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Kammerman List
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Having spent five years compiling our family genealogy, it was only natural for me to want to visit the villages, fields, and farms of Switzerland where my ancestors had lived. In September of 2000 my wife and I took our first vacation in years and went to Switzerland to explore the Kammermann and Hostettler family Heimats of Bowil and Guggisberg .
Spiritual Leader Of A Nation, L. B. Kuppenheimer
Spiritual Leader Of A Nation, L. B. Kuppenheimer
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Willi Gautschi, translated by Karl Vonlanthen . General Henri Guisan: Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Army in World War II. New York: Front Street Press, 2003 . xvi+ 698pp. Photographs, maps, notes and index.
For nations of the world engaged in combat during World War Two, the stakes were national survival and the price was blood and treasure. And, for the five countries that elected to remain neutral, the stakes were no less grave , for at any moment an aggressor could chose to invade with no doubt as to the outcome. Of all the neutral nations , Switzerland was both …
A Propensity For Genius: That Something Special About Fritz Zwicky (1898 - 1974), John Charles Mannone
A Propensity For Genius: That Something Special About Fritz Zwicky (1898 - 1974), John Charles Mannone
Swiss American Historical Society Review
It is difficult to write just a few words about a man who was so great. It is even more difficult to try to capture the nuances of his character, including his propensity for genius as well as his eccentric behavior edging the abrasive as much as the funny, the scope of his contributions, the size of his heart, and the impact on society that the distinguished physicist, Fritz Zwicky (1898- 1974), has made. So I am not going to try to serve that injustice, rather I will construct a collage, which are cameos of his life and accomplishments. In …
Swiss Roots
Swiss American Historical Society Review
How Swiss are you? Find out at www.swissroots.org
What do Renee Zellweger, Bob Lutz, Johann August Sutter, and Louis Chevrolet have in common? They are all American individuals with Swiss roots. Since the early 18th century, thousands of Swiss citizens have emigrated to the U.S. - whether they were motivated by curiosity, hopes for a better future, or because of economic hardship in Switzerland.
Sahs Annual Report 2005
Swiss American Historical Society Review
42nd SAHS Annual Meeting
Arch Street Friends (Quakers) Meeting House Fourth and Arch Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
From Here To There: Memoirs Of A Swiss Childhood, Ellen Carney
From Here To There: Memoirs Of A Swiss Childhood, Ellen Carney
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Flags are the hallmark of August ist, a day steeped in tradition and legend. Flags are flown all year round, but they serve mainly decorative purposes on mountain tops, steam boats and on occasion, a church tower. The bright red square with the white cross livens up the green (or white) countryside, gray city streets and certainly looks photogenic against the blue sky of calendar pages. Swiss love their flag but don't pledge allegiance to it, not even on this day when it assumes a patriotic dimension and is flown everywhere, from ordinary buildings, across narrow streets in the old …
Book Review: Dr. Ernst W. Alther, Ahnentafel Van Burgern St.Gallischen Ursprungs Mit Ausliiufern Nach Genf, Nancy, Nurnberg, Ulm, Lucca Und Florenz, Mario Von Moos, Wolf Seelentag, Leo Schelbert
Book Review: Dr. Ernst W. Alther, Ahnentafel Van Burgern St.Gallischen Ursprungs Mit Ausliiufern Nach Genf, Nancy, Nurnberg, Ulm, Lucca Und Florenz, Mario Von Moos, Wolf Seelentag, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Review
To compile a pedigree chart of a few generations, and have it printed, might be considered a private and personal pleasure. However, if such a pedigree is set out to cover all ancestors as far back as the sources allow, the author has achieved something important not only for his family, but for his home town, the canton or even a larger part of the country. Swiss genealogists, especially Komad Schulthess, have started projects like this during the 1920's; in 1939 Eduard Riibel and Wilhelm H. Ruoff have set new standards with their Rubel-Blass genealogy, covering mainly Zurich and Bern …
Book Review: Jonathan Steinberg, Why Switzerland?, Jurg K. Siegenthaler
Book Review: Jonathan Steinberg, Why Switzerland?, Jurg K. Siegenthaler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
"Any decent biography," a New York Times book reviewer recently remarked, "is a work of drama." Jonathan Steinberg's Why Switzerland? is truly a biography of Switzerland, and the story often has the substance of drama. Since the book has no subtitle, the author explains the three ways in which he is intending to answer the question "why." Why has a place such as Switzerland come about? Why should readers abroad care? And why should Switzerland continue to exist? "No country is more frequently visited but less known" (p. 4). What Steinberg manages to do very well is to provide answers …
Museums And Archives Of Interest To Swiss Americans
Museums And Archives Of Interest To Swiss Americans
Swiss American Historical Society Review
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Restored Historical Towns And Villages In The United States
Restored Historical Towns And Villages In The United States
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Calendar Of Events 2005-2006
Swiss American Historical Society Review
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Book Review: Malcolm Lawrence, Something Will Come Along: Witty Memoirs Of A Foreign Service Officer, Dwight Page
Book Review: Malcolm Lawrence, Something Will Come Along: Witty Memoirs Of A Foreign Service Officer, Dwight Page
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Upon opening this little volume and reading its first lines, the reader is instantly overwhelmed by a sensation of delicious delight. No dull dry account of a bureaucratic life behind a dusty desk is this, but rather the fascinating memoirs of a man, Mr. Malcolm Lawrence of Chevy Chase, Maryland, who in his lifetime career in American diplomacy and government has made a major impact upon and has exercised a positive influence upon European and American as well as Swiss and American relations.
New Glarus Bibliography
Swiss American Historical Society Review
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New Glarus' Original Settlers A New Listing, Robert A. Elmer, Duane H. Freitag
New Glarus' Original Settlers A New Listing, Robert A. Elmer, Duane H. Freitag
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Published histories of New Glarus have been inconsistent in the names and numbers of original settlers. They generally peg the number at 108, 118 or even 122. The Settlers' Monument in New Glarus, erected in 1915 to commemorate those pioneers, has a listing (only the men!) that differs somewhat from written histories. A comprehensive listing based upon the primary sources of the time has never been fully enumerated or fully referenced.
Niklaus Durst's Journey, Robert A. Elmer, Duane H. Freitag
Niklaus Durst's Journey, Robert A. Elmer, Duane H. Freitag
Swiss American Historical Society Review
A notebook kept by one of the two men who selected the site for the Swiss colony of New Glarus in Wisconsin has been located and translated from German, providing additional insight into a unique story of Swiss immigration. While two pages from the 28-page notebook had been photographed and preserved in Switzerland years ago, the original was thought by some to be missing. However, it has been safely archived at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison since 1929.
Introduction, Bob Elmer, Duane Freitag
Introduction, Bob Elmer, Duane Freitag
Swiss American Historical Society Review
It is indeed an honor to have been given the opportunity to be guest editors for this "Searching for a New Home" edition of the esteemed Swiss American Historical Society Review. While we are both ardent students of history, we are not historians by profession but rather a scientist and a journalist - both born and raised in New Glarus, Wisconsin. Our goal is not to retell the story of New Glarus' birth 160 years ago, but to examine this beginning through three documents of that significant year.
Beginning Of The Reformation In Valais, Gerda Altpeter Pastor, Albert Moesle
Beginning Of The Reformation In Valais, Gerda Altpeter Pastor, Albert Moesle
Swiss American Historical Society Review
V alais lies in southwestern Switzerland. At the time of the Reformation it was a republic loyal to the Cofnfederation, i.e. the Bishop sent one or two envoys to the Tagsatzung in Baden to join in deliberation and decision-making.
Introduction: The Swiss Protestant Reformation
Introduction: The Swiss Protestant Reformation
Swiss American Historical Society Review
On November 28th , 2002 the innocent family Lieu awoke to begin another day of prayer, devotion and work in their hometown of Danane in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. However, at 9 AM gunfire erupted and rebel forces began dropping bombs on the town, announcing that the current civil war in the Ivory Coast had reached Danane, terrifying the citizens and traumatizing the Lieu family to such an extent that they and many of their neighbors resolved to flee, with literally just the shirts on their backs, into the jungle. For months they lived like animals in the wilderness …