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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 38, No. 1, Lorett Treese, Rhoda Horning Denlinger, William B. Fetterman, Lee C. Hopple

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• "Faithful Laborers in this Vineyard of the Lord": The Swedish Mission to America
• Metzler's School, Then and Now
• E. H. Rauch's Formative Influence on Pennsylvania German Folk Theater
• Germanic Origins and Religious-Geographical History of the Mennonites in Europe
• Aldes un Neies (Old and New)

Mail Story, Albert "Cap" Collins

Maine Song and Story Sampler

In this story, Albert "Hap" Collins talks about his maternal grandfather who worked as a mail carrier, delivering mail from the mainland to Long Island in Blue Hill Bay.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 4, Carl Ned Foltz, Paul Shetrompf, Deborah Shetrompf, Gregory A. Petrick, Patrick Rudolph, Ivan Belac, Loretta Belac, David S. Marks, Lee S. Heffner, Ivan E. Hoyt, J. Ernest Miller, Malcolm Jones, Sheldon Janse, Rachel Janse, Robert Evans, Richard Dewalt, Sandra Gilpin

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania Redware
• Intaglio
• Silhouette Glass
• Marionettes
• Ceramics
• Fretted Dulcimers
• Satisfying the Hungry
• Festival Focus
• Festival Programs
• Hex Signs
• Dutch Fries
• Metal and Slate Engraving
• Antler Lore
• What are Knobbits?
• Wood Sculpture
• Scherenschnitte and Fraktur

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 3, Mary Lou Robson Fleming, Richard Matthews, William B. Fetterman, Erick D. Slazinski, N. F. Karlins, Leland D. Baldwin, Edward W. Chester

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Folk Artist Jacob Maentel of Pennsylvania and Indiana
• Up Another River: Fourteen Days on the St. Johns
• An Appreciation of Russell Wieder Gilbert
• Holy Images: A Brief Study of Folk Religious Belief
• Lamont Alfred "Old Ironsides" Pry, Contemporary American Folk Artist
• Synopsis of the Penburne Quintet

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 2, Ned D. Heindel, Linda H. Heindel, Karl J. R. Arndt, Terry G. Jordan, Lois J. Groff

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Junior Republic Movement in Pennsylvania: Youth Care in Grove City and Redington
• Brechloch, or Rapp's Harmony Society and the Production of Flax, Hemp, and Linen in Pennsylvania and Indiana
• Some Neglected Swiss Literature on the Forebay Bank Barn
• "Hoping for the Best, Yet Fearing the Worst": An Overview of Civil War Medical Care Until the Battle of Gettysburg
• Aldes un Neies

Raatikko, Walfred Hamari

Maine Song and Story Sampler

"Raatikko" is a traditional Finnish song and dance. The song tells of a mountain in southern Finland, Kyöpelinvuori, which is known in Finnish mythology as the place haunted by the spirits of virgins who die young.

Discovering Maine's Prehistory Through Archaeology : An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Unit For Grades 5-8, Diane R. Kopec

Maine Collection

Discovering Maine's Prehistory Through Archaeology : An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Unit for Grades 5-8

Developed by Diane R. Kopec for the Maine Historic Preservation Commission (Draft Edition), Augusta, Me., 1988.

Contents: Acknowledgements / Introduction / Description / Organization & General Procedures / Educational Goals & Behavioral Objectives / Unit Plan / What is Archaeology / Doing Archaeology: The Archaeologist & Methods / Doing Archaeology: Prehistory / Doing Archaeology: Excavation & Interpretation / Living Archaeology / Native Americans Today / You and Archaeology / Sources. References, Teacher Bibliography and Glossary