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Another Swiss Emigre Down South, Dr. Roger R. Varin
Another Swiss Emigre Down South, Dr. Roger R. Varin
Swiss American Historical Society Review
In June of 1951, a few days after our wedding, my wife Annemarie and
I left Bern for our honeymoon in the USA. Today, 59 years later, we are
still here, on our seemingly everlasting honeymoon.
Trans-Atlantic Crossings- Past And Present, Konrad Basler
Trans-Atlantic Crossings- Past And Present, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
On September 24, 1992, my wife and I were waiting at one of the
finger docks at Zurich airport. As the president of the airport's former
building commission, I had come to know its plans intimately. But now I
was more interested in the feelings of those waiting for the transatlantic
flight. Or might 'feelings' be too strong a word for passengers leisurely
sprawling in their seats, reading or dozing as if they were riding to work
on one of Zurich's commuter trains?
Epprecht's Crossing, Konrad Basler
Epprecht's Crossing, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
At Leo Schelbert's house in Evanston, Illinois, we looked through
those sources available at Leo's university library in which traces of the
Epprechts were most likely to be found. In the course of this process I
came across another Dorlikon ancestor, Ulrich Singer, a descendant of a
family doubly represented in the village's heraldic church window from
1685.
Columbus Day, Konrad Basler
Columbus Day, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
On October 12 I drove out to the magnificent autumn forests
by Pennsylvania. I chose highway 22, a route I had been familiar
with since the days at Lehigh University. Once more I was struck
by the speed and the distances mastered nowadays. Unlike us, the
Dorlikon emigrants had measured the distances they covered by the
hour. Carolina, for example, was '2200 hours on sea' from Rotterdam.
In order really to appreciate our modern standards of living, one has
to visualize what since then pioneers have achieved in America- not
only the independence from the British Crown, but also the …
Second Harvest, Konrad Basler
Second Harvest, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
We both felt that in order to compare our findings we ought to get together. Unfortunately, Mrs. Ebright's husband was in New York for two days, but she agreed to meet me the following day, at Lancaster's Historical Archives. Working there, we discovered that Jacob had opened an inn. The next day we went over to the Lebanon County Historical Society Archives, for it was in that area that "Jacob Epprieht of Bethel Township in the Country of Lancaster" had acquired land for his inn (at that time the lay-out of the lots looked different from today). At these archives …
Second Harvest: The State Of Research 2007- An Update, Konrad Basler
Second Harvest: The State Of Research 2007- An Update, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The author of this personal report did not stop research on his
native Dorlikon with the present volume, reedited unchanged. Questions
of local conditions and family relationships, economic limitations in the
17th and everyday life in the 18th century filled three more volumes (see
the concluding essay by Leo Schelbert). Additional light was shed on
the causes for emigration, and a second research trip to the USA in 1996
yielded many a missing puzzle stone towards the picture of the Dorlikon
emigrants. These new facts have been assembled here under the headings
of the emigrant families. Reference is made to …
Postscript, Leo Schelbert
Postscript, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Off To Carolina- No News From There, Konrad Basler
Off To Carolina- No News From There, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
"In January 1743 the whole family emigrated to Carolina.
Thereafter no more news came to Dorlikon." With this footnote the
entries to Rudolf Eprecht's line in the Epprecht family chronicle
end. It touched me when, three decades ago, I received Reverend
Robert Epprecht's research work on the Epprecht family as a gift.
According to Reverend Epprecht's findings, other villagers from
Dorlikon had also left for Carolina, among whom a certain Conrad
Basler with his family. Did they ever reach the other side of the
Ocean? If so, where did they settle? And do these families still exist
today?
Off To Pennsylvania, Konrad Basler
Off To Pennsylvania, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
After New York, my wife and I traveled on to Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. We had long been invited to visit John and Nelda Fisher
there, old university friends of ours, and it was now that we finally complied.
'It looks greener and cleaner', was our first response to the town that
had become our second home and our daughter Susan's birthplace. The
fortunate change in the town's appearance seemed due to the 'Bethlehem
Steel Company', which had shrunk to a mere tenth of its original jobs.
Lehigh University, on the other hand, had grown in size-in particular its
research department for …
Julia Beringer Huber, Konrad Basler
Julia Beringer Huber, Konrad Basler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
At the time of the Dorlikon pioneers only Indian paths led west,
and yet, the traffic connections to the Midwest hold a core position in
the history of North America. My wife and I went to one of the most
important centers in this context, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, coming
from Newark, New Jersey. As a member of a delegation of experts
I had been to Newark twenty years before, when, for the first time
worldwide , a novel way of building runways was being tested there.
On our visit in 1992, on the other hand, I was more interested in the …
From Dream To Reality: The Swiss Center Of North America, Duane Freitag
From Dream To Reality: The Swiss Center Of North America, Duane Freitag
Swiss American Historical Society Review
It was ten years in the making, but the dream has been fulfilled-SwissAmericans in North America finally have a national cultural center and they can be proud of it!
An Update On The Tercentennial Meeting Of The Sahs At New Bern Saturday, December 11, 2010, Dwight Page
An Update On The Tercentennial Meeting Of The Sahs At New Bern Saturday, December 11, 2010, Dwight Page
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
The Tercentenary Of New Bern, H. Dwight Page
The Tercentenary Of New Bern, H. Dwight Page
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The present year 2010 marks the tercentenary of the City of New Bern, North Carolina, and yet this celebration signifies much more than that, for, although Sir Walter Raleigh did establish a temporary English colony on Roanoke Island in 1587 and although a number of English plantations were established along Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound during the second half of the seventeenth century, the European urbanization of North Carolina did not begin in earnest until the foundation of New Bern by Baron Christoph deGraffenried in 1710, and for North Carolinians it is New Bern which represents the first permanent major …
Golo Mann: A Literary Historian, Axel Fair-Schulz
Golo Mann: A Literary Historian, Axel Fair-Schulz
Swiss American Historical Society Review
T he German Postal system honored the 100th anniversary of Golo Mann's birth in 2009 with a new stamp, which displayed his face with the caption Literarischer Historiker, meaning literary historian. This apt description captures much about the essence of his thinking and work as a historian, as he was a uniquely gifted writer and thus bridged the gap between scholarly historical research and thoughtfully composed literature. In addition to Germany, Switzerland also lays claim to Golo Mann , as he had lived there for many years after returning from American :xile, when Nazi Germany was finally defeated by the …
Jean-Rene Bory, 1928s-2009
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The Foundation for the History of the Swiss Abroad has lost its "founding father" and former president. Jean-Rene Bory died peacefully on 28 June 2008 at his home in Coppet (Vaud, Switzerland) after a series of years in which recurrent health problems forced him to substantially reduce his workload.
Karl Friedrich Meyer, 1884-1974, Urs Gessner
Karl Friedrich Meyer, 1884-1974, Urs Gessner
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Karl Friedrich Meyer, the veterinarian scientist, the medical microbiologist and pathologist,theecologist,theepidemiologist, the public health promoter, and inspiring teache-the Swiss genius in the USAwhat an incredibly active, brilliant, and prodigious personality he was!
The Battle Of Murten, Albert Winkler
The Battle Of Murten, Albert Winkler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Frequent warfare was a harsh political reality in central Europe in the late Middle Ages as ambitious states tried to extend their power and influence by attacking and subjugating other territories. As a result of this frequent aggression, success on the battlefield was necessary for the survival and independence of many nations and peoples, including the Swiss Confederation. The most critical threat to the existence of the Swiss alliance in the fifteenth century was the invasion in1476 by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, one of the most powerful rulers in Europe. In two stunning victories, Granson (Grandson in German), …