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Abraham H. Cassel Collection 1610 Finding Aid Prepared by Sarah Newhouse Abraham H. Cassel collection 1610 Finding aid prepared by Sarah Newhouse. Last updated on November 09, 2018. Historical Society of Pennsylvania August 2011 Abraham H. Cassel collection Table of Contents Summary Information....................................................................................................................................3 Administrative Information........................................................................................................................... 6 Related Materials........................................................................................................................................... 7 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................9 Bibliography.................................................................................................................................................10 Collection Inventory.................................................................................................................................... 11 - Page 2 - Abraham H. Cassel collection Summary Information Repository Historical Society of Pennsylvania Creator Cassel, Abraham Harley, 1820-1908. Title Abraham H. Cassel collection Call number 1610 Date [inclusive] 1680-1893 Extent 4.75 linear feet (48 volumes) Language German Language of Materials note Materials are mostly in German but there is some English. Books (00007021) [Volume] 23 Books (00007022) [Volume] 24 Books (00007019) [Volume] 21 Books (00007020) [Volume] 22 Books (00007017) [Volume] 19 Books (00007018) [Volume] 20 Books (00007015) [Volume] 17 Books (00007016) [Volume] 18 - Page 3 - Abraham H. Cassel collection Books (00007023) [Volume] 25 Books (00006999) [Volume] 1 Books (00007000) [Volume] 2 Books (00007001) [Volume] 3 Books (00007006) [Volume] 8 Books (00007007) [Volume] 9 Books (00007008) [Volume] 10 Books (00007009) [Volume] 11 Books (00007005) [Volume] 7 Books (00007004) [Volume] 6 Books (00007003) [Volume] 5 Books (00007002) [Volume] 4 Books (00007046) [Volume] 48 Books (00007045) [Volume] 47 Books (00007044) [Volume] 46 Books (00007043) [Volume] 45 Books (00007042) [Volume] 44 Books (00007041) [Volume] 43 - Page 4 - Abraham H. Cassel collection Books (00007040) [Volume] 42 Books (00007039) [Volume] 41 Books (00007038) [Volume] 40 Books (00007037) [Volume] 39 Books (00007036) [Volume] 38 Books (00007035) [Volume] 37 Books (00007033) [Volume] 35 Books (00007034) [Volume] 36 Books (00007031) [Volume] 33 Books (00007032) [Volume] 34 Books (00007029) [Volume] 31 Books (00007030) [Volume] 32 Books (00007027) [Volume] 29 Books (00007028) [Volume] 30 Books (00007025) [Volume] 27 Books (00007026) [Volume] 28 Books (00007011) [Volume] 13 Books (00007024) [Volume] 26 - Page 5 - Abraham H. Cassel collection Books (00007012) [Volume] 14 Books (00007010) [Volume] 12 Books (00007014) [Volume] 16 Books (00007013) [Volume] 15 Abstract This collection contains printed material from the library of Abraham Harley Cassel, a book collector and historian who acquired over 50,000 books, pamphlets, and documents about early Pennsylvania history. Cassel was a member of the Dunkard Brethren who wrote about and collected books on early Pennsylvania German religious history. His library attracted scholars and historians of Pennsylvania and German American history, and at his death was divided among archives, libraries, and private collectors. The portion of Cassel’s collection that is housed at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania contains forty-seven items which range in date from 1680 to 1893. Items are arranged in alphabetical order, with volumes relating to the Ephrata religious community and the Schwenkfelder Church grouped together. This collection includes hymn books, religious tracts and catechism, diaries, letters, genealogical records, and examples of Pennsylvania German folk art and fraktur. Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Abraham H. Cassel collection (Collection 1610), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Administrative Information Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Page 6 - Abraham H. Cassel collection August 2011 Finding aid prepared by Sarah Newhouse. Sponsor This collection was processed during the Digital Center for Americana Project Phase II, which was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research. Access to Volume 30: Anweisung zum lessen fürs gantze Jahr (Instructions on What to Read for the Entire Year) is restricted due to its fragile condition. Researchers should use the digital version found online in HSP's Digital Library. Related Materials Related Archival Materials note At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Abraham H. Cassel description of the Indians Iroquois and Delaware (Collection Am .541) Journal of Johannes Kelpius (original) in the Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection (Collection 0175) A History of Sower's Newspaper (handwritten transcript) by A. H. Cassel (Collection Am .1596) Byron L. Stauffer collection of material relating to Abraham H. Cassel (Collection D0387) Francis Daniel Pastorius records (Collection Am .3714) Francis Daniel Pastorius papers (Collection 0475) Johannes Kelpius portrait by Christopher Witt (1882.1) Johannes Kelpius collection of German hymns (Collection Am .088) Ephrata: the printing press of the Brotherhood, 1745-1793 (manuscript) by Anneliese M. Funke (Collection Am .2413) Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of historic Philadelphia lantern slides (Collection V22) History of the Brethren Church (Collection Am .7122) George Allen pedagogical collection (Collection LCP78) - Page 7 - Abraham H. Cassel collection The bloody theatre, or martyrs mirror of the defenseless Christians ... by Thielem J. van Braght ; translated from the original Dutch or Holland language from the edition of 1660, by Joseph F. Sohm. Call number E .558. At other institutions: A. H. Cassel Collection in Special Collections at the Beeghly Library at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. Abraham Cassel Collection in Special Collections at Bethany Theological Seminary in Chicago, Il. Biblia, das ist: Die ganze göttliche Heilige Schrifft, Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der deutschen Uebersetzung Dr. Martin Luthers, mit jedes Capitels kurzen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richtigen Paralellen: Nebst schicklichen Nutzanwendungen zu den fünf Büchern Mosis, dem Hohelied Solomonis und der Offerbarung S. Johannis: Die erste Auflage. At the Library COmpany in Philadelphia, Pa. (Ac 9141) Fraktur Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. http://libwww.freelibrary.org/fraktur/index.cfm George Weiss papers at the Moravian Church Archives in Bethlehem, Pa. The German American Collection at the German Society in Philadelphia, Pa. German American publications at the Library Company in Philadelphia, Pa. http:// www.librarycompany.org/collections/german.htm The Library Company's collection of materials printed at the Ephrata Cloister. Philadelphia, Pa. http:// www.librarycompany.org/catalogs/index.htm Research library at the Ephrata Cloister in Ephrata, Pa. Saur Bibles in the Gruber Rare Books collection at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. http:// collections.lstc.edu/gruber/luthers_bible/following.php The Schwenkfelder Library and Research Center in Pennsburgh, Pa. Julius F. Sachse Deposit of Ephrata Cloister materials (1680-1939) at the Pennsylvania State Archives http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/mg/mg351.htm Swigart Collection at the Beeghley Library at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. Separated Materials note The following information was taken from the card catalog: 26 folders of fraktur (Ac 971) were moved to "the manuscript department, Pennsylvania German certificates; in the print room (at the end of Bb's)." Deed of Herman Op de Graaff to Cornelius Sivert (Ac 974) was transfered to the Society collection. - Page 8 - Abraham H. Cassel collection Controlled Access Headings Personal Name(s) • Beissel, Conrad, 1690-1768. • Kelpius, Johannes, 1673-1708. • Lampe, Friedrich Adolf, 1683-1729. • Miller, Peter, 1710-1796. • Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719. • Sauer, Christopher, 1695-1758. • Schwenkfeld, Kaspar, 1489-1561. Subject(s) • Arithmetic--Textbooks--Early works to 1900. • Dunkard Brethren. • Ephrata Cloister. • Fraktur art--Pennsylvania. • Geomancy--Early works to 1800. • German Americans--Music. • German Baptist Brethren (U.S.)--Pennsylvania. • German language--18th century--Dictionaries. • Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. • Hymns, German--Pennsylvania. • Hymns, German--United States--Texts. • Hymns--German--18th century. • Illumination of books and manuscripts, German. • Mathematics, German. • Mysticism--Germany--History. • Mysticism--United States--History. • Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. • Pietism--United States--History--18th century. • Printing--United States--History--18th century. • Schwenkfelder Church--Catechisms--German. • Schwenkfelder Church--Catechisms. • Schwenkfelder Church--Hymns. • Schwenkfelder Church--Prayers and devotions. • Schwenkfelder Church. • Sermons, German--United States--Early works to 1800. - Page 9 - Abraham H. Cassel collection • Voyages and travels. Bibliography Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. Alderfer, Everett Gordon. The Ephrata commune: an
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