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Woolen, Erin, B. 1989 (Fa 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Woolen, Erin, B. 1989 (Fa 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 787. This collection features a term paper about the Thanksgiving traditions of the author’s family. Also includes a cookbook from a restaurant operated by the author’s family. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Erin Woolen for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.


Hines, Thomas Collier, Jr. (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Hines, Thomas Collier, Jr. (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 7. Interviews conducted by Thomas Hines. Includes intervewis with Sarah Alice (Marcum) Roemer. The interviews include information about Alice Roemer's life, inlcuding her childhood, education, work and family experiences, with special emphasis on Thanksgiving customs.


Interview With Sarah Alice Marcum Roemer (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1984

Interview With Sarah Alice Marcum Roemer (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sarah Alice Marcum Roemer conducted by Thomas Collier Hines, Jr. on 16 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Alice Roemer discussing her life, including her childhood, education, work and family experiences, with special emphasis on Thanksgiving customs.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 4, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Don Yoder, Russell S. Baver, Ellen Shaffer, John Cummings, Martha S. Cummings, Earl F. Robacker, Marian Ludwig Wilson, David H. Rapp Oct 1958

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 4, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Don Yoder, Russell S. Baver, Ellen Shaffer, John Cummings, Martha S. Cummings, Earl F. Robacker, Marian Ludwig Wilson, David H. Rapp

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Dry Houses
• Harvest Home
• Golden Fields in the Golden Years
• Illuminators, Scribes and Printers
• John Drissel and His Boxes
• Tick-Tock Time in Old Pennsylvania
• About the Authors
• Present Day Food Habits of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Attitude of the Early Reformed Church Fathers Toward Worldly Amusements


Letter To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 15, 1949, Unknown Dec 1949

Letter To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 15, 1949, Unknown

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from a descendent of Peter Derr addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 15, 1949. Within, the author provides information about folk cures, Harvest Home services and the tradition of "serenading" newlyweds with loud music.