Volume XXXIV Number 1

July 2015

Calendar of Events

Issue Highlights:Page 3: Featured Artisan Neil HaringPage 4-6: Upcoming EventsPage 8: Notes from Fritz Elementary School Page 9: Student Historian Scholarship RecipientPage 10-11: ECA At A Glance Special Section Page 12: New to the CollectionsPage 14: Part II with Lisa LauriaPage 16: Call for VolunteersPage 18: In Memoriam to Lucy Carroll

Colonial Summer CampAugust 11th-14th, pre-registration due by July 31 9:30a.m. - 1:00p.m. daily Ages 6-12Experience hands on historical activities once part of the lives of the Colonial residents of Ephrata. Role play, arts, and crafts will be explored through individual and team projects. (More on Page 6)

Featured Special Events

August1: Viewing the Immigrant Experience: Bus Trip to New York City2: Ice Cream Social11 - 14: Colonial Summer Camp

September7: Open on Labor Day12: Founder’s Day Block Party19: Artisans Faire & Antique Car Show20: Sunday Conversations: Early Pennsylvania Iron and the Legacy of Cornwall

Ice Cream SocialSunday, August 2nd 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.$4.00 per person; Tickets available in the Museum Store Featuring WGAL Media Celebrity Jere Gish & Award winning bluegrass banjo local star Conlan Kerschner!The popular Ice Cream Social returns with all you can eat ice cream provided by Turkey Hill, live music by award winning banjo artist Conlan Kerschner, and WGAL celebrity Jere Gish.

Founders’ Day Block PartySaturday, September 12th - 10:00 - 4:00p.m. Baseball t-shirt jerseys + all inclusive tickets $30 V.I.P artist tours of the upper floors + exclusive print $20 Special program rates of $10, $9, $7 and $5 for general admissionJoin us for a block party in a light cast only by the Ephrata Cloister: exclusive thematic upstairs tours never before offered focusing on Andrew Wyeth, Howard Pyle, and other artists that came to the Cloister, plus local food trucks, a silent auction, live music, Cloister themed family games, and art activities. (More on Page 4)

Read more about our upcoming events on pages 4-6.

October

9 -10: Apple Dumpling Sales11: Day of Music12: Closed for Columbus Day 18: Sunday Conversations: The 1737 Walking Purchase24: Gideon’s Bones A Family Trick or Treat & “It’s the Great Gourd, Conrad Beissel” gourd and pumpkin outdoor exhibit24 & 25: “It’s the Great Gourd” Exhibition

November

26 & 27: Closed to observe Thanksgiving28: Candlelight Openhouse

Day of Music with the Ephrata Cloister ChorusSunday, October 11; choral performances at 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm at the Historic Ephrata Cloister Special program rates apply

The fiscal year for the ECA budget runs from July 1st through June 30th of each year. For the first time this coming fiscal year we have a budget instrument that enables the ECA Board to closely monitor income and expenditures. This is very exciting. The unknown monthly ebb and flow of the budget makes decision making more difficult. Creating this new budget has been a long, difficult process.A special thanks goes to the ECA Board Treasurer, Wayne Gongaware for his tireless effort in getting our budget instrument together. Wayne laid out a plan that engaged all board members in the budget development and creation process. This process took months and required difficult decisions. The board believes that the decisions that were made will make the ECA stronger.

Along with our treasurer we need to acknowledge the efforts of our ECA staff and PHMC site administrator for supplying the necessary information and support for the development of this budget.Our budget for the next fiscal year is approximately $270,000. This is a huge commitment from a group of volunteers to help operate the Historic Ephrata Cloister site. This is where you as an ECA member can get involved in the budget process.

How you can help: 1. Your membership, thank you for paying your dues each year. Help increase membership by inviting a friend to sign up. 2. Your donations, through the Annual Appeal and The Extra Give in November. 3. Your attendance at ECA sponsored events. 4. Your volunteerism, there are many opportunities!

You are a critical element to our success.Get engaged and hope to see you soon.Thank you,

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Drew Myers, President Ephrata Cloister Associates

From a maintenance perspective, it has been a very busy spring at Ephrata Cloister. We have new roofs on the visitor center and the maintenance woodshed, the roofs on the south side of the Saron and Saal were power washed and a UV preservative applied to prolong their lifespan, and the make-over for the cupola on the Academy should be complete by the time you receive this newsletter.

While our buildings are part of Ephrata’s collections, did you know that Ephrata also has approximately 3400 artifacts in its collection? Each year Curator Kerry Mohn conducts a complete inventory of these objects; making sure that every artifact is accounted for and is in its assigned location. Kerry then compares the physical inventory against the online inventory which he also updates at this time. This summer Kerry will get some assistance from Harrisburg curators as the online inventory is transitioned to new collections software recently purchased by PHMC.

Of course we cannot forget that spring is school tour season and we love that, as one student said, we are “the place where kids meet history.” Also this spring, with very good results, we’ve introduced a new program called Evening Conversations. Modeled after the very popular Thursday morning Winter History Class, this evening program was created with those who have to work during the day in mind. In the fall this will be continued but on Sunday afternoons.

Summer time – lemonade, ice cream, backyard picnics, trips to the beach, family vacations, all those things that we look forward to when old man winter gets us down - well guess what - it’s here. We hope you’ll spend some time in our backyard this summer.

President’s Message

Neil Haring, a native of Berks County has spent most of his adult life teaching the visual arts to people of all ages. One of the most basic materials with which he worked with was paper. Neil became intrigued by the many ways in which cultures around the world used paper as a basic material in their artistic expressions. The art of paper cutting spread throughout the world from its beginnings in China through the Middle East and into Europe by the 17th century. Immigrants arriving in America from various European countries brought with them the skills of paper cutting as well as a love of color and design. It is from his Pennsylvania German background that Neil has emerged as a paper cutter. Since the early 1980’s he has concentrated on the art of paper cutting as his means of expression, adapting this folk art, traditionally known as Scherenschnitte, into a more contemporary art form. “I view my cuttings as a positive-negative interpretation of my personal drawings. The subject matter of my cuttings is as varied as my interests, ranging from the beauty of nature to mans attempt to control his environment. After a drawing is made the design is cut with a sharp knife from one sheet of quality paper. The cutting is then matted and framed to give each piece its own individual personality. I have developed my paper cutting into a unique style which reflects the beauty of my world into a frozen positive-negative art form.”

A member of the Guild of American Paper Cutters since its formation in 1988, Neil has served on its Board of Directors for a number of years. He has attained juried status as a member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and takes part in juried shows throughout Pennsylvania and Florida. His work has been exhibited and won awards around the country. Neil has addressed the religious symbolism of Ephrata and other general subjects. Beautiful examples of his work can be seen and purchased in the Museum Store.

God Bless This House: The Printed House Blessings (Haus-Segen) of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1780-1921 is an attractive new book that features printed house blessings, a type of Pennsylvania German broadside often classified with Fraktur because major Fraktur artists decorated them.

The Museum Store (717) 733-6600 email c-sshober@pa.gov.

New in The Museum Store

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Featured Museum Store Artisan Neil Haring

Nick Siegert

In fact, few Fraktur artists made freehand examples of these blessings, but some artists designed press printed examples, and many others added color and freehand artwork to printed sheets. Among the printers to produce house blessings were printers at the Ephrata Cloister as early as 1780. By the early 1800s, John, Joseph, and Samuel Bauman, Householders, had continued the tradition of printing these highly decorative items. This full color catalog illustrates many of the examples printed at Ephrata along with those produced throughout the Pennsylvania German region. With 128 color illustrated pages, the paperback book sells for $ 39.95.

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A Founder’s Day Block Party September 12Saturday, September 12th - 10:00 - 4:00p.m. Tiered Ticket Pricing: $30 All inclusive limited tickets + Baseball T Shirt; $20 V.I.P. artist tours of the upper floors + exclusive print (tours offered at 10AM, 11:30AM, 1PM, 2:30PM) Special Program Rates of $10, $9, $7, $5 for general event admission

By providing an in-kind gift for our Founder’s Day Block Party Silent Auction, you are making general tour and school visit experiences through the Ephrata Cloister Associates possible.

Contact Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Program & Volunteer Facilitator with your interest and we’ll provide you with forms and a list of donor recognition benefits today. c-rlawrenc@pa.gov; (717) 733-6600.

Auction items with forms are due to the Cloister by September 5, 2015.

Seeking Auction Items!

Gideon’s Bones A Family Trick or Treat & “It’s the Great Gourd, [Conrad Beissel]” Outdoor Exhibition

Saturday, October 24, 2015 Family Trick or Treat 1-3pm Outdoor Gourd Exhibition begins at 3pm and concludes Sunday at 5pm Special program rates $10, $9, $7, $5 applyChildren in costume are welcome to come to the site for our second annual Gideon’s Bones Family Trick or Treat Event! Come in costume and “trick or treat” to each historic building! Stay for a paint or carve your own gourd activity and enjoy the gourd exhibition!

Calling All Pumpkin & Gourd Artists! K-12 students, families, youth groups, and artists are invited to bring family friendly carved or painted pumpkins and gourds to the Cloister October 22-23 to set gourds in place for the “It’s the Great Gourd!” outdoor exhibition that opens Saturday October 24th at 3pm and continues through Sunday October 25 on the Cloister grounds. Small entry fee applies. For details, contact Rebecca Lawrence, c-rlawrenc@pa.gov 717-733-6600.

Featured food trucks for our Block Party include:

Guest curator Virginia O’Hara, Curator of Collections & Coordinator of Curatorial Affairs, Brandywine River Museum will join us to offer exclusive upstairs tours about her specialty, artist Andrew Wyeth, during the 10AM & 11:30AM tours.

Tickets for the V.I.P. artist tours include an exclusive full color print of The Cloisters (1949) by Andrew Wyeth.V.I.P artist tours of the upper floors will also include a special curatorial Q&A with Kerry Mohn about Henry Rankin Poore’s painting, Plowing of the Brethren.

All event tickets include: access to local food trucks, opportunity to bid on Silent Auction items, live music, Cloister themed family games and art activities, watching the first Turtledoves vs. Distelfinks baseball game and more.

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Artisan’s Faire & Antique Car Show September 19, 2015Saturday, September 19th - 10:00 - 3:00p.m. $10 ticket includes admission to Car Show, Artisan’s Faire and general tours; general admission tickets available online at www.ephratacloister.org

Featured Fine Craft Artists:Randall Snader FrakturPaul Luttrell WoodturningJere Retallack Handcrafted HomegoodsBarry Miller WoodcarvingWalter Hand Artisan BroomsPatricia Laush Reverse Glass PaintingBeatrice Weidner PhotographyEric Weit FibersAbby Eberly Basketry and Woven TreasuresGail Burkholder Woolen Rugs Tina Sonnen, The Woolen Penny, Woolen Rugsand more!

Artisans Registration $30 vendor registration; contact Andrea Glass (717) 733-6600 or c-aglass@pa.gov

Antique Vehicle Exhibitor Registration $35 registration includes 9am exclusive private tour with Calvin High, vehicle registration for car show at the Ephrata Cloister, and site admission to both events $20 ticket includes vehicle registration for car show and site admission to the Car Show and Artisan’s Faire Contact Deb Myers, (717) 314-1824 or deborahmyers625@hotmail.com

Car Show Exclusive: Tour with Car Collector Calvin HighAt 9am September 19th, join Calvin High, of High Industries for a special behind the scenes off-site tour of his private collection at his estate. Your $35 ticket includes a behind the scenes tour with Calvin High, your vehicle’s registration into our car show, and entrance fees to our Artisan’s Faire & Car Show events!

Calvin High’s private automobile collection includes: 1937 Master Deluxe Cabriolet 1942 Chevrolet Deluxe Convertible 1952 Muntz Jet Convertible 1932 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Coupe 1931 Fleetwood Cadillac V16 Roadster and others!

For this unique behind the scenes tour & participation in our car event, contact Deb Myers, 717-314-1824 or email deborahmyers625@hotmail.com.

Seeking Exhibitors!

Viewing the Immigrant Experience:Going Behind the Scenes in New York City August 1, 2015A trip to benefit the Educational Programs of the Historic Ephrata Cloister Rare opportunities and behind the scenes experiences in New York City that you will not want to miss! Our day starts with a visit to Battery Park City and then Ellis Island. Following the visit to Ellis Island Hospital Complex, we’ll travel by bus to the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad that has been redesigned to incorporate architecture and gardens into an eco-friendly environment. We’ll experience the tour with one of the architects involved with the project. The day will finish at the Tenament Museum with a private after-hours tour and hors d’oeurvres! Spread the word to family and friends.Register by calling Andrea at (717) 733-6600 or email her at c-aglass@pa.gov or register online at:http://www.ephratacloister.org/events.htm

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Colonial Summer Camp Series

Detailed registration information and reservation details available on our website or contact Rebecca Lawrence, c-rlawrenc@pa.gov or call (717)-733-6600.

August 11th-14th, pre-registration due by July 31 9:30am-1pm; (age groups will be divided 6-8 & 9-12)Snack break is provided between 11-11:30am dailyPre-register for our August session by July 31ECA Member rate: $100 per child each week Non-member rate: $125 per child each week Week long registration is encouraged.Individual daily rate: $35/member; $45/non member.

ONLINE REGISTRATION WWW.EPHRATACLOISTER.ORG/EVENTS.htm Tuesday 9:30am-1pmDo you have what it takes to join the 18th century Ephrata Community of Sisters, Brothers, craftsmen and artists? Through role play, become a member of the Ephrata community! Meet the People of Ephrata, historic teachers, carpenters, bakers, Sisters and Brothers at work. Wednesday 9:30am-1pm Join Brother Obed’s Writing School to make a decorative pen and ink drawing. “Play school” as you become a student in Mr. Wiggins’ classroom taking part in pretend classroom lessons and games. Meet Sister Marcella and make paper lanterns or artificial flowers with her, inspired by real chores of the 18th century Sisters.

Thursday 9:30am-1pmTake on your apprenticeship assignment, “grown-up” jobs in the Bakery, Weavers House, Carpenters House, or Physician’s House. Identify herbs for Brother Gideon, measure flour, assemble furniture, learn to spin, and start a small textile project. Finish your day with a music lesson with Brother Jaebez (Peter Miller).

Friday 9:30am-1pmPlace your finishing touches on your poster sized map of the Ephrata Community. Send a postcard from the past to as you reflect on your week’s experience at camp. Return to the present day and take on the role of a “Curator”! Learn to take care of objects from the past. Bring in your private collections from home & we’ll share with you some tips and tricks for display and how to take care of them.

Achenbach’s Apple Dumpling Sales Back to the Cloister Fund Benefit

Sunday Conversations Enjoy a visit with scholars as they present research about local history and culture and unique thematic tours. There is no charge. Guests are welcome to pay what they wish to support the program. Our Sunday Conversations are offered each Third Sunday of each month in the fall from 3:00 - 4:00p.m.

If you have suggestions for our Sunday Conversations, please contact Michael Showalter, Museum Educator at mishowalte@pa.gov or call (717)733-6600.

September 20th: Early Pennsylvania Iron and the Legacy of Cornwall

October 18th: The 1737 Walking Purchase

October 9 and 10, 2015 $4 each apple dumpling Pre-orders available for 5 or more dumplings Free delivery for pre-orders of 20 or more

Achenbach’s Apple Dumplings have returned Back to the Cloister! Please call us for additional information. This is the only ECA fundraiser dedicated to building the restricted Back to the Cloister fund specifically used for the purchasing and conservation of artifacts.

Mission Statement

Historic Ephrata Cloister’s preservation and programing invites the exploration of this unique

community’s spiritual, creative, and intellectual accomplishments by encouraging visitors to develop a

personal connection to Pennsylvania’s significant role in religious toleration and intellectual freedom.

The Ephrata Cloister Associates is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with the

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, supporting the mission of preservation and education

at this National Historic Landmark.

Adopted January 2015

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Get Outdoors (GO) Ephrata! is a summer-long initiative between the Ephrata Public Library & Wellspan Health, the Wellspan Community Hospital, that promotes physical activity by encouraging children ages 5-12 to visit parks and trails in and around Ephrata, PA: including the Ephrata Cloister! Families who sign up for this special Reading Club & Physical Activity Program at the Ephrata Public Library use a guide book with clues to help them find the posts and make rubbings from each plaque that features a “HERO”. Parents and children learn together about the various heroes in our community as they read the booklet and find the posts together. 15 autographs & posts are located throughout local parks in Ephrata, Clay, and Akron Townships and Boroughs, including the Historic Ephrata Cloister. We are the only historic site & museum participating in this unique program!

Visit our Local Parks & Trails in Ephrata this Summer!

How can you participate:1) Sign up in person at the Ephrata Public Library

through August 8 to pick up your Autograph Book and Rubbing Sheet and then visit www.goephrata.org for more

information2) Rubbing sheets are collected at the Ephrata Public

Library and participants are eligible to win prizes such as pedometers, sleeping bag, and family size tent!

3) Be sure to visit the ARTIST post and the PHILANTRHOPIST post hidden at the Historic Ephrata

Cloister!

This summer Ephrata Cloister and eighteen other museums that are members of the Museum Council of Lancaster County invite you to discover the wonderful museums in your own backyard with a Passport to Discovery. Participating museums include historic houses, children’s museums, historic sites and science museums.

While you won’t be traveling to other countries, just like a real passport each museum will stamp your passport with a different image. Become a Pathfinder (6 stamps), Adventurer (8 stamps) or Pioneer (10 stamps), send in your passport, and be eligible for prize drawings in September. Passports can be picked up at member museums or downloaded from the Museum Council website.

There is no charge to have your passport stamped. Regular admission fees apply for tours and activities at each of the museums, but be sure to check your local Lancaster County Library as many of our museums participate in the Library’s Museum Pass Program offering free general admission.

Become a Pathfinder, Adventurer and Pioneer by visiting your local Lancaster County museums!

Visit www.lancastercountymuseums.org

to learn more about the Museum Council to download your passport today and begin to explore the wonderful and

diverse museums in your backyard.

Fritz Elementary School Students Express Their Thanks

Fritz Elementary School students attended our Community Days school program on April 24, 2015. Each student from every class sent in personal thank you notes.

Your support of the Ephrata Cloister Associates made these experiences possible- thank you.

Definitely take the guided tour to get the most from your visit...Our tour guide was excellent - she spoke clearly and loudly so the group could hear. She was always open for questions and was very knowledgeable about the Cloister... The gift shop has a very nice selection of items, a few of the typical souvenir type but the many beautiful items from local craftsmen and a great selection of books. -FlyEagle, June 29, 2015

Kudos from Trip Advisor!

We really appreciated the great field trip to the Ephrata Cloister. The students enjoyed the tour and presentations. You had their attention! I thought it was great how you generated student involvement and tailored the tour around student interests and questions. Well done!! You should have been the one to get the stack of merits instead of us. Studying the clues we have of the aspirations and vision of those who lived at the Cloister is fascinating to me. One question that lingers in my mind: Why are the buildings empty today and the community dissolved? My response would be that it was built upon a charismatic personality rather than sound principles. I came away with a sense of sadness realizing how a worthy desire to draw close to God can become tainted with personal ambitions and mystic deviations from the truth that is found in God’s Word. They had some things right, but the misdirected goals consumed the good, and in the end all that is left are large empty buildings with very little legacy of eternal value. Thanks again for the tour and helping to bring history alive. Ken Nell, Pleasant Hill Christian School Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Teacher Feedback

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We are proud to announce that we recently received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2015, based on our 4 ½ star rating. Go to TripAdvisor.com after your next visit to the Ephrata Cloister and tell the world about your visit!

If you’ve visited the Historic Ephrata Cloister, you’ve been to one of the must-see locations in this fascinating new tourist book 1001 Places to See Before You Die in the USA & Canada Edition! Purchase it in our very own Museum Store.

Our tour guides on Mondays are volunteers Martha Ros and Gloria Meiskey! Kudos for offering FlyEagle and his guests a great tour!

Student Historian Earns Eagle Scout Award

On May 19 Daniel Campion, an Ephrata Cloister Student Historian from Manheim Township High School, received his Eagle Scout Award. We are so proud of Daniel’s achievement! Daniel has been a longtime member of the Boy Scouts; Daniel built bookshelves for the library at Schaeffer Elementary School as part of his Eagle Scout Project. Michael and Rebecca pictured with Daniel above, wrote letters of recommendation on Daniel’s strong character and volunteer service within our Student Historians program.

Student Historian TripOn June 26 through June 28 our Student Historians traveled overnight for two nights to the Museum of Frontier Culture, Monticello, and Poplar Forest to continue their exploration of 18th century life beyond the Ephrata Cloister. Donations made throughout the year to the Student Historian account made a $475 trip available to them at a $150 each, a 60% savings.

Photo by R. Alexander Klopp, of Alex and Cody at Monticello’s Discovery Room

Photo by Jeremy Watkins of Madelyn at

Monticello

Photo by Jeremy Watkins of Monticello

Photo by R. Alexander Klopp, of Daniel, Cody, Shaniece, Alexis, and Alex, 5 of the 9 Student Historians who participated in this year’s trip.

Photo by Jeremy Watkins of one of the

buildings from the Museum of Frontier

Culture

Announcing our Student Historian Scholarship Winner Alexis Smith!

On June 29 Alexis Smith (pictured above, center, with our ECA president Drew Myers and Elizabeth Bertheaud, our Site Administrator) received our annual student historian scholarship. This scholarship is funded in part by an anonymous donor; we share our gratitude for their ongoing contribution to support our Student Historians. Alexis’ scholarship application essay reflected her strong passion for our organization, her pride as first violinist, and member of the German National Honor Society. She is an incoming senior at Ephrata High School. If accepted into the study abroad program, she’ll use her scholarship towards her forthcoming year in Germany.

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BACK TO THE CLOISTER The Ephrata Cloister Associates at a glance

Andrea Glass, ECA Development and Marketing Officer

We invite you to know us better.

Our Ephrata Cloister Chorus continues to share the unique 18th century music created at Ephrata while expanding their German-American repertoire to include Lutheran, Reformed, and Schwenkfelder music.

INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAMSare at the heart of our mission

WE STAND BY OUR COMMITMENTto you, our members, our visitors, our community partners, our donors our historic legacy We cultivated successful partnerships with the Ephrata Public Library, the Ephrata Merchants Association, the Friends of Eberbach, and Discover Lancaster.

We hold a visible presence in the museum community. We are committed to public service. Our staff serve on state and national board of directors such as PA Museums and the Small Museum Association.

We reached new audiences with our PreK Stuffed Animal Sleepover, and through our series of art and craft workshops in partnership with the Ephrata Public Library.

We are creative in our program development. We created our Mother’s Day Tea, Kids as Curators, and Summer Camp programs.

Our Chorus performed at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Exhibition opening of Framing Fraktur.

We financially support and assist to staff our K-12 Discovery Tours, Community Days, and our Student Historian programs.

We support historic research. We are publishing Dr. Allen Viehmeyer’s updated Index to Ephrata’s hymns. Our staff presented their original research at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies Conference in March and participated in discussion on religion at the National Council on Public History Conference in April.

We are strengthening our governance. We are making improvements to strengthen our board and staff to focus on our mission. We will finish our governance review process this fall in partnership with the PA Association of Non Profit Organizations. We have enacted policies and procedures to assure a framework for stability and efficiency in our future.

We share who we are with you. Our newsletter, The Chronicon, was redesigned, in house and co-edited by our staff. The Chronicon is made possible through your financial contribution.

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO

OUR COMMUNITY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

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Come Back to the Cloister.

BE AN AMBASSADOR &PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORTBring friends to programs, renew your membership, & volunteer.

SHARE YOUR STORYEveryone has a story to tell about what the Ephrata Cloistermeans to them.

Share the gift of membership with friends. Pledge your financial support- no gift is too small. Bring guests for a tour, program, and share your love for the Ephrata Cloister with others.

Volunteer to serve on a planning committee. Join our Board of Directors. Volunteer to staff our front desk, lend a hand during a special event, or lead our visitors on a tour.

Our marketing funds are limited. We need your help to share the Ephrata Cloister Story. The story of Ephrata begins with the Ephrata Cloister. It begins with you. Together, we are the center of our community.

Did you get married on our grounds? Did you celebrate the holiday season with family during our Christmas at the Cloister or Lantern Tour programs? Did you enjoy a picnic lunch or take family photos at the Cloister? .

Share your story withAndrea Glass c-aglass@pa.govThe Historic Ephrata Cloister632 West Main StreetEphrata PA 17522(717)-733-6600

Share your story with us. Send us emails, letters, photos, and talk with us. We want to share your love and appreciation for the Ephrata Cloister.

Meet us at the Cloister:

an event to experience May 14, 2016Bear Mill Estates A fundraiser gala for the Ephrata Cloister Associates

Meet Your ECA Staff:Maria Asin

Stephanie Frymyer

Andrea Glass

Martin Hinkley

Rebecca Lawrence

Juliet Mitton

Miriam Moore

Susan Shober

Museum Program & Volunteer Facilitator

Development & Marketing Officer

Museum Store Manager

Sales Associate

Assistant Museum Store Manager

Choral Director

Administrative Coordinator & Bookkeeper

Accompanist, Ephrata Cloister Chorus

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At mid-point in the calendar year, historic Ephrata Cloister has added three objects to the permanent collection. Received from Mrs. Kathryn Sweigart of Ephrata at the end of March and approved for acquisition in April were two stereo graphs with views of the Cloister grounds not already represented in the photograph collection. One view is of three men sitting on the ground in front of the west side of the Brothers’ House (pictured above). The second stereo view is of two of the men in the lane in front of the stable building with the Saron and Saal in the background (pictured below). In both views the unidentified photographer was facing east. Five other stereo views have been added to the permanent collection in recent years and all were produced by William Gill of Lancaster. These views appear to be about 1880, a little later than the Gill views. Mrs. Sweigart told me that she did not know where the views came from and had recently found them among family photos she was sorting through. The images will be useful for study and for exhibit.

Received at the Cloister in May was a small album used as an autograph book originally owned by John K. Madlem (1867-1952). There are thirty two autographs inside the book dating between 1879 and 1882. Most of the autographs include a bit of verse with a signature and a date. Several of the signatures are of “school mates” of Madlem including his teacher at the Ephrata Academy, John J. Yeager. John K. Madlem’s father and mother were Adam F. and Christiana (nee) Konigmacher Madlem. Adam Madlem served as a trustee of the Ephrata German Seventh Day Baptist Church from 1875 through 1891. John K. Madlem’s grandfather was Timothy C. Konigmacher who also served as a trustee and was minister of the Ephrata German Seventh Day Baptist congregation for a time in the late 19th century. The small book was most recently owned by the late Charlotte H. Miller of Sarasota, FL who was a granddaughter of John K. Madlem. Mrs. Miller died without any immediate survivors. The Cloister was contacted by a close friend through the general email box. There is very little representing the Ephrata German Seventh Day Baptist Church or its members during this time period in the permanent collection. The album was approved for acquisition in June and will be placed on exhibit in the Visitor Center. Kendra Ressler, the Cloister summer intern, has been researching who the signers are in the autograph book for a future presentation. Objects related to the Ephrata Cloister come in all forms and time periods and I am always happy for information about available items and to take a look at what you may have.

Permanent Collections Enhanced By Recent Acquisions

Kerry A. Mohn

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Erika PassantinoDr. Jobie Riley Janice L. RuhlLeon RunnerSeventh Day Baptist Historical Society William and Sandra SouleFrank StroikDr. and Mrs. Melvyn G. WengerRichard and Barbara Will

Suzanne FisherDavid E. FuchsWayne GongawareHistoric Smithton InnDixie HessG. R. Kleinfelter UnderwritersDavid and Marcia MartinWarren and Gloria MeiskeyPhyllis MillerScott and Claire Moore

BenefactorsGrace AdamsBlue Ridge CommunicationsEli Wenger

SponsorsBeverly ArnwineLucy Carroll, DMACloister Restaurant, Inc.Frank FahnestockSteve Feite

Generous Support has been Provided by the Following Members

IndividualVincent BargoDawn D. BrandtCourtney B. CrovieTina Martin

FamilyFrederick Kubik and familyDave Long and family

ContributingJanelle Zimmerman

Senior ContributingGary and Linda KerschnerMark and Amy Hollinger

Senior IndividualJohn KoontzChristina Bucher

One year Complementary Membershipsfor Quilt Raffle winners: Evan Good, Individual Deborah Delgado

Welcome New Ephrata Cloister Associate Members

The Ephrata Cloister would like to specially thank The Anne Brossman Sweigart Charity Foundation, the Irene B. Weidman Foundation, and the Robert C. Wenger Charitable Trust for their generous grants.

The following donors are recognized for their contribution to the publication of an updated edition of the Index of Ephrata Hymns to be published later this year.

Donations will continue to be accepted. Michael S. Showalter Dr. Jobie E. Riley S.A.Feite

Our Curator Kerry Mohn received his 30 year certificate working for the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission on July 8, 2015. He started in 1982 at Conrad Weiser Homestead then later transferred to his present “home” at the Historic Ephrata Cloister. Beyond his service as our curator of collections, he served as interim director, most notably receiving our Third Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums under his tenure. Our most sincerest congratulations from all of his dear colleagues at the Ephrata Cloister.

Kerry Mohn Celebrates 30 Years with the PHMC

Where you found the trumpet, was this right in front of the building that we interpret as the Beissel House?

Yes, but a little closer to the large 18th Century structure, the one interpreted as Kedar.

Do you have any theories about the trumpet, what its purpose was?

I have thought about that a lot. Sometimes I wonder if it wasn’t some kind of personal possession of someone who came to the Cloister. I know there’s been a theory of it being a gift to the community and of it being too ostentatious, and so it was ceremoniously buried. I’ve also thought that it could have come with someone as a possession and that it was perhaps sacrificed, because the person joining the community felt that it no longer fit with the belief system of the community they were joining. We had testing done, I believe of the glass itself, which suggests that it was of European origin as opposed to North American manufacture. I have a feeling, a gut feeling that it posed a bit of a conundrum back in the 18th century just as it does for us today. It was an object that clearly didn’t quite work with everything else going on at the Cloister. It was buried, but clearly buried in a caring way. It wasn’t just tossed out.

Was this the most significant find of your career?

It definitively is. And I expect it will be.

Nick Siegert continues his interview with Lisa Lauria, one of the archaeologists working at Ephrata in the 1990’s. Dr. Lauria continues describing her experience of unearthing the Glass Trumpet and talks about interpreting Archaeology at Ephrata.

You presented a paper “The Materiality of Utopia: Material Culture and Communal Space at Ephrata Cloister” at the conference “Fraktur and the everyday lives of Germans of and the Atlantic World, 1683-1850 Pennsylvania.” In your paper, you present two views of the interpretation and visitor experience at the Museum; one in the 90’s, when you were doing your work here, and again quite recently when you came back for a visit. What I gather from your paper is that you feel we have changed a number of things in our interpretation for the better. We broadened the interpretation and introduced more complexity, but archaeology is not represented sufficiently enough. Would you agree with that statement?

I would agree with that. Certainly there is a lot more going on, particularly with the Museum Exhibits, a lot of talk about archaeological work that has been done, but my general sense is that if visitors didn’t spend time going through (the gallery) and reading the museum narrative, that they wouldn’t get a sense of the extensiveness of the archaeological work that was done. There has been a great deal of archaeological work here, and much of it is not represented.

I would like to ask you about Kedar, the large early communal structure. You make a case for it location in the center of the site. There seems to be some discrepancy about that. One of the main objections Jeff Bach voiced against identifying this large structure as Kedar is that there is very little if any evidence of hearths. How do you respond to that?

Photo credit: Lisa Lauria

Part II: Lisa Lauria The Glass Trumpet and Archaeology

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There are some stone footers, but they appear to have been moved and reused, and the ground has been so disturbed that lots and lots of things have been moved. I know one concern that Jeff Bach raised at the conference where I presented the paper was the lack of evidence of windows. I think he was comparing it to evidence we have from Bethania, but Bethania was torn down not terribly long before it was excavated and the evidence there is much stronger. And that makes for a huge difference between what was going on where this much earlier structure existed. With so many disturbances going on above and the plowing of fields, you are going to have a lot of stuff moved and tossed about and you’re just not going to have evidence of a window which is unfortunate. It’s something we would love to have had. So with the hearth; there was definitely something there. There was definitely something different going on in part of the wall. It is centered in the structure which is evidence of a hearth, and then in front it there’s also a shallow feature depression that could easily be a root cellar or place where sweepings would have been deposited. But then all of that would have been filled in with trash when the building was taken down later.

There are not a lot of contemporary accounts of Kedar. Some would claim that this brings itspurported current location into doubt.

There’s not a lot of contemporary accounts of Kedar. There are some accounts of it, of its size and attractiveness, it was at least two stories if not three, but we have very little in the way of descriptions of it. We did find possible evidence on the inside of some additional supports on the one end that could have been where a stairwell would have been located, and if that’s the case then we are looking at a multi-leveled structure. But, a lot of the evidence just goes together with the fact that it does date to that period. It makes sense in the interpretations of the accounts that we have. But, whether its definitive – We’ll never know.

Do you think there was an actual decision to depict archaeology here at Ephrata the way it was done or more of a natural process? What I mean was, it wasn’t as if people sat around tables and decided, “Let’s not cover archeology, in a thorough way.”

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I think it was just kind of a natural process. I think that when the museum exhibits were redone, that was right in the midst of when archaeology was actively being done here and it was incorporated. I don’t think there was a conscious decision to exclude archaeology, but I don’t think that archaeologists were actively involved in the decision making process on overall interpretation. Back for several years while we were doing the project, we at least had a small exhibit explicitly talking about archaeology and the bigger project we were doing there. I don’t actually know when that was taken down. It was there at least through the last year that I was working at the Cloister in 1998.

If you could make a few simple suggestions of some things that could be easily implemented here that could more inclusively interpret the archaeology that was done, what would those be?

You could mark more visibly structures that were found. It wouldn’t be necessary to fully say or commit that this building is or isn’t Kedar, but you could say, “This was an 18th century structure, based on archaeology, that appears to have been here during most of the 18th century”. This creates a sort of visual outline of the building no longer there. The same sort of thing could be up at Mount Zion. Another thing would be signs pointing and directing people to Mount Zion. It could also be outlined better. Maybe some simple signs that say, “During these years, archaeologists worked here.” Also, the work that was done over at the Weaver’s House two summers ago and right by the Physicians House, where we found a small cellar hole and evidence of a bake oven, and there’s pictures of that over in the museum, but nobody ever gets a sense that anything was there, other than the structures you see. There could be some simple signs saying what was there in the 18th century. It gives them a sense that there really was more here than what we see today. That gives the nod to archaeology that that’s the kind of work it takes to discover what’s there. People would find that interesting.

Volunteer Spotlight Matt Ebert

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On Friday mornings Matt Ebert arrives well before we open and works with us past the lunch hour. Various tasks await him from greeting visitors, shredding personal documents, setting out and cleaning up after our school programs, prepping materials, and folding brochures. He’s never afraid to try something new! Matt is a versatile volunteer who loves to greet our staff with a wave and giant smile every Friday morning.

What would you like our readers to know about you?I love coming here, it’s fun meeting people. I would love to work here! I enjoy playing video games, animals- especially cats-, going outside, reading the Bible, enjoying time alone, and listening to birds. I have two sisters and one brother, two nephews and a new niece. I love to read. I like to read mysteries, romance, and action books. What has been your favorite experience volunteering at the Cloister?Standing next to the desk and greeting people in costume as I did for Community Days.What do you find most interesting about the Ephrata Cloister?The buildings, of course, the video. The Cloister in general.How did you hear about volunteering at the Cloister?Through Excentia. I also volunteer at Free Geek, Pet Pantry, and the SPCA of Lancaster County.

Matt’s past volunteering experiences include working with the Humane League of Lancaster County. He volunteers with Clark Burkhart through Excentia’s Independent U program that places volunteers in positions to expand one’s personal resume and job skills.

Rebecca Lawrence

Welcome New Volunteers!This late spring and summer we welcomed new guides in training, front desk assistants, and school program volunteers.

GuidesJack Shue Linda Retallack Jonathan Goos Michelle Adkins

Front Desk AssistantsLinda Bohannan Tina Martin (now a tour guide trainee!) Bart Short (a new Museum Store Assistant too!)

School Program Volunteers/DemonstratorsPamela Amand Mike Wagner

Manheim Central High School Rho Kappa History Honor Society Summer 2015 Student VolunteersStephanie Garner Charis Dinger

Chorus MembersLinda McCulley

Landscaping Volunteers Project team from The Hershey Company; Youth Group Mission Team from the Lord of Life Lutheran Church, NJ

Specific Volunteer Needs:Soprano, Tenor and Base chorus volunteers; please contact Cathie Oliphant, oliphant@ptd.net for additional information

Tour guides for Monday mornings, Tuesday afternoons and weekends; please contact Rebecca Lawrence, c-rlawrenc@pa.gov for additional information

Committee members to serve on our Fundraising/Events committee: meetings are held twice a month at the Ephrata Cloister on Fridays, contact Andrea Glass c-aglass@pa.gov

Museum Store Volunteers to handle sales and operation; please contact Susan Shober c-sshober@pa.gov for additional information

Vacancies exist on the Board of Directors of the Ephrata Cloister Associates; prospective members are encouraged to contact Drew A. Myers, ECA President dam4455@ptd.net

Contact the EditorsEmail us at Ephrata1732@gmail.com or message us on www.facebook.com/HistoricEphrataCloister

We want you to be proud to read and receive the Chronicon. Have suggestions

for future articles? Have comments & questions? Your editorial team looks

forward to hearing from you!

Nick Siegert, Editor Rebecca Lawrence, Editor

Volunteer Handbooks & PoliciesIn May, our board of directors of the Ephrata Cloister Associates voted to accept new policies including background checks and procedures for our volunteer corps.

Download your copy at:http://www.ephratacloister.org/volunteer.htm

Volunteer BreakfastsAll volunteers are welcome to join us the third Thursday of the month at 9am April through November for fellowship, discussions of Ephrata’s history, and an opportunity to brush up on interpretive practices. Light refreshments are served. While general themes are provided for discussion, topics are subject to change based upon our volunteers’ needs.

August 20: Interpretive Training: Tours It’s time for the truth! Tell us what you like or don’t like in our interpretation. We want your ideas and feedback on how together, we can improve our visitor’s experience and your experience on tours.

September 17: Emergency Training: from using walkie-talkies to locating first aid kits to knowing whom to call in an emergency or where to seek shelter in a tornado, you’ll want to attend this basic safety overview led by PHMC staff.

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Perhaps most importantly, our handbook contains our new policy on Background Checks and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect, and Emergency and Safety procedures.

Beginning July 1, an adult applying for an unpaid position as a volunteer having direct contact with children will need clearances prior to the commencement of service. Volunteers that are required to obtain updated clearances who were approved as a volunteer before July 1 2015 are required to submit clearances by July 1, 2016. For specific details and sources to find background check information, for old and current volunteers please read our policies.

Two Clearance Fees waived for VolunteersOn June 10, 2015 Governor Tom Wolf announced that fees for child abuse clearances and criminal background checks required by the Child Protective Services Law will be waived for volunteers working with children, taking effect July 25, 2015. Individuals that are seeking employment for work with children and others required under the law will still be assessed fees for the clearances at a reduced cost of $8 each.

Questions regarding our new policies and proceedures for volunteers of the Ephrata Cloister Associates can be directed to Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Program & Volunteer Facilitator, c-rlawrenc@pa.gov or (717)-733-6600

Our Volunteer Handbook contains position descriptions, safety and emergency proceedures, organizational structures, directories, and policies such as photo releases, whistleblower, and language from our newly adopted code of ethics.

A New Chorus Season Begins! Chorus Member Dates to Remember

Chorus Family Picnic, August 25, 6pm

Music Committee Meeting, September 1, 6pm

Chorus Rehearsals begin: September 8, 7:30pm

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr. Lucy E. Carroll on June 19, 2015. Lucy was a longtime supporter of Historic Ephrata Cloister and a scholar of its musical heritage. When Lucy was a doctoral student at Combs Collage of Music in Philadelphia in the early 1980s she was asked to propose three topics to the review committee for her dissertation. To her surprise, they chose the one which she had little interest in perusing: Three Centuries of Song: Pennsylvania’s Choral Composers, 1681 to 1981. The research led her to dig deeper into the works of Johannes Kelpius and his followers, and the music of Ephrata Cloister. This work began a 35 year search to unravel the legends and history of Conrad Beissel and his music. In 1999 she served as Scholar-in-Residence at the Ephrata Cloister, transcribing original music and developing a guide for transcription for other researchers. Lucy was a frequent speaker enthusiastically sharing the love for Ephrata’s music, both at the historic site, and for other groups throughout the state. She spoke many times in cooperation with the Ephrata Cloister Chorus who performed her transcriptions of Beissel’s music. She authored a small booklet about Ephrata music for The Museum Store. Her research led to the transcription of nearly two dozen Ephrata compositions for performance by the Ephrata Cloister Chorus; 13 arrangements were published with translations by Dr. Jeff Bach. In 2008 she also published a shortened version of her dissertation under the title The Hymn Writers of Early Pennsylvania.

Born in New York City, Lucy earned music degrees from Temple University, Trenton State College, and Combs College of Music, with additional study at St. Pius X College of Liturgical Music and Westminster Choir College. She was head of choral music and theatre at William Tennent High School, Warminster, for 25 years where she founded the Madrigal Singers in 1971 and directed them until her retirement in 1998. For seven years she served as Music Coordinator for the Centennial School District. She also taught at Cabrini College, Combs College of Music, and Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J. Lucy was organist and choir director at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia. She was active in the Catholic Church and its music and published a cartoon called Churchmouse Squeaks in the newsletter of Adoremus, The Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy.Lucy also enjoyed science fiction which she read and wrote for enjoyment. In 2004 she published a collection of her short stories under the title The Bastet Worry Stone and Other Tales.Lucy freely shared her bubbly personality, her gift for teaching, her love for music, her deep faith, and her passion for Ephrata and its history, with everyone she met. These treasured gifts will be deeply missed.

On Saturday April 25, the Ephrata Cloister Chorus performed at the dedication of the Ephrata-Eberbach Obelisk at the Keystone Villa in Ephrata. Rev. Jack Oliphant shared his invocation for the dedication ceremony for this issue of the Chronicon:

“Eternal God, our rock and our fortress, our strength and our hope,We gather today to ask your blessing on us and on this obelisk that we dedicate today.We thank you for friendships made between Eberbach and Ephrata,For the music of Ephrata shared this day, reminding us of our heritage.Bless the hands that have created this obelisk, created by a common love formed between two cities.Bless Ephrata, which began at the Cloister and has expanded to the town we know today.Bless Eberbach, our sister city, and the seven persons who have flown here from Germany, with whom we have shared gracious hospitality, extravagant welcomes and pleasant memories.This is the day you have made, Lord. We will rejoice and be glad in it. We pray in your name. Amen”

Ephrata-Eberbach Obelisk Dedication

In Dear Memory of Lucy Carroll

Michael Showalter

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You may have noticed that for the month of May and much of June, the Academy was sheathed in scaffolding as major repairs were conducted on the bell tower. Preservation Construction Specialists Rob Coates and Dillon Shanta, supervised by Jim Huston, from the PHMC did the majority of the job, and restored the bell tower to what it looked liked when the building was completed in 1837. All eight of the posts that supported the bell tower had serious rot issues and had to be patched with epoxy or completely replaced. The handrail and carriage that supported the bell was re-secured. It had become so unstable that the bell rope could not be pulled for fear of pulling it off its

Repairs on the Academy

mount. The metal on the roof of the bell tower was also painted. The team replaced some siding, restored a pair of shutters, and reroofed the bonnet over the front door. The roof is in satisfactory shape for now, but will

probably have to be addressed in the coming years. The only thing needed to complete the picture would be for the double-faced clock on the steeple to be repaired. Rob Coates reported that the clock machinery on the inside appeared to be fairly modern, and could possibly be fixed without too much of an investment. Last year the Academy received a fresh coat of paint and with the repairs just completed, it has regained the luster of its original appearance.

Best Wishes Sarah Klapper-Lehman

Our ECA part time guide Sarah Klapper-Lehman left June 30 for a new adventure. We’ll miss her smile and her willingness to accept any task. Sarah provided two tours on Sunday afternoon and offered tours all day on Tuesdays. She filled in when volunteers couldn’t be placed and assisted with our school programs!

Sarah earned her M.A. in American Studies from Penn State University, Harrisburg during her employment with us. We thank her for her service to the Ephrata Cloister, she will be greatly missed!

Kendra comes to us from Houghton College in New York State. She majors in Communications and is working towards a minor in History and Psychology. Kendra has learned to do Guided Tours. She is assisting Andrea with marketing and advertising, and she has taken on a special project, researching names from a recently accessioned book in our collection, that features the signatures of former students of the Ephrata Academy. Kendra has prior experience with genealogical research, so the task is well suited to her interests. Kendra will be with us until mid-August.

Welcome Summer Intern Kendra Ressler!

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Elizabeth Bertheaud…...………......Site AdministratorDavid Smoyer…….....……...Maintenance RepairmanKerry Mohn………………...….……….........CuratorNick Siegert….……................….….Guide SupervisorMichael S. Showalter…….…….….Museum EducatorRebecca Lawrence..........Program/Volunteer Facilitator Andrea Glass...............................Development OfficerMaria C. Asin Administrative Coordinator/BookkeeperSusan Shober……………......Museum Store ManagerMiriam Moore……Assistant Museum Store ManagerStephanie Frymyer……………..……..Sales AssociateMartin Hinkley...................................Choral DirectorJuliet Mitton………………..…..............Accompanist

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