Paul Richard Wieand (March 3, 1907 – May 3, 1993) was a
Pennsylvania German
The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-spea ...
artist, playwright, folklorist, and linguist.
He was born in Guths Station, Pennsylvania, and earned a bachelor's degree from
Kutztown State Teachers College in 1940. He was elected secretary of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and served as its first treasurer in 1945. He was a radio broadcaster in the
Pennsylvania German language
Pennsylvania Dutch (, or ), referred to as Pennsylvania German in scholarly literature, is a variety of Palatine German, also known as Palatine Dutch, spoken by the Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other descendants of G ...
on the
Allentown radio station
WSAN beginning in 1937. From 1944 to 1955, he played the female role, Sabina, in the regional radio series ''
Assabe and Sabina
''Assabe and Sabina'' was a regionally popular Pennsylvania German dialect radio program that was broadcast from radio station WSAN in Allentown, Pennsylvania from 1944 until 1955.
The show centered on the relationship between ''Der Assabe Mumba ...
''.
Wieand was the founder and director of the Paul Wieand Folksingers. He was also a past president of the Parkland Flower Club and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Folk Cultural Society. He died in
South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania on May 3, 1993.
Works
*''Outdoor Games of the Pennsylvania Germans'' (1950)
*''South Whitehall Then and Now'' (1976)
*''Folk Medicine Plants Used in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country'' (1992)
*''Pennsylvawnisch Deitsch: Music, Songs, Poetry'' (no date)
References
"Paul R. Wieand, 86, retired ASD art teacher, Pa. Dutch folklorist" ''
The Morning Call
''The Morning Call'' is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after ''The Express-Times''. In 2020, the newspaper permanently closed its Al ...
'', May 4, 1993
External links
"Searching for Mountain Mary: The Life and Legend of an Early Pennsylvania Saint" ''Pennsylvania Heritage''
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1907 births
1993 deaths
American folklorists
American writers in Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch language