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- Archives of Pennsylvania Folklife and Ethnography
Contains several thousand manuscripts, recordings and photographs
documenting field-collected folk traditions and cultural behavior;
arranged by project and genre, and cross-referenced for location,
ethnicity, religion, tradition-bearer, and occupation. Finding
aids available.
- Mac
Barrick Collection of Folklife and Regional History
Contains manuscripts, documents, recordings, and photographs
on Central Pennsylvania folklore, local history, folk art and
architecture compiled by Dr. Mac Barrick (1933-1991), professor
at Shippensburg University and other colleges and author of
German-American Folklore. Includes indexes for folk proverbs,
beliefs, narratives, and speech. Finding aids available.
- John Yetter Collection of Steelton Historical
Materials
Contains over 2,000 photographs and hundreds of publications on
Steelton, Pennsylvania--an ethnic-industrial community in Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania, known for the first mill in the United States
built expressly for the manufacture of steel. Compiled by John
Yetter, Steelton resident and author of Steelton: Stop, Look,
and Listen. Finding aids available.
- American Studies Resource Collection
Contains vertical files of information relating to the history
and practice of American and Pennsylvania studies. Finding aids
available.
- Sue Samuelson Papers
Contains research and field notes of Dr. Sue Samuelson (1958-1990)--professor
at Penn State Harrisburg, University of California-Berkeley, and
Rutgers--relating to Pennsylvania foodways and festivals.
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