Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-193).
Contents
Chimneys and towers : Charles Demuth's late paintings of Lancaster / Betsy Fahlman -- Across the final surface : observations on Charles Demuth's painting materials and working methods in his late industrial oil paintings / Claire Barry.
In: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v.76 (December 1988), pgs 289-301
Summary
Abstract: The study of disease and causes of death yields important findings for the genealogist. Death certificates (limited in number prior to the twentieth century) contain useful information for identifying ancestors; the mortality schedules of several ninetennth-century federal censuses provide the month and cause of death; and church registers, within some denominations, yield some information on deaths of members. However, having a knowledge of the meanings of the various medical terms used in these records is also of interest to genealogical researchers. Information obtained in this manner not only better informs them about their forebears but also could lead to the detection of a familial or inherited disease in specific families. To help the genealogist in the study of medically oriented records, this article treats three areas. First, a brief history of medicine and the medical profession during the nineteenth century is presented, including a discussion of the most-prevalent disease state-fever. Next, the mortality schedules are discussed-including their history, their location, and the information they contain. Finally, there is offered a glossary of medical terms from the past century which genealogists will most frequently encounter.
Issued in cooperation with the Northumberland County Historical Society.
Bibliography: p. 351.
Contents
Allummapees, king of the Delaware--Indian tribes of Shamokin--The Himmel church--Chillicothe (Chillisquaque) chief town of the Shawnee --The Moravians at Shamokin--Land grants to officers Pontiac War--The Shamokin indian traders--Spread eagle manor--The march of the Augusta regment--The committee of safety of Northumberland County--The palatine migration, Schoharie to Tulpehocken--Shikellamy--The construction of Fort Augusta--General John Bull--Alexander McKee, our most noted Tory--McKee's big island--New light on the battle of Fort Freeland--Indan incursions in old Northumberland County-- Our Lancaster triangle--Captain Hambright of the Augusta regiment--The captivity of the Fort Freeland prisoners of war--Peter Pence, avenger of Indian atrocities.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 142, no. 3
Summary
Abstract: Sophisticated mid-twentieth-century food critics --those who ate where Chinese Americans ate and ordered the dishes Chinese Americans ordered-- wrote disparagingly of the chop suey that middle America adored. In the half century that followed, the story goes, white American taste slowly caught up with the critics. This paper changes the familiar story arc by beginning in the early twentieth century, an era of virulent anti-Chinese prejudice, when white Americans first took note of Chinese dishes and looked beyond their image as reviled immigrant food. Laundrymen exchanged their ironing boards for woks and opened Chinese American restaurants in cities and towns across the commonwealth, servindg real Chinese food adapted to white American tastes. Pennsylvanians loved the food, but they were reluctant to patronize establishments they perceived to be dens of vice. Chinese Americans launched a systematic, coordinated effort to overcome the racist stereotypes. Despite their best efforts, few restaurateurs were successful. Chop suey eventually took its place on Pennsylvania tables, but it did so in the form of a deracilized concoction sold in the canned food aisle of grocery stores.
