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ABC - und Bilder - Buch/ABC and Picture Book (New Market, 1817)
Call number: Rare PF 3114 H38 1817

This children's speller is an early Henkel imprint and contains charming illustrations with a German and English glossary. At this time, perhaps as many as three quarters of the population of the northern part of the Valley had German ancestors. The book was a popular title and sold well in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio. View enlarged image

Henkel and Company, Printers and Publishers (New Market)
Call number: Broadside (no date) He:5
This undated advertising broadside contains testimonials from satisfied subscribers to the Shenandoah Valley, a newspaper published by the Henkel Press. One endorsement read "It is a clean sheet, one that no man need fear to put in the hands of his family. It is edited and published by its proprietors, Messrs. Ambrose and Elon Henkel, two as good fellows and as full of newspaper enterprise as ever shoved a pencil." View enlarged image

Henkel, Paul. Church Hymn Book (New Market, 1816)
Call number: Rare BV 410 H38 1816

The Reverend Paul Henkel, a Lutheran pastor and missionary, settled with his family in Shenandoah County in 1790. He founded the first Lutheran publishing house in America in order to furnish congregations with religious materials such as this hymnal.
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