Scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to Ephrata Cloister, 1929 Mar. 19-1954 Sept. 15.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to Ephrata Cloister, 1929 Mar. 19-1954 Sept. 15.

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The articles and images within this scrapbook were taken from both newspapers and magazines. The scrapbook holds information about the establishment and history of the Ephrata Cloister including articles about Johann Conrad Beissel, Pennsylvania Dutch, the German Seventh Day Baptist Church, and the Ephrata Cloister print shop. Some of the articles discuss how the area was raided and looted of antiques and relics before the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bought the site. The majority of articles discuss the restoration and preservation measures taken to repair the Ephrata Cloister in order to open the historic site to the public.

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Lancaster County Historical Society

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Lancaster County Historical Society

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Seventh-Day Baptists.

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The Ephrata Cloister, near Lancaster, Pa., was a religious community of German Seventh Day Baptists founded by Johann Conrad Beissel in 1728. Under Beissel's guidance, Ephrata became known for its mystical music, hymn writings, and manuscript illuminations. Two sisters, Anastasia and Iphigenia, were the principal ornamental writers; the artists of the illuminations are unknown. There were three major collections of hymns produced at Ephrata: Zionitischer Weyrauch's Hügel, Turtel Taube, and Para...