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Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Object ID
2016.004.1
Date Range
2010
Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Description
On front, James Buchanan written along the top above a heatshot engraving of James Buchanan. Beneath the portrait, "IN GOD WE TRUST/15th President/1857-1861". On back, Statue of Liberty, showing top half only. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" written alongside the outer edge of the back of the coin. Underneath arm holding torch is "$1". "DE" inscribed in tiny letters on the cover of the book the Statue of Liberty is holding. Copper colored edges. "E PLURIBUS UNUM" inscribed on edge. "2010 P" and 13 stars also inscribed on the edge.
Date Range
2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 05
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Coins
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Diameter (in)
1
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-05-11
Object ID
2016.004.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2016.004
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Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Object ID
2016.004.2
Date Range
2010
Collection
Currency Collection
Title
Commemorative coin
Description
On front, James Buchanan written along the top above a heatshot engraving of James Buchanan. Beneath the portrait, "IN GOD WE TRUST/15th President/1857-1861". On back, Statue of Liberty, zoomed in to show only the top half of the statue."UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" written alongside the outer edge of the back of the coin. Underneath the arm holding the torch is "$1". "DE" inscribed in tiny letters on the cover of the book the Statue of Liberty is holding. Copper colored edges. "E PLURIBUS UNUM" inscribed on edge. "2010 P" and 13 stars also inscribed on the edge.
Date Range
2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
North Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 05
Storage Drawer
Drawer 20
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Coins
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Coin, Commemorative
Diameter (in)
1
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-05-11
Object ID
2016.004.2
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2016.004
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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 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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Pastors & patriots : the Muhlenberg family of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17231
Author
Minardi, Lisa,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v. 45, no. 1
Alternate Title
Pastors and patriots
Responsibility
by Lisa Minardi.
ISBN
9781889136233
1889136239
Author
Minardi, Lisa,
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Penn
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
xii, 95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.), genealogical table ; 28 cm.
Notes
"This catalogue is a special edition of Der Reggeboge, journal of the Pennsylvania German Society, volume 45, 2011, number 1."
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, honoring the 300th anniversary of the birth of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-94).
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, - 1711-1787 - Exhibitions.
Muhlenberg family.
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College - Catalogs.
German Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Antiquities.
Additional Corporate Author
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v. 45, no. 1
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Pennsylvania Dutch folk spirituality

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19568
Date of Publication
2014, ©1993.
Call Number
305.687 p415 2014
Responsibility
[edited by] Richard E. Wentz.
ISBN
9780692260425
0692260420
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
2014, ©1993.
Physical Description
xiv, 314 pages : port. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Originally published: New York : Paulist Press, c1993.
"48"--Spine.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) 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.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch - Sources.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Sources.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Sources.
Pennsylvania - Religious life and customs - Sources.
Additional Author
Wentz, Richard E.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
305.687 p415 2014
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