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The Conestoga Wagon : a Pennsylvania German product

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Author
Frey, Howard C.,
Date of Publication
1947
The Conestoga Wagon A Pennsylvania German Product By H. C. FREY T HE Conestoga wagon was unquestionably a Pennsylvania German product. Lancaster county gets the credit for its origin. Many claimants say that it was modeled after the old English covered wagon. Might not the old English covered wagon
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by H. C. Frey.
Author
Frey, Howard C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[61]-[92] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 3
Subjects
Blacksmithing.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Carriages and carts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Ironwork.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 3 (1947), p. 61-92Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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The domestic life and characteristics of the Pennsylvania-German pioneer : a narrative and critical history ; prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania-German Society

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Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Date of Publication
1900.
Call Number
390 S299
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by F.J.F. Schantz.
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
[New Era Printing Co.],
Date of Publication
1900.
Physical Description
95 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Also found in Pennsylvania German Society, v.10.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
390 S299
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Pennsylvania German fraktur and printed broadsides : a guide to the collections in the Library of Congress

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Corporate Author
Library of Congress.
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
740 P415L
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Responsibility
compiled by Paul Conner [sic] & Jill Roberts for the American Folklife Center ; introduction by Don Yoder.
ISBN
0844406007
Corporate Author
Library of Congress.
Place of Publication
Washington
Publisher
Library of Congresss : For sale by the American Folklife Center,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Series
Publications of the American Folklife Center ;
Notes
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 46-47.
Subjects
Library of Congress - Catalogs.
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch
Broadsides - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Additional Author
Connor, Paul.
Roberts, Jill.
Additional Corporate Author
American Folklife Center.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 P415L
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The printed birth and baptismal certificates of the German Americans

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Author
Stopp, Klaus.
Date of Publication
c1997-
Call Number
740 S883
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BBCs
Responsibility
by Klaus Stopp.
ISBN
3000008330 (v. 1)
3000013571 (v. 2)
Author
Stopp, Klaus.
Place of Publication
Mainz, Germany ; East Berlin, PA : East Berlin, PA (P.O. Box 1007, East Berlin 17316)
Publisher
K. Stopp ; Available from Russell D. Earnest Associates,
Date of Publication
c1997-
Physical Description
v. <1-2 > : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. General part: forms anonymously published, Pennsylvania, Allentown, Bath -- v. 2. Pennsylvania: Carlisle-Hanover -- v.3. Pennsylvania: Harrisburg-Philadelphia
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Baptismal certificates - Pennsylvania
Birth certificates - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 S883
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The Pennsylvania Dutch : craftsmen and farmers

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Author
Costabel, Eva Deutsch.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
813.53 C837
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written and illustrated by Eva Deutsch Costabel.
ISBN
0689312814 :
9780689312816
Author
Costabel, Eva Deutsch.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Atheneum,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
48 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Summary
Describes the crafts of Pennsylvania Dutch living in a rural atmosphere. Includes making quilts, pottery, and tin and tole ware. "Eva Costabel introduces the reader to the life of a typical Pennsylvania Dutch farming family of the colony and to the many crafts produced by the German settlers htere, including quilting, pottery-making, tombstone-carving, woodworking, calligraphy, glass-blowing, and gunsmithing, among others. Her full-color drawings, reflecting the style of the Pennsylvania Dutch, illustrate their many contributions to American life, art, and crafts." [dust jacket]
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile literature.
Handicraft - Pennsylvania - Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Handicraft - Pennsylvania.
Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - Juvenile literature.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
813.53 C837
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The English Pennsylvania Dutch dictionary : a glossary of English words and expressions with their Pennsylvania Dutch equivalents : together with an illustrated compilation of many unique and fascinating facets of the wonderful Pennsylvania Dutch people and their historical background, including their culture and customs, arts and crafts, folklore and folkways

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Author
Snader, Howard,
Date of Publication
c1965.
Call Number
437 S669
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by Howard Snader [and Ann Hark].
Author
Snader, Howard,
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Culinary Arts Press,
Date of Publication
c1965.
Physical Description
96, [4] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Parts of this book were originally published as a Glossary of Pennsylvania Dutch words, c1949, and by House & garden magazine, June 1941"--P. [4].
Subjects
English language - Dictionaries
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Additional Author
Hark, Ann.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437 S669
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Quaint idioms and expressions of the Pennsylvania-Germans; a collection of curious phrases and terms employed by groups of Americans numbering into the millions, that truly flavor their English

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Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Revised Edition.
Date of Publication
1939.
Call Number
437.9748 A927 Rev
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Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Revised Edition.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Privately printed : The Aurand press,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
32 pages 22 cm
Subjects
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Pennsylvania German dialect - Glossaries, vacabularies, etc.
English language - Pennsylvania - Glossaries, vacabularies, etc.
English language - Pennsylvania - Humor.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch - Humor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 A927 Rev
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Quaint idioms and expressions of the Pennsylvania-Germans : a collection of curious phrases and terms employed by groups of Americans numbering into the millions, that truly flavor their English

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Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
6th printing.
Date of Publication
c1939.
Call Number
437.9748 A927 6th
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Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
6th printing.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Privately Printed : the Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
c1939.
Physical Description
32 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Title says 6th Edition.
Subjects
Pennsylvania German dialect
Pennsylvania German dialect - Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
English language - Pennsylvania - Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
English language - Pennsylvania - Humor.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Humor.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 A927 6th
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Discovering American folklife : essays on folk culture and the Pennsylvania Dutch

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Author
Yoder, Don.
Edition
1st Stackpole Books ed.
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
306.40973 Y54
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Alternate Title
American folklife
Responsibility
by Don Yoder ; with a foreword by Henry Glassie.
ISBN
0811727432 (pbk.)
Author
Yoder, Don.
Edition
1st Stackpole Books ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Stackpole Books,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
xiii, 314 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-302] and index.
Summary
The essays cover folk religion, folk medicine, sectarian costume, traditional cookery, and the folklife of the Pennsylvania Dutch, specifically Harvest Home, witch tales, Fraktur, and sauerkraut for New Year.
Subjects
Material culture - United States.
Folklore - United States.
Pennsylvania Dutch
United States - Social life and customs.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.40973 Y54
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Farming and folk society : threshing among the Pennsylvania Germans

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Author
Borie, Beauveau,
Date of Publication
c1986.
Call Number
631.56 B734
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Responsibility
by Beauveau Borie IV ; foreword by Don Yoder edited by Gregory Sharrow.
ISBN
0835716775 (alk. paper)
Author
Borie, Beauveau,
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, Mich
Publisher
UMI Research Press,
Date of Publication
c1986.
Physical Description
xvi, 139 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
American material culture and folklife
Notes
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [111]-136.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Threshing - Pennsylvania.
Farm life - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Sharrow, Gregory.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
631.56 B734
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