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Letter From Jim Butterfield And Ike Kaufman To Editors Of The Pennsylvania Dutchman, December 30, 1957, Jim Butterfield, Ike Kaufman

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Jim Butterfield and Ike Kaufman addressed to the editors of the Pennsylvania Dutchman, dated December 30, 1957. Within, Butterfield and Kaufman write to provide insight into the Wayne County Amish and the similarities they noticed with the Lancaster County Amish in terms of games and pastimes.

Letter From George L. Moore To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 15, 1957, George L. Moore

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George L. Moore addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 15, 1957. Within, Moore details lore related to Christmas Eve when young men wear masks and scare children, provides details on an old loom that will be going up for sale, and presents a Pennsylvania Dutch rhyme.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 05/10/1957, Portland Junior College

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Quincy Second Stag; Steamrollers Seniors -- Spring Outing Scheduled For Camp Hines, May 21 -- Proctor, Marquis Chosen June Comencement Speakers

Portland Junior College Newsance, 04/24/1957, James R. Transue

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Second Stag Of Yeat Contest To Be Held In Next Assembly -- Council To Hold Student Pluse -- Clarke Receives Record Admission Total Here -- 71 Attend "Campus Day" Here Wednesday

Letter From Helen J. Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 12, 1957, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 12, 1957. Within, Moser provides some Pennsylvania Dutch dialect stories about creameries as well as a rhyme and information about plants.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 04/10/1957, Portland Junior College

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

PJC To Host Tri-College Variety Show Here Thursday -- Faculty Decides On Ranks

Letter From Charles R. Hepner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 8, 1957, Charles R. Hepner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Charles R. Hepner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 8, 1957. Within, Hepner writes to corroborate a story he heard on Shoemaker's radio program about an amputated limb by relating his own experiences of phantom pain following an amputation and the method used to cure it.

Notes From Governor Steel's Journal As Printed In The Manchester New Hampshire Union Of October 26, 1889, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten notes copied by Alfred L. Shoemaker from The Manchester Union newspaper of October 26, 1889. The article prints excerpts of Governor Steel's journal as he journeys from Philadelphia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and comments on the quality of the barns and farm lands in the region.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/28/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Benoit Vote Avalanche; Doubles Nearest Candidate Count; Stag Of The Year Primary

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/27/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Survey Shows Solid Support For School -- News Beings Exchange Campaign

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/20/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

"QUEX" Tryouts Begin

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/13/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Dramatic Club To Begin Tryouts -- Conflict On The Campus

Portland Junior College Newsance, 03/06/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Winter Carnival Big Success, Says Taylor

Letter From Robert V. Fritz To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 5, 1957, Robert V. Fritz

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Robert V. Fritz addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 5, 1957. Within, Fritz details a cure for homesickness in cows and describes the process he learned to scald hogs by using a barrel.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 02/27/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

TV Club To Spotlight Winter Carnival -- Stone To Highligh Today's Assembly -- Seven Maine Colleges Sponsor Benefit For Pownal

Portland Junior College Newsance, 01/16/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

College Purchases More Campus Land -- Outdoorsman To Speak On Sportsmanship At Today's Assembly -- Freshman Class Plans Sleighride And Dance For Next Month -- Frosh Officers Propose Committee To Facilitate Action On Class Activities

Portland Junior College Newsance, 01/09/1957, John Jaques

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

PJC Skiers At State Contest Sunday -- "Lobster Network" Founder To Discuss Radio Operations At Today's Assembly

Maine: Poets' Corner Of America, Carl Jefferson Weber

Maine Collection

Maine: Poets' Corner of America

Compiled by Carl Jefferson Weber (1894-1966), formerly Professor of English, Colby College. 1957?

"Maine has always been a fertile seedbed for authors. The following pages will help you to visit the scenes, houses, and regions which these authors have made famous."

Published and distributed by the Department of Economic Development under Appropriation No. 3920.

Letter From William Buffenmoyer Sr. To Alfred L. Shoemaker, William Buffenmoyer Sr.

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from William Buffenmoyer Sr. addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1957. Within, Buffenmoyer provides several humorous anecdotes and riddles about an elephant, baked beans, and an old wedding photograph.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 12/12/1956, Kilton L. Saunders

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Basketball Team's 1st Home Game For Tomorrow -- Ray Reo Well-Known Night Club Star To Highlight Today's Assembly -- Benoir Proposes PJC Debating Team

Letter From Mrs. Frayne Stohler To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 11, 1956, Frayne Stohler

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Mrs. Frayne Stohler of Andreas, Pennsylvania addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 11, 1956. Within, Stohler writes to provide Shoemaker with some of her old Pennsylvania Dutch weather predictions after listening to Shoemaker's radio program.

Letter From Raymond E. Hollenbach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Raymond E. Hollenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Raymond E. Hollenbach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Hollenbach provides information from old account books of William Krumm and his son, detailing the prices received for pig's bristles. He also notes that bones were traded and made into fertilizer.

Letter From Linus L. Francis To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Linus L. Francis

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Linus L. Francis addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Francis relates a story about selling bones to a man named Moses Brownmiller in Hamburg. He also inquires about a Bible verse that can stop nose bleeds.

Letter From Harry M. Gehris To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956, Harry M. Gehris

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Harry M. Gehris addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Gehris details his trading of bones to a peddler during his youth.

Letter From Mrs. Francis Watt To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 6, 1956, Francis Watt

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Mrs. Francis Watt addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 6, 1956. Within, Watt details a cure for nose bleeds that she uses on her husband by reading a Bible passage.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 12/05/1956, Kilton L. Saunders

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Chess N' Checker Club To Charter -- Double Brass Quartet For Christmas Assembly To Commence Rehearsals Sunday -- Freshman Class Proposes Joint Minstrel Show As Class Project For Next Spring, Grub Stake, Movies And Games Enjoyed By 40 At Senior Smoker

Letter From Howard A. G. Miller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 2, 1956, Howard A. G. Miller

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten postcard from Howard A. G. Miller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 2, 1956. Within, Miller provides information on how to stop bleeding via a passage in the Bible.

Portland Junior College Newsance, 11/15/1956, Kilton L. Saunders

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Mid-Term Grades Get Facelifting -- Bogus "No School" Announcemtn Absents 60 -- Congressman Coffin To Be Assembly Speaker

Portland Junior College Newsance, 11/14/1956, Kilton L. Saunders

PJC "Newsance" (1948-1957)

Parents Night Tomorrow -- A Plan Of The College Campus -- Robert Flynn To Plan Assembly Programs Throughout The Year

Letter From Lizzie Brossman To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 3, 1956, Lizzie M. Brossman

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Lizzie M. Brossman addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 3, 1956. Within, Brossman details a story her father told her about a vendor at a Reading street market who spoke in Pennsylvania German about his products.