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Heinrich Handschin: A Man Wants To Climb Up
Heinrich Handschin: A Man Wants To Climb Up
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Barely back in Basel Handschin met Bernhard Lerch (1811-1904), a ribbon manufacturer and Swiss entrepreneur from Moscow, who was looking for a weaving master for his firm. This meeting was to become a fateful tum in Handschin' s development. Bernhard Lerch offered the young and well-qualified Handschin a position, he accepted and in 1856 traveled to Moscow where he was to spend the next 25 years.
Heinrich Handschin: Wilhelm Mohler
Heinrich Handschin: Wilhelm Mohler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Mohler, Wilhelm from Thtirnen, born on July 3, 1911, moved in 1916 to Gelterkinden. Parents: Wilhelm and Elise Mohler-Mohler. The father was a watch-maker [Uhrensteinschleifer - grinding a part for watches], after 1916 he worked on the roads in Gelterkinden; the mother was a homemaker and silk-ribbon weaver.
The Handschin Foundation: Liquidation
The Handschin Foundation: Liquidation
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The Basel assets of Heinrich Handschin were speedily liquidated. Jakob Wirz renounced the right to buy the house at the Schtitzenmattstrasse, and the Handschin household was liquidated at an auction and the property was sold for the Foundation. Only the disbursing of the legacies of sfr. 25,000.00 to relatives who had not been mentioned in the will took until 1895 because these people also had to prove that they were indeed relatives.
The Handschin Foundation: Picture Credits [Giving Only English Translations Of The Titles]
The Handschin Foundation: Picture Credits [Giving Only English Translations Of The Titles]
Swiss American Historical Society Review
All photographs and reproductions: Felix Gysin, Microfilm Depatrment of Canton Basel-Landschaft
Special Report: My Trip To Helvetia, West Virginia, Rosa Schupbach
Special Report: My Trip To Helvetia, West Virginia, Rosa Schupbach
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Intern At The Harriman-Nielsen Farm: Where To Begin?, Nana Mikkelsen
Intern At The Harriman-Nielsen Farm: Where To Begin?, Nana Mikkelsen
The Bridge
During the months of October and November 2008, I interned on the Harriman-Nielsen Farm in Hampton, Iowa. The Danish American Heritage Society was looking for a Danish intern to assist the Harriman-Nielsen Farm board in the process of creating an interpretive exhibition, which would tell the stories of the estate. I immediately thought it would be a good place for me to apply my professional training in a combination of dramaturgy and museology. I find it interesting to introduce theatre elements into a museum context.
"Denmark Our Heritage - America Our Home": Danishness And Roots In A Multicultural World, Trine Tybjerg Holm, Borge M. Christensen
"Denmark Our Heritage - America Our Home": Danishness And Roots In A Multicultural World, Trine Tybjerg Holm, Borge M. Christensen
The Bridge
Danishness is flourishing in the U.S.A. at the dawn of the twenty-first century, and it is not difficult to find this Danishness, or rather, to find what Americans consider to be Danishness. When the Danish media focus on Danishness in the U.S., they tend to highlight two areas: Solvang, California, the so-called "Danish Capital of America," and the two "Danish Villages," Elk Horn and Kimballton, Iowa. Today, Solvang has a population of around 5,000 and Elk Horn/ Kimballton around 1,000. However, estimates have 1.5 million tourists visiting Solvang and 80,000 visiting Elk Horn/Kimballton annually. Dannebrog waves on high in both …
An American Presidential Election In The Eyes Of A European Observer, Louis Christensen
An American Presidential Election In The Eyes Of A European Observer, Louis Christensen
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After "election fever" ran rampant in the United States throughout the year 2008 and Europe was also "running a temperature," it might raise a few eyebrows to read what a European observer wrote home after having attended the presidential election in 1848.
Far From Denmark: Sketches And Scenes From The United States Of North America, Alex Felix, Louis Christensen
Far From Denmark: Sketches And Scenes From The United States Of North America, Alex Felix, Louis Christensen
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On an earlier occasion, I have written that there is only one political party in America, the only one possible in a republic: the Democratic [in the original sense of the term, i.e. rule by the people]. It is a party that has many branches with the same political viewpoints. Nevertheless, they differ from each other on several points, which they defend in their various newspapers. They try to promote their opinions, views, and political creeds with the public through candidates whom they nominate for office in elections--first and foremost, the presidential election.
Three Short Stories By Carl Hansen, J. R. Christianson
Three Short Stories By Carl Hansen, J. R. Christianson
The Bridge
Translator's Note. The Danish-American author, Carl Hansen, was born in Jonstrup near Holbcek in 1860, emigrated to America in 1885, taught for a number of years at Danebod Folk School in Tyler, Minnesota, and died in Seattle in 1916. Enok Mortensen once described him as follows:
"[He] had attended university classes in Denmark and studied at the state agricultural school. He knew something about pharmacology, a lot about veterinary medicine, and much about literature and philosophy ... He was a popular teacher. Each Saturday he gave a lecture-often on classics of Danish literature, and the students sat spellbound as he …
Excerpts From The Course Of My Life, Jens Hansen, Edward A. Hansen
Excerpts From The Course Of My Life, Jens Hansen, Edward A. Hansen
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Jens and Maren Stine Rasmusdatter came from the small island of Mom, Denmark. On a larger map of Denmark, Mon is a scarcely discernible plot of separated land, with chalk cliffs on its eastern seaboard and sandy beaches on the other. Stege is its chief town, set by an inlet called Noret and surrounded by verdant fields and forests. It is an idyllic spot, with its own culture and legends. Residents love it. Present day tourists are charmed by it.
From this fabled island, Jens Hansen made his first journey to America. He remembers it as happening in the winter …
The International Life Of A Swiss Hotelkeeper, Marianne Burkhard
The International Life Of A Swiss Hotelkeeper, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Among the papers of Ferdinand Sperl there is a
small black book in which he chronicled the stages of
his life from his childhood to the 1960s. This
chronicle is very interesting as it shows first, how the
son of a hotelier was thoroughly prepared for
following in his family's footsteps as a fourth
generation hotelier, and second, how his arrival in the
United States in 1939 and the Second World War led
him to an unexpected career in military intelligence
after which he returned to his career as hotelier.
Book Review, Christian D. Nokkentved Ph.D.
Book Review, Christian D. Nokkentved Ph.D.
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
The Purysburg Colonists Of South Carolina And Their Descendants, Claudette Holliday
The Purysburg Colonists Of South Carolina And Their Descendants, Claudette Holliday
Swiss American Historical Society Review
In October 2006 I took a trip to Switzerland in search of ancestors wit
a few members of the Purysburg Preservation Foundation. A genealogy
travel destination is common among those searching for their roots .
However, until you actually have experienced it yourself, the stories are just
words on a page.
Burials In The Tomb Of The Swiss-American Society New Orleans, John Geiser Iii
Burials In The Tomb Of The Swiss-American Society New Orleans, John Geiser Iii
Swiss American Historical Society Review
On July 3, 1871, an improved constitution was adopted and a burial ground in Greenwood Cemetery was purchased. The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 caused the entire plot of ground to be filled and compelled action on the building of a suitable vault, which was completed and consecrated with appropriate ceremonies on October 5, 1879.