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Perry Collection (Mss 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2019

Perry Collection (Mss 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 676. Letters, papers, photographs and scrapbooks of the Perry family, principally Gideon Babcock Perry, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Hopkinsville, Kentucky and his children, Reverend Henry G. Perry, Chicago, Illinois, and Emily B. Perry, Hopkinsville.


Mediated Mate Selection And Courtship: The Lived Experience Of Muslim American Women In Using Online Matchmaking Websites, Annisa M. P. Rochadiat Jan 2015

Mediated Mate Selection And Courtship: The Lived Experience Of Muslim American Women In Using Online Matchmaking Websites, Annisa M. P. Rochadiat

Wayne State University Theses

This thesis examines how technology affects two major components of courtship among Muslim American women: (1) mate selection and (2) cross-gender interactions between Muslim men and women. Sixteen individuals who self-identify as Muslim American women who are active users of online matchmaking websites participated in interviews conducted through Skype about their online dating experience. Qualitative data analysis suggests that these women balance the perceived advantages of online dating (e.g., increased individual agency in initiating romantic relationships) with their desire to maintain traditional cultural and religious courtship practices. This study contributes towards a deeper understanding of CMC and online dating among …


Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2014

Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 493. Correspondence, chiefly from the Fort and Flowers families of Logan County, Kentucky, which includes prisoners of war correspondence from the Civil War. Also includes cemetery, church, and funeral home records, as well as news clippings about historic sites, people and events in Logan County.


Mcintire, Tandie Lewis, 1865-1947 (Mss 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Mcintire, Tandie Lewis, 1865-1947 (Mss 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 396. Correspondence to family, friends, and acquaintances of Tandie Lewis McIntire, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Collection contains educational material related to McIntire's career as a teacher in Edmonson County. Also includes tracts and pamphlets related to McIntire's involvement in religious organizations, particularly Baptist entities.


Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 382. Correspondence, account books, receipts, sermons, drawings, and diaries of the Venable family of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, chiefly John Wesley Venable, Sr. and his wife Fannie and son John, Jr. Of particular interest is an 1839-1839 travel journal kept by John, Sr. while in Florida. Also includes John, Sr.’s sermons and sermon preparation material as well as thirty-nine small diaries documenting his career as an Episcopal priest in Versailles and Hopkinsville. Includes one of John, Sr.’s art sketch books.


Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Sermon notes, letters, genealogical and biographical information, and news clippings; letters related to his courtship and marriage. Includes two collections of poetry.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 45, No. 1, Joan Saverino, Joseph Bentivegna, Nicholas V. De Leo, Catherine Cerrone, Janet Theophano Oct 1995

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 45, No. 1, Joan Saverino, Joseph Bentivegna, Nicholas V. De Leo, Catherine Cerrone, Janet Theophano

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• "Domani Ci Zappa": Italian Immigration and Ethnicity in Pennsylvania
• A Study of the San Cataldesi Who Emigrated to Dunmore, Pennsylvania
• A Look at the Early Years of Philadelphia's "Little Italy"
• "An Aura of Toughness, Too": Italian Immigration to Pittsburgh and Vicinity
• Expressions of Love, Acts of Labor: Women's Work in an Italian American Community


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, No. 1, Albert F. Jordan, Theodore W. Jentsch, Carol Shiels Roark, Suzanne Cox, Louis Winkler Oct 1974

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, No. 1, Albert F. Jordan, Theodore W. Jentsch, Carol Shiels Roark, Suzanne Cox, Louis Winkler

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Some Early Moravian Builders in America
• Old Order Mennonite Family Life in the East Penn Valley
• Historic Yellow Springs: The Restoration of an American Spa
• The Use of Speech at Two Auctions
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology IX: Johann Friederich Schmidt
• Courtship and Marriage: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 36


Pennsylvania Folklife Special 1960 Festival Issue, Don Yoder, J. William Frey, Edna Eby Heller, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Martha Ross Swope, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora Jul 1960

Pennsylvania Folklife Special 1960 Festival Issue, Don Yoder, J. William Frey, Edna Eby Heller, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Martha Ross Swope, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Plain Dutch and Gay Dutch: Two Worlds in the Dutch Country
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Displaced Dutchmen Crave Shoo-flies
• Hex Signs: A Myth
• Lebanon Valley Date Stones
• Antiques in Dutchland
• Antique or Folk Art: Which?
• Folk Festival Program
• Religious Patterns of the Dutch Country
• The Costumes of the Plain Dutch
• "Love Feasts"
• "Horse-and-Buggy" Mennonites
• The Courtship and Wedding Practices of the Old Order Amish


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 2, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Vincent R. Tortora, John F. Morman, Earl F. Robacker, Howard H. Brinton, John Cummings, Edna Eby Heller, Phil R. Jack, Andrew S. Berky Apr 1958

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 2, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Vincent R. Tortora, John F. Morman, Earl F. Robacker, Howard H. Brinton, John Cummings, Edna Eby Heller, Phil R. Jack, Andrew S. Berky

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Barracks
• The Courtship and Wedding Practices of the Old Order Amish
• Rufus A. Grider
• Knife, Fork and Spoon: A Collector's Problem
• Quaker Meeting-Houses
• The Bannister-back Chair
• Pies in Dutchland
• Amusements in Rural Homes Around the Big and Little Mahoning Creeks, 1870-1912
• About the Authors
• Buckskin or Sackcloth? A Glance at the Clothing Once Worn by the Schwenkfelders in Pennsylvania