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Volume XLI, Number 1 February 2009Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society

What’s Inside• What’s Going On

• Annual Genealogy Conference

• Volunteer Recognized

• Society Plans Field Trips- Port to Paradise- Old Order Mennonite Tour

• Director’s Reflections

• Calling College Students

• That Good Volunteer Feeling

• Library Volunteer Opportunity

• Donations to the Society

• Periodicals For Sale

• Writing Amish Family Stories

• Recent Library Acquisitions

EventsTuesday, March 10 (Note Changeof Date): quarterly meeting, 7 pm,Julia Kasdorf and Duane Kauffmanon Rosanna of the Amish atStrasburg Mennonite Church

Friday, March 13: Book Auction,rare and used books, 6:30 pm atthe Society

March 11-12 thru May 13-14:Pennsylvania German classesresume

April 10: Society closed for GoodFriday

Sunday, April 19: VolunteerAppreciation tea for 2008-2009volunteers at the Society

Friday, April 24: Book Auction, rareand used books, 6:30 pm at theSociety

Saturday, April 25: Lancaster FamilyHistory Conference at EdenResort: “Roots on the Move-Stories of Immigration”

Saturday, May 2: Port to Paradisefield trip

Saturday, May 9 (Note Change ofDate): Annual Banquet meeting atWeaver’s in Adamstown

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Quarterly Meeting onRosanna of the Amish:Fact and Fiction

Join Mennonite poet, writer, andPenn State professor, Julia SpicherKasdorf, for a panel discussion on“Fact and Fiction: ReconsideringRosanna of the Amish,”on Tuesday, March 10(note change of date) at 7pm at StrasburgMennonite Church.

Kasdorf will be joinedby historian and genealo-gist S. Duane Kauffman,author of Mifflin CountyAmish and MennoniteStory 1791-1991 and arecent PennsylvaniaMennonite Heritage arti-cle (see July 2008) aboutRosanna author, Joseph W. Yoder.

Pennsylvania German linguist, JoshuaBrown, who co-edited with Kasdorf there-release of Yoder’s 1920 classic,Rosanna of the Amish: The Restored Text,in 2008, will also speak.

Joseph Yoder purported to “tellthe truth” about the Amish of Big

Valley to correct stereo-types about the “dumbDutch” that were com-mon during the first halfof the 20th century.Outsiders praisedYoder’s “record of factreading like fiction” thatoffered the first realisticview of the Amish. Yethow do we account forthe errors of fact thatKauffman has docu-mented in Yoder’s text?

This panel will discuss the truths andmisrepresentations in Rosanna of theAmish, and how reading literaturecan serve historians. The Amish spe-cialty, half-moon pies, associated with

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Preserving and popularizing Pennsylvania German andMennonite heritage, history and faith for 50 years

This spring the LancasterMennonite Historical Society is

again offering classes in thePennsylvania German dialect.Recapture a piece of yourPennsylvania German family historyor learn to speak with your Amishneighbors. We are the only educa-tional institution in Lancaster Countyto offer these courses.

Studying Pennsylvania Dutchhelps you understand and appreciatethe warm and colorful culture that isa hallmark of Lancaster County, ingeneral, and of its Plain People, inparticular.

The new class for beginners withno prior background meetsThursdays, starting March 12. ThePart Two beginners’ class, for thosewith one semester or more priorexperience in Pa. Dutch, will be heldWednesdays, starting March 11.Both classes meet from 7-9 pm andwill be taught by Keith [“Butch”]Reigart. Butch’s interactive teaching

style includes dialogues, grammar,Pa. Dutch songs, contemporaryusage, a history of the language, andcultural practices of the Plain Peoplewho speak it.

Butch Reigart, fluent inPennsylvania German and a nativeof York County, Pa., returns to teachour beginning classes. His ties toPennsylvania Dutch go back to hisearly years growing up with Dutch-speaking grandparents in his house-hold.

Butch was employed for morethan 35 years as a foreign languagespecialist for the U.S. governmentand is fluent in German and Russian,as well as Pennsylvania Dutch.

Classes meet at the Society, 2215Millstream Road, just off Route 30,next to Tanger Outlets, across fromStarbucks. Cost is $100 for mem-bers, $115 for nonmembers for aten-week series. Call Dorothy to reg-ister at (717) 393-9745.

Julia Kasdorf

Classes Offered in Pennsylvania Dutch

Original illustration from Rosannaof the Amish by George

Daubenspeck, 1940 (used bypermission of Herald Press)


Stories of immigration will bethe theme of the 30th annual

Lancaster Family HistoryConference on Saturday, April 25,at the Eden Resort Inn, 222 EdenRoad, in Lancaster, PA. Keynote

speaker will beBarry Moreno,director of theEllis IslandMemorialLibrary andauthor ofmany bookson immigra-tion, includ-ing, Childrenof Ellis Island(see photo).

The one-day conference, whichthis year includes a banquetluncheon in the courtyard, is co-sponsored by the LancasterMennonite and Lancaster County

Historical Societies. Brochure isavailable online at www.lmhs.orgor phone us at (717) 393-9745 formore information. Cost is $100for members. To register on-line,visit: www.lancasterhistory.org/

The genealogy conference ispreceded by an optional, all-dayFriday bus tour to Ellis Island($75), and a free Friday evening

auction of rare and used booksfrom 6:30-9:00 pm at theLancaster Mennonite HistoricalSociety (our research library willalso be open that evening). Thisbook auction includes more than400 lots of local and nationalgenealogies and histories.(Auction catalogs are availableonline at www.lmhs.org ) Join us!


History ContestThe Mennonite Church USA HistoricalCommittee invites student scholars at thehigh school, college and university, andgraduate school and seminary levels tosubmit research papers on topics relatedto Mennonite and Anabaptist history forcompetition in the John HorschMennonite History Essay Contest.

Cash prizes ($100, $75, and $50 for1st, 2nd and 3rd) are given in each cate-gory. Papers should be written duringthe 2008-2009 academic year. Subjectsmay include congregational and institutional histories, biographies,literature studies, and explorations of theological, cultural, andsocial movements among Mennonites and related groups.Submission deadline is June 15, 2009. For more info or to submita paper, visit www.mennoniteusa.org/history .

Fastnachts program at Mennonite Heritage CenterMennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, Pa.,invites the public to the program, “Fastnachts, Doughnuts andOther Cakes,” presented by Alan Keyser on Fastnacht Day,Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 12 noon. Keyser, renownPennsylvania German historian, will cover the whole subject ofdoughnuts as they were used for celebrating various occasionsthroughout the year. Fastnacht Day, the day before the Lentenseason begins, was the day that Pennsylvania German cooks usedup the fat in the household before fasting for Lent. More informa-tion is available from www.mhep.org or at (215) 256-3020.

The Mirror (USPS) is a bimonthly newsletter publishedby the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA 17602-1499.Phone: 717-393-9745; fax: 717-393-8751.email: [email protected] web address www.lmhs.org.Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday.Periodicals postage paid at Lancaster, PA.ISSN 0738-7237. Editor Beth E. Graybill.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Mirror,c/o Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.

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the book and its setting, will alsobe available for sale at the event.

Kasdorf published the biogra-phy, Fixing Tradition: Joseph W.Yoder, Amish American, in 2002.She is the author of two books ofpoetry: Sleeping Preacher (1992)and Eve’s Striptease (1998). Hercollection of essays, The Body andthe Book: Writing from aMennonite Life (2001), will be re-

released in paperback this spring.This event takes place at

Strasburg Mennonite Church, oneof six Lancaster congregationswhere Yoder led summer singingschools in the early 20th century.Strasburg Mennonite is located onRoute 741 south of Lancaster,between Lampeter Road and thetown of Strasburg, Pa. (address is1514 Village Road in Strasburg).

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Annual Genealogy Conference in April: “Roots on the Move!”

Elizabeth Wenger, picturedbelow with Volunteer

Coordinator, Peggy Erb, regu-larly helps sort, file and storein archive boxes the bulletinsfrom Lancaster MennoniteConference and AtlanticCoast Mennonite Conferencecongregations.

Elizabeth previouslyworked 46 years for FarmersFirst (now Susquehanna) Bankas head bookkeeper and adjus-tor. In her third year of volun-teering, Elizabeth says, “I like his-tory, and always thought if I did vol-unteer work anywhere, it would behere at the Society.” Elizabeth isexperienced with bulletins; for 40years, she has edited, typed and

duplicated the bulletins for Metzler’sMennonite Church, her home con-gregation. She may be one of thefew people who has a computer,printer, copy machine and foldingmachine in her spare bedroom.

Elizabeth Wenger (left) with Peggy Erb.

Instructor Keith “Butch” Reigart

Volunteer Recognized


Aslow, rough, tiring, wagon ridethrough the forest from the last

vestiges of civilization (in Phila-delphia) to the wilderness of whatwould become Lancaster County.This was the end of a long journeyfrom Europe to paradise for many ofour immigrant ancestors. Comealong for an examination of theirexperiences and a retracing of the

routes from Port to Paradise.After six or more harrowing weeks

at sea, our ancestors walked uncer-tainly onto firm ground at the port ofPhiladelphia. Philadelphia was abustling harbor where ships arrivedcarrying immigrant peoples andcargo from Europe and departed

back to Europe with riches from thenew lands.

Our tour to the port begins inLancaster, following Indian trails thatlater became roads to take produceand products from Lancaster farms tomarket in Philadelphia. En route wepass historic taverns, which providedfood and lodging for travelers, andother houses dating to the mid-1700s

or earlier.Upon arriving in New

Jersey we board a ferry tocross the Delaware so that we,too, can step ashore and expe-rience what it was like for ourancestors to arrive in Americaby sea 300 years ago.

After our boat ride, we walkto the site of the courthouse tobe registered and sign an oathof allegiance to the King ofEngland. (In those days onlymen registered, as women andchildren weren’t consideredpotential rebels!)

From there we visit the recon-structed City Tavern for a colonialdinner featuring MarthaWashington’s Turkey Pie. Along theway we note historic buildings andimportant sites dating to the early1700s.

(Seven miles northwest ofPhiladelphia lay the village ofGermantown, which had grownup in the 1680s, home to the veryfirst settlers from German lands.Except for the small Herr-Kendig-Meylin group of 1710, mostLancaster-bound immigrantsbypassed Germantown andbought wagons, oxen, hardware,and tools in Philadelphia for thetrip to their new homes on theWestern frontier.)

After our exploration of 18th-century Philadelphia, we begin ourreturn to Lancaster, noting impor-tant sites of early white settlementen route. At Exton we tour thecolonial Zook (Zaug) House,which served as a frequent overnightstop in later years. The western halfof our route, from Coatesville toWillow Street, was originally theGreat Minquas Trail, an Indian path,later known as the Conestoga Road.

Finally, we arrive at the 1719 HerrHouse in Willow Street, LancasterCounty’s first permanent settlementand the Pennsylvania German immi-grants’ paradise. A free tour of thehouse is included at the end of theday. By this time we will havegained an understanding of the rigorsand excitement of the journey from

port to paradise and an appreciationfor the heritage we value.

Experienced tour guide, DanielNess, leads this journey fromLancaster and back along the old

roads, while filling our 21st-centuryheads with engaging stories from18th-century history.

Cost of the tour is $80 for friendsof the Society, $90 for nonmembers,and $85 for groups of five or more.The tour runs from 8 am to 6 pm onSaturday, May 2, beginning and end-ing at the 1719 Herr House inWillow Street. More informationavailable from Dorothy Siegrist at theSociety, (717) 393-9745. Note thatthis tour fills up quickly; your seatsare reserved once registration andpayment are received.

FIELD TRIPREGISTRATION FORM

$ _________ enclosed for the Port to Paradise tour on Sat., May 2

❑ Members at $80 per person❑ Nonmembers at $90

per person

(additional $5 discount for groups of four or more)

Name(s) _______________________________________________

Address _____________________City ________________________State _______ ZIP ____________Phone ______________________Email _______________________

Contact Dorothy Siegrist at717-393-9745

or [email protected] more information

Your reservation is confirmed oncepayment is received.Checks payable to:

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society2215 Millstream Road

Lancaster, PA 17602-1499

Tour lunch: colonial dining in Philadelphia

Society Plans May 2 Field Trip: From Port to Paradise

Colonial Zook (Zaug) House

On Saturday, May 23, retiredhistory teacher, Henry

Benner, will lead a Society fieldtrip entitled, “Exploring Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites ofLancaster County.” Offeringunique access, this tour will meetwith Old Order Mennonitespokespersons and visit their busi-nesses and historic sites in north-ern Lancaster County. Reservethe date; detailed informationcoming in the April newsletter.

Save the Date: OldOrder MennonitesTour, May 23

Lately I’ve beenthinking about

the importance ofhaving a peopleand a place tobelong to. Asfriends have movedto urban areas oroverseas for service, my own familyhas stayed put in Lancaster County,close to our roots. While I am some-times tempted to think of leavinghome for some exotic setting as thetrue calling, remaining close to theroots of our family history is an equal-ly important calling.

Closeness to our roots can be figu-rative or literal. Only about half of theSociety’s members live in Pennsyl-vania; the rest of you are scatteredacross the country but with familyroots, interest, or Pa. German her-itage that ties you to LancasterCounty. These connections to ourgeographic or family roots and faithlegacy can be a powerful source ofidentity and belonging, especiallyimportant in times of economic strainand dislocation.

In a recent retreat, Society staffmembers reflected on the ties of his-tory, heritage and faith that bind usto the mission of the LancasterMennonite Historical Society, a

vision which is broader than those ofus with Pennsylvania German roots.

In January, the Society conveneda group of Native Americans to helpus look at the ways in which we cancommemorate Indian friendship andties of mutual respect that aided ourLancaster Mennonite ancestors insettling Lancaster County 300 yearsago, while acknowledging our role inIndian displacement. This year’sMennonite History Day speaker inarea schools, Henry Benner, will tellsome of these stories. We are alsofundraising for a commemorative siteand recreated Indian longhouse atthe 1719 Herr House, for which weinvite your support.

Like many charitable organiza-tions, we, too, are feeling the pinch,as our donations were under budgetthis year. But in times like these, weknow our members look for goodvalue and strong connections to apeople-hood beyond themselves,which the Society offers.

Last month, we inaugurated apresident who campaigned on amessage of hope. So as we contem-plate future opportunities we, too,look forward in hope and anticipa-tion to finding new ways to tell thestories of friendship and respect,among and between peoples.


Beth Graybill

Deepen your interest in family,church or local history by volun-

teering in theSociety’s library. Weare looking for volun-teers to assist at thereference desk on aregular basis. Thework involves orient-ing patrons to thelibrary and itsresources, helping visitors to findinformation in the library andarchives, and answering research

questions at the reference desk.This is a wonderful opportunity to

learn while volunteer-ing, with experiencedstaff available for back-up. Help is needed onTuesday afternoons,Wednesday mornings,and Saturdays.Familiarity with comput-ers or willingness to

learn would be helpful. For moreinformation, contact librarian SteveNess at [email protected] .

Library Volunteer Opportunity

Music

Brighter scenes [sound recording] :Harmonia Sacra singing from Hamburg,Virginia. [Harrison, Tenn.: John Lamb,c2007. (CD BRIGHT)

Joyfully onward I move [sound record-ing] : Harmonia Sacra singing fromElkhart, Indiana. [Harrison, Tenn.?] :John Lamb, c2006. (CD JOYFUL)

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Earn real wages and get jobexperience by working at the

Society this summer. We arelooking for several summerinterns to work at organizing oursummer used book sale, helpingcustomers in our book store andlibrary, working with museumcuration and artifact conserva-tion, assisting in the archives,and helping give museum tours.Students must be enrolled at aPennsylvania college or universi-ty and eligible for financial aidfrom their school for the Societyto access the state funds avail-able for us to hire them. ContactBeth at [email protected] formore information.

Calling CollegeStudents

That Good VolunteerFeeling

Greetings to you! We at theLancaster Mennonite

Historical Society are in theprocess of organizing and expand-ing our resources to make themmore accessible to our patrons.We are seeking individuals whomay have an interest in assistingus in various areas of the Society.In most cases, willingness to learnis the main criteria! (Training willbe provided where necessary.) Volunteer opportunities include:Assisting patrons in the library

(see below);• Entering genealogy and mem-

bership data in the computer; • Scanning documents and pho-

tographs to make them availableon line;

• Sorting books for our annualsummer Bookworm Frolic;

• Helping with mailing parties;• Assisting in property mainte-

nance tasks at the Society andat the 1719 Herr House;

• Serving as a tour guide at the1719 Herr House (April-September).

The benefits of volunteering atthe Society are many. Theseinclude the opportunity to inter-act with interesting people whocare about history, the good feel-ing that you get from helping oth-ers, a small discount in our book-store and first pick of used books,and invitation to attend the annu-al volunteer tea.

Serving is an opportunity thatgives meaning to life. Please givePeggy Erb a call at the Society at393-9745 or email her [email protected] if you would likemore information or would like tocome in and talk about volunteer-ing. Thank you!

DIRECTOR’S REFLECTIONS


Recently the Society wasdelighted to receive sev-

eral gifts to our museumsand archives.

This fall the 1719 HerrHouse museum was pleasedto receive an original, 18th-century Christian Herr deedfrom Donald and PatriciaHerr of Lancaster, picturedon display, which had previ-ously been on exhibit. Werecognize the Herrs’ gen-erosity, as descendants, infinalizing this Herr family gift.

Hiram and Mary Jane (Lederach)Hershey ofHarleys-ville, Pa.,recently donateda number oflibrary andarchival items tothe Society,including severalpieces of fraktur.These books,papers, and arti-facts, for whichwe are mostgrateful, addimmeasurably toour collections.

Finally, the Society hosted agroup of David C. Eschdescendants over the holidays(pictured below). The group,some of whom had neverbefore met in person, staysconnected through a circle let-ter to descendants.Genealogist Del Yoder (backrow) had gathered the grouptogether for the occasion ofreviewing family genealogyand donating an 1874 Esch let-

ter to the Society’s archives. TheSociety is happy to host such gather-ings of descendants.

Donations to the Society

Don and Patricia Herr withChristian Herr deed.

Donated fraktur shown by Mary JaneHershey (left) to curator Carolyn Wenger.

Join us on Saturday, May 9 (note change of date), at 6pm, for our annual meeting and banquet being held this

year at Weaver’s market and banquet hall in Adamstown,Pa., just north of Ephrata. This year’s topic is“How Research in Family History Can ShapeYour Identity.” Ervin Stutzman, EasternMennonite Seminary dean and author of thebooks about his parents, Emma, A Widowamong the Amish and Tobias of the Amish(2007 and 2001, Herald Press) will speak tothis theme.

Stutzman will be joined by Old OrderAmish writer, Linda Byler, from south-centralPennsylvania. Byler authored the seven-partseries of Lizzie books, based on her own childhood,which have been described variously as an Amish “LittleHouse on the Prairie” series, and as the realistic Amishanswer to Beverly Lewis’ fictionalized Amish accounts.

Both Byler and Stutzman will speak about the pleasureand challenge of writing Amish family stories.

The evening will include special music and a traditionalLancaster County feast of fresh fruit, lettucewith bacon dressing, rolls, ham loaf, home-made mashed potatoes, vegatable medley,lemon sponge or cherry crumb pie, mints,and beverage. This delicious, home cookedmenu will be served at Weaver’s banquetfacility in Adamstown, where all food is pre-pared fresh and on site for our full enjoyment.Tickets to the free program and banquet are$16.

Weavers is located on Route 272 at theintersection with Route 897 in Adamstown (2610 NorthReading Road, Denver, if using mapquest), one milenorth of the turnpike exit off Route 222 North (map avail-able at www.weavermarkets.com/).

May 9 Annual Banquet: Writing Amish Family Stories

Duplicate Periodicalsfor Sale

It’s a new year and the library is inthe process of organizing our

publications. We have many dupli-cate periodicals and are offeringthem for sale. These include:

Music Messenger, 1967-1979; cost$1.25/year or $.25/issue. Journal of the Lancaster CountyHistorical Society, 1908-1947, vari-ous issues; 1916, 1918, 1919 com-plete sets; cost $3.50/year or $.50/issue.Sword and Trumpet, 1944 to 1980;cost $2.00/year or $.25/issue.Mennonite Family History, 1983 to2005; cost $3.50/year or$1.00/issue.Laurel Wreath Yearbooks, 1952-1970; cost $3.00/book.Youth Messenger, 1964-1969; cost$3.00/year.Mennonite Meeting Calendar,1945-1968; cost $.50/issue.Christian Monitor, 1911-1953 (notall years complete); cost$3.00/year.Christian Living, 1954-1973; cost$3.00/year.Mennonite Yearbook, 1980-1997;cost $.50/issue.Mission Yearbook, 1956-1967; cost$.50/issue.Mennonite Historical Bulletin,1940-1973; cost $3.00/year (not allyears complete).

If you are interested in purchas-ing any of these items, please con-tact Peggy at (717) 393-9745 [email protected] . Credit card orcheck is accepted as payment(shipping extra). Newer historicalorganizations may want to takeadvantage of this offer to broadentheir collections.David C. Esh descendants gather in the library.

Philosophy/Psychology/Religion

Beissel, Conrad, 1690-1768. Sometheosophical maxims, or, Rules of thesolitary life. Ephrata, PA : EphrataCloister Associates in cooperationwith the Pennsylvania Historical andMuseum Commission, 1991.(BX7818.E71 B4 1991)

Church, Richard Patrick. First be rec-onciled : challenging Christians in thecourts. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press,c2008. (BR115.L28 C48 2008)

Longacre, James C. Like those whodream : sermons for SalfordMennonite Church and beyond.Telford, Pa. : Cascadia Pub. House ;Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, c2009.(BX8127 .L66 2009)

Ott, Bernhard. God’s shalom project.Intercourse, PA : Good Books,c2004. (BS543.O88 2004)

Pax service [videorecording] : an alter-native to war. Harrisonburg, Va. :Mennonite Media, c2008.(BX8128.W4 P39 2008 (DVD))

Stoesz, Edgar. Like a mustard seed :Mennonites in Paraguay. Scottdale,Pa. : Herald Press, c2008.(BX8119.P3 S76 2008)

Yoder, John Howard. The Jewish-Christian schism revisited. Scottdale,Pa. : Herald Press, c2008. (BM535.Y63 2008)

Biography

Bergen, Ernst. Jumping into emptyspace : a reluctant Mennonite busi-nessman serves in Paraguay’s presi-dential cabinet. Intercourse, PA :

Good Books, c2008. (BX8143.B47A3 2008)

Bomberger, Myrtle Amelia Hess. Mylife’s story. [Lancaster County, Pa.,c2004?] (BX8143.B64 A3 2004)

Genealogy/History/Social Sciences

Chelson, Edna Barnett. OurPennsylvania German families : a his-tory and genealogy of the ancestorsof Eva Minerva Baer Barnett, who set-tled in Berks County, Pennsylvania,and her descendants. Morgantown,PA : Masthof Press, c1998.(CS71.B2594 1998)

Early landowners of PA. Scans ofBerks County township warranteemaps in the PA Archives & othersources [electronic resource].[Alexandria, Va.] : Ancestor Tracks,c2006. (G1263.B5 E17 2006 (CD-ROM))

50 years of faith & friendship : Tel Hai: redefining retirement. Honeybrook,PA : Tel Hai, [2006?] (HV1471.T45F54 2006)

Glick, Ivan J. Mr. Fisher’s company :history of New Holland, 1940-1985.Martindale, PA : Swiss PioneerPreservation Associates, [2008](TJ1496.N4 G55 2008)

MacInnes, Sharon Cook, and AngusMacInnes. Early landowners ofPennsylvania. Atlas of township war-rantee maps of Berks County, PA.Apollo, PA : Closson Press, c2006.(F157.B3 M33 2006)

Over here : Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, during wartime.

Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster CountyHistorical Society, c2008. (F157.L2O94 2008)

The ring of success : the independenttelephone movement in America.Washington, D.C. : U.S. IndependentTelephone Assoc., [1976] (TK6023.R56 1976)

Sholly, Chris. Manufacturing a tradi-tion : a history of Lebanon bologna.Lebanon, Pa. : Lebanon CountyHistorical Society, c2008. (TS1974.S3S56 2008)

Weaver, William Woys. Countryscrapple : an American tradition.Mechanicsburg, Pa. : StackpoleBooks, c2003. (TX749 .W36 2003)

Wenger, Diane E. A country store-keeper in Pennsylvania : creating eco-nomic networks in early America,1790-1807. University Park, Pa. :Pennsylvania State University Press,c2008. (HF5429.5.S35 W46 2008)

Language/Fiction

Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863.The night before Christmas = DieNacht vor der Grischtdaag / translat-ed by Thomas C. Zimmerman andSolomon Delong. Neckarsteinach,Germany : Edition Tintenfaß ;Kinzers, PA : Distributed in the U.S.A.and Canada by The Family Album,c2005. (PS2429.M5 N515 2005)

Rosenberry, Naomi. Faith and flamesin the Shenandoah Valley. Ephrata,Pa. : Eastern Mennonite Publications,c2007. (PS3618.O8333 F35 2007)


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