FRAKTUR BIBLIOGRAPHY

Musselman Library's Mennonite Historical Collections contain a number of interesting pieces of Mennonite and Amish fraktur folk art. The following is a list of supporting materials and reference guides from Musselman Library collections which will help you learn more about this art form.

Amsler, Cory M. Bucks County fraktur. Doylestown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 2001. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Borneman, Henry Stauffer. Pennsylvania German illuminated manuscripts; a classification of fraktur-schriften and an inquiry into their history and art. New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1973. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Denig, Ludwig. The picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Earnest, Corinne P. Fraktur: folk art and family. Atglen, Pa.:Schiffer Pub., 1999. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Earnest, Corinne P. To the latest posterity: Pennsylvania-German family registers in the Fraktur tradition. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Earnest, Russel D. Flying leaves and one-sheets: Pennsylvania German broadsides, Fraktur, and their printers. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2005. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Earnest, Russell D. Papers for birth dayes: guide to the fraktur artists and scriveners. East Berlin, PA: R.D. Earnest Associates, 1997. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Fraktur: a selective guide to the Franklin and Marshall Fraktur collection. Lancaster, Pa: The College, 1987. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Good, Edgar Reginald. Anna's art : the fraktur art of Anna Weber. Kitchener, Ont.: Pochauna Publications, 1976. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Hershey, Mary Jane. This teaching I present: fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonote meetinghouse schools, 1747-1836. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Katz, D. Kistner. On all my holy mountain : a modern fraktur : reflections on peace. Pittsboro, NC: Rosenberry books, 2005. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Luthy, David. Amish folk artist Barbara Ebersol: her life, fraktur, and death record book. Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1995. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Moyer, Dennis K. Fraktur writings and folk art drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library collection. Kutztown, Pa.: Centennial Printing, 1998. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia: an illustrated catalogue. Breinigsville, PA: Pennsylvania German Society. 1976. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

Shelley, Donald A. The Fraktur-writings or illuminated manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. Allentown, PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1961. View this item in the Bluffton library catalog

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