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Letter, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt
Letter, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
To the Members and Friends of the SAHS ,
1 ) This issue of our Newsletter is entirely dedicated to the autobiography of one of our members , the civil-engineer Alphonse Kubly from Netstal in the canton of Glarus whose home is now in New York. It is a fascinating document, full of thoughtful observations on his youth in a typical Glarner milieu, where he grew up under the high moral standards of a family prominent in the tratidional textile industry, on his adolescence in the chaotic period of the twenties in Switzerland and in Germany, and on his new …
Reminiscenses And Reflections, Alphonse A. Kubly, Dr. Leo Schelbert, L. B.
Reminiscenses And Reflections, Alphonse A. Kubly, Dr. Leo Schelbert, L. B.
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Before the advent of Mr. Collier, Everglades had been a sport-fisherman's outpost. There was an inn, the Rod & Gun Club, catering to yacht-borne fishing enthusiasts, and three or four small bungalows harbored families who made their modest living as guides. Now Everglades was going to be reshaped in a manner to do honor to its role as Country seat. There were many reminders of Mrs. Collier's favorite field of action: New York City. Approaching by boat, a street sign with the incongruous legend "Riverside Drive" had come into view. There also was the unavoidable Broadway. Along the boat pier …
Letter, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt
Letter, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Dear Member,
In the enclosure I am sending you:
1) Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the SAHS
2) List of SAHS Officers, Honorary and Board Members for 1963
3) Revised SAHS Membership List as of April 1963
4) "Pages from the History of the New York Swiss" by Dr. Heinz K. Meier from the Amerikanische Schweizer Zeitung
Pages From The History Of The New York Swiss, Dr. Heinz K. Meier
Pages From The History Of The New York Swiss, Dr. Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
In the course of my work on U.S.-Swiss relations I often comes across the name of New York and the activities of the Swiss living in that city or its neighborhood. New York was the place where the earliest permanent official contact was established between the two countries when a consulate was opened under Henri Casimer de Rham of Ynerdon in the summer of 1822. New York was the first consular district in the U.S. to become a permanent consulate general in 1933. New York was the place that received first the majority of Swiss immigrants to the United States …
The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt
The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The Business Meeting
1) Attendance
The fourth Annual Meeting of the reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society, to which the members had been invited by circular letters of September 12 and of the latter part of that month, took place in the Conference Hall of the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967.