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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicYoder, Don
Title, MonographicThe Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide
Place of PublicationUniversity Park
PublisherPennsylvania State University Press for the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania German Society
Date of Publication2005
Extent of Workxviii, 366 pp., ill. (some col.)
Series TitlePublications of the Pennsylvania German Society, v. 39; Pennsylvania German History and Culture Series, no. 6
Address/AvailabilityOCLC 58807375
ISBN0271026790
AbstractDonated by Dennis BoyerContents: Song and Ballad Broadsides -- The Broadside and Customs of the Year -- Political and Military Broadsides -- Medical Broadsides -- Sale bills, Advertisements, and Bookplates -- Dialect Broadsides and Community Events -- Religious Broadsides -- House-blessings and Heaven-letters -- The Broadside and the Rites of Passage -- Prints: The Picture World of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
NotesIncludes bibliographical references pp. ([336]-357) and index. Copy also at WHS.
Call NumberMKI GR110 P4 A372 vol. 39 [10/2020 in Pa office, rm. 413]
MKI TermsPennsylvania Dutch -- Social life and customs/ German Americans -- Social life and customs/ Printing -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country -- History/ German-American press