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Sampler Class with Kathy Lesieur

A Workshop on the history and instruction of Elizabeth Bechtel's 1833 sampler

Saturday, May 17, 2008 10am-3pm

$165.00 per participant

Register by: April 11, 2008

Join us for a sampler class with Kathy Lesieur on Elizabeth Bechtel's 1833 sampler from the collection of the Heritage Center, which has been charted by Margriet Hogue of The Essamplaire. The class will include an overview of the history of the sampler as well as instruction in getting started with Kathy who has completed the reproduction for The Schwenkfelder. The class includes lunch at the Heritage Center and a show and tell of needlework in the Schwenkfelder collection. The cost includes the sampler kit and lunch. In order to ensure that the kits arrive on time, please respond with your check made payable to the Schwenkfelder Library or call in your reservation with your credit card to 215-679-3103 by April 11, 2008. Visa, Mastercard, and Discover accepted. Directions available here. If you are interested in staying overnight, a list of area motels, B&B's, and restaurants can be provided upon request. For registration, please contact Candace Perry, 215-679-3103 or email.

"For the Beauty of the Earth" Photo Contest 2008

Submissions accepted from May-September 2, 2008.

All are invited to submit their photography of natural beauty or historic landscape of southeastern Pennsylvania for the show. The Lorax Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and conservation of natural and historic landscape in Hereford Township and the surrounding area. They are collaborating with the Heritage Center to raise awareness of need to preserve open space in our communities and our many significant historic resources. Lorax is the sponsor of the first prize, $100 for the contest of the adult category. Click here for deadline and submission requirements.

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture

Schwenkfelder Women: Rosina Drescher Hoffmann

Wednesday June 11, 2008 Noon 12pm

Lecture repeated June 15, 2008 2:00pm

Dr. Allen Viehmeyer

Rosina Drescher stands out among the other Schwenkfelder women for her legacy- a correspondence with Silesian relatives. Lasting nearly fifty years this correspondence contains much information about family members and events both here in Pennsylvania and back home in Silesia. This slide presentation includes excerpts from these letters and places the information in its historical setting. Farming and other occupational activities mentioned in these letters will be featured.

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture

Almanac Diaries of David Schultz

Wednesday July 9, 2008 Noon 12pm

Lecture repeated July 13, 2008 2:00pm

Dr. Allen Viehmeyer

In conjunction with the Christopher Sauer: Colonial Printer exhibit this lecture will describe the very successful Sauer almanac entitled Der Hochdeutsche Amerikanische Calendar (1739-1778) as well as the diaries entries David Schultz wrote into his copies of the almanac. Find out how Schultz, the surveyor, used the almanac to keep all kinds of records. Learn what Schultz reveals about his life and times as well as his reactions to his wife's murder.

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture

Old Schwenkfelder Print and Script

Wednesday August 13, 2008 Noon 12pm

Lecture repeated August 17, 2008 2:00pm

Dr. Allen Viehmeyer

The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center preserves thousands of books and papers printed in the old fashioned type faces and written in a handwriting style no longer used today. These letterforms are seldom seen today so reading them can be a challenge. This slide illustrated lecture will show various type and handwriting styles in documents from the collection and give pointers on reading them.

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