Don yoder biography
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Don Yoder, Folklife Studies, Religious Studies and American Studies
Don Yoder, professor emeritus of folklife studies, religious studies and American studies at Penn, died of natural causes on August 11 at his home in Devon, Pennsylvania. He was 93 years old.
Dr. Yoder was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in religious studies from the University of Chicago in In his early career, he taught at Franklin and Marshall College and Muhlenberg College. In , he co-founded the Pennsylvania Folklife Center with Alfred L. Shoemaker and J. William Frey. In , they established the Kutztown Folk Festival, the first ethnic festival of its kind.
Dr. Yoder taught at Penn for four decades and directed 60 PhD dissertations. In , he joined the Penn faculty as instructor and assistant professor of religious thought. In , he became associate professor of religious thought. In , he became associate professor of folklore and folklife and in , he attained the rank of professor of fo
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The Pennsylvania German Broadside
Fifteenth-century Germany was the birthplace of movable type and of one of its powerful consequences, the broadside. These mass-produced printed sheets allowed both the Renaissance and the Reformation to spread with previously unimaginable speed, and when German immigrants made their way to North America, the cultural significance of the broadside followed. Don Yoder’s The Pennsylvania German Broadside examines the history and legacy of these printed sheets within the Pennsylvania German community.
The author defines a broadside as any piece of paper printed on one side that is intended to be given away or sold. Where some experts have narrowed the definition of the broadside to focus primarily on song and ballad broadsides, Professor Yoder’s definition encompasses a much wider range of material. In this more comprehensive approach to the medi
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Don Yoder research papper
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains anställda, professional, and genealogical research papers of Don Yoder, especially those relating to Quaker matters.
Series 1. Personal and research papper includes correspondence, Yoder’s writings and research relating to Quaker social life and customs, research into Quaker families (besides the Wickersham family), syllabi of classes taught bygd Yoder and miscellaneous event flyers and newsletters.
Series 2. Wickersham family genealogy materials consists of research into a Quaker family to whom Yoder was related. There are Wickersham genealogical charts, diary and letter transcripts, family reunion pamphlets, and some photographs of family members and properties. Additional materials include information relating to the Harry, Garretson, and Pyle family.
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