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Sophus K. Winther, Barbara Howard Meldrum
Sophus K. Winther, Barbara Howard Meldrum
The Bridge
Like Wallace Stegner, Sophus Keith Winther feels uncomfortable with the label "Western writer." For Stegner, the label too often smacks of horse-opera: outworn myths that lacked historical basis to begin with. Winther's objection has less to do with the subject matter, more to do with themes and character: regionalism-whether Western or Southers, or Wessex-too often exploits superficial traits of locality, whereas enduring literature reveals the universal drama of the human condition ("The Limits of Regionalism"). Stegner and Winther agree, however, that a writer should begin with what he or she knows best; if one's experience is Western, then Western regionalism …
Breaking Ground In The Promised Land: Mary Lund's Letters Home To Denmark From Canada, March-September, 1926
The Bridge
I knew my Grandma Lund as a strong person. She was my Dad's mother, mary, the "tough" grandmaother my parents called on to babysit my older sister, Laurette, and me when they would travel for more than a few days. Mary Lund was a large person, a feature which worked against her in the years I knew her. Her legs were thick and chronic arthiritis did not allow her to walk without discomfort; she remained ever stoic, never complaining even as she winced in obvious pain. She insisted on respect for elder and a strict code of manners at the …
Oregon Danish Colony: Ethnic Assimilation In Junction City, 1902-1952, Gerald Rasmussen, Otto Larsen
Oregon Danish Colony: Ethnic Assimilation In Junction City, 1902-1952, Gerald Rasmussen, Otto Larsen
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"A most desired place for Danish folks to settle." That
keynote launched the campaign to attract Danes to Junction
City. Who was the herald? What were the tidings?
The records are not particularly informative about A. C.
Nielsen. The Junction City Times only used the initials "A. C."
to refer to him. According to his great-grandson, Alfred
Christensen, his first name was Andreas and his middle
name was Christian, both common names in Denmark.
The Psychology Of A Mermaid: Understanding The Danish Psyche, Karen Lassen
The Psychology Of A Mermaid: Understanding The Danish Psyche, Karen Lassen
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"Way out in the ocean, the water is as blue as the petals of
the most beautiful cornflower and as clear as the cleanest
glass, but it is very deep, deeper than an anchor cable can
reach; many church steeples would have to be placed one on
top of the other in order to stretch from the bottom up to the
surface of the water. Down there live the Merpeople."
Hans Christian Andersen's Statue In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Birgit F. Larsen
Hans Christian Andersen's Statue In Lincoln Park, Chicago, Birgit F. Larsen
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I barely noticed that they placed me in a flag-draped automobile and that, accompanied by an escort, it progressed slowly down a wide avenue, while crowds of people on the sidewalks, children and adults, cheered enthusiastically. --We drove through a large park, many times larger than Kongens Have ("The King's Garden", a park in Copenhagen), and here, too, there were rows upon rows of people, and finally we stopped in front of a statue - and lo and behold, it was myself, and looked just like me, sitting with a young swan at my feet. -- Then my heart melted, …
Primo Levi And Bruno Piazza: Auschwitz In Italian Literature, Ilona Klein
Primo Levi And Bruno Piazza: Auschwitz In Italian Literature, Ilona Klein
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To focus on the literature of the Shoah more than 50 years later and 7,000 miles away inevitably creates some sense of dissociation due to both historical and geographic distance. While on the one hand, an analysis of the literature of the genocide might grant further insights through a retrospective look, on the other, however, this distance of time and space risks leading to an oversimplification of the Shoah, in the sense that the plight of the Jews, their individual stories and the overwhelming sense of emptiness caused by the depletion of the intellectual Jewish cultural communities in Europe might …
Twenty Years Old, Arnold N. Bodtker
Twenty Years Old, Arnold N. Bodtker
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It was 20 years ago thst the Danish American Heritage Society (DAHS) came upon the scene. I used the term " came upon the scene" advisedly. Reflecting on the circumstances and discussions that led to the formation of the Society makes the term seem appropriate. It had been noted from time to time in the decases before that when Scandinavian American historians and writers assembled and the role of the Scandinavian immigrant was considered, The Danish Americans were conspicuous by their absence. In contrast,the Norwegian American Historical Association was formed in 1925, and has had a distinguished existence since then. …
Program For The Afternoon Meeting
Program For The Afternoon Meeting
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Obituary
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Robert Henry Billigmeier, who passed away on October 26, 1996 of complications from a stroke, was a distinguished teacher and scholar. Born on January 16, 1917 in McClusky, North Dakota, he moved with his family to Santa Rosa, California in 1933, where he graduated from high school and attended Santa Rosa Junior College. He went on to get a Bachelor's Degree in History from Stanford University in 1938 and a Master's Degree in Sociology from UC Berkeley in 1940. When World War II broke out, he went to work for the Wes tern Defense Command and later for the Cartography …
Reports, Karl Niederer, Sabine Jessner, Carla Crosby, Erdmann Schmocker, Fred Moser, Ernest Thurston, Leo Schelbert, Selina Sutter
Reports, Karl Niederer, Sabine Jessner, Carla Crosby, Erdmann Schmocker, Fred Moser, Ernest Thurston, Leo Schelbert, Selina Sutter
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Promptly at ten a.m. President Karl J. Niederer called the business meeting to order. He noted that since the Swiss Town House had been sold, this was the first time that we have met in another New York City location. He expressed the thanks of the society to Rosa Schupbach, a member of the Board of Advisors, for having found the location in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and for having so efficiently taken care of the local arrangements. He also acknowledged Richard Frey of the church staff for his help.
Agenda For The Business Meeting
Agenda For The Business Meeting
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
The Golden Age Of Roman Helvetia, H. Dwight Page
The Golden Age Of Roman Helvetia, H. Dwight Page
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Any traveller who had visited the region of present day Switzerland in the first century before Christ and who could have returned there three centuries later at the end of the second century of the Christian era would have been astonished by the differences between the two periods. Whereas the pre-Roman country of the Helvetii had been a vast forest whose inhabitants had lived in rudimentary hilltop oppida and had spent their lives hunting, fishing and tilling the soil of small farms, the Roman province of Helvetia in the third century after Christ was a prosperous nation whose citizens lived …
Book Review: Das Selbstverstiindnis Eines Schweizerischen Auswanderer-Vereins In Den Usa: Die Geschichte Der Zeitschrift Swiss-American Historical Society Review,", Sabine Jessner
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Racine's work treats two subjects: the Society and the contents of the Swiss-American Historical Society Review. After a brief overview of the Society's first decades following its 1927 founding in Chicago, she traces in detail its evolution since 1965. The structure of the organization and the gender, educational, and geographical distribution of the membership are discussed. Although the diplomat Lukas Burckhardt reorganized the Society in 1965, the author fails to underscore his important role, while she does stress the leading part that academics--especially historians--have played. She-stresses Leo Schelbert's many contributions to the history of Swiss-American immigration, offering a review …