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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Henry Glassie, Berton E. Beck, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Dutch Country Burls and Bowls
• The Pennsylvania Barn in the South
• Tales of the Block House
• Official Religion Versus Folk Religion

Hayes, Bruce (Fa 1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1343. Local lore collected in Russell County, Kentucky and Taylor County, Kentucky by Bruce Hayes for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief narrative, origin, informant’s name, age, and location.

Turner, Tony (Fa 1341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1341. Local lore collected in Barren County, Kentucky by Tony Turner for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Includes survey sheets may include a brief narrative, origin, informant’s name and location.

Folktales - Witchcraft, Lechuzas-L, 1966, 1976, 1978-87

Mark Glazer's Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection

Folktales collected by anthropology students from 1966,1976 and 1978-87. NOTE: Personally identifiable information has been redacted.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 1, Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer, Amos Long Jr., Synnove Haughom, Don Yoder, John A. Burrison, Clement Valletta

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Year of the Rupjonjim
• Pennsylvania Summer-Houses and Summer-Kitchens
• Religious and Educational References in Lancaster County Wills
• Genealogy and Folk-Culture
• Pennsylvania German Folktales: An Annotated Bibliography
• Italian Immigrant Life in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1890-1915 Part II

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 14, No. 4, Don Yoder, Alliene Dechant, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Richard Shaner, Amos Long Jr., Evelyn Benson

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Kutztown and America
• Sixteen Years of the Folk Festival
• Like the One Grandma Had!
• Kutztown's Mennonites
• Folk Festival Program
• Festival Highlights
• The Ice-House in Pennsylvania
• The Conestoga Wagon
• Folklife Studies Bibliography 1964

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 14, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Don Yoder, Berton E. Beck, William H. Kenney Iii, Clement Valletta, Richard Shaner

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Buckwheat Music
• The "Domestic Encyclopaedia" of 1803-1804
• Taming the Land
• Jacob Taylor and His Almanacs
• Italian Immigrant Life in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1890-1915
• Uni Day's Herb Garden

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1500-1600:

• 1935-1965 – 165
• A Folk Drugstore – 49
• A Shrinking World – 27
• A Tater on the Spout – 175
• A Valuable Acquisition – 9
• Adjusting to Our Times – 79
• Ashamed to Play – 23
• Autumns of Long Ago – 191
• Barefoot Boy – 179
• Becoming a Passing Institution – 31
• Calling Animals – 193
• Calling the Animals – 21
• Cash on the Barrel Head – 139
• Cats & Saurians – 55
• Chores – 105
• Contradictory Signs – 135
• Country-School Alumni – 181
• D-Day Plus One – 47
• Don’t – 195
• Explaining a …

The Influence Of The Southern Nevada And Southern Utah Folklore Upon The Writings Of Dr. Juanita Brooks And Dr. Leroy R. Hafen, Pansy L. Hardy

Theses and Dissertations

Since no writing is entirely objective, it is the contention of this thesis that Dr. Juanita Brooks and Dr. LeRoy R. Hafen, the most authoritative writers of the Southern Nevada and Southern Utah region, were greatly influenced in their writings by the folklore of the region and of the people. The two aspects of folklore which are most prominent in their writings are, first, those which treat the supernatural aspect of divine intervention, and, second, those which surround the struggle for survival.

Folklore stories of divine intervention include the lore of divine aid given in time of great need, divine …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 14, No. 2, Don Yoder, Earl F. Robacker, Amos Long Jr., Donald Roan, Lewis Edgar Riegel, Jerrie Gressle

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Christmas Fraktur, Christmas Broadsides
• The Shape of Food That Was
• Bakeovens in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• Deivels-Dreck (Asafoetida) Yesterday and Today
• Reminiscences of Centerport, 1876-1885
• Ohio School Children Study the Pennsylvania Dutch

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 14, No. 1, Richard Shaner, Earl F. Robacker, Amos Long Jr., Berton E. Beck, Paul D. Brumbach, Phil R. Jack, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Oley Valley Basketmaker
• The Sheen of Copper
• Pennsylvania Corncribs
• Land-Clearing in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
• Funerals in My Childhood Days
• Folk Medicine from Western Pennsylvania
• Peddlers I Remember

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Alexander Marshall, Don Yoder, Amos Long Jr., Susanna Brinton, Edna Eby Heller, George L. Moore, Phil R. Jack

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Stoneware: Stepchild of Early Pottery
• The Days of Auld Lang Syne
• Grout-Kootch, Coldframe, and Hotbed
• Memories of Three Spring Farm
• Folk Festival Program
• Saffron Cookery
• My Childhood Games
• Western Pennsylvania Epitaphs

United State Geological Survey Map, 1964, United State Geological Survey, Richard A. Sheppard

Indian Head Rock Project

United State Geological Survey map of the Portsmouth Quadrangle published in 1964.

Dehart, Hollis, B. 1938 (Fa 1342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1342. Local lore collected in Russell County, Kentucky by Hollis DeHart for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief narrative, origin, informant’s name, age, and location.

Jacobs, Bennie J. (Fa 1338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1338. Several brief tales collected in Waynesburg, Kentucky by Bennie J. Jacobs for a folk studies project at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a short narrative, informant’s name, age, and location.

Powell, Terry (Fa 1344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1344. Two tales of local lore from Taylor County, Kentucky collected by Terry Powell for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. One tale relates to a stingy person and the other is a talltale about a huge tomato plant. Survey sheets include a brief narrative, informant’s name, and date.

Broyles, Horace Huston (Fa 1345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1345. Local lore from Taylor and Jefferson counties in Kentucky collected by Huston Broyles for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Survey sheets include a brief narrative, the name of informant, the location, and the date.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Don Yoder, Leo H. Bixler, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Piece-Patch Artistry
• The Horse and Buggy Dutch
• Pine Tar and its Uses
• Much Ado About Cookies
• Folk Festival Program
• Outdoor Privies in the Dutch Country
• Distillation and Distilleries Among the Dutch
• The Folklife Studies Movement

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Robert C. Bucher, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania Pewter and Pewterers
• Grain in the Attic
• Dryhouses in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• The Amish Barn Dance
• Pennsylvanians Called it Mush

Folktales - Witchcraft, Lechuza-D, 1963, 1977,1979-92

Mark Glazer's Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection

Folktales collected by anthropology students from 1963, 1977,1979-92. NOTE: Personally identifiable information has been redacted.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1401-1498:

• A Bigger World – 7
• A Great Leveler – 103
• Accepting the Universe – 121
• Acquired Characteristics – 67
• Another Barrier Removed – 135
• Beating the Other Fellow – 83
• Bees & Such – 123
• Being Queer – 21
• Between the Rivers – 149
• Cake & Pickle – 65
• Cashing in on Our Folkways – 155
• Continuity – 105
• Country Origins – 119
• Cussing & Near-Cussing – 15
• Doing Some Digging – 151
• Don’t Look Now, But . . . – 11
• Elocution Again – 147
• Entertaining Oneself or Being Entertained – 19
• Evaluating …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, George L. Moore, Russell S. Baver, Amos Long Jr., Edna Eby Heller, Florence Baver

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Paint-Decorated Furniture of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• My Mother's Kitchen
• "H" is for Hinkle
• An Album of Chester County Farmhouses
• Smokehouses in the Lebanon Valley
• Morning Glory Cake
• Five Years of Folk Festivaling

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 4, Don Yoder, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, Robert C. Bucher, Richard Shaner, Alma B. Meade

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania's Plain Garb
• Ai, Ai, Ai, and a Bottle of Whatever
• Eagle Date Boards
• The Continental Log House
• Waffles and Wafers
• Folk Festival Program
• Witch Tales from Adams County
• Fianna the Dunkard

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

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

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.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1300-1400:

• A Century Later – 113
• A Community, Then & Now – 175
• A Fruitless Search – 167
• A Little Red Wagon – 193
• After the Sunday Dinner – 159
• Anachronisms – 125
• Another Anniversary – 147
• Asleep at the Show – 11
• Back Yonder – 197
• Bee Honey – 35
• Being Apologetic – 13
• Birds & Folks – 5
• By the Company He Keeps – 107
• Calomel & Quinine – 137
• Changing Conceptions of Age – 43
• Changing Good Manners – 83
• Chapters of History – 93
• Chips Again – 121
• Clodhoppers – 53 …