Frederick S. Weiser fraktur research papers and other papers, ca.1935-ca.2008.

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Weiser, Frederick Sheely, 1935-. Frederick S. Weiser fraktur research papers and other papers, ca.1935-ca.2008.

Frederick S. Weiser fraktur research papers and other papers, ca.1935-ca.2008.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779873247

Collection of research notes, correspondence, and photos. About half of the collection, Series I, is Pastor Weiser's research notes about fraktur. Included are notes about fraktur artists, copies of articles and books about fraktur, information about frakturs made in places other than Pennsylvania, and information about the motifs used and about the different forms which fraktur took (such as book plates and taufschein). The collection includes a great many slides and color transparencies, as well as photocopies of fraktur, but no original examples. The artists' files include biographical information and reproductions of the works of the artists. Correspondence and other research notes are found in Series II. These document Pastor Weiser's interests in other aspects of Pennsylvania German culture and church history. Also in this series are some photos, particularly of tombstones and show towels, and a few late 20th century paper cuts and fraktur given to or collected by Pastor Weiser. Of additional interest are the files of Guy Reinert, John Baer Stoudt, John Joseph Stoudt, and photos by Charles S. Rice, all in Series III. Reinert wrote about Pennsylvania German culture, and his files include research notes, photos, and newspaper clippings. Of particular interest are his photos of the potters Jacob Medinger, and Isaac and Thomas Stahl, the work of the blacksmith Henry Driehaus, and two horn combs made in Pennsylvania. Charles S. Rice took photos of the Amish in the 1940s; some of the ones in this collection were used in his book Meet the Amish (Rutgers University Press, 1947). Father and son John Baer (1878-1944) and John Joseph (b.1911) Stoudt collected Pennsylvania German poems, ballads, children's lore, superstitions, weather predictions, and other folklore sayings. Pastor Weiser obtained some of their manuscripts.

46 boxes, 11 volumes : ill. (chiefly color)

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