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Dieffenbach On Manure: Removing It, March 1, 1954, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Manure - Removing it,", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 1st, 1954. Within Dieffenbach details how cow manure is removed from barns and different ways Pennsylvania farmers store and use the manure.

Letter From Donald T. Knauss To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, February 17, 1954, Donald T. Knauss

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Donald T. Knauss addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center at Franklin and Marshall College, dated February 17, 1954. Within, Knauss states that at the direction of Ben A. Herman, Knauss is enclosing material to be printed in a Pennsylvania Dutch book.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 25, 1954, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 25, 1954. Within, Moser provides details of old schoolhouse rhymes and games as well as sayings she remembers from her childhood.

Kennebec Yesterdays, Ernest Cummings Marriner

Colby Books

A “social history of the Pine Tree State…especially…the Kennebec Valley” inspired by Marriner’s long-running Sunday evening radio program “Little Talks on Common Things,” broadcast by Waterville’s WTVL beginning in 1948.

From the foreword:

To my amazement I found hundreds of people interested in the social history of the Pine Tree State. Material has always poured in faster than I could use it. Out of trunks and boxes stored away in attics, came letters and diaries, account books and legal documents. Scrap books prepared by patient hands many decades ago were opened for my inspection. Yellowed newspapers, tied in neat bundles …

Dutch Haven Mail Order Flyer, Dutch Haven

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A printed mail order flyer for Dutch Haven in Soudersburg, Pennsylvania dated 1954. The flyer features advertisements for shoofly pies and other Amish goods such as dolls, puzzles, aprons, toleware plaques and tea towels. It also contains a map of the "heart of Amish country" in Lancaster County and prints a description of Amish and Mennonite traditions.

Notes On Thatching From Stowe And Milne, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

These handwritten notes by Alfred Shoemaker, circa 1954, contain information about thatching straw, known as "yelm."  They also refer to thatcher's tools. The information was recorded from a book by E. J. Stowe and a journal article by O. P. Milne.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 4, 1953, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 4, 1953. Within, Moser provides some Pennsylvania German rhymes and riddles she's gathered for Shoemaker.

The Ursinus Weekly, October 19, 1953, Mary Jane Allen, Margaret Kramer, Robert E. Armstrong, David Garlich, Elsie R. Belz, Barbara Olmo, Constance Cross, Ismar Schorsch, Patricia Garrow, Dick Bowman, Joseph Citrino, Katharine Hood

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Report to MSGA shows new delay of Student Union • Deedes opens Forum season • "Y" invites students to attend Fall retreat • Academic freedom is topic debated at fireside chats • Jones presents readings about academic life • Freshmen class leads enrollment with 201 members • Music Club plans extensive activities • Friedlin is chosen queen; Glenwood wins trophy • Foster, Ogren join faculty • WSGA discusses rules, activities • Greenberg, Test, Brown, Bergman win leads in "All my sons" • Editorials: For professors only • Save every drop • Engagements • Library exhibit • Pre-meders to visit Penn …

Letter From Esther Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 19, 1953, Esther Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Esther Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 19, 1953. Within, Moser responds to an inquiry made in Shoemaker's radio program and provides a Pennsylvania Dutch rhyme entitled "Schlummer Gabade."

Dieffenbach On Orchards, October 5 - October 19, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Orchards", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated from October 5 through October 19, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details his grandfather's apple orchard and the tradition of tree grafting, along with the many different apple varieties that could be encountered within Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Dieffenbach On Corn, October 1, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Corn", by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated October 1, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details various processes of harvesting and husking corn that he gathered from Berks County, Lebanon County and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Also included are lore and superstitious beliefs related to corn.

Letter From Esther Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 14, 1953, Esther Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Esther Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 14, 1953. Within, Moser provides a number of old sayings, rhymes and tongue twisters from Bally township in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. She also suggests that Shoemaker visit John Yerger in Bechtelsville.

Letter From Helen J. Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 17, 1953, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 17, 1953. Within, Moser details the story of a strange rock formation dubbed the "Poshdt Yockel".

Dieffenbach On Beets, August 10, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Beets!: De Rode-reeva!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated August 10, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach discusses the various ways to cultivate beets and their subsequent uses thereafter. He also provides anecdotes and superstitions surrounding this vegetable.

Dieffenbach On Parsnips, August 3, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Parsnips", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated August 3, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details how to grow and cultivate parsnips and relates the various uses, sayings and folklore surrounding this vegetable.

Dieffenbach On Radishes, July 27, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Radishes! - "De Reddich!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 27, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of different radish cultivation techniques, anecdotes and the various uses one could have for the crop.

Dieffenbach On Turnips, July 20th, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Turnips", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 20, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details how turnips are best planted, when to harvest them and explains how turnip-tops can be used in cow-feed. He also recounts superstitions related to turnips.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 8, 1953, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 8, 1953. Within, Moser mentions a number of topics including a plant she calls "Farsomling Kraut", which was rubbed in the hands to create a pleasant smell at the church meeting house.

Dieffenbach On Lettuce, July 6, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript on lettuce compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 6, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach writes a personal history of his grandmother's beliefs and techniques used to grow lettuce when he was a child, along with methods he used once he was married with his own garden.

Dieffenbach On Garlic, June 22, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Garlic - 'Gnuvlich'!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated June 22, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach describes the varieties of garlic and its various uses in folk medicine and cooking.

Dieffenbach On Endive, June 15, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Endive - "der Ondiffy!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated June 15, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details the cultivation methods his family employed as a child to successfully grow endive.

Social Insurance In Germany, Mary Jane Rice

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Upton Challenger: June 1953, Otterbein University

Newsletters of Various Evangelical United Brethren Church Congregations

No abstract provided.

The High Street Witness: June 1953, Otterbein University

Newsletters of Various Evangelical United Brethren Church Congregations

No abstract provided.

Dieffenbach On Beans, May 25, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Beans - De Boona!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 25, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details various bean cultivation methods, superstitions, recipes, songs and anecdotes about bean consumption - some in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.

Dieffenbach On Onions, May 18, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Onions - "De Tswivla", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 18, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details his knowledge of onions, including farming techniques, superstitions, and breed varieties.

Volume 71, Number 04 (April 1953), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

America, Involved in Music, is Becoming Great in Music (interview with Aaron Copland)

How to Begin Practicing a Piece Music Should Serve the Community (interview with Leon Barzin)

Why Not a Community Boy Choir?

Attack and Emission in Singing

Greatness of Pablo Casals

Last Living Pupil of Franz Liszt (interview with Sophie Charlotte Gaebler)

New Records—The Phonograph Discovers the Organ

Radio City's Unseen Experts

Decentralization in Music is Necessary!

Like The Molave And Collected Poems, Effigies: Thirty-Seven Poems And Furrows And Arrows, Miguel A. Bernad

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Ang Bagong Tipan Ng Ating Mananakop At Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, Antonio Leetai

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Letter From Esther Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 23, 1953, Esther Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Esther Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 23, 1953. Within, Moser writes on a number of subjects including bird and animal sayings, St. Gregory's Day, and recipes for dishes involving ham and dough.