Winter 2015/2016 Heritage Headlines Volume 18, Issue 4 INSIDE WALTER EMERSON BAUM: THE SCHWENKFELDER CONNECTION

Sellersville native Walter Baum led a storied life. A “celebrity in the art world,” he gained renown as a brilliant painter of the Bucks County landscape school. He Page 2 and 3: became the founding director of the Allentown Art Don Yoder Museum, and helped create the . A “GR” Sale beloved teacher and historian, he was prolific in both Ongoing Exhibits German and English. Larry Grim knew him

Page 4 and 5: as “a loving grandparent with a perverse sense of humor.” Educational California resident Suzanne Spector, as a paint-spattered Programs seven year old in Allentown, revered him as her first art

Page 6 and 7: teacher and mentor. Penn Dry Goods Market But the story of Walter Baum’s Schwenkfelder roots?

Page 8: Volunteer Spotlight It all came together at the Heritage Center one recent afternoon in a celebration of the SLHC Visitors life and work of Schwenkfelder descendent and American Impressionist painter Walter Baum.

Page 9: Archive and Library “His ancestors were very important to him,” said Additions Larry Grim. “He knew his mother’s Schwenkfelder Heritage Tour 2017 ancestors; he knew his father’s Weiss ancestors.” Living his entire life in Sellersville – from 1884 to his death in Page 10: Brown Bag Lunches 1956 – “he was 100% here.” In honor of his six Friends Program Schwenkfelder ancestors, Walter Baum donated important works of art to the Heritage Center. Page 11: Winter Programs and Exhibits Today owning and presenting more than 25 Walter Baum , the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is proud be a significant repository of his work, Page 12: joining major institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Ursinus College. Christmas Market Says Baum scholar Kathleen O’Dea: “This museum is a terrific example of his work, and so much more. Here you are preserving all things for future generations."

Your Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is a place of discovery. Here you can return to your roots … research your history … celebrate our amazing collection, or a family  birthday, or our five hundred years of history. It is here for you and for every member of the 105 Seminary Street community to cherish and treasure. And yes, Walter Baum’s paintings are on view every day. Pennsburg, PA 18073-1898 Phone: 215.679.3103 Fax: 215.679.8175 Please support this precious legacy with your generous gift today. (If you have  already given, thank you! Please share the enclosed envelope with a friend.) [email protected] www.schwenkfelder.com 1 2 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4

Passing of Don Yoder

Dr. Don Yoder, 93, of Devon, Pennsylvania, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. He was born on August 27, 1921, in Altoona, PA. Dr. Yoder was Emeritus Professor of Folklife Studies, Religious Studies, and American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught for forty years (1956-1996) and directed sixty Ph.D. dissertations. Responsible for introducing of the term “Folklife” to its present academic use in the , Dr. Yoder helped found the Center for American Folklife at the Library of Congress. In 1947 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in religious studies, and in his early career taught at Franklin and Marshall College, and later at Muhlenberg College. In 1949 Dr. Yoder co-founded the Pennsylvania Folklife Center with Dr. Alfred L. Shoemaker and J. William Frey. Together they established the Kutztown Folk Festival in 1950, the first ethnic festival of its kind. Dr. Yoder published seventeen books and countless articles on Pennsylvania Dutch folk culture. He was widely known in Europe, and his work was influential to the German composer Paul Hindemith and the compositions of H. L. Mencken. Considered the dean of German-American genealogy and a self-described “incurable Pennsylvanian,” Dr. Yoder devoted his life to the study and cultural preservation of the folkways of his native people. He inspired new generations in reviving and maintaining the spirit of the Pennsylvania Dutch. He was a good friend of the Heritage Center, and we celebrate his life while mourning his passing.

GENEALOGICAL RECORD SALE!

The Heritage Center gift shop is offering the book, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, by Samuel K. Brecht, published in 1923, at the remarkably low price of $150.00 – half off the normal $300.00 price!

We have both single volume and double volume sets available, all in reasonably good condition. The books are in limited supply and available on a first-come-first-served basis. The sale will run from December 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016, or until the current inventory is sold. If you are a Schwenkfelder descendant and have been considering the purchase of this exceptional resource of your family genealogy, now is the time for action.

The $150.00 offer is for walk-in customers at the Heritage Shop, shipping is available for an additional $10.95. Pennsylvania sales tax of 6% ($9.00) must be added to all sales. Cash, check, and MC, Visa, and Discover are all accepted for payment. 3 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 Heritage Headlines

Powwowing in Pennsylvania: Warm and Bright: Artifacts for Warmth and Healing, Cosmology, and Tradition in the Light from the Heritage Center Collection Through March 31 Dutch Country Fraktur Gallery with guest curator Patrick Donmoyer As the chill and early darkness of the Pennsylvania Art Gallery, through January 31 autumn start to take hold, our thoughts turn to bundling

up at home and outdoors. Today we might adjust the The lore of Pennsylvania German folk healing, thermostat or flip a light switch. Yesterday’s options commonly known as powwow in English or Braucherei were a bit more challenging. The Heritage Center has a in the Pennsylvania German dialect, is a topic of great wonderful collection of objects that were used to chase fascination to many individuals – and with that comes a the chill and light the darkness in the 19th century. From great deal of both fact and fiction. Patrick Donmoyer of printed buggy robes and wool quilts to an array of lamps the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at and lanterns for the parlor and the barn, this exhibit Kutztown, a leading expert on the subject with his trans- explores the options available to rural Pennsylvania lation and annotation of A Friend in Need, an early families for keeping warm and bright in their homes Pennsylvania German powwow book, and numerous arti- (and vehicles) in the cold winter months. cles and lectures, will be serving as guest curator. The exhibit presents his personal collection of manuscripts, books, and other materials relating to folk healing in both Europe and Pennsylvania. This very significant collection is supplemented with materials from the Heritage Center and other institutions’ collections. It is one of the first times an exhibit delves into this important – and mysterious – subject matter.

The Art of Walter E. Baum – Pennsylvania Painter and Schwenkfelder Descendant Through March 1 Late 19th century Buggy or Sleigh Robe from the Heritage Center Collection Meeting Room

Visit the Heritage Center over the winter months and enjoy this special opportunity to view the Heritage Wild and Mild – Christmas Putz 2015 Center’s collection of Walter Emerson Baum paintings. Through March 15 Baum was a wonderful friend to the Schwenkfelder Local History Gallery

Library and enabled library officials to acquire an An important component of the Heritage Center’s excellent collection of his work during his lifetime. putz is always the huge collection of animals we have to Thanks to generous donors, we’ve been able to add to draw upon for the display – so this year we’re going to the collection over the intervening years. We are delighted feature them! The theme is “Wild and Mild” to show- to present this retrospective of his work to our guests. case this amazing collection of wild Vintage Christmas Electrical Décor and More and domestic minia- From the Collection of Matthew Roan ture animals from pre-World War II Through February 28 Germany, Austria, Wall Cases and England. Bring This winter our wall cases on the First Floor are the children for a fun filled with vintage holiday cheer, courtesy of Matthew “I Spy” challenge Roan. Stop in for a nostalgic trip down memory lane with that we’ll have avail- this terrific collection of vintage electrics and much more! able to play. 4 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4

CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS AMERICAN GIRL® TEA AND HISTORY

We welcome children either on their own or accompa- At each of our teas we’ll learn about a featured character from American nied by an adult. The cost is $5 per child. ® Girl , what life was like for children in her Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas time, and talk about a famous woman of Tuesday, December 8, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, and the era. We’ll also do a craft and share Saturday, December 12, 1:00 – 2:30 pm snacks of the time period. We welcome boys and girls

Everyone’s heard about Santa, but do you know to this is fun, free way for all kids to learn our shared Belsnickel? Better watch out! Come have some fun past. Please note that we will alternate, month to month, and tasty PA Dutch snacks while we learn about him between Thursday and Sunday afternoons for our teas. and other Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas traditions, and We hope this makes it easier for more families’ sched- then we will make our own decoration to take home. ules. Hope to see some new faces and our old friends!

Grundsau Lodge (Groundhog Lodge) fer Yunge THURSDAY, January 28, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Saturday, January 23, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. Come learn about Julie, who we meet in the (Snow date: Saturday, January 30) year 1974, growing up in San Francisco in a Come join us for a silly time of great changes in America. yet informative time, where we will learn about this longstand- SUNDAY, February 21, 2:00 – 3:00 pm ing tradition of the Pennsylvania (* Please note the special day and time)

Dutch. Our “lodge” is the only We’ll talk about Cecile Ray and Marie Grace, two one for children in PA! We’ll friends growing up in the unique city of New Orleans in welcome local historians of the culture, do crafts, make 1854. music together, and enjoy some tasty treats! We hope you can join us in celebrating this fun tradition! THURSDAY, March 31, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

The Art of Walter Baum Another place in the U.S., same time Tuesday, February 9, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, and period as the one from February. How was Saturday, February 13, 1:00 – 2:30 pm life different for Kirsten, growing up on the

In conjunction with our exhibit by this local prairie, in 1854? Come join us to see! Schwenkfelder descendent, we’ll learn about his history and the New Hope School of . Then For more information, please contact we’ll try our hands at our own “impressionist land- Museum Educator Maggie Buckwalter, 215-679-3103 scape.” Join us for a little art history, snacks, and a craft. or email her at [email protected].

The Pennsylvania Dutch Egg Tree Tuesday, March 8, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, and Saturday, March 19, 1:00 – 2:30 pm

Easter is just around the corner! Let’s get ready with this fun craft in the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. We’ll learn a little history and some interesting facts about this tradition, read an old favorite children’s book about it, and then we’ll try making our own!

For more information, please contact Museum Educator Maggie Buckwalter, 215-679-3103 or email her at [email protected]. Studying the quilts at the Children’s Workshop, October 2015 5 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 Heritage Headlines

CHILDREN’S BOOK CLUB GERMAN AND LATIN LESSONS 2016

Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced German At each book club meeting and Latin classes will be offered again from January to children will share insights into June for homeschoolers between 8 and 16 years old. the story, learn some history, share These lessons emphasize vocabulary acquisition and snacks and do a craft of the era. use in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Latin These books are easy to read, and students learn reading and writing. Students learn an approachable way to learn history. There is a one- through activities such as crossword puzzles, search-a- time joining fee of $2 for this program, which includes word puzzles, scrabble, other games, music, and art a journal for note taking while reading. projects. Intermediate and advanced students use text-

books as well. These classes are group lessons with Sunday, January 24, 2:00 – 3:00 pm some individual attention. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary Classes are held on Wednesdays and Fridays of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, from 10:00 to 11:30 am and from 1:30 to 3:00 pm. 1968, by Ellen Emerson White (Scholastic, 2002). To Students may attend from 1 to 4 classes per week. The go along with our American Girl Doll this month, who cost of each class (1½ hours) is $7. Monthly rates are is from 1974, we’ll learn a little bit more about this available. For additional information and registration, time period, focusing on the Vietnam War. This book contact Allen Viehmeyer 215-679-3103 or email is aimed towards 4th – 8th graders, but all welcome [email protected]. upon parental review.

January: 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 Sunday, February 14, 2:00 – 3:00 pm (8 lessons $50/child) This month we’ll do a book from Scholastic’s February: 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 historical fiction series for younger readers, geared to- (8 lessons $50/child) wards kids in grades 1 – 4, called the “My America” series. We will read Corey’s Underground Railroad March/April: 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 30, 1 Diaries, Book 1: Freedom’s Wings, 1857, by Sharon (8 lessons $50/child)

Dennis Wyeth (Scholastic, 2001). Learn about nine April: 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 year old Corey’s life as a slave, including his harrowing (8 lessons $50/child) escape through the Underground Railroad. This is co- May/June: 4, 6, 18, 20, 25, 27, 1, 3 ordinated with our American Girls of this month, one (8 lessons $50/child) of whom is a “free person of color” living in 1854.

Monthly Rates – Cost of Lessons per Child per Month: Sunday, March 20, 2:00 – 3:00 pm 1=$7; 4=$25 ($28); 8=$50 ($56); 12=$80 ($84); In combination with our American Girl character 16=$100 ($112) (Full price shown in parentheses) of the month, read about a child living on the prairie. We’ll talk about westward expansion with the Scholastic Saturday lessons for public school children are book for younger readers, from the “My America” available. These students have one lesson (1½ hours) series, Meg’s Prairie Diaries, Book 1: As Far as I Can each Saturday up to 4 lessons per month. See, 1856, by Kate McMullan. We’ll have some pioneer food, talk about the book, and share some of our January 9, 16, 23, 30 (4 lessons $25) families’ stories about how and where they settled in February 6, 13, 20, 27 (4 lessons $25) America. Before we meet, it might be a good time to March 5, 12, 19, 26 (4 lessons $25) ask your grandparents about their grandparents! April 2, 9, 16, 23 (4 lessons $25) May/June 7, 21, 28, 4 (4 lessons $25) For more information, please contact Museum Educator Maggie Buckwalter, 215-679-3103 or email her at [email protected]. 6 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 PENN DRY GOODS MARKET at the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

Friday, May 13, 2016, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, May 14, 2016, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm General Admission $6.00

After another successful Market we are coming back with an even more exciting offering for 2016! With wonderful new additions to our roster of dealers, and an amazing group of speakers, there is sure to be some- thing for every antique textile fan (including some fans)!

The Antiques Show and Sale We are delighted to welcome Sandy Elliot Country Antiques, Brentwood, NH; Small Wonder Antiques (Frizellburg Antique Store), Westminster, MD; and Serapi Antiques, Huntingdon Valley, PA to the 2016 market. All are well known for their excellent taste and marvelous selection of quilts, sewing smalls, and folk art.

The current list of dealers returning for the 2016 Penn Dry Goods Market is:

Antique-A-Day Plus, Nazareth, PA Ayscough Antiques, Chadds Ford, PA Chestnut Hall Fine Antiques, Asbury, NJ Sponsorship opportunities! Country Things, Bowie, MD Gene Bertolet Antiques, Oley, PA An array of sponsorship opportunities for Nailor Antiques, Shiremanstown, PA individuals or businesses is available for the 2016 Penn Dry Goods Market! Please Neverbird Antiques, Surry, VA contact Development Officer Rachel Old Farm Antiques, Reading, PA Osborn to discuss sponsorshi[ benefits and Randi Ona, Wayne, NJ opportunities at [email protected] Rose B. Berry, Richmond, VA RSG Antiques, Hanover Township, PA Sandy Elliot Country Antiques, Brentwood, NH Serapi Antiques, Huntingdon Valley, PA Small Wonder Antiques (Frizellburg Antique Store), Westminster, MD Tex Johnson & Son Antiques, Adamstown, PA The Cat Lady Antiques, Bangor, PA and Anderson-Breish Antiques, Fort Washington, PA The Gatchellville Store, New Park, PA Van Tassel Baumann American Antiques, Malvern, PA 7 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 Heritage Headlines

A Wonderful Variety of Lectures on Textile History

Each year at the Penn Dry Goods Market we try to bring a selection of some of the most noted textile experts in the country together with some of our local historians to create a lecture program of great breadth and diversity. Lectures are held in two locations in the Heritage Center, and each lecture is $25.00. Some lectures fill up quickly! If you are interested in attending, do pre-register for your choices by sending an email to [email protected] or call Joanne Jalowy at 215-679-3103.

This preliminary schedule is subject to change. Exact times of each lecture will be available in the coming months.

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016

“In Pursuit of Lady-Like Arts:” Needlework from the Early South, Kimberly Smith Ivey, Curator, Textiles and Historic Interiors, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Embroidered Evidence: Samplers in the Revolutionary War Pension Files at the National Archives, Kathy Staples, Independent Scholar

The History of Rughooking from an Artist's Frame, Susan Feller, Author, Instructor and Patternmaker

“This Work Of Mine The World May View,” Dan & Marty Campanelli, Authors and Textile Curators

Over 200 Years of the History of American Embroidery, Sheryl De Jong, Author and Volunteer Curator, Smithsonian Institution

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016

“I shall soon have them done:” Four Decades of Needlework by Martha Washington, Susan P. Schoelwer, Ph.D., Robert H. Smith Senior Curator, George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Grace Kelly: Icon of Style, Kristina Haugland, Curator of Costume and Textiles, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Patchwork Fever, Deborah Kraak, Independent Museum Professional

Woolwork Samplers of the Lehigh Valley, Kathy Lesieur, Independent Researcher

The Apple Pie Ridge Star, Mary Robare, Independent Researcher

Special Exhibit This is a special opportunity to view the extraordi- nary treasures from our permanent collection, from the During the Penn Dry Goods Market, be sure to 17th century onward. visit the special exhibits in the ground floor galleries. For our Penn Dry Goods Market textile fans, Opening April 10, 2016, is Within and Without: The Art we’ll also be featuring our Schwenkfelder Townscape of the Book. It will feature the artistry of bookbinding, wool embroidered pictures in the ground floor galleries, manuscript books, book illustrations, and both fraktur accompanied by artifacts that are depicted in the Town- and printed bookplates from our permanent collection. scapes. It’s “I Spy” on a grand scale!

Lunch will be available on-site both Friday and Saturday

Need a place to stay while visiting Pennsburg? Not to worry—our friends at the Globe Inn Bed & Breakfast (215-679-5948) have comfortable accommodations for you after your busy Market day! Springhill Suites, located at the Quakertown exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, is a great option also—mention PENN DRY GOODS MARKET when you call it’s local number at 215-529-6800. The Comfort Inn, also located at the Quakertown exit of Pennsylvania Turnpike, is offering a great rate if you call direct and mention the Penn Dry Goods Market: 215-538-3000. 8 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4

KAY L. BACHKAI: LIBRARY VOLUNTEER EXTRAORDINAIRE “Kay has cataloged just under 13,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals since she started volunteering in the Schwenkfelder Library in January 2003. That’s a lot of books for half a day a week for 12 years!”

So states Hunt Schenkel, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Archivist, under whose guidance Kay has been working closely as a volunteer since 2003.

“Family genealogy first brought me to the Heritage Center in the 1980s and 1990s,” says Kay. “I had heard about its church records collection. My interest is in researching family genealogy and helping others in Gottshall obituaries into Excel. This project alone took their quest to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. approximately one year of her time. My end goal for my family genealogy is to get all my ancestors back to their European country of origin.” Kay has been vital in assisting genealogical researchers, especially with DAR questions. Says Hunt, Kay’s first “job,” she notes, was to catalog the “Kay has helped a great number of women join the DAR Silesian Collection and other books in the Library. This whom I would not have been able to help on my own.” collection is an important assemblage of about 3,000 books, pamphlets, and periodicals, mostly in German and Kay concludes, “I love books, so I really enjoy primarily covering subjects of Silesian history (often religious working with the Library collections. The staff is so history) in particular, as well as German history in general. knowledgeable and nice. My husband Joe and I gladly support the Annual Fund. I often tell people who have Kay has also done the massive job of copying our never heard of SLHC about it’s wonderful resources for deed abstracts from hard copy into an Access database, family genealogy and the museum collections. More people entering more than 5,840 records! In addition, Kay also need to learn about this great resource in their back yard!” abstracted thousands of obituaries from what we call the

LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER...

Last summer, the Heritage Center Then, at the end was fortunate to have student of October, Konrad’s Konrad Zaprucki from Jelenia father, Józef Zaprucki, Góra, Poland, staying with Allen also visited while on an Viehmeyer. He wrote the follow- extended study stay in ing about his visit: “I arrived in the US – at Duquesne America seven weeks ago. University in Pittsburgh During my stay I’ve visited a lot through a scholarship of places: Philadelphia, Washington DC, New York City, from The Kosciuszko Foundation. In his own Allentown, Bethlehem, Ocean City and, of course, East words he explained his visit to the Heritage Center: Greenville/Pennsburg. At this time I met new people and “As an assistant professor in the Department friends. I’m glad that I had a possibility to help as a volunteer of German Language and Culture at Karkonoska in this library. By the way, I learned a lot about historical College in Jelenia Góra, the Silesian area of Poland, background of this region. Although I’m not really into his- I am here this week at the Schwenkfelder Library & tory, it was quite interesting. All the time I had a lot of fun. Heritage Center in order to research the transfer of Maybe in the future I will visit this place again.” Silesian traditions to America as found in Schwenkfelder manuscripts and artifacts.” 9 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 Heritage Headlines

NEW ADDITIONS TO THE ARCHIVES SCHWENKFELDER HERITAGE AND LIBRARY, WINTER 2015/2016 TOUR 2017

Plans are underway for another Heritage Tour to New to the Library our Silesian homelands with Allen Viehmeyer and David Luz. While details are still in process, we are Bach Chorales Proclaiming the Gospel: Volume II: planning for a mid-to-late June departure date in 2017. Musical Manuscripts, with German Texts, English Vertical Translations, and Organ Chorale Companion Chorales, by Our friends in Germany and Poland are already looking John Kaye Gottschall. Donated by John Kaye Gottschall. forward to our visit! Robert Skrocki, of Dresden, Germany and Twardocice, Poland recently wrote: Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania: Some Early Colonial German Immigrants, by Annette Kunselman “It was a great experience and pleasure for us to Burgert. Donated by Frances Eshbach Kinney. accompany the Schwenkfelder Tour for a few days last

Growing up Gottshall: A Story about Eight Genera- year. The Schwenkfelders have left their mark in tions of the Gottshall Family in America That Shaped Our Twardocice, and we, as a family, are happy that we can Grand Pop, by Ronald J. Hunsicker. make a small contribution, so that people who are now Donated by Ronald J. Hunsicker. living there in Twardocice can learn more about the life and fate of the Schwenkfelders. Goschenhoppen Historians Folk Festival Recipes. Plain and Fancy Cooking: The Ladies Aid Society of “We are very pleasantly surprised by their charisma the Central Schwenkfelder Church. and by their kindness that meets us in every new contact. The Art of Cooking in East Greenville. St. Mark's Lutheran Church. 1982 Directory. “It was quite remarkable how many people in Donated by Mary Shermer. the region of Twardocice are true friends of the Schwenkfelders. With the new media that we use daily, Old Goshenhoppen Cemetery, Upper Salford we are able to maintain and expand these contacts every day. Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Compiled by Edgar B. Grubb, Abram C. Hunsicker, and “We would like to invite you to visit us. Come Raymond E. Hollenbach. to the places where your ancestors laid the foundations Records of the Lutheran Congregation at Old of your religion. Where they experienced much suffer- Goshenhoppen, Upper Salford Township, Montgomery ing and rejoicing. Where they gave their life for your County, PA, 1751 – 1937. faith. Come and experience Polish hospitality.” Donated by Mrs. Shirley Hammond. If you would like information about the tour Baum Family Reunion, June 23, 24, 2007. please contact David Luz at 215-679-3103 or via email: Donated by Larry Grimm. [email protected]. Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum and other books belonging to Flora Heebner. Donated by Phyllis Prizer.

Southeastern Pennsylvania: A History of the Counties of FRONT DESK Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and RECEPTIONIST Schuylkill, by J. Bennett Nolan. V.2 – 3. Donated by Ray Fluck. VOLUNTEERS New to the Archives: NEEDED

Local baseball and tennis photographs ca. 1930s. If you are a Donated by Narona Gebert. pleasant person and en- Scrapbooks from the Women’s Club of the Upper joy working with friendly people in a low-pressure Perkiomen Valley. environment, the Heritage Center needs you!

1933 and 1939 class photographs of the Hereford We have immediate need for people to one-room school house. Donated by Carol Leh. volunteer at our front desk—greeting people as Collection of family photographs. they enter the building, helping them get where Donated by Sylvia Holland. they want to go, answering the telephone, and helping 1932 police photograph related to the Norman with sales in the gift shop. Bechtel murder. Donated by Candace Perry. Call Joanne Jalowy today, 215-679-3103, for more information. 10 Heritage Headlines www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 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 second 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, December 9, noon Wednesday, February 10, noon Perkiomen School Photos Fences on the Farm Presented by Allen Viehmeyer Presented by Bob Wood

Original photos of Eighteenth and nineteenth the outside and inside of century fencing practices in the buildings on the Germanic Pennsylvania. Perkiomen campus between the 1900s and the 1930s give a good glimpse into campus life during those Wednesday, March 9, noon times. Some of the old Highlights of Mennonite Fraktur in the Schwenkfelder Perkiomen Chapel course catalogs give inter- Library & Heritage Center Collection esting rules and regulations for boarding and day students. Presented by Forrest Moyer

Come find out what the campus, students, teachers, and Forrest Moyer, archivist at the Mennonite Heritage activities looked like some 90 years ago. Center, Harleysville, recently spent six months cataloging Wednesday, January 13, noon Mennonite-related fraktur in the Goshenhoppen Mission Research collection of the SLHC and the Presented by Ron Thren MHC, under a grant from the A brief overview of the Clemens Family Corporation. background, approach and results His work uncovered interesting of the latest research cycle into the new details about some pieces in history of the Goshenhoppen the SLHC collection and explored Mission (Church of the Most the relationship between Mennonite Blessed Sacrament, Bally). The and Schwenkfelder fraktur art, findings continue to add to our particularly in the Skippack- understanding of mission history Worcester community. dating back to 1741.

THE IRON INDUSTRY OF OUR REGION Larry Roeder, Speaker, Sunday, January 17, 2016, 2:00 pm (Snow Date January 24)

Long before the railroad, ice-houses, and Our region and areas nearby cigar factories, there was the iron industry. Early have a wonderful and interesting history settlers to the area found the waters of our creeks in the iron-making industry. At one and their tributaries an inviting source of power. time there were more than two dozen It was a place where dams could be built iron furnaces and forges from Durham to harness energy. There were also significant in Bucks County to Green Lane in deposits of limestone needed for the flux to Montgomery County. Hear about some remove the impurities from the ore along with an of those operations and how they affected abundance of wood to make the charcoal that the early days of our area. heats the furnaces. And, of course, the ore that could be mined to feed the process. 11 www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 Heritage Headlines Winter 2016 Programs and Events

Dec 5, 9:30 am and Dec 6, noon Feb 9 – 1:30 pm and Feb 13 – 1:00 pm Christmas Market Children’s Workshop: The Art of Walter Baum

Dec 8 – 1:30 pm and Dec 12 – 1:00 pm Feb 10 – noon Children’s Workshop: Pennsylvania Dutch BB Lecture: Fences on the Farm Christmas Feb 14 – 2:00 pm Dec 9 – noon Children’s Book Club BB Lecture: Perkiomen School Photos Feb 21 (Sunday) – 2:00 pm Jan 13 – noon American Girl Tea and History BB Lecture: Goschenhoppen Mission Research Mar 8 – 1:30 pm and Mar 19 – 1:00 pm Jan 17 – 2:00 pm, Snow date: Jan 24 Children’s Workshop: The PA Dutch Egg Tree The Iron Industry of our Region Mar 9 – noon Jan 23 – 10:30 am, Snow date: Jan 30 BB Lecture: Mennonite Fraktur in the SLHC Grundsau Lodge (Groundhog Lodge) fer Yunge Collection

Jan 24 – 2:00 pm Mar 20 – 2:00 pm Children’s Book Club Children’s Book Club

Jan 28 – 4:30 pm Mar 31 – 4:30 pm American Girl Tea and History American Girl Tea and History

Winter 2016 Exhibits WHAT DOES YOUR Through January 31, 2016 LEGACY MEAN?

Powwowing in Pennsylvania: To some, like Walter Baum, it Healing, Cosmology, and Tradition in the Dutch may mean an extraordinary donation of Country with guest curator Patrick Donmoyer artwork. To others, it means including Art Gallery the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Through February 28 Center in your estate plans. Vintage Christmas Electrical Décor and More Wall Cases An unrestricted bequest is a simple, straight- forward way to leave your legacy. For many donors, Through March 1 this is their largest gift. We recommend this bequest The Art of Walter E. Baum language in your Will: "I give, devise and bequeath Meeting Room to the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Through March 15 located in Pennsburg, PA [dollar amount or percentage Wild and Mild – Christmas Putz 2015 of the estate] for its unrestricted use and purpose." Local History Gallery There are other types of planned gifts that could Through March 31 benefit you and us! Consult your attorney or estate Warm and Bright: Artifacts for Warmth and Light planner for your individual situation, or contact Rachel from the Heritage Center Collection Osborn at 215-679-3103 or [email protected]. Fraktur Gallery 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 Sun 1 - 4

www.schwenkfelder.com Volume 18, Issue 4 12 Christmas Market A wonderful tour of Pennsylvania German Christmas traditions and folk art presented by three preservation societies. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center 105 Seminary Street Pennsburg, PA 18073

Saturday, December 5, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm The Mennonite Heritage Center Sunday, December 6, noon – 4:00 pm 565 Yoder Road Harleysville, PA 19438 Each of the three venues presents unique exhibitions as well as seasonal holiday shopping. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center features a well-stocked gift shop and an Goschenhoppen Historians elaborate Christmas Putz. The Mennonite Heritage Center has a 116 Gravel Pike wide selection of reproduction folk art. The Goschenhoppen Green Lane, PA 18054 Historians transform Red Men’s Hall into a Christmas wonderland. There is a wonderful selection of Pennsylvania Dutch treats including baked goods, candies, and chow-chow to name a few.