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003. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 003
Manuscript materials.

Found in 209 Collections and/or Records:

Pennsylvania German Scraps

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 130
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings pertaining to the Pennsylvania Dutch. ‡b Includes articles by Wendell Kitzmiller, "Der Olt Schulmashter," and other columnists who wrote on Pennsylvania Dutch culture and folklore.  The bulk of the articles were written in the Pennsylvania German dialect.

Dates: 1892-1913

Leo Ascher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-133
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, sheet music, published musical scores, scripts, photographs of early 20th century Austrian stage actors, personal photographs, sketches, and ephemera.

Dates: 1893-1980

Maude A. & Marian F. Snyder School Notebooks

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 137
Scope and Contents

Notebooks include handwritten notes on American history and geography, grammar, arithmetic, spelling, and physiology. Outlines of a number of literary classics, compositions on various subjects, and the records of the Hawthorne Library Association for 1901 when Maud was financial secretary of the organization are also included.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1913

Al Albrecht "Dietsch Eck" Columns

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 131
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of the monthly and bi-monthly Pennsylvania German-language newspaper column "Dietsch Eck" (sometimes spelled Deitsch Eck) edited by Al Albrecht and published by the Wakarusa Tribune of Wakarusa, Ind. The bulk of the articles are transcriptions of early Pennsylvania Dutch folk stories and anecdotes originally written by E. H. Good and other writers.

Dates: 1992 Apr. 29-1998 Mar. 11

Franzi Ascher-Nash Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 132
Scope and Contents

Diaries, journals, daybooks, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, sound recordings of radio programs, and miscellaneous ephemera. Includes drafts of essays, short stories and poetry plus the diary of Ms. Ascher-Nash's mother, Luise Frankl (1896-1912) and recordings of compositions by her husband, Edgar Nash.

Dates: 1896-1991

William R. Fieler and Brother Business Correspondence

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 160
Abstract

Manuscript letters addressed to the principals in the firm of William R. Fieler and Brother.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-1892

James B. Bailey Letter Copybook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 161
Abstract

Manuscript and typed letter copybook.

Dates: 1901 July 11-1911 Nov. 11

Pauline R. Weaver School Diary

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 003-MS 162
Abstract

Diary describes courses studied, school activities, school-related events, and includes lists of classmates and teachers, autographs, and a commencement photograph of Miss Weaver.

Dates: 1902-1912

Benjamin B. Eshleman Business Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 75
Scope and Contents

Business ledger contains the accounting records of a mill operated by Benjamin B. Eshleman of Bartville, Pa. Includes the names of customers, the costs and the work completed at Eshleman's mill.

Dates: 1834-1842

Autograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: 003-MS 76
Scope and Contents

Autograph albums produced in the Pennsylvania counties of Lancaster, York, Chester, Berks and Lebanon have been placed in two boxes for storage efficiency.

Dates: 1844-1933