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Americana |
This page includes texts relating to uniquely American expressions of belief, as well as folklore and supersition, that don't fit into any other category.
9/11: A Remembrance
Complete lists of the names of the deceased,
HTML version of the 9/11 Commission Report,
and more.
African-American
Drums and Shadows
Georgia Writer's Project; Work Projects Administration, Mary Granger supervisor [1940, copyright not renewed]
Coastal Georgia folklore from the 1930s and
connections to African spiritual practices.
Pennsylvania Folklore
This part of the site has grown organically rather than by plan, and a small number of texts about Pennsylvania have coalesced here, for no particular reason.
Pow-wows; or Long Lost Friend
by George Hohman.
[1820]
This is a small book about folk-magic and healing
by a early nineteenth Century Pennsylvania Dutch practicioner of 'Pow-wow'.
Folk-Lore of the Pennsylvania Germans
by W. J. Hoffman [1888-9]
This is a two-part article from the Journal of American Folk-lore
which covers a miscelleous range of folklore items from 19th Century
rural Pennsylvania, including folk-magic, home remedies, superstitions
and the supernatural.
The Realness of Witchcraft in America
By A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. [1942, copyright not renewed]
This is a little pamphlet about Pennsylvania witchcraft
donated by Eliza Yetter of sacredspiral.com.
Early Life of the Pennsylvania Germans
By A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. [194?, copyright not renewed]
This gives some historical background on the early Pennsylvania Germans,
including details of their religious composition.
this was donated by Eliza Yetter of sacredspiral.com.
Little Known Facts about the Amish and the Mennonites
By A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. [1938, copyright not renewed]
A short pamphlet by Aurand about the Amish. A sympathetic treatment
of this deeply conservative group.
Texas
Coffee in the Gourd edited by J. Frank Dobie [1923]A collection of Texas folklore
donated by Eliza Yetter of sacredspiral.com.
Elsewhere at this site
The Shakers
The Shakers, who fled persecution in England to flourish in America,
are a unique branch of Christianity with a feminist twist.
Known for their handicrafts, the Shakers declined in the twentieth
century due to their vows of celibacy and the impact of modernism.
The Mormons
The Mormons are the largest world religion indigenous to
America; their revealed scripture is set in an
ancient New World setting.
Native America
Sacred-texts has extensive material on the religions of the Native Americans.
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