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

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.

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Newsance, 12/10/1957, Joe Michaud Dec 1957

Newsance, 12/10/1957, Joe Michaud

Newsance

International Relations Club To Be Formed -- Hunting Trip Of Outing Club Success -- Club News

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Newsance, 12/03/1957, Joe Michaud Dec 1957

Newsance, 12/03/1957, Joe Michaud

Newsance

Allen Levinksy Writes Novellette -- School Development Project -- Fragments

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Newsance, 11/20/1957, University Of Maine In Portland Nov 1957

Newsance, 11/20/1957, University Of Maine In Portland

Newsance

Leo Daniels With Glee Club Highlight Assembly -- Intercollegiate Dance -- Club News -- Jazz And Chatter From UMP

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

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.

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Newsance, 11/13/1957, University Of Maine In Portland Nov 1957

Newsance, 11/13/1957, University Of Maine In Portland

Newsance

Price Of Stag Reduced -- Flu Vaccine Today -- Do You Have An Appetite? -- Radio Club Activities -- "Evening In Jazz" Success -- Freshman Views -- Second Try For Muttnick -- Assembly Goes To The Dogs

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Newsance, 11/06/1957, University Of Maine In Portland Nov 1957

Newsance, 11/06/1957, University Of Maine In Portland

Newsance

It's A Whopper -- Election Returns -- Assembly Guest -- Notices -- United Fund Still Going Strong

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Newsance, 10/30/1957, Louis Gervais Oct 1957

Newsance, 10/30/1957, Louis Gervais

Newsance

Radio Club Debut Tonight -- Vote! Vote! For The Best -- Doanne Plays Jazz -- Keen Interest In Keeping Campus Co-ops Intact -- "THIMK" -- An Apology To Frank Cavalaro

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Newsance, 10/23/1957, Louis Gervais Oct 1957

Newsance, 10/23/1957, Louis Gervais

Newsance

Clarke Opens Political Races; Nominations Close -- Freshman Views -- Camera Club News -- Circle K News

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Newsance, 10/14/1957, Louis Gervais Oct 1957

Newsance, 10/14/1957, Louis Gervais

Newsance

Dance Tonight, Food Tomorrow -- Who's Running? -- Freshman's Views -- More About Our Faculty

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Newsance, 10/07/1957, Louis Gervais Oct 1957

Newsance, 10/07/1957, Louis Gervais

Newsance

EXTRA -- Dean Bonney Announces A Speical Reception For The Students Of The University Of Maine In Portland Tomorrow Afternoon From 2:30 To 4:30 In the Auditorium -- Wednesday's Assembly Will Be Double-Barrelled Session…

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Newsance, 10/02/1957, Louis Gervais Oct 1957

Newsance, 10/02/1957, Louis Gervais

Newsance

Today's Assembly Is Clubby -- Rump Council Endorses Dance -- The Freshman Views -- Our Faculty -- Soccer Team Is Formed

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Newsance, 09/25/1957, Louis Gervais Sep 1957

Newsance, 09/25/1957, Louis Gervais

Newsance

Outing Club Plans Cookout -- Regular College Assembly Program Begin Today At 10 -- Senior Class Candidates Plan Dance -- Two Jewish Holidays Take Place -- Our Faculty

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Patterns Of Dissent: The Reform Ideas And Activities Of George D. Herron, Herbert R. Dieterich Sep 1957

Patterns Of Dissent: The Reform Ideas And Activities Of George D. Herron, Herbert R. Dieterich

American Studies ETDs

The search of George D. Herron for a means which might lead mankind to a better life was an important one in the current of American reform between 1890 and 1920. Herron--clergyman, socialist, and diplomat--has figured in recent studies of Protestant Christianity and reform in post-Civil War industrial America. His impact on Protestant theology in the 1890's is the subject of a more specialized study; in it, Professor Robert Handy of Union Theological Seminary states that Herron's "Kingdom Movement" was the "single most important phase" of social gospel history during the nineties.

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Charles Austin Beard: A Free Spirit 1874-1919, Paul Lynn Schmunk Jul 1957

Charles Austin Beard: A Free Spirit 1874-1919, Paul Lynn Schmunk

American Studies ETDs

The biography which follows, the first part of a projected three-volume work, will cover the years from 1874 to 1919, the end of Beard's formal teaching career. During this period, starting in 1900, he wrote more than fifteen books and a hundred book reviews, besides numerous pamphlets and articles. More than ten million of his books have been sold, some of them abroad, and they are still being reprinted. Eventually he became the president of both the American Political Science Association and the American Historical Association, and in 1948 the National Institute of Arts and Letters recognized his life's work …

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The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Joseph T. Kingston, Edna Eby Heller, Vincent R. Tortora, Evelyn Benson, Thomas R. Brendle, Claude Unger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder Jul 1957

The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Joseph T. Kingston, Edna Eby Heller, Vincent R. Tortora, Evelyn Benson, Thomas R. Brendle, Claude Unger, Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● "Such Fancy Boxes, Yet"
● Dried Corn
● Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking is Corny
● The Amish at Play
● Colonial Button Mold
● Illness and Cure of Domestic Animals Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers

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Portland Junior College Commencement Program 1957, Portland Junior College Jun 1957

Portland Junior College Commencement Program 1957, Portland Junior College

Commencement Programs

The Portland Junior College program for the Tenth Commencement Exercises. Held in Portland, Maine June 16, 1957. Address given by Dean Emeritus Everett W. Lord, Boston University College of Business Administration, First Dean of Portland Junior College.

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Portland University Commencement Program 1957, Portland University Jun 1957

Portland University Commencement Program 1957, Portland University

Commencement Programs

Portland University Commencement program 1957. Commencement was held Friday, June 7, 1957, at Willison Church in Portland, Maine. Commencement speaker was J. William Schulze, Chairman of the Portland University Board of Trustees. Honorary Degrees Conferred upon: The Honorable Robert B. Williamson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine and Everett P. Ingalls, Vice President of S. D. Warren Company.

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Gorham State Teachers College Commencement Program 1957, Gorham State Teachers College Jun 1957

Gorham State Teachers College Commencement Program 1957, Gorham State Teachers College

Commencement Programs

The Gorham State Teachers College programs for the Baccalaureate Services, and Commencement Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 6 and 7, 1957. Address given by Dr. Warren G. Hill, State Commissioner of Education.

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

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

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

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

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

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.

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

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

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

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.

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The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Jim Butterfield, Don Yoder, Harry Stauffer, Edna Eby Heller, Olive G. Zehner, Fritz Braun, Friedrich Krebs, Victor C. Dieffenbach Apr 1957

The Pennsylvania Dutchman Vol. 8, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Jim Butterfield, Don Yoder, Harry Stauffer, Edna Eby Heller, Olive G. Zehner, Fritz Braun, Friedrich Krebs, Victor C. Dieffenbach

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● The Dutch Touch in Iron
● The Pennsylvania Dutch Village
● Five June Days
● On an Amish Farm
● Traveling Pennsylvanians
● The Trail of the Stone Arched Bridges in Berks County
● Displaced Dutchmen Crave Shoo-flies
● Florence Starr Taylor
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● Zinzendorf and Moravian Research
● Sheep in Dutchland

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Notes From Governor Steel's Journal As Printed In The Manchester New Hampshire Union Of October 26, 1889, Alfred L. Shoemaker Mar 1957

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.

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

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

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

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

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

"QUEX" Tryouts Begin

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

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

PJC "Newsance"

Dramatic Club To Begin Tryouts -- Conflict On The Campus

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