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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Don Yoder, Leo H. Bixler, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner Jul 1963

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Don Yoder, Leo H. Bixler, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Piece-Patch Artistry
• The Horse and Buggy Dutch
• Pine Tar and its Uses
• Much Ado About Cookies
• Folk Festival Program
• Outdoor Privies in the Dutch Country
• Distillation and Distilleries Among the Dutch
• The Folklife Studies Movement

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Robert C. Bucher, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner, Don Yoder Jan 1963

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Robert C. Bucher, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania Pewter and Pewterers
• Grain in the Attic
• Dryhouses in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• The Amish Barn Dance
• Pennsylvanians Called it Mush

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, George L. Moore, Russell S. Baver, Amos Long Jr., Edna Eby Heller, Florence Baver Oct 1962

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, George L. Moore, Russell S. Baver, Amos Long Jr., Edna Eby Heller, Florence Baver

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Paint-Decorated Furniture of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• My Mother's Kitchen
• "H" is for Hinkle
• An Album of Chester County Farmhouses
• Smokehouses in the Lebanon Valley
• Morning Glory Cake
• Five Years of Folk Festivaling

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 4, Don Yoder, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, Robert C. Bucher, Richard Shaner, Alma B. Meade Jul 1962

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 4, Don Yoder, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, Robert C. Bucher, Richard Shaner, Alma B. Meade

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania's Plain Garb
• Ai, Ai, Ai, and a Bottle of Whatever
• Eagle Date Boards
• The Continental Log House
• Waffles and Wafers
• Folk Festival Program
• Witch Tales from Adams County
• Fianna the Dunkard

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, J. William Frey, Vincent R. Tortora, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Alfred L. Shoemaker, John A. Hostetler, Laura Huyett, Andrew S. Berky, Don Yoder, Amos Long Jr., Alan G. Keyser, Richard Shaner, Alliene Dechant Oct 1961

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, J. William Frey, Vincent R. Tortora, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Alfred L. Shoemaker, John A. Hostetler, Laura Huyett, Andrew S. Berky, Don Yoder, Amos Long Jr., Alan G. Keyser, Richard Shaner, Alliene Dechant

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Antiques in Dutchland
• Antique or Folk Art: Which?
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Amish Barn Raisings
• Building a Pennsylvania Barn
• Water Witching
• Amish Family Life: A Sociologist's Analysis
• Straw Hat Making Among the Old Order Amish
• Bread and Apple-Butter Day
• Schnitz in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• Dutch Country Scarecrows
• The Man Who Was Buried Standing Up
• Living Occult Practices in Dutch Pennsylvania
• Farewell to Ollie

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Don Yoder, Robert C. Bucher, Paul R. Wieand, Amos Long Jr., Clarence Kulp Jr., Gary S. Dunbar, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Alan G. Keyser, Christ Geiger, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Richard Shaner Jul 1961

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Don Yoder, Robert C. Bucher, Paul R. Wieand, Amos Long Jr., Clarence Kulp Jr., Gary S. Dunbar, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Alan G. Keyser, Christ Geiger, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Richard Shaner

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Township Weavers of Pennsylvania
• Amish Funerals
• The Bush-Meeting Dutch
• Steep Roofs and Red Tiles
• Carpet Rag Parties
• Fences in Rural Pennsylvania
• Folk Festival Program
• A Study of the Dialect Terminology of the Plain Sects of Montgomery County, Pa.
• Henry Chapman Mercer, Pennsylvania Folklife Pioneer
• The "Glingelsock"
• Sauerkraut in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• Collectanea

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, George L. Moore, Edith Patterson, Nicholas Bervinchak, Russell S. Baver, Edna Eby Heller, Mary C. Kreider, E. Estyn Evans Apr 1961

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 12, No. 1, Earl F. Robacker, Alan G. Keyser, George L. Moore, Edith Patterson, Nicholas Bervinchak, Russell S. Baver, Edna Eby Heller, Mary C. Kreider, E. Estyn Evans

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Tin: With Holes In
• Nineteenth Century Shooting Matches
• Dunkard Life in Lebanon Valley Sixty Years Ago
• Nicholas Bervinchak
• An Album of Etchings of the Pennsylvania Coal Region
• Corn Culture in Pennsylvania
• Rye Bread Lehigh County Style
• "Dutchified-English": Some Lebanon Valley Examples
• The Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival: A European Report

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Letter From Harold C. Shank To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 18, 1961, Harold C. Shank Jan 1961

Letter From Harold C. Shank To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 18, 1961, Harold C. Shank

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Harold C. Shank addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 18, 1961. Within, Shank provides personal stories surrounding the holidays in Berks and Lancaster counties, including "Belsnickles," annual auctions, cherry trees and Santa Claus.

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Note On Amish "Old Christmas", January 6, 1961, Unknown Author Jan 1961

Note On Amish "Old Christmas", January 6, 1961, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten note on the reverse of a newspaper clipping from the Ohio Daily Record entitled, "'Old Christmas' Today Is Serious 2nd Holiday For Amish Residents Of Area", by Clif Bushnell and dated January 6, 1961. The note speculates about whether the Amish have always used this date or whether it was influenced by changes in the calendar.

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Outline For An Article On Apple Butter, Alfred L. Shoemaker Jan 1961

Outline For An Article On Apple Butter, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten outline composed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated circa 1961. The list compiles various aspects of apple butter ranging from terminology and history to uses and appearances in rhymes and other literary forms.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 2, Samuel Preston Bayard, Walter E. Boyer, Robert C. Bucher, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker Oct 1960

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 2, Samuel Preston Bayard, Walter E. Boyer, Robert C. Bucher, Edna Eby Heller, Amos Long Jr., Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Walter Ellsworth Boyer (1911-1960)
• The Meaning of Human Figures in Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art
• Meadow Irrigation in Pennsylvania
• Receipt Books-New and Old
• Pennsylvania Cave and Ground Cellars
• The Amish in Their One-Room Schoolhouses
• Collectanea

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Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver Aug 1960

Letter From Florence Baver To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960, Florence Baver

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 10, 1960. Within, the author provides various anecdotes from the Lehigh County region, including humor stories and naming lore.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Special 1960 Festival Issue, Don Yoder, J. William Frey, Edna Eby Heller, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Martha Ross Swope, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora Jul 1960

Pennsylvania Folklife Special 1960 Festival Issue, Don Yoder, J. William Frey, Edna Eby Heller, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Martha Ross Swope, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Plain Dutch and Gay Dutch: Two Worlds in the Dutch Country
• Pennsylvania Dutch
• Displaced Dutchmen Crave Shoo-flies
• Hex Signs: A Myth
• Lebanon Valley Date Stones
• Antiques in Dutchland
• Antique or Folk Art: Which?
• Folk Festival Program
• Religious Patterns of the Dutch Country
• The Costumes of the Plain Dutch
• "Love Feasts"
• "Horse-and-Buggy" Mennonites
• The Courtship and Wedding Practices of the Old Order Amish

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 1, Clarence Kulp Jr., Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Roy C. Kulp, John R. Mumaw, Amos Long Jr., John Cummings, Jane Keplinger Burris, Thomas R. Brendle Apr 1960

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 11, No. 1, Clarence Kulp Jr., Earl F. Robacker, Vincent R. Tortora, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Roy C. Kulp, John R. Mumaw, Amos Long Jr., John Cummings, Jane Keplinger Burris, Thomas R. Brendle

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• A Dunker Weekend Love Feast of 100 Years Ago
• The Peacock in Pennsylvania
• The Get-Togethers of the Young Amish Folk
• Church and Meetinghouse Stables and Sheds
• Abraham Harley Cassel - Dunkard Bibliophile
• Mennonite Folklore
• Springs and Springhouses
• Finishing Wooden Surfaces
• Early Funeral Notices
• Collecting Dialect Folk Songs

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Letter From W. A. Weller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 28, 1960, W. A. Weller Mar 1960

Letter From W. A. Weller To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 28, 1960, W. A. Weller

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from W. A. Weller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 28, 1960. Within, Weller details the harmful consequences of working the farm on Ascension Day and Good Friday.

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Letter From Lois Springer To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, February 16, 1960, Lois Springer Feb 1960

Letter From Lois Springer To The Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, February 16, 1960, Lois Springer

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Lois Springer addressed to the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, dated February 16, 1960. Within, Springer inquires about an Amish bell she possesses in her personal collection and whether it found potential use in religious observations.

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Notes From "Now And Then" Columns And The Devil In Bucks County, Alfred L. Shoemaker Jan 1960

Notes From "Now And Then" Columns And The Devil In Bucks County, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten notes from a newspaper column and The Devil in Bucks County, compiled and transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1960. Within, Shoemaker details a variety of topics ranging from a character known as the "rag peddler" to an old verse from Dr. Thomas Wood's lecture book.

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Letter From Robert A. Foster To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 21, 1959, Robert A. Foster Dec 1959

Letter From Robert A. Foster To Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 21, 1959, Robert A. Foster

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Robert A. Foster addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 21, 1959. Within, Foster inquires about Shoemaker's potential help in composing an article on the topic of "bundling" for Woman's Day magazine.

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Letter From Susie E. Robinson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 6, 1959, Susie E. Robinson Nov 1959

Letter From Susie E. Robinson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 6, 1959, Susie E. Robinson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Susie E. Robinson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 6, 1959. Within, Robinson requests information regarding the practices of shunning and bundling within the current Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch communities.

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Letter From Walter W. Horn To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 7, 1959, Walter W. Horn Oct 1959

Letter From Walter W. Horn To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 7, 1959, Walter W. Horn

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Walter W. Horn to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 7, 1959. Horn responds to Shoemaker's inquiry about the similarities between the California Barn and the Pennsylvania Barn and informs Shoemaker of research that might interest him.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 10, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Samuel P. Bayard, Don Yoder, Ralph S. Funk, Phil R. Jack, Russell S. Baver, Walter E. Boyer Oct 1959

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 10, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Samuel P. Bayard, Don Yoder, Ralph S. Funk, Phil R. Jack, Russell S. Baver, Walter E. Boyer

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Cutting-Up for Fancy
• English-Language Folk Culture in Pennsylvania
• The Bench Versus the Catechism: Revivalism and Pennsylvania's Lutheran and Reformed Churches
• Collecting and Indexing Dialect Poetry
• Folk Amusements in Western Pennsylvania
• Of Plows and Ploughing
• The New Year Wish of the Pennsylvania Dutch Broadside

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Letter From William D. Pattison To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 20, 1959, William D. Pattison Sep 1959

Letter From William D. Pattison To Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 20, 1959, William D. Pattison

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A letter from William D. Pattison to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 20, 1959. Within, Pattison informs Shoemaker of Walter Horn's lectures about the history of Western barns and how they may relate to Pennsylvania barns.

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Notes From The Franklin Minerva, 1799, Alfred L. Shoemaker Jul 1959

Notes From The Franklin Minerva, 1799, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten set of notes compiled by Alfred L. Shoemaker from the Franklin Minerva, originally dating from 1799. The notes concern the introduction of a new fashion of bonnets to ladies in a small village and their growing dissatisfaction with this fashion.

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Letter From Lester Breininger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 9, 1959, Lester Breininger Jul 1959

Letter From Lester Breininger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 9, 1959, Lester Breininger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter and enclosed set of typed note cards written by Lester Breininger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 9, 1959. Within, folk beliefs and sayings surrounding bees, bee stings and beeswax are compiled from the 1959 Kutztown Folk Festival as well as recipes for honey cookies and grafting wax.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 10, No. 1, Frances Lichten, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Walter E. Boyer, Earl F. Robacker, Edna Eby Heller, John A. Hostetler, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Jeremiah W. Andreas, Jacob G. Shively, John Butz Bowman, Elsie Smith, Florence Baver Apr 1959

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 10, No. 1, Frances Lichten, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Walter E. Boyer, Earl F. Robacker, Edna Eby Heller, John A. Hostetler, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Jeremiah W. Andreas, Jacob G. Shively, John Butz Bowman, Elsie Smith, Florence Baver

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• "Tramp Work": Penknife Plus Cigar Boxes
• Tramps of My Youth
• The German Broadside Songs of Pennsylvania
• The Rise of Interest in Folk Art
• Dutch Treats for Breakfast
• The Amish, Citizens of Heaven and America
• Collectanea
• My Great-Grandmother
• Old Sweitzer's Ghost
• Pastimes of My Youth
• Battalion Day
• Seven Days Make One Week

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Letter From George Allen To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 31, 1959, George Allen Jan 1959

Letter From George Allen To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 31, 1959, George Allen

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George Allen addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 31, 1959. Within, Allen informs Shoemaker of a manuscript copy he acquired concerning a minister named Peter Stryker who traveled in the eastern United States in 1815.

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Letter From Evelyn A. Benson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 14, 1959, Evelyn Benson Jan 1959

Letter From Evelyn A. Benson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 14, 1959, Evelyn Benson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Evelyn A. Benson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 14, 1959. Within, Benson discusses a book called Christmas Holidays: Or a Visit at Home and provides a photograph depicting a "Belsnickel" from a New Year's Day event in Halifax Township in Pennsylvania.

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Letter From John I. Rempel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 5, 1959, John I. Rempel Jan 1959

Letter From John I. Rempel To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 5, 1959, John I. Rempel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from John I. Rempel addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 5, 1959. Within, Rempel thanks Shoemaker for information about Pennsylvania barns and considers writing an article about the architecture of German settlers in Ontario.

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Letter From Edmund B. Cairns To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1958, Edmund B. Cairns Oct 1958

Letter From Edmund B. Cairns To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1958, Edmund B. Cairns

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In this typed letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, Edmund B. Cairns highlights the lack of historical information regarding barns in Pennsylvania. He created a series of oil paintings with the intention to bring interest to Pennsylvania barns. Attached to the letter are five photographs of Cairns' work.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 4, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Don Yoder, Russell S. Baver, Ellen Shaffer, John Cummings, Martha S. Cummings, Earl F. Robacker, Marian Ludwig Wilson, David H. Rapp Oct 1958

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 4, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Don Yoder, Russell S. Baver, Ellen Shaffer, John Cummings, Martha S. Cummings, Earl F. Robacker, Marian Ludwig Wilson, David H. Rapp

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Dry Houses
• Harvest Home
• Golden Fields in the Golden Years
• Illuminators, Scribes and Printers
• John Drissel and His Boxes
• Tick-Tock Time in Old Pennsylvania
• About the Authors
• Present Day Food Habits of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Attitude of the Early Reformed Church Fathers Toward Worldly Amusements

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