"Clyde was hatched late in the spring the year Ada was eight years old. Ada loved him from the first moment she saw him and watched with increasing fondness as Clyde grew into a fine mallard drake. They became constant companioins in all the many summer joys of Pennsylvania Dutch farm life." [book jacket]
The Mary Brecht Pulver Papers contain papers related to the Brecht and Pulver families. The collection includes letters, newspaper articles, obituaries, and memorabilia. A biography of Mary Brecht Pulver accompanies samples of her poetry and a scrapbook of the work of her sister, Edith Brecht.
Admin/Biographical History
Mary Brecht Pulver, one of five children of Milton J. and Mary M. Wolfe Brecht, was born on 3 March 1882. Milton was an educator. Mary Agnes Brecht married George Winfield Pulver; their son, Gordon Winfield, was born in 1912. Mary Brecht Pulver was a poet and author of short stories.
Mary Brecht Pulver Photograph Collection, 147 Family photographs (MB-01-01-01 to MB-01-05-08)
National publications containing short stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver : and her biography, including a collection of her verse and a listing of her stories (810.54 P983 Oversize)
National publications containing short stories by Mary Brecht Pulver: and her biography, including a collection of her verse and a listing of her stories (810.54 P983s Oversize)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Mary Brecht Pulver Papers (MG0284), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
1997.Sumner
Other Numbers
MG-284
Classification
MG0284
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared 2012. Added to database 7 November 2017.
A Pennsylvania Amish boy wonders if the fox raised on his farm misses other foxes and gets his answer when the animal leaves long enough to have a litter.
Elizabeth Peale's photo album before her marriage to Paul Ryder. Photo Album #3, page 14, four pictures of varying sizes: (1) Horse with rider wading into creek or pond on farm (2) A group of young women sitting on a bank. They are: Jean, Luella, Mabel, Edith B., Edith Brecht, Almy, Helen, and Olga (3) A young lady on horseback in front of a brick bark. "Bert's First Ride." (4) M.S.N.S. 1912, Ruth Hull and Elizabeth Peale "Just Large Enough for two."
