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Philadelphia Seminary : Special tercentenary issue! Sharing the public and private witness of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16494
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
922.4 M952p
Alternate Title
The magazine of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
The Seminary ;
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
28 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, - 1711-1787.
Lutheran Church - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.4 M952p
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The language and culture of the Pennsylvania Germans : a Festschrift for Earl C. Haag

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19160
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
325.243 K26
Responsibility
ed. by William D. Keel and C. Richard Beam.
Place of Publication
Topeka, KS
Publisher
Soc. for German-American Studies,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
237 S. : Ill., Notenbeisp.
Series
Yearbook of German-American studies : Supplemental issues ; 3
Notes
Beitr. teilw. dt., teilw. engl.
From the editor -- A Fraktur tribute to Professor Earl C. Haag / Peter V. Fritsch -- A tribute to a friend and fellow scholar / C. Richard Beam -- Ernest Waldo Bechtel (1923-88): the leading Pennsylvania poet of his generation / C. Richard Beam -- The first college course in Pennsylvania German / William W. Donner -- Reverend Howard J. Frey's Pennsylvania German service at Swamps Community Chapel in Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania, Saturday, 29 September 1984 / K.A. "Butch" Reigart -- A letter defining Old Order Mennonite worship in the nineteenth century / Amos B. Hoover -- New directions in a traditional Pennsylvania German healing practice: a twenty-first century powwower / David W. Kriebel -- Language and otherness: popular fiction and the Amish / Karen M. Johnson-Weiner -- An Amish mortuary ritual at the intersection of cultural anthropology and lexicography / Joshua R. Brown -- "Mir schwetze noch die Mudderschprooch!": zur Geschichte und Zukunft des Pennsylvaniadeutschen in den USA / Michael Werner -- Pennsylvania German in Lyndon, Kansas: variation, change, decline / Michael R. DeHaven -- Solving the preacher's dilemma: communication strategies in Old Order Amish sermons / Jörg Meindl -- The comprehensive Pennsylvania German dictionary brings back memories / Jennifer L. Trout -- Kucheheiser: cake and mead shop traditions / Alan G. Keyser -- Der Schtruwwelpitter: Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter, dutchified by Earl C. Haag / Walter Sauer -- An 1857 version of the Schnitzelbank-Song from Basel, Switzerland / William D. Keel -- Revisiting Aunt Hannah: African-American folk humor in nineteenth-century Lancaster County / Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Wortfindungsprobleme im Sprachgebrauch von Minderheitensprechern / Elisabeth Knipf-Komlósi -- Frühes deutsches Stadtbuch, Landgeschichte, Mundarten: Geistig-religiöse Strömungen in Europa vor der Entdeckung Amerikas / Helmut Protze -- Contributors.
On front of front flyleaf: "Compliments of C. Richard Beam, Center for Pennsylvania German Studies, Millersville University.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
German Americans.
German language / Dialects.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pennsylvania Dutch / Folklore.
German language
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvaniadeutsch.
Pennsylvaniadeutsche.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Additional Author
Haag, Earl C.
Keel, William D.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
325.243 K26
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The Echo Valley Art Group : 65th anniversary exhibition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18777
Date of Publication
c2010.
Call Number
709.74815 E18
Responsibility
introduction by Linda Lestz Weidman ; essay and commentaries by Stanley I. Grand.
ISBN
9780978686925
0978686926
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Museum of Art,
Date of Publication
c2010.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., port. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Notes
Catalog of the exhibition held at the Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pa., Apr. 2-May 23, 2010.
Subjects
Art, American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Exhibitions.
Art, American.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Exhibition catalogs.
Additional Author
Weidman, Linda Lestz.
Grand, Stanley I.,
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster Museum of Art (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
709.74815 E18
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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16922
Author
Earnest, Corinne P.
Date of Publication
2012.
Call Number
745 E12
Alternate Title
Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Responsibility
Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.
ISBN
9780911122633
091112263X
Author
Earnest, Corinne P.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
Published by the Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
ix, 302 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
Contents
Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
Subjects
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Earnest, Russell D.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 E12
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Die Pennsylvaanisch Deitsche = The Pennsylvania Germans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17862
Author
Haag, Earl C.
Date of Publication
c2010.
Call Number
430 H111
Alternate Title
Pennsylvania Germans
Responsibility
Earl C. Haag.
ISBN
9780911122114
0911122117
Author
Haag, Earl C.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Penn
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
c2010.
Physical Description
xxii, 328 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; 44
Notes
"Der alt Professer."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.
Summary
"This volume contains 312 'Es Neinuhr Schtick' columns gleaned from The call, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, and The press and herald, Tremont, Pennsylvania"--P. xv.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania German dialect - Texts.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
430 H111
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The trains of our memory : a history of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania 1965-2015

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20628
Author
Osborne, Peter,
Edition
1st edition.
Date of Publication
©2016.
Call Number
385 O81
Alternate Title
History of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania 1965-2015
Responsibility
by Peter Osborne ; foreword by William W. Farkas ; introduction by Kurt R. Bell.
ISBN
9780986030550
0986030554
9780986030543
0986030546
Author
Osborne, Peter,
Edition
1st edition.
Place of Publication
Yardley, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Yardley Press,
Date of Publication
©2016.
Physical Description
604 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name)
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Railroad - Pictorial works.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad museums - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Farkas, William W.,
Bell, Kurt R.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 O81
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A history of Salem Lutheran Church with people and places of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, 1823-2018

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22343
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Date of Publication
©2018.
Call Number
284.1 P294
Responsibility
by Joan Habecker Patches.
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Place of Publication
Brownstown, ,:Pa
Publisher
Steffy Printing, Inc.,
Date of Publication
©2018.
Physical Description
138 pages: photographs ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliography.
Contents
Contains various documents pertaining to the founding and administration of the church ; names on the Honor Roll, lists of pastors, and errata sheet.
Subjects
Salem Lutheran Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Salem Church (Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Salem Reformed Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwkick (Lancaster County: Township)
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township)
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Lutherans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 P294
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"May God have mercy on the deeply affected congregation" : the divisive 1825 language dispute at Lancaster's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18329
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Date of Publication
2013.
  1 website  
Responsibility
James M. Gerhart.
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 56-72.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henry Ernst.
Endress, Christian L. F.
Trinity Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), pp. 56-72Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
Websites
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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19541
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
326 S645
Responsibility
David G. Smith.
ISBN
9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper)
0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Fordham University Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
The North's Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Borderlands - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists.
African Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Borderlands.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Race relations.
Underground Railroad.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S645
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Weathervanes : Three centuries of a Pennsylvania folk art tradition

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20506
Author
Kolar,John.
Date of Publication
©2016.
Call Number
745 K77
Responsibility
by John Kolar and Jennifer Royer.
Author
Kolar,John.
Place of Publication
Trappe, Maryland
Publisher
Eastwind Publishing ,
Date of Publication
©2016.
Physical Description
xiii, 54 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Notes
A companion catalog for the exhibit at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, March through December 31, 2016.
Subjects
Weather vanes - Pennsylvania
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 K77
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