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- ↑ Who We Are – Our Mission Schwenkfelder.com
- ↑ W. Kyrel Meschter,Twentieth Century Schwenkfelders: A Narrative History, 1984, Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, PA
- ↑ Permanent Exhibits – The Seipt Family Barn https://www.schwenkfelder.org/permanent-exhibits
- ↑ Our History https://www.schwenkfelder.org/our-history
- ↑ Schwenkfelder Barn Relocation/Restoration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0jOmYLx_og
- ↑ Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Barn Rebuild https://quarryviewbuildinggroup.com/schwenkfelder-barn-rebuild/
- ↑ 2020 Montgomery Award Recipients https://www.montcopa.org/3367/2019-Montgomery-Award-Recipients
- ↑ Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection, 1997, The Pennsylvania German Society, Volume XXXI, Kutztown, PA.
