Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine Pennsylvania Folklife Society Collection Spring 1987 Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 3 Michael Colby Donald Graves Monica Pieper William T. Parsons Ursinus College Helen Urda Smith Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag Part of the American Art and Architecture Commons, American Material Culture Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Cultural History Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Commons, Folklore Commons, Genealogy Commons, German Language and Literature Commons, Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons, History of Religion Commons, Linguistics Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits oy u. Recommended Citation Colby, Michael; Graves, Donald; Pieper, Monica; Parsons, William T.; and Smith, Helen Urda, "Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 3" (1987). Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine. 116. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/116 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Pennsylvania Folklife Society Collection at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. I------.w'l_____ -----,.-~ ~tnn~ lJ {vania oeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeo ul Ii e (tontril1utor~ MI C HAEL COLBY, a teacher in the Bethlehem A rea School District, a nd DO ALD G RAVES, a freela nce wri ter for the Bethlehem Globe Times a nd Early American Life magazine, are deeply in volved in 18th century life a nd traditions. T hey have bee n growing a nd ha nd -processing fl ax- spinning, dyeing a nd weaving the fi ber into cloth as was done by the settlers in colonial Pennsylva nia- a nd have been connected with the Jacobsburg Environmental Center a nd Historic Bethlehem, Inc.