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The American Indian Museum Of The City Of Zurich, Or: From The Everyday Life Of Two Museum Curators, Hans Lang
The American Indian Museum Of The City Of Zurich, Or: From The Everyday Life Of Two Museum Curators, Hans Lang
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Since his retirement from the Ethnological Museum of the University of Zurich in 1984, Hans Lang has devoted all his time to the American Indian Museum of the City of Zurich, the only such institution in Western Europe. It grew out of the initiative and the tireless collecting efforts of Gottfried and Martha Hotz. Already in his early youth, reading had awakened in G. Hotz a lively interest in the indigenous peoples of North America. When he was only sixteen, he purchased the first item, a simple knife, for his today widely known collection. Later he invested every penny he …
The Publications Of Hans Lang
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The publications of Hans Lang from 1969 through 1985 including both books and articles.
On The Trail Of Swiss Painters Among American Indians, Hans Lang
On The Trail Of Swiss Painters Among American Indians, Hans Lang
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The discovery of America by Europeans opened a new field of interest for numerous European artists occupying themselves with the new continent and its native population. Some even set out with pencil and paint brush to portray on the spot that queer and picturesque world, not the least outstanding of them being Swiss.
Der Lndianer In Der Europaischen Musik - Ausgewahlte Beispiele, Hans Lang
Der Lndianer In Der Europaischen Musik - Ausgewahlte Beispiele, Hans Lang
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The great event of the discovery of the New World with its strange, exotic peoples was reflected not only in European literature and art, but also in all areas of music. Especially in the field of music, there are still a number of unexplained phenomena in this context, such as the chaconne, which appeared in Spain soon after the discovery of America. In 1517, the Spanish poet Torres Naharro first mentioned the "chacona" as a peasant dance song. We still don't know how this dance developed or where it came from, but even then, its possible American (Mexican) origins were …
The Unusual American Career Of The Swiss Politician Emily Frey (1838-1922), Hans R. Guggisberg
The Unusual American Career Of The Swiss Politician Emily Frey (1838-1922), Hans R. Guggisberg
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The title of this paper may arouse the expectation that we will concern ourselves mainly with a number of adventurous anecdotes from the biography of a prominent Swiss politician of the late 19th and early 20th century. I do not want to disappoint such expectations altogether. I shall indeed relate several episodes from Emil Frey's life which appear to be worth relating because they are not only quite unusual but - at least to my knowledge - also very little known. Frey's biography is linked to the history of Switzerland and Basel on the one hand, and quite particularly to …
Book Review: Land, Piety, Peoplehood: The Establishment Of Mennonite Communities In America, 1683-1790, Delbert L. Gratz
Book Review: Land, Piety, Peoplehood: The Establishment Of Mennonite Communities In America, 1683-1790, Delbert L. Gratz
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Letter From The Editors, Leo Schelbert, Heinz Meier
Letter From The Editors, Leo Schelbert, Heinz Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The second newsletter of this year consists of a substantial scholarly article on the American career of the Basel politician Emil Frey by our esteemed advisory board member Hans R. Guggisberg, professor of history at the University of Basel. The article was originally presented as a paper at the 1984 annual meeting of our society in Philadelphia. Professor Guggisberg revised the paper for publication here and in Switzerland. A somewhat shorter version will appear as a commentary in the forthcoming publication of our society with the translation of the letters which Frey wrote when he lived in this country during …
Book Review: Robert Walser Rediscovered: Stories, Fairy-Tale Plays, And Critical Responses, Marianne Burkhard
Book Review: Robert Walser Rediscovered: Stories, Fairy-Tale Plays, And Critical Responses, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Swiss author Robert Walser (1878-1956) was almost forgotten when he died on a Christmas day after having spent over 20 years in the asylum of Herisau refusing all invitations to continue writing. Yet at the beginning of the century he was well known for his poems (1909), his novels (Geschwister Tanner 1906; Der Gehiilfe 1907; Jakob von Gunten 1908), and his numerous short prose pieces published first in newspapers and magazines, then as collections (Fritz Kochers Aufsatze 1904; Kleine Dichtungen 1914; Poetenleben 1917; Die Rose 1925). In the 1960's and 1970's he was rediscovered in Switzerland and Germany; two editions …
Book Review: Konflikte Der Industrialisierung: Industrie, Raum Und Gesellschaft In Glarus Und Scranton 1840-1914, Heinz K. Meier
Book Review: Konflikte Der Industrialisierung: Industrie, Raum Und Gesellschaft In Glarus Und Scranton 1840-1914, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The process of the industrialization of a previously agrarian region is not easy to analyze and evaluate since it is made up of and touches upon qualitative as well as quantitative factors of a considerable variety and complexity. Jurg K. Siegenthaler in his monograph Konflikte der Industrialisierung attempts to provide such an analysis on the basis of a historical-comparative study of two distinct cases of 19th century industrialization, Glarus, a small mountain canton of Switzerland, and Scranton, a city in the Lackawanna valley of northeastern Pennsylvania. The issues raised are significant inasmuch as industrialization is still the prefered precept for …
Report Of The Treasurer
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Statement of Condition October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1985
Ch 91: A Project Proposal, Erdmann Schmocker
Ch 91: A Project Proposal, Erdmann Schmocker
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
In 1991 Switzerland will observe the seven hundreth year of its founding, and the city of Bern will be eight hundred years old. The Swiss American Historical Society has decided to participate in the celebration of these anniversaries. Four projects have been approved at the 22nd annual meeting of the society in New York City.
Swiss Related Place Names In The Usa, Erdmann Schmocker, Kim-Chau Nguyen
Swiss Related Place Names In The Usa, Erdmann Schmocker, Kim-Chau Nguyen
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The following pages are excerpts of an extensive project in progress . It all started many years ago when I first became aware of the existence of a few locations in the USA named Bern (Bern, Idaho; Berne, Indiana; New Bern, North Carolina) . This quickly awakened a chauvinistic interest in me asking: "I wonder how many really exist?" (My hometown is Bern, Switzerland) . A cursory look in an atlas produced 17. With the addition of more detailed atlas information, bits and pieces of cross information, chance remarks, etc. (i.e from a collector of postal cancels) the list rather …
President's Report, Marianne Burkhard
President's Report, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The past year was marked by a steady continuance of activities started earlier. Perhaps the most significant step was the signing of a contract with Peter Lang Publishers in New York, a subsidiary of the well-known publishing house in Bern, for the volume of the Emil Frey Letters. This book is now in print and should be on the market early next year. As in earlier, similar ventures, SAHS members will receive a free copy; Lang will market the book, especially to libraries and people interested in Swiss-American history. The second installment of our PRO HELVETIA publication subsidy will cover …
The Twenty-Second Annual Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes Of The Business Meeting, Arnold H. Price
The Twenty-Second Annual Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes Of The Business Meeting, Arnold H. Price
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Minutes of the Business Meeting for the twenty-second annual meeting of the Swiss American Historical Society which was held on Saturday, October 19, 1985, at the Swiss Town House in New York City.
Berniana Americana - Oder Heimatsammlung Einmal Anders, Erdmann Schmocker
Berniana Americana - Oder Heimatsammlung Einmal Anders, Erdmann Schmocker
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
In 1710, approximately 250 emigrants from the state of Bern, under the leadership of Junker Christoph von Graffenried, settled in North Carolina. They called their settlement Neubern, and thus the name of the state of Bern was probably first brought to the New World. This first Bernese settlement did not develop favorably; many of the immigrants died, and the rest were largely resettled more or less forcibly. Only a few former Swiss people still live in the area today. Nevertheless, the name of the town remained unchanged until the present day.
The Story Of Emilie Joss-Bigler, Ruth Harbecke Jewett
The Story Of Emilie Joss-Bigler, Ruth Harbecke Jewett
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The story of Emilie Bigler Joss begins not in America, but in Switzerland. It was in the year 1848 that her parents, Christian and Elizabeth Bigler, left their homeland for America.
Book Review: Conflict And Compromise In Multilingual Societies, Heinz K. Meier
Book Review: Conflict And Compromise In Multilingual Societies, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Kenneth D. McRae, professor of political science at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, has spent much of his academic career studying Swiss multilingualism and multiculturalism. In the course of his endeavors he has become an expert on the topic, as is reflected in the books and articles he has published on it, best known among them Switzerland: Example of Cultural Coexistence (1964). Since Canada is itself a linguistically and culturally divided country, Dr. McRae's work on Switzerland assumed a wider significance, inasmuch as it lent itself as a basis for comparison and, perhaps, instruction, especially in his function as a research …
Booknotes, Leo Schelbert
Booknotes, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Prefatory Note, Leo Schelbert, Heinz K. Meier
Prefatory Note, Leo Schelbert, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
"Grandmother Joss consented, one evening in 1943, to tell me the story of her earlier years," explains her granddaughter Ruth Harbecke Jewett in the Preface to The Swiss Connection, The Lives and Times of Frederick Joss and Emily Bigler Joss and Their Descendants. (Chicago: Privately printed, 1983), 116 pp. Over forty years ago Ms. Jewett had taken copious notes of those conversations, but then forgotten them; when she rediscovered her notes some years ago, Ms. Jewett decided to use them as the core for a loving portrait of six generations of the Joss-Bigler family. Ms. Jewett has given gracious permission …
Tradition And Individualism: Hans Banziger's Books On Swiss And German Literature, Marianne Burkhard
Tradition And Individualism: Hans Banziger's Books On Swiss And German Literature, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Over the years, I have seen Hans Banziger here and there, on both sides of the Atlantic. His slender figure would appear in the midst of people crowding lecture rooms at meetings of the Modern Language Association in New York or Chicago, his smile would suddenly greet me, in the summer, at the library in Zurich, and whenever possible he would attend the annual meeting of the Swiss American Historical Society, an intent listener often adding thoughtful comments or questions. Rather short in stature, his grey hair closely cropped, he has always been, for me, an example of the "Swiss" …
My Life, Hans Banziger
My Life, Hans Banziger
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
One of my very young students having gotten once the task to write on his short lifetime introduced his witty essay with the remark that curricula vitae reminded him always of necrologies. He went on, using the fiction of a minister's sermon, to describe his career: "A promising young life came abruptly to an end; Karl X had wanted to become a teacher, but his grades were not good enough ... ". Thus, you might understand, why I myself hesitated a little when Marianne Burkhard asked me to write about my life. Memoirs always sound a little bit sad. But …
The Publications Of Hans Banziger
The Publications Of Hans Banziger
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The publications of Hans Banziger including books, articles in scholarly publications, articles in newspapers, and biographical entries on H. Banziger.
Preface, Marianne Burkhard
Preface, Marianne Burkhard
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The present issue of the SAHS Newsletter is devoted to Hans Banziger, Professor emeritus of German Literature at Bryn Mawr College. This continues a loose series of articles about Swiss- Americans, about their lives and their contributions to the profession.