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Dieffenbach On Steers: Superstitions, April 12, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Steers: Superstitions Relating to", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 12, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details various superstitions surrounding the practice of gelding, including ways to induce proper healing and warnings of death post-surgery.

Dieffenbach On Cows, April 11, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten material on cows written by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 11, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of personal anecdotes about cows, including eating habits, selection, birthing complications, and other lore associated with cows.

Dieffenbach On Cows, April 1, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Cows", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 1, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details anecdotes from Berks County, Pennsylvania farmers concerning all aspects of cows and raising calves including needed equipment, milking, de-horning, and breeding. It also contains related folklore surrounding the products of cows (veal, beef, butter, cheese, dung) and cures for disease and bewitchment.

Dieffenbach On Cows: Addenda, March 24, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Cows: Addenda", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 24, 1952. Within Dieffenbach lists a series of anecdotes involving butter churning, farm irrigation, planting seeds and producing and selling hay and dairy products. It also includes a section about the many uses of cow parts after butchering and a list of superstitious beliefs surrounding cows.

Dieffenbach On Cabbage, March 21, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript on cabbage, by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 21, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach compiles anecdotes and humorous stories from Berks County and Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on a range of topics related to cabbage including its use as livestock feed, parts of the cabbage, uses for cabbage leaves, uses in cooking, and cabbage seeds.

The Ursinus Weekly, March 10, 1952, Mary Yost, Mary Jane Allen, Donna Webber, Richard P. Richter, Jonni Graf, William Lukens, Patricia Garrow, Charles Stahl, Nelson M. Fellman Jr., Ted Wenner, Jean Leety, Paul M. Jones, G. Brandon Donahue

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Cast chosen for Curtain Club play • New method used to contact students in Campus Chest drive • Operetta leads picked as "Sari" gets underway • Newman Club hears about new society • Sororities pledge 25 after week of rushing • Professors give various last minute admonitions at Y panel • Audrey Harte writes winning May Day pageant; Chairmen begin work: "Stolen Princess of Fantasy" is tale told in verse • Spirit group reorganizes • Noted archaeologist to give illustrated lecture at Forum • Juniors pick out theme for prom • Movie rescheduled • Two group plays to be staged …

Composition: A Review, February 1952, H. Wayne Gruber, Michael Alvin Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed composition entitled, "A Review", by Michael A. Gruber with notations by H. Wayne Gruber, dated February 1952. Within, a compilation of memories of the Gruber family farm, especially of birds and other animals, is composed in the form of a poem, including remarks and additions provided by H. Wayne Gruber.

Bryn Mawr College College Catalogue And Calendar, 1952-1954, Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College Calendar

Volume contains calendars of undergraduate courses and and calendars of graduate courses for 1952-53, 1953-54, and 1954-55. Also contains bulletins of the Carola Woerishoffer Graduate Department of Social Economy and Social Research for 1952-53 and 1954-55.

Bryn Mawr College Annual Report , 1951-52., Bryn Mawr College

Annual Reports of the President of Bryn Mawr College

Includes the President's Annual Reports to the Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr College for the years 1951-1952, 1952-1953, 1953-1954, 1955-1956, and 1956-1957, 1961-1962, and 1962-1963.

College Catalog, 1952-1953, Extension, Buffalo State College

Academic Catalogs, 1871-2018

No abstract provided.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 900-989, 999-1049:

• A Cheerful Liar – 252
• A Mother in Israel – 219
• A Neighborhood Sheik – 215
• A Thin Veneer – 244
• Amen – 109
• Appropriate Food – 99
• Asafetida Bags & Sulfa Drugs – 250
• Awards Day – 278
• Bad Connections – 276
• Ballad Situations – 113
• Becoming a Back Number – 27
• Bells, Bells, Bells – 83
• Blab Schools – 169
• Bottomless Pits – 201
• Burning Off the Woods – 151
• But Not Homer – 47
• By the Highway – 159
• By the Side of the Road – 25
• Calf Rope – …

Planting, Seeding, Or Sowing And Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania From 1876 To 1893, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed essay entitled, "Planting, Seeding, or Sowing and Harvesting On My Parent's Farm, In North Heidelberg Township, Berks County Pennsylvania", by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from January 1952. Within, Gruber recalls the agricultural practices his parents practiced in relation to the moon and star signs and details the methods of planting and harvesting corn, potatoes and grain.

History Of The Farm Of My Parents, January 1952, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed document detailing the history of the family farm, house and surrounding land of H. Wayne Gruber, dating from 1876 to January 1952. Within, Gruber details the history of ownership of the land, the parts and functions of each area of the house (including Pennsylvania Dutch terminology) and the surrounding outbuildings, sheds and barns as well as the fields and orchards. Gruber also describes repair work and expansions to the house and other buildings over the years.

Dieffenbach On Horses: Peculiar Habits And Tastes, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Horses: Peculiar Habits and Tastes", by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dating from circa 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details some of the eating habits he's seen horses possess, describing stories of horses who eat eggs, cheese, bread and other items.

Dieffenbach On The Bull, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "The Bull", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dating from circa 1952. Within, Dieffenbach provides two humorous tales involving preachers and cow breeding.

Dieffenbach On Meat: Addenda, Part I, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Meat: Addenda", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dating from circa 1952. Within, Dieffenbach covers a variety of topics involving meat, including butchering, family recipes, and various humorous anecdotes from his youth.

Proposal For The Preparation Of A Book On The Costumes Of The Plain People, Melvin Gingerich

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

This typed paper outlines a proposal for a book on the history of plain costumes worn by Mennonites and other groups primarily in Pennsylvania. It lists the qualifications of the author, Melvin Gingerich, as well as the estimated costs and timeline to produce the work. It provides a description of the proposed book and tentatively outlines its contents.

The Hodges Haul, September 13, 1951, Marshall University

The Hodges Haul

No abstract provided.

Nucleus 1951, Newark College Of Engineering

Yearbooks

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the Newark College of Engineering Nucleus.

The Hodges Haul, May 17, 1951, Marshall University

The Hodges Haul

No abstract provided.

The Hodges Haul, May 1, 1951, Marshall University

The Hodges Haul

No abstract provided.

The Hodges Haul, April 12, 1951, Marshall University

The Hodges Haul

No abstract provided.

Letter From Arta M. Bortner To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, March 30, 1951, Arta M. Bortner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Arta M. Bortner addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, dated March 30, 1951. Within, Bortner provides details on a childhood school game and rhyme that young children used to play involving a bear and stolen sheep.

Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin–Vol. 6 No. 6, March 1951

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Table of contents – Vol. 6 No. 6, March 1951

The Department of Anatomy, Page 1

President's Report, Page 14

Excerpts, Address of President Kauffman Annual Alumni Business Meeting and Mid-Winter Smoker, Page 15

Budget Proposals to State, Page 16

Pennsylvania Senate Hears Resolution in Praise of Jefferson Medical College, Page 16

New Radioactive Isotope Unit, Page 17

Eberle Portraits Given to College, Page 18

Jefferson Hospital Purchases Property at 11th and Sansom, Page 19

Post-Graduate Conferences, Page 20

Atomic Medicine Course Explained, Page 20

"The Gross Clinic" Painting Featured in Art Exhibit, Page 21

President Philadelphia County Medical Society, …

Hollins Columns (1951 Jan 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Dr. Paul Patterson Attends A.A.A.S.
• Works of Art Are Currently Being Displayed
• Dr. Newcomer, Vassar College Will Be Convocation Speaker
• Events Scheduled In Near Future For Students
• Program Scheduled For Founders Day
• Lottie Lehmann, Soprano To Sing Here February 8th
• President Everett's Formal Inauguration To Be Held April 15
• The Rev. J. Manly Cobb Will Conduct Chapel
• Films Presented On Great Britain
• German Born Singer Unrivaled In World
• Hollins Welcomes Mrs. Graneth As Instructor
• Optimism Necessary For The New Year
• Letter Writers-Take Notice!!
• Your Column
• Snoopin' With Snookie and Sassie
• Pravda Discloses Newest Find By Scientist
• Come …

The Hodges Haul, January 19, 1951, Marshall University

The Hodges Haul

No abstract provided.

Letter From Russell S. Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 15, 1951, Russell S. Baver

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Russell S. Baver addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 15, 1951. Within, Baver details his feelings on barn decorations and describes superstitions surrounding horseshoes and cattle castration.

College Catalog, 1951-1952, Extension, Buffalo State College

Academic Catalogs, 1871-2018

No abstract provided.

Folklore Term Paper: Aspects Of Amish Folklore, William J. Pietchke

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed term paper completed at Franklin and Marshall College by William J. Pietchke, dating from circa 1951. Entitled "Aspects of Amish Folklore", Pietchke details various beliefs amongst the Amish ranging from pregnancy lore to marriage, divorce and horse trading practices.

Letter From Bertha Brophy To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1950, Bertha Brophy

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Bertha Brophy addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1950. Within, Brophy provides Belsnickel lore from her childhood while living in the Oley Valley in Pennsylvania.