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Letter From Clayton N. Fidler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Clayton N. Fidler

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Clayton N. Fidler addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, Fidler provides Shoemaker with knowledge about what Ash Wednesday was called in his locality and the customs that followed. A story about a childhood game like hide and seek is also detailed.

Letter To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from an unknown author addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, the author discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch word for Ash Wednesday, along with traditions associated with this day.

Letter From Elizabeth D. Naftzinger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Elizabeth D. Naftzinger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Elizabeth D. Naftzinger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, Naftzinger details how the last boy to arrive at school on Ash Wednesday was dubbed "Esha Puddle" and rolled in the school's ash pile by the other boys.

Letter From Henry K. Deisher To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Henry K. Deisher

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Henry K. Deisher addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, Deisher writes to provide information on traditions practiced on Ash Wednesday and the courting ritual of bundling. He also describes ideas for a publication about farming.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 676-749:

• A Changing Christmas – 79
• A Dry Moon – 42
• A Folk Triumph – 4
• A Folklore Map of Kentucky – 46
• A Glossary of Passing Words – 135
• A Healthful Sign – 10
• Advancing or Retreating? – 36
• Analogy, Good & Bad – 28
• Ancestry & Common Sense – 105
• Another Dopester Wrong – 66
• Are You Superstitious? – 44
• Back on the Old Party Line – 145
• Blind, Deaf & Dumb – 141
• Bossy & Dobbin – 91
• Bucket Jelly – 16
• By Any Other Name – 147
• By Eye or By …

A Few More "Alter Weiver Glawe", H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of typed superstitions and beliefs by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Within, Gruber details more beliefs, presumably originating from Berks County, ranging from methods of gaining a husband to warding off bad luck and witches.

Notes On Bleeding And Cupping, 1948, Unknown

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes by an unknown author, dated 1948. The notes relate a story of a man who practiced bleeding and cupping, but nearly killed a woman when he practiced on a "bad luck" day.

More Alte Weiver Glawe, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed set of Pennsylvania German folk beliefs ("old women's beliefs" or "old wives' tales") by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Included are cures for whooping cough and superstitions about fishing and death.

Letter From Charles N. Parkes To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 18, 1947, Charles N. Parkes

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Charles N. Parkes addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 18, 1947. Within, Parkes writes on his favorite "all" story and provides information on a play titled "Papa Is All", that was performed by the Thalian Society in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Hi-O-Hi 1947, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin–Vol. 3 No. 8, June 1946

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Table of contents – Vol. 3 No. 8, June 1946

Jefferson 1941-1946: Activities of the Departments, Page 1

Research at Jefferson, Page 1

The Trustees and Faculty Greet Doctors and Nurses Returning from the Services, Page 22

Bequests, Page 22

Edwin King Daly, Page 23

Frank C. Knowles, Page 24

Norris W. Vaux, Page 25

George P. Muller, M.D., Page 26

My Dear Fellow Alumni, Page 27

Alumni Dinner, Page 28

Facts Concerning Members of Graduating Class, Page 28

The New Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Page 30

Dr. A.J. Orenstein, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., LL.D., M.D., M.R.C.P., Chief Medical Officer, …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 566-669:

• A Few Generations – 57
• Agreeable Fans – 7
• All Tied Up with Memories – 95
• An Ivory Tower – 15
• As In the Days of Methuselah – 188
• Bowser & the Wildcat – 126
• By Their Fruits – 154
• Chicken Coops & Horse Troughs – 196
• Chicken Hawks & Tom Paine – 47
• Childish Fears – 27
• Chimneys – 140
• Communal Culture – 51
• Contiguous Areas – 138
• Country Hicks – 112
• Cradles – 108
• Culture in Hymns – 59
• Cycles of Teaching – 162
• Didn’t It Rain? – 164
• Digging in the …

The Changed Political Thought Of The Negroes Of The United States, 1915-1940, Elbert Lee Tatum

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ua94/5/6 Yank, Vol. 2, No. 11, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Yank magazine removed from Lucian Flora scrapbook. This issue features the war in Italy, Germany and the Philippines.

Ua94/5/6 Highlights Of My Army Career, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Memoir of army life during World War II by Smiths Grove native Lucian Flora. See also his World War II scrapbook.

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 2, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Second half of World War II scrapbook compiled by Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. He attended Bowling Green Business University from 1938 to 1940. This scrapbook contains materials regarding the campaigns through North Africa and Italy. Included are a set of postcards from an Italian soldier to his girlfirend. There are also post cards or Ireland, cities in North Africa and Italy, as well as Cincinnati, Ohio and Houston, Texas.

The first half of the scrapbook can be seen here.

Ua94/5/6 Mission Accomplished: Africa, Sicily, Italy, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

U.S. Army publication removed from Lucian Flora's scrapbook regarding the World War II campaign through North Africa, Sicily and Italy.

Bryn Mawr College Annual Report , 1944-45., 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 1944-1945, 1945-1946, 1946-1947, 1947-1948, 1948-1949, 1949-1950, and 1950-1951.

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Summer 1944, Dorothy Thomas Shelley, Miriam Barnet Smith, Franklin Irvin Sheeder Jr., Alfred C. Alspach, Dorothy E. Berger, Eugene H. Miller, Norman E. Mcclure

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

In memoriam • Education for peace • President's page • Our war correspondents • Alumni secretary resigns • Mrs. Leighton K. Smith elected to fill vacancy • 74th annual commencement • Alumni Association reelects "Jing" Johnson • Local alumni groups meet • News about ourselves • New term opens • Forum speakers • Pre-med society meetings • Dr. Hart speaks at vespers • Annual May Day • Carter elected president local A.A.U.P. chapter • Post-war plans discussed • Men and women in the service • Report on the Loyalty Fund

Report From Dr. Schweizer On A Trip To Norway And Denmark, May 15, 1944, Bruno Schweizer

Norwegian Projects

Schweizer describes the results of a trip to Scandinavia designed to investigate opportunities for collaboration with Scandinavian scholars and set goals for language and dialect research, with particular focus on the development of Scandinavian and Germanic language atlasses. The report describes several opportunities for collaboration and names of potential resources, but describes a fraught political situation where collaboration must be conducted privately for fear of backlash for the Scandinavian scholars involved.

Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin–Vol. 3 No. 6, May 1944

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Table of contents – Vol. 3 No. 6, May 1944 Randle C. Rosenberger, M.D., Sc.D.: An Appreciation, Page 2 Mr. Joseph Lees Eastwick, Page 9 Alumni of Jefferson: A Note, Page 10 Dear Fellow Alumni, Page 11 Lewis C. Scheffey: President of the Alumni Association, Page 12 Message from the Retiring President, Page 15 A Portrait of Martin E. Rehfuss, M.D., Page 16 Facts Concerning the Senior Class, Page 17 Appointments and Promotions, Page 18 James C. Magee, Page 20 George F. Lull, Page 21 Jefferson Goes to War, Page 22 General Alumni News, Page 39 Clinics, Page 40 Endowed …

The Ursinus Weekly, March 6, 1944, Marion Bright, Jeanne B. Loomis

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Drive extended to obtain $2000 for fighter plane • Navy plans to continue college training program • Dr. W. D. Fuller will speak at forum this Wednesday • Twenty-five graduated at mid-year exercises; Philadelphia surgeon speaks • Thirty colleges to hold model United Nations conference March 30 • Educated women needed now in armed forces, later in post-war work • Navy men shifted to other units • Wilmer Knight '41, killed in action on Italian front • Dr. Garrett discusses France Forever conference • Loraine Walton appointed assistant editor of Ruby • May pageant deadline set; rules announced by dean …

Letter From Heinrich Harmjanz To Wolfram Sievers, February 10, 1944, Heinrich Harmjanz

Atlas of German Folklore

Heinrich Harmjanz writes to Wolfram Sievers in 1944 to thank him for his holiday wishes and for thinking of him. Now in the military, he discusses former colleagues, whether or not to continue the Ahnenerbe folk studies journal, the protection of the Atlas of German Folklore materials during the war, and complexities of publishing.

1944 Fall Clinic Yearbook

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinic is the yearbook of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University.

The Achievements Of The American Negro In The Present Era, Coleridge M. Churohill

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Frank Hamilton Cushing's Relations To Zuni And The Hemenway Southwestern Expedition 1879-1889, Clarissa Parsons Fuller

History ETDs

According to A.L. Kroeber, Cushing's residence at Zuni from 1879 to 1894, laid the foundation for the study of ethnology in the Southwest. This beginning of work in the study of the life, manners, and customs of the living Indians in the Southwest, came at a time when the modern study of ethnology was itself very new, dating its beginning back but twenty years before Cushing went to Zuni. It will be my purpose to summarize briefly briefly the history of general anthropology and ethnology, in order to indicate Cushing's place in the sequence as the new science developed.

The Ursinus Weekly, March 1, 1943, J. William Ditter Jr., Richard Wentzel

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Nancy Landis tops Jean Haight's lead in bond queen vote • Two freshmen play leading characters in "Cat and Canary" • Ursinus to be site for V-12 training unit according to Navy announcement today • Collegeville women explain war work at girls' assembly • President spikes rumors of CAA move to Ursinus • War nurse describes Poland's valiant fight • Dental dean at temple to speak to pre-meds • Dr. Lentz defines true gentleman • Lantern names Cooke head • Juniors will limit frills for wartime spring prom • Truth contest highlights YM-YW hatchet hop Friday • Men's and women's …

The Drift (1943), Butler University

Butler Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 428-503:

• A Cycle of Fences – 100
• Afraid of Science – 90
• Art Through the Side Door – 116
• As Big as All Out-of-Doors – 134
• Asking the Way – 108
• Backing Up the Preacher – 96
• Barriers – 72
• Baying the Moon – 46
• Blackberries – 86
• Borrowing Books – 118
• Bound Each to Each – 126
• Branch Water – 94
• Brandon’s Mill – 12
• Come to Dinner – 128
• Condescension – 68
• Cutting a Splurge – 88
• Elocution – 18
• Eyes That See Not – 50
• Fidelity – Where Is It? – 34 …

Report From Hans Schwalm On A Meeting With Ss-Sturmbannführer Noot Of The Sd, October 30, 1942, Hans Schwalm

Norwegian Projects

Schwalm summarizes a meeting with SS-Sturmbannführer Noot in which Noot promised that relevant SD documents would be made available to Schwalm in the areas of Germanic culture and scientific research. The situation in Norway was discussed, including political tension following the death of Minister Lunde. Skepticism was noted concerning the success of German research endeavors in Norway, partly attributed to political uncertainty and partly to "weary" Norwegian blood. It was noted however that the work was important and should be attempted nonetheless as even a negative result was significant for making decisions about the reconstruction of Europe.