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A study of two distinct periods of Ephrata Cloister history

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Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Date of Publication
1951
StudyofTwo Distinct Periods Perio Ephrata (.,Coiner BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE I. Mills of the Cloister The Ephrata Cloisters owed its founding, if not its raison d'etre to Johann Conrad Beissel, who was born in April, 1690, at Eberbach in the German Palatinate. Beissel's father was an intemperate
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by Jack Ward Willson Loose.
Author
Loose, John Ward Willson.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[145]-[179] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 6
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Miller, Johann Peter.
Eckerling family.
Ephrata Cloister.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Printing - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Mysticism - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 6 (1951), p. 145-179Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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"Pencillings about Ephrata, by a visitor" and the Ephrata Mountain Springs

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Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
JHSCV v. 23 1998
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Introduction by Clarence Edwin Spohn.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
xx, 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel (Ephrata, Pa.)
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Spohn, Clarence Edwin.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
JHSCV v. 23 1998
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author
Wright, F. Edward.
Date of Publication
1994
Call Number
310.3 W949
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F. Edward Wright
Author
Wright, F. Edward.
Place of Publication
Westminster, MD
Publisher
Family Line Publications
Date of Publication
1994
Physical Description
5 v. 21 cm.
Contents
Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).
Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)
Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.)
Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.
Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]
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Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)
White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.)
East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.)
Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)
First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.)
Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.)
Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.)
Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.
St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]
Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]
Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.3 W949
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Record of Mt. Zion Cemetery of the Ephrata Community

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Author
Schmoyer, Melville B.
Call Number
905.29 NG v.27-29
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by Melville B. Schmoyer.
Author
Schmoyer, Melville B.
Physical Description
p.60-63.
Notes
In: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v.24, no.2 (June 1941)
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Mt. Zion Cemetery (Ephrata, Pa.)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Ephrata.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 NG v.27-29
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Historical archaeology at Ephrata Cloister : A report on ... investigations

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Author
Warfel, Stephen G.
Date of Publication
1993
Call Number
286.3 W274
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by Stephen G. Warfel.
Author
Warfel, Stephen G.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1993
Physical Description
v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Notes
Each edition contains the year of the investigations that the edition covers; for example : A report of 1994 investigations.
Library has: 1993-1999, 2002-3
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Excavations (Archaeology) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Archaeology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Ephrata (Pa.) - Antiquities.
Ephrata (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 W274
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History of Ephrata Pa., and its cloister : Recorded disposal of 255 acre plots

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Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Call Number
974.815 EPHB H468h
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by Milton H. Heinicke.
Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Place of Publication
Typescript
Physical Description
1,17 p. : hand-drawn maps. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.815 EPHB H468h
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The art and artists of the Ephrata Cloister

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Author
Duck, Dorothy Hampton.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.97
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by Dorothy Hampton Duck.
Author
Duck, Dorothy Hampton.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
[134] - 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.97, no.4
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Christian art and symbolism - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.97
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The original "Turtle Taube" of the Ephrata Cloisters

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1927
THE ORIGINAL "TURTLE TAUBE" OF THE EPHRATA CLOISTERS The original manuscript of the "Turtle Taube" one of the most treasured documents in the world, written by the brethren in the Ephrata Cloisters more than a century and a half ago, has been turned over to the Congressional Library in Washington
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by Henry Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
67 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 5
Notes
Original manuscript entitled "Turtle Taube."
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Ephrata Cloister.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 5 (1927), p. 67Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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The Ephrata story

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Author
Franck, Ira Stoner,
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
286.3 F822
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by Ira S. Franck. Illustrations by James Keller.
Author
Franck, Ira Stoner,
Place of Publication
[n.p.]
Publisher
Hocking printing co, inc.,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
26, [4] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 F822
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The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers

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Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Date of Publication
1899-1900.
Call Number
974.802814 S121
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by Julius Friedrich Sachse.
Author
Sachse, Julius Friedrich,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for the author,
Date of Publication
1899-1900.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes
LCHS has no. 326.
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. 1708-1742 -- I. Ephrata of the present day -- II. Beyond the Cocalico -- III. Advent of the Palatines -- IV. German pilgrims -- V. The Weaver's apprentice -- VI. The Labadists on the Bohemia Manor -- VII. The hut in the forest -- VIII. The German Baptist Brethren -- IX. The New Dunkers on the Conestoga -- X. The Cradle of German literature -- XI. Alexander Mack -- XII. Koch-Halekung, the serpent's den -- XIII. A retrospect -- XIV. A eventful year -- XV. The awakening of the Tulpehoken -- XVI. Kedar -- XVII. Jacob's Kampff und Ritter-platz -- XVIII. The monastery on the Wissahickon -- XIX. Unitas Fratrum -- XX. The habits of the orders -- XXI. Roster of the celibates -- XXII. The Weyrauchs Hugel -- XXIII. The Zionitic Brotherhood -- XXIV. The Amwell Dunkers -- XXV. The house of prayer -- XXVI. Peniel -- XXVII. A celestial visit -- XXVIII. The Skippack Brethren -- XXIX. The Pennsylvania Synods -- XXX. The order of the mustard seed -- XXXI. Hebron -- XXXII. Saron -- XXXIII. Bethania.
v.2. 1742-1800 -- I. Christopher Sauer and his German Bible -- II. Magister Johannes Hildebrand -- III. The great comet of 1743 -- IV. The pilgrimage to New England -- V. Industrial feature of the community -- VI. The music of the Cloister -- VII. The mystic of the Cocalico -- VIII. The rule of the Sisterhood -- IX. The Eckerlins -- X. The Ephrata Press -- XI. The Nantmel revival -- XII. The Gimsheim revival -- XIII. Conrad Weiser -- XIV. Educational departments -- XV. The visit of Israel Acrelius -- XVI. The Valleys of Virginia -- XVII. Snow Hill -- XVIII. Exoricism of fire -- XIX. Friedsam Gottrecht -- XX. Prior Jaebez -- XXI. Issues of the Kloster Press -- The Ephrata register (burial record)
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Church of the Brethren.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
German Americans - Pennsylvania.
Printing - Pennsylvania
Ephrata (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802814 S121
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