The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE  19735

302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Shelley, Donald A.                                        

Title:               Donald A. Shelley research papers on fraktur and other papers

Dates:             ca.1934-circa 2000

Call No.:         Col. 818

Acc. No.:        07x151; 10x109; 12x15; 16x18

Quantity:        39 boxes, 17 volumes

Location:        11 E 1-5

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Donald A. Shelley was a noted expert on Pennsylvania German fraktur.  He was born in York, Pennsylvania, on July 11, 1911, and was descended from Pennsylvania Germans.  He received degrees from Pennsylvania State College (B.A.), Harvard University (M.A.), and New York University (Ph.D.).  He also studied at the Universities of London and Paris and traveled in Germany to research the European antecedents of Pennsylvania German folk art. 

 

He held positions in various museums, including the Reading (Penn.) Public Museum and Art Gallery, the Chrysler-Garbisch Collection of American Folk Art, the New-York Historical Society, the Children’s Museum of Queens (N.Y.), and was executive director of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.  He also served as acting director of the Historical Society of York County from 1978-1980.  He lectured widely and wrote numerous books and articles on American painting and decorative arts.  His book The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans, published in 1961 by the Pennsylvania German Society, is still considered the definitive work on the subject.  Dr. Shelley died in Oley, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 2006.  He was survived by his widow, Esther, and their two children.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Collection pertains to the career of Donald Shelley.  Of particular interest are the results of his research into and writing about Pennsylvania German frakturs.  This includes photographs of frakturs from many different collections, drafts of his dissertation on Pennsylvania German illumination written for New York University, galley proofs of the Pennsylvania German Society publication The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans, books from Germany about German folk art, some research notes, a bibliography compiled while doing research, lists of fraktur illuminators and printers, and some correspondence.

 

Later additions to the papers gives insight into Shelley’s career and his interests outside of fraktur.  Included is correspondence, lists of lectures given in the late 1940s-early 1950s, a very few publications by him, plus papers by others, photographs and slides, some information about American art and decorative arts, and research notes on John J. Audubon and Lewis Miller.  Correspondents include some of the noted collectors of the 20th century, such as Henry Francis du Pont, Titus Geesey, and Edgar and Bernice Garbisch.  Correspondence with dealers often included photographs of items for sale. 

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The papers are in three series.  Series I contains the fraktur research papers, most of which were assembled for Shelley’s dissertation and book on this topic.  Many of these papers were in notebooks, most of which were numbered, and that order has been maintained. 

 

Series II contains later additions to the Shelley papers.  These include correspondence and research notes accumulated for topics other than fraktur.  Most correspondence is filed chronologically.  Some correspondence has been filed by name.  Correspondence with dealers which included photographs is filed under Dealers.  However, correspondence with dealers which did not include photographs is in the chronological files.  (This difference in treatment reflects the way the papers were received at this repository.)

 

Series III includes photographs and books, many pertaining to fraktur or German folk art.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English, German, and French.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

All accessions are gifts of Esther L. (Mrs. Donald A.) Shelley.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            People:

                        Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969.

                        Miller, Lewis, 1796-1882.

                        Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.

 

Topics:

            Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

            Antique dealers.

            Antiques – Photographs.

Fraktur art.

            Folk art – Germany.

Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch.

            Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.

            Museums - Exhibitions.

            Museum curators.

            College students.

           

 


SELECTED IMAGES FROM THE COLLECTION

 

 

 

Fig. 45.  Mennonite School, Testament, title page, ca. 1790.  (American Antiquarian Society)

 

 

 

 

Fig. 54.  Small design in paper-bound frame (Winterthur Museum)

 

Fig. 113.  Great lily of Ephrata, ABC Book, 1750 (as pictured in John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania Folk Art, p. 141)

 

 

Fig. 114. Lily designs, ABC Book, 1750 (as pictured in Stoudt, Pennsylvania Folk Art, p. 140)

 

Fig. 115-116.  ABC Book, 1750.  (as pictured in John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania Folk Art, p. 142)

 

 

Fig. 117.  ABC Book (as pictured in John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania Folk Art, p. 150)

 

 

 

Fig. 118.  ABC Book (as pictured in John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania Folk Art, p. 151)

 

 

Fig. 121.  Detail from Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel, 1754 (American Antiquarian Society)

 

 

Fig. 122.  Title page of Ephrata Choral Book, 1754.  (as pictured in John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania Folk Art, p. 169)

 

 

Fig. 133.  Christopher Dock, Vorschrift.  (from Martin G. Brumbaugh, The Life and Works of Christopher Dock, opposite p. 249)

 

 

Fig. 141.  Mennonite Vorschrift, 1856 (from American-German Review, June 1943, p. 33)

 

 

Fig. 241.  Certificate, early block-printed form.  (Winterthur Museum)


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 11 E 1-5

 

 

Series I: Fraktur research papers (acc. 07x151)

 

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1:          notebook: Printed Fraktur I (LL1)

 

Folder 2:          notebook: Printed Fraktur II (LL2)

 

Folder 3:          notebook: Printed Fraktur III (LL3)

 

Folder 4:          notebook: Printed Fraktur IV (LL4)

 

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1:          notebook: unlabeled [but manuscript frakturs] (LL5)

 

Folders 2-3:     notebook: Shelley III  [printed and manuscript frakturs] (LL6)

 

Folders 4-5:     notebook: unlabeled [portraits, fraktur, calligraphy drawings, paper cuts] (LL7)

 

 

Box 3:

 

Folders 1-2:     notebook: Books, book markers (LL8)

 

Folders 3-4:     notebook: Shelley II (list of fraktur illuminators and printers, bibliography about European antecedents of Pennsylvania German folk art, European sources of fraktur [with photos], Pennsylvania fraktur types and techniques [with photos] (LL9)

 

Folders 5-6:     notebook: Certificates (LL10)

 

 

Box 4:

 

Folder 1:          notebook: Certificates II (LL11)

 

Folders 2-3:     notebook: European (fraktur, rooms, textiles, furniture, buildings)

 

Folder 4:          Fraktur and European antecedents

 

Folder 5:          “The Pennsylvania German Illuminated Style,” 1947 [dissertation draft]: outline and notes

 

 

Box 5:

 

Folders 1-2:     “The Pennsylvania German Illuminated Style,” 1949 [dissertation draft], with notes         

 

Folders 3-4:     “The Pennsylvania German Illuminated Style,” 1947 [dissertation draft]: outline and notes

 

Folders 5-6:     notebook: XII: Illustrations [for dissertation] (continued in next box)

 

 

Box 6:

 

Folder 1:          notebook: XII: Illustrations [for dissertation] (continued from previous box)          

 

Folder 2:          “The Pennsylvania German Style of Illumination,” 1953 abridgment

 

Folder 3:          “The Pennsylvania German Illuminated Style” – additional material

 

Folder 4:          Bibliography

 

Folder 5:          Fraktur collections

 

Folder 6:          Notes for article on fraktur

 

Folder 7:          “Illuminated Birth Certificates,” article by Shelley in New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, v. 29, no. 2 (April 1945)

 

Folder 8:          “Fraktur and Pen Drawings,” typescript of article by Donald A. Shelley

 

Folder 9:          “Fraktur,” anonymous article from American Artist, May 1960

 

Folder 10:        reproductions of frakturs (note cards, post card)

 

Folder 11:        mailing list – additions to

 

 

 

Box 7:

 

Folders 1-2:     photos and negatives of fraktur [see also Box 12]

 

Folder 3:          notes for dissertation or book

 

Folder 4:          Correspondence about publishing dissertation

 

Folders 5-7:     The Fraktur-Writings …: galley proofs

 

 

Box 8:

 

Folders 1-2:     The Fraktur-Writings …: galley proofs

 

Folder 3:          The Fraktur-Writings …: galley proofs and other notes

 

Folders 4-5:     The Fraktur-Writings …: galley proofs

 

Folder 6:          The Fraktur-Writings …: galley proofs for index

 

Folder 7:          The Fraktur-Writings …: typesetter’s guide

 

Folder 8:          Connecticut furniture: photos, with letters from Wadsworth Atheneum, but not from Dr. Shelley

 

Folder 9:          Pennsylvania furniture: articles and photos

 

 


Series II: other files (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Box 9:             miscellaneous notes kept in memo pads

                        [see also Miscellaneous notes and Notes: Miscellaneous]

 

 

Box 10:

 

Folder 1:          Amsler, Cory M.: “New York German Chests” [thesis] (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 2:          Architectural drawings and maps (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 3:          Art classes: notes (acc. 16x18)

 

Folders 4-5:     Art history notebook (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 6:          Art history tests (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 7:          Art notes: class notes kept by Donald A. Shelley and Philip A. Shelley, circa 1930 (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 8:          Articles and book reviews by Shelley (acc. 12x15)

 

 

Box 11:

 

Folder 1:          Audubon, John James, and Audubon House (“Mill Grove”) (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 2:          Belknap, Rey H. and Waldron P.: correspondence (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 3:          Bird, George Owen: “The W. H. Marshall and L. S. Marshall Collection of China Trade Porcelain,” 1980 (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 4:          Brix, Anna-Maria: letter, bill, fabric samples (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Corning Museum of Glass: lecture, “Origins of American Glass” (acc. 12x15)

                                    [see slides in Series III, Box 36]

 

Folders 6-9:     Correspondence, 1934-1950 (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

 

Box 12:

 

Folders 1-7:     Correspondence, 1951-1966 (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

 

Box 13:

 

Folders 1-4:     Correspondence, 1967-1992 (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Correspondence, no year, and blank note cards (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 6:          Decorative arts: class notes (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 7:          Dealers: Abraham, George, and May, Gilber (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 8:          Dealers: Bacon, Roger (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 9:          Dealers: Burkhardt, Robert (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 10:        Dealers: Byard, John Kenneth (The Silvermine Tavern) (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 11:        Dealers: C.W. Lyon, Inc. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 12:        Dealers: Craighead, Magruder (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 13:        Dealers: David Stockwell, Inc. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 14:        Dealers: Doan, Richard (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 15:        Dealers: Garth’s Auction Barn (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 16:        Dealers: Ginsberg & Levy  (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 17:        Dealers: Gordon, John  (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 18:        Dealers: H. & R. Sandor, Inc. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 19:        Dealers: Herbert Schiffer Antiques (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 20:        Dealers: Hirschl & Adler (acc. 16x18)

 

 

Box 14:

 

Folders 1-2:     Dealers: Israel Sack, Inc. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 3:          Dealers: Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 4:          Dealers: John Levy Galleries (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Dealers: John S. Walton, Inc. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 6:          Dealers: The Old Print Shop, Inc. (New York) (acc. 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 7:          Dealers: Sittig, Charlotte and Edgar (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 8:          Dealers: Stark, Leon F. S. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 9:          Dealers: Tillou Gallery (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 10:        Dealers: Vose Galleries (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 11:        Dealers: Williams, Thomas D. and Constance R. (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 12:        Downs, Joseph: information about and photograph with Donald Shelley (acc. 10x109 and 12x15)

 

Folder 13:        du Pont, Henry Francis: correspondence, 1942-1961, and notes  (acc.12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 14:        Dürer: notes (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 15:        Earl, Ralph: talks on him, 1940, 1941 (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 16:        Folk arts (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 17:        Furniture and interiors: New York University Decoration 53, Nov. 1934 (acc. 16x18)

 

 

Box 15:

 

Folder 1:          Garbisch, Edgar W. and Bernice: correspondence and pay stubs, 1949-1954, and notes  (acc.12x15; 16x18; pay stubs: acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 2:          Geesey, Titus C.: paper about his collections, and correspondence, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1969 (acc. 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 3:          Havell, Harry: correspondence, 1950-1952 [mostly about exhibit on Robert Havell at Reading Public Museum] (acc. 12x15; 16x18)

 

Folder 4:          Heffner, C. M.: correspondence, 1947-1953 (acc. 12x15)

                        [note: additional correspondence with Heffner might be in general correspondence file; any letters found there may be transferred to this folder]

 

Folder 5:          Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (acc. 12x15; 16x18)

 

Folder 6:          Heydinger: class paper: “The Growth and Development of Transportation, and Its Role in the English Industrial Revolution” (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 7:          Historic Textiles: New York University Decoration 47, Nov. 1934 (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 8:          Historical Society of York County (Pennsylvania) (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 9:          Hyde, Bryden B.: “Furniture in Bermuda,” 1967 (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 10:        Information from various museums: brochures, exhibits, etc. (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 11:        Metropolitan Museum of Art: School Picture Sets (acc. 16x18)

                                    No. 4: American Revolution;

                                    No. 18: Colonial America, 1607-1776

 

Folders 12-13: Miller, Lewis (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 14:        Miller, Lewis: correspondence about him, book reviews (acc. 12x15)

 

 

Box 16:

 

Folder 1:          Miller, Lewis: drafts of article about him (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 2:          Miller, Lewis: notes (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 3:          Miller, Lewis: pictures and photos (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 4:          Miller, William Rickarby [artist] (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Miniatures: survey, 1943 (acc. 12x15)

 

Folders 6-7:     Miscellaneous notes

                                    [see also Notes kept in memo pads and Notes: Miscellaneous]

 

 

Folder 8:          Murphy, Katharine Prentis: correspondence, 1949-1958, and notes about her (acc. 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 9:          New-York Historical Society

                        [see also general correspondence for letters from N-Y Hist. Soc. staff]

 

 

Box 17:

 

Folder 1:          New-York Historical Society: exhibits (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 2:          New-York Historical Society: photos of paintings (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 3:          New-York Historical Society: portraits by John Durand: correspondence, photos, notes, 1940s (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 4:          Notes: miscellaneous (acc. 12x15)

                        [see also Miscellaneous notes and Notes kept in memo pads]

                       

Folder 5:          Notes on collections (general Pennsylvania) (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 6:          Oakes farm (“Fireside Knoll,” H. R. Oakes), New York: photographs (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 7:          outline for book on American furniture (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 8:          Parsons, Charles S.: “Blasdel Clockmakers,” 1957 (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 9:          Pavey, Jess: memoirs and correspondence (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 10:        Pennsylvania Folk Art Photographs: notes [no photos] (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 11:        Pennsylvania German decorative arts and craftsmen (acc. 10x109)

 

 

Box 18:

 

Folder 1:          Pennsylvania German Folklore Society (acc. 12x15)

 

Folders 2-4:     Pennsylvania German furniture and decorative arts [photos and drawings from a notebook] (acc. 12x15)

 

Folders 5-7:     Pennsylvania German influence: notes for exhibit at Historical Society of York County (Pa.) (acc. 12x15)

 

 

Box 19:

 

Folder 1:          Pennsylvania portraits and paintings, 1944-1947 (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 2:          Period rooms, antique furniture, and accessories [mostly photos, from a notebook] (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 3:          Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 4:          Receipts and other notes about purchases and prices of antiques (acc. 16x18)

           

Folder 5:          Sawitzky, William: Correspondence, notes, photos of paintings (acc. 10x109 and 12x15)

 

Folder 6:          Scrapbook: early American buildings and Pennsylvania German folk art

 

Folder 7:          Shelley, Donald: article: “American Painting in Irving’s Day,” paper and notes (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 8:          Shelley, Donald: article: “George Harvey, Atmospheric Painter” (includes photos) (acc. 16x18)

 

 

Box 20:

 

Folder 1:          Shelley, Donald: article: Wall, William Guy (artist, includes photos) (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 2:          Shelley, Donald: auction, 2007 (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 3:          Shelley, Donald: curriculum vita and other biographical notes (acc. 16x18)

                                    [see also folder on professional information, etc.]

 

Folder 4:          Shelley, Donald: high school (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Shelley, Donald: “Le Conte: A Concise History of the Short Story” (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 6:          Shelley, Donald: lectures: notes (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 7:          Shelley, Dr. and Mrs.: loans to exhibits, from their collection (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 8:          Shelley, Donald: organ playing (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 9:          Shelley, Donald: professional information, newspaper clippings, photos, drawings (acc. 12x15)

                                    [see also folder with curriculum vita, etc.]

 

Folder 10:        Shelley, Donald: publications (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 11:        Shelley, Donald: student papers, 1934-1935 (acc. 10x109)

 

 

Box 21:

 

Folder 1:          Shelley, Donald: transcripts and grades (acc. 10x109)

 

Folder 2:          Shelley, Donald: trip to Europe, 1930s (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 3:          Shelley, Donald: various writings (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 4:          Watson, Eliza J. (Mrs. John Jay): correspondence, 1946-1950 (acc. 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Wayside Inn (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 6:          Wilson, Nelson: exhibit on David Y. Ellinger (Ursinus College, 1992) (acc. 12x15)

 

Folder 7:          Winterthur Museum

 

Folder 8:          Wood carvers of Pennsylvania (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 9:          Wright Mansion [i.e. Wright’s Ferry Mansion, Columbia, Pa.] (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 10:        Yeager Furniture Co.: “Historical Furniture” (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 11:        Zabriskie, George: correspondence, 1945-1946 (acc. 12x15)

 


Series III: photos, slides, and books

 

Note: most of the slides are not labeled; identifications of some of the D slides is found in Box 21.

 

 

Box 21:

 

Folder 12:        Slides: identifications of some of the D slides (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 13:        Photos: Clocks (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 14:        Photos: Ephrata hymnals (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 15:        Photos: Henry Ford Museum (acc. 16x18)

 

Folder 16:        Photos: Furniture: Blanket chests, boxes (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 17:        Photos: Furniture: Chairs, stools (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 18:        Photos: Furniture: Chests of drawers, chests on chests, high boys (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

 

Box 22:

 

Folder 1:          Photos: Furniture: Cupboards, cabinets, armoirs (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 2:          Photos: Furniture: Daybeds and bedsteads (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 3:          Photos: Furniture: Desks and secretaries (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 4:          Photos: Furniture: Details (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 5:          Photos: Furniture: Sofas, settles, settees (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 6:          Photos: Furniture: Tables (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 7:          Photographs: Glass, pottery and china (acc. 10x109 and 12x15)

 

Folder 8:          Photographs: Ironwork and miscellaneous items (acc. 10x109 and 12x15) 

 

Folder 9:          Photographs: Mirrors, pianos, cellarets, screw press

 

Folder 10:        Photographs of paintings, sculpture, fraktur, mantels, wood carving (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 11:        Photos: People (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 12:        Photos: Rooms, buildings (acc. 10x109, 12x15, 16x18)

 

Folder 13:        Photos: Fraktur [continues in next box] (acc. 16x18)

 

 

Box 23:           Photos: Fraktur [continued from previous box] (acc. 16x18)

 

 

Box 24:           Photographs and negatives of fraktur (acc. 07x151)

 

 

Box 25:           Photographs and negatives of fraktur (acc. 07x151);

Photos of Pennsylvania German furniture, metal ware, sgraffitto wares, etc. (acc. 10x109)

 

 

Box 26:           Photographs and negatives of furniture, textiles, etc. (acc. 10x109);

                        Film, unknown subject (acc. 16x18)

 

 

Box 27:           twelve engraving plates for photos of fraktur (acc. 07x151)

 

Box 28:           Slides: D numbers, D 35-7279

                                    [the D may refer to Dearborn, site of Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum; some slides identified in file in Box 21]

 

Box 29:           Slides: D numbers, D 7378-18687

 

Box 30:           Slides: D numbers, D 18719-19574;

                                    B, H, J, SE, T, V, and miscellaneous numbers;

                                    Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village slides;

                                    Buildings (continues in next box)

 

Box 31:           Slides: Buildings (continued from previous box);

                                    Ceramics and glass;

                                    Clocks

 

Box 32:           Slides: Fraktur;

                                    Furniture  [see also Rooms, or more than one piece of furniture]

 

Box 33:           Slides: Guns;

                                    Lamps, lanterns, candles;

                                    Metals and silver;

                                    Mirrors;

                                    Miscellaneous;

                                    Museum exhibits;

                                    Nutting, Wallace;

                                    Paintings and prints

                                   

Box 34:           Slides: Pennsylvania Dutch;

                                    People;

                                    Textiles and needlework;

                                    Wallpaper;

                                    Wooden objects

 

Box 35:           Slides: Rooms, or more than one piece of furniture (continues in next box)

                                                [see also Furniture]

 

Box 36:           Slides: Rooms, or more than one piece of furniture (continued from previous box);

Slide show: Pennsylvania German Arts;

                                    Slide show: “Origins of American Glass” (from Corning Museum of Glass; see file in Box 11)

                                     

Boxes 37-38:   glass lantern slides (acc. 16x18)

                                    Seventy-nine black and white glass lantern slides, chiefly of Pennsylvania German folk art, including textiles, ceramics, tinware, fraktur, drawings, furniture, etc.  Most of the slides are not labeled.  One is marked as having been done by Edward van Altena.

 

 

Box 39:           name badge for Donald A. Shelley, Executive Director, Henry Ford Museum, with green ribbon on which is printed the word Staff, and “Main Street U.S.A., The American Highway to Better Living,” with a picture of a family walking down a street (acc. 16x18)

 

 

 

Books: (on shelf):

 

Ausstellung Deutsche Bauernkunst.  Berlin: Schloss Bellevue, Staatliches Museum für Deutsche Volkskunde, no date.  (acc. 07x151)

 

Deutsche Volkskunst: (all acc. 07x151)

band I: Niedersachsen, by Wilhelm Pessler.

            Band III: Die Rheinlande, by Max Creutz.

            Band V: Schwaben, by Karl Gröber.

            Band VI: Franken, by  Josef Ritz.

            Band VII: Schlesien, by Günther Grundmann and Konrad Hahm.

Band IX: Westfalen, by Rudolf Uebe.

Band XII: Die Pfalz, by Theodor Zink.

 

Ford, Alice.  Pictorial Fold Art: New England to California.  New York: Studio Publications, 1949.  (acc. 07x151)

            With inscriptions to Shelley from Alice Ford, Bernice Garbisch, and Ed Garbisch.

 

Hahm, Konrad.  Deutsche Volkskunst.  Breslau: Ferdinand Hirt, 1932. (acc. 07x151)

 

Hausen, Edmund.  Pfälzer Eisenguss.  Kaiserslautern: E. Lincks-Crusius, 1930. (acc. 07x151)

 

Henry Ford Museum Staff.  Greenfield Village.  New York: Crown Publishers, 1972.  (acc. 12x15)

 

Katalog der Älteren Pinakothek, München, 1936. (acc. 07x151)

 

Lehmann, Otto.  Deutsches Volkstum in Volkskunst und Volkstracht.  Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1938. (acc. 07x151)

 

Musée Alsacien.  Book of postcards.  Strasbourg, 1934.  (acc. 12x15)

 

Polaczek, Ernst.  Volkskunst im Elsass.  Weimar: Böhlau, no date.  (acc. 07x151)

 

Rose, James H.  The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850.  Corning, N.Y.: Corning Museum of Glass, 1954.  (acc. 12x15)

            Signed by James Rose, Alice Winchester, Helen McKearin, Albert C. Marble, and Ruth Webb Lee.

 

Shelley, Donald A.  The Pennsylvania German Style of Illumination.  New York University thesis (Ph.D.), 1953.  Volumes 1 and 2.    (acc. 07x151)

Includes some penciled-in comments.  Photos in v. 2.

 

Von Zaborsky-Wahlstätten, Oskar.  Urväter-Erbe in Deutscher Volkskunst.  Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1936.  (acc. 07x151)