he fraktur bibliography is a working draft and focuses on the published literature of fraktur. It lists over eight hundred citations. Few references to allied fields, such as general folk art, embroidery and gravestone design, are maintained. Books and articles are available through the inter-library lending network (see below) but I usually can share copies from my own library, subject to copyright guidelines. I hope the bibliography encourages interest and research about fraktur and I welcome suggestions and requests for bibliographic assistance Contact me at webmaster@frakturweb.org.

Searching the bibliography. Enter search terms in the form found below. To retrieve the entire bibliography, search a blank entry.

Users should note that each item is listed once and the choice of author and title follows the Library of Congress's determination. This can be confusing, even though the the Library's criterium of ultimate responsibility for intellectual content makes sense as a rationale. For example, most of Pastor Frederick Weiser's publications are under "Weiser" as the author. In the case of his monumental catalog of the Free Library of Philadelphia's collection, however, the author is "Free Library..." In such cases, I include the editor/compiler in the title field, so it pays to search "Weiser" as a title word.

Geneologists are advantaged by the work of Corinne and Russell Earnest, who have recorded family names from taufscheins (birth/baptismal certificates) and published their findings. If interested, just enter a family name after "Text in title..."

Obtaining books and articles. To obtain items you need, note the identifiers as well as authors and titles. These are the numbers used by librarians to verify books and journals and they are a great help in finding owning libraries from which to borrow them. You can request the items through any public library inter-library loan service and providing the identifier numbers facilitates your request. International Standard Book Number (ISBN), Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN), and Online College Library Center (OCLC) identifiers are provided, where possible.

You may wish to purchase your own copies of some items. See the "Publications" section of the site's Related Resources. For my own ten favorite works on fraktur, see Fraktur Top Ten.

Again, I welcome your comments, suggestions and queries!

Joel Clemmer
Saint Paul, Minnesota

webmaster@frakturweb.org

April 11 , 2010