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Letter From Jim Butterfield And Ike Kaufman To Editors Of The Pennsylvania Dutchman, December 30, 1957, Jim Butterfield, Ike Kaufman

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Jim Butterfield and Ike Kaufman addressed to the editors of the Pennsylvania Dutchman, dated December 30, 1957. Within, Butterfield and Kaufman write to provide insight into the Wayne County Amish and the similarities they noticed with the Lancaster County Amish in terms of games and pastimes.

Letter From George L. Moore To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 15, 1957, George L. Moore

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George L. Moore addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 15, 1957. Within, Moore details lore related to Christmas Eve when young men wear masks and scare children, provides details on an old loom that will be going up for sale, and presents a Pennsylvania Dutch rhyme.

The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Joseph T. Kingston, Edna Eby Heller, Vincent R. Tortora, Evelyn Benson, Thomas R. Brendle, Claude Unger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● "Such Fancy Boxes, Yet"
● Dried Corn
● Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking is Corny
● The Amish at Play
● Colonial Button Mold
● Illness and Cure of Domestic Animals Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers

Portland Junior College Newsance, 05/10/1957, Portland Junior College

PJC "Newsance"

Quincy Second Stag; Steamrollers Seniors -- Spring Outing Scheduled For Camp Hines, May 21 -- Proctor, Marquis Chosen June Comencement Speakers

Portland Junior College Newsance, 04/24/1957, James R. Transue

PJC "Newsance"

Second Stag Of Yeat Contest To Be Held In Next Assembly -- Council To Hold Student Pluse -- Clarke Receives Record Admission Total Here -- 71 Attend "Campus Day" Here Wednesday

Letter From Helen J. Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 12, 1957, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 12, 1957. Within, Moser provides some Pennsylvania Dutch dialect stories about creameries as well as a rhyme and information about plants.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 04/10/1957, Portland Junior College

PJC "Newsance"

PJC To Host Tri-College Variety Show Here Thursday -- Faculty Decides On Ranks

Letter From Charles R. Hepner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 8, 1957, Charles R. Hepner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Charles R. Hepner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 8, 1957. Within, Hepner writes to corroborate a story he heard on Shoemaker's radio program about an amputated limb by relating his own experiences of phantom pain following an amputation and the method used to cure it.

The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Jim Butterfield, Don Yoder, Harry Stauffer, Edna Eby Heller, Olive G. Zehner, Fritz Braun, Friedrich Krebs, Victor C. Dieffenbach

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● The Dutch Touch in Iron
● The Pennsylvania Dutch Village
● Five June Days
● On an Amish Farm
● Traveling Pennsylvanians
● The Trail of the Stone Arched Bridges in Berks County
● Displaced Dutchmen Crave Shoo-flies
● Florence Starr Taylor
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● Zinzendorf and Moravian Research
● Sheep in Dutchland

Notes From Governor Steel's Journal As Printed In The Manchester New Hampshire Union Of October 26, 1889, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes copied by Alfred L. Shoemaker from The Manchester Union newspaper of October 26, 1889. The article prints excerpts of Governor Steel's journal as he journeys from Philadelphia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and comments on the quality of the barns and farm lands in the region.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/28/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

Benoit Vote Avalanche; Doubles Nearest Candidate Count; Stag Of The Year Primary

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/27/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

Survey Shows Solid Support For School -- News Beings Exchange Campaign

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/20/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

"QUEX" Tryouts Begin

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/13/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

Dramatic Club To Begin Tryouts -- Conflict On The Campus

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/06/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

Winter Carnival Big Success, Says Taylor

Letter From Robert V. Fritz To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 5, 1957, Robert V. Fritz

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Robert V. Fritz addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 5, 1957. Within, Fritz details a cure for homesickness in cows and describes the process he learned to scald hogs by using a barrel.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 02/27/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

TV Club To Spotlight Winter Carnival -- Stone To Highligh Today's Assembly -- Seven Maine Colleges Sponsor Benefit For Pownal

Portland Junior College Newsance, 01/16/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

College Purchases More Campus Land -- Outdoorsman To Speak On Sportsmanship At Today's Assembly -- Freshman Class Plans Sleighride And Dance For Next Month -- Frosh Officers Propose Committee To Facilitate Action On Class Activities

Portland Junior College Newsance, 01/09/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance"

PJC Skiers At State Contest Sunday -- "Lobster Network" Founder To Discuss Radio Operations At Today's Assembly

Maine: Poets' Corner Of America, Carl Jefferson Weber

Maine Collection

Maine: Poets' Corner of America

Compiled by Carl Jefferson Weber (1894-1966), formerly Professor of English, Colby College. 1957?

"Maine has always been a fertile seedbed for authors. The following pages will help you to visit the scenes, houses, and regions which these authors have made famous."

Published and distributed by the Department of Economic Development under Appropriation No. 3920.

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.