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Dieffenbach On Candy, May 8, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Candy", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 8, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details some traditional Pennsylvania Dutch candies that were made, specifically hore-hound and birch drops.

The Significance Of Fluted Points In North American Archaeology, William B. Roosa

Anthropology ETDs

Since publication of the first report on the Folsom site in 1927 much has been written on the subject of Folsom and other fluted points. There is, however, no current synthetic of information on fluted points. This paper is an attempt to synthesize the existing data on this subject. An effort will be made to show the significance of fluted points and their place in North American archaeology. Previous efforts dealing with this subject will be discussed with emphasis on terminology used, typologies established, and distribution studies made. Criteria for establishing types of fluted points with be discussed. Published and …

Carl Bodmer's Paintings As Ethnographic Documents, Joan Rupp

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Changing Social Relationships In An Eastern Dakota Community, Cynthia Kelsey

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Dieffenbach On Diapers: "Die Windla," April 10th, 1956, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled "Diapers: die Windla," written by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 10, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details superstitions about diapers and their effects on children later in life, as well as omens and tales related to witchcraft and pow-wowing cures.

Letter From D. W. Thompson To Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 3, 1956, D. W. Thompson

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from D. W. Thompson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 3, 1956. Within, Thompson provides a recipe for "Scotch Cake," discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch term for taffy and speculates about sugar rings.

Advertisement And News Release For A Constantine Kermes Art Exhibition, April 2, 1956, Jacques Seligmann Galleries

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A printed advertisement and news release from Jacques Seligmann Galleries announcing an art exhibition of paintings by Constantine Kermes, dated April 2, 1956. The one-man-show, entitled "Icons and American Saints," features Kermes' paintings of New England Shaker and Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired art as well as Byzantine iconography.

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 17, No. 3, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Indian Trails and their Importance to the Early Settlers (Leaman F. Hallett)
• Medicine and Pharmacy of the New England Indians (Leaman F. Hallett)
• Can the Ship’s Shoring at Follins Pond be Radiocarbon Dated? (Frederick J. Pohl)
• A Steatite Vessel from Nantucket (Edward S. Roy)
• Aboriginal New England Pottery (Fifth Installment) (William J. Howes)

The Dutchman Vol. 7, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Alfred L. Shoemaker, David L. Hunsberger, Ruth M. Home, Frances Lichten, Preston A. Barba, Elmer C. Stauffer, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs, Olive G. Zehner

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Pennsylvania Gaudyware
● Pennsylvania Dutch Canada
● Giant Cider Press
● Pennsylvania Dutch Needlework
● The Pennsylvania German in Fiction
● Conewago Chapel
● Love Feasts
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1956, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 1, 1956. Within, Moser writes on a number of Pennsylvania-Dutch sayings, but asks Shoemaker, in particular, to not read one of them on his radio program as it is an insult to Catholics.

Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 16, 1956, Raymond E. Kiebach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 16, 1956. Within, Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's inquiries about itching ("Der Gretz") and grave robbing.

Letter From George E. Bagenstose To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 10, 1956, George E. Bagenstose

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George E. Bagenstose addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 10, 1956. Within, Bagenstose recounts a folktale involving a stopped waterwheel and a talking bullfrog.

Songs And Chants From A Serbian Village, Joel Halpern, Barbara Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

The following notes, collected while making a community study in the region of Sumadija, central Serbia, in 1953-1954, present a glimpse of village chants and songs and describe the circumstances under which they are sung. The intent here is simply to illustrate their position in the total peasant culture and not to analyze their musical form and content.

Yugoslavia - Around The World Program - American Geographical Society, Joel Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

Yugoslavia (with Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern), American Geographical Society, Nelson Doubleday Inc, New York, 65 pages, 24 Photos by JMH

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 17, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Sand Bank Burials (Jesse Brewer)
• Some Evidence of the Use of Red Ochre into Historic Times (Maurice Robbins)
• An Indian Burial St Gardner’s Neck (Maurice Robbins)
• Suggested Classification of Atlatl Weights (William S. Fowler)
• Artifacts of the Wilbraham Area (Richard John Curry)
• Aboriginal New England Pottery (William J. Howes)

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 1, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

First half of World War II scrapbook compiled by Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. He attended Bowling Green Business University from 1938 to 1940. This scrapbook contains materials regarding the campaigns through North Africa and Italy. Also included are items related to his life in Affinity, WV prior to the war. There are post cards and photographs of Columbus, Ohio; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; and Ireland.

See second half of the scrapbook here.

The Dutchman Vol. 7, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Evelyn Benson, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Henry J. Kauffman, John A. Hostetler, Olive G. Zehner, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Major and Minor in Fractur
● Gilbert and Mason - Pennsylvania Wood Engravers
● Barring Out the Schoolmaster
● The Himmelreich Collection
● A Mennonite Encyclopedia
● Pennsylvania Crafts Event
● Europe Calling
● Book Note
● Pennsylvania Dutch Pioneers
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

Indians Of East Central Illinois, Maurine Moore Field

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Sibyl 1956, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Letter From Helen Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 17, 1955, Helen Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 17, 1955. Within, Moser writes on a number of topics including yeast, tombstone designs, undergarment sleeves and a story about bullfrogs churning butter.

Letter From George C. Kershner To Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 15, 1955, George C. Kershner

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from George C. Kershner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated October 15, 1955. Within, Kershner provides an answer to a radio program inquiry about a swine disease along with a humorous tale of three German men arrested for a crime they did not commit.

The Dutchman Vol. 7, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Elizabeth Adams Hurwitz, Henry J. Kauffman, Don Yoder, Edna Eby Heller, Olive G. Zehner

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Basketry, a Pennsylvania Dutch Art
● Decorative Elements in the Domestic Architecture of Eastern Pennsylvania
● Literature on Log Architecture
● Pennsylvania Tour of Europe
● Matters Genealogical
● Feeding Them by the Hundred
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 17, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• M'Teoulin and Two Versions of a Passamaquoddy Legend (Isaac W. Kingsbury)
• The Survival of the Red Paint Complex in Main (Nicholas N. Smith)
• Hunting Fossils Produces a Cache of Blades (William S. Fowler and Jess W. Welt)
• A Significant Find (William S. Fowler and Jess W. Welt)
• One in a Life Time (William S. Fowler and Frances Hutchins)
• Six Specialized Knives (E.G.Huntington)

Language And Non-Linguistic Behavior: An Experimental Investigation, Howard S. Maclay

Anthropology ETDs

The purpose of the investigation is twofold: to test experimentally the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that non-linguistic behavior is conditioned by the nature of the language spoken; and to provide information on the use of experimental methods in cross-cultural studies.

Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach To Alfred L. Shoemaker, July 30, 1955, Raymond E. Kiebach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated July 30, 1955. Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's radio broadcast regarding the definition of "Baese Ding". He also comments on Pennsylvania German words for various types of berries and recalls an encounter with a German organ grinder.

The Dutchman Vol. 6, No. 5, Earl F. Robacker, Olive G. Zehner, Cornelius Weygandt, Henry J. Kauffman, Albert I. Drachman, Arthur D. Graeff, Edna Eby Heller

The Dutchman / The Pennsylvania Dutchman Magazine

● Antiques for Fancy and for Fun
● Dutch by the Ton
● Beasts in Dutchland
● Church Architecture in Lancaster County
● Tracking the Elusive Distelfink
● Renascence of History
● Dutch Cheeses
● The Zehn-uhr Schtick

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 16, No. 4, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Sweet’s Knoll (Maurice Robbins, Arthur and Arnold Staples)
• Two Burials on the Slocum River (Douglas S. Byers)

Raising The Barn, May 27, 1955, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Raising the Barn", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 27, 1955. Within, Dieffenbach describes how Pennsylvania barns are raised. He details the people, parts and tools involved, and the entire process from start to finish.

An Approach To The Study Of Non-Literate Law In Three North American Societies, Elizabeth C. Funk

Anthropology ETDs

Attempts to clarify the problem of law among non-literate peoples has been largely one of isolating with accuracy its distinguishing characteristics. Non-literate law is not written down or codified. Often, it is not sustained by any formal police force, and courts are lacking. Legislation, in the proper sense of the term, may be an attribute of developed legal systems only

Letter From Edwin Marburger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 10, 1955, Edwin Marburger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Edwin Marburger to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 10, 1955. Marburger responds to Shoemaker's radio program about Pennsylvania Dutch rhymes and invites Shoemaker to visit his home in Rehrersburg, Pennsylvania.