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Letter From William D. Pattison To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 20, 1959, William D. Pattison

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A letter from William D. Pattison to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 20, 1959. Within, Pattison informs Shoemaker of Walter Horn's lectures about the history of Western barns and how they may relate to Pennsylvania barns.

Notes From The Franklin Minerva, 1799, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten set of notes compiled by Alfred L. Shoemaker from the Franklin Minerva, originally dating from 1799. The notes concern the introduction of a new fashion of bonnets to ladies in a small village and their growing dissatisfaction with this fashion.

Letter From Lester Breininger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 9, 1959, Lester Breininger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter and enclosed set of typed note cards written by Lester Breininger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 9, 1959. Within, folk beliefs and sayings surrounding bees, bee stings and beeswax are compiled from the 1959 Kutztown Folk Festival as well as recipes for honey cookies and grafting wax.

The Gadang Of Isabela And Nueva Vizcaya: Survivals Of A Primitive Animistic Religion, Godfrey Lambrecht

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Chinese Influences On Tagalog: Chinese In The Tagalog Language, Eugene Verstraelen

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

American Policy In The Philippines: The Ugly American, Gerald W. Healy

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Contributors And Reviewers, Volume 7. 1959

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Crusader, May 7, 1959, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 10, No. 1, Frances Lichten, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Walter E. Boyer, Earl F. Robacker, Edna Eby Heller, John A. Hostetler, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Jeremiah W. Andreas, Jacob G. Shively, John Butz Bowman, Elsie Smith, Florence Baver

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• "Tramp Work": Penknife Plus Cigar Boxes
• Tramps of My Youth
• The German Broadside Songs of Pennsylvania
• The Rise of Interest in Folk Art
• Dutch Treats for Breakfast
• The Amish, Citizens of Heaven and America
• Collectanea
• My Great-Grandmother
• Old Sweitzer's Ghost
• Pastimes of My Youth
• Battalion Day
• Seven Days Make One Week

The Jesuits In The Philippines: 1581-1959, H. De La Costa

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

"The Origins And Nature Of American Nationalism", Henry Steele Commager

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, March 1959, J. William D. Wright, Calvin D. Yost, Richard T. Schellhase, Raymond V. Gurzynski, Jenepher Price Shillingford, Donald L. Helfferich, Roger P. Staiger

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

President's page • Radioactivity detection in civil defense course • From the Dean's office • University of the Air • From the Office of Admissions • The library • Industrial gift trend is up • G. E. corporate alumnus program • duPont renews $4000 grant • $2000 Esso education foundation grant • Regional groups plan meetings • Philadelphia alumni install 1959 officers • South Jersey alumni plan supper party • New York alumni plan spring dinner • Washington D.C. alumni plan annual dinner • York alumni elect new officers for 1959 • Ursinus Woman's Club plans spring card party • …

Letter From George Allen To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 31, 1959, George Allen

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George Allen addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 31, 1959. Within, Allen informs Shoemaker of a manuscript copy he acquired concerning a minister named Peter Stryker who traveled in the eastern United States in 1815.

Hollins Columns (1960 Jan 14), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Date House: Coming Soon?
• Call for Action on Snack Bar
• Doctors Tell Effects of Giving Blood
• Levine and Diercks To Present Joint Recital of Dance and Music
• Hollins Has Grant
• Salem Music Club Presents Program
• College or Education
• Of Wee Mice And Women
• Alumna Presents Piano Concert
• Scriven Speaks on 'Existence of God'
• Exam Period Is Shorter This Year
• Duke Professor To Speak
• "Destination: Campus, Roanoke, and Vicinity"
• Thorpe Tells of Old South Writers
• Tryouts Are This Week
• Bolles Receives Science Grant Of $20,000
• On Campus with Max Shulman

Letter From Evelyn A. Benson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 14, 1959, Evelyn Benson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Evelyn A. Benson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 14, 1959. Within, Benson discusses a book called Christmas Holidays: Or a Visit at Home and provides a photograph depicting a "Belsnickel" from a New Year's Day event in Halifax Township in Pennsylvania.

Letter From John I. Rempel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 5, 1959, John I. Rempel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from John I. Rempel addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 5, 1959. Within, Rempel thanks Shoemaker for information about Pennsylvania barns and considers writing an article about the architecture of German settlers in Ontario.

Hi-O-Hi 1959, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Ritual Aspects Of The Far Eastern Secular Arts, William George Webster Mcconnell

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A few words with regard to certain aspects of the terms religious art and secular art seem appropriate to a proper statement of the problem to be investigated in this thesis. In recent years Western students of art have real177ized that many instances exist which may not be classified easily in either category. Peter Fingesten, a student of the arts, has suggested that the term sacred art might beat be reserved for icons, paintings, reliquaries, and all implements of ritual and worship. Art objects in this category are produced according to hieratic code and symbolism. On the other hand, there …

The Sulod: A Mountain People In Central Panay, J. Landa Jocano

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, November 1958, Roger P. Staiger, J. William D. Wright, Calvin D. Yost, Richard T. Schellhase, Raymond V. Gurzynski, Jenepher Price Shillingford, Donald L. Helfferich, Allan Lake Rice, Paul S. Craigie

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

President's page • President's inaugural address • Dr. D. L. Helfferich inaugurated President of Ursinus College • Ursinus College opens with 839 • The Evening School • New preceptress at 944 • Library • The Messiah • The faculty cornered • The cornered faculty turns • Tracking the Alder Flycatcher • Old Timers' Day almost rained out • Face lifting on campus • Ursinus Woman's Club plans holiday luncheon • Ursinus Forum, 1958-59 • A challenge for alumni giving • Fall play "Joan of Lorraine" • Annual alumni Schoolmen's Week luncheon • Five years of alumni sponsorship completed: 1958 Loyalty …

Crusader, October 30, 1958, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Letter From Edmund B. Cairns To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1958, Edmund B. Cairns

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In this typed letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, Edmund B. Cairns highlights the lack of historical information regarding barns in Pennsylvania. He created a series of oil paintings with the intention to bring interest to Pennsylvania barns. Attached to the letter are five photographs of Cairns' work.

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 From Mrs. William H. Hess To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 8, 1958, Mrs. William H. Hess

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Mrs. William H. Hess and addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 8, 1958. Within, Hess writes to inform Shoemaker that the information stated on a recent radio broadcast was correct in distinguishing Sand Tarts and A. Piece cakes or cookies.

Letter From Cora Smith To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 3, 1958, Cora Smith

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Cora Smith addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 3, 1958. Within, Smith writes in response to claims made on Shoemaker's radio broadcast about cookies and provides her family's recipe for sand tarts and 'A piece' cookies.

Letter From Sallie B. Fox To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 3, 1958, Sallie B. Fox

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Sallie B. Fox to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 3, 1958. Within, Fox writes in response to a cookie inquiry made during Shoemaker's program. She includes the recipes for sand tarts and A. Piece cookies.

Letter From D. Edward Elder To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 10, 1958, D. Edward Elder

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from D. Edward Elder of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 10, 1958. Within, Elder informs Shoemaker of a rough drawing of a broadside of Adam and Eve that is enclosed within the letter.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Frances Lichten, William H. Newell, John Cummings, Mary Jane Hershey, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania Chalkware
• John Landis: "Author and Artist and Oriental Tourist"
• Schuylkill Folktales
• Painted Chests from Bucks County
• A Study of the Dress of the (Old) Mennonites of the Franconia Conference 1700-1953
• Research Needs in Pennsylvania Church History
• About the Authors

Letter From Arthur Weaner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 23, 1958, Arthur Weaner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Arthur Weaner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 23, 1958. Within, Weaner writes to inquire about terminology he uncovered in an 1890 sales bill referring to bees.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 2, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Vincent R. Tortora, John F. Morman, Earl F. Robacker, Howard H. Brinton, John Cummings, Edna Eby Heller, Phil R. Jack, Andrew S. Berky

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Barracks
• The Courtship and Wedding Practices of the Old Order Amish
• Rufus A. Grider
• Knife, Fork and Spoon: A Collector's Problem
• Quaker Meeting-Houses
• The Bannister-back Chair
• Pies in Dutchland
• Amusements in Rural Homes Around the Big and Little Mahoning Creeks, 1870-1912
• About the Authors
• Buckskin or Sackcloth? A Glance at the Clothing Once Worn by the Schwenkfelders in Pennsylvania