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Unification Of Political And Legal Theory, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Dieffenbach On Bees: Honey And Wax, November 17, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Bees: Honey and Wax", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated November 17, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details the extensive ways in which honey and wax from bees were used in everyday life, ranging from folk medicine to candles, water-proofing and house construction.

Dieffenbach On Bees, November 10, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Bees", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated November 3 and November 10, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details the various methods he knows for constructing bee hives and collecting honey.

Spartan Daily, October 22, 1952, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 41, Issue 21

Series Of Adam And Eve In Paradise Engravings, Henry B. Sage, H. W. Villee, Samuel Bauman (1788-1820), M. Dahlem

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

This series of five photographs of woodcut engravings depicts Adam and Eve in Paradise along with the serpent and Tree of Knowledge. The engravings originally accompanied ballad broadsides printed by various firms including Schneider and Meyers, Heinrich B. Sage, Samuel Bauman, M. Dahlem and H. W. Villee. These photograph reproductions were used by Alfred Shoemaker in the production of an article for The Pennsylvania Dutchman and contain his notations on the reverse of the photos.

Dieffenbach On Swine, September 1, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Swine", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated September 1, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details various anecdotes concerning breeding practices, pig-chases, hog raffles, butchering and more.

Letter From Helen J. Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 14, 1952, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 14, 1952. Within, Moser provides four riddles and answers in Pennsylvania German.

Dieffenbach On Sheep, August 11, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Sheep", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated August 11, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of stories and practices involving the care of sheep, including the process of cleaning and dying wool.

Dieffenbach On Horses: Equipment, July 1, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Horses", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 1, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details traditional ways of maintaining and crafting various horse equipment, ranging from harnesses to stirrups and saddles.

Dieffenbach On Horses: Diseases And Remedies, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "The Stallion - "Der heugscht"- Diseases and Remedies", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated July 1, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of ailments that plague horses and describes the various folk cures and remedies needed to alleviate them.

Dieffenbach: Butchering-Time On The Farm, June 20, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Butchering-Time on the Farm", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated June 20, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach provides a detailed account of traditional ways of butchering pigs, ranging from the killing process to the cleaning of entrails for sausage casings.

Letter From Mitford M. Mathews To Alfred L. Shoemaker, June 6, 1952, Mitford M. Mathews

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Mitford M. Mathews, an editor at the University of Chicago Press, addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated June 6, 1952. Mathews inquires about the word origins of the Seckel pear of Philadelphia to be used in an American English dictionary.

Letter From Blodwen Davies To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 29, 1952, Blodwen Davies

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Blodwen Davies addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 29, 1952. Davies inquires about a piece of fraktur art, possibly a baptism certificate of Fanny Risser, with a heart and rose motif. A rough translation of the German writing is provided by the author.

Letter From Emilie J. Diefenderfer To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 11, 1952, Emilie J. Diefenderfer

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Emilie J. Diefenderfer addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 11, 1952. Diefenderfer writes to inform Shoemaker about a pamphlet titled "Pennsylvania German Riddles and Nursery Rhymes," compiled by John Baer Stoudt while a student at Franklin & Marshall College.

A Psychocultural Study Of Twenty-Eight Ryukyuan Students, Harry L. Naylor

Anthropology ETDs

This study concerns twenty-eight young men from the Ryukyu Islands. Both their homeland and their traditional way of life were disrupted by World War II and its aftermath. Their current modes of adjustment to a new way of life are of interest not only from a psychocultural standpoint, but also because administrative responsibility for the people of the Ryukyu Islands now rests with the United States under the terms of the recent Japanese peace treaty.

The Relation Between Group Participation And Personality Adjustment Of High School Students In Piute And Kane Counties, Utah, John R. Christiansen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The emergence of modern concepts of personality and the study of processes involved in personality formation are relatively recent developments (14, p. 83). From these concepts and studies of personality has developed the theory that personality emerges out of the contact the individual has with his society and his culture. This theory does not discredit the importance of biological or hereditary background as an important condition or prerequisite for personality development, but it does hold that the social and cultural forces provide the stimulus and arranges the general patterns for personality formation.

The social and cultural forces operate in close …

Cultural Variations Of Child Rearing Practices Among The Mormons Of Brigham City, Utah, Nile D. Meservy

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The family is the basic institution of society. It is within the family that the individual develops his basic points of view and achieves a pattern of adjustment toward life.¹

One of the most strategic factors in the family setting, insofar as personality development is concerned, is the parental-child relationship. Although it is evident that this relationship plays a great part in the socialization of the child, much remains to be understood concerning the underlying conditions within the family that affect his relationship.

It is the view of this study that the parent-child relationship varies in nature from family …

Attitudes Of Members Of The Latter-Day Saint Church Towards The Church Welfare Program And The Relationship Of These Attitudes To Selected Factors, Harold L. Bartlett

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This is a study of an institution. Institutions are established to meet basic human needs, some of which are shelter, association, protection, and self-expression. They formulate within the group patterns of behavior which are intended to guide and develop habits of conformity in the individual. An institution is made up of traditions, habits and attitudes, leaders and members, symbols, regulations, and property.

Dieffenbach On Cows, April 26, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten material on cows, compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 26, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details anecdotes from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on a number of topics including foods harmful to cows, home remedies, cats in relation to cows, stable lore and other subjects.

Dieffenbach On Steers: Anecdotes, April 12, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Steers: Anecdotes", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 12, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of anecdotal stories revolving around steers, including a practical joke played on a cattle dealer and an encounter with the devil.

Dieffenbach On Steers: Superstitions, April 12, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Steers: Superstitions Relating to", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 12, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details various superstitions surrounding the practice of gelding, including ways to induce proper healing and warnings of death post-surgery.

Dieffenbach On Cows, April 11, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten material on cows written by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 11, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of personal anecdotes about cows, including eating habits, selection, birthing complications, and other lore associated with cows.

Dieffenbach On Cows, April 1, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Cows", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 1, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details anecdotes from Berks County, Pennsylvania farmers concerning all aspects of cows and raising calves including needed equipment, milking, de-horning, and breeding. It also contains related folklore surrounding the products of cows (veal, beef, butter, cheese, dung) and cures for disease and bewitchment.

Dieffenbach On Cows: Addenda, March 24, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Cows: Addenda", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 24, 1952. Within Dieffenbach lists a series of anecdotes involving butter churning, farm irrigation, planting seeds and producing and selling hay and dairy products. It also includes a section about the many uses of cow parts after butchering and a list of superstitious beliefs surrounding cows.

Dieffenbach On Cabbage, March 21, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript on cabbage, by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 21, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach compiles anecdotes and humorous stories from Berks County and Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on a range of topics related to cabbage including its use as livestock feed, parts of the cabbage, uses for cabbage leaves, uses in cooking, and cabbage seeds.

Composition: A Review, February 1952, H. Wayne Gruber, Michael Alvin Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed composition entitled, "A Review", by Michael A. Gruber with notations by H. Wayne Gruber, dated February 1952. Within, a compilation of memories of the Gruber family farm, especially of birds and other animals, is composed in the form of a poem, including remarks and additions provided by H. Wayne Gruber.

Latent And Manifest Function Of The Theory And Research Of Bronislaw Malinowski, M. J. Daniels

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Sibyl 1952, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

How The Pathologist Can Aid The Arson Investigator, Russell S. Fisher

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Executive Celemency In Wisconsin, J. L. Gillin

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.