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Current Directors
of the Society

Officers
President
David L. Valuska, Ph.D.
Vice President
Ronald S. Treichler
Treasurer
George F. Spotts
Secretary
William Donner, Ph.D.
Editor
Simon J. Bronner, Ph.D.

Veronica I. Backenstoe

Wallace J. Bieber, Rev.

R. Troy Boyer
Daniel Breidegam
Luke J. Brinker,Emeritus
James A. Dibert
John B. Frantz, Ph.D.
Norman Hoffman
Allen G. Musser, Emeritus

Robert M. Kline, M.D.
N. Daniel Schwalm
Carl D. Snyder
Eugene S. Stine, Ed.D.
Lee Thierwechter
Carolyn C. Wenger

 

Office Staff
Executive Director

David L. Valuska, Ph.D.

Administrative Coordinator

Patricia Frandsen

 

Annual Meeting

2008 Annual Meeting
of
The Pennsylvania German Society

Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7

at the 
Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

 

The Pennsylvania German Society will hold its 2008 annual meeting in collaboration with the Young Center. Scholarly papers will be presented on topics related to Pennsylvania German Church and Plain people. Because the Church of the Brethren is commemorating 300 years since its founding, the focus of this year’s meeting is on issues related to the church’s culture and history.

Contact the PGS office (484-646-4227; pgs@kutztown.edu) or check the PGS web site (www.pgs.org) in April for registration information.

Click for Registration form for the 2008 Annual Meeting in .pdf

Schedule of the 2008 Annual Meeting in .doc or in .pdf


Some Area Accommodations - under construction

 


 

Directions to Elizabethtown

From Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Go north on I-83 to the Pennsylvania Turnpike East. Exit at Interchange 247 to State Route 283 East. Be careful to use the far right tollbooth, as the exit for 283 East is immediately after the toll plaza. Follow 283 East to the Elizabethtown/Hershey exit and turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 743 South.


From Delaware

Take Route 41 North to Route 30 West at Gap. Continue using our directions from Route 30.

--OR--

Take Route 896 North to Route 30 West.


From Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, North/Central New Jersey and New England

Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Interchange 286. Travel south on Route 222 to Route 30 West. Then follow the directions from Route 30.

--OR--

Travel west on I-78 to I-81 South. Take left off Hershey/Grantville Exit 80 and proceed south on Route 743. Carefully follow signs for Route 743 through Hershey. From there, follow our directions from Route 743

 


From Western Pennsylvania

 

Travel east on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Exit 247, Route 283 East. Be careful to use the far right tollbooth, as the exit for 283 East is immediately after the toll plaza. Follow 283 East to the Elizabethtown/Hershey exit and turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 743 South.

 


 

 

From Upstate New York

Take I-81 South to Exit 80. Take left off exit and proceed south on Route 743. Carefully follow signs for Route 743 through Hershey. Then follow our directions from Route 743.


From Southern New Jersey

Take Garden State Parkway North to Route 40 West to Delaware Memorial Bridge. Travel south on Route 95 for one exit to 141 North/West. Take 41 North to Route 30 West. Then follow our directions from Route 30.

--OR--

Take Walt Whitman Bridge to 76 West (Schuylkill Expressway) to Pennsylvania Turnpike West to Interchange 286. Travel south on Route 222 to Route 30 West. From there, follow our directions from Route 30.


From Route 30...

Travel west on Route 30 to Route 283. Travel west on Route 283 to Elizabethtown/Rheems exit. Turn left at end of exit ramp onto Cloverleaf Road and proceed one mile to Route 230. Turn right and travel west to Elizabethtown. Turn right at College Avenue and proceed to the College. The Office of Admissions is located on the corner of College Avenue and Mount Joy streets.

If you'd like to take a drive through the town of Elizabethtown, may we recommend that you take the second exit for E-town (Elizabethtown/Hershey exit). Turn left at the end of ramp onto Route 743 South...


From Route 743...

Travel south on Route 743 to Elizabethtown. Turn left on Market Street (Route 230). Travel east through three traffic lights until you reach College Avenue. Turn left and proceed to the College. The Office of Admissions is located at the corner of College Avenue and Mount Joy streets.