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Letter From Helen J. Moser to Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 12, 1957

Helen Moser

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 12, 1957. Within, Moser provides some Pennsylvania Dutch dialect stories about creameries as well as a rhyme and information about plants.
Letter From Charles R. Hepner to Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 8, 1957

Charles R. Hepner

A handwritten letter from Charles R. Hepner addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 8, 1957. Within, Hepner writes to corroborate a story he heard on Shoemaker's radio program about an amputated limb by relating his own experiences of phantom pain following an amputation and the method used to cure it.
Notes From Governor Steel's Journal as Printed in the Manchester New Hampshire Union of October 26, 1889

Alfred L. Shoemaker

Handwritten notes copied by Alfred L. Shoemaker from The Manchester Union newspaper of October 26, 1889. The article prints excerpts of Governor Steel's journal as he journeys from Philadelphia to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and comments on the quality of the barns and farm lands in the region.
Letter From Robert V. Fritz to Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 5, 1957

Robert V. Fritz

A handwritten letter from Robert V. Fritz addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 5, 1957. Within, Fritz details a cure for homesickness in cows and describes the process he learned to scald hogs by using a barrel.
Letter From William Buffenmoyer Sr. to Alfred L. Shoemaker

William Buffenmoyer Sr.

A handwritten letter from William Buffenmoyer Sr. addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1957. Within, Buffenmoyer provides several humorous anecdotes and riddles about an elephant, baked beans, and an old wedding photograph.
Letter From Mrs. Frayne Stohler to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 11, 1956

Frayne Stohler

A handwritten letter from Mrs. Frayne Stohler of Andreas, Pennsylvania addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 11, 1956. Within, Stohler writes to provide Shoemaker with some of her old Pennsylvania Dutch weather predictions after listening to Shoemaker's radio program.
Letter From Linus L. Francis to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956

Linus L. Francis

A typed letter from Linus L. Francis addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Francis relates a story about selling bones to a man named Moses Brownmiller in Hamburg. He also inquires about a Bible verse that can stop nose bleeds.
Letter From Harry M. Gehris to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956

Harry M. Gehris

A handwritten letter from Harry M. Gehris addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Gehris details his trading of bones to a peddler during his youth.
Letter From Raymond E. Hollenbach to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 10, 1956

Raymond E. Hollenbach

A typed letter from Raymond E. Hollenbach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 10, 1956. Within, Hollenbach provides information from old account books of William Krumm and his son, detailing the prices received for pig's bristles. He also notes that bones were traded and made into fertilizer.
Letter From Mrs. Francis Watt to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 6, 1956

Francis Watt

A handwritten letter from Mrs. Francis Watt addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 6, 1956. Within, Watt details a cure for nose bleeds that she uses on her husband by reading a Bible passage.
Letter From Howard A. G. Miller to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 2, 1956

Howard A. G. Miller

A handwritten postcard from Howard A. G. Miller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 2, 1956. Within, Miller provides information on how to stop bleeding via a passage in the Bible.
Letter From Lizzie Brossman to Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 3, 1956

Lizzie M. Brossman

A handwritten letter from Lizzie M. Brossman addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 3, 1956. Within, Brossman details a story her father told her about a vendor at a Reading street market who spoke in Pennsylvania German about his products.
Letter from Mabel G. Sayer to Alfred L. Shoemaker, October 1, 1956

Maybel G. Sayer

In this typed letter from October 1st, 1956, Mabel G. Sayer responds to Alfred L. Shoemaker's radio program from the previous day. She provides a Pennsylvania German verse and wishes him well.
Letter From George L. Moore to Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 26, 1956

George L. Moore

A handwritten letter from George L. Moore addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 26, 1956. Within, Moore provides accounts of a Pennsylvania Dutch quadrupled birth, wagon history, and the process of using bed rope to clear snow from the top of wheat crops.
Letters From J. Daniel Roth to Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 19, 1956

J. Daniel Roth

A set of handwritten letters from J. Daniel Roth addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 19, 1956. Within, Roth writes humorous anecdotes about animals such as bulls and chickens and includes information about the proper method for clearing snow from rye plants.
Letter From Henry W. Hunsberger to Alfred L. Shoemaker, September 15, 1956

Henry W. Hunsberger

A handwritten letter from Henry W. Hunsberger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated September 15, 1956. Within, Hunsberger responds to information he heard on Shoemaker's radio program about using a bed rope to clear snow from the crops in a field.
Dieffenbach on Blue Mountain Tea, June 25, 1956

Victor C. Dieffenbach

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Blue Mountain Tea", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated June 25, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details various instances of how Blue Mountain Tea and its leaves could be utilized by the Pennsylvania Dutch community.
Dieffenbach on Candy, May 8, 1956

Victor C. Dieffenbach

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Candy", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 8, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details some traditional Pennsylvania Dutch candies that were made, specifically hore-hound and birch drops.
Dieffenbach on Diapers: "Die Windla," April 10th, 1956

Victor C. Dieffenbach

A handwritten manuscript entitled "Diapers: die Windla," written by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated April 10, 1956. Within, Dieffenbach details superstitions about diapers and their effects on children later in life, as well as omens and tales related to witchcraft and pow-wowing cures.
Letter From D. W. Thompson to Alfred L. Shoemaker, April 3, 1956

D. W. Thompson

A typed letter from D. W. Thompson addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated April 3, 1956. Within, Thompson provides a recipe for "Scotch Cake," discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch term for taffy and speculates about sugar rings.
Advertisement and News Release for a Constantine Kermes Art Exhibition, April 2, 1956

Jacques Seligmann Galleries

A printed advertisement and news release from Jacques Seligmann Galleries announcing an art exhibition of paintings by Constantine Kermes, dated April 2, 1956. The one-man-show, entitled "Icons and American Saints," features Kermes' paintings of New England Shaker and Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired art as well as Byzantine iconography.
Letter From Helen Moser to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 1, 1956

Helen Moser

A handwritten letter from Helen Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 1, 1956. Within, Moser writes on a number of Pennsylvania-Dutch sayings, but asks Shoemaker, in particular, to not read one of them on his radio program as it is an insult to Catholics.
Letter From Raymond E. Kiebach to Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 16, 1956

Raymond E. Kiebach

A typed letter from Raymond E. Kiebach addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 16, 1956. Within, Kiebach responds to Shoemaker's inquiries about itching ("Der Gretz") and grave robbing.
Letter From George E. Bagenstose to Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 10, 1956

George E. Bagenstose

A handwritten letter from George E. Bagenstose addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated January 10, 1956. Within, Bagenstose recounts a folktale involving a stopped waterwheel and a talking bullfrog.
Letter From Helen Moser to Alfred L. Shoemaker, November 17, 1955

Helen Moser

A handwritten letter from Helen J. Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated November 17, 1955. Within, Moser writes on a number of topics including yeast, tombstone designs, undergarment sleeves and a story about bullfrogs churning butter.