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The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Henry J. Kauffman, Walter E. Boyer, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Olive G. Zehner, Don Yoder, Elsie Gehris Cresswell, Edna Eby Heller, Hugo Froehlich

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Pennsylvania Redware
● Philadelphia Butter
● Adam und Eva im Paradies
● The Pretzel Before the Civil War
● Amish Sculpture
● Spirituals from the Pennsylvania Dutch Country
● Aunt Sybilla
● A Dutch Feast
● "Team" Mennonites
● Pioneers from Staudernheim
● Dialect Folksay

Letter From Mabel G. Sayer To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 1, 1956, Maybel G. Sayer

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In this typed letter from October 1st, 1956, Mabel G. Sayer responds to Alfred L. Shoemaker's radio program from the previous day. She provides a Pennsylvania German verse and wishes him well.

Matrimonial Legislation: El Matrimonio En El Derecho Cononico Particular Posterior Al Codigo, Samuel R. Wiley

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Letter From George L. Moore To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 26, 1956, George L. Moore

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George L. Moore addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 26, 1956. Within, Moore provides accounts of a Pennsylvania Dutch quadrupled birth, wagon history, and the process of using bed rope to clear snow from the top of wheat crops.

Letters From J. Daniel Roth To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 19, 1956, J. Daniel Roth

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten letters from J. Daniel Roth addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 19, 1956. Within, Roth writes humorous anecdotes about animals such as bulls and chickens and includes information about the proper method for clearing snow from rye plants.

Letter From Henry W. Hunsberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 15, 1956, Henry W. Hunsberger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Henry W. Hunsberger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 15, 1956. Within, Hunsberger responds to information he heard on Shoemaker's radio program about using a bed rope to clear snow from the crops in a field.

The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 1, Henry J. Kauffman, Edna Eby Heller, Andrew S. Berky, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Earl F. Robacker, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Herbert H. Beck, Thomas R. Brendle, Claude Unger, Olive G. Zehner, Don Yoder, Esther Moser, Helen Moser, Friedrich Krebs

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● The Summer House
● Drinks in Dutchland
● Yesteryear in Dutchland
● Moshey and Bellyguts
● Rise of Interest in Dutch Antiques
● Diaper Lore
● Lititz
● Witchcraft in Cow and Horse
● Dorothy Kalbach
● Plain Dutch and Gay Dutch
● Dialect Folksay
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● About the Authors
● What's New in Dutchland

Philippine Islam And The Society Of Jesus, Thomas A. O'Shaughnessy

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Dieffenbach On Blue Mountain Tea, June 25, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Blue Mountain Tea", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated June 25, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details various instances of how Blue Mountain Tea and its leaves could be utilized by the Pennsylvania Dutch community.

A Study Of The Evidences Of Local Color In Willa Sibert Cather's Stories Of The Midwestern Plains, Charles Thomas Keller

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Dieffenbach On Candy, May 8, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Candy", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 8, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details some traditional Pennsylvania Dutch candies that were made, specifically hore-hound and birch drops.

The Ursinus Weekly, April 30, 1956, Lawrence C. Foard, Thomas M. Mccabe, Ann Leger, Donald G. Baker

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

"Y" retreat to be held at Mensch Mill on May 4, 5, 6 • Curtain Club play committees chosen • Deltas choose leaders • SRC china drive • Demas formal initiation May 1 • UC Band plans evening concert for May Day • Chemical Society banquet • Frosh "Mardi Gras" weekend features series of events • Meistersingers choose officers; Plan banquet • Waiters hold banquet; Padula, Blood new heads • Men's government representatives to be chosen Wed. • ISC gives dessert for frosh girls • Both student councils approve proposal to create student senate • WSGA, WAA, and YM-YW members …

Dieffenbach On Diapers: "Die Windla," April 10th, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled "Diapers: die Windla," written by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 10, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details superstitions about diapers and their effects on children later in life, as well as omens and tales related to witchcraft and pow-wowing cures.

Letter From D. W. Thompson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 3, 1956, D. W. Thompson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from D. W. Thompson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 3, 1956. Within, Thompson provides a recipe for "Scotch Cake," discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch term for taffy and speculates about sugar rings.

Advertisement And News Release For A Constantine Kermes Art Exhibition, April 2, 1956, Jacques Seligmann Galleries

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A printed advertisement and news release from Jacques Seligmann Galleries announcing an art exhibition of paintings by Constantine Kermes, dated April 2, 1956. The one-man-show, entitled "Icons and American Saints," features Kermes' paintings of New England Shaker and Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired art as well as Byzantine iconography.

The Dutchman Vol. 7, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Alfred L. Shoemaker, David L. Hunsberger, Ruth M. Home, Frances Lichten, Preston A. Barba, Elmer C. Stauffer, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs, Olive G. Zehner

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Pennsylvania Gaudyware
● Pennsylvania Dutch Canada
● Giant Cider Press
● Pennsylvania Dutch Needlework
● The Pennsylvania German in Fiction
● Conewago Chapel
● Love Feasts
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

English Cross Section: The Literary Apprentice, Antonio T. Leetai

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Letter From Franklin Kemp To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, March 29, 1956, Franklin Kemp

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Franklin Kemp of Atlantic City, New Jersey, addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, dated March 29, 1956. Kemp thanks the Center for providing information about Easter Egg Trees through the Dutchman periodical. He describes his placement of a traditional Egg Tree in a bank window in Atlantic City and the reactions from people who saw the tree or read about it in the local newspaper.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1956, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 1, 1956. Within, Moser writes on a number of Pennsylvania-Dutch sayings, but asks Shoemaker, in particular, to not read one of them on his radio program as it is an insult to Catholics.

Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 16, 1956, Raymond E. Kiebach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 16, 1956. Within, Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's inquiries about itching ("Der Gretz") and grave robbing.

Letter From George E. Bagenstose To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 10, 1956, George E. Bagenstose

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George E. Bagenstose addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 10, 1956. Within, Bagenstose recounts a folktale involving a stopped waterwheel and a talking bullfrog.

1956 Ruby Yearbook, Barbara Carol Koch, Harvey Marvin Levin, Terry M. German, Noble M. Smith, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1956 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

The Dutchman Vol. 7, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Evelyn Benson, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Henry J. Kauffman, John A. Hostetler, Olive G. Zehner, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Major and Minor in Fractur
● Gilbert and Mason - Pennsylvania Wood Engravers
● Barring Out the Schoolmaster
● The Himmelreich Collection
● A Mennonite Encyclopedia
● Pennsylvania Crafts Event
● Europe Calling
● Book Note
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

Crusader, December 15, 1955, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Crusader, December 9, 1955, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 17, 1955, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 17, 1955. Within, Moser writes on a number of topics including yeast, tombstone designs, undergarment sleeves and a story about bullfrogs churning butter.

Hollins Columns (1955 Oct 27), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Cincinnati Pastor Is Chapel Speaker
• C.C. To Continue Discussions Oct. 31
• NSCA Delegates Report Back To Student Body
• Golf Tournament Held Oct. 13-17
• "Summer & Smoke" Set
• Hockey Team To Play Madison
• Crosby Elected Head of Philosophical Club
• A.A. Plans Party For Freshmen
• The Right To Know
• Hollins Riders Place In Show
• Freya Explains Its Standards and Purposes
• "Hamlet" To Be Shown
• Discussion On Drinking Planned
• Sophomores Undertake Library Interest Project
• Function of Religious Life Committee Told
• Behind The Scenes of Summer And Smoke Cast
• Each Paris Day Excited Kitty
• Pet Peeves Take A Poll
• Wheeler Likes …

Letter From George C. Kershner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1955, George C. Kershner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George C. Kershner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 15, 1955. Within, Kershner provides an answer to a radio program inquiry about a swine disease along with a humorous tale of three German men arrested for a crime they did not commit.

The Dutchman Vol. 7, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Elizabeth Adams Hurwitz, Henry J. Kauffman, Don Yoder, Edna Eby Heller, Olive G. Zehner

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Basketry, a Pennsylvania Dutch Art
● Decorative Elements in the Domestic Architecture of Eastern Pennsylvania
● Literature on Log Architecture
● Pennsylvania Tour of Europe
● Matters Genealogical
● Feeding Them by the Hundred
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 30, 1955, Raymond E. Kiebach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 30, 1955. Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's radio broadcast regarding the definition of "Baese Ding". He also comments on Pennsylvania German words for various types of berries and recalls an encounter with a German organ grinder.