Vol. 2: with an index by Robert & Catherine Barnes; vol. 3: with an index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
Includes indexes.
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Contents
v.1: Birth and baptismal register of Trinity Lutheran Church Lancaster, Pa;Birth and baptismal register fo the First Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA; Kirchen-Matricul: Der Evengelisch Lutherischen Gemeinde in New Providenz, Pennsylvania; Records of St. Michaelis and Zion Congregation (German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Philadelphia): v. 2: Church register of the United Reformed and Lutheran Church in Hopewell Township, York County Pa; Records of the Williams Township Congregation (Saucon, Northampton County, Pa.); Records of baptisms, catechumens, confirmations, marriages, and deaths at the Lutheran Church in New Hanover, Montgomery County, Penna; Guide to the Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem, Pa: v. 3: Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge; Church records of the Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Congregation, Upper Salford Township, Morgomery County, Pa; Church record of the Great Swamp Reformed Congregation, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa.; History of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pa.
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.
Penn State University Press for the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
xviii, 367 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; v. 39. Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 6
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Song and ballad broadsides -- The broadside and customs of the year -- Political and military broadsides -- Medical broadsides -- Sale bills, advertisements, and bookplates -- Dialect broadsides and community events -- Religious broadsides -- House-blessings and heaven-letters -- The broadside and the rites of passage -- Prints : the picture world of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Summary
"Fifteenth-century Germany was the birthplace of movable type and of one of its powerful consequences, the broadside. These mass-produced printed sheets allowed both the Renaissance and the Reformation to spread with previously unimaginable speed, and when German immigrants made their way to North America, the cultural significance of the broadside followed.The author defines a broadside as any piece of paper printed on one side that is intended to be given away or sold. Where some experts have narrowed the definition of the broadside to focus primarily on song and ballad broadsides, Professor Yoder’s definition encompasses a much wider range of material. In this more comprehensive approach to the medium, not only “street literature†but also such documents as elegies, spiritual testaments, and certificates of birth, baptism, confirmation, and marriage are all considered legitimate broadsides that tie the individual to the culture of the community. After tracing the migration of the broadside from Germany to America, the author dedicates each of ten chapters to a specific broadside subject." [publisher's comments]
