The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike,
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
1935-
Title: Frederick S. Weiser fraktur
research papers and other papers
Dates: ca.1935-ca.2008
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 10x73; 12x12
Quantity: 46 boxes; 11 volumes
Location: 11B 1-6, C 1
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Pastor Frederick Sheely Weiser of
Frederick S. Weiser was born on November 25, 1935,
in
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Collection of research notes, correspondence,
photos, and also information about Pastor Weiser’s personal collections of
Pennsylvania German art.
About half of the collection, Series I, is Pastor
Weiser’s research notes about fraktur.
Included are notes about fraktur artists, copies of articles and books
about fraktur, information about frakturs made in places other than
Pennsylvania, and information about the motifs used and about the different
forms which fraktur took (such as book plates and taufschein). The collection includes a great many slides
and color transparencies, as well as photocopies of fraktur, but no original
examples. The artists’ files include
biographical information and reproductions of the works of the artists.
Correspondence and other research notes are found in
Series II. These document Pastor
Weiser’s interests in other aspects of Pennsylvania German culture and church
history. Also in this series are some
photos, particularly of tombstones and show towels, and a few late 20th
century paper cuts and fraktur given to or collected by Pastor Weiser.
Of additional interest are the files of Guy Reinert,
John Baer Stoudt, John Joseph Stoudt, and photos by Charles S. Rice, all in
Series III. Reinert wrote about
Pennsylvania German culture, and his files include research notes, photos, and
newspaper clippings. Of particular
interest are his photos of the potters Jacob Medinger, and Isaac and Thomas
Stahl, the work of the blacksmith Henry Driehaus, and two horn combs made in
Pennsylvania. Charles S. Rice took
photos of the Amish in the 1940s; some of the ones in this collection were used
in his book Meet the Amish (Rutgers
University Press, 1947). Father and son
John Baer (1878-1944) and John Joseph (b.1911) Stoudt collected Pennsylvania
German poems, ballads, children’s lore, superstitions, weather predictions, and
other folklore sayings. Pastor Weiser obtained
some of their manuscripts.
ORGANIZATION
The collection is divided into several series. Series I (acc. 10x73) is arranged into general
files, files about fraktur, files about forms of and motifs used on fraktur,
and files about artists. Slides are in
separate boxes at the end of this series.
Accession 12x12 is divided into Series II-III. Series II, subseries A is correspondence of
Pastor Weiser; subseries B is research notes on various topics, including the
furniture of the Mahantongo Valley.
Series III contains the papers and photos of Guy Reinert, Charles S.
Rice, and the Stoudts.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English and German.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Accession 10x73: gift of the estate of Frederick S.
Weiser.
Accession 12x12: gift of the estate of Frederick S.
Weiser.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Driehouse, Henry, b.1860.
Medinger, Jacob,
d.1932.
Pietz, Adam,
b.1873.
Stahl, Isaac, 1871-1950.
Stahl,
Thomas, b.1863.
Topics:
Fraktur art.
Fraktur artists.
Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania
Dutch.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Photographs.
Barns -
Pennsylvania.
Coffins -
Photographs.
Combs.
Coverlets,
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Furniture,
Pennsylvania Dutch - Mahantongo Valley.
Ironwork, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Needlework, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pottery,
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Sepulchral
monuments - Pennsylvania.
Research notes.
Pastors.
Additional authors:
Reinert, Guy F.
Rice, Charles S. (Charles Scott), 1910-2000.
Stoudt, John Baer, 1878-1944.
Stoudt, John Joseph, 1911-
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 11B 1-6, C 1
Series I:
Fraktur research papers, acc. 10x73
Folder 1: Cocalico
Blacksmith account book (photocopy)
Folders 2-3: Fraktur:
Schwenkfelder fraktur
Folder 4: Getz
papers
Folder 5:
Folder 6:
[cards
for records of Lancaster County held by the Mormon research center]
Folder 7:
Folder 8:
Folder 9: Mutter
Maria’s hymnal (photocopy)
Folder 10: Schreier,
Adam: Account book, 1794-1804 (photocopy)
Folder 11: Wotring, Peter: Account book
(photocopy); and Cox, Jonathan P., Woodworkers
in
Folder 1:
Folder 2: Book
photocopies (mostly German language)
Folder 3: Byler,
John: family book, 1836 (photocopy)
Folder 4:
Folder 5: Carroll
County, Maryland: recipe book [partly in German]
Folder 6: Clemmer,
Joel G.: Fraktur bibiliography
Folder 7: Cox,
Susanna: Lied (photocopies)
Folder 8: Hammer,
Carl, Jr.: Rhinelanders on the Yadkin
(1965) (photocopy)
Folder 9: Immigrant
Ships Transcribers Guild: immigrant ships to
Folder 10: Johnson:
Schoolmaster list,
Folder 11: Parochial
schools
Folder 12:
Folder 1: Peters,
G. S.: printer
Folder 2: Petersen,
Johann Dieter
Folder 3: Roebar,
A. G.: “Official and Nonofficial Piety and Ritual in Early Lutheranism”
Folder 4: Rohrbach,
Henrich Adam
Folder 5: Student
papers from PSU class on Pennsylvania German culture
Folder 6: Weiser,
Frederick: photographs of fraktur collection
Folder 7: Weiser,
Frederick: research and article on Pennsylvania German family books
Folder 8: Weiser,
Frederick: talks, lectures, etc.: notes and undated materials
Folders 9-10: Weiser,
Frederick: talks, lectures, etc., 1973-2003
Folder 11: Fraktur
Folder 1: Fraktur:
Amish, unattributed
Folder 2: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 3: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 4: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 5: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 6: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 7: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 8: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 9: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 10: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 11: Fraktur:
by place:
Folder 12: Fraktur:
Catalogs
Folder 1: Fraktur:
Collections: National Archives
Folder 2: Fraktur:
Collections:
Folder 3: Fraktur:
Collections:
Folder 4: Fraktur:
Collections: Smith-Hummelstown
Folder 5: Fraktur:
Collections:
Folder 6: Fraktur:
Exhibits
Folder 7: Fraktur:
illustrations and texts, from unlabeled folder
Folder 8: Fraktur:
Inquiries
Folder 9: Fraktur:
non-German-American
Folder 10: Fraktur:
Reproductions
Folder 11: Fraktur:
Restoration and conservation
Folder 12: Fraktur:
Texts
Folder 13: Fraktur
articles, no date, 1960s-1970s
Folders 1-2: Fraktur
articles, 1980s-2001
Folder 3: Fraktur
books
[includes copy of Henry
Chapman Mercer’s “The Survival of the Mediaeval Art of Illuminative Writing
Among Pennsylvania Germans,” bound in late 1890s]
Folder 4: Fraktur
books: Dietrich Fraktur Collections, 1986-1998, no date
Folder 5: Fraktur
books: Exhibit catalogs, 1974-2001
Folder 6: Forms
and motifs: ABC, Acrostic poems, Alphabets
Folder 7: Forms
and motifs: Adam and Eve [see also Broadsides, below]
Folder 8: Forms
and motifs: Animals, Birds, Great Fish
Folder 9: Forms
and motifs: Book plates (ex libris)
(continues
in next box)
Folder 1: Forms
and motifs: Book plates (ex libris): Schwenkfelder
Folder 2: Forms
and motifs: Broadsides
Folder 3: Forms
and motifs: Broadsides: Adam and Eve
Folder 4: Forms
and motifs:
Folder 5: Forms
and motifs: Buildings
Folder 6: Forms
and motifs: Christmas and New Year greetings
Folder 7: Forms
and motifs: Confirmation certificates
Folder 8: Forms
and motifs: Copy books
Folder 9: Forms
and motifs: Cut-outs
Folder 10: Forms
and motifs: Death Denkmal
Folder 11: Forms
and motifs: Embroidery books and patterns
Folder 12: Forms
and motifs:
Folder 13: Forms
and motifs: Flowers
Folder 1: Forms
and motifs: Haus Segen
Folder 2: Forms
and motifs: Himmelsbrief
Folder 3: Forms
and motifs: Hymanls
Folder 4: Forms
and motifs: Hymnals: Ephrata Codex
Folder 5: Forms
and motifs: Hymnals, assorted
Folder 6: Forms
and motifs: Love letter labyrinths
Folder 7: Forms
and motifs: Marriage records
Folder 8: Forms
and motifs: Music book title pages
Folder 9: Forms
and motifs: People drawings and Praying Child theme
Folder 1: Forms
and motifs: Presentation fraktur
Folder 2: Forms
and motifs: Religious drawings and texts
Folder 3: Forms
and motifs: Secular drawings
Folder 4: Forms
and motifs: Seven Rules of Wisdom
Folder 5: Forms
and motifs: Sisters’ Chronic
Folder 6: Forms
and motifs: Stars and geometric drawings
Folders 7-10: Forms
and motifs: Taufschein
Folder 1: Forms
and motifs: Taufschein, undated
Folder 2: Forms
and motifs: Taufschein: Printed
Folder 3: Forms and motifs: Taufschein: Printed:
Folder 1: Forms
and motifs: Taufschein: Printed:
Folder 2: Forms
and motifs: Vorschriften, to 1790
Folder 3: Forms
and motifs: Vorschriften, 1790-1810
Folder 4: Forms
and motifs: Vorschriften, 1810 and later
Folder 5: Forms
and motifs: Way to Heaven
Folder 6: Hymn
texts: chart
Folder 7: Hymns:
Ach Gott wie mancher bittrer
Folder 8: Hymns:
Ach halte dich zu
Folder 9: Hymns
and hymnals
Folder 1: Artists:
A
Herman Ache; John Adams;
Johan Andries v. Alms; Jacob Andreas; Mechior Auer
Folder 2: Artists:
Alsdorff, Christian (Earl Township Artist)
Folder 3: Artists:
B-Ba
B; Jacob Balde;
Christian Bamberger; Daniel Bamberger; Friedrich Bandel; Felix Bandly; Andreas
Bauer
Folder 4: Artists:
Bard, Johannes (1791-1861)
Folder 5: Artists:
Be
John Adam Beidler;
Benjamin Beiler; Joh. Jacob Bensheimer; Jean Bernard; Ludwig Bernd; Peter
Bernhart; John William Bernthaüsel
Folder 6: Artists:
Berks
Folder 7: Artists:
Bi-Bo
Stephen Bieg; Bird in
the Border Artist; Bird in the Hand Artist; David Bixler; Jacob Bixler; Herman
Blaesser ((d.1821); Peter Blaesser (d.1810); Jacob Botz
Folder 1: Artists:
Br-Bu
Heinrich Brachtheiser;
Martin Brechall; Jacob Brecht; Herman Diederich Bremer; Engelhart Brown; Hans
Jacob Brubacher (d.1802); Abram Brubaker; Henry Brubaker; George Gottfried
Ephraim Burger (1790-1861); J. G. Busyaeger (Westmorleand County, Penn.)
Folder 2: Artists:
C
Wilhelm Caffroth; Christian
Cassel; Huppert Cassel; A. Colona; Conestoga Township Artist; David Cordier;
Lud Crecelius; Otto Rudolph Crecelius; Cross-Legged Artist
Folder 3: Artists:
Da-Di
Dandelion Artist; Martin
M. Däthweiler (fl. 1765); George Peter Deisert; George Adam Derr; Jacob Dester;
Philip Deutsch; Abraham Dirdorff
Folder 4: Artists:
Do-Du
Christopher Dock; John
Doelle (Straw-Rose Penman); Dreisbach printed; Heinrich Dulheuer; Heinrich
Dutge (Tutge, Dutze, Tutze)
Folder 5: Artists:
Eb-Ee
Johannes Eberman; Barbara
Ebersole (1848-1922); Ebner Print Copy Artist; John Eckman
Folder 6: Artists:
Eh-En
Ehre
Vater Artist; Heinrich Engelhard; Engraver Artist
Folder 1: Artists:
Eyer family genealogy
Folder 2: Artists:
Eyer, Johann Friedrich (1770-1827)
Folder 3: Artists:
F-Fle
C.F.; Wilhelmus Antonius
Folder 4: Artists:
Fly-Fu
Flying Angel Artist;
Philip Jacob Foesig; Franklin County Mennonite Artist; David Frey; Samuel Frey;
Michael Frölich; Mathias Fuchs
Folder 5: Artists:
Ga-Gil
John Gallatin; F. G.
Gebhard; Johannes Gehman; George Geistweit; Geometric Design Artist; George
Gerhart; Adam Gilbert
Folder 6: Artists:
Gilbert, Johann Conrad (1734-1812)
Folder 1: Artists:
Gis-Gr:
Henry Gise; Daniel
Goldhalt; Gott Allein die Ehre Artist; Heinrich Göttell, Sr. and Jr.; Jacob
Gottschall; Martin Gottschall (1797-1870); Samuel Gottschall (1808-1898); Isaac
Gross – see slides
Folder 2: Artists:
Ha-Hen
Hagerstown Artist;
Hanovertown Artist; Harpist Artist; Dietrich Hartman; Friedrich Haux,
schoolmaster; Eli Haverstick; Heidelberger-Brothers Valley Artist; Hen and
Rooster Artist
Folder 3: Artists:
Her-Ho
Hereford Township
Artist; David Herr; Johann Heinrich Hetzel (d.1786); Johann Wilhelm Heyder;
Balzer Heydrich (1765-1846); Hex Sign Artist; Johannes Heyn; Arnold Hoevelmann
(d.1804); Christopher Hoffmann; Fr. Ludw. Hoffmann; Johannes Hoffmann; David C.
Hoke; Jacob Holder, Jr.
Folder 4: Artists:
Hu
Huber Artist; Augustus
Hubertus; Michael Hubley; Abraham Hübner; Abraham W. Hubner; Baltzer Hubner;
David Hubner; Jacob Hummel (d.1822); Hummelstown Artist; Abraham Huth
Folder 5: Artists:
Ka-Kr
Carl Heinrich Jacob
Kauffman; Andreas v. Kessler; Heinrich Keyser; Friedrich Klee; Johann Daniel
Koaff; Jacob König; J. Kraus; Tobias Kreider; Peter Krick; Abraham Kriebel;
David Kriebel; Sarah Kriebel (Dresher)
Folder 6: Artists:
Kolb, Andreas (1749-1811)
Folders 1-3: Artists:
Krebs, Friedrich
Folder 4: Artists:
Ku
David
Kulp; Friedrich Küster
Folder 5: Artists:
La
Lampeter Township
Mennonite Artist; Lancaster County Amish Artist; Lancaster County Bookplate
Artist; Lancaster County Vorschrift Artist; Johan Landes; Rudolph Landis;
Christian Lapp; Henry Lapp; Late Berks County Artist; Late Mahantango Valley
Artist; Abraham Latshaw (1799-1870)
Folder 6: Artists:
Le- Lu
Folder 1: Artists:
M-Ma
A.F.M.;
Georg Männig;
Folder 2: Artists:
Me
Christian
Mertel; David Meyer; Martin Meyer; Samuel Meyer; Stephen Meyer
Folder 3: Artists:
Mi-Mu
Gabriel Miesse;
Friedrich Miller; Lewis Miller; Peter Mischler, Friedrich Mittelmann;
Bartholomew Moul; Philip Mumbauer (PM); Carl Edward Münch (1769-1833); Samuel
Musselman
Folder 4: Artists:
N-Or
David Nickey
(1741-1803), Jacob Nolt; Jacob Oberholtzer; Oley Township Artist; Johannes
Ortman
Folders 5-6: Artists:
Oley Mermaid Artist (continues in next box)
Folder 1: Artists:
Oley Mermaid Artist (continued from previous box)
Folder 2: Artists:
Otto
Conrad
Otto; Jacob Otto; Johan Henrich Otto; William Otto (1761-1841)
Folder 3: Artists:
P
Ernst Friedrich Personn;
Daniel Peterman (1797-1871); J. B. Pfrimer; Francis Portzline (1771-1857);
Provinz Marialand Artist; Pseudo Otto; Arnold Puwelle
Folder 4: Artists:
Q-R
Nicholas Quast; Anthony
Rehm; Johannes Renniger; Johannes Ressler; George Frederick Rick; Jacob Ritter
(Snow Hill); Rockhill Artist; Heinrich Rohlandt
Folder 5: Artists:
Sa-Schul
Gottlied Saar; Conrad
Schäffer; Thomas Schley; Jacob Schaffner; Carl Scheiber; Christian Schneider; Johannes
Schopf/Schopp; Joh. Friedrich Schopfle; Johann Valentin Schuller; David
Schultz, jr. (1757-1833)
Folder 6: Artists:
Schumacher, Daniel (continues in next box)
Folder 1: Artists:
Schumacher, Daniel (continued from previous box)
Folder 2: Artists:
Se-So
Heinrich Seiler
(d.1772); Abraham Seybert; Carl Friedrich Seybold; John Nicholas Sheaffer
(d.1810); Thomas Shoms; Adam Siegel (d.1809); Samuel Siefried; Sing and Dance
Artist; Smoke Church Artist; Soly Deo Gloria Artist
Folder 3: Artists:
Sp-Sq
Johannes Spagenberg
(d.1814); Speckled Tulip Artist; Georg Friedrich Speyer; William Spira; Peter
Sprichman; Springing Deer Artist; Square Flower Artist
Folder 4: Artists:
St
Johannes Stahl;
Christian Stauffer (Stover, fl. 1767-1769); Adam Stenger; Benjamin L.
Stoltzfus; Stone Valley Artist; Stony Creek Artist (Heinrich Hoeltzel);
Strasburg Artist; Jacob Strickler
Folders 5-6: Artists: Strenge, Christian (1758-1823)
Folder 1: Artists: Sussel-Washington Artist
Folder 2: Artists: T
Taufzeugen Artist; Georg
Teibel; Conrad Trevits (1750-1830), Tulip in Border Artist
Folder 3: Artists: U-V
John Valentin Unger;
Upper Dauphin Artist; Van Minian; Michael Vetter
Folder 4: Artists: W
T.H.W.; Geo. Peter
Wasser; Samuel E. Weaver; William Weaver (of Virginia); John Weibling;
Wetzel-Geometric Artist; John Whistler; Wild Turkey Artist; Johannes Wolf; Adam
Wuertz
Folder 5: Artists: Y-Z
Christopher Yeakel;
Abner Yoder (1814-1883); John Zink; Jacob Zoll
Folder 6: Artists: Young, Henry
Folder 1: Artists: unknown
[these items were found
loose in a box]
Folder 2: Artists: unknown: “Esmerian anonymous”
Folder 1: Artists: Bentz, William (
Folder 2: Artists: Eyer, Johann Adam (1755-1837)
Folder 3: Artists: Heilman hymnal (W. L.
Clements Library)
Folder 4: Artists: Hubner, Susanne (1750-1818)
Folder 5: Artists: Immel, Martin
Folder 6: Artists: Otto, Daniel
Folder 7: Artists: Weiss, Heinrich
By Artist
surname, A-G
By Artist
surname, H-Strenge
By Artist surname, Strickler-Zoll
Ephrata Cloister
Unknown
Scwenkfelder fraktur
Series II:
Correspondence and research files (acc. 12x12)
Subseries A:
Correspondence
Box 1:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Adams,
Bryding
Folder 2: Agner,
Martha
Folder 3: Albaugh,
Gaylord P.
Folder 4: American Antiquarian Society
Folder 5: Archives
of the Moravian Church (Bethlehem, Penn.)
Folder 6: Arndt,
Karl
Folder 7: Barnes
Foundation
Folder 8: Baur,
Dick
Folder 9: Beam,
Richard
Folder 10: Beam,
Richard: Pennsylvania German dictionary
Folder 11: Beitt,
Klaus: Osterreichisches Museum fur Volkskunde
Folder 12: Benjamin,
Steven M.
Folder 13: Bennethum,
D. Michael
Folder 14: Best,
Jane (New Holland Lutheran Church history)
Folder 15: Bird,
Michael
Folder 16: Brednich,
Rolf W.: bibliography
Box 2:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Brentjes,
Burchard (and Jurgen Storz)
Folder 2: Brossman, Schuyler
Folder 3: Brown,
Edgar S.
Folder 4: Brunner,
Raymond
Folder 5: Bucher,
Robert C.
Folder 6: Buehler,
Allan
Folder 7: Burnham,
Dorothy
Folder 8: Clarke, Jane Adams
Folder 9: Conrad,
Tom
Folder 10: Cox, Jonathan
Folder 11: Cumberland
Valley Farm Museum/Museum of American Frontier Culture
Folder 12: Daub, William B.
Folder 13: Deneke,
Bernward (Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
Folder 14: Dern,
John P.
Folder 15: Diefenbacher,
Karl
Folder 16: Dietrich
American Foundation
Folder 17: Diller,
Edwin C.
Folder 18: Duck, Dorothy
Folder 19: Durnbaugh,
Donald F.
Folder 20: Earnest, Russell and Corinne
Folder 21: Fetterman,
William B.
Box 3:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Franklin
and Marshall College: North Museum
Folder 2: Free
Library of Philadelphia
Folder 3: Gantner,
Theo
Folder 4: Graeff,
Marc K. (and Irene Stupp)
Folder 5: Greene,
David
Folder 6: Groff,
Clyde
Folder 7: Harter, Mary (Mrs. Bert) and
Henckel Genealogical Bulletin
Folder 8: Head,
Trude
Folder 9: Heinz Moos Publishing Co.
Folder 10: Hellerich,
Mahlon
Folder 11: Heritage Center of Lancaster County
Folder 12: Hersh,
Tandy
Folder 13: Hershey
Museum of American Life (Eliza Harrison)
Folder 14: Historical
Society of York County (Penn.)
Box 4:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Hollenbach,
Raymond E.
Folder 2: Hopf,
Claudia and Carroll
[note:
paper cuts by Claudia are in Weiser papers]
Folder 3: Hornung,
Maria and Herwig
Folder 4: Johnson,
Arta
Folder 5: Johnson,
David
Folder 6: Jones,
Hank
Folder 7: Joyner,
Peggy Shomo
Folder 8: Kauffman,
Henry J.
Folder 9: Keller,
Patricia
Folder 10: Kelz,
Heinrich
Folder 11: Kiddoo,
Nancy
Folder 12: Kiebach,
Raymond E.
Folder 13: Kindig,
Paul E.
Folder 14: Klein,
Georges: Musée Alsacien
Folder 15: Kleinschmidt,
Wolfgang
Folder 16: Kline,
Robert M.
Folder 17: Klingaman,
Arthur K.
Box 5:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Kloss,
Heinz
Folder 2: Kuby,
Alfred
Folder 3: Kulp,
Isaac Clarence
Folder 4: Kutztown
Publishing Co.
Folder 5: Lancaster
Mennonite Historical Society
Folder 6: Lasansky,
Jeannette
Folder 7: Lewars,
James
Folder 8: Luthy,
David (Amish Historical Library, Aylmer, Ontario)
Folder 9: MacMaster,
Richard
Folder 10: Martin,
Nancy
Folder 11: Martin,
Willard
Folder 12: Maryland
Historical Society
Folder 13: Mentzer,
Ralph B.
Folder 14: Milspaw, Yvonne
Folder 15: Miscellaneous
correspondence
[surnames: Britton,
Christoph, Clements Library, Erb, Focht, Haag, Hively, Hoch, Hostetler, Hoz,
Huffines, Keyser, Kieffer, Mennonite Heritage Center (Souderton), Muhlenberg
College, Museum of American Folk Art, Rentschler, Robacker, Roller, Schelbert,
Scott, Shindle, Snyder, Wollmershauser]
Folder 16: Mohr, Viola: Meier Homestead
restoration
Folder 17: Myers,
Margaret E.
Folder 18: National
Gallery of Art (D.C.)
Folder 19: National
Genealogical Society
Folder 20: Old
Economy Village (R. V. Shepherd, Jr.)
Box 6:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Old
Salem and MESDA
Folder 2: Pennsylvania
Dutch Folk Culture Society
Folder 3: Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission
Folder 4: Philadelphia
Museum of Art
Folder 5: Pieske,
Christa
Folder 6: Pieske,
Christa: publications
Folder 7: Rink,
Franz
Folder 8: Roan,
Nancy and Abe
Folder 9: R.R.
Bowker Co.
Folder 10: Russell,
Donna Valley
Folder 11: Scherer,
Karl
Folder 12: Schwartz,
Elke
Folder 13: Science
Press
Folder 14: Seubold,
Frank and Helen
Folder 15: Shelley,
Donald
Folder 16: Shupp,
Leonard
Box 7:
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Smith,
Debbie (Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, Pa.)
Folder 2: Smith,
Richard Flanders
Folder 3: Snyder,
Carl
Folder 4: Wokeck,
Marianne
Folder 5: Wolf,
Edward C.
Folder 6: Wust,
Klaus
Folder 7: Yoder,
Don
Series II:
Subseries B:
Research files
Box 8:
Research files:
Folder 1: Engelbrecht,
Jacob: index to diary, v. 1-3
Folders 2-3: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.
Folder 4: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.: Artist no. 1
Folder 5: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.: Artists no. 2-8
Folder 6: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.: Artist no. 9
Box 9:
Research files:
Folder 1: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.: Artists no. 10-11
Folder 2: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.: Artists no. 12-19
Folder 3: Furniture:
Mahantongo Valley, Penn.: Kreiligh, Adam
Folder 4: Harnish Reunion Association: “The
Samuel Harnish Freindschaft,” by J. G. Francis, edited by Weiser, 1962
Folder 5: Klinger,
Irwin: plays
Folders 6-7: Koehler
family correspondence
Folder 8: Needlework
Folder 9: Needlework:
aprons
Box 10:
Research files:
Folder 1: Needlework: decorated handkerchiefs
Folder 2: negatives
Folder 3: Show
towel book (“This Is the Way I Pass My Time”)
Folder 4: Show
towel book: photos, pictures, diagrams (“This Is the Way I Pass My Time”)
Folder 5: Show
towels: Canada
Folders 6-7: Show
towels: photographs
Box 11:
contemporary fraktur and paper cuts
20 paper cuts and fraktur, made in 1970s and 1980s,
and perhaps a little later; includes a book mark, stationery, ornaments, but
mostly just designs. Originally in a
highly acidic album, but the items have been removed and are now loose. (acc. 12x12.2-.21)
Also, two oversize photos, both of samplers, both
labeled sampler book, are found in Series II, Box 11. It is possible that these are photos of
samplers in the Weiser or Neff collections.
Box 12:
notecards
Church records, by county, mostly Maryland and
Pennsylvania
Box 13:
notecards, etc.
Cards about people, mostly teachers;
Microfiche from Family History Library, listing
locations of records for Maryland, Germany, Pennsylvania and Swizterland;
Color transparencies of Die Geschichte Joseph’s und Seiner Bruder, published in Harrisburg
by G.S. Peters, no date;
Assorted negatives
Box 14:
negatives
Rolls of negatives, some labeled show towels, some
labeled tombstones, others not labeled;
Winterthur Museum film strip, “Pennsylvania German
Prints and Drawings”
Volumes on
shelf:
Colonial Coverlet Guild of America. Handbooks for 1938-1939 and 1944-1945.
Gestickte
Volkskunst: Kreuzstichmuster aus Oberösterreich (Linz, 1980).
Gockerell, Nina.
Gestrickt, Gestickt, Gedruckt:
Mustertücher aus vier Jahrhunderten (1978).
Gombert, Thekla.
Die Schwämer Weissstickerei (Stuttgart, 1981).
Hessenstickerei
Schwalm (no
date).
Kontich de
Textiel in Het Museum voor Heem en Oudheidkunde: Catalogus (Brussells, 1968).
Kruuskes van
Mine Letterdoek (Groningen, The Netherlands, 1961).
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. Moravian
tiles [trade catalog] (Doylestown, Penn., no date, 1930s? 1940s?).
Reed, Henry M.
Decorated Furniture of the
Mahantongo Valley (Bucknell University, 1987).
Stickmustertücher
aus dem Besitz des Altonaer Museums. (Hamburg: Altonaer Museum, 1975).
Series III:
research files of Guy Reinert, Charles Rice, and the Stoudts (acc. 12x12)
Box 1: Reinert
Folder 1: Reinert,
Guy
Folder 2: Reinert,
Guy: Augustus Church, Trappe, Penn. (mostly photos)
Folder 3: Reinert,
Guy: Barns
Folder 4: Reinert,
Guy: Barns: photos
[note: includes
tintype, depicting farmer standing in front of small barn]
Folder 5: Reinert,
Guy: Basketmaking
Folder 6: Reinert,
Guy: Birch oil distilling
Folder 7: Reinert,
Guy: John Birmelin
Folder 8: Reinert,
Guy: Blacksmith (Henry Driehaus)
Folder 9: Reinert,
Guy: Blanket chests
Folder 10: Reinert,
Guy: Bookplate engravings (Adam Pietz)
Folder 11: Reinert,
Guy: Clocks
Folder 12: Reinert,
Guy: Comb making and combs
[includes
2 horn combs made in Pennsylvania, one in a case]
Box 2: Reinert,
Guy: Coverlets
Folder 1: Reinert,
Guy: Coverlets: correspondence
Folder 2: Reinert,
Guy: Coverlets: notes, clippings
Folder 3: Reinert,
Guy: Coverlets: notebook pages
Folder 4: Reinert,
Guy: Coverlets: notes and manuscripts
Folders 5-6: Reinert,
Guy: Coverlets: pictures
Box 3: Reinert
Folder 1: Reinert,
Guy: European folk art prototypes: photographs
Folder 2: Reinert,
Guy: Fabrics: photos [mostly coverlets]
Folder 3: Reinert,
Guy: Fraktur: photos
Folder 4: Reinert,
Guy: Ironwork
Folder 5: Reinert,
Guy: notes on photographs
Folder 6: Reinert,
Guy: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society
Folder 7: Reinert,
Guy: Pewter
Folder 8: Reinert,
Guy: Photographs
Folder 9: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: correspondence: John Ramsay
Folder 10: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: miscellaneous
Folder 11: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: photos
Box 4: Reinert
Folder 1: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Jacob Medinger
(potter) and William McAllsiter (artist)
Folder 2: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Stahls Brothers (Isaac
and Thomas), with photos of Isaac
Folder 3: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Thomas Stahl:
photographs
Folder 4: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Berks County
Folder 5: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Berks County:
photographs
Folder 6: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Bucks County
Box 5: Reinert
Folder 1: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Carbon County
Folder 2: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Lancaster County
Folder 3: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Lebanon County
Folder 4: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Lehigh County
Folder 5: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Montgomery County
Folder 6: Reinert,
Guy: Pottery: Northampton County
Folder 7: Reinert,
Guy: Pump making
Folder 8: Reinert,
Guy: Reading (Penn.) Bicentennial, 1946-1947
Folder 9: Reinert,
Guy: Samplers: photos
Folder 10: Reinert,
Guy: Show towels: photos
Folder 11: Reinert,
Guy: Edward C. Smith
Folder 12: Reinert,
Guy: Stiegal glass
Folder 13: Reinert,
Guy: Stories and clippings
Folder 14: Reinert,
Guy: Tombstones
Folder 15: Reinert,
Guy: Tombstones: negatives
Box 6: Reinert
Glass plate negatives from Reinert: map of New
Netherlands, 7 fraktur, and photos of papers pertaining to a school and church
in Maxetawny, Penn.
Box 7: Rice,
Stoudts
Folders 1-2: Rice,
Charles S.: photos of Amish
[includes photos of
Amish at a sale, interior of an Amish living room, a funeral (mostly cemetery
scenes), a school scene, a barn raising, a buggy maker, plowing, water wheels,
etc.]
Folder 3: Stoudt,
John Baer: “Pennsylvania German Superstitions, Prognostics, Folklore”
Folder 4: Stoudt,
John Baer: Rhymes, pottery
inscriptions, children’s lore, etc.
Folder 5: Stoudt, John Baer: scrapbook about
Oley Valley revival; also German songs, rhymes, etc.
Folder 6: Stoudt,
John Joseph: Folklore manuscript: part I: Children’s lore
Folder 7: Stoudt, John Joseph: Folklore
manuscript: part II: “The Proverbial Mind” (collected from the notebooks of
John Baer Stoudt)
Folder 8: Stoudt,
John Joseph: Folklore manuscript: part III: Ballads