialect, were related to Gruber in the year 1880. Subjects include a haunted farmhouse, butchering, fence posts and a city girl's first visit to a farm.
Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 4, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber
Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 4, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
In a typed letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, H. Wayne Gruber lists two humorous stories: one about a preacher's best sermon and the other about a lying farm boy. Following Gruber lists four pieces of advice, which he titles: "Alte Weiver Clawwe."
Letter From A. Miriam Herr To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 20, 1948, A. Miriam Herr
Letter From A. Miriam Herr To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 20, 1948, A. Miriam Herr
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Mrs. Leslie H. Shannon (A. Miriam Herr) addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 20, 1948. Within, Herr writes to respond to Shoemaker's question on a favorite "all" story. Herr details her encounter with an Amish man while buying blackberries at a market stall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Letter From Charles Ezra Bowman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 12, 1948, Charles E. Bowman
Letter From Charles Ezra Bowman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 12, 1948, Charles E. Bowman
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten letter from Charles Ezra Bowman addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 12, 1948. Within, Bowman provides his contribution to Shoemaker's request about favorite Pennsylvania Dutch "all" stories.