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By Abigail Sholes '23
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection consists of 130 prayer covering patterns created by the Bucher sisters for women in the Annville Church of the Brethren as well as diaries of Sallie and Esther. The patterns are labeled with the names of the women for whom they were used.
Collection Historical Note
Clara, Sallie, and Esther Bucher were the daughters of Allen and Mary (nee Gingrich) Bucher. All three were raised in Annville, Pennsylvania on their father’s farm. Clara Bucher was born on 15 September 1888. She never married and lived with her sisters Sallie and Esther in Annville throughout her life. Clara was an active member of the religious community and made prayer coverings for local women in the Palmyra and Annville Brethren Churches. Clara Bucher passed away on 14 January 1967. Sallie Bucher was born on 22 July 1893. Alongside her sisters, Sallie Bucher never married. She was also an active member of the religious community in Annville and worked with her sister Clara and potentially Esther to make prayer coverings for local women. Sallie Bucher passed away on 21 December 1983. Esther Bucher was born on 3 November 1909. She attended a two-year teaching program at Elizabethtown College and graduated in 1931. Her first teaching job was located in North Londonderry Township. Later, she went on to teach first-grade in the Annville-Cleona School District for 45 years before retiring. Also a very active member of the church, Esther Bucher taught Sunday School at the Annville Church of the Brethren, which all three sisters were members of. She lived in Annville for most of her life, but passed away in Palmyra on 12 October 2000.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Earl H. and Anita F. Hess Archives and Special Collections
Acquisition Source:
Kathy Bucher
Acquisition Method:
Donated to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
Related Materials:
Bucher, Simon G., 1887-1972, Papers (MG.1.071), Mennonite Life. For more information please see https://mennonitelife.org/research/.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: "Katie Bucher, used February 1963, used in Mary 1962, used for Cast Stiff nylon July 1961"
- Folder 2: "Clara's last, Amy Graybill, Clara and Sallie piece"
- Folder 3: "Edna Patches"
- Folder 4: "Clara and Sallie, Sallie"
- Folder 5: "Esther's very, very last pattern, used this pat. Sept. 1971 & June 1972"
- Folder 6: "Katie, used Dec. 1964, June 1965"
- Folder 7: "Mrs. Lizzie Haldeman, Campbelltown"
- Folder 8: "Mrs. John Hinkle, August 1953, March 6, 1959"
- Folder 9: "Mrs. Dan Miller"
- Folder 10: "Maggie Detweiler"
- Folder 11: "Mrs. Ed Kreider"
- Folder 12: "Mrs. Paul Dubbs"
- Folder 13: "Hannah Eby, pattern attached to material"
- Folder 14: "Anna Hartman"
- Folder 15: "Mrs. Mary Hitz"
- Folder 16: "Mrs. Geo Kreiser"
- Folder 17: "Mrs. Mark Keller"
- Folder 18: "Rebecca Hallman"
- Folder 19: "Martha Kreider"
- Folder 20: "Mrs. Ammon Keller, E. Lehman"
- Folder 21: "Mabel Stark, April 1965"
- Folder 22: "Elizabeth Kreider"
- Folder 23: "Mrs. Ethan Kreider"
- Folder 24: "Mary Kettering"
- Folder 25: "Mary Stuber"
- Folder 26: "Nora Krumbine"
- Folder 27: "Mrs. Harry G. Etter, pattern in envelope"
- Folder 28: "Mrs. Ivan Heisey"
- Folder 29: "Esther Lauser Haldeman"
- Folder 30: "Kathryn Koones"
- Folder 31: "Orpha Herman"
- Folder 32: "Mrs. Ida Espenshade"
- Folder 33: "Mrs. Geo Kreider"
- Folder 34: "Mrs. Moses Kreider"
- Folder 35: "Mrs. Mary B. Horst"
- Folder 36: "Betty Kreider, pattern attached to material"
- Folder 37: "Mabel Kreider"
- Folder 38: "Minnie Hastetter"
- Folder 39: "Edith and Verna Patches, 1947 pattern"
- Folder 40: "Mrs. Clarence Forney"
- Folder 41: "Mrs. Harrison Miller"
- Folder 42: "Mrs. Denger"
- Folder 43: "Ruth Fry"
- Folder 44: "Mrs. Alfred Miller"
- Folder 45: "Mrs. Ralph Kaylor, July 1959, pattern attached to material"
- Folder 46: "Myrtle Fegan"
- Folder 47: "Mrs. Harvey Coble"
- Folder 48: "Anna Mai Copenhaven"
- Folder 49: "Annie Moore"
- Folder 50: "Mrs. Mary Miller, pattern attached to envelope with material in it"
- Folder 51: "Mrs. John Lentz"
- Folder 52: "Florence Zeigler"
- Folder 53: "Mrs. Bicksler"
- Folder 54: "Mrs. Jacob Brandt"
- Folder 55: "Elizabeth Brightbill"
- Folder 56: "Mrs. Chas Bross"
- Folder 57: "Mrs. John A. Brandt"
- Folder 58: "Mrs. Irwin Bowman"
- Folder 59: "Mrs. Robert Wenger"
- Folder 60: "Mrs. H. David Wenger"
- Folder 61: "Mrs. Joseph Wagner"
- Folder 62: "Mrs. Stella Long, pattern in envelope marked Clara Bucher"
- Folder 63: "Mrs. Jonas Baruhard"
- Folder 64: "Mrs. Wilmer Ziegler Sr."
- Folder 65: "Mrs. Bessie Lehman"
- Folder 66: "Delores Weik and Ethel Weik and Mrs. Leroy Weik"
- Folder 67: "Mrs. Cheste B. Couch"
- Folder 68: "Cora Brubaker, Mrs. Aaron Heisey's last pattern"
- Folder 69: "Mrs. Joseph Wenger"
- Folder 70: "Mrs. Cyrus Bowman (Ada Long) and Carrie Speraw"
- Folder 71: "Esther Baur"
- Folder 72: "Mrs. Allen Breiderstine"
- Folder 73: "Ariene Wolfe"
- Folder 74: "Mrs. Sam Brass"
- Folder 75: "Marie Kreider Wenger, pattern attached to material"
- Folder 76: "Mrs. Isaac Imboden, From Mary Umberger"
- Folder 77: "Lizzie Light"
- Folder 78: "Alta Wampler"
- Folder 79: "Lorena"
- Folder 80: "Mrs. Allen Bomberger"
- Folder 81: "Mrs. Walter Bachman"
- Folder 82: "June Bomberger"
- Folder 83: "Mrs. Phares Tschudy"
- Folder 84: "Kathryn Miller, pattern attached to an envelope"
- Folder 85: "Mrs. John Rhine (Mary Snavely)"
- Folder 86: "Lily Mill"
- Folder 87: "Mrs. Howard Wise"
- Folder 88: "Mrs. Harvey Dohner"
- Folder 89: "Mrs. Sam Carmany"
- Folder 90: "Mrs. Ed Moyer, Mrs. June McZuilkin"
- Folder 91: "Mrs. Cyrus Fink Lost"
- Folder 92: "Mrs. Benji Myers"
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