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An Anthology If Swiss Music On Records, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In our Newsletter of October 1965 we already have drawn the attention of our readers to the "Anthology of Swiss Music".

Letter From The President, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

With this newsletter we enter the second year of the revived Swiss- American Historical Society. We hope that it wil.l be as good a year for the Society as 1965 was. In order to do this we not only must maintain our present membership , but enlarge it and keep it growing. We also have to work toward achieving the noblest and most important goal of the existence of our Society, namely to make available in published form results of research and investigation of matters concerning Switzerland and the United States . From information we receive we conclude that there …

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Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Three Aspects Of Postdivorce Social Adjustment In Mormon Utah And Protestant Nevada, Sonia Lillard Richardson

Theses and Dissertations

Since this writer has been confused by what seems to her to be radically different attitudes toward marriage and divorce in her own home town (Las Vegas, Nevada) and in Utah communities where she has been residing for the past five years, the social adjustment of female divorcees in these two locations was studied. The purpose was to begin to build knowledge about postdivorce adjustment, and it is hoped that future students of the family will be inspired to further investigate postdivorce problems.

A Study Of The Political Involvements In The Career Of Joseph Smith, Edward G. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of this study to examine the political elements and issues in the United States from the latter part of 1838 to June 27, 1844, to determine their relationship to the death of Joseph Smith. This study includes an analysis of national, state and local issues and sentiment during that time, as they have a bearing upon the subject.
The primary period of study is the Illinois era of Latter-day Saint history which includes the events that transpired from the winter of 1838-39 to June 27, 1844. A less intensive study includes events after June 1844, to …

A Visual Interpretation Of Events And Personalities From The Book Of Mormon, Larry Berg Prestwich

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to create two paintings and ten drawings pertaining to events and personalities from the Book of Mormon. The art works were done with the special intent of expressing the artist's personal and animated feelings about several men whose writings comprise the book, and certain events pertaining to their particular circumstances.

The Pair Of Japanese Bronze Lanterns At Brigham Young University, Schuyler Cammann

BYU Studies

Two bronze Japanese lanterns, or kane doro, acquired by Brigham Young University date to 1716 and originally were placed in a courtyard of a mausoleum of a member of a noble family in Japan. The author describes the lanterns and their symbolic meaning.

Late On Father's Day, Marden J. Clark

BYU Studies

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Asian Research Institute Personnel, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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BYU Studies

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The Newly Established Asian Research Institute, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

From increased interest in Asia and its problems has come to newly organized Asian Research Institute at Brigham Young University. The Institute recognizes the imperative need for countries of the West to gain a more realistic understanding of Asia and its cultures. Recommended by the University Administration, the Institute was approved recently by the Board of Trustees and will begin its activities at once under the direction of Dr. Lee W. Farnsworth, specialist in Asian studies. Members of the Executive Committee of the Institute are: Lee w. Farnsworth, Ray C. Hillam, Russell N. Horiuchi, Wesley P. Lloyd, Paul V. Hyer …

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Letter, Alfred Zehnder

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In der Beilage erhalten Sie die dritte Nummer der aus dem Rundschreiben an die schweizerischen Geisteswissenschafter in den USA hervorgegangenen Newsletter der Swiss-American Historical Society.

China And Japan: An Analysis Of Conflict, Lee W. Farnsworth

BYU Studies

In analyzing the conflict between China and Japan in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the author asserts that the conflict resulted from a series of incidents. The article gives a brief overview of China and Japan's relations with each other and with Western powers, such as American's Open Door policy. By examining this conflict, the author hopes that he can bring to light principles and concepts that will lead to international cooperation.

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Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Letter From The Sahs President, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Almost a year ago, the Swiss American Historical Society was reactivated at a meeting in New York City. Since then a great deal of work has been done in the effort to make ours a strong and active organization, and I am glad to be able to report that the result so far has been very satisfactory. From the list included in this newsletter you will see that our membership is one of great variety and distinction and that the interest in our work and purpose is lively in many parts of the United States as well as Switzerland. We …

Index, Volume Vi, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Only There Were Two: An Original Play In Three Acts, Ronald A. Dalley

Theses and Dissertations

Only There Were Two, a full-length three-act play, is written as a reminder to us all of the faith and endurance of a handful of Mormon settlers. I have endeavored to capture the dramatic spirit of a man who would not let bigotry and prejudice run him from his home.

Swiss-American Mennonite History, L. B.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The role of the Swiss and other European Anabaptists (Wiedertaufer) or Mennonites (i.e. followers of Menno Simon, 1492-1559) and other Protestant groups who emigrated to the U.S. as a characteristic element in American social history is studied intensively by Americans interested in their contribution to American culture.

The Swiss In The United States, H. M.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

As announced in the "Letter from the President" every member who joins the SAHS this year will receive a copy of John Paul von Grueningen, ed., The Swiss in the United States (Madison , 'Wisconsin: Swiss-American Historical Society, 1940, 153 pages). The following is a brief' introductory description of the book.

The Americanization Of Raetic ( Romanish, German, Italian Family Names From The Canton Grisons, Switzerland

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Secretary of the SAHS, Dr. Augustin Maissen, has sent us a copy of " Studia Raetoromanica I", Ediziums Della Revista Retoromontscha. 1965 (Editor: Alfons Maissen, Chur). It consists of a study by Augustin Maissen on "L' Americanisaziun dils nums de schlatteina romontschs e grischuns" with an Abstract in English (19) pages. It is astonishing how many Bundner names, some of them extinct in Grabunden, have been preserved in the U.S., either in the original or in a somewhat anglicized form. There are even Romansh sepulchral inscriptions, e.g. at Badus (Romansh geographic name!) in South Dakota.

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Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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An English Translation Of J.R. Von Salis' Standard Work On Rilke Switzerland, L. B.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Among the many publications on the poet Rainer Maria Rilke the book by the Swiss Professor of History Dr. Jean Rodolphe von Salis, until recently President of the Foundation Pro Helvetia, excels by its tactful and sober approach to a delicate subject which all too often has been misused by panegyrists full of loud enthusiasm, but rather bare of substance. When Rilke arrived in Switzerland in 1919, von Salis was nearly eighteen years old and twenty five when Rilke died at Territet in 1926. Von Salis knew Rilke as a guest in his family, but more and more also in …

The Poetry Of Matthew Arnold: A Study In Versification, Douglas A. Mathewson

Theses and Dissertations

Despite the great number of published works that deal with English prosody or the more restricted subject of versification, there is a noticeable scarcity of studies that describe the practices of individual poets. One of the more apparent reasons for the meager number of versification studies is the instability of the basic criteria by which a poem is examined. Prosodists quite simply find it difficult to establish concrete principles of scansion that are acceptable to all other prosodists. Without going into discussion of the various schools of thought on metrical structure, suffice it to say that there are conflicting opinions …

120th Anniversary Pf New Glarus, L. B.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In our first Newsletter we have presented to our readers the American writer Herbert Kubly from New Glarus, Wisconsin. He is so deeply rooted in that community founded by settlers from the canton of Glarus, Switzerland in 1845 that he may even write a novel based on its history which is, at the same time that of his own family.

Reviews Of Robert H. Billigmeier's And Fred A. Picard's "The Old Land And The New", L. B.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The readers of this second SAHS-Newsletter are referred to Dr. Heinz K . Meier ' s comprehensive evaluation - published on pages 5-7 in our :first Newsletter of April 1965 - of the new book:

Letter From The Sahs President, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Dear Members and Friends,

The response to our first newsletter of April has been very gratifying; so IWcb so that we decided to issue a second letter now, although the summer is a time vhen many of us pursue other than their ordinary tasks. One of the persons absent from the country at t his time is our secretary, Dr. Augustin Maissen, who is spending a research-vacation in Spain and Switzerland. We will have to wait for his detailed report till our fall newsletter, but I can tell you t hat we have received so far about forty-five membership applications …

Swiss Songs On The Emigrants To The U.S., L. B.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Our remarks in the first Newsletter on the Sviss folk song scolding the emigrants to the U.S. for tearing up their citizenship certificate ("Du willst den Burgerbrief zerreissen, den dir das teure Hochland gab") has provoked a well documented comment by the Swiss Consul General in New York, Dr. Hans Lacher, who has collected literature on the different versions of this song from the serious earlier text.to the later ironical deviations most of us remember.

Index

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Outlook, L. B.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Many subjects worthy of our attention could not been treated in this issue. We mention a few examples: