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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.

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.

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.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 20, No. 4, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Adena and Block-end Tubes in the Northeast (Douglas F. Jordan)
• Some Indian Burials from Southeastern Massachusetts: Part 2 (Maurice Robbins)
• Index – Volume 20

Larry Gorman And The Cante Fable, Edward D. Ives

Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers

Herbert Halpert's work in collecting and making other collectors conscious of the cante fable in America is well known. In "The Cante Fable in Decay," he suggested two reasons why we have not found more cante fables here. First, folksong collectors have not asked for tales with songs in them. Second, many of the ones we have found are so corrupt as to be unrecognizable. Often, he goes on to say, "the rhyme itself is all of the story that is told while the narrative details are relegated to a purely informative function and may or may not be given-depending …

Geology Of English Mountain And Vicinity, Cock, Jefferson And Sevier Counties, Tennessee, Robert Carl Greene

Masters Theses

Statement of the Problem: English Mountain is interpreted by Rodgers (1953, Geologic Map of East Tennessee) as a remnant of rocks of the Chilhowee group, resting on a prong in the overthrust sheet of the Great Smoky fault. He showed the structure of the Chilhowee rocks to be synclinal in the central portion, monoclinal on the northern end, and monoclinal in the westward extension.

Objective of the present writer were: 1) to check the major structure and detail the contacts, 2) to accurately locate the position of the Great Smoky fault, 3) to map the minor structures, 4) to study …

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

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 20, No. 3, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Radiocarbon Dates from Bull Brook (Douglas S. Byers)
• The Colonial Invasion of Hereditary Lands (L. F. Hallett)
• Comments on a Shawsheen River Site (Walter A. Vossberg)
• A Nova Scotia Project (Frederick J. Pohl)
• A Ceramic Find at Hunting Ridge, Connecticut (Bernard W. Powell)
• Dimensional Determination from Potsherds (Melvin V. Landon)
• Red Paint Cremations at Cemetery Point (Guy Mellgren)

"Discipline And Dedication", Margaret Mead

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

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.

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.

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.

"The Bonny Earl Of Murray": The Ballad As History, Edward D. Ives

Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers

Andrew Lang Spoke of the murder of "The Bonny Earl" of Moray as "a deed which for years influenced the politics of Scotland." It is also the subject of one of the most beautiful and stirring of the Scottish ballads (Child 181), compelling even to people hearing or reading it for the first time. A ballad should certainly not be judged on whether or not it is good history; either it tells a story well or it does not. Neither will our knowledge of its historical background make us see a poor ballad as a good one. On the other …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 20, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Some Indian Burials from Southeastern Massachusetts: Part 1 (Maurice Robbins)

The History Of Policy In The Zande Scheme, Conrad C. Reining

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

An Archaic Horizon Cache From Southern Minnesota, Elden Johnson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Folksongs Of Maine Sung By Sandy Ives Liner Notes, Edward D. Ives

Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers

Liner notes authored by Sandy Ives to accompany his 1959 album of Maine folksongs. Includes a brief biograph of Ives and the lyrics and background of each song on the album.

Northeast Folklore Volume 2 Numbers 1-4, Edward D. Ives, Bacil F. Kirtley, E. G. Huntington, James F. Flynn, Charles A. Huguenin, Frank A. Hoffmann, Evelyn K. Wells, Horace P. Beck, Helen Creighton

Northeast Folklore Monographs

Description

The second issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1959 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume.

Table of Contents

Number 1 (Spring):

Two Songs from Martha's Vineyard by E.G. Huntington

The Deer Isle Hoax by James J. Flynn and Charles A. Huguenin

Folklore from Aroostook County, Maine, and Neighboring Canada edited by Bacil F. Kirtley

Notes and Queries

Number 2 (Summer):

Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore …

The Man Who Plucked The Gorbey, Charles Sibley

Maine Song and Story Sampler

Of all the stories told in lumbercamps, few have captured the attention of Maine’s folklorists like the story of “The Man Who Plucked the Gorbey.“ The gorbey, one of many names for the Canada Jay (also known as a moosebird, meat bird, gray jay, or Whiskey Jack), is a native of the northern coniferous forests of North America.

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.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 20, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Two Sites in Southern New England (Douglas S. Byers)
• Rocks and the Archaeologist (Arthur C. Lord, Jr.)
• Massasoit’s Domain: Is “Wampanoag” the Correct Designation? (Warner F. Gookin)
• Further Comments on Mooring Holes (Frederick J. Pohl)
• Editorial Comment

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

The Old Beggar Man, Edmund Doucette

Maine Song and Story Sampler

“The Old Beggar Man” is a version of Child 17, “Hind Horn.” It is believed to have originated in Scotland and possibly derived from the 13^th century King Horn and other related medieval romances.

Letter From Mrs. William H. Hess To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 8, 1958, Mrs. William H. Hess

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Mrs. William H. Hess and addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 8, 1958. Within, Hess writes to inform Shoemaker that the information stated on a recent radio broadcast was correct in distinguishing Sand Tarts and A. Piece cakes or cookies.

Letter From Sallie B. Fox To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 3, 1958, Sallie B. Fox

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Sallie B. Fox to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 3, 1958. Within, Fox writes in response to a cookie inquiry made during Shoemaker's program. She includes the recipes for sand tarts and A. Piece cookies.

Letter From Cora Smith To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 3, 1958, Cora Smith

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter sent from Cora Smith addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 3, 1958. Within, Smith writes in response to claims made on Shoemaker's radio broadcast about cookies and provides her family's recipe for sand tarts and 'A piece' cookies.

The River, Ralph Conley

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer mentioning the Indian Head Rock from July 29, 1958.

Letter From D. Edward Elder To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 10, 1958, D. Edward Elder

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from D. Edward Elder of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 10, 1958. Within, Elder informs Shoemaker of a rough drawing of a broadside of Adam and Eve that is enclosed within the letter.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 19, No. 4, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• The Old Sagamore: Mattaquason of Monomoyick (W. Sears Nickerson)
• Index – Volume 19

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 9, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Frances Lichten, William H. Newell, John Cummings, Mary Jane Hershey, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania Chalkware
• John Landis: "Author and Artist and Oriental Tourist"
• Schuylkill Folktales
• Painted Chests from Bucks County
• A Study of the Dress of the (Old) Mennonites of the Franconia Conference 1700-1953
• Research Needs in Pennsylvania Church History
• About the Authors