Pennsylvania German Society ; Printed and bound by Centennial Printing,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society; v. 31.
Notes
Published by the Pennsylvania German Society, Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530 and distributed to its members as a benefit of membership for the calendar year 1997 (Volume XXXI), and as the agent for the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania 18073.
"From Pennsylvania to Waterloo explores the development in the United States and Canada of a distinctive Germanic lifestyle. This volume, illustrated with objects from the acclaimed exhibition Changes in Latitudes, brings together experts from both sides of the border to create an invaluable resource for folklorists, historians, students, collectors and anyone with an interest in folklife, antiques or Pennsylvania-German culture. It will be particularly valuable to anyone interested in textiles, foodways and fraktur. The high quality of the photographs and their reproduction make this book a real treasure." [from AbeBooks]
Hudson Hills Press in association with the Museum of American Folk Art and the Pennsylvania German Society : Distributed in the United States ... by Rizzoli International Publications,
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and index.
Contents
Moses Dissinger : evangelist and patriot / by Thomas R. Brendle -- Parre Schtories : anecdotes / collected by Albert F. Buffington -- Life of Henry Harbaugh / by Linn Harbaugh -- Journey to Pennsylvania / by Gottlieb Mittelberger -- The journal and letters of Johannes Kelpius -- Chronicon Ephratense : the journal of Ephrata Brother Ezechiel Sangmeister -- The music of the Ephrata Clister / by Conrad Beissel -- Mystical sayings of Beissel, 1730 -- Life's description / by Ezechiel Sangmeister -- The red hills / by Cornielius Weygandt -- Christmas in Pennsylvania : a folk-cultural study / by Alfred L. Shoemaker -- The Moravian Christmas -- The long hidden friend / by John Hohman -- Pennsylvania German folk medicine / edited by Thomas R. Brendle -- Beliefs and superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans / edited by Edwin M. Fogel --
Pennsylvania German folk art / by John J. Stoudt -- Folk art of rural Pennsylvania / by Frances Lichten -- The legends of Mountain Mary -- The tale of Regina Hartman -- Poems from Life of the Reverend Henry Harbaugh / by Linn Harbaugh and from Harbaugh's Harfe / edited by B. Bausman -- Rachel Bahn : "The Pennsylvania German poetess" -- Excerpts from Pennsylvania German folk tales, legends, once-upon-a-time stories, maxims and sayings / by Thomas Brendle and William Troxell.