German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

Collection Size: 
140
Address: 
611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19123
Denomination/Religion: 
Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Moravian, Reformed, Schwenkfelder, Seventh Day German Baptist
URL: 
https://www.germansociety.org/horner-library/
State/Province: 
Pennsylvania
Email/Contact Person: 
librarian@germansociety.org
Languages: 
German

Emphasis on German-American hymnals, especially in Pennsylvania. Most without music. The collection includes early German-American imprints by the presses of Christopher Sauer and his son (Zionitischer Weyrauchs Hügel, 1739; Ausbund, das ist, etliche schöne christliche Lieder, 1742; Das kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions, 1744; eu-eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch, 1762) and the Ephrata Cloister (Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel, 1766). Date range: 18th-early 20th c.