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Life On Lilac Hill Sketches Of Karen And Chresten Pedersen's Prairie Years, Karen M. Kadgihn Jan 1982

Life On Lilac Hill Sketches Of Karen And Chresten Pedersen's Prairie Years, Karen M. Kadgihn

The Bridge

A jackrabbit was sunning himself on a rock in the warm March sun, stretched out and went to sleep. Suddenly a noise awakened him and he jumped quickly away at right angles to where the noise had originated. From a safe distance he stopped, sat up to see what had disturbed his siesta, wiggling his ears and nose as he watched another of those strange creatures going by his sunning rock. What were they? They had been passing in increasing numbers, and had actually made parallel tracks right by his rock!


Kierkegaard Who Actually Emigrated To America, Carl Woltzer Jan 1982

Kierkegaard Who Actually Emigrated To America, Carl Woltzer

The Bridge

Niels Andreas Kierkegaard, born April 13, 1809, was apparently destined by his father, a merchant in Copenhagen, to take over the family business. His two brothers were top students in the University-bound curriculum, but Niels was steered into business. Dissatisfaction with the course his life was taking and frustration with parental pressure led him in 1832 to seek advance payment on his inheritance and to emigrate to America, where he by no means lived the life of a prodigal son . In letters to his family, the first one from Providence, Rhode Island, and dated January 8, 1833, he told …


Full Issue Jan 1982

Full Issue

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Editorial Statement Jan 1982

Editorial Statement

The Bridge

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Table Of Contents Jan 1982

Table Of Contents

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Peter Lassen: Danish Pioneer Of California, Franklin D. Scott Jan 1982

Peter Lassen: Danish Pioneer Of California, Franklin D. Scott

The Bridge

"The Dane Peter Lassen," or " Peter Lassen, a Danish Blacksmith," appears in almost every memoir dealing with early northern California. His Danishness was obvious, though no one bothers to explain why. Was his speech the telltale feature? The man was almost thirty years of age when he left Denmark, and he had had no opportunity to learn English while his tongue was ductile. He came to California in the spring of 1840, at the beginning of a decade of decision. At that moment Indians inhabited the land, Russians were still established on the California coast, Mexicans held title to …


Danish Farmers In The Middle West, Erik Helmer Pedersen Jan 1982

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. …


Louis Pio In America, Thorvald Hansen Jan 1982

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 …


The Emigration Of Soren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong, Edna H. Hong Jan 1982

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 …


Books, Hans Christian Andersen, Joyce Carol Oates, Reviewer Jan 1982

Books, Hans Christian Andersen, Joyce Carol Oates, Reviewer

The Bridge

"I am as water," Hans Christian Andersen wrote in a letter of 1855. "Everything moves me. Everything is reflected in me. I suppose it is part of my writer's nature, and often I have had pleasure and blessing from it, but it is often also a torment."


Front Cover Jan 1982

Front Cover

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Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

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Contributors Jan 1982

Contributors

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Contents Jan 1982

Contents

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A Sampler, Carl Hansen Jan 1982

A Sampler, Carl Hansen

The Bridge

Note: Seventy years after his death the Danish-born writer Carl Hansen (1860-1916) remains, among those who read Danish, a highly valued interpreter of the immigrant experience in the United States. Hansen was the subject of two articles in earlier issue (Vol. 2:1, 1979) of The Bridge. His short stories and one novel are together a landmark in the American literature written in Danish , but the books have become inaccessible to many and, as to language, closed to a large audience who would appreciate his ability to sketch Danish-American personalities and lives. In Tyler, Minnesota, where he lived until 1910, …


The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Udvandrerarkiv, Aalborg, Inger Bladt Jan 1982

The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Udvandrerarkiv, Aalborg, Inger Bladt

The Bridge

On July 3, 1982, Det Danske Udvandrerarkiv in Aalborg will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary and look back on an existence marked by great difficulties. During critical times, in fact, its continued existence often seemed in doubt.


Back Matter Jan 1982

Back Matter

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Book Reviews Jan 1982

Book Reviews

The Bridge

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Ua52/1 College High & Training School Memories, Wku Archives Jan 1982

Ua52/1 College High & Training School Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of College High, University High and Model Training School alumni solicited by WKU Archives.


Ua52/1 Alumni Memories, Wku Archives Jan 1982

Ua52/1 Alumni Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU and other alumni solicited by WKU Archives.


Ua12/8 Departmental Newsletter, Wku Police Jan 1982

Ua12/8 Departmental Newsletter, Wku Police

WKU Archives Records

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1982.


Ua1b3/6 1982 Minutes & Reports, Wku Parking & Traffic Committee Jan 1982

Ua1b3/6 1982 Minutes & Reports, Wku Parking & Traffic Committee

WKU Archives Records

Meeting minutes and reports of the WKU Parking & Traffic Committee for 1982.


A Comparison Of The Acculturation Of The Chicano And The Chinese People In California At Two Periods In Time, 1848-1880 And 1960-1970, Nellie Sehestedt Jan 1982

A Comparison Of The Acculturation Of The Chicano And The Chinese People In California At Two Periods In Time, 1848-1880 And 1960-1970, Nellie Sehestedt

Theses Digitization Project

The acculturation of alien groups and the degree of assimilation they acheved, is the subject of this study.