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The Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Sahs, Dr. Arnold Price, Ms. Selina Sutter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

A. Minutes of the Meeting, Arnold Price

The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Swiss American Historical Society was held at the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, October 24, 1987.

A Review Of Walter A. Maggiolo, Techniques Of Mediation. New York: Oceana Publications, 1985, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Walter Maggiolo is an old friend of mine from my stay as a labor and cultural attache at the Swiss Embassy in Washington, D.C. Our mutual understanding for our ways of thinking is based on our 17 experience of many years in mediating collective labor conflicts between management and unions. Whereas he acted as a General Counsel of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Washington, D.C., I was the permanent Secretary of the Conciliation Office (Einigungsamt) in Basel. Only by reading his book did I become fully conscious of the close similarities of our experiences, in spite of the …

Front Matter, Leo Schelbert

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Meeting Fred Anderegg, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

It all started in June 1987. Michigan Today had arrived in the mail, a University of Michigan newspaper that carried some pictures of wonderful Byzantine mosaics. They had been photographed in the monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai, a community that had survived some fifteen hundred years and harbors numerous treasures brought there to be hidden from the ravages of turbulent times.

Fred Anderegg: Of Course He's On Edge, He's A Second-Story Man, Suzanne Ramljak

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Fred Anderegg's conversation is full of colorful anecdotes, which is to be expected from a gregarious archeological photographer whose job has been to take the ideal picture, in less than ideal circumstances, all over the globe.

Titles Relating To Fred Anderegg: A Bibliographical Note, Leo Schelbert

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A. Articles by Fred Anderegg

(1) "Agar Plate Photography," Photo Technique (October ~940), 2 pages, with four illustrations.

(2) "Aerial Negatives and Prints, Their Classification and Preservation in the United States," Transactions, American Geophysical Union 28, No. 4 (August 1947): 523-527. (Notation, p. 527: 11Manuscript received May 7, 1947; presented at the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1947; open for formal discussion until January 1, 1948.")

On Becoming An Archaeologrical Photographer, Fred Anderegg

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The normal and simplest way to become an archaeological photographer is to take courses in photography and some in archaeology--then go out in the field with a good director and get practice.

President's Report

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Over the past year, our on-going projects have progressed, although a bit slowly. While the publisher had promised to have the Frey Letters out last Spring, the book is only now coming off the press. Patience was also the word with regard to our proposals for the CH-91 exhibit since the US visit of a representative of the organizing committee was delayed from Spring to early Fall. Professor Erdmann Schmocker was, however, able to establish valuable contacts while in Switzerland during the summer.

Prefatory Note, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This issue of the SAHS Newsletter contains, first, the minutes and reports of the annual meeting that provide valuable insight into the present state of the Society. It offers, second, the text of two addresses, one on the Swiss political system, the other on the status of women in Swiss politics. They were given by National Councillor Verena Grendelmeier in the context of her trip to the United States that was sponsored by the SAHS with the generous support of Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago.

Treasurer's Report

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Swiss American Historical Society's Treasurer's Report from October 1, 1985 to September 30, 1986.

The Twenty-Third Annual Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes Of The Business Meeting, Sylva Brunner

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The twenty-third annual meeting of the Swiss American Historical Society was held on Saturday, October 25, 1986, at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC.

Book Review: An American Apprenticeship: The Letters Of Emil Frey 1860-1865, Shirley J. Burton

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In the autumn of 1860, twenty-two-year-old Emil Frey left his native Switzerland for America, apparently under the shadow of an impending scandal, possibly a duel. He arrived in the U.S. at a time when the economy was in a deep slump, and finding himself unable to get work, Frey enlisted in the Union Army in July, 1861. Despite the brutalizing experiences of the war, which included a year and a half as a prisoner of the Confederates, young Frey's arduous American "apprenticeship," as editor Rappolt describes his sojourn, served him well. Returning to Switzerland after the war, he spent several …

Book Review: Historia De San Jeronimo Norte: Una Colonia Agricola-Ganadera De Inmigrantes Suizos En La Republica Argentina, Paul Neufeld Weaver

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In the second half of the nineteenth century Argentina experienced a demographic explosion due to immigration which was unrivaled in the Western Hemisphere. Between 1857 and 1930, 3.5 million people immigrated to Argentina, almost all of them Europeans. Simultaneously, Argentina experienced a prolonged period of sustained economic growth, and by 1914 its Gross National Product surpassed that of many European countries.

Book Review: Anthology Of Modern Swiss Literature, Ernest Menolfi

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After the publications on Yiddish, Swedish, and Austrian literature, the Anthology of Modern Swiss Literature is the fourth volume in the above-mentioned series. According to the editor, the main purpose is "to bring to the notice of readers of English some examples of the writing of present-day authors from Switzerland; underlying this aim is the conviction that these authors have their own particular messages and style, offering writing which is of a lively and varied nature. Modern Swiss literature has a range and quality that should be capable of arousing a positive and enthusiastic response among students of literature." He …

Book Review: From Stambach To Berlin (Ontario) And The Descendents Of Rev. John W. Stoeckle/Steckle (1802/1879), Delbert Gratz

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This work is an excellent account of a Bernese family who because of their Anabaptist faith was obliged to leave their Schwarzenburg home in 1748 and settle in the Palatinate. Since little better conditions existed there for non-state-church families, the next generation made the great move to Pennsylvania some 80 years later. After a few years in Pennsylvania they moved to the Berlin (since World War II called Kitchener) area which most of the family has called home for the past century and a half.

Book Review: Schweizer Statt Sklaven. Schweizerische Auswanderer In Dem Kaffee-Plantagen Von Sao Paulo (1852-1866), Sylva Brunner

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In her doctoral dissertation B. Ziegler describes in great detail an interesting chapter of Swiss emigration history, the mid-nineteenth century movement of Swiss to Brazil. Although Swiss emigrants to countries overseas had mainly chosen as their destinations domains of the United States, Brazil emerged for a time as a close second.

Book Review: Bern, Kansas. Memories Of The First 100 Years, Leo Schelbert

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In text and pictures this nicely produced book presents "an account of some of the events that helped shape the Bern community during its first 100 years" (iv). On the basis of newspaper accounts, interviews, and pictorial treasures hidden in attics or scrapbooks, the author has summarized events in twelve chronologically arranged chapters that consist of vignettes and provide a mosaic-like overview. Except for chapter one featuring "Days of Pioneers (1842-1884)," each section covers a decade identified by some major event as, for instance, "The World War II Era (1940-1949)". General contexts are considered; the last chapter thus opens with …

Book Review: Notes In Brief

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Includes Notes in Brief for the following titles:

• Turning Swiss: Cities and Empire, 1450-1550
• A Castor Family in America, or: The Descendants of Hans Georg Gerster/John George Castor
• Schwester Gertrud Leupi, 1825-1904
• Fur Trade Letters of Francis Ermatinger, written to his brother Edward during his service with the Hudson Bay Company 1818-1853
• "Schweizerische Uberseeauswanderungen 1816- 1913. Ein quantitativer Ansatz
• "People of Choice: Decision Making in an Eighteenth Century Swiss-German Peasant Family"
• "'One's Own Hearth is Like Gold': A History of Helvetia, West Virginia"

Congratulatory Note, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On January 5, 1988, Arthur Davis Hasler, Professor Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will celebrate his eightieth birthday. The Swiss American Historical Society is honored to add its congratulations and best wishes to the many he will receive on that occasion not only from family, friends, and scholars in the United States, but also from distinguished scientists and admirers abroad.

Book Review: The History Of The Imperial Valley Swiss, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

"The most unlikely place in the world you might expect to find a Swiss colony is below sea level in a flat, hot, dry desert such as the Imperial Valley in Southern California," this book's editors rightly observe (v). The region, located a good 110 miles east of San Diego, is a large section of the Colorado desert and its center, the Salton Sea, lies 235 feet below sea level. The climate is hot and ranges from 130 degrees to 20 degrees. At flood stage the water of the Colorado River would pour into the region. "As the water dried, …

Book Review: Alma On The Mississippi 1848-1932, Ernest Menolfi

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In 1848 two settlers from Switzerland, Victor Probst and John Waecker, on their way upstream from Galena, Illinois, arrived at a site then called Three Mile Bluff, on the Mississippi in Western Wisconsin. They decided to stay, and soon made a living by cutting firewood for the steamboats. In subsequent years other Swiss immigrants were to follow, principally from the Grisons and the Canton of Berne, but also from the native village of one of the first settlers, namely Biberist in the Canton of Solothurn. So the early census lists contain numerous familiar Swoss names like Berni, Ganz, Marti, Neukomm, …

Prefatory Note, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This Newsletter is devoted to reviews of recent titles that are of Swiss American interest. Various SAHS members - among them Emile-Henri Bovay, Rudolf Ganz, Erdmann Schmocker, and especially Ruth Jewett - have brought various titles to the editor's attention which is gratefully acknowledged. He invites others to follow their example. He also thanks the contributors to this issue, especially Dr. Ernest Menolfi of the Holbein Gymnasium in Basel, Switzerland, for their valuable contributions.

Book Review: History Of Switzerland. The First Hundred Thousand Years: Before The Beginnings To The Days Of The Present, Lukas Burckhardt, Ernest Menolfi

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Includes two sections:

1. Homage to a fervent friend of Switzerland, J. Murray Luck

In my job as Swiss cultural attache in the United States I had the chance to get help and inspiration- from Americans who were in love with our country and who acted as our good will ambassadors. Quite sincerely aware of our own shortcomings, I had some difficulties in understanding their unswerving belief in our exemplary qualities. Finally, I had to admit that there must be a deeper reason behind this strange phenomenon. Maybe we really have, as a sober small state, a political mission in …

Book Review: Modern Swiss Literature, Ernest Menolfi

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This collection of papers given at a London symposium in March 1984 is in several respects a supplementary companion to H. M. Waidson's Anthology of Modern Swiss Literature (1984). They have the same cover picture - showing the distribution of the four national languages in Switzerland - and together they convey a rather comprehensive idea of what current Swiss literature is. Whereas Waidson's display of the literary production of the last decades is to some extent a neutral view from a distance, this collection of essays adds some more Swiss points of view, mentions further authors, and is by nature …

Announcement

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Prefatory Note, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This SAHS Newsletter is devoted to Hans and Christa Lang, longstanding members of the SAHS and, through their professional pursuits, deeply involved with the past and present pre-white world of the United States.

The Publications Of Hans Lang

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The publications of Hans Lang from 1969 through 1985 including both books and articles.

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 …

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.

Report Of The Treasurer

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Statement of Condition October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1985