September 2014 Heritage Headlines Volume 17, Issue 3 INSIDE Page 2 and 3: A VERY GOOD YEAR

Upcoming Exhibits Last year was a very good year for the Candace Honored Heritage Center thanks to the warm support of Exhibit Workshop Wish List item our friends, Board members, volunteers, and guests. In 2013 more than 7,000 visitors came Page 4 and 5: to the Heritage Center to see our exhibits, Homeschool Workshops research their genealogy, and learn about local Adult and Children’s Education Programs history. Our collections grew as people donated treasured objects to be saved and shared with Page 6: future generations. Our educational programs Exile Meeting engaged children in understanding their heritage Friends Program Heritage Tour through fun activities. And our annual fund campaign achieved success, enabling the Heritage Center to maintain qualified staff and a Page 7: beautiful building to house our important collection, present our excellent programs, and Christmas Market welcome you! New Intern Public Speaking Program This summer, our Brown Bag Lunch series on Schwenkfelder and local history related topics was very popular. John P. Diefenderfer’s colorful paintings of life in Lancaster Page 8: County can be enjoyed through September 28. Common Threads, our dazzling textile exhibition, in Day of Remembrance PA State Senate Honor collaboration with the Goschenhoppen Historians and the Mennonite Heritage Center, closes Buy a Brick! October 31 – don’t miss it! While you are here, enjoy a tour of historic architecture, captured in turn-of-the-century photographs by H. Winslow Fegley. Here, images of our Page 9: German past have been preserved for posterity. Yeakel Cemetery Library and Archives New Additions This year continues to be an exciting one! Our 2014 Heritage Tour to historic Schwenkfelder sites in Germany and Poland departs September 24, fully subscribed. In Page 10: November, an exhibition of the popular Susan Feller’s works entitled Brown Bag Lunches Luz and Viehmeyer From Garden to Table opens. Expect wonderful fabric art among at Polish Seminar other pieces! Our Children's Book Club inaugurates this fall. And, based on the sellout success of this year’s event, we are planning our Page 11: third annual Penn Dry Goods Market, to take place May 15 – 16, 2015. Fall Programs and Exhibits Mark your calendars!

Page 12: We are pleased to welcome Rachel Osborn, CFRE, as our new Annual Fund Development Officer. Having joined us in May, Rachel brings a  wealth of fundraising expertise to this new position. “The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage 105 Seminary Street Center is the product of astounding dedication by a remarkable group of people. It deserves Pennsburg, PA 18073-1898 to be broadly known and appreciated. I look forward to working with our friends and donors Phone: 215.679.3103 to promote the work of the Heritage Center, its collections, its legacy, and its future.” Fax: 215.679.8175  [email protected] The Montgomery County countryside is particularly beautiful this year. We www.schwenkfelder.com are proud to preserve the heritage of this community. Plan to visit the Heritage Center soon! 1 2 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3

COMMON THREADS: SELECTIONS FROM THE TEXTILE COLLECTIONS OF THE GOSCHENHOPPEN HISTORIANS MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTER Fraktur Gallery, Through October 31 Visitors to the Heritage Center will experience the rich variety of textiles that each institution holds in its collections – from amazing and seldom-seen quilts of the Goschenhoppen Historians, to clothing and personal accessories from all three institutions, to decorated hand towels, samplers, and all types of extraordinary needlework that was produced by Pennsylvania German women from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. You will be dazzled at the variety, the color, and the beauty of our textiles and the skillfulness of our local women and men.

THE THE ART OF JOHN P. DIEFENDERFER Meeting Room, Through September 28 HISTORIC LANDSCAPE: SELECTIONS

Painter and historian Diefenderfer is sharing his FROM THE colorful depictions of Amish life in Lancaster County SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY with our visitors in this vibrant special exhibit. & HERITAGE CENTER’S PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION Art Gallery, Through March 1, 2015

This photographic tour of southeastern and central Pennsylvania highlights historic architecture that may still be in existence but also many structures that have disappeared or been altered which, through the foresight of H. Winslow Fegley and other photographers, was preserved for perpetuity. This exhibit is sponsored through a generous grant from The Shelley Pennsylva- nia German Heritage Fund.

THE WOODLAND COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS First Floor Galleries, November 15 – March 1, 2015

CHRISTMAS PUTZ 2014 Schwenkfelder descendants and friends of the Heritage Center, Gloria and Kevin Woodland, have A PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FARM collected antique and vintage Christmas decorations for First Floor Galleries, November 1 – March 1, 2015 decades. Now they have consented to share a bit of For our annual Christmas Putz this year we’re their amazing collection with our visitors. If you are a reviving a popular theme – the Pennsylvania Dutch fan of the whimsical glass European ornaments and other Farm – which will incorporate all the wonderful hand- holiday embellishments of years past, or want to learn made farm buildings from our Putz collection and all of more about them, this is an excellent opportunity to the animals, people, vehicles and activities you might view a superb and well-curated collection of rare pieces. have found on an early 20th century farm. It’s a great Combined with our annual Christmas Putz, it is a display complement to our Pennsylvania Dutch Historic Land- sure to put even the biggest Scrooge in the mood to scape exhibit, even if our Putz landscape is imaginary deck the halls! and fanciful, and sometimes the animals are much larg- er than the people! 3 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 Heritage Headlines

FROM GARDEN TO TABLE: A HARVEST OF CONTEMPORARY HOOKED RUGS AND FOLK ART FROM THE HERITAGE CENTER COLLECTION Fraktur Gallery, November 15 – March 1, 2015

This winter season we will be partnering with our good friend Susan Feller, artist and hooked rug designer, on an exhibit titled “From Garden to Table,” which will feature contemporary hooked rugs with fruit and vegetable themes and a wonderful group of Thomas Gerhart, Pennsylvania German Society related objects from our collection. (PGS) Chairman, presents Certificate of Merit to Candace You’ve never seen so much wax Kintzer Perry for her extraordinary work in preserving fruit in one location! Come and the Pennsylvania German heritage as Curator of partake of a bit of summer’s bounty Collections at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage when the winter cold is upon us. Center, at the Annual meeting of the PGS, Saturday, June 7, 2014, at St. John’s (Hain’s) Church, Wernersville, PA. Photo by Jenn Glosser. CREATE A MINI SEWN AND EMBROIDERED FLOWER MAT With Artist Susan Feller Saturday, November 15, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm A WISH LIST NEED FOR $25.00 per person COLLECTION REFERENCE

In conjunction with our “From Garden to Table” Our Curator of Collections, Candace Perry, has exhibit, join us for a fun workshop to make your mat or brought to our attention her needlework picture designed after one of the rugs wish for the book: Wearable featured in the exhibit. Attendees will be using quilting, Prints 1760-1860, by Susan hooking, and embroidery techniques. Basic sewing Greene, to be added to the ability is necessary, but understanding rug hooking is Heritage Center Library optional. Please bring your own needles and thread and collection for research and a brown bag lunch; all other supplies will be provided. The reference. Purchase of the fee is just $25 and seating is limited. To register, contact book is $85. However, if Joanne at [email protected] or at 215-679-3103. you would like to donate a copy of the book, this would be gratefully appre- ciated

VALLEY FORGE RUG BRAIDERS EXHIBIT November 8 – February 7, 2015 Meeting Room

Join us this winter for a special exhibit of the work of the Valley Forge Rug Braiders. These are NOT your grandmother’s braided rugs! The charming warmth of these creations is the perfect antidote for a cold winter’s day. Heart with Multistrand Border by Christine Manges 4 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3

HOMESCHOOL WORKSHOPS Family and homeschool workshops resume in September. Themes and activities are based on temporary and permanent Pennsylvania Landscapes exhibition topics, gallery discussions, and related Pennsylva- Tuesday, September 16, 1:30 – 3:00 pm nia history. Each workshop is $5 per participant. Parents are

View the vibrant paintings of John P. Diefenderfer. welcome to participate in the activities. Most lessons and His paintings of Pennsylvania agricultural scenes show the activities are designed for the elementary and middle level, daily lives of Amish life as well as Pennsylvania German but some exceptions apply. Please register for workshops by countryside scenes. After viewing these vibrant works of art, calling Museum Educator Laura Price at 215-679-3103. we will paint our own countryside scenes of Pennsylvania. Bring in a picture of Pennsylvania’s landscape or pictures will be Roads Leading to the Revolutionary War available to choose from to base your painting on. You will Tuesday, November 11, 1:30 – 3:00 pm have a beautiful piece of artwork to take home!

Day of Remembrance, Gedächtnistag “No Taxation without Representa- tion!” Learn about the causes that led Tuesday, September 23, 1:30 – 3:00 pm colonists down the road to the Revolutionary When Schwenkfelders first War. Join us for crafts and activities and landed in Pennsylvania in 1734, they enjoy our own version of a tea party. shared a simple meal in remem- The Revolutionary War and the brance and thanks on September 24. This came to be known as the Day Schwenkfelders Tuesday, November 18, 1:30 – 3:00 pm of Remembrance, or Gedächtnistag. Come celebrate and learn about the “The Shot Heard ‘Round the Schwenkfelders’ past while we, too, share a simple meal of World” was the start of the Revolutionary War. We will bread and apple butter in remembrance! learn about the Revolutionary War and reference firsthand

The Life of a Colonial Student accounts by Schwenkfelders on their views and the impact Tuesday, September 30, 1:30 – 3:00 pm of the war on their daily lives. Later we will engage in fun crafts and activities that 18th century kids would have Discover what school was like during colonial times. done! You will view items that were used to teach students in this area during the colonial period. You will also create a horn- Fraktur and Calligraphy Tuesday, November 25, 1:30 – 3:00 pm book and design your own reward of merit to take home, just like a colonial student! Learn what Fraktur is, explore its qualities and how

What’s a Cooper? it has evolved while looking at pieces of Fraktur from the Tuesday, October 14, 1:30 – 3:00 pm collection. We will also learn and practice how to write in calligraphy. Later, we will create our own modern piece of What is a Cooper? Come find out! Fraktur and use the calligraphy skills to fashion a striking Listen to Dave Miller speak about his modern take on Fraktur. book, What’s a Cooper, and view items that he will display for us during the presentation. Quiver Farm Educational Programs

Native American Relations The Heritage Center’s Education During the Colonial Period Department is pleased to host two educa- Tuesday, October 21, 1:30 – 3:00 pm tional programs presented by Quiver

Learn about the Native Americans who lived in Farm. On Thursday, October 2, at 4:00 pm Pennsylvania, view artifacts from the collection, and learn attend the Apple Cider Press program about Native American relations during the colonial period. where you will learn how to make apple cider, taste We will read firsthand accounts and journal entries from samples of apple cider, and meet farm animals! The Christopher Schultz and David Schultz. second program will be on Tuesday, November 4, at

Scavenger Hunt 1:00 pm where you will learn about the Pilgrims and Tuesday, October 28, 1:30 – 3:00 pm celebrate Thanksgiving! All ages are welcome! For more information and to sign up to attend, please con- Hide and seek! Seek the answers to the clues that are hiding throughout the museum on a scavenger hunt at the tact Museum Educator Laura Price at 215-679-3103 Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center! (ask for Laura) or email [email protected]. 5 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 Heritage Headlines

AMERICAN GIRL® TEA TIME FAMILY GUIDED TOURS

4:30 – 5:30 pm, Thursdays Enjoy quality family time by taking a tour at the September 25, October 30, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center. Take a Family November 20, and December 18 Guided Tour of the museum and engage in a craft and a

Enjoy afternoon teatime with your ctivity together. Family guided tours are free, but small friends and favorite doll each month from donations are appreciated. Call 215-679-3103 or email 4:30 – 5:30 pm. At each get-together we will learn about a [email protected] to plan your personal tour and female historical figure, talk with friends, and engage in ac- quality time with your family! tivities while enjoying snacks and refreshments. Everyone will receive a diary to keep and to bring to each gathering. Take time to celebrate and encourage girls to be their best! NEW! CHILDREN’S BOOK CLUB Girls of all ages are welcome. Bring your friends and family October 9, November 13, and December 11 members. To sign up and register, email Museum Educator The Schwenkfelder Heritage Center’s Laura Price [email protected] or call her at 215-679-3103. Education Department will host a book club for children this fall. PA GERMAN DIALECT CONVERSATION Children ages 9 – 14 are especially GROUP welcome, but all ages will be considered.

This group meets on a monthly basis to discuss topics Speak to Museum Educator if you would like to consider a in PA Dutch! There's no charge to join the conversation child outside the invited range. group and no RSVP is required. Meetings occur on the third The Children’s Book Club will include children and Thursday of the month: September 18, October 16, November parent/guardian participation and commitment. Having both 20, and December 18 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm in the Heritage parents and children participate in a book club together provides Center's Meeting Room. Meetings occur year round. Topics the opportunity to share your thoughts and feelings over a change each month and participants are encouraged to bring topic together. Children will benefit by enhancing their literacy their own dialect materials or topics to discuss. Please contact skills and expanding their vocabulary, hearing different Archivist Hunt Schenkel with questions at 215-679-3103. points of view, and developing analytic skills. The book club will have no more than 20 participants and meet monthly at the Heritage Center on the second GERMAN AND LATIN LESSONS Thursday of the month from 4:30 – 5:30 pm. The first meet- Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced German and ing will be held on Thursday, October 9. Our first meeting Latin classes will be offered again from September to June will be an organizational meeting for participants. Group for children and youth between 8 and 16 years old. These members will get the chance to meet one another, we will lessons emphasize vocabulary acquisition and use in listen- establish rules for each meeting and discussions, and most ing, speaking, reading, and writing. Latin students learn read- importantly, we will choose books to read and discuss. ing and writing. Students learn through activities such as Please bring at least one book suggestion and prepare crossword puzzles, search-a-word puzzles, scrabble, other a brief summary to share with the group. We will then decide games, music, and art projects. Intermediate and advanced the first book we will read and discuss for our next meeting. students use textbooks as well. Keep in mind appropriate books for the age group.

These classes are group lessons with some individual During each meeting, snacks and refreshments will attention. Classes are held on Wednesdays and Fridays from be provided. Participants will engage in a welcoming activity 10:00 to 11:30 am and from 1:30 to 3:00 pm. Students may that will start off our discussion. We will then begin our attend from 1 to 4 classes per week. discussion with questions, thoughts, and comments about the book. Finally, we will engage in an activity that relates to the The cost of each class (1.5 hours) is $7. Monthly book. rates are available. For additional information and registration There is a registration fee of $2 to join. You will also contact Allen Viehmeyer at [email protected] or call be responsible for acquiring the books. Please sign up and him at 215-679-3103. register for the Children’s Book Club at the Schwenkfelder September: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19* Library & Heritage Center. October: 22, 24, 29, 31 You can find the registration form on our website: November: 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 www.schwenkfelder.com or contact Museum Educator Laura December: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 Price at [email protected] or call 215-679-3103 (ask for Laura) to register. Space will be limited and filled on a *No classes between September 20 and October 21 due to first-come basis. Sign up today! Heritage Tour 2014. 6 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 ANNUAL MEETING OLD HOTELS OF THE UPPER OF THE PERKIOMEN VALLEY SOCIETY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE Sunday, November 9, 2:00 pm Presented by Candace Perry SCHWENKFELDIAN EXILES The Friends of the Schwenkfelder Library & Sunday October 26 Heritage Center invite members and the public to an 2:00 pm – Annual Meeting illustrated lecture on the once common sight of the large 2:30 pm – Letters from a Montana Sheep Man welcoming hotels that dotted the countryside through- Presented by Darlene Schneck out the Upper Perkiomen Valley.

Darlene Schneck will be presenting the true, fas- Once a haven for travelers and locals alike from cinating story of her Schwenkfelder ancestor, Isaac S. the 18th century through the mid-20th century, some of Schultz of Hereford, Pennsylvania. Born in 1851, Isaac these hotels have had new incarnations as bars and was a scholar, a pioneer in the Wild restaurants, while others have disappeared completely.

West, and a missing man for 44 Heritage Center Curator of Collections Candace years. Isaac's amazing tale will be Perry will introduce you to some “old friends” using told through letters, maps, photos, images from our and other historical documents from collections to tell the 1880s and 1931, when he was their stories. The discovered. program is free Darlene will also share how and open to the his story came to light, and then public and re- became a book entitled Letters freshements will From a Montana Sheep Man. The public is invited. be served.

SCHWENKFELDER HERITAGE TOUR 2014

On Wednesday, September 24, a group of 20 travelers embark on a 17 – day tour of Schwenkfelder homelands under the leadership of Allen Viehmeyer and David Luz.

On this trip we walk where and our forerunners walked. Traveling “off the beaten track” in eastern Germany and western Poland – plus a short stop in the Czech Republic – we will encounter once-in-a-lifetime experiences. In the Polish lands of what had been Silesia, we will see a nunnery and the palace where Schwenckfeld served. In Osiek (Ossig) we will visit Schwenckfeld’s family church.

We will tour Zlotoryja (Goldberg) in the heart of the Silesian Schwenkfelder lands. At Twardocice (Harpersdorf), we’ll in the chapel built on Meschter property from the fines imposed in the 1720s, then walk to the Viehweg Monument after which we will enjoy a lunch prepared by residents of Twardocice. And much more, including a feast at the Grodziec (Groeditzburg) Castle where some of our forefathers were once imprisoned.

Among other places, we will be staying in the Elbe river town of Pirna where our Schwenkfelder ancestors found passage on the way to Pennsylvania. In Dresden we’ll board a riverboat to Meissen where we walk through the old town, climbing the hill to the castle and cathedral visible for miles as we approached on the river. Guided walks through Görlitz, Dresden, Wittenberg, Quedlinburg, and more will take us back to historic Germanic roots. Walking through old cities such as Torgau, Magdeburg, and Tangermünde, among others, will give us an appreciation for their ancient buildings. At many locations, friends and locals will meet and guide the tour group. 7 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 Heritage Headlines

PAINLESS PUBLIC SPEAKING: NEW INTERN—WELCOME How to Give Fantastic Presentations without Fear A Workshop with Jim Johnson ELENA! Saturday, October 25, 9:30 am to 1:00 pm, $30.00

We are pleased to welcome a new Do you quiver and quake at the thought of intern working in our collections this summer, speaking in public? Is your audience nodding off while Elena Ostock of Bethlehem, PA. you’re speaking? Do you want to make your presentations Elena has taken interesting and just don’t know where to start?

on the task of cataloging Being an effective public speaker is a skill that and photographing our can be learned. Our workshop leader, Jim Johnson, will paintings. While the help you dispel the fears and anxieties of public speak- painting collection is ing with a series of fun relaxation exercises. We’ll also cover vocal not particularly large, it projection and how to make those presentations engaging – even is important. When her when you’re reading a paper or using PowerPoint! project is complete, Elena will formally catalog, digitize and add the Jim Johnson is a former high school English teacher and college paintings to our on-line collection data- professor who holds a M.A. degree in Humanities from Penn State base. University. In his career he has directed over 60 productions on the school, college and community level. He is the founding Artistic Elena Ostock is a recent graduate Director of the Susquehanna Stage Co. located in historic Marietta, PA. of Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA. She designed her own major, studying history Be prepared to get up on your feet so dress comfortably. The and art, and she intends to pursue a career cost of the workshop is $30.00 and refreshments are included. Ages in museums. from teen to senior are encouraged to attend. Don’t miss this great opportunity to hone your skills and learn to relax in front of an audience. Thank you, Elena, and welcome! Call Candace for more information or Joanne at 215-679-3103 to register or email [email protected]. 8 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3

PA STATE SENATE RECOGNIZES DAY OF REMEMBRANCE SCHWENKFELDER GEDÄCHTNISTAG DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 3:00 pm, September 21 Wednesday, September 24, 11:00 am Olivet-Schwenkfelder UCC

Senate Chambers, State Capitol Building, Harrisburg The will be celebrating

A Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving Day of Remembrance it’s annual services of Gedächtnistag, or Day of Resolution will be introduced in the PA Senate on Remembrance on Sunday, September 21, at 3:00 pm. Wednesday, September 24, to be adopted by unanimous This traditional service of Thanksgiving is the oldest consent on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate. Sen. continuous celebration of thanks in the .

David Argall (29th) – a Schwenkfelder descendant – is This day commemorates the arrival in , sponsoring this legislation with co-sponsors Sen. Bob Pennsylvania, on September 24, Mensch (24th), Sen. John Rafferty (44th), Sen. Daylin 1734, of some 180 Schwenkfelder Leach (17th), and Sen. Anthony Williams (8th). immigrants fleeing persecution in

Prior to adoption of the resolution, their native homelands of Silesia, the Senate session will open with a Germany. Upon arrival, they from guest Chaplain of the day, Rev. Dr. paused to give thanks to for David McKinley, Senior Pastor of their safe arrival to a place where Central Schwenkfelder Church and they would find freedom to practice currently the Conference Minister of The their as they pleased. Every Schwenkfelder Church. year since that time, the Schwenkfelders gather to remember Church members and others will their faith and reflect upon their struggles and opportunities. be attending with Rev. McKinley and will be meeting the Senators for lunch following the morning session. Following the service, the day concludes with a traditional meal of bread, butter, apple butter and water Copies of the resolution will be put into final – a reminder of the very first gathering in 1734. form with a nice folder for display, with additional copies printed so that each one of the churches will have a copy.

YOUR NAME ON A BRICK!

Join the hundreds of people who have had their name or message inscribed on the bricks lining the entrance to the Heritage Center!

For a donation of $100 / brick, you can have your name – 18 letters or spaces per line, up to two lines – or that of an honored or remembered loved one, inscribed on a brick placed along the entrance walks of the Heritage Center.

You may send us your text with your check or credit card information for $100, or call, write, or email for a Brick Form and we’ll send it right out! You will also find the ready-to- complete form on our website. Heritage Headlines 9 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 THE YEAKLE/YEAKEL CEMETERY, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA

A restoration committee has recently been formed to preserve and care for this 260-plus-year-old cemetery. A fundraiser was held with more than $15,000 raised to start much needed work. This has been broken down into five phases and bids/estimates for all five phases have been received.

Phase 1 is an inventory of the grave markers identifying the location, style, makeup, condition, and lettering on each of the grave makers. This phase is complete, and a report of the findings is currently located here at the Heritage Center.

Phase 2 is the removal of four trees to prevent further damage to the walls and gravestones.

Phase 3 is landscaping, primarily outside the walls of the enclosed cemetery, to prevent future water damage that undercuts the base of the walls. Phase 2 and 3 are expected to be completed this year as the funds are available to complete them.

Phase 4 is the repair, resetting, and refur- bishing of the existing grave markers.

Phase 5 is to repair the surrounding wall.

Eventually the lane leading back to the cemetery will have to be upgraded as well, although the current one is passable by some vehicles.

The Yeakel Cemetery Restoration Committee consists NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY of all volunteers. Well over 100 hours have been expended FALL 2014 by the members to date. If you would like to make a contri- bution to the restoration of the Yeakel Cemetery, make your New to the Library: check payable to The Schwenkfelder Church. In the memo

line, indicate it is for the Yeakel Cemetery Restoration Pamphlets, Grundsow Lodsh No. 7 Fersommling, Project. Mail your check to: Central Schwenkfelder Church, 2012-2014. Donated by Carl Arner 2111 Valley Forge Road, Lansdale PA 19446; Attention: H. Drake Williams, Moderator. Rothermel Heritage and Genealogy in America. A collection of books and CDs, written and donated by L. Kehl Rothermel

New to the Archives:

Deeds for the Borneman family property (11 deeds and map). Donated by Gail Malasky

Two photographs, ca. 1980s, horse tread mill. Given by Meredith Rhinehart

Photo album of the Kriebel family. Donated by the Stauffer family 10 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 FALL LECTURE SERIES

As is our custom, we are offering a variety of lectures in various formats. The popular Brown Bag (BB) lunches are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at noon. Bring your lunch – beverages provided – and enjoy a free lecture while you eat. These programs are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, September 10, noon LUZ AND VIEHMEYER PRESENT PAPERS Genealogical Resources at the SLHC and Online AT POLAND SEMINAR Presented by Hunt Schenkel Tolerance and Crossculture Communication: This talk will focus on the SLHC’s collection of Fedor Sommer’s Work and Life for primary and secondary genealogical source materials Tolerance and Literary Sovereignty such as church records, deeds, and land drafts, as well as October 13 – 15, 2014, Jelenia Góra, Poland books and other publications. The online resources This international research seminar, and the second discussion will highlight finding reliable genealogical International Communicology Institute for 2014 in Poland is sources through websites dedicated to family history. coordinated by Karkonosze College professor Dr. Józef Zaprucki.

This portion will also include a non-scientific, layman’s The seminar is organized by the Karkonosze College discussion of the possibilities (and impossibilities?) of in Jelenia Góra, the City Museum “Gerhart Hauptmann DNA testing for ancestry. House” in Jelenia Góra, the Jelenia Góra Branch of the State

Wednesday, October 8, noon Archive in Wrocław, Poland, and the International Introduction to of Eastern Pennsylvania Communicology Institute, Washington, DC, under the sponsorship of the Saxon, Germany, Ministry of the Interior. Presented by Forrest Moyer In addition to Rev. Luz and Dr. Viehmeyer, speakers Many groups identify as Mennonite, from Old at the conference include: Order horse-and-buggy Mennonites to progressive Julita I. Zaprucka, groups who pursue higher education, travel and work Director, Gerhart Hauptmann House Museum around the world. Forrest Moyer, archivist at the Dr. Józef Zaprucki, Karkonosze College, Jelenia Góra Mennonite Heritage Center, Dr. Jens Baumann, Saxon Ministry of Interior Harleysville, will give an illustrated Iwo Łaborewicz, State Archive, Jelenia Góra talk highlighting common values of Dr. Thomas Napp, the various Mennonite groups, and Saxon Migration Center, Reichenbach, Germany differences that can seem perplex- Dr. Jürgen Warmbrunn, ing at times. The presentation will Herder Institute in Marburg, Germany focus on the Mennonite community Rector Prof. Dr. Henryk Gradkowski, Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Tomasz Winnicki centered in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, PA. Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Wąsik, Wednesday, November 12, noon Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Christopher Hoffmann Susan Carr, MA, Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA Presented by Allen Viehmeyer Margrit Kempgen, Stiftung Evangelisches Schlesien, Görlitz Christopher Hoffmann came to Pennsylvania in 1734. Born and raised Fedor Sommer (1864—1930) a Schwenkfelder, Hoffmann served his was a Silesian author of several historical novels set in and around his homelands. religious community in many ways. He is noted for his exploration of Like most 18th century Schwenkfelders themes of tolerance and intolerance. he was a farmer, but he was also the The Iron Collar is the English translation community bookbinder. For a few by Andy Berky of one of these novels, years he served as a teacher in Die Schwenkfelder, published in Halle, Schwenkfelder schools. During the early Germany, in 1911. It is a fictional years of the Schwenkfelder Society he account of what happened to the served as pastor and gave the sermons Schwenkfelders in Harpersdorf (now on several Day of Remembrance celebrations. Come and Twardocice, Poland) between 1718 and 1740. hear his story. 11 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 17, Issue 3 Heritage Headlines

Fall 2014 Programs and Events October 25 – 9:30 am Painless Public Speaking September 10 – noon BB Lecture: Genealogical Resources October 26 – 2:30 pm Exile Program: Letters from a Montana Sheep Man September 16 – 1:30 pm Homeschool Workshop: PA Landscapes October 28 – 1:30 pm Homeschool Workshop: Scavenger Hunt September 18 – 2:00 pm PA German Dialect Conversation Group October 30 – 4:30 pm American Girl Doll Tea September 21 – 3:00 pm Day of Remembrance Service at Olivet November 4 – 4:00 pm Schwenkfelder UCC Quiver Farm: Pilgrims and Thanksgiving

September 23 – 1:30 pm November 9 – 2:00 pm Homeschool Workshop: Day of Remembrance Old Hotels of the Upper Perkiomen Valley

September 24 November 11 – 1:30 pm PA State Senate Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving Day Homeschool Workshop: Roads Leading to the of Remembrance Resolution Revolutionary War

September 24 – October 10 November 12 – noon Schwenkfelder Heritage Tour 2014 BB Lecture: Christopher Hoffmann

September 25 – 4:30 pm November 13 – 4:30 pm American Girl Doll Tea Children’s Book Club

September 30 – 1:30 pm November 15 – 10:00 am Homeschool Workshop: Life of a Colonial Student Mini Flower Mat Workshop with Susan Feller

October 2 – 4:00 pm November 18 – 1:30 pm Quiver Farm: The Apple Cider Press Homeschool Workshop: The Revolutionary War and the Schwenkfelders October 8 – noon BB Lecture: Mennonites of Eastern Pennsylvania November 20 – 2:00 pm PA German Dialect Conversation Group October 9 – 4:30 pm Children’s Book Club November 20 – 4:30 pm American Girl Doll Tea October 14 – 1:30 pm Homeschool Workshop: What’s a Cooper? November 25 – 1:30 pm Homeschool Workshop: Fraktur and Calligraphy October 16 – 2:00 pm PA German Dialect Conversation Group December 6 and 7 Christmas Market October 21 – 1:30 pm Homeschool Workshop: Native American and Colonial Relations

Fall 2014 Exhibits November 1 – March 1, 2015 Through October 31 Christmas Putz 2014: A Pennsylvania Dutch Farm Common Threads: Selections from the Textile First Floor Galleries

Collections of the Goschenhoppen Historians, November 15 – March 1, 2015 Mennonite Heritage Center, and Schwenkfelder The Woodland Collection of Antique and Library & Heritage Center Vintage Christmas Decorations Fraktur Gallery First Floor Galleries

Through September 28 November 15 – March 1, 2015 John P. Diefenderfer, Artist From Garden to Table: A Harvest of Contemporary Meeting Room Hooked Rugs and Folk Art from the Heritage Center

Through March 15, 2015 Collection The Pennsylvania Dutch Historic Landscape: Fraktur Gallery

Selections from the Schwenkfelder Library & November 8 – February 7, 2015 Heritage Center’s Photography Collection Valley Forge Rug Braiders Exhibit Art Gallery Meeting Room non profit org. us postage Phone: 215.679.3103 fax: 215.679.8175 www.schwenkfelder.com email: [email protected] paid permit no. 42 Boyertown, PA 105 Seminary Street Pennsburg, PA 18073-1898 Hours RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Mon CLOSED Tues 9 - 4 Wed 9 - 4 Thurs 9 - 8 Fri 9 - 4 Sat 10 - 3

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Have you considered your legacy to the Heritage Center? With extraordinary foresight, a generation of leaders who looked beyond their lifetimes collected and preserved treasured items for the enrichment of future generations. Their legacy is the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center today.

A bequest is the simplest and most straightforward way to leave a legacy. It is a smart way to make a gift – one larger than otherwise might be possible. Unrestricted bequests allow us the greatest flexibility to meet current and future needs. Simple bequest language that you might want to consider is "I give, devise and bequeath to the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, located in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [dollar amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose."

Consult your attorney or estate planner for your individual situation. For questions or more information, please contact Rachel Osborn, Development Officer, at 610-679-3103, or at [email protected]. Present and future generations will thank you for your gift!