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Author, MonographicKurtz, Mark A.//Kurtz, Karen B.
Title, MonographicKurtz's Buggy Wheel Project [Text and Photographs, 1983-2010]
Place of PublicationGoshen, Indiana
PublisherKurtz Lens and Pen
Date of Publication1983
AbstractMaterials related to a project to document the work of Ora Nisley from Middlebury (near Goshen), Indiana, who repaired Amish buggies and farm wagons. Contents: Provenance of the Kurtz's Buggy Wheel Project --- Itemized donation list --- Donation agreement and usage terms [assignation of copyright] --- Tearsheets: "His Wheels Roll On," Heritage Country, Middlebury Indiana, Spring/Summer 1983 / "The Buggy Repair Shop," On the Line, Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1983 / "Wheels Made by Hand," Cobblestone, Peterborough, New Hampshire, November 1987 / "Buggy Repairman, Child Life, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 1991. --- Seventy-four (74) b/w negatives stored in four (4) files sheets with contact proof sheets --- Thirty-five (35) glossy b/w photographs, approximately 8 x 10 inches, some with captions --- Correspondence, 1983-1987 --- Additional Research Materials: "Amish Climb the Ladder of Success--As They Define It," by Daniel Burke, Mennonite Weekly Review, June 21, 2010 / "Beck Comes Back to His Roots After 36 Years Teaching," by Jodi Beyeler, Goshen College Bulletin, June 2003 / "When Horse Power Meant Horses," by Bonnie Vanaman, AntiqueWeek, April 26, 2010 / "Mennonite and Amish Folklore and Folk Arts," by Ervin Beck (50-page bibliography. Available online: https://www.goshen.edu/academics/english/ervinb/mennonite-folklore/).
NotesSee also: Mark A. and Karen B. Kurtz Archives
Call NumberMKI P2018-10
MKI TermsAmish/ Indiana/ Business & Industry/ Craft