[Fraktur Collection].

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[Fraktur Collection].

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Books and manuscripts containing fraktur documents made by Pennsylvania Germans who lived in rural parts of southeastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding region during the 1700s and 1800s. Most of the documents have been decorated with colored drawings of flowers or birds.

146 books, 37 manuscript music scores.

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department

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Free library of Philadelphia

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This is a collection of manuscripts obtained by the Free Library of Philadelphia from various donations. The majority of the collection was donated by Philadelphia book collectors, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Gimbel and William McIntire Elkins. The collection has an even mix of American and European authors. Although the majority of the authors are represented with only a few pieces of work, eight authors are better represented. These include: American authors James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), Ezra P...