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Letter Form The Sahs-President, Lukas F. Burckhardt
Letter Form The Sahs-President, Lukas F. Burckhardt
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The moth of June is Charaterized for us by two major events which both emphasize Swiss-American friendship
- the opening of the Swiss Center on Fifth Avenue in New York on June 22 and 23 , and
- the series of ten concerts to be given by Ernest Ansermet and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at the Stanford Summer Festivals from June 22 to July 5. 1)
Research Of The Swiss In California, Agathon A. Aerni
Research Of The Swiss In California, Agathon A. Aerni
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Just who are the Swiss who have come to the United States? What was their plce of orgin, what were their motivtions, where did they go, and what impact did they have in their adopted country? The names of the most understanding individual Swiss are known: Gallatin, Agassiz father son, Sutter... as well as the existence of some Swiss settlements: New Glarus, Wisconsin, the two New Berns of North Carolina and Indiana, and Vavay, Switzerland Country, Indiana. But what of the thousands and thousands of Swiss who emigrated from the homeland and the many settlements established by them? What patterns …