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The Dutch country : folks and treasures in the red hills of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16590
Author
Weygandt, Cornelius,
Date of Publication
1939.
Call Number
917.48 W547d
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by Cornelius Weygandt.
Author
Weygandt, Cornelius,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. Appleton-Century Company,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
xx, 352 p. : col. front., plates, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 W547d
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Hex marks the spot, in the Pennsylvania Dutch country

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Author
Hark, Ann.
Date of Publication
[c1938]
Call Number
133 H283
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illustrations and initials by Eleanor Hart Levis.
Author
Hark, Ann.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York [etc.]
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott company
Date of Publication
[c1938]
Physical Description
316 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 302.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Superstition.
Sects - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
133 H283
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The Pennsylvania Dutch country. Art [by] Malcolm R. Potteiger

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Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Date of Publication
c1954]
Call Number
917.48 S559
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Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Rudisill [for Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, Franklin and Marshall College,
Date of Publication
c1954]
Physical Description
1 v. (chiefly illus.)
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 S559
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Items of local interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette : 1750 to 1760 inclusive

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1919
): Pennsylvania gazette. Newspapers--Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania--Social life and customs--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 133-148 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the
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copies by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
133-148 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 8
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 8 (1919), p. 133-148Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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Blue hills and shoofly pie in Pennsylvania Dutchland

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Author
Hark, Ann. 1891-
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
1952.
Call Number
301.452 H282
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by Ann Hark with drawings by Oliver Grimley.
Author
Hark, Ann. 1891-
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Lippincott
Date of Publication
1952.
Physical Description
284 p. illus. 21 cm.
Contents
Chapters: July: Home, sweet home ; Picnics and what they lead to ; Thrashing day ; Sing unto the Lord - August: Speaking of birthdays ; Vanilla pie ; It at first you don't succeed ; Waldeck weekend - September: It's done with mirrors ; The mystery deepens ; Sidetracked ; Another disappointment ; At last a clue! ; The plotthickens ; Dead end - October: Applebutter time ; Knee-deep in Indians ; Auction preview - November: Yankee versus Pennsylvania Dutch ; Til death us do part ; -and still fluttered down the snow - December: A hooked rug is begun ; Twin wood carvers ; Silent night ; Christmas Day - January:More of Mrs. Richards ; Baker-General of the Army ; What price antiques! ; Hexerei - February:The last of the old-time potters ; Old Bethlehem days ; Nemesis on the trail - March:Five-foot bookshelf of the past ; Little red schoolhouse ; Sorrow songs and such - April:Cave diem! ; Midnight alarm ; Mountain Mary - May:Dunker love-feast ; The gun that won the revolution - June:Summer serenade ; "Yes, well-good-night!' ; Year's end.
Summary
A wealth of historical fact & little-known lore, mouth-watering recipes & accounts of bountiful repasts, all given month-by-month for a year; Miss Hark, who was born in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country at Lancaster, has a sensitive understanding of her neighbors that has given her a passport into their private lives, their feasts & their ceremonies.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
301.452 H282
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Pennsylvania agriculture and country life : 1840-1940

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Author
Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
974.802821 F615
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by Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher ; illustrations by S.W. Fletcher, Jr.
Author
Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
xx, 619 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania
Country life - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802821 F615
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Pennsylvania agriculture and country life, 1640-1840

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Author
Fletcher, S. W.
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
974.802821 F615a
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Illus. by S.W. Fletcher, Jr.
Author
Fletcher, S. W.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
xiv, 605 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Agriculture - Pennsylvania
Country life - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802821 F615a
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Thirty-five years of "The Clio" a historical review of the Cliosophic Society of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; organized November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine

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Corporate Author
Cliosophic Society of Lancaster.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
367 C641 v.2
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Corporate Author
Cliosophic Society of Lancaster.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
published by the Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
142 p. 29 cm.
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Clubs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 C641 v.2
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3 myths about the Pennsylvania Dutch country : hex signs, seven sours and seven sweets, the Amish blue gate

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Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Date of Publication
[c1951]
Call Number
398.3 S559
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Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Dutch Folk-lore Center,
Date of Publication
[c1951]
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Folklore - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Superstition.
Folklore.
Germans.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
398.3 S559
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Historic Philadelphia : from the founding until the early nineteenth century : papers dealing with its people and buildings, with an illustrative map

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Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
974.811 P544t
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Place of Publication
[Philadelphia, Pa.]
Publisher
American Philosophical Society,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
331 p. : ill., fold. col. map, ports. 30 cm.
Series
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 43, pt. 1
Notes
"Part of old Philadelphia, a map showing historic buildings & sites from the founding until the early nineteenth century, compiled by Grant Miles Simon": 1 folded map in pocket.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Buildings.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Maps, Pictorial.
Additional Author
Simon, Grant Miles.
Additional Corporate Author
American Philosophical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 P544t
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Two hundred years

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Author
Baum, Walter E.
Date of Publication
1938.
Call Number
974.821 B347
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by Walter E. Baum.
Author
Baum, Walter E.
Place of Publication
Sellersville, PA
Publisher
Sellersville Herald,
Date of Publication
1938.
Physical Description
170 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Deetz family
Althouse family
Cressman family
Schlichter family
Sellers family
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Sellersville (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 B347
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Fifteen years more of "The Clio", 1914-1929 : continuing "Thirty-five years of 'The Clio'" 1879-1914. A historical review of the Cliosophic Society of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Corporate Author
Cliosophic society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1930.
Call Number
367 C641 v.3
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Corporate Author
Cliosophic society (Lancaster, Pa.)
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1930.
Physical Description
42 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster (Pa.) - Clubs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Learned institutions and societies.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 C641 v.3
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Items in the Pennsylvania Gazette concerning Lancaster County

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1918
--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 21-26 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.22 Location: LCHSJL
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by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1918
Physical Description
21-26 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 2
Subjects
Newspapers - Pennsylvania
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 2 (1918), p. 21-26Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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Days off : historical story of the Susquehanna Pirates and their cruises / by Edwin G. Searles

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Author
Searles, Edwin G.
Date of Publication
1950?
Call Number
367 P667s
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Author
Searles, Edwin G.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1950?
Physical Description
37, 5 leaves: ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Included are newsletters for August 7,September 19, 1925 - May 17, 1926.
Subjects
Susquehanna Pirates.
Clubs - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 P667s
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A Lancaster schoolboy views the Civil War : (diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College)

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Author
Pehrson, Immanuel C.
Date of Publication
1950
hospitable Kramphs who were active members of the small local congregation of the New Jerusalem. Mrs. Baker has the impression that he died very young. "Aunt Sally" was the widow of Frederic J. Kramph, tailor, 1 a man who deeply influenced the civic, educational and religious life of Lancaster from 1840
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reviewed by Elizabeth C. Kieffer.
Author
Pehrson, Immanuel C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[17]-37 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 2
Subjects
Pehrson, Immanuel - Diaries.
Diaries.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Kieffer, Elizabeth Clarke.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 2 (1950), p. 17-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania

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Author
Hull, William Isaac,
Date of Publication
1935.
Call Number
974.802 P412h
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Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania
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by William I. Hull.
Author
Hull, William Isaac,
Place of Publication
[Swarthmore, Pa
Publisher
Swarthmore college]
Date of Publication
1935.
Physical Description
xiii p., 1 l., 445 p. front., plates, ports., map, facsims. 24 cm.
Series
Swarthmore college monographs on Quaker history. no. 2
Notes
"The Dutch pioneers of Germantown": p. 395-398.
"Dutch and German settlers in Germantown, 1683-1709": p. 399-421.
Summary
" ... the study comprises, first, Penn's efforts on his three journeys to Holland and Germany to convert to Quakerism the Labadists, Pietists,and Quietists whom he found there; second, the way in which small Quaker communities on the Continent had prepared the way for these visits; and finally the rise and progress of those congregations of Dutch and German Quakers who, fleeing from persecution, accepted Penn's invitation to settle in Pennsylvania." [from the preface]
Subjects
Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
Quakers - Pennsylvania.
Society of Friends - Netherlands.
Society of Friends - Germany.
Dutch - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P412h
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Fraktur: the illuminated manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Dutch

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Author
Lichten, Frances.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
745.67 L699
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Author
Lichten, Frances.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Free Library of Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
26 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Fraktur.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.67 L699
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Historic background and annals of the Swiss and German pioneer settlers of southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their remote ancestors, from the middle of the Dark Ages, down to the time of the Revolutionary War; an authentic history from original sources ... with particular reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and other nonresistant sects

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1917.
Call Number
289.7 E75
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1917.
Physical Description
2 p. ø., 386 p. 25 cm.
Subjects
Swiss - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.7 E75
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433091028708;view=1up;seq=7
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An Amish wedding : three virtues--faith, hope and charity--exemplified by solemn ceremony

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Date of Publication
1935
Sarah, nineteen, eldest daughter of the Esh household, the great moment of her life had arrived—the biggest event in the life of any Amish girl. She was about to be married to David King, of near Intercourse. Four bishops, a preacher and a deacon took part in the solemn pro- ceedings. It was a typical
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1935
Physical Description
[62]-65 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 39, no. 3
Subjects
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Weddings.
Marriage service.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 39, number 3 (1935), p. 62-65Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.39
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The Philadelphia assemblies

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Author
Balch, Thomas Willing,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1916.
Call Number
974.811 B174
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by Thomas Willing Balch ...
Author
Balch, Thomas Willing,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Allen, Lane and Scott,
Date of Publication
1916.
Physical Description
xv, 146 p. illus. (facsims.) 25 cm.
Subjects
Balls (Parties) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 B174
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