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Adolf Meyer (1866-1950): Profile Of A Swiss-American Psychiatrist, Barbara Sicherman

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

I wonder how many here this evening are familiar witht he work or even the name of Adolf Meyer. I would expect that he is know to few. Even in the field of psychiatry, towhichhecontributedso much, he has become little more than a name. Young psychiatrists are likely to learn only enought about Meyer to pass their medical boards. What they do read does not necessarily clarify his importance, for his theories seem either obivous or obscure, and far from electriying. Indeed, the recent question of one psychiatrist probably reflects the attitudes of many: "Just whar was so great about …

Letter From The Sahs Secretary, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This Newsletter is a brain child of our First Vice President, Dr. Leo Schelbert, now on sabbatical leave in Switzerland (address: Wilerweg 32, 4600 Olten). On his initiative, at our Regional Meeting in New York of May 2nd, 1969, Professor Barbara Siche:rman of Manhattanville College gave us a lecture on the life career of the Swiss American pioneer in psychiatry, Dr. med. Adolf Meyer (1866 - 1950). In the audience, our member Dr. med. Hans Syz, born 1894, who is with the Lifwynn Foundation at Westport, Connecticut, himself an outstanding psychiatrist, greatly enriched Miss Sichennan' s presentation by his personal …

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Communications From The Sahs Secretary, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Dear SAHS Members:

1) In January 1969 you have received the Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the reactivated Swiss American Historical Society in New York on December 27 , 1968. Please let me know if you want more copies .

An American Community Proud Of Its First Swiss Settlers, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The study traces quite successfully in eight chapters "the past geographical circumstances of the Swiss community at Higland, Illinois, and describes the main changes which occurred within that community from 1831 to 1930. After briefly sketching Swiss settlement migration to the United States and to the state of Illinois (1) and the general geographical and hiatorical setting of the later Highland region (2), the author discusses the founding (3) and the cultural character ·(4) of Highland.Then an analysis of its morphology (settlement pattern, areal extension, and the growth of the city) (5) und a sketch of the Highland economy (6, …

Letter From The Sahs President, Heinz Karl Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In January of this year our Advisory Council member, Professo-r Dr. Max Silberschmidt celebrated his seventieth birthday. To honor and celebrate him on that occasion former students and friends of his published a volume entitled Beidseits des Atlantiks, containing a selection of his essays and articles. The Swiss American Historical Society joins the many individuals and institutions who congratulated Professor Silberschmidt. We add our own expression of thanks to him for his contributions in the field of U.S. -Swiss relations and send our best wishes for many years of serene and healthy retirement, so well deserved after more than a …

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Erasmus Seen By A Historian, Andreas Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

For many and various reasons the complexity of Erasmus of Rotterdam will never cease to give substance to historical meditation. One might be fascinated, as were the great writers of the Enlightenment, by his opposition to every kind of inessential traditionalism in religion and philosophy or by the cosmopolitan radiation of his thinking among his contemporaries at a period of growing nationalism. Theologians and scholars of antiquity will continue to reappraise how this man of fervent religiosity and profound classical learning succeeded in his lifelong endeavor of bringing about, with the newly discovered tools of philological inquiry, a new understanding …

An Early History Of The Community Of Park City, Utah, Oscar F. Jesperson Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Park City, Utah, has been one of the most permanent mining camps in Utah. While constituting the industrial and population center of Summit County, it has contributed over one half billions dollars to the economies of Utah and the nation. This thesis deals with the early years of Park City, 1869-1910. This period saw an influx and combination of several ethnic groups which served to enrich the cultural history of Park City. Religion and social organizations were a major part of the life of this community. The political effect of this mining camp on Summit County and the Territory of …

A History Of Utah's First Playground, Delmar Peirce Williams

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine and verify the historical accounts that describe and validate Lindsey Gardens in Salt Lake City as the first playground established in Utah and perhaps the first in the nation.

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Special Issue "Willkommen In Der Schweis" Of The N.Y. Staats-Zeitung U. Herold Of July 28th. 1968

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

We owe this gift to our member Fritz Blum in New York who collected the material for this special issue. Even if he does not like to admit it in his modesty, he obviously has been the driving force behind this enterprise. We should like to draw your special attention to the interviews on pages 10 and 11 with 12 Swiss graphic artists working in the New York area, with the fitting title: "Ein neuer Schweizer Exportartikel: Graphiker", but also to the genealogical article on page 15 on the Swiss ancestry of the astronaut Walter M. Schirra and of President …

To The Members And Friends Of The Sahs,, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

One of the main purposes of the Swiss American Historical Society and of its Newsletter is to draw the attention of Swiss and friends of Switzerland, who are interested in Swiss American history and cultural relations, to recent publications in this field. We again have a good occasion to do this. Professor Leo Schelbert, our Secretary, has kindly arranged for us reprints of his recent article on the emigration of the Swiss Mennonites to America (see under II.). Our member Fritz Blum has given us copies of a special issue on Switzerland of the New York paper for which he …

Captain Henry Wirz And The Andersonville-Trial, Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This article was first published in German in the "Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Geschichte", Band 18, Heft 1, 1968. As a subscriber to this review I immediately inquired, after having read the article, about the possibility to get reprints for our members, but it was already too late. Dr. Kieser, however, kindly made an English version of his article for the benefit of our readers. We thank Dr. Kieser for this fine contribution to our Newsletter. For the many scholarly notes to this article we refer to the German original in the Schwei zerische Zeitschrift fur Geschichte which, on this occasion …

A Raeto-Romance Language And Literature Course In Rumein, Surselva, Grisons From June 24 To July 11, 1969

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

As a Professor of Median and Minor Romance Languages at the University of North Carolina, Professor Maissen occupies a unique position for fostering interest in the Raeto-Romance language of his native Grisons. This center of comparative :ttemtures and linguistics enables him to use Raeto-Romance as a key for the understanding of the whole language group related to it, from Catalan to Rumanian. Despite of its small territory, Raeto-Romance, because of the consciousness with which our compatriots in the Grisons defend this linguistic heritage, plays a crucial role in these studies .

The Fifth Annual Meeting Of The Reactivated Swiss American Historical Society, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Morning Meeting from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM in the Malmaison Room No. 6 of the Americana Hotel, 7th Avenue and 52nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10019, was dedicated to two lectures and attended by about fifty members and guests.

Book Review: Man And His Images. A Way Of Seeing, Lukas F. Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This beautifully illustrated book is the product of an unusual cooperation between an art writer and teacher and a company president who, together with his wife, is deeply concerned with living art and artists. W11oever approaches the seat of Geigy Chemical Corpor ation near the village of Ardsley, New York, is struck by a bold metal sculpture, the work of the Swiss artist Bernhard Luginbuhl. Entering the office of the President of Geigy, the visitor finds himself in the middle of modern works of art. The same is true for other offices. These paintings and sculptures have one thing in …

Eighteenth Century Migration Of Swiss Mennonites To America, Leo Schelbert

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You all know Professor Schelbert's unique familiarity with Swiss emigration history from his earlier publications and lectures. Here he treats a subject of particular interest to us, i.e. the history of a significant group of immigrants from Switzerland driven out of their home country by religious motivations to a new continent in which they were allowed to live according to their religious convictions and where , by their genuinely honest way of life, they have made a lasting contribution to the development of that idealistic touch in the American character upon which much of our hope for a more peaceful …

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Pages From The History Of The New York Swiss, Dr. Heinz K. Meier

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In the course of my work on U.S.-Swiss relations I often comes across the name of New York and the activities of the Swiss living in that city or its neighborhood. New York was the place where the earliest permanent official contact was established between the two countries when a consulate was opened under Henri Casimer de Rham of Ynerdon in the summer of 1822. New York was the first consular district in the U.S. to become a permanent consulate general in 1933. New York was the place that received first the majority of Swiss immigrants to the United States …

Reminiscenses And Reflections, Alphonse A. Kubly, Dr. Leo Schelbert, L. B.

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Before the advent of Mr. Collier, Everglades had been a sport-fisherman's outpost. There was an inn, the Rod & Gun Club, catering to yacht-borne fishing enthusiasts, and three or four small bungalows harbored families who made their modest living as guides. Now Everglades was going to be reshaped in a manner to do honor to its role as Country seat. There were many reminders of Mrs. Collier's favorite field of action: New York City. Approaching by boat, a street sign with the incongruous legend "Riverside Drive" had come into view. There also was the unavoidable Broadway. Along the boat pier …

Letter, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

To the Members and Friends of the SAHS ,

1 ) This issue of our Newsletter is entirely dedicated to the autobiography of one of our members , the civil-engineer Alphonse Kubly from Netstal in the canton of Glarus whose home is now in New York. It is a fascinating document, full of thoughtful observations on his youth in a typical Glarner milieu, where he grew up under the high moral standards of a family prominent in the tratidional textile industry, on his adolescence in the chaotic period of the twenties in Switzerland and in Germany, and on his new …

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The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Business Meeting

1) Attendance

The fourth Annual Meeting of the reactivated Swiss-American Historical Society, to which the members had been invited by circular letters of September 12 and of the latter part of that month, took place in the Conference Hall of the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967.

Letter, Dr. Lukas Burckhardt

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Dear Member,

In the enclosure I am sending you:

1) Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the SAHS

2) List of SAHS Officers, Honorary and Board Members for 1963

3) Revised SAHS Membership List as of April 1963

4) "Pages from the History of the New York Swiss" by Dr. Heinz K. Meier from the Amerikanische Schweizer Zeitung

The Godbeite Movement: A Dissent Against Temporal Control, Grant H. Palmer

Theses and Dissertations

The approach of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 posed several real and imagined threats to the Mormon Kingdom in the Great Basin. The Pacific Railroad ended Mormon geographic isolation and brought economic competition from the States. The railroad also made it possible for miners to get to the gold fields faster and with the heave equipment necessary to make Utah mining profitable. Sensing the political problems and the social and moral evils that would accompany the railroad, the Mormon leaders, in hopes of meeting these problems, counseled to extend their economic goal of self-sufficiency. Through stepped-up cooperation and unity they …

Samuel Brannan: Speculator In Mexican Lands, W. Ray Luce Iii

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Samuel Brannan has almost become a legend in the history of the American West. Having led a group of Mormons around the Horn to California in 1846, he became a business and political leader in early California. He gained great wealth in speculation and merchandising, and is noted for his activities in the Vigilance Committee of 1851, his part in heralding the gold rush, and his developments in Calistoga and elsewhere.
Although much has been written about Brannan, very little of it deals with the last years of his life. Very little factual information has been available on his activities …

The Elections Of 1900 In Utah, R. Gary Penrod

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The 1900 elections have been little touched in historical studies of Utah. However 1900 was a year of special interest and deserves an examination. In that year a Special Election was held, all state offices were up for renewal and a Presidential Election took place.

The special election was necessary because B. H. Roberts had been denied his seat in the United States Congress. Roberts was excluded because he was a polygamist. The Roberts case threatened to revive gentile versus Mormon antipathies in Utah. However, the most puzzling aspect of the 1900 elections is connected with the presidential vote. In …

History Of The Upper Snake River Area To 1840, Louis J. Clements

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The Upper Snake River area was a center of much fur trade activity during the first half of the 1800's. It has many streams and they had abundant quantities of the furs that were being sought by the large parties of men who came into the country.
The early explorers of the Pacific coast hastened the exploration and development of the interior. As they moved along the shores they recorded the possibilities of the riches that were there and helped to form the opinions in each country of how valuable it would be to own the Northwest. This desire to …