The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Hersh, Charles, 1921-                        

Title:               Research papers of Tandy and Charles Hersh

Dates:             circa 1985-circa 2005

Call No.:         Col. 934

Acc. No.:        13x124

Quantity:        25 boxes

Location:        39 I 1-6

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Charles Martin Hersh and his wife Martha Tandy Smith Hersh were interested in Pennsylvania Germans, and did research, wrote books, and lectured on the subject.  Mr. Hersh was born in 1921 in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania.  He received his university degrees from Syracuse University, earning a Ph.D. in political science.  He taught at American University and then worked as a civilian for the U.S. Army, ending his career as Dean of Academic Affairs at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Penn.  He died in 2013.

 

Tandy Hersh was a church musician.  Both she and her husband were weavers.  Charles Hersh was of Pennsylvania German descent.

 

Charles and Tandy Hersh researched American textiles and Pennsylvania German material culture.   They presented lectures, curated museum exhibitions, served on historical society boards, and served in various volunteer capacities.  Together they wrote Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans; Rural Pennsylvania German Weaving, 1833-1857; and Cloth and Costume: 1750-1800: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Photographs and notes on Pennsylvania German samplers and their makers, towels, embroidery motifs, weavers, and other topics shedding light on Pennsylvania German textiles, which were collected by Charles and Tandy Hersh in the process of researching and writing their books on Pennsylvania German textiles and samplers.  Also found are copies of weavers’ pattern books and information about foreign textiles (for comparison purposes).  Tandy Hersh was planning to compile a work about embroidery motifs, and some of the papers pertain to that interest.  About half of the collection of research notes pertain to samplers made by Pennsylvania German girls.  These are arranged by date and name of maker. 

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

The papers are in two series.  Series I is photographs, slides, and negatives.  The photos came in albums, but have been removed from those albums and placed in folders.  Series II is research notes.

 

Books in the collection are separately listed in WinterCat.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English and German.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Gift of Martha Tandy Hersh and her daughters Sarah Hersh and Winnie Hersh Coggins.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Decorative arts, Pennsylvania Dutch.

            Embroidery \v Patterns.

            Embroidery, Pennsylvania Dutch.

Samplers – Pennsylvania.

            Weavers – Pennsylvania.

            Weaving – Pennsylvania.

            Research notes.

 

Additional author:

 

            Hersh, Tandy

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location:  39 I 1-6

 

 

Series I: Photograph albums and slides:

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1:          Conestoga auction

 

Folders 2-3:     Koch collection

 

Folder 4:          Noll, Nancy: collection

 

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1:          Towels: Allentown Art Museum

                        [see also Box 16]

 

Folders 2-3:     European textiles       

 

Folders 4-5:     Heritage Center, Lancaster, Penn.     

 

Folder 6:          unknown origin (quilts, cloth, clothing, embroidery)

 

Folder 7:          Petticoats

 

 

Box 3:

 

Folders 1-5:     McIlany 81-2001 (continues in next box)

 

 

Box 4:

 

Folder 1:          McIlany 1245-2001 (continued from previous box)

 

Folder 2:          Schwenkfelder study 1: no name

 

Folder 3:          Schwenkfelder study 1: Christina Wagner, 1778

 

Folder 4:          Schwenkfelder study 1: Regina Kriebelin, ca. 1790

 

Folder 5:          Schwenkfelder study 2: Eva Schultz, 1794

 

Folder 6:          Schwenkfelder study 2: Regina Hubnern, 1794

 

Folder 7:          Schwenkfelder study 3: Susanna Yeakel

 

Folder 8:          Schwenkfelder study 3: Anna Drescherin, 1797

 

Folder 9:          Schwenkfelder study 3: no name, 1797

 

Folder 10:        Schwenkfelder study 3: Christine Schultz, 1798-99

 

Folder 11:        Schwenkfelder study 3: Maria Schultz

 

Folder 12:        Schwenkfelder study 3: various names

 

 

Box 5:

 

Folders 1-2:     Schwenkfelder study 4: various names

 

Folder 3:          photographs: Sarah’s: Victoria & Albert Museum

 

Folders 4-6:     Hess, Clarke E.

 

 

Box 6: slides

 

Folder 1:          Costume

 

Folders 2-3:     Quilts

 

Folder 4:          Petticoats

 

 

Box 7: slides

 

Folders 1-3:     Samplers

 

Folder 4:          Towels [continues in next box]

 

 

Box 8: slides

 

Folder 1:          Towels [continued from previous box]

 

Folder 2:          presentation carousels

 

Folders 3-4:     Aprons, Handkerchiefs, Houses, Fraktur, Processes, Pillowcases

 

 

Box 9: slides

 

Folder 1:          Resist, Weaving

 

Folders 2-3:     Motifs, S.T.P.C.

 

Folder 4:          foreign textiles, miscellaneous

 

Folder 5:          Colonial Williamsburg

 

Folder 6:          miscellaneous

 

 

Box 10: negatives (index available – see yellow legal pads in Box 25 of Series II)

 

Folder 1:          foreign trip and textiles

 

Folders 2-5:     film rolls, 1-2xx

 

 

 

 

Series II: Research files

 

Box 1: Samplers, 1732-1790

 

Folder 1:          list of samplers

 

Folder 2:          towels database

 

Folder 3:          Diller textiles

 

Folder 4:          1732: Herrin, Maria

 

Folder 5:          1733: Wagner, C. (Germany) (Schwenkfelder)

 

Folder 6:          1733: ACWW

 

Folder 7:          1760c: MH (Maria Huberin)

 

Folder 8:          1766: Witmerin, Maria

 

Folder 9:          1768: Hockerin, Maria (Sister Petronella, Ephrata Cloister)

 

Folder 10:        1770: Beckin, A. Maria;

                                    Longeneckerin, Magdalena (Canada);

                                    Weisern, Anna (born 1755)

 

Folder 11:        1778: Wagner, Christina (Schwenkfelder)

 

Folder 12:        1782c: SH (Sarah Hottenstein) (eastern Berks Co.)

 

Folder 13:        1784: Steinerin, Elisabeth

 

Folder 14:        1785: Burkholder, Barbara

 

Folder 15:        1785c: Maria Magtalena ? (maybe Franconia)

 

Folder 16:        1786: Berin, Barbara;

                                    Schitzin, Elisabeth;

                                    Wilms, Christina Elisabeth

 

Folder 17:        1787p: no name (vorschrift sampler)  (Berks Co.)

 

Folder 18:        1788: EM;

                                    Rilmin, Catherina

 

Folder 19:        1790: Bergin, Maria;

                                    HCH darning sampler;

                                    Kriebelin, Regina (Schwenkfelder);

                                    No name (Warwick)

 

 

Box 2: Samplers, 1791-1797

 

Folder 1:          1791: Laubachsen, Magdalena;

                                    No name (Der Wind) (Franconia);

                                    Stauffer, Barbara

 

Folder 2:          1792: Rudisilin, Anna Maria;

                                    Ebin, Salome

 

Folder 3:          1793: no name;

                                    Kaufemnnin, Fronica;

                                    Baumeni, Magdalena

 

Folder 4:          1794: Bechtelsin, Anna;

                                    Gerberin, Elisabeth;

                                    HWAZ;

                                    Hegesin, Elizabeth;

                                    Huebnern, Regina

 

Folder 5:          1794: Kafmenni, Barbara;

                                    No name (alphabet);

                                    Schaltz, Eva

 

Folder 6:          1795: Hinnelwright, Sarah

 

Folder 7:          1796: Habecker, Estir;

                                    Yeakle, Susanna

 

Folder 8:          1797: Fluri, Barbara;

                                    Muhlenburg, Hetty;

                                    Drescherin, Anna;

                                    Hackman, Esther;

                                    Walker, Mary;

                                    Witmerin, Ana;

                                    No name

 

 

Box 2: Samplers, 1798-1808

 

Folder 1:          1798: EF;

                                    Grasin, Feronica;

                                    Schultz, Christina;

                                    Schultz, Maria;

                                    Yeakle, Agnes

 

Folder 2:          1799: Bixlern, Esther;

                                    Katz, Mary;

                                    Yeakle, Lydia

 

Folder 3:          1800: Hackman, Esther;

                                    Hernerin, Anna Maria;

                                    Schottin, Hanna;

                                    Witwerin, Magdalena

 

Folder 4:          1801: Bauerin, Elisabeth;

                                    Histand, Barbara;

                                    Schultz, Christina;

                                    Smith, Mary Ann

 

Folder 5:          1802c: Kriebel, Salome

 

Folder 6:          1803: Histand, Susan;

                                    Sansinich, Elisabeth

 

Folder 7:          1804: BKH;

                                    Kriebel, Hanna;

                                    No name

 

Folder 8:          1805: Histand, Feronica

 

Folder 9:          1806: Landes, Maria;

                                    Lehman, Deborah;

                                    Mack, Bali

 

Folder 10:        1807: Rickenbach, Anna;

                                    Witmer, Anna

 

Folder 11:        1808c: Eby, Elizabeth

 

Folder 12:        1808: C.K.;

                                    Fisacher, Elisabeth;

                                    Landes, Anna

 

 

Box 4: Samplers, 1809-1821

 

Folder 1:          1809: Schultz, Rosina

 

Folder 2:          1811: Fisler, Maria;

                                    Reif, Susana;

                                    Smitin, Maria

 

Folder 3:          1812: Bergin, Fronica;

                                    Sautere, Magdelena

 

Folder 4:          1814: Histand, Elizabeth

 

Folder 5:          1815c: Miller (mother)

 

Folder 6:          1816: Brubaker, Barbara;

                                    Kulp, Elisa

 

Folder 7:          1817: Landes, Mary;

                                    LK

 

Folder 8:          1817: Oberholtzerin, Elisabeth;

                                    Waner, Elisabeth

 

Folder 9:          1818: Conear, Catharine D.;

                                    Konig, Sara;

                                    Landes, Magdalena;

                                    Leathermen, Ester & Ann (Franconia)

 

Folder 10:        1819: Cence, Maria;

                                    Henrichin, Elisabeth;

                                    Landis, Mary;

                                    Petery, Mary

 

Folder 11:        1819c: Kunsin, Christina;

                                    Mosser, Elisabeth

 

Folder 12:        1820: Anders, Lidia;

                                    Frank, Catharina;

                                    Fretz, Catharine;

                                    Meck, Susanna;

                                    No name

 

Folder 13:        1820c: Eby, Susanna

 

Folder 14:        1820p: Weber, Abraham

 

Folder 15:        1821: Beckerin, Susanna;

                                    Brubacher, Maria;

                                    Dillir, Cadarina;

                                    Dillir, Elizabeth;

                                    Shenk, Rachel

 

 

Box 5: Samplers, 1822-1828

 

Folder 1:          1822: Brubacher, Maria;

                                    Deturck, Anna;

                                    Eshleman, Ann;

                                    Happel, Mary;

                                    Kriebel, Susanna

 

Folder 2:          1823: Bohn, Anna Maria;

                                    Brubacher, Barbara;

                                    Hochstittir, Susan

 

Folder 3:          1824: Brackbill, Susanna

 

Folder 4:          1825: Benner, Maria;

                                    Cassels, Elizabeth;

                                    Dresher, Rebecca;

                                    Nisly, Nancy;

                                    Witmer, Lidya;

                                    Yeakle, Leah

 

Folder 5:          1826: EJ;

                                    Freed, Lydia;

                                    Freed, Mary;

                                    Hosteter, Elizabeth;

                                    Landis, Susanna;

                                    M., Barbara;

                                    Schwartz, Susana;

                                    Shreiner, Leah

 

Folder 6:          1827: Faust, Sarah;

                                    Greb, M.A.;

                                    Habecker, Esther;

                                    Hershey, Elizabeth;

                                    Kolb, Anna;

                                    Kreider, S.;

                                    No name (Koch);

                                    Landes, Susanna;

                                    Landis, Barbara;

                                    Mann, Esther;

                                    Schultz, Sara

 

Folder 7:          1827: Shaub, Susan;

                                    Wallace, Grace;

                                    Yeakle, Leah

 

Folder 8:          1828; Anders, Anna;

                                    Denig, Henryetta;

                                    Garman, Leah;

                                    Koehler, Catherina;

                                    Marsteller, Catharina;

                                    Miller, Elesabeth;

                                    Schultz, Saline;

                                    Schultz, Sara;

                                    Weiser, Rachel

 

 

Box 6: Samplers, 1828p-1833c

 

Folder 1:          1828p: Heebnerin, Susanha

 

Folder 2:          1829: Graeff, Susan;

                                    Hochstittir, Martha;

                                    Rosenbarger, Elizabeth;

                                    S.S.;

                                    R.S. (Schultz, Regina);

                                    LeVan, Willy

 

Folder 3:          1830: Babbar, F. Ewa;

                                    Beck, Maria & Heller, Ester;

                                    Graybill, Mary E.;

                                    Kriebel, Elisabet;

                                    Stauffer, Mary Ann;

                                    Weiser, Harriet

 

Folder 4:          1830c: Hessin, Maria

 

Folder 5:          1831: Boyer, Julyann;

                                    Garb(er), Mary;

                                    Hershey, Anna;

                                    Landis, Fianna;

                                    Roland, Louisa;

                                    Rupp, Fianna;

                                    Segrist, Sarah & Mary

 

Folder 6:          1832: Brenneman, Maria;

                                    Buswell, Miriam;

                                    Carle, Anna;

                                    Dick, Elizabeth;

                                    Hoch, Catherine;

                                    Hoch, Maryann;

                                    Kolb, Anna;

                                    Kreider, Anna

 

Folder 7:          1832; R.P.;

                                    Rohrer, Ann & Barbara;

                                    Schwartz, Lidi

 

Folder 8:          1832c: R.M.

 

Folder 9:          1832p: no name

 

Folder 10:        1833: Bechtel, Elizebeth (Boone);

                                    Bechtel, Elisabeth;

                                    Buhs, Anna Dorothe;

                                    Hoch, Mary Ann

 

Folder 11:        1833: Kurtz, Elisabeth;

                                    Kurtz, Magdalena;

                                    L.S. (Lydia Schultz);

                                    Schultz, Maria;

                                    Siegrist, Sarah

 

Folder 12:        1833c: Miller, Ana Mary;

                                    Resser, Hannah

 

 

 

Box 7: Samplers, 1834-1840

 

Folder 1:          1834: Gingrich, Veronica;

Kreibel, Maria;

Schoch, Maryann;

Yeager, Elizabeth

 

Folder 2:          1835: Barndt, Elizabeth;

                                    Denlinger, Elizabeth & Anne;

                                    M.A.B.;

                                    Martin, Catharine;

                                    Moyer, Elisabeth;

                                    Schultz, Regina;

                                    Wenger, Susanna

 

Folder 3:          1835c: Hacker, Mary Catherine;

                                    Reiff, Hannah;

                                    Witmer, Susan

 

Folder 4:          1836: Anders, Sarah;

                                    Demain, Margaret;

                                    Geisinern, Susana;

                                    Hessin, Elisabeth;

                                    Hoch, Catherine;

                                    Kind, Sarah;

                                    Nisley, Fanny;

                                    Stuck, Leah

 

Folder 5:          1837: Balmer, Elisabet;

                                    L.S. (Lydia Schultz);

                                    Sellers, Elizabeth;

                                    Yoder, Hannah S.

 

Folder 6:          1838: Ebz, Meri (Mary Eby);

                                    Kreibel, Salome;

                                    Kurtz, Magdalena;

                                    MK (Maria Krieble)

 

Folder 7:          1838: Reiff, Hannah;

                                    Schultz, Lea;

                                    Sister Paulena;

                                    Stoltzfusz, Maria;

                                    Weidner, Catharine

 

Folder 8:          1839: Enck, Anna;

                                    BK;

                                    Diffenderfer, Juliann G.;

                                    Grater, Catharine;

                                    Iaekel, Agnes;

                                    MAI;

                                    Miller, Christina

 

Folder 9:          1839: Minnich, Catharine;

                                    Musselman, Mary;

                                    Nissley, Fanny;

                                    Nissley, Mary;

                                    Reinhard, Anna Maria

 

Folder 10:        1840: Diener, Catherine;

                                    Fretz, Eliza;

                                    Fried, Sara;

                                    Herr, Elisabeth;

                                    Hoover, Anna;

                                    Kriebal, Salome;

                                    Landes, Elizabeth;

                                    No name;

                                    RESC [Regina Schultz];

                                    Reist, Anna;

                                    Stahr, Martha Ann;

                                    Wahl, Susana;

                                    Yoder, Susana

 

 

Box 8: Samplers, 1841-1859

 

Folder 1:          1841:   Forrey, Fanny;

Histed, Esther E.;

                                    Hough, Elizabeth Pamelia;

                                    Kriebel, Susana;

                                    Kriebel, Sarah;

                                    Matter, Sarah Ann;

                                    Meyer, Susanna;

                                    Shopf, Mary;

                                    Wakefield, Martha

 

Folder 2:          1842: RK (Rosina Kriebel);

                                    Leatherman, Elizabeth;

                                    Scholl, Sarah

 

Folder 3:          1843: AB (Bauer);

                                    Eberly, Frances;

                                    Hoch, Catherine;

                                    Snyder, Elizabeth;

                                    Wenger, Louisa;

                                    Young, Lydia M.

 

Folder 4:          1844: Kriebel, Susannah;

                                    LK (Lydia Kurtz);

                                    Schweinfurth, Barbara;

                                    Swartley, Susanna

 

Folder 5:          1845: CK;

                                    Wisler, Elizabeth

 

Folder 6:          1846: Bechtel, Mary;

                                    Good, Susanna;

                                    Herr, Anna;

                                    Hoover, Anna;

                                    Initials (MPL);

                                    L.B.

 

Folder 7:          1849: Buckman, Louise;

                                    E.K.;

                                    ERD;

                                    Webbert, Mary Jane

 

Folder 8:          1850-1853:

                                    1850: Stambaugh, Mary E.;

                                    1851: Ruth, Elisa;

                                                Schultz, Levi;

                                    1852: Good, Elizabeth;

                                                Wonderlich, Mary Elizabeth;

                                    1853: Bull, Susanna;

                                                Kreider, Anna S.;

                                                Lapp, Fronica

 

Folder 9:          1854: Bachman, Magdalena;

                                    Bucher, Fanny;

                                    Kauffman, Susanna;

                                    Long, A.M.;

                                    Moyer, Catharine;

                                    Weigner, Anna

 

Folder 10:        1855-1859:

                                    1855: Zug, Barbara;

                                    1855c: Heilman, Beata;

                                    1856: Krieble, Phoebe;

                                                Peters, Susanne Y.;

                                    1857: Heebner, Mary;

                                    1858p: CR LM;

                                    1858: Fretz, Mary

 

 

Box 9: Samplers, 1860-1949, no date, A-S

 

Folder 1:          1860s:

                                    1860c: Schelly, Sarah S.;

                                    1860p: Weaver, Lydia;

                                    1861: Iotter, Magdalena;

                                    1862: Hohmann, Elizabeth

                                                Hohmann, Kunie G.;

                                    1863: Byler, Catharine;

                                    1864: BE (Barbra Ebersole);

                                                Jagger, Ellen;

                                    1865: Byler, Lydia;

                                                Peterscheim, Anna;

                                    1867c: Oberholtzer, Elizabeth

 

Folder 2:          1875-1896:

                                    1875: RGS;

                                                Schultz, Regina G.;

                                    1876: Godshalk, Henry;

                                    1877: Schultz, Mary N.;

                                    1880: Gochnaur, Martha A.

                                    1881: JMB;

                                    1882: MS;

                                    1883: King, Katie;

                                    1885: Bucher, Mary B.;

                                                Lapp, Rebecca;

                                    1887: Fisher, Susanna;

                                    1888: F.S.;

                                    1889: Fisher, Sarah;

                                    1890c: King, Sarah B.;

                                    1894: Bucher, Martha B.;

                                    1896: AB

 

Folder 3:          1907-1949:

                                    1907: Smoker, Annie E.;

                                    1910: Bucher, Mary H.;

                                    1913: Beiler, Fannie L.;

                                                LS (Lydia Smoker);

                                    1916: Beiler, Lydia L.;

                                    1920: Stoltzfus, Malinda F.;

                                    1922: Fisher, Lizzie;

                                    1923: SF;

                                                Kauffman, Katie Emma;

                                    1927: Lapp, Katie F.;

                                    1928: King, Elizabeth;

                                    1939: no name;

                                    1949: Kine, Lydia

 

Folder 4:          no date: A.A.;

                                    Beiler, Barbara;

                                    Bergey, Sarah;

                                    Bower, Elizabeth;

                                    C.B.;

                                    J.B.

 

Folder 5:          no date: Clayton, Mary A.;

                                    Elisab;

                                    Elisabet;

Koch, F.;

Gingrinch, Feronica;

Grabil, Sarah;

Grosh, Emma;

Himmel

 

Folder 6:          no date: Kendrick, Hety;

                                    M.K.;

                                    Langenecker, Elisabeth;

                                    Myers, Rebecca;

                                    M.;

                                    M.P.

 

Folder 7:          no date: Rupert, Rebecah;

                                    E.R.;

                                    W.R.;

                                    Sauder, Mary (2 sections);

                                    Schaitzer, Elizabeth;

                                    Shuman, Eliza;

                                    Stib, Susanna;

                                    Stolsfus, Cadarina;

                                    B.S.;

                                    S.S.

 

 

Box 10: Samplers: no date, W-Z, no name; samplers not in book, 1717-1799

 

Folder 1:          no date: Weaver;

                                    Weber, Maria;

                                    Wiand, Hedia;

                                    R.E.W.;

                                    Yeagley, Sarah;

                                    Yoder, Katie;

                                    M.Z.

 

Folders 2-3:     no date, no name

 

Folder 4:          not in book: 1717-1787:

                                    1717: Sinderbee, Mary;

                                    1747: Herbein, Sara;

                                    1750: L.B.;

                                    1751: Watson, Rebecca;

                                    1763: Jo_it, Elisabeth;

                                    1768: Elisabeth (no name);

                                    1777: Resin, Elisabet;

                                    1784: Keim, Esther;

                                    1786: Hiester, Catherine;

                                    1787: Meyerin, Elisabeth

 

Folder 5:          not in book:1788-1795:

                                    1788: Langin, Elisabeth;

                                    1789-1809: Landis, Barbara;

                                    1789?: Miller, Maria;

                                    1790: Macage;

                                                Schel, Cadarina;

                                    1792: Cadarina;

                                    1793: Muselmenin, Maria;

                                    1794: Preston, Martha;

                                    1795: Leigheiser;

                                                Herschisin, Barbara;

                                                Kaufmeni, Ester;

                                                Iaekelin, Esther

 

Folder 6:          not in book: 1796-1799:

                                    1796: Funk, Elizabeth;

                                                Yeakle, Susanne;

                                    1797: Owerholserin, Ana;

                                    1798: Hegesin, Maria;

                                    1799: Bergir, Mabara (Barbara Berger);

                                                Reed, Magdalene

 

 

Box 11: Samplers not in book: 1800-1834

 

Folder 1:          not in book: 1800-1807:

                                    1800: Hager, Louisa;

                                    1801: Kreb, Rahel;

                                    1802: Laubachin, Elisabeth;

                                    1803: Barnitz, Mary;

                                    1805: Ritter, Sara;

                                    1806: Schencken, Maria;

                                                Skiles, Rachel and Elisabeth;

                                    1807: R.B.;

Fox, Cadarina

 

Folder 2:          not in book: 1810-1818:

                                    1810: Yekle, Anna (2 sections);

                                    1811: Kinig, Frene;

                                    1812: Thomas, Elizabeth;

                                    1813: McCoy, Elizabeth;

                                                Nell, Cristna;

                                    1816: Konig, Sara;

                                    1817: Witmer, Magdalean;

                                    1818: Deliben, Magdelina;

                                                Gerhert, Anna

                                   

 

Folder 3:          not in book: 1820-1822:

                                    1820: no name (Amy);

                                                A.H.;

                                                Fretz, Elizabeth;

                                                Schrack, Sara;

                                                Stull/Shull, Rachel;

                                    1821: Meyer, Elizabeth;

                                    1822: Steinerin, Feronica

 

Folder 4:          not in book: 1824-1826:

                                    1824: Fittrow, Ann;

                                                Miller, Ester;

                                                Schwartz, Susanna;

                                    1825: Hoffman, Elizabeth;

                                                Rutt, Mary;

                                                Stouffer, Elizabeth;

                                    1826: Borgholder, Catharina;

                                                Kriebel, Elisabeth;

                                                Landis;

                                                Moyer, Dennis

 

Folder 5:          not in book: 1828-1830:

                                    1828: Bertolet, Mary;

                                                Burkholder, Mary;

                                                Hallacher, Finanna;

                                                Rittenhouse, Martha;

                                    1829: Hiland, Margaret;

                                                Hostetter, Magdalena;

                                                Yoder, Elisabeth;

                                    1830: H.H.;

                                                Wolff, Elisabeth

 

Folder 6:          not in book: 1831-1834:

                                    1831: Cassel, Catharine;

                                    1832: Boyer, Elizabeth;

                                                Hoover, Elizabeth;

                                                Landis, Mary;

                                    1833: Royer, Cristina;

                                                Tyson, Hannah;

                                                Grobb, Caderina;

                                    1834: Huber, Ann;

                                                Meldram, Grace Anna;

                                                Morrison, Amanda;

                                                No name (Elisabeth R.);

                                                Raysor, Elizabeth

 

 

Box 12: Samplers not in book: 1835-1995, no date

 

Folder 1:          not in book: 1835-1836:

                                    1835: Bernhard, Anny;

                                                Meck, Eliza;

                                                Hershberger, Leah;

                                    1836: Imboden, Maria;

                                                Lorah, Catharina;

                                                Scanlan, Hanora

                                               

 

Folder 2:          not in book: 1837-1842:

                                    1837: Anganey, Anna;

                                                Yerger, Rebecca;

                                                Yoder, Mary;

                                    1838: Ritter, Ester;

                                                Stetler, Caroline;

                                    1839: Steinbach, Elisabeth;

                                    1840: Meily, Nancy;

                                                WL ML;

                                    1841: Hough, Elisabeth Pamela;

                                    1842: Shearer, Sarah;

                                                Vonneida, Margaret;

                                                No name

 

Folder 3:          not in book: 1843-1849:

                                    1843: Snook, Elizabeth;

                                                Brenneman, Mary;

                                    1844: Neidig, Mary Ann;

                                                Reed, Lovina;

                                                Zuck, Leah;

                                    1845: Donges, Elmanda;

                                                Hougendobler, Barbara;

                                                Landis, Frances;

                                                No name;

                                    1847: miscellaneous;

                                    1848: Fisher, Leah Y.;

                                                Knauer, Faithful;

                                    1849: Faust, Sarah;

                                               

Folder 4:          not in book: 1850-1859:

                                    1850: Herr, Magdalena;

                                    1851: Huber, Anna;

                                    1852: Risser, Fanni;

                                    1853: Baker, Anna;

                                    1854: Anders, R.

                                    1856: Wiegner, Ann;

                                    1856: Yoder, Mary H.;

                                    1859: Armitage, Lydia

 

Folder 5:          not in book: 1861-1995:

                                    1861: MacMullin, Lydia;

                                    1863: Lapp, Malinda;

                                                Mohr, Christiana Louisa;

                                    1866: Gerhard, Sarah S.;

                                    1868: Newcomer, Lydia;

                                    1879: Garges, Hettie;

                                    1884: RL;

                                    1894: CS;

                                    1896: ALA;

                                    1994: Leah;

                                    1995: BEH

 

Folder 6:          not in book: no date:

                                    ARB;

                                    Acker, Nenze;

                                    Alderfers, Susanna;

                                    B.S.;

                                    Barker, Marthay;

                                    Brehm, Polly;

                                    Burkholder, Anna;

                                    DB-FB;

                                    Lankake, Catharine;

                                    Leatherman, Leah (2 sections)

 

 

Box 13: Samplers not in book: no date; other files on samplers

 

Folder 1:          not in book: no date:

                                    Schultz, Susana;

                                    Shafer, Elizabeth;

                                    Snider, Susanna;

                                    No name (10 sections)

 

Folders 2-3:     Samplers: miscellaneous

 

Folder 4:          Museums:

                                    Bayler, Rebecca (1827);

                                    Ruesink, Cindy;

                                    No name (Steinerin?)

 

Folder 5:          Museums: miscellaneous samplers

 

Folders 6-7:     Sources for new samplers

 

 

Box 14: Foreign museums, by country

 

Folder 1:          Foreign museums: Austria

 

Folder 2:          Foreign museums: Denmark

 

Folders 3-4:     Foreign museums:  Germany: Altona, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Krefeld, Nuremburg, other

 

Folder 5:          Foreign museums: Great Britain: Donald King, Victoria and Albert

 

 

Box 15: Foreign museums, by country

 

Folders 1-2:     Foreign museums: The Netherlands: Arnheim, Leeuwarden, Shipper van Lottum

 

Folders 3-4:     Foreign museums:  Switzerland: Basel, Bern, Zurich, Linen-St. Gallen

 

Folder 5:          U.S. museums: Allentown Art Museum

                                                American Philosophical Society;

                                                Berks County Historical Society

 

 

Box 16: American museums; towels

 

Folder 1:          U.S. museums: Cumberland County Historical Society;

                                                Dauphin County Historical Society;

                                                German Culture Museum;

                                                Germantown Historical Society;

                                                Heritage Center of Lancaster;

                                                Hershey Museum

 

Folder 2:          U.S. museums: Historical Society of Pennsylvania;

Lancaster County Historical Society;

Landes Valley Farm Museum;

Metropolitan Museum of Art;

Moravian Museums;

New-York Historical Society;

Smithsonian

 

Folder 3:          U.S. museums: William Penn Museum;

                                                Winterthur Museum

                                                York Historical Society;

                                                Booklet: “Had On and Took With Her”: ads for runaway servants

 

Folder 4:          Towels material: “on Charles’s desk, 7-13”

 

Folder 5:          Towels: The Story of Samplers (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971)

 

Folder 6:          Towels: Stickmustertücher (Kataloge des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, 1980)

 

Folder 7:          Towels II: Allentown Art Museum

                        [see also Box 2]

 

Folder 8:          Towels II: Brandt, Franica: Winterthur towel

 

Folder 9:          Towels II: Hench Stephen

 

 

Box 17: towels; foreign textiles

 

Folder 1:          Towels II: Heritage Center towel exhibit, 19--

 

Folder 2:          Towels II: LaBacksen, Katarine, 1774

 

Folder 3:          Towels II: McIlnay, Mary Ann

 

Folder 4:          Towels II: motifs on towels

 

Folder 5:          Towels II: [photos only]:

 Stauffer, Maria (1835);

 Gabel, Susanna (1844); and

dresser scarf

 

Folder 6:          Towels II: Tandy Hersh’s indices of towels, before and after publication of “This is the Way I Spend my Time”

 

Folder 7:          Towels II: Weiser, Frederick

 

Folder 8:          Towels II: Winterthur photocopies

 

Folder 9:          Foreign textiles:

Bricker, Fanny;

Byerin, Susanna;

Canada; Canadian;

Kuepfer, Maria;

Lichti, Katarina

 

Folder 10:        Foreign textiles:

Denmark;

Dutch

 

Folder 11:        Foreign textiles: European: Hamp’s pelican

 

Folder 12:        Foreign textiles: German

 

Folder 13:        Foreign textiles: German: German Textile Museum

 

Folder 14:        Foreign textiles: Mexican samplers

 

 

Box 18:

 

Folder 1:          Foreign textiles: Netherlands

 

Folder 2:          Foreign textiles: Leszner, Eva Maria: sampler book translation

 

Folder 3:          Textile research: OEH – East Germany

 

Folder 4:          Textile research: child’s gown: helping Lynn Edgar with her research, 2006

 

Folder 5:          Textile research: 2001: dyeing formula: photos of historic book

 

Folder 6:          Textile research: Fred A. Pennington: 16 harness patterns

 

Folder 7:          Textile research: Tauberlander-Dorfmuseum handkerchief, 1986 trip

 

Folder 8:          Textile research: translations for sampler book

 

Folder 9:          Textile research: Heisey: checklist of weavers

 

Folder 10:        Textile research: Abraham Serff pattern book and account book: Abel article

 

Folder 11:        Textile research: Linda Eaton: Jacquard looms

 

Folder 12:        Textile research: township analysis

 

Folder 13:        Textile research: Lycoming County Historical Society: Pennsylvania needlework samplers, May 1994

 

Folder 14:        Textile research: articles: Leigh Ashton, Davida Deutsch, Betty Ring

 

Folder 15:        Textile research: Freg HD12 Conestoga star [coverlet pattern]

 

Folder 16:        Textile research: correspondence with Eliza Brown, re short gowns, 1995

 

Folder 17:        Textile research: Brenda Heindl (UD student)

 

Folder 18:        Textile research: Lynne bassett, 2005

 

Folder 19:        Textile research: Lorraine Mootz: Cella, Germany

 

Folder 20:        Textile research: An Moonen: Netherlands

 

Folder 21:        Textile research: Ute Bargmann article

 

Folder 22:        Textile research: research notes, 1997: searching Snowhill account books for mention of textiles

 

Folder 23:        Textile research: signature motifs: black and white samples

 

Folder 24:        Motifs book: miscellaneous

 

Folder 25:        Motifs book: geometric squares; geometric squares on point; geometric squares with flowers; geometric octagons; geometric four hearts

 

Folder 26:        Motifs book: geometric stars; stars “don’t use”; geometric crosses; heart base; flowers motif; crown/heart

 

 

Box 19:

 

Folder 1:          Motifs book: other; 4-2ay; research Schwenkfelder one-motif, 1794-1840; motif database working papers; stiff leg birds; new hearts outline; extra cuttings; motifs database: signature motifs

 

Folder 2:          Motifs book: motifs reviews; unknown [no folder title]; Berks lists; heart corners

 

Folder 3:          Motifs book: heart cartouche; small geometric motifs; heart shapes; corner motifs; 4 hearts; motifs

 

Folder 4:          Motifs book: hearts free-form drawn work; used in diagraming; diagram for database; heart and birds; hearts; motifs: deer

 

Folder 5:          Motifs database: title, purpose, audience; motif book: ideas; book: photos to text; German embroidery (web); symbols/motifs model books

 

Folder 6:          Motifs database: families; motifs: clues; book: motifs; motif book: list of motifs in database;  motif diagram: sources (in computer); database: extra papers

 

Folder 7:          Motifs database: notes on ideas; motifs to diagram; Tandy’s motif study

 

 

Box 20:

 

Folder 1:          Review motifs: history of embroidery: German; includes German stitches

 

Folder 2:          Review motifs:  eastern Pennsylvania Mennonites map

 

Folder 3:          Hearts & OEH: Charles: motif book draft: chapter: Hearts

 

Folder 4:          Hearts & OEH: Hearts: pamphlet: noble heart

 

Folder 5:          Hearts & OEH: Salome Kriebel

 

Folder 6:          Hearts & OEH: heart with 7 drooping flowers

 

Folder 7:          Hearts & OEH: theme: 1 sample: towel

 

Folder 8:          Motifs: early work: 3 pendulous tulips; alphabets; Amish; Chester County;  Corner motifs/band motifs

 

Folder 9:          Motifs: early work: Old texts heart study; Heart in other motifs; Heart study; Heart in flower tree; Heart in winepress; Heart in star; Heart chapter: old

 

Folder 10:        Motifs: early work: Lancaster Manor signature motifs; Lancaster Warwick signature motifs; OEH; Source OEH (Hesse); old motif information

 

Folder 11:        Motifs: early work: Pelican; Schwenkfelder sects: 1988 not used; Schwenkfelder sects: family; Schwenkfelder – group II; Schwenkfelder – AWCW

 

Folder 12:        Motifs: early work: Schwenkfelder motifs; Schwenkfelder; Spinning monkey; Fred Weiser; Wide base crown; Wine press; Wreath

 

Folder 13:        Sources: Geometric octagon and diamonds; Symbols/patterns; Betty Ring: samplers in Pennsylvania; Betty Ring: Balch School

 

 

Box 21:

 

Folder 1:          Ideas for research: ball tree; book sampler trends; cartouche and drawn work; complex square; crowns; crown over heart; Dillier article

 

Folder 2:          Ideas for research: Edmunds reprints – embroidery notes; flower garden; heart base flowers, single tree; low branching 7 flowers; Mercer Museum, 23 Sept.; motifs – diagonals [cross stitch patterns]

 

Folder 3:          Ideas for research: motifs: material not used; new study of samplers; oak tree; octagon; other – circle?; peacocks

 

Folder 4:          Ideas for research: potential; sampler miscellaneous; sampler schools – Lancaster/Harrisburg; Schweitzer custom and contracts, colonial household economy; Shipper-van Lottum book; sqaure

 

Folder 5:          Bibliographies

 

Folder 6:          Bibliography: 3 Tower; Fabian’s book; Nina Gocherell’s book; OEH; textile books: notes; Victoria and Albert Museum

 

Folder 7:          Bibliography: Williamsburg: research notes; libraries; textile department

 

Folder 8:          Bibliography: Winterthur Museum: library, DAPC; Maryland textiles, also Scranton, Griffin; block printing [includes various articles]

 

Folder 9:          Davison, Marguerite Porter: Pennsylvania German Home Weaving [photocopy]

 

Folder 10:        Hilts, Patricia: articles on German weaving traditions

 

 

Box 22:

 

Folder 1:          Hilts, Patricia: workshop in reading and interpreting old weaving notation

 

Folder 2:          Weavers’ pattern books: lists

 

Folder 3:          Weavers’ pattern books: Bent, Timothy   [photocopy]

 

Folder 4:          Weavers’ pattern books: Biesicker, Jacob: notes and photocopies

 

Folder 5:          Weavers’ pattern books: Blakeman, Philo: The Weaver’s Assistant  [photocopy]

 

Folder 6:          Weavers’ pattern books: Boschor, Heinrich (1819)  [photocopy]

 

Folder 7:          Weavers’ pattern books: DeLong, Benjamin: notes

 

Folder 8:          Weavers’ pattern books: Dienner, Christian, and Smith, Jacob  [photocopy]

 

Folder 9:          Weavers’ pattern books: Diller, Peter A.  [photographs]

 

Folder 10:        Weavers’ pattern books: Endy, Benjamin   [photocopy]

 

Folder 11:        Weavers’ pattern books: France, Joseph: The Weaver’s Complete Guide or the Webb Analyzed  [photocopy]

 

Folder 12:        Weavers’ pattern books: Grimes, William C.  [digital photos]

 

Folder 13:        Weavers’ pattern books: Hargrove, John: The Weavers Draft Book and Clothiers Assistant   [photocopy]

 

Folder 14:        Weavers’ pattern books: Kirschbaum, J. Michael (1771)   [photocopy]

 

Folder 15:        Weavers’ pattern books: Knisely, Tom: notes

 

Folder 16:        Weavers’ pattern books: Longs, John (John Bechtel) (1815)  [photocopy]

 

Folder 17:        Weavers’ pattern books: Leysy, Joseph (1783)  [photocopy]

 

Folder 18:        Weavers’ pattern books: Marsteller, Jesse (1829)  [photocopy]

 

Folder 19:        Weavers’ pattern books: Morath, Christian (1784)  [photocopy]

 

 

Box 23:

 

Folder 1:          Weavers’ pattern books: Snowhill patterns: sample weaving and photographs

 

Folder 2:          Weavers’ pattern books: Stauffer, Peter: article about

 

Folder 3:          Weavers’ pattern books: Uhler, Cyrus  [jpegs]

 

Folder 4:          Weavers’ pattern books: Whitehead, John  [disk]

                                    [see also book about John Whitehead, in Box 25]

 

Folder 5:          Weavers’ pattern books: Zinck, Johan Caspar: notes

 

Folder 6:          Weavers’ pattern books: Model Buchen: notes and photocopies

 

Folder 7:          Weavers’ pattern books: Model Buchen: photographs

 

Folder 8:          Weaving patterns: notes

 

Folder 9:          Weavers: Family Heir-Loom Weavers (Red Lion, Penn.) (Kline)

 

Folder 10:        Weavers: notes: Cornett family; Peter A. Diller and Peter Slothower; William Ervin; Frey; Joseph Kittinger; Jacob Knepper; Philip Scranton; Jacob Snively and Jacob Hershberger

 

Folder 11:        Weavers and weaving : notes

 

 

Box 24:

 

Folder 1:          Weaving: Adams County coverlet

 

Folder 2:          Clothing and dress: notes and articles

 

Folder 3:          Embroidery: notes

 

Folder 4:          Embroidery books at Clark Art Institute: bibliography and notes

 

Folder 5:          Samplers: notes

 

Folder 6:          Tapestries of the Upper Rhine

 

Folder 7:          Textile fabrics: notes and articles

 

Folder 8:          Textile fabrics in stores: analysis of Cumberland County stores

 

Folder 9:          Various textile arts: notes

 

Folder 10:        Folk art notes

 

Folder 11:        Disks for Hersh book

 

 

Box 25: oversize materials, plus printed books and periodicals

 

Folder 1:          Index to Hersh textile negatives in Series I, Box 10

 

Folder 2:          Weavers’ pattern books: Biesinger   [photocopy]

 

Folder 3:          Weavers’ pattern books: Frey, Christian   [photocopy]

 

Folder 4:          “Kelledicher” implement cloths, from Fred Weiser, 1992  [photocopies]

 

Folder 5:          Samplers and towels, from Fred Weiser, 1992  [photocopies]

 

 

Books and periodicals:

 

Abel, Isabel I.  Multiple Harness Patterns from the Early 1700’s: The Snavely Patterns.  York, Penn.: the author, 1979.

 

Brown, Barbara J., transcriber.  John Whitehead: Yorkshire Weaver to Illinois Farmer.   Macomb, Ill.: BrownHouse Publications, 2002.

 

Chester County Historical Society.  Coverlets in the Collection of the Chester County Historical Society.   West Chester, Penn.: the society, 1976.

 

Crosson, Janet Gray, and Kerr, Ruth S.  The Repp Family Memorandum & Weavers’ Book, 1735-1831.  Homer, N.Y.: R.S. Kerr, 1990.

 

Handweaver’s Bulletin.  (published by Shuttle Craft Guild.)  v. 29, no. 3 (March 1952), v. 31, no. 9 and 10 (Sept. and Oct. 1954)

 

Hood, Adrienne Dora.  “Organization and Extent of Textile Manufacture in Eighteenth-Century, Rural Pennsylvania: A Case Study of Chester County.”  San Diego: University of California, 1988.  (facsimile copy of dissertation)

 

Newall, Kathryn.  Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs Recharted by Kathryn Newall from Johan Sibmacher’s Schon Neues Modelbuch, 1597.  Boulder, Colo.: Costume & Dressmaker Press, 1999.

 

Shuttle Craft Guild.  “Home Study Course in Handweaving, part III.”  Includes woven samples.

 

Smith, Robert J.  Penn Township: 125 Years.  Newvile, Penn: Penn Township Supervisors, 1985.             (this Penn township is in Cumberland County, Penn.)

 

Tate, Lou.  Kentucky Coverlets.  Louisville, Ky.: the author, 1938.

 

Trickey, Edith Logan, and Lillich, Barbara Barnitz, compilers.  Historical Sketches of Dickinson Township.   No place, no publisher: 1985.

(Dickinson township is in Cumberland County, Penn.)