These are files collected by Bill Donner from about 2000 to present (2021).

These files include videos of fersommlinge and groundhog lodge meetings. There are a series of videos of the Huffs Church Fersommling which are digitalized versions of VHS tapes provided by Elaine Perez, whose parents attended the meetings.

The collection includes recordings of Reverend Clarence Rahn who is the pre-eminent speaker of the Pennsylvania Germans or Dutch during the 20th Century. Separate files include his talks in English and Deitsch. These recordings were shared by his daughter, Ruth Schaefer.

There is a file of videos of performers at the Kutztown Folk Festival. Bill Donner collected some of them between 2007 and 2019. Jackie Zabel, at the time a film major at Kutztown Univeristy, filmed others in 2010.

Liars' or Tall Tale Festivals performed at the Kutztown Folk Festival. These lies were told in Deitsch with an English translation. They were filmed by Bill Donner, except the 2010 contest was filmed by Jackie Zabel.>

The staff at the library at Kutztown University provided a great deal of help in digitalizing much of this material. Sue Czerny has helped with much of the preparation of this archive and the staff of Bepress (Elsevier) have shown very courteous patience and help.

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