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Brigham Young University

1971

Swiss American Historical Society

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The Forthcoming Annual Meeting Oct 1971

The Forthcoming Annual Meeting

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

1. Time and Place:

This year' s annual meeting of the SAHS will take place on Saturday, November 20, at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. Program and registration forms are attached to this newsletter.


Swiss Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society Of September 4, 1971 At The Restaurant "Innere Enge" In Bern, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt, H. K. M. Oct 1971

Swiss Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society Of September 4, 1971 At The Restaurant "Innere Enge" In Bern, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt, H. K. M.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

During my visit in Switzerland in August and September, I was able to initiate the calling of a regional meeting. Dr. Lukas Burckhardt made the necessary arrangements on short notice. Here is his report.


Miscellaneous Items, Heinz K. Meier Oct 1971

Miscellaneous Items, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

1. Membership

Since our last newsletter we have received membership applications from the following persons and institutions:


Observations On The School Systems In The United States And Switzerland, Erich A. Klee Oct 1971

Observations On The School Systems In The United States And Switzerland, Erich A. Klee

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

One of the recurrent themes in the long history of U.S.-Swiss relations has to do with the reciprocal interest in each other's educational systems. Americans went to visit the schools and institutes of Pestalozzi and Fellenberg in the early 19th century and returned full with ideas of how to improve schools over here. They had successors who time and again hoped to get inspiration for their own work by studying how the Swiss went about the important task of educating the young.