Sources & Collections

​Findings presented in The Word in the Wilderness are based on primary-source research conducted at more than thirty libraries, museums, and archives in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland.  Color images of key primary sources discussed in the book are presented below.

Images featured as halftones in the printed book are organized by chapter in which they appear.  Additional sources are found at the bottom of the page.

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Preface

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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Exclusive Online Content: Other Pennsylvania German Books, Manuscripts, and Artworks

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Exclusive Online Content: Other Comparative Books, Manuscripts, and Artworks

To explore more examples of the Pennsylvania German manuscript arts, visit the Free Library of Philadelphia's Digital Collections page as well as Winterthur's Museum Collection Digital Database.

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Resources for Season 2 of Cloister Talk: The Pennsylvania German Material Texts Podcast

Resources for Season 3 of Cloister Talk: The Pennsylvania German Material Texts Podcast

​Header image: Johann Adam Eyer, songbook, 1790. Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 2012.0027.015, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle, Courtesy of Winterthur Museum.