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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Joshua Frey's Diary, Joshua Frey
Joshua Frey's Diary, Joshua Frey
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The following material was translated from a report published in 1847 regarding the emigration and founding of New Glarus two years earlier. Joshua Frey was Pennsylvania-born and of Swiss ancestry. Frey, known to Wilhelm H. Blumer of Allentown, was chosen to accompany Niklaus Durst and Fridolin Streiff on their trip to select and purchase land for the Glarus Emigration Society. Information contained in this diary has been used by New Glarus historians over the years, however it seldom if ever has been properly referenced as a primary source. Any copy of this document, whether in German or perhaps even an …
First Letter From New Glarus, Niklaus Dürst
First Letter From New Glarus, Niklaus Dürst
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The following letter comprises the first official report on the emergence of New Glarus. It was written by Judge Niklaus Durst, and signed by both Durst and Fridolin Streiff, several days after the group of colonists arrived in Wisconsin. Dürst wrote beautiful but complicated German. The original letter is archived in the Pulverturm at Schwanden, Canton Glarus, where many of the records of the Emigration Society are kept. This translation, by Peter Etter and Leo Schelbert, tries to adapt to Dürst' s style as much as possible without making the letter too difficult to understand. It is based on the …
Memorandum And Account Book, Niklaus Dürst
Memorandum And Account Book, Niklaus Dürst
Swiss American Historical Society Review
For years Diirst's notebook has been archived at the Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison. After Robert Elmer inspected it he provided a copy to Leo Schelbert who transcribed the difficult to read text and translated it literally. Urspeter Schelbert then revised the transcription, and the translation was adapted to his emendations. Italic numbers were added to each entry in the English translation for reference from the accompanying article on Durst' s trip to the United States.
Brief Aus Rom, Friederike Brun
Brief Aus Rom, Friederike Brun
Prose Nonfiction
Complete English translation of this work is available as a supplemental file.