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Iii. Pioneer Winemaker Of The West: John James Dufour Of Switzerland, Kentucky, And Indiana, Stuart Seely Sprague
Iii. Pioneer Winemaker Of The West: John James Dufour Of Switzerland, Kentucky, And Indiana, Stuart Seely Sprague
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Bibliophiles and Indiana history buffs alike are apt to have heard of John James Dufour. The story of the man who established vineyards at Vevay, for years the site of an annual wine festival, and who wrote the classic and rare The American Vine-dresser's Guide (Cincinnati: S. J. Browne, 1826) is an interesting one and one that deserves more attention. His book is the second oldest published in the United States dealing with the wine industry.1 The volume is important to students of early Indiana and Kentucky due to Dufour's personal accounts of his trials and tribulations in Jessamine …
Jens Kjar: From Horsens To Atlantic, Signe Nielsen Betsinger
Jens Kjar: From Horsens To Atlantic, Signe Nielsen Betsinger
The Bridge
Of course things are coming back. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but eventually. Prosperity always has followed depression." 1 These encouraging words were spoken by Jens Kjar in Atlantic, Iowa, over twenty-five years ago to a newspaper reporter who was as intrigued by this man as I am. Who was Jens Kjar? How did I come to know about him? And why do I write about him today?
Ii. Michael Schlatter: A Man In Between: A Contribution To American Ecclesiastical And Secular History Of The Eighteenth Century, Marthi Pritzker-Ehrlich
Ii. Michael Schlatter: A Man In Between: A Contribution To American Ecclesiastical And Secular History Of The Eighteenth Century, Marthi Pritzker-Ehrlich
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
This biographical sketch of Michael Schlatter (1716-1790) presents a summary view on the basis of a doctoral dissertation which dealt mainly with his activities in Pennsylvania as commissioner of the Dutch-Reformed Church. Reverend Schlatter had moved to Pennsylvania at a time when thousands of Swiss and Germans were arriving in that North American province; as a Reformed minister, however, he belonged to a privileged elite among immigrants. He is a remarkable personality in eighteenth century American history because of his involvement in three areas.
I. Letter From The Editors, Heinz K. Meier, Leo Schelbert
I. Letter From The Editors, Heinz K. Meier, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Clausens On The Move: Chicago, St. Ansgar, Virginia, 1870-1873, J. R. Christianson
Clausens On The Move: Chicago, St. Ansgar, Virginia, 1870-1873, J. R. Christianson
The Bridge
Few Danes in America have been as influential in Scandinavian American life as Claus Laurits Clausen. From his arrival in Wisconsin in 1843 until his retirement in Minnesota more than forty years later, C. L. Clausen was a central figure in the life of Norwegians and Danes throughout the United States of America. H. Fred Swansen' s biography remains the standard work on Clausen's life in English, but an earlier biography in Danish contains important documentary material, and there are numerous biographical sketches, including a particularly sensitive one by Clausen's son-in-law, Svein Strand.
Danish Immigrant Contributions To Mainstream American Children's Literature, 1867-1983: An Overview, Karen Nelson Hoyle
Danish Immigrant Contributions To Mainstream American Children's Literature, 1867-1983: An Overview, Karen Nelson Hoyle
The Bridge
On the children's book scene in the United States, Hans Christian Andersen is the dominant figure among Danish authors. More than 800 translated editions of his books exist in the English language. The perennial strength of H.C. Andersen should not, however, draw attention from the notable contributions of Danish immigrants in the United States. Thirteen Danish immigrant authors and illustrators have contributed to mainstream American children's literature in the genres of picture book, historical fiction, and non-fiction from 1867 to the present. Excluded for consideration are translations from Danish, the religious press, the immigrant press, and periodical literature. Trade houses …
Iv. Fond Memories Of Christmas At Home, Agnes F. Hostettler
Iv. Fond Memories Of Christmas At Home, Agnes F. Hostettler
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Dr. Agnes Hostettler, a member of our society, is professor of German at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. This article is reprinted by permission from Gardens for All, V, No. 12 (December 1982), 180 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401.
Iii. Switzerland And The Era, Hanna Widrig
Iii. Switzerland And The Era, Hanna Widrig
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
A little over a year ago the Swiss voters surprised the world with the acceptance of a referendum that added an equal rights amendment to the Swiss Federal Constitution. Is there an explanation for this sudden change of the rather conservative Swiss heart? Why was it that the Swiss equal rights amendment passed within the short span of ten years after Swiss women got the right to vote, when American women who have been enfranchised since 1921 were unsuccessful in the same pursuit? What was the Swiss strategy for this outcome, and what has been done in the past year …
Ii. Karl Herzog, The Historian As Activist: An Episode From The Time Of The Sonderbund, Sabine Jessner
Ii. Karl Herzog, The Historian As Activist: An Episode From The Time Of The Sonderbund, Sabine Jessner
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The Swiss historian Karl Herzog was one of the innumerable middle-class intellectuals who exercised an influential role on European liberal politics in the first half of the nineteenth century. Many scholars have analyzed the participation of the bourgeoisie in political life, and they reach novel definitions concerning membership of this intellectual group within the middle class. Historians such as Robert R. Palmer, Alfred Cobban, L.C.B. Seaman and Lenore O'Boyle have devoted particular attention to this concern. For example, the British historian Seaman has cautioned his readers to substitute the expression "professional classes" or "liberal professions" wherever he encounters the word, …
Swiss American Newsnotes, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Newsnotes, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Leo Schelbert has published the following recent articles: "Von der geistlichen Welt des Pfälzer Predigers Johann Peter Müller (1709-1796) ," in: Pfälzer - Palatines. Beiträge zur pfälzischen Ein- und Auswanderung ... Herausgegeben von Karl Scherer. (Kaiserslautern: Heimatstelle Pfalz, 1981), pp. 215-228. "On Interpreting Immigrant Letters: The Case of Johann Caspar and Wilhelmina Honegger-Hanhart," German American Yearbook 17 (Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1982), pp. 141-152. "Swiss Migration to the Territory of the United States: A Historiographical Introduction," The Immigration History Newsletter 14 (1982): 1-5.
Letter From The Editors, Heinz K. Meier, Leo Schelbert
Letter From The Editors, Heinz K. Meier, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), Ursula Schoeni
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), Ursula Schoeni
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Ramuz, Charles-Ferdinand (1878-1947), Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist, was born at Cully, a small town on Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. After completing his studies at the University of Lausanne, he went to Paris, where, from 1902 to 1914, he lived in obscurity and wrote four volumes of poetry in addition to eight novels and two collections of short stories, none of which attracted attention outside a small circle of friends and admirers. Longing for an atmosphere truly congenial to his artistic temperament, he decided to go back to his native Cully. This proved to be a momentous …
Albin Zollinger (1895-1949), Rolf Kieser
Albin Zollinger (1895-1949), Rolf Kieser
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Zollinger, Albin (1895-1949), Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist, was born in Rüti, canton Zürich, where he spent his life as a schoolteacher. Zollinger is probably the greatest lyric poet in 20th century Swiss-German literature. His poetical style shows a genuine relationship to the styles of Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn, Wilhelm Lehmann, and Peter Huchel.
Peter Bichsel (1935), Regula A. Meier
Peter Bichsel (1935), Regula A. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Bichsel, Peter (1935-), Swiss writer and journalist, grew up in Olten, Solothurn canton, attended the teachers college in Solothurn, and taught at the elementary school in Bellach, where he eventually settled. He first came to the attention of the reading public in 1965, when he was awarded the prize of the prestigious German writers' association, "Gruppe 47."
Introduction To The Special Newsletter Issue On Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, Heinz K. Meier
Introduction To The Special Newsletter Issue On Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
This is the second time the Swiss American Historical Society devotes one of its Newsletters to Albert Gallatin. In April 1967 (Vol. III, No. 2), on the occasion of the issue of the l ¾ cent stamp dedicated to Gallatin (in Gallatin , Missouri, on January 30, 1967), we published two articles, one by Ambassador Felix Schnyder and one by Dr. Leo Schelbert, then assistant professor of history at Rutgers University, on the great Genevan-American. Now fifteen years later, we present another issue, with four contributions on our illustrious compatriot and fellow-immigrant. There is no special event or anniversary to …
Jacob Maag (1881-1980), Swiss Stone Carver And Sculptor In The Midwest, Heinz K. Meier
Jacob Maag (1881-1980), Swiss Stone Carver And Sculptor In The Midwest, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Jacob Maag was born in Neunkirch, Canton Schaffhausen, in 1881 and came to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1905. From 1905 to 1961 he worked as a stonecutter and sculptor mainly in Omaha, but also in other parts of the Midwest. In 1962 he became the subject of an oral history project of the Greater Omaha Historical Society as a "pioneer citizen" in their "I Remember" series. The Greater Omaha Historical Society is now defunct, but thanks to Walter Wullschleger (see SAHS Newsletter, XVI, No. 1 (Jan. 1980), 31-36) we received a transcript of that interview. We are pleased to give the …
Papers Of Albert Gallatin: Project Description, Barbara Oberg
Papers Of Albert Gallatin: Project Description, Barbara Oberg
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The publication of the writings of Albert Gallatin in selected printed volumes is both overdue and particularly timely. In order to come to an understanding of the formative years of the American republic, scholars need to have available the materials of the respected second-level political and administrative leadership of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Of this second-level group of American statesmen, few were so highly regarded and influential as Albert Gallatin. The aim of the present scholarly effort is to publish in a six volume annotated edition the most important public and private papers of a figure important …
Selected Gallatin Bibliography: Primary Sources, Leo Schelbert
Selected Gallatin Bibliography: Primary Sources, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
The Eighteenth Annual Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society
The Eighteenth Annual Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Dedication To Lukas F. Burckhardt, Marianne Burkhard
Dedication To Lukas F. Burckhardt, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Danish Farmers In The Middle West, Erik Helmer Pedersen
Danish Farmers In The Middle West, Erik Helmer Pedersen
The Bridge
A former Danish carpenter and farmer, Niels Madsen, his wife, Anna, and their six children, aged 15 to 3 years, were among the passengers on board the America wooden paddle-steamer "Northern Light" when the ship on May 1, 1869, left Copenhagen. It was bound for New York, but enroute it had to call at Gothenburg in Sweden and Christiana in Norway. The Madsen family had left their native village of Klippinge at Stevns, in the company of about 30 other emigrants, headed by a so-called "yankee," Mr. A. Clausen, who during the spring of 1869 had formed an emigration group. …
The Emigration Of Soren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong
The Emigration Of Soren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong
The Bridge
John and Jane Doe, USA, are pretty well aware that Denmark exports the best butter, bacon, and cheese in the world to the world. But perhaps not even Jens and Tina Jensen, second and third generation Danish-Americans, realize the extent to which the second-to-none thoughts of a nineteenth century Dane have emigrated and are emigrating to the whole wide world . Indeed, they are valued more by the world than by Danes in Denmark, who can hardly conceal their surprise that the world now pays more attention to Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1865) than to Hans Christian Andersen . The Danes …
Louis Pio In America, Thorvald Hansen
Louis Pio In America, Thorvald Hansen
The Bridge
Since I have been working with the Danish Immigrant Archives, and especially with the Danish Immigrant Archival Listing project, it has become increasingly clear to me that those immigrants who become a part of the Danish Church represent but a small fraction of the Danes who came to this country. Sometime in the Danish Church we have, I fear, been so wrapped up in ourselves that we have lost sight of the great majority of Danes who emigrated to America and who, in one way or another have left their mark. Examples are numerous but I think of one little …