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Swiss American News Notes Jan 1982

Swiss American News Notes

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This past summer Dr. Martin Steinmann, expert on Paleography and Director of the Manuscript Division of the University Library of Basel, Switzerland, directed the Third Summer Institute in the Archival Sciences at the Newberry Library of Chicago. Professor Steinmann is the Swiss representative of the International Committee on Paleography and is an internationally recognized expert on German handwriting of the Renaissance and early modern period, as well as the history of printing. His publications include the catalogue of manuscripts of the University of Basel (co-editor), the articles "Die humanistische Schrift und die Anfänge des Humanismus in Basel,"Archiv für Diplomatik …


Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Full Issue Jan 1982

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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To Our Readers, Heinz K. Meier Jan 1982

To Our Readers, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Adolf Muschg (1934), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Adolf Muschg (1934), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Muschg, Adolf (1934-), Swiss novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, was born in Zollikon near Zurich. In addition to writing, he has pursued an academic career, and has taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Göttingen University, Cornell University in the United States, and the University of Geneva. For several years he has been professor of literature at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich.


Erika Burkart (1922), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Erika Burkart (1922), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Burkart, Erika (1922-), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in Aarau. Her father was a well-known adventurer, hunter, and author. Although Erika Burkart was educated as a schoolteacher, she decided to write rather than teach and lives in the former residence of the abbots of Muri in Althäusern. She regards her self-sought isolation as an option for nature.


A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County, Kansas, Harvey E. Bross Jan 1982

A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County, Kansas, Harvey E. Bross

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The November 1981 issue of the SAHS Newsletter presented the story of the founding of New Basel as featured by Harvey E. Bross in 1963. The community represents one aspect of the Swiss presence in Kansas that needs further methodical exploration. Between 1860 and 1890 quite a few immigrants from Switzerland apparently chose Kansas as their destination. John Rydjord mentions in his Kansas Place-Names (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972), pp. 131-132 the following traces of the Swiss presence: "Helvetia was one of the many towns that boomed and died in Meade County. The place in Finney County where …


'A Bivouac': Swiss Immigrants Camp Out In New York City, 1833, Tyrone Power Jan 1982

'A Bivouac': Swiss Immigrants Camp Out In New York City, 1833, Tyrone Power

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On August 20, 1833, the Irish comedian Tyron Power (1797-1841) .* arrived in New York City for his first extended tour of the United States. In his Impressions of America; During the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, Vol. I (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836), pp. 40-43, Power reports the following encounter: A Bivouac.


Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), Ursula Schoeni Jan 1982

Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), Ursula Schoeni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Cendrars, Blaise, pseud. of Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in La Chauxde-Fonds. The nomadic life imposed upon the Sauser family by the future writer's creative but impractical father permanently marked him. He continually yearned for space and travel; although he made Paris his headquarters and France his adopted country, he never stayed long in one place. A distaste for conformity, an insatiable curiosity, and a remarkable mobility of thought led Cendrars to diversify himself in a literary production overwhelming in its variety and abundance.


The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes, Arnold H. Price Jan 1982

The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes, Arnold H. Price

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The nineteenth annual meeting of the SAHS was held at the Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1982.


The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Report Of The Treasurer Jan 1982

The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Report Of The Treasurer

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Meinrad Inglin (1893-1971), Regula A. Meier Jan 1982

Meinrad Inglin (1893-1971), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Inglin, Meinrad tl893-1971), Swiss novelist and short story writer, was born in Schwyz. An account of his youth is contained in the autobiographical novel Werner Amberg (1949). His father, a goldsmith whose love of nature and hunting he shared, perished in the mountains when Inglin was only 12. His mother died three years later. After attending various schools and working as a watchmaker's apprentice and waiter, Inglin took up the study of philosophy, psychology, and literature. He also became an officer in the Swiss army and was frequently called upon to serve his country. He worked on the editorial staffs …


Albert Gallatin: America's Geneva Connection, William B. Lloyd Jan 1982

Albert Gallatin: America's Geneva Connection, William B. Lloyd

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In February 1801, Washington, the muddy new capital of the United States, was alive with rumors of approaching conflict over the presidency. Despite a strongly anti-Federalist popular vote, electors were evenly divided between Thomas Jefferson, Republican, and Aaron Burr, so that the choice was thrown into the out-going, Federalist controlled House of Representatives. Plans to have the House rule out Jefferson and Burr in favor of a Federalist stalwart were openly discussed. 1,500 Republicans of Maryland and Virginia were reported to be preparing to descend on Washington to assassinate any man thus chosen. The Governor of Maryland was urged to …


Francesco Chiesa (1871-1973), Hermann W. Haller Jan 1982

Francesco Chiesa (1871-1973), Hermann W. Haller

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Chiesa, Francesco (1871-1973), Swiss poet, short-story writer, and novelist, was born in Sagno in the canton of Ticino. He took a law degree at the University of Pavia, and from 1897 to 1943 taught Italian literature and art history at the canton liceo at Lugano, becoming director in 1914.


A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County: List Of The First Settlers Jan 1982

A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County: List Of The First Settlers

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Historians Corner, James B. Allen Jan 1982

Historians Corner, James B. Allen

BYU Studies

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Jewish People, Jewish Thought: The Jewish Experience In History Robert M. Seltzer, Dennis Rasmussen Jan 1982

Jewish People, Jewish Thought: The Jewish Experience In History Robert M. Seltzer, Dennis Rasmussen

BYU Studies

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William Law, Nauvoo Dissenter, Lyndon W. Cook Jan 1982

William Law, Nauvoo Dissenter, Lyndon W. Cook

BYU Studies

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Emma And Eliza And The Stairs, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery Jan 1982

Emma And Eliza And The Stairs, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery

BYU Studies

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Fire In Winter, Randall L. Hall Jan 1982

Fire In Winter, Randall L. Hall

BYU Studies

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Heber C. Kimball, Mormon Patriarch And Pioneer Stanley B. Kimball, Ronald W. Walker Jan 1982

Heber C. Kimball, Mormon Patriarch And Pioneer Stanley B. Kimball, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

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Licensing In The Early Church, Donald Q. Cannon Jan 1982

Licensing In The Early Church, Donald Q. Cannon

BYU Studies

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Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Quidditas

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Antonio Possevino, S.J. As A Counter-Reformation Critic Of The Arts, John Patrick Donnelly S.J. Jan 1982

Antonio Possevino, S.J. As A Counter-Reformation Critic Of The Arts, John Patrick Donnelly S.J.

Quidditas

The Protestant Reformation called into question many traditions and practices of the Church, including the traditional relation of art to religion. Many Protestant theologians, for instance Calvin and especially Zwingli, condemned religious statues and art as idolatrous or superstitious, partly on the basis of Old Testament prohibitions. Luther and Lutherans approved of religious paintings but rejected the cult of the saints that had figured so largely in medieval and Renaissance religious art. In the Lutheran tradition religious art was more closely tied to the Bible, another manifestation fo the sola scriptura principle. In Catholic circles as well there arose lively …


Introduction, Stephen L. Wood Jan 1982

Introduction, Stephen L. Wood

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Otto F. Walter (1928), Regula A. Meier Jan 1982

Otto F. Walter (1928), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Walter, Otto F. (1928-), Swiss novelist and playwright, was born in Rickenbach near Olten, canton Solothurn. After graduating from the gymnasium, he served as an apprentice to a bookseller and worked for a printing office in Cologne. In 1956 he took charge of the literary program of the Walter publishing house in Olten. Eleven years later, in 1967, he joined the firm of Luchterhand in Darmstadt in the same capacity.


Swiss Literature, Heinz K. Meier Jan 1982

Swiss Literature, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Switzerland has a rich literary tradition. In modern times both the German- and the French-speaking regions have produced important writers who left distinctive marks on the literature and culture of their time. The 18th century was a time of literary florescence in Switzerland. Important writers of that period include the Bernese patrician Albrecht von Haller (1708-77), whose long poem Die Alpen (1729; The Alps) extols the beauty and grandeur of nature; Johann Jokob Bodmer (1698-1783) and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701-66) of Zurich, who helped free German literature from the confines of rigid rules; Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712- 78), "citizen of Geneva," …


Kurt Marti (1921), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Kurt Marti (1921), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Marti, Kurt (1921-), Swiss poet and essayist, was born in Bern. He studied law and theology and became a Protestant minister. In the pugnacious tradition of Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and Jeremias Gotthelf, Marti uses the power of the word - both of the Gospel and of literature - to change the consciousness of his readers.