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Letter From Arthur K. Klingaman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 19, 1949, Arthur K. Klingaman May 1949

Letter From Arthur K. Klingaman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 19, 1949, Arthur K. Klingaman

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Arthur K. Klingaman addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 19, 1949. Within, Klingaman details some information he obtained from his father surrounding the placement of bedrooms and the practice of "bundling" within the Pennsylvania Dutch community.

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The Anchor, Volume 61.12: March 24, 1949, Hope College Mar 1949

The Anchor, Volume 61.12: March 24, 1949, Hope College

The Anchor: 1949

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

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Letter From Daisie Wagner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 11, 1949, Daisie Wagner Mar 1949

Letter From Daisie Wagner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 11, 1949, Daisie Wagner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Daisie Wagner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 11, 1949. Within, Wagner discusses her family's almanac and the figure of a man surrounded by the Zodiac signs that perplexed her as a child, along with providing an almanac rhyme in Pennsylvania-Dutch.

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Letter From Elsie M. Smith To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 24, 1949, Elsie M. Smith Feb 1949

Letter From Elsie M. Smith To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 24, 1949, Elsie M. Smith

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Elsie M. Smith addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 24, 1949. Within, Smith provides a list of beliefs, superstitions and old sayings that her grandmother used to talk about, including many related to weather, luck, animals, sewing and witchcraft.

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Letter From Mrs. E. M. Siegel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 11, 1949, E. M. Siegel Feb 1949

Letter From Mrs. E. M. Siegel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 11, 1949, E. M. Siegel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Mrs. E. M. Siegel addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 11, 1949. Siegel provides her family recipe for milk custard pie and inquires about a latticed apple butter pie.

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Letter From Miriam E. Bixler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 11, 1949, Miriam E. Bixler Feb 1949

Letter From Miriam E. Bixler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 11, 1949, Miriam E. Bixler

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Miriam E. Bixler addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 11, 1949. Bixler provides a recipe for "moshey pie," which is made with molasses, flour and bits of leftover dough. She also notes reminiscences of her father, an undertaker, regarding food customs at funerals.

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Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 4, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber Feb 1949

Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 4, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from H. Wayne Gruber addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 4, 1949. Within, Gruber inquires about a potential interest in some Pennsylvania Dutch verses he composed regarding his childhood.

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Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 4, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber Feb 1949

Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 4, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In a typed letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, H. Wayne Gruber lists two humorous stories: one about a preacher's best sermon and the other about a lying farm boy. Following Gruber lists four pieces of advice, which he titles: "Alte Weiver Clawwe."

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Letter From Colsin R. Shelly To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 3, 1949, Colsin R. Shelly Feb 1949

Letter From Colsin R. Shelly To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 3, 1949, Colsin R. Shelly

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Colsin R. Shelly, Principal of Lafayette School, to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 3, 1949. In the letter Shelly details stories of barring out the schoolmaster on Shrove Tuesday and traditions associated with Ash Wednesday.

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Special Libraries, February 1949, Special Libraries Association Feb 1949

Special Libraries, February 1949, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1949

Volume 40, Issue 2

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Letter From Mr. And Mrs. Harvey Rothenberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1949, Harvey Rothenberger Feb 1949

Letter From Mr. And Mrs. Harvey Rothenberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1949, Harvey Rothenberger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rothenberger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 1, 1949. Within, the Rothenbergers detail a number of old sayings and rhymes associated with different herbs and teas, along with some of their uses in folk remedies.

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Spartan Daily, January 25, 1949, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Jan 1949

Spartan Daily, January 25, 1949, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 37, Issue 66

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Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 11, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber Jan 1949

Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 11, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from H. Wayne Gruber addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 11, 1949. Within, Gruber provides information on the variety of garden vegetables he remembers being grown in his mother's garden.

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Sibyl 1949, Otterbein University Jan 1949

Sibyl 1949, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

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Current Notes Jan 1949

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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The Social Organization Of The Petroleum Industry., Thomas Stanton Dietrich Jan 1949

The Social Organization Of The Petroleum Industry., Thomas Stanton Dietrich

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

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A Demographic Comparison Of Plantation And Nonplantation Counties In The Cotton Belt., Joseph Sloan Vandiver Jan 1949

A Demographic Comparison Of Plantation And Nonplantation Counties In The Cotton Belt., Joseph Sloan Vandiver

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Editorial Jan 1949

Editorial

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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Current Notes Jan 1949

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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Police Science Book Reviews Jan 1949

Police Science Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

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Term Report On Folklore, Darrell M. Nixdorf Jan 1949

Term Report On Folklore, Darrell M. Nixdorf

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten, untitled term paper completed at Franklin and Marshall College by Darrell M. Nixdorf, dating from circa 1949. Within, Nixdorf details a number of subjects relayed to him by locals from Lancaster County ranging from humorous jests to local folk beliefs and stories of witchcraft, "Negro" folktales, and Chinese folktales.

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Notes From The Acorn And Germ, Alfred L. Shoemaker Jan 1949

Notes From The Acorn And Germ, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes by Alfred L. Shoemaker regarding the newspaper, "The Acorn and Germ", dating from circa 1949. The notes detail items from various issues of the newspaper, including German, English, and Pennsylvania Dutch words for various tree types as well as Bible verses and dialect columns.

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Letter From Mr. And Mrs. Harvey Rothenberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, Harvey Rothenberger Jan 1949

Letter From Mr. And Mrs. Harvey Rothenberger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, Harvey Rothenberger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker consisting of a list of old sayings and superstitions from Berks County, Pennsylvania, compiled by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rothenberger, dating from circa 1949. Within, the Rothenbergers detail a number of beliefs on various subjects including rain, days of the week, falling objects, spilled salt, sewing, ironing, animal behavior and children.

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Sports And Pastimes Of The Amish, Frank Diaco, William Di George Jan 1949

Sports And Pastimes Of The Amish, Frank Diaco, William Di George

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed term paper completed at Franklin and Marshall College by Frank Diaco and William Di George, dating from circa 1949. Within, Diaco and Di George write on the pastimes, games and sports practiced within the Amish community as learned from Aaron Glicks of West Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania.

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Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber Jan 1949

Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from H. Wayne Gruber addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated 1949. Within, Gruber writes on a variety of topics including a cure for horse colic, uses for leftover pie dough, and quarreling between town folk and country folk.

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Letter From Earl L. Ruppert To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 1, 1949, Earl L. Ruppert Jan 1949

Letter From Earl L. Ruppert To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 1, 1949, Earl L. Ruppert

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Earl L. Ruppert to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 1st, 1949. It describes the Native American origins of the name "Neversink." Ruppert also discusses lore surrounding bake ovens and marriage.

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Berks County Home Made Soap, H. Wayne Gruber Jan 1949

Berks County Home Made Soap, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed document entitled, "Berks County Home Made Soap", by H. Wayne Gruber, dated 1949. Within, Gruber details the way his mother made soap on the farm and its various uses.

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Dialect Poem: Da Gruuver Un Di Bulfragge, January, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber Jan 1949

Dialect Poem: Da Gruuver Un Di Bulfragge, January, 1949, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed document entitled, "Da Gruuver un di bulfragge", composed by H. Wayne Gruber, dated January, 1949. Within, Gruber details a bull frog hunting trip in the form of a Pennsylvania Dutch dialect poem.

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Letter From Herbert Hummel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 29, 1948, Herbert Hummel Dec 1948

Letter From Herbert Hummel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 29, 1948, Herbert Hummel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Herbert Hummel addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 29, 1948. Within, Hummel writes to provide Shoemaker with a few old folk beliefs he learned from his grandfather in Bernville, Pennsylvania. Topics range from witches and sewing to beliefs surrounding Christmas and whistling on Sundays.

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Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 18, 1948, H. Wayne Gruber Dec 1948

Letter From H. Wayne Gruber To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 18, 1948, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from H. Wayne Gruber addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 18, 1948. Within, Gruber lists various beliefs and superstitions that can be found within Berks County, Pennsylvania, ranging from signs of good luck to omens of death and misfortune. Gruber also inquires about a verse called "Die Schnitzel Bunk" and hopes that Shoemaker will be able to visit and view his diary and scrapbooks.

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