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Questions About Schwenkfelder History
On Wednesday, middle school students from the Souderton Charter School Collaborative visited the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center. During their school program we engaged in a discussion about how technological advancement can often lead to political and institutional change. Printing … Continue reading
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Christopher Schultz descendant: Jeremiah Schultz
This fall the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center will feature an exhibit about the life and legacy of Christopher Schultz. Christopher Schultz came as an orphan at age 16 to America, and played various significant roles in maintaining the Schwenkfelders … Continue reading
It’s a SIGN you’re going in the right direction. Wayfinding.
There are small brown signs that say Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in our neighborhood. Perhaps you’ve noticed them but we know the brown signs are hard to find. (Perhaps you never even noticed them at all.) Here’s the good … Continue reading
Q. What has three legs, shares its name with a common arthropod, and you can cook in it?
It’s a spider. A spider skillet, to be more precise. A spider skillet, on the left in the image above, was used in hearth cooking in the 18-19th century. This spider skillet as well as the rake and other tools … Continue reading
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We welcome Richard Kriebel, our new collections intern!
The staff at the Heritage Center are pleased to welcome Richard Kriebel, a history major at Grove City College as our new summer intern! Rick started working with our curator, Candace Perry, during the month of May and will continue … Continue reading
Reichsthaler of 1723
The Reichstaler or Rix-dollars of 1723 was a coin familiar to the Schwenkfelders in the 1730s. Reichstalers were used within the Holy Roman Empire states and were also referred to as Spezies-Thaler. Reichstalers were accepted in European cities where currency … Continue reading
Thoughts While Cataloging
Converting our hundred year old traditional library catalog of 3×5 paper cards to an electronic form is a formidable and seemingly never ending task. For the past eight years or more much of the work has been faithfully carried on … Continue reading
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Photos at the Valley Grind Café
Our summer intern, Lori Calvario, an East Greenville resident, helped to organize, install, and promote our coffee house exhibit that opened September 10, 2010. During our Meet and Greet on September 24th at the Valley Grind Café, Lori and I … Continue reading
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Thomas Dobson’s Encyclopedia
The Library is fortunate to have a nearly complete set of Thomas Dobson’s Encyclopædia. The eighteen volume Encyclopædia ; or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature was the first encyclopedia to be printed in the United States, and … Continue reading
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Grant Project Nearly Complete
Vault shelves showing boxed folios I have recently completed a book-boxing, inventory project for our oldest folios and other books. The project was funded by the William Penn Foundation through the Advanced Stewardship Program with The Conservation Center for … Continue reading
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