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Recollections Of Two Immigrant Sisters, James D. Iversen

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My father's family were among those thousands of Danes who made their decision to emigrate to America in the last decade of the nineteenth century. On March 28, 1893, Peter Iversen and wife Kirstine and children Christine, 12 years, Karen, 10, Katherine, 8, Marie, 6, Mikkel, 5 and Laura, not quite 3 years old, sailed from Copenhagen on the "Thingvalla." The came first to Sioux CIty, Iowa, where Kirstine's brother Graves Mikkelsen had settled earlier. Times were not prosperous in 1893 in Sioux City, however so the family soon moved to a homestead site in Buffalo County, South Dakota, about …

Danish Perceptions And West Indian Realities: Slavery In The Danish West Indies, Karen Fog Olwig

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The year 1987 marked the 70th anniversary of the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States of America. With the sale of the three small islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, Denmark had disposed of all her tropical colonies, which at one time had included possessions on the Gold Coast in Africa, the present Ghana, and in southeastern India, most importantly Trankebar.

Devastation In Tyler, Jens B. Johansen, Thorvald Hansen, Translator

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During the evening of August 21, 1918, the community of Tyler, Minnesota, was struck by a severe tornado. Many people were killed, many more injured, and the damage to property was tremendous. The letter, written in Danish, which follows is a first-hand account of what that thriving community looked like after the storm. In some places this account is gruesome, in other places it is subtly humorous, and in all places it is a graphic presentation of the havoc that can be wreaked in a few moments.

Danish Immigrant Archival Listing, Arnold Bodtker, Thorvald Hansen

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The Danish Immigrant Archival Listing (DIAL) is a reference book, and guide, which will enable scholars, researchers and others to know something of the existence and whereabouts of source material related to the Danish immigrant in America. This 300 page hard-cover book is a comprehensive listing of books, periodicals, manuscripts, pamphlets, letters, documents, scrapbooks, pictures, and similar items.

Goals And Objectives Of The Danish American Heritage Society

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To promote an interest in Danish American contributions to American life.

To encourage research in the life and culture of Danish Americans. To serve as an agency for the publication of studies of Danish American contributions to American life.

To provide a means of communication and education for individuals interested in the activities of Danish Americans.

The Butcher Of Canal Street, Philip White

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Woman Reading About Fire, Brian Kershisnik

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Forgetting, Colin Bay

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At a party recently, concentrating on a fudge brownie, I was asked who the youngest sister in the Brady Bunch was. I know every episode of the silly sitcom: I can tell you how Bobby got Joe Namath to play football with him; I can tell you where Jan's white mouse ended up after it chewed its way out of the hamper; I can tell you what Alice does at night after taking off her maid's apron, and when Carol got a shag haircut, and why Marcia joined all those clubs at school. So why, that night, did the little …

Madonna, Katrina Green

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Man With Left Hand Raised, Brian Kershisnik

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Notes After Seeing The Atomic Cafe, Dianna Black

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A Poem For David, Katie Kowalski

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Oddball, Paul Bergera

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Wings, Laura Rhoton

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Grace walks home from the pool the long . . . way, through the snow. Tonight the children could not keep their heads up. They don't understand, thinking like they do, how to float. They need not move. Grace has shown them many times. She has stretched out like a flag until she's weightless. But the children have many fears, some of the water, and some of other things, and it seems that nothing like that will ever be necessary.

Slag, Jesus Rodriguez

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Evening In Biloxi, Colin Bay

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It' s not as bad as a medium," Dale said. I didn't know what he was talking about, so I looked amused. "It has a flexibility of form that lets you almost put yourself in the frame.'' I thought about how hard you'd have to hit someone's nose for it to bleed, remembering many times when I've gotten hit in the nose with a football, an elbow, a cabinet door. It would sting like death; but when I put my hand up there would be nothing there, no blood. Then other times I've woken up in the morning, needing to …

Front Cover Photo, Laurena Lahr

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Identifying Danish-American Folklife, Gregory Hansen

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Danish-American ethnicity has traditionally been studied by examining the literature, religion, social and educational institutions, and business enterprises of Danes in America. In general researchers have looked to Fine Arts and Culture to understand the Danish ethnic identity. But examining only Culture and Art yields an incomplete understanding of culture and art. Danish ethnic culture in America consists primarily of the non-elitist traditions and arts of individuals' everyday lives rather than the contributions of the elite, and the discipline of folklore can provide a more complete concept of Danish heritage. Folklife studies involve the stages of identifying, documenting, interpreting, and …

From Scandinavia To America: Proceedings From A Conference Held At Gi. Holtegaard, Peter L. Petersen, Reviewer

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In early September 1983, scholars from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United States gathered at Gammel Holtegaard, north of Copenhagen, for a three-day conference on Scandinavian emigration to the United States. Because a majority of the papers presented at the conference deal with elements of the Danish experience, readers of The Bridge should welcome this belated publication of the proceedings made possible by a grant from the Danish Research Council for the Humanities.

Death Calls, Timothy Liu

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Rebecca's Song, Dianna Black

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Grandma tilted as she walked down the hall singing "O Danny Boy." English words set to an Irish tune; she was . Welsh. It didn't matter. She said the Welsh could sing in any language. She said it was her language that made it that way. Welsh is natural music, she said. And she sang "O Danny Boy. "

Where Things Were Quiet, Laura Hamblin

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Scott had intended to blow his head off, but he didn't aim the gun properly, so instead he blew off his face. Before the gun fired he thought he didn't want to live. But after the thing had happened, he knew that what he wanted most was simply to die. It was her job to keep Scott alive.

Untitled Photo 5, Laurena Lahr

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