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Letter From Clayton N. Fidler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Clayton N. Fidler

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Clayton N. Fidler addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, Fidler provides Shoemaker with knowledge about what Ash Wednesday was called in his locality and the customs that followed. A story about a childhood game like hide and seek is also detailed.

Letter To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from an unknown author addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, the author discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch word for Ash Wednesday, along with traditions associated with this day.

Letter From Elizabeth D. Naftzinger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Elizabeth D. Naftzinger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Elizabeth D. Naftzinger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, Naftzinger details how the last boy to arrive at school on Ash Wednesday was dubbed "Esha Puddle" and rolled in the school's ash pile by the other boys.

Letter From Henry K. Deisher To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948, Henry K. Deisher

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Henry K. Deisher addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, Deisher writes to provide information on traditions practiced on Ash Wednesday and the courting ritual of bundling. He also describes ideas for a publication about farming.

A Tentative Description And Classification Of Tewa Verb Structure, Edward Dozier

Anthropology ETDs

This paper presents only a portion of an exhaustive study of the verb structure in process. The purpose here is to illustrate the method of analysis, to describe significant features briefly, and to group Tewa verbs into a few distinctive classes. Tewa verb structures have been analyzed carefully and their basic elements isolated. The most important feature of verb constructions, the verb theme, has been exposed in this manner. In terms of the verb theme Tewa verbs may be divided into several categories which have been illustrated with examples in Chapter V.

Sibyl 1948, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 676-749:

• A Changing Christmas – 79
• A Dry Moon – 42
• A Folk Triumph – 4
• A Folklore Map of Kentucky – 46
• A Glossary of Passing Words – 135
• A Healthful Sign – 10
• Advancing or Retreating? – 36
• Analogy, Good & Bad – 28
• Ancestry & Common Sense – 105
• Another Dopester Wrong – 66
• Are You Superstitious? – 44
• Back on the Old Party Line – 145
• Blind, Deaf & Dumb – 141
• Bossy & Dobbin – 91
• Bucket Jelly – 16
• By Any Other Name – 147
• By Eye or By …

The Attitudes Of Rural Parents Toward Dental Care For Children In Selected Areas Of Louisiana., Alvin Lee Bertrand

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

National Series On State Judicial Criminal Statistics Discontinued, Harry Alpert

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Red Hair And Outlawry, Philip J. Rasch

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Changes In Capital Punishment Policy Since 1939, Lee Emerson Deets

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Police Science Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Suspect: A Study In The Psychopathology Of Social Standards, Hans Von Hentig

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Religious Drama As A Resource Of The Church, Illustrated By An Original Biblical Drama, Marien E. Griffith

Student Work

The main purpose of this study is to determine the place of religious drama in the church. Data of information were secured from personal letters and interviews with pastors and lay-people in Omaha, Nebraska; Council Bluffs, Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; Idaho Falls, Iowa; and Monrovia, California. A questionnaire was used as a guiding basis for the interviews. The case method and survey method were used. An original Biblical drama is presented to illustrate what the possibilities are in this field of activity.

Drama is one of the most interesting of …

A History Of The American Catholic Sociological Society From 1938 To 1948, Richard M. Rosenfelder

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Few More "Alter Weiver Glawe", H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of typed superstitions and beliefs by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Within, Gruber details more beliefs, presumably originating from Berks County, ranging from methods of gaining a husband to warding off bad luck and witches.

Notes On Bleeding And Cupping, 1948, Unknown

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes by an unknown author, dated 1948. The notes relate a story of a man who practiced bleeding and cupping, but nearly killed a woman when he practiced on a "bad luck" day.

More Alte Weiver Glawe, H. Wayne Gruber

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed set of Pennsylvania German folk beliefs ("old women's beliefs" or "old wives' tales") by H. Wayne Gruber, dating from circa 1948. Included are cures for whooping cough and superstitions about fishing and death.

The Monadnock Volume 22, Number 1, December 1947, Clark University Geographical Society

The Monadnock (Clark Geographical Society)

Volume 22, Issue 1 of The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).

The Negro In Classical Italy, Frank M. Snowden

Faculty Reprints

No abstract provided.

Variations Of Two Culture Traits In The Plains Area, Harold Lindsay Amoss

Anthropology ETDs

There are two problems involved in the study of processes of culture change: one, what are the determinants of change, and do they apply universally; two, the utilization of these laws in determining culture history. No attempt will be made in this paper to reconstruct a history of the cultural items, not because there is no historical interest, but because the problem is pointed towards the analysis of some culture processes. The concern here is limited to the study of forms, not functions though the latter may have some significant bearing on these problems. The ultimate aim of anthropology is …

The Linden Bark, May 6, 1947, Lindenwood College

The Linden Bark (1924-1969)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood College

Spartan Daily, April 21, 1947, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 35, Issue 118

Letter From Charles N. Parkes To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 18, 1947, Charles N. Parkes

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Charles N. Parkes addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 18, 1947. Within, Parkes writes on his favorite "all" story and provides information on a play titled "Papa Is All", that was performed by the Thalian Society in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The Linden Bark, January 21, 1947, Lindenwood College

The Linden Bark (1924-1969)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood College

The Anchor, Volume 59.08: January 16, 1947, Hope College

The Anchor: 1947

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.

Hope College Alumni Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1: January 1947, Alumni Association Of Hope College

Hope College Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Sibyl 1947, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Current Notes

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.