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Pennsylvania Dutch dialect

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Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 30, 1955, Raymond E. Kiebach Jul 1955

Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 30, 1955, Raymond E. Kiebach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 30, 1955. Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's radio broadcast regarding the definition of "Baese Ding". He also comments on Pennsylvania German words for various types of berries and recalls an encounter with a German organ grinder.


Raising The Barn, May 27, 1955, Victor C. Dieffenbach May 1955

Raising The Barn, May 27, 1955, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Raising the Barn", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 27, 1955. Within, Dieffenbach describes how Pennsylvania barns are raised. He details the people, parts and tools involved, and the entire process from start to finish.