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Reports, Erdmann Schmocker, Sabine Jessner, Rosa Schupbach, Carla Crosby, Elizabeth Stockli, Leo Schelbert, Selina Sutter Oct 1994

Reports, Erdmann Schmocker, Sabine Jessner, Rosa Schupbach, Carla Crosby, Elizabeth Stockli, Leo Schelbert, Selina Sutter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

President Erdmann Schmocker greeted the members assembled for the business meeting at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Lukas Gloor moved and Mr. Peter Sehlinger seconded the acceptance of the minutes of the Philadelphia meeting on October 9, 1973. This motion passed unanimously. Mr. Schmocker then asked for a moment of silence in memory of the late Helen Muller of Stamford, Connecticut.


A New Job- A New World Washington: 1958-1970, Agathe Burckhardt-Sandreuter Jun 1994

A New Job- A New World Washington: 1958-1970, Agathe Burckhardt-Sandreuter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

When on June 28th, 1957, my husband was appointed to the post of Labor Attache in Washington he was informed that he would have to be there on August 1st in order to attend the National Day celebrations with the Swiss colony. We agreed that I would join him later since I had to wind up my teaching obligations at the "Mädchengymnasium Basel," find temporary homes for our three daughters and last, but not least, learn how to drive a car. At that time I also got acquainted with "Protocol" which summoned me to pay my first formal call on …