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Meeting Fred Anderegg, Leo Schelbert
Meeting Fred Anderegg, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
It all started in June 1987. Michigan Today had arrived in the mail, a University of Michigan newspaper that carried some pictures of wonderful Byzantine mosaics. They had been photographed in the monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai, a community that had survived some fifteen hundred years and harbors numerous treasures brought there to be hidden from the ravages of turbulent times.
Fred Anderegg: Of Course He's On Edge, He's A Second-Story Man, Suzanne Ramljak
Fred Anderegg: Of Course He's On Edge, He's A Second-Story Man, Suzanne Ramljak
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Fred Anderegg's conversation is full of colorful anecdotes, which is to be expected from a gregarious archeological photographer whose job has been to take the ideal picture, in less than ideal circumstances, all over the globe.
Hijalmar Petersen Of Minnesota: The Politics Of Provincial Independence, Gerald Rasmussen
Hijalmar Petersen Of Minnesota: The Politics Of Provincial Independence, Gerald Rasmussen
The Bridge
It is not often that we have the pleasure of reviewing the biography of a politically prominent Danish-American; in this case Hjalmar Petersen of Minnesota. To our knowledge Petersen was the only Danish-born governer of any of the United States -- Minnesota. The fact alone creates some interest in Petersen among Americans of Danish descent and to the Danish American Heritage Society. But by and of itself that does not warrant a biography -- or a book review. But, make no mistake, the author, Steven Keillor has demonstrated convincingly that his biography of Hjalmar Petersen is warranted and a worthy …