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The Influence Of Economics Upon The Voice Of John Steinbeck: Some Evidence From Selected Readings, Bernard Earl Eagleton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Observer Vol. 4, Issue No. 3, 12/1961, Gorham State Teachers College

Observer, The (1972)

GSTC Night School -- Annual Christmas Convocation -- Gorham Night At Portland Symphony -- Response In Affirmative For Program -- The Holly Tea -- Freshmen Elect Class Officers -- Kimane Nyoiki Speaks To SCA-Newman Club -- Four Gorham Seniors To Take Exam -- Christmas Comes To Gorham -- Lots Of Digging Going On In This Class -- Doctor Bailey In Retirement

The Observer Vol. 4, Issue No. 1, 10/1961, Gorham State Teachers College

Observer, The (1972)

Mayor Campaign Begins Monday -- Our Growing Campus; More Changes At GSTC -- The First Four Days Of Gorham -- Foreign Student On Campus -- The Freshmen Are Leafing…Or Ferning -- The Higher Learning In American: Part II -- Take Your Choice -- Music Maestro! -- Industrial Arts Development Council -- Dramatics At Gorham -- Your Homecoming Queen Candidates

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, J. William Frey, Vincent R. Tortora, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Alfred L. Shoemaker, John A. Hostetler, Laura Huyett, Andrew S. Berky, Don Yoder, Amos Long Jr., Alan G. Keyser, Richard Shaner, Alliene Dechant

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Antiques in Dutchland
• Antique or Folk Art: Which?
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Amish Barn Raisings
• Building a Pennsylvania Barn
• Water Witching
• Amish Family Life: A Sociologist's Analysis
• Straw Hat Making Among the Old Order Amish
• Bread and Apple-Butter Day
• Schnitz in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• Dutch Country Scarecrows
• The Man Who Was Buried Standing Up
• Living Occult Practices in Dutch Pennsylvania
• Farewell to Ollie

A Study Of The Modern Academic Novel In America, Grace O. Burton

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Charles Godfrey Leland: The American Years, 1824-1869, Ralph Carlisle Smith

American Studies ETDs

Charles Godfrey Leland was born on August 15, 1824, in a boarding house where his parents lived, an old colonial house on Chestnut Street below Third Street of Philadelphia. Convinced of hereditary influence, even of the inheritance of “acquired characteristics,” Leland in his mature years recorded something of the background of his forebears and contemporary relatives. Because such emphasis was placed on his ancestry and because some of the collateral relatives entered his life now and again, it is appropriate to consider briefly first his mother’s family, then his father's lilleage, and finally his brother and sisters. His Memoirs have …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Don Yoder, Robert C. Bucher, Paul R. Wieand, Amos Long Jr., Clarence Kulp Jr., Gary S. Dunbar, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Alan G. Keyser, Christ Geiger, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Richard Shaner

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Township Weavers of Pennsylvania
• Amish Funerals
• The Bush-Meeting Dutch
• Steep Roofs and Red Tiles
• Carpet Rag Parties
• Fences in Rural Pennsylvania
• Folk Festival Program
• A Study of the Dialect Terminology of the Plain Sects of Montgomery County, Pa.
• Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania Folklife Pioneer
• The "Glingelsock"
• Sauerkraut in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• Collectanea

Jack London's Heroes: A Study Of Evolutionary Thought, Roy W. Carlson

American Studies ETDs

The important thing, in terms of this study, is that evolutionary speculation had a popular audience and a relatively large audience. Not only did people who had never seen copies of The Origin of Species or The Descent of Man feel perfectly familiar with their contents and qualified to talk about them, but serious thinkers were reading scientific and pseudo-scientific books at an unprecedented rate. For instance, Spencer's books had a sale of 368,755 copies in the authorized editions in the United States between 1860 and 1903. The testimony of John R. Commons as to Spencer's popularity is well known. …

An Investigation Of The Validity Of The American School Intelligence Tests, Roger Alan Hofferth

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, George L. Moore, Edith Patterson, Nicholas Bervinchak, Russell S. Baver, Edna Eby Heller, Mary C. Kreider, E. Estyn Evans

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Tin: With Holes In
• Nineteenth Century Shooting Matches
• Dunkard Life in Lebanon Valley Sixty Years Ago
• Nicholas Bervinchak
• An Album of Etchings of the Pennsylvania Coal Region
• Corn Culture in Pennsylvania
• Rye Bread Lehigh County Style
• "Dutchified-English": Some Lebanon Valley Examples
• The Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival: A European Report

Letter From Harold C. Shank To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 18, 1961, Harold C. Shank

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Harold C. Shank addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 18, 1961. Within, Shank provides personal stories surrounding the holidays in Berks and Lancaster counties, including "Belsnickles," annual auctions, cherry trees and Santa Claus.

Note On Amish "Old Christmas", January 6, 1961, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten note on the reverse of a newspaper clipping from the Ohio Daily Record entitled, "'Old Christmas' Today Is Serious 2nd Holiday For Amish Residents Of Area", by Clif Bushnell and dated January 6, 1961. The note speculates about whether the Amish have always used this date or whether it was influenced by changes in the calendar.

The Records Of The First Church In Boston 1630-1868, Volume 1, Richard D. Pierce , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

LISTS
Pastors and Teachers
Ruling Elders
Deacons
Meeting Houses

CHURCH RECORDS
VOLUME ONE
Admissions to Membership, 1630-1778; Church Discipline, Dismissals; Occasional Church Votes, 1630-1738
Church Votes, 1719-1785
Baptisms, 1630-1847 [1666]

Volume 1 of 3; contains baptisms through Sept. 25, 1666

Outline For An Article On Apple Butter, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten outline composed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated circa 1961. The list compiles various aspects of apple butter ranging from terminology and history to uses and appearances in rhymes and other literary forms.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 2, Samuel Preston Bayard, Walter E. Boyer, Robert C. Bucher, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Walter Ellsworth Boyer (1911-1960)
• The Meaning of Human Figures in Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art
• Meadow Irrigation in Pennsylvania
• Receipt Books-New and Old
• Pennsylvania Cave and Ground Cellars
• The Amish in Their One-Room Schoolhouses
• Collectanea

Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 10, 1960. Within, the author provides various anecdotes from the Lehigh County region, including humor stories and naming lore.

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. 11, No. 1, Clarence Kulp Jr., Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Roy C. Kulp, John R. Mumaw, Amos Long Jr., John Cummings, Jane Keplinger Burris, Thomas R. Brendle

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• A Dunker Weekend Love Feast of 100 Years Ago
• The Peacock in Pennsylvania
• The Get-Togethers of the Young Amish Folk
• Church and Meetinghouse Stables and Sheds
• Abraham Harley Cassel - Dunkard Bibliophile
• Mennonite Folklore
• Springs and Springhouses
• Finishing Wooden Surfaces
• Early Funeral Notices
• Collecting Dialect Folk Songs

Letter From W. A. Weller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 28, 1960, W. A. Weller

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from W. A. Weller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 28, 1960. Within, Weller details the harmful consequences of working the farm on Ascension Day and Good Friday.

Letter From Lois Springer To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, February 16, 1960, Lois Springer

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Lois Springer addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, dated February 16, 1960. Within, Springer inquires about an Amish bell she possesses in her personal collection and whether it found potential use in religious observations.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Long Beach Navy "Islanders", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Hill Air Base "Hornets", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. San Bernardino Valley College "Indians", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Compton College "Tartars", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Notes From "Now And Then" Columns And The Devil In Bucks County, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten notes from a newspaper column and The Devil in Bucks County, compiled and transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1960. Within, Shoemaker details a variety of topics ranging from a character known as the "rag peddler" to an old verse from Dr. Thomas Wood's lecture book.

Nevada Southern "Rebels" Vs. Phoenix College "Bears", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Letter From Robert A. Foster To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 21, 1959, Robert A. Foster

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Robert A. Foster addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 21, 1959. Within, Foster inquires about Shoemaker's potential help in composing an article on the topic of "bundling" for Woman's Day magazine.

Letter From Susie E. Robinson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 6, 1959, Susie E. Robinson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Susie E. Robinson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 6, 1959. Within, Robinson requests information regarding the practices of shunning and bundling within the current Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch communities.

Letter From Walter W. Horn To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 7, 1959, Walter W. Horn

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Walter W. Horn to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 7, 1959. Horn responds to Shoemaker's inquiry about the similarities between the California Barn and the Pennsylvania Barn and informs Shoemaker of research that might interest him.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 10, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Samuel P. Bayard, Don Yoder, Ralph S. Funk, Phil R. Jack, Russell S. Baver, Walter E. Boyer

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Cutting-Up for Fancy
• English-Language Folk Culture in Pennsylvania
• The Bench Versus the Catechism: Revivalism and Pennsylvania's Lutheran and Reformed Churches
• Collecting and Indexing Dialect Poetry
• Folk Amusements in Western Pennsylvania
• Of Plows and Ploughing
• The New Year Wish of the Pennsylvania Dutch Broadside