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American Irish Newsletter - December 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Dec 1992

American Irish Newsletter - December 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - November 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Nov 1992

American Irish Newsletter - November 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - October 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Oct 1992

American Irish Newsletter - October 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - September 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Sep 1992

American Irish Newsletter - September 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - August 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Aug 1992

American Irish Newsletter - August 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - July 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Jul 1992

American Irish Newsletter - July 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - June 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Jun 1992

American Irish Newsletter - June 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - May 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec May 1992

American Irish Newsletter - May 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - April 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Apr 1992

American Irish Newsletter - April 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - March 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Mar 1992

American Irish Newsletter - March 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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American Irish Newsletter - February 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Feb 1992

American Irish Newsletter - February 1992, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

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Contents Jan 1992

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The Bridge

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Full Issue Jan 1992

Full Issue

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Weeping Water, A Typical Small Town Danish-American Community, 1880-1930, Edith Matteson, Jean Matteson Jan 1992

Weeping Water, A Typical Small Town Danish-American Community, 1880-1930, Edith Matteson, Jean Matteson

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It is common knowledge that Danes established numerous small agricultural settlements across the United States during the period of mass emigration from Denmark that began in the 1860s and lasted through the 1920s. Yet scholars studying Danes in America have frequently devoted more attention to the institutions established in small towns in America than to the communities themselves. For example, if it had not been for Sophus K. Winther's trilogy that begins with the novel Take All to Nebraska (1936), the community established by Danes in and around Weeping Water in Cass County, Nebraska, would probably have passed unnoticed by …


Contents Jan 1992

Contents

The Bridge

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Editorial Statement Jan 1992

Editorial Statement

The Bridge

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My Father's Story, Jens Peter Nielsen Jan 1992

My Father's Story, Jens Peter Nielsen

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Jens Peter Nelsen, was born November 28, 1889 and was married to Gertrude Elizabeth Nelsen on July 14, 1915. They had eight children. He worked on the home farm until the fall of 1911 when he took a job in Ringsted, Iowa, where he learned sheet-metal work. For some years he had his own business, but in the 1920s, as result of poor economic conditions, he took a job in Dennison, Iowa, for about a year. From Dennison he, and his family, moved to Storm Lake, Iowa, for a year before moving to Sioux City, Iowa, where they lived for …


The Significance Of The Private Letter In Immigration History, Niels Peter Stilling Jan 1992

The Significance Of The Private Letter In Immigration History, Niels Peter Stilling

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The title of this paper is two-sided. The private letter is an important source for understanding the psychological and human aspects of immigration. It is also important to note that until recently historians have shown much too little interest in the documents from the immigrants themselves. My hypothesis, which I intend to discuss here, is that the private letter was the most important stimulating pull-factor in immigration history. In certain periods a call for USA was put forward in most letter series. Praising various aspects of American life, private letters were written to draw relatives or friends across the Atlantic. …


Danish Folk High Schools - Their Influence In America, Joan Mcinnes Jan 1992

Danish Folk High Schools - Their Influence In America, Joan Mcinnes

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This is a personal story. It is an attempt to trace my philosophy of adult continuing education (ACE) to my roots in Denmark and to uncover the reasons why entering the Adult Education Program at Northern Illinois University (NIU) felt like coming home after many years of trying to find a place in a society that was philosophically out of harmony with my essence. Throughout my degree program, I have noticed that whenever Highlander Folk School was discussed in classes or in the literature, it struck a chord with me. This feeling went unexplored due to time constraints or other …


A Memoir Honoring Marie And Henry Werbes, Beverly White Jan 1992

A Memoir Honoring Marie And Henry Werbes, Beverly White

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Washday was always a major event in our household when we were children. Early every Monday morning Dad helped Mother get the necessary equipment set up. In the shed just below the kitchen, he rolled the washing machine into place, and set the two washtubs for rinsing the clothes on sawhorses around it. Then he hauled two large cream cans of hot water from the creamery (about a block away), one for the washer and one for the first rinse tub. For the second rinse tub he pumped soft water from the cistern: Mother always put bluing in that rinse …


Front Cover Jan 1992

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The Bridge

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Front Matter Jan 1992

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Contributors Jan 1992

Contributors

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Full Issue Jan 1992

Full Issue

The Bridge

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Gribskov, Marius Larsen Jan 1992

Gribskov, Marius Larsen

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Pastor Marius Larsen was one of the many Danish preachers who served Danish Lutheran Churches in the United States for a time and then returned to Denmark to accept pastorates in that country. Larsen served the Junction City, Oregon "Danish" Church in the late 1920s, and into the early 1930s, when he accepted a call to serve the Nathaniel Lutheran Church in Dagmar, Montana. He returned to Denmark in the mid 1930s and became pastor of the Als congregation located at the eastern end of "Limfjord," directly east of the city of Aalborg. While there he wrote a book about …


A Land Conquered Nebraska's Mirage Flats, 1918 -1948, Norma C. Shirck Jan 1992

A Land Conquered Nebraska's Mirage Flats, 1918 -1948, Norma C. Shirck

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As the Civil War ground to an end in 1865 and Nebraska gained statehood in 1867, men and women turned their attention to the west, ever seeking a better way of life. Immigrants from Europe continued to swarm the shores of America and mingle with the pioneers trudging toward the western sun. The Danes, too, finding little in their homeland to keep them there, or escaping the heavy hands of the German military, flocked to the promised land.


Jens Horstrup: A Labor Legacy, Shannon Kracht Jan 1992

Jens Horstrup: A Labor Legacy, Shannon Kracht

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When Jens Horstrup was a young man, his father Albert taught him that every worker had a right to take part in decisions made by his or her employer. It was a lesson that he carried - and re-taught - for the remainder of his life. Born in July, 1907, in Fredrickshavn to a ship patternmaker father, Jens opted for the bricklaying trade. He served a seven-year apprenticeship in Denmark, worked as a bricklayer in his country for awhile, and, seeking the challenges inherent in new opportunities, traveled to America in 1927. In his book, The Danish Americans, George R. …


Front Cover Jan 1992

Front Cover

The Bridge

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Editorial Statement Jan 1992

Editorial Statement

The Bridge

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Contributors Jan 1992

Contributors

The Bridge

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