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FormatManuscript
CreatorAlderfer, Joel D.
Title, ManuscriptKommt liebe Kinder, Kommt herbei: Elementary Education in the Mennonite Communities of Southeastern Pennsylvania to 1840
Extent of Work10 pp.
AbstractExamines the writings of Christopher Dock (d. 1771) in which he describes his own teaching methods and the management of early Mennonite schools in the 18th and early 19th centuries in southeastern Pennsylvania.
NotesThe ABCs of German American Education in Pennsylvania Prior to the Public School Movement of 1834: A Symposium. June 30, 2007 at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA
Call NumberMKI P2007-47
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Pennsylvania/ Education/ Mennonites/ 18th century