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Contents

• Fortune's Stepchildren: Slovaks in Pennsylvania
• Slovak Churches: Religious Diversity and Ethnic Communities
• Slovak Fraternal-Benefit Societies in Pennsylvania
• Early Fraktur Referring to Birth and Baptism in Pennsylvania: A Taufpatenbrief from Berks County for a Child Born in 1751
• The Solitary Sisters of Saron

ISSN

0031-4498

Publication Date

Winter 1995

City

Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania Folklife Society, Inc.

Keywords

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Slovak Americans, Thur family, Suzanna Pincak Thur, Marsteller, Slovakia, immigration, Barnesboro, Zahoranec family, Cambria City, reminiscences, coal mining, Catholic churches, food, Christmas, Easter, weddings, fraternal organizations, Clinton County, Bitumen, Ondrejco family, Pittsburgh, Protestants, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Calvinists, newspapers, parishes, fraternal-benefit societies, fraktur, baptism, taufpatenbrief, taufwunsch, Frantz Paul Seybert, Tulpehocken, Ephrata Cloister, Johann Conrad Beissel, celibacy, hymns, poetry

Language

English

Disciplines

American Art and Architecture | American Material Culture | American Studies | Christian Denominations and Sects | Cultural History | Ethnic Studies | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | Folklore | Genealogy | German Language and Literature | Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Religion | Linguistics | Social and Cultural Anthropology

Comments

EDITOR: Thomas E. Gallagher, Jr.

MANAGING EDITOR: Nancy K. Gaugler

EDITORIAL ADVISORS: Simon J. Bronner, Earl C. Haag, David J. Hufford, Terry G. Jordan, Susan Kalcik, Donald B. Kraybill, Hilda Adam Kring, Monica Mutzbauer, John W. Roberts, Evan Snyder, Kenneth Thigpen, Don Yoder

FOLK FESTIVAL DIRECTORS: Mark R. Eaby, Jr., Thelia Jean Eby

FOLK FESTIVAL PUBLIC RELATIONS: Gail M. Hartmann

SUBSCRIPTIONS: Nancy K. Gaugler

Rights Statement

This publication is in copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ It may be used for educational purposes only.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 44, No. 2

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