Fraktur are colorful documents made by Pennsylvania Germans who lived in rural parts of southeastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding region during the 1700s and 1800s. Most fraktur are personal records, such as birth and baptismal certificates.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-65) and index.
Contents
Contents 1. Historical and cultural context. The Pennsylvania German fraktur tradition Pennsylvania German settlement in the York county area Chronology York county-area fraktur Patterns Ltheran and German reformed religion Antecedents and symbolism Recognition of York county-area fraktur 2. Taufscheine as artifacts. Characteristics Content Makers Uses by the Pennsylvania Germans Contemporary uses Preservation. 3. Taufscheine as art. Artists Painters
Issued as: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v.32, 2007.
Includes bibliographic notes (p.73)
Indexed.
Summary
This issue features an illustrated sampling of Pennsylvania German printed family registers, many of which relate to families who resided in the Cocalico Valley.
Gilbert family history : the story of John Gilbert who emigrated in 1682 from Cornwall, England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants : including the Walton and Rakestraw families, and an account of the Indian captivity of the family of Benjamin Gilbert and Elizabeth Walton
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 35
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"A catalog to accompany an exhibit of privy bags by the Society in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The exhibit will run from No[v]ember 21, 2009, until May 15, 2010."
Summary
The introduction provides background on the history and use of the bags, which were designed to hold the scrap paper earmarked for privy use. Often highly decorative, privy bags came into being in rural Lancaster Co., Pa., in the early decades of the 1800's and continued to be used during the era of the outhouse.
Folk art and foodways of the Pennsylvania Dutch : a collection of paintings, food lore, and seasonal recipes from the Allemaengel in northern Berks County
Pennsylvania Germans: a Surprising People--Paper Trail--Of Cloth and Leather--Of Wood Made--Pottery, Glass, and Chalk, Too--From Iron to Gold, to German Silver--Paintings, Fine and Folk.
Summary
"Folk art and quilts are here, but so is the work of Precisionist painter Charles Demuth and Abstract Expressionist painter Franz Kline. Objects range from needlework, pottery, furniture, and glass to paper, paintings, and metals--including gold and silver! Here is a very personal and extensive historical text illustrated with the works of traditionalists, revivalists, and the avant garde displayed in over 350 color photographs. Pennsylvania German Arts has been written to be both informative and fun to read and is designed to showcase distinctive works of great beauty." [from Amazon.com]
The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the twelfth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Two day unreserved public auction of antique reference books, Pennsylania history, early imprints, early photographs, 18th & 19th century manuscripts, ephemera, fraktur, folk art, art & prints...piecrimper collection of the late Jacob M. Borry of Ephrata, Pa.; primitives, pottery, English China (Late Adams, transfer decorated, gaudy ironstone, gaudy Welsh, gaudy Dutch, Lustre, Mocha, spatter, pearlware, etc.) inkwells, glassware (Stiegel-type, blown, marbles, lamps, bottles, etc.), textiles, & furniture from the collections of the late Jacob M. Borry of Ephrata, Lancaster Co, Penna. Margaret K. Osburn, formerly of Lancater Co, Penna. and others : [to be held] Friday, May 30, 2008, and Saturday, May 31, 2008
