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

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.


Dieffenbach On Dogs: Superstitions And Beliefs, March 9, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Mar 1953

Dieffenbach On Dogs: Superstitions And Beliefs, March 9, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Dogs: Superstitions and Beliefs", by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 9, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of folk beliefs and superstitions surrounding dogs, ranging from secret breeding techniques to a tale about a dog trying to save his master from suicide.


Special Libraries, March 1953, Special Libraries Association Mar 1953

Special Libraries, March 1953, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1953

Volume 44, Issue 3


Letter From Agnes Geiger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 17, 1953, Agnes Geiger Feb 1953

Letter From Agnes Geiger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 17, 1953, Agnes Geiger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Agnes Geiger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 17, 1953. Within, Geiger writes about various farming chores, including sprinkling ashes and caring for livestock.


Spartan Daily, February 10, 1953, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Feb 1953

Spartan Daily, February 10, 1953, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 41, Issue 86


Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Strong Men, February 2, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Feb 1953

Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Strong Men, February 2, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated February 2nd, 1953. Within he details stories of exceptional feats of strength by men of various families in his community. He recounts their strength and often their humbleness when fixing broken wagons and bridges or performing barn raisings, for example.


Special Libraries, February 1953, Special Libraries Association Feb 1953

Special Libraries, February 1953, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1953

Volume 44, Issue 2


Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Big Families, January 26, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Jan 1953

Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Big Families, January 26, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated Jan. 26 1953. Within, Dieffenbach records two exceptional cases of large farming families: the Ziegler family with twenty-two children and the Batdorff family with eighteen. Dieffenbach then explains how each locality had a "bully" or someone with super-human strength.


Dieffenbach On Superstition Among The Pennsylvania Dutch, January 12, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Jan 1953

Dieffenbach On Superstition Among The Pennsylvania Dutch, January 12, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Superstition Among the Pennsylvania Dutch", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated January 12, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach discusses a number of superstitions he grew up hearing, ranging from the neigh of a black horse signifying an upcoming funeral to the existence of fairy dance circles.


Postcard From Morris Reppert To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 3, 1953, Morris Reppert Jan 1953

Postcard From Morris Reppert To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 3, 1953, Morris Reppert

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In a handwritten postcard dated January 3, 1953, Morris Reppert responds to Alfred L. Shoemaker's WEEU radio program request for the Pennsylvania Dutch name for baking soda.


Special Libraries, January 1953, Special Libraries Association Jan 1953

Special Libraries, January 1953, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1953

Volume 44, Issue 1


Sibyl 1953, Otterbein University Jan 1953

Sibyl 1953, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.


Reflection Of Hopi Culture In Hopi Folk Tales, Constance B. Sears Jan 1953

Reflection Of Hopi Culture In Hopi Folk Tales, Constance B. Sears

Anthropology ETDs

It has been well established that the cultural features of a society are reflected in its folk tales. Boas first presented his views on the cultural significance of folk tales in a series of papers on North American Indian mythology (Boas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and he published detailed demonstrations of the possibility of reconstructing the culture of a tribe from its mythology, using Tsimshian (Boas 4) and Kwakiutl (Boas 7) material. His general conclusion is that... in the tales of a people those incidents of everyday life that are of importance to them will appear …


Eocene Flora Of Northern Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, Ellis Doyle Herron Jan 1953

Eocene Flora Of Northern Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, Ellis Doyle Herron

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Anthropological Papers, No 45: Archeological Materials From The Vicinity Of Mobridge, South Dakota, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology, Waldo R. Wedel Jan 1953

Anthropological Papers, No 45: Archeological Materials From The Vicinity Of Mobridge, South Dakota, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology, Waldo R. Wedel

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a bundle of anthropological works sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, paper number 45 is a description of findings from an excavation of four burial sites which are presumed to be associated with village sites from Grand River and Elk Creek (located north of Morbridge, South Dakota). Excavation was completed by Matthew W. Sterling in 1923, described here by Waldo R. Wedel. These sites are documented as Arikara territory. The paper begins with an overview of Arikara history from 1717 forward as documented by European explorers, followed by a description of the graves excavated and …


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 1: Prehistory And The Missouri Valley Development Program Summary Report On The Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey In 1948, Waldo R. Wedel, Smithsonian Insitition, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1953

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 1: Prehistory And The Missouri Valley Development Program Summary Report On The Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey In 1948, Waldo R. Wedel, Smithsonian Insitition, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


Enquiry Into The Causes Of Crime, Giorgio Florita Jan 1953

Enquiry Into The Causes Of Crime, Giorgio Florita

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1953

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Swedish Organization Of Forensic Psychiatry, Olof Kinberg Jan 1953

The Swedish Organization Of Forensic Psychiatry, Olof Kinberg

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Social Role Of A County Sheriff, T. C. Esselstyn Jan 1953

The Social Role Of A County Sheriff, T. C. Esselstyn

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1953

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1953

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Publications Received Jan 1953

Publications Received

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Resocialization Of The Young Adult Offender In Switzerland, Gerhard O. W. Mueller Jan 1953

Resocialization Of The Young Adult Offender In Switzerland, Gerhard O. W. Mueller

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 2: Prehistory And The Missouri Valley Development Program Summary Report On The Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey In 1949, Waldo R. Wedel, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology Jan 1953

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 2: Prehistory And The Missouri Valley Development Program Summary Report On The Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey In 1949, Waldo R. Wedel, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …


Settlement Succession In The Tensas Basin., Yvonne Phillips Jan 1953

Settlement Succession In The Tensas Basin., Yvonne Phillips

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Prediction Of Academic Achievement And Professional Adjustment Of Student Nurses By Use Of The Group Rorschach Test, Henry Joseph Lambin Jan 1953

Prediction Of Academic Achievement And Professional Adjustment Of Student Nurses By Use Of The Group Rorschach Test, Henry Joseph Lambin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Status Of Sociology In Public High Schools In Twelve Midwest States, William Anthony Juvancic Jan 1953

Status Of Sociology In Public High Schools In Twelve Midwest States, William Anthony Juvancic

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Undergraduate Knowledge Of Social Work, Harold James Merrill Jan 1953

Undergraduate Knowledge Of Social Work, Harold James Merrill

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Ethical, Social, Economic And Political Aspects Of The Point Four Program, Judy Sikes Rickher Jan 1953

The Ethical, Social, Economic And Political Aspects Of The Point Four Program, Judy Sikes Rickher

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.