Periodicals & Almanacs

Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville

Gratuitous online
Available in hard re-create at the MHC library
German language almanacs
English almanacs
Religious almanacs

For a listing of celebrated local newspapers (some bachelor at the MHC), run into this blog post. In addition, there are religious newspapers published past and for Mennonites.

The MHC as well holds a collection of 19th-century obituary clippings from local newspapers. Information and an index here.

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Free periodical athenaeum online

Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm Newsletter (2014-electric current)

Alberta, Mennonite Historical Club: Newsletter (2010-current)

Americana-Germanica / German American Register (1897-1918)

Anabaptist Witness (2014-current)

Anabaptist World (2020-electric current)

Bucks County Genealogical Society Newsletter (2013-current)

California Mennonite Historical Order Message (2003-2015)

Canadian Mennonite (2003-current)

Casselman River Area Amish and Mennonite Historians: The Historian (1989-2014 costless)

Christian History (1982-current)

Conrad Grebel Review (1998-current)

Delaware Mennonite Historical Society Newsletter (2002-2006)

Downingtown Surface area Historical Club Newsletters (1996-current)

Dreamseeker Magazine (2001-2012)

Gospel Herald (1908-1998)

Gospel Witness (total archive, 1905-1908)

Haycock Historical Lodge: Haycock Historical News (2003-current)

Herald of Truth (1864-1908)

Herold der Wahrheit (1864-1901)

JAPAS – Periodical of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies (2013-current)

JPAC – Periodical of Plain Anabaptist Communities (2020-electric current)

Kidron (Ohio) Community Historical Society: Bit o' Vit (2006-current)

Manitoba Mennonite Historical Lodge: Newsletter / Heritage Posting (1984-current)

Menno-Hof: Reunion (2007-current)

The Mennonite (1885-2014)

Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission: Profiles of Mennonite Organized religion (1997-electric current)

Mennonite Heritage Archives, Winnipeg, MB: Mennonite Historian (1975-current)

Mennonite Heritage Village, Steinbach, MB: The Village Voice (2012-current)

Mennonite Historical Bulletin (full archive, 1940-2012)

Mennonite Life (1946-current)

Michiana Anabaptist Historians: News & Notes (2011-electric current)

Montgomery Canton, Historical Gild: Bulletin (1936-1970)

Newtown (Bucks County) Celebrated Association: The One-half Moon (1988-current)

Ontario, Mennonite Historical Society: Mennogespräch / Ontario Mennonite History (1983-current, searchable)

Overholser Family Association: OFA Bulletin (1979-current)

Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Gild: Newsletter / Our Heritage (1989-2015)

Pennsylvania Dutchman / Pennsylvania Folklife (1954-1997; earlier issues 1949-1954 are available here)

Pennsylvania-High german / Penn Germania (1900-1911; later problems 1912-1914 are available hither)

Pennsylvania History (1934-2013)

Perkiomen Region, Past and Present (1894-1901)

Phoenixville Area, Historical Gild: Newsletter (1977-2015)

Radnor Historical Society: Bulletin (1950-2015)

Saskatchewan Mennonite Historian (2004-2015)

Shenandoah Mennonite Historian (2013-electric current)

Swiss (Volhynian) Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association: Schweitzer Table salt (2010-current)

Trappe, Collegeville and the Perkiomen Valley, Historical Society: Relate (1974-current)

Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society: History Quarterly (1937-2012, searchable)

Vision: A Journal of Church and Theology (2000-current)

Wissahickon Valley Historical Society Newsletter (2012-current)

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Available in difficult copy at the MHC library

American-German Review (1935-1961)

Americana-Germanica / German American Annals (1897-1904)

Back Channel: Focus on Communication (1992-1994)

Beams of Light (1938-1946, some earlier and later)

Berks County Genealogical Club: Journal and newsletter (1991-current)

Berks Canton, Historical Review of (1935-1959 incomplete)

Bertolet Family unit Association: Bertolet Newsletter (1990-2013)

Bible Fellowship Church: Fellowship News / One Vocalism (full archive, 1961-electric current)

Brethren, Church of the: Messenger (1931-electric current)

Brethren in Christ Church building: Evangelical Visitor (1973-1990, very incomplete)

Brethren in Christ Historical Lodge: Newsletter / History Matters (full archive, 2002-current)

Brethren in Christ History & Life (full annal, 1978-current)

Brethren in Christ History, Notes and Queries in (1967-1970)

Brethren Genealogists, Fellowship of: Brethren Roots (1989-current)

Brethren Life & Thought (full archive, 1955-current)

Bruderhof Communities: The Plough (1985-1997)

Bucks County Genealogical Social club Periodical (1998-2009)

Bucks County Genealogical Gild Newsletter (1981-2010, now published online but)

Bucks County Historical Lodge: Mercer Mosaic (1984-1990)

Bucks County Historical Society: Penny Lots / Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle (1997-2004, 2012-current)

Bucks County Life (1964-1967)

Bucks County Panorama (1961-1971 incomplete)

Bucks County Traveler (1952-1958 incomplete)

Architect (1960-2002)

California Mennonite Historical Gild Bulletin (1987-current)

Canadian Mennonite Reporter / Canadian Mennonite (1971-1991, 1998-2000)

Christian Evangel (1910-1952)

Christian Exponent (1924-1928)

Christian History (1982-2007)

Christian Ministry (1948-1961)

Christian Monitor (1909-1953)

Christian Living (1954-2002)

Church building History (1979-2003)

Conrad Grebel Review (1983-2010)

Conservative Mennonite Fellowship: Herald of Truth / Fellowship Messenger (1957-1969)

Cumberland Valley, Mennonite Historical Association: Conococheague Mennonist (total archive, 1993-electric current)

Daughters of Sarah: The Magazine for Christian Feminists (1991-1995)

Dreamseeker Mag (2002-2011)

Early on American Industries Association Relate (1941-1952)

Early American Life (2004-2012 incomplete)

Early American Studies (1998-2005)

Eastern Mennonite Publications: The Eastern Mennonite Testimony (1969-current)

Eastern Mennonite Publications: The Historical Journal (full archive, 1995-current)

Evangelical & Reformed Historical Society News (1999-electric current)

Everence: Everyday Stewardship (full annal, 2007-current)

Family unit Worship / Rejoice! (1961-2007)

Festival Quarterly (full archive, 1974-1996)

Franconia Historical Lodge Newsletter (2004-2007)

Franconia Mennonite Conference: New Horizons (full archive, 1978-current)

Fretz Family unit Clan: Fretzletter (full archive, 1970-current)

German Genealogical Society of America Bulletin (1988-2000)

Germantown Historical Social club: Germantown Crier (full archive, 1949-electric current)

Goschenhoppen Historians Newsletter (full annal, 1968-current)

Goschenhoppen Historians: The Goschenhoppen Region (full archive, 1968-1971)

Gospel Herald (total annal, 1908-1998)

Gospel Witness (full archive, 1905-1907)

Guidelines for Today (total archive, 1966-1989)

Heckler Plains / Lower Salford Historical Club Newsletter (1991-2013)

Herald of Truth (1864-1907 incomplete, but most issues)

Hiwwe wie Driwwe (2000-2010 incomplete)

Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania: Proceedings (1918-1977 incomplete)

Illinois Mennonite Heritage (full archive, 1974-current)

Iowa, Mennonite Historical Society: Living Echoes (1981-1984) and Reflections (full archive, 1987-current)

Juniata Mennonite Historical Middle Newsletter (total archive, 1978-electric current)

Junior Messenger (1940-1964 incomplete)

Krefeld Immigrants and their Descendants (1984-2003)

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society: The Mirror (1970-current)

Lansdale Historical Society: Jenkins Periodical (2004-current)

Lehigh County Historical Society: Town Crier (1996-2002) and Lehigh Valley Chronicles (2012-current)

Lutheran Historical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania: The Journal (2006-current)

The Mennonite (full archive, 1882-2020)

Mennonite Customs (full archive, 1947-1952)

Mennonite Family History (total archive, 1982-current)

Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, PA: Newsletter / Quarterly (full archive, 1975-current)

Mennonite Heritage Middle, Winnipeg, MB: Mennonite Historian (full archive, 1975-current)

Mennonite Historical Bulletin (full archive, 1940-2012)

Mennonite Librarian & Archivist (1984-1997 incomplete)

Mennonite Life (full archive, 1946-1999; now published online only)

Mennonite Quarterly Review (total archive, 1927-current)

Mennonite Research Journal (full annal, 1960-1977)

Mennonite Studies, Journal of (1983-1990, 1998-current)

Mennonite Weekly Review / Mennonite World Review (1939-2020)

Mennonitica Helvetica (i volume, 1985)

Mennonitische Friedensbote (1867-1881)

Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter (1988-1993, 2004-electric current)

Mifflin County Mennonite Historical Society Newsletter (1991-electric current)

Missionary Church Historical Society: Reflections (2001-2013)

Montgomery County, Historical Society: Bulletin (total archive, 1936-current)

Montgomery County, Historical Society: News / The Acorn (1980-current)

Moyer Family Association, Ontario: Moyer Family unit Newsletter (1996-2003 incomplete)

Muddy Creek Subcontract Library: Muddy Creek Review (total archive, 2010-current)

Music Messenger (full archive, 1967-1979)

One-time Order Notes (1978-2003)

Erstwhile York Route Historical Society Bulletin (1937-1996)

On the Line (full archive, 1971-1997)

Ontario, Mennonite Historical Social club: Mennogespräch / Ontario Mennonite History (full archive, 1983-current)

Our Faith (2001-2002)

Overholser Family Association: OFA Bulletin (1980-current)

Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Guild: Newsletter / Our Heritage (full archive, 1988-electric current)

Palatine Immigrant (1978-1988 incomplete)

Past Masters in Early American Domestic Arts: Past Masters News (1998-2007)

Pennsylvania Dutchman / Pennsylvania Folklife (full annal, 1949-1997)

Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (1965-current)

Pennsylvania-German / Penn Germania (total archive, 1900-1914)

Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, Kutztown: Heritage Eye News (1995-current)

Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Eye, Kutztown: The Penn. German Review (2001-2004)

Pennsylvania German Sociology Society Bulletin (1965-1966)

Pennsylvania German Gild: Es Elbedritsch (full archive, 1989-current)

Pennsylvania German Studies Eye, Millersville Univ.: Periodical (1995-current)

Pennsylvania Heritage (1987-current)

Pennsylvania History (1934-2014)

Pennsylvania Mag of History & Biography (full archive, 1877-electric current)

Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (full annal, 1978-current)

Perkiomen History & Scientific discipline Society: The Perkiomen Region (full archive, 1921-1936)

Perkiomen Region, Past and Present (full archive, 1895-1901)

Purpose  (1975-1997)

Quaker History (scattered bug, 1907-1995)

Der Reggeboge (full archive, 1967-current)

Religioser Botschafter (1852-1854)

RittenhouseTown: A Periodical of History (2000-2006)

The Schwenkfeldian (1903-1914, 1922-current)

Schwenkfeldiana (1940-1955)

Sharing (1967-1985)

Shenandoah Mennonite Historian (full archive, 1994-current)

Skippack Historical Society Newsletter (1979-1999 incomplete)

Swiss Pioneer Preservation Associates Newsletter (full annal, 2007-current)

Tri-County Heritage Gild, Morgantown, PA: The Local Historian (1997-electric current)

Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Eye, Harrisonburg, VA: Legacy Alive (2005-2011)

The Vindicator (1870-1900)

Waterloo (ON) Historical Society Annual Volume (two volumes, 2012, 2014)

The Fashion (1922-1965 incomplete)

With (1968-1992)

Words of Cheer (1898-1970)

Young Center for Anabaptist & Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College: News (2008-current)

Youth'southward Christian Companion (1920-1968)

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German almanacs

Bachelor in the MHC library

Maryland

Baltimore

Hanzsche: Der Amerikanisch-Deutsche Hausfreund und Baltimore Calender, 1839
Saur: Der Neue Hoch Deutsche Americanische Calender, 1805
Schaeffer und Maund'due south Americanischer Stadt- und Land-Calender, 1818
Warner: Der Neue Baltimorer Stadt und Land Calender, 1815

Fredericksburg

Baert: Verbesserter Hoch-Deutsche Land und Staats-Calender, 1785

Hagerstown

Gruber & May: Der Volksfreund und Haegerstauner Calender, 1811, 1816, 1869

Pennsylvania

Allentown

Ebner: Der Neue Pennsylvanische Stadt- und Land-Calender, 1829
Trexler: Calender des "Welt-Boten", 1866, 1870, 1873-1878, 1880, 1883, 1884, 1886-1893

Germantown

Billmeyer: Der Hoch-Deutsche Americanische Calender, 1794, 1800, 1804, 1807, 1812, 1819, 1822, 1824, 1830
Saur: Der Hoch-Deutsch Americanische Calender, 1775, 1776, 1778

Lancaster

Albrecht: Der Neue, Gemeinnuetzige Landwirtschafts Calender, 1800, 1801, 1805, 1807; Der Gemeinnuetzige Landwirtschafts Calender, 1815, 1816, 1822, 1826, 1827, 1832
Baer (Deport): Neuer Gemeinnuetziger Pennsylvanischer Calender, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1854-1858, 1860-1918 (consummate)
Dickson(?): Verbessert Hoch-Deutsch-Americanischer Land und Staats-Calender, 1799

Lebanon

Schnee: Neuer Hauswirthschafts-Calender, 1814

Orwigsburg

Thoma & May: Der Neue Hochdeutsche Orwigsburger Calender, 1830

Philadelphia

Behm & Gerhart: Stadt- und Country-Calender, 1873
Cist: Americanischer Stadt und Land Calender, 1802
Elderberry, Grevemeyer, & Bentley: Der Recept-Kalender, 1881; Der Stadt und Land Kalender, 1881
Jayne's Medizinischer Calender und Gesundheits Wegweiser, 1869
Male monarch & Baird: Der illustrirte Calender, 1865; Der Recept-Calender und Familienweg-Weiser, 1865; Stadt- und State-Calender, 1855, 1858, 1859, 1866
Mentz: Neuer Calender fuer Bauern und Handwerker, 1838
Miller, Henrich: Der Neueste, Verbessert und Zuverlaessige Americanische Calender, 1774
Miller, J. Washington: Volks-Kalender, 1861
Moss: Neuer Calender fuer Nord-Amerika, 1854
Sauer & Barnes: Der Alte Germantown-Calender, 1858, 1861, 1864; Der Americanische Stadt- und Land-Calender, 1853, 1854, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1863
Schweitzer: Neuer Hauswirthschafts Calender, 1803
Swayne's Vereinigter Staaten Kalender, 1857
Zentler: Americanischer Stadt und Country Calender, 1814, 1823, 1844, 1847

Reading

Egelman: Verbesserter Calender, 1846
Hawley (and successors): Der Neue, Amerikanische Landwirthschafts-Calender, 1877, 1884, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1913, 1916
Ritter: Der Neue, Amerikanische Landwirthschafts-Calender, 1813, 1845-1847, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1859, 1862, 1864, 1866-1870, 1872; Der neue Reading Adler Calender, 1884, 1887, 1894-1896, 1898-1903, 1908

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English language almanacs

Available in the MHC library

Maryland

Hagerstown

Wooldridge: Farmers' and Planters' Hagerstown Almanack, 1888, 1889

Pennsylvania

Lancaster

Acquit: Agricultural Almanac, 1850, 1856, 1859, 1862, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1876-1960 (complete)

Philadelphia

Childs: Public Ledger Almanac, 1879
Davis: Farmer'southward Almanac, 1853
Denny & Walker: Uncle Sam'southward Large Almanac, 1834, 1837
Fisher: The American Farmer's Almanac, 1865
Hollowbush & Carey: The Farmers' Almanac, 1865
Johnson & Warner'due south Almanac, 1814
Male monarch & Baird: Housekeeper'due south Almanac, 1872
McCarty & Davis: Pennsylvania Almanac, 1836
McDowell: Columbian Almanac, 1849, 1856, 1861; Wit and Wisdom Annual, 1861
Peck & Bliss: The The states Almanack, 1854
Pugh: The Pennsylvania Almanac, 1823
Schenck's Almanac for the Million, 1868
Sower & Barnes: The U.s. Farmers Annual, 1862; The Farmers & Mechanics Almanac, 1864
Swayne'due south Us Almanac, 1857
Van Courtroom: The Farmer's and Gardener's Almanac, 1861; Wit and Wisdom Annual, 1862

Pittsburgh

Hostetter'southward Illustrated United States Almanac, 1881

Reading

Hawley (and successors): The Reading Eagle Annual, 1887, 1905, 1917-1919, 1921, 1925, 1926

York

Young: The Pennsylvania Farmers' Almanac, 1882

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Religious almanacs

Available in the MHC library

American Tract Society

Christlicher Volkskalender fuer dice Deutschen in den Vereinigten Staaten, 1863

Brethren

The Brethren's Almanac for the U.s., 1872-1885
Brethren Family Almanac, 1886, 1902, 1906-1908, 1910-1912, 1914-1916

Friends

The Friends' Almanac, 1858, 1867

Lutheran

Der Lutherische Kalender, 1861-1866

Mennonite

Bundesbote-Kalender/Mennonitisches Jahrbuch, 1886-1888, 1890-1907, 1913, 1915, 1923, 1927, 1935, 1948-1953, 1955-1957
Familien-Kalender, 1873-1877, 1879-1896, 1898, 1900, 1902-1909, 1912-1928, 1933
Family Annual, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882-1911, 1913-1930, 1932-1955
Mennonite Year Book and Annual, 1895-1930 (complete)

Reformed

Deutscher Kalender fuer dice Evangelisch-Reformirte Kirche, 1868