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My Village In Switzerland

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Sonia and Tim Vidal are two American writers of children's books with an unusual talent to understand life and moods in other countries. Their book "My Village in Norway" shows us in a most charming way how children grow up on a Norwegian island of fisherman.

An Evaluation Of Swiss Wines By An America Wine Authority

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On the occasion of a tasting of Swiss wines for "Les Amis du Vin" of Washington, D.C., we met the New Yorker wine authority Creighton Churchill who then sent us his work "The World of Wines". Collier Books, New York, 1967. Mr. Churchill loves our good wines and qualifies them in his short chapter on Switzerland with the statement:

The Johanna Spyri Foundation In Zuerich Needs Our Cooperation For The Establishment Of Its Johanna Spyri Archives

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

No single book has done more to create a favorable image of Switzerland throughout the world, including the U.S., than Johanna Spyri's "Heidi", first published in 1881.

A Swiss View On The American Civil War, Dr. Hans Rudolf Guggisberg

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

About a year ago, the Ticino chapter of the Swiss Officers' Society published a special supplement to tis journal, the Rivista militare della Svizzera italiana. It is a little book of about 120 pages, nicely printed, well edited, and embellished with a number of good illustrations. The contents are of surprising interest to students of Swiss military history as well as to those of the America Civil War. This is the reason why we believe that the volume should be brought to the attention of the readers of the SAHS Newsletter. It contains the first publication of the repots of …

A Swiss In The U.S. Looks At His Childhood In Graubuenden, Dr. Augustin Maissen, Jürg Gabriel

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A Poem in Romansh by Dr. Augustin Maissen with an English translation by Jurg Gabriel

This poem by Dr. Augustin Maissen is part of a series entitled "Solituds. Poesias d'ultramar" and published in "Igl Ischi" (i.e. The Maple Tree), "Organ della Romania. Anna tschunconta - Ediziun Festiva" (i.e. Publication of the Romania, 50th year, anniversary edition), Bunder Tagblatt, Cuera (Chur), 1964 (predated), editor Dr. Alfons Maissen, page 129.

Swiss Children's Books Published In English In The United States

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., has recently opened a special Children's Book Section. Its Head, Miss Virginia Haviland, has kindly provided us with this useful list which we offer here to our readers:

The Swiss Cookbook By Nika Standen Hazelton

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

We have just received this new Swiss cookbook. All the cooking experts we consulted confirm that it is excellent. The recipes are preceded by an introduction in which we learn much about the history and philosophy of Swiss cooking. The traditional Swiss meals were simple, but very carefully prepared and served. The carefulness is an excellent basis: As long as it can be preserved, the Swiss cuisine will keep its good renown, and there is not reason to doubt that this will not be the case. The success of emigrated Swiss cooks all over the world shows us that this …

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The Mind Of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) Revisited1, Dr. Leo Schelbert

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The gentleman to v:hom I am about to allude, although long a resident of this country, has no feelings, no attachments, no sympathies, no principles in common with our people. Near fifty years ago Pennsylvania took him to her bosom, and warmed and cherished and honored him; and how does he manifest his gratitude? By aiming a vital blow at a system endeared to her by a thorough conviction that it is indispensable to her prosperity. He has filled, at home and abroad, the highest offices under this government during thirty years, and he is still at heart an alien …

Remarks Made By The Ambassador Of Witzerland Feliz Schnyder At The Dedication Of The Albert Gallatin Stamp At Gallatin, Missouri, On January 30, 1967

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I am gratified to be present today at this memorable event, celebrating the dedication of the new Albert Gallatin Stamp and, thereby, celebrating also the memory of a great American statesman of Swiss origin.

Editorial Comments, Dr. Lukas F. Burckhardt

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This issue of the SAHS-Newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Albert Gallatin, the great American statesman of Swiss origin.

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The Third Annual Meeting Of The Reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society

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The Annual Meeting of the Swiss-American Historical Society, as announced on pages 3-5 of the November 1966 issue of our Newsletter, was held on December 29, 1966 at the Hotel Taft in New York.

Introduction, L. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On December 29, 1966, the Swiss-American Historical Society held its Annual Meeting in New York.

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Sources Of The American And Swiss Constitutions In Ancient Greek Political Thought, Thomas C. Gelzer

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Looking for a suitable subject for the Swiss-American Historical Society within the reach of a classicist, I found the question of the Ancient Greek Sources in the American Constitution. Although not a historian, I thought that would mean treating matters of historical significance as well as of unbroken continuance of the effects of classical thinking. In addition to that the Constitution is one of the living connections which links the mighty United States of America with the tiny Swiss Confederation. But, big or small, both nations have drawn continuously vital forces from the order of life which is shaped by …

Swiss Literature Of Our Days, Heinrich Meyer

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The immediate cause for this study was the wish of Professor Vlach, Editor of the international periodical, Books Abroad, to have within the frame of the Modern Language Association of America annual reports about current events in the literary world.

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Letter, Lukas F. Burckhardt

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At the Annual Meeting of the reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society, held in New York on November, 1965, "everybody agreed that the SAHS ls not only a historical but also a cultural society'' (Newsletter of January 1966, page 5). We are glad, therefore, to offer to our readers in our present Newsletter an evaluation of Swiss literature by an American scholar, Professor Heinrich Meyer of Vanderbilt University.

Letter Form The Sahs-President, Lukas F. Burckhardt

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The moth of June is Charaterized for us by two major events which both emphasize Swiss-American friendship

- the opening of the Swiss Center on Fifth Avenue in New York on June 22 and 23 , and

- the series of ten concerts to be given by Ernest Ansermet and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at the Stanford Summer Festivals from June 22 to July 5. 1)

Research Of The Swiss In California, Agathon A. Aerni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Just who are the Swiss who have come to the United States? What was their plce of orgin, what were their motivtions, where did they go, and what impact did they have in their adopted country? The names of the most understanding individual Swiss are known: Gallatin, Agassiz father son, Sutter... as well as the existence of some Swiss settlements: New Glarus, Wisconsin, the two New Berns of North Carolina and Indiana, and Vavay, Switzerland Country, Indiana. But what of the thousands and thousands of Swiss who emigrated from the homeland and the many settlements established by them? What patterns …

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The Stanford Club Of Switzerland, Kurt A. Widmer

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Founded in September 1963, the Stanford Club of Switzerland is one of the many clubs which, all over the world, bring into contact former students and scholars of Stanford University. In Switzerland, there are at present nearly seventy of them - about half being American, half Swiss - with activities extending from scientific research and work in international organizations to banking and industrial management. A majority of them have joined the Stanford Club of Switzerland and, thanks to it, have made acquaintances which they would otherwise have almost certainly missed making. During its short life, the Club has already organized …

The Swiss Element In Northern California, Jean Studer

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Speak of the History of California and the part played by the Swiss: imnediately you will have one reaction and one name mentioned: Sutter. For the majority of the people that is the beginning and the end of it. Many books have been written on Sutter, part fiction, part history. There might be here or there a short article of general interest. Add to this the very good book of our Board Member Maurice Edmond Perret, Professor of Geography, Wisconsin State University, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on ticinesi colonies in California and this is about the sumtotal of the literature which …

The Swiss Guards Of San Francisco, Agathon A. Aerni

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Swiss immigrants to California brought with them their military tradtions, and particularly their fondness for shooting.

The Second Annual Meeting Of The Reactivated Swiss-American Historial Society, Lukas F. Burckhardt

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This meeting, duly announced on page 2 of the SAHS-Newsletter of October 1965, was attended by a cross-section of old and new members mostly from the East Coast (New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. area), but also from such distant places as Madison and Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Twenty-two persons were present at the luncheon at the Astor Hotel, uhich followed the corning business session , and about thirty attended the afternoon lectures . A larger number gathered after the meeting at Consul General and Mrs . Hans Lacher ' s residence, during the reception graciously given by them in honor …

The Spirit Behind The Melodies, Hermann Hesse

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How the old Music Master from Castalia, visiting Berolfingen grammar school, tests young Joseph knecht's ability to respond to music and to the spirit od Castalia.

Structural Changes In The Weltanschauung Of The Juvenile Delinquent, Erika E. Wick

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We are going to look at the difference between the juvenile delinquent in the United States and in Switzerland. And then we will follow the trototype of the modern juvenile delinquent, as he presents himself in today's rapidly changing world. The socio- economic factors surrounding juvenile delinquency have been dealt with by sociologists and statisticians.

Hermann Hesse And The Notion Of The Ful Entity Of Man In The Literature Of Our Century, Albert Bettex

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In 1929, four years before Hitler came to power in Germany, C.G. Jung published an essay on "Women in Europe". In this essay the Swiss psychologist , no doubt a shrewd observer, also deals with a few general aspects of the human situation of that time. He discovers tendencies in the minds of many of his contemporaries . First "a growing disgust at one sided attitudes which do not make sense" . He was thinking, among other things, of the increclible chaos of doubtful, dogmatic philosophies of the late 1920's, many of which were offered as promises of salvation to …

The Trial Of Captain Henry Wirz, 1865: An Attempt Of Rehabilitation, Heinz K. Meier, Lukas F. Burchardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The paper read by Dr. A. Maissen at the New York meeting of the SAHS dealt with the interesting subject of Captain Henry Wirz . Although one of the best known Swiss participating in the Civil War, he is not listed among the subjects of the book Prominent Americans of Swiss Origin. This probably was no oversight, for he was and is a controversial figure.