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Wit and humor of the Pennsylvania Germans : a collection of anecdotes, stories, and witticisms : some old, some new : choicest parlor and after-dinner stories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19393
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Date of Publication
c1946.
Call Number
437.9748 A927w
Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Privately printed, the Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
c1946.
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
At head of title: Penna. "Dutch" joke book.
Subjects
German American wit and humor - Pennsylvania.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Humor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 A927w
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Willem Stober, a pioneer on Antitum (Johan [sic] Wilhelm Stuber), the Right Reverend William Stover

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17790
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Call Number
974.844 R 891
Responsibility
by B. Franklin Royer ; prepared for Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
[Chambersburg, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Physical Description
p. 379-390 : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Willem Stober (Johann Wilhelm Stuber), a pioneer on Antitum / read by B. Franklin Royer, March 31, 1949.
"Reprinted from Transactions Volume XII."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Stover, William, - 1752-1789.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Bishops - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Maryland - Washington County - Bishops - Biography.
Baptists, German - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Baptists, German - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Bishops - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Bishops - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
Washington County (Md.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20913
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
813.54 S428i
Responsibility
by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Winston Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Land of the free series
Summary
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.
Subjects
Families - Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.
German Americans - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Juvenile works.
History.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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Boonastiel: being the fun and filosophy in the Pennsylvania "Dutch" letters ("Brief fum Hawsa Barrick") of the late Thomas Hess Harter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9542
Author
Harter, Thomas Hess,
Edition
New and enl. ed.
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
437.9748 H328, 1942
Responsibility
With an introduction and a biographical sketch by A. Monroe Aurand, jr.
Author
Harter, Thomas Hess,
Edition
New and enl. ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Priv. print., the Aurand press,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
4 p. β., 255 p. illus. 18 cm.
Notes
Articles published in the Middleburgh (Pa.) Post under the heading "Brief fum Hawsa" and signed "Gottlieb Boonastiel," a character created by the author. cf. Introd. and Pref.
Subjects
German-American literature - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Additional Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 H328, 1942
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The Pennsylvania Germans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5794
Author
Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
Date of Publication
1945
Call Number
974.81 G734
Author
Graeff, Arthur Dundore,
Place of Publication
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Mrs. C. Naaman Keyser
Date of Publication
1945
Physical Description
unpaged.
Series
Home craft course,
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
German Americans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Keyser, Mildred Weekes Davis.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.81 G734
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A repairer of the breach : the memoirs of Bernard C. Wolff

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1682
Author
Schaeffer, Charles E.
Date of Publication
1949.
Call Number
922.4 W855s
Responsibility
by Charles E. Schaeffer.
Author
Schaeffer, Charles E.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Evangelical and Reformed Church,
Date of Publication
1949.
Physical Description
117 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm.
Series
Franklin and Marshall College studies ;
Subjects
Wolff, Bernard Crause, - 1794-1870.
German Reformed Church (U.S.) - Clergy - Biography.
German Reformed Church (U.S.). - Theological Seminary - History.
Franklin and Marshall College - History.
Mercersburg theology
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.4 W855s
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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4508
Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
  1 website  
Responsibility
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
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The press and the book in eighteenth century Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15286
Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
905.748 HSP
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Carl Bridenbaugh.
Author
Bridenbaugh, Carl.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
pp.1-30 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 65.
Subjects
Printing - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP
Websites
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The history of the Lancaster conference of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and the adjacent states, together with the histories of its congregations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13064
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Conference. Lancaster.
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
284.1 L973
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Conference. Lancaster.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
Pub. by the Conference,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xi p., 1 β., 397 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 24 cm.
Notes
Includes history of congregations by parishes.
Subjects
Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 L973
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Home missions in the mother synod. Golden jubilee volume of the Board of home missions of the Evangelical Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania and the adjacent states

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12391
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Board of home missions.
Date of Publication
[c1946]
Call Number
284.1 H765
Corporate Author
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Board of home missions.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia?]
Publisher
The Board of home missions of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the adjacent states and the United Lutheran publication house
Date of Publication
[c1946]
Physical Description
5 p. β., 136 p. incl. fronts. (ports.) 21 cm.
Notes
Lancaster information on pages 8-10, 54-59.
Bibliography: p. 127.
Subjects
Lutheran Church
Missions - Pennsylvania.
Missions - New Jersey.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania.
Church buildings - New Jersey.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 H765
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