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Swiss American News Notes Jan 1982

Swiss American News Notes

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This past summer Dr. Martin Steinmann, expert on Paleography and Director of the Manuscript Division of the University Library of Basel, Switzerland, directed the Third Summer Institute in the Archival Sciences at the Newberry Library of Chicago. Professor Steinmann is the Swiss representative of the International Committee on Paleography and is an internationally recognized expert on German handwriting of the Renaissance and early modern period, as well as the history of printing. His publications include the catalogue of manuscripts of the University of Basel (co-editor), the articles "Die humanistische Schrift und die Anfänge des Humanismus in Basel,"Archiv für Diplomatik …


Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Full Issue Jan 1982

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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To Our Readers, Heinz K. Meier Jan 1982

To Our Readers, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Front Matter Jan 1982

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Adolf Muschg (1934), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Adolf Muschg (1934), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Muschg, Adolf (1934-), Swiss novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, was born in Zollikon near Zurich. In addition to writing, he has pursued an academic career, and has taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Göttingen University, Cornell University in the United States, and the University of Geneva. For several years he has been professor of literature at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich.


Erika Burkart (1922), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Erika Burkart (1922), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Burkart, Erika (1922-), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in Aarau. Her father was a well-known adventurer, hunter, and author. Although Erika Burkart was educated as a schoolteacher, she decided to write rather than teach and lives in the former residence of the abbots of Muri in Althäusern. She regards her self-sought isolation as an option for nature.


A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County, Kansas, Harvey E. Bross Jan 1982

A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County, Kansas, Harvey E. Bross

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The November 1981 issue of the SAHS Newsletter presented the story of the founding of New Basel as featured by Harvey E. Bross in 1963. The community represents one aspect of the Swiss presence in Kansas that needs further methodical exploration. Between 1860 and 1890 quite a few immigrants from Switzerland apparently chose Kansas as their destination. John Rydjord mentions in his Kansas Place-Names (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972), pp. 131-132 the following traces of the Swiss presence: "Helvetia was one of the many towns that boomed and died in Meade County. The place in Finney County where …


'A Bivouac': Swiss Immigrants Camp Out In New York City, 1833, Tyrone Power Jan 1982

'A Bivouac': Swiss Immigrants Camp Out In New York City, 1833, Tyrone Power

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On August 20, 1833, the Irish comedian Tyron Power (1797-1841) .* arrived in New York City for his first extended tour of the United States. In his Impressions of America; During the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, Vol. I (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836), pp. 40-43, Power reports the following encounter: A Bivouac.


Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), Ursula Schoeni Jan 1982

Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), Ursula Schoeni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Cendrars, Blaise, pseud. of Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in La Chauxde-Fonds. The nomadic life imposed upon the Sauser family by the future writer's creative but impractical father permanently marked him. He continually yearned for space and travel; although he made Paris his headquarters and France his adopted country, he never stayed long in one place. A distaste for conformity, an insatiable curiosity, and a remarkable mobility of thought led Cendrars to diversify himself in a literary production overwhelming in its variety and abundance.


The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes, Arnold H. Price Jan 1982

The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Minutes, Arnold H. Price

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The nineteenth annual meeting of the SAHS was held at the Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1982.


The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Report Of The Treasurer Jan 1982

The Nineteenth Annual Business Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society: Report Of The Treasurer

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Meinrad Inglin (1893-1971), Regula A. Meier Jan 1982

Meinrad Inglin (1893-1971), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Inglin, Meinrad tl893-1971), Swiss novelist and short story writer, was born in Schwyz. An account of his youth is contained in the autobiographical novel Werner Amberg (1949). His father, a goldsmith whose love of nature and hunting he shared, perished in the mountains when Inglin was only 12. His mother died three years later. After attending various schools and working as a watchmaker's apprentice and waiter, Inglin took up the study of philosophy, psychology, and literature. He also became an officer in the Swiss army and was frequently called upon to serve his country. He worked on the editorial staffs …


Albert Gallatin: America's Geneva Connection, William B. Lloyd Jan 1982

Albert Gallatin: America's Geneva Connection, William B. Lloyd

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

In February 1801, Washington, the muddy new capital of the United States, was alive with rumors of approaching conflict over the presidency. Despite a strongly anti-Federalist popular vote, electors were evenly divided between Thomas Jefferson, Republican, and Aaron Burr, so that the choice was thrown into the out-going, Federalist controlled House of Representatives. Plans to have the House rule out Jefferson and Burr in favor of a Federalist stalwart were openly discussed. 1,500 Republicans of Maryland and Virginia were reported to be preparing to descend on Washington to assassinate any man thus chosen. The Governor of Maryland was urged to …


Francesco Chiesa (1871-1973), Hermann W. Haller Jan 1982

Francesco Chiesa (1871-1973), Hermann W. Haller

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Chiesa, Francesco (1871-1973), Swiss poet, short-story writer, and novelist, was born in Sagno in the canton of Ticino. He took a law degree at the University of Pavia, and from 1897 to 1943 taught Italian literature and art history at the canton liceo at Lugano, becoming director in 1914.


A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County: List Of The First Settlers Jan 1982

A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County: List Of The First Settlers

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Otto F. Walter (1928), Regula A. Meier Jan 1982

Otto F. Walter (1928), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Walter, Otto F. (1928-), Swiss novelist and playwright, was born in Rickenbach near Olten, canton Solothurn. After graduating from the gymnasium, he served as an apprentice to a bookseller and worked for a printing office in Cologne. In 1956 he took charge of the literary program of the Walter publishing house in Olten. Eleven years later, in 1967, he joined the firm of Luchterhand in Darmstadt in the same capacity.


Swiss Literature, Heinz K. Meier Jan 1982

Swiss Literature, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Switzerland has a rich literary tradition. In modern times both the German- and the French-speaking regions have produced important writers who left distinctive marks on the literature and culture of their time. The 18th century was a time of literary florescence in Switzerland. Important writers of that period include the Bernese patrician Albrecht von Haller (1708-77), whose long poem Die Alpen (1729; The Alps) extols the beauty and grandeur of nature; Johann Jokob Bodmer (1698-1783) and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701-66) of Zurich, who helped free German literature from the confines of rigid rules; Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712- 78), "citizen of Geneva," …


Kurt Marti (1921), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Kurt Marti (1921), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Marti, Kurt (1921-), Swiss poet and essayist, was born in Bern. He studied law and theology and became a Protestant minister. In the pugnacious tradition of Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and Jeremias Gotthelf, Marti uses the power of the word - both of the Gospel and of literature - to change the consciousness of his readers.


Full Issue Jan 1982

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Albert Gallatin, The Man Of Peace, William D. Carter Iii Jan 1982

Albert Gallatin, The Man Of Peace, William D. Carter Iii

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On July 15, 1780, a nineteen-year old graduate of the Academy of Geneva, after forty-nine days voyage on the American vessel Kitty, put ashore at Cape Anne, Massachusetts, and on a borrowed horse rode twenty-six miles to Boston. Thus began the fortunes in the New World of Albert Gallatin who, until his death at 89 years, was to make an outstanding contribution to the life of his adopted country. Thanks to the systematic organization of his correspondence, now available in the New York Historical Society, and the dissemination of microfilms of this correspondence made possible by New York University, it …


Jakob Bosshart (1862-1924), Regula A. Meier Jan 1982

Jakob Bosshart (1862-1924), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Bosshart, Jakob (1862-1924), Swiss novelist, short-story writer, and poet, was born in a lonely farm in Stürzikon near Zurich. He trained at a teachers college and later studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Paris, and Zurich, earning a Ph.D. degree at Zurich. An able educator, Bosshart served as rector of the cantonal gymnasium in Zurich for 17 years. Ill · health forced him to resign, and he subsequently moved to Clavadel, where he worked at his writing and fought a losing battle against tuberculosis.


Albert Gallatin, 176101849, A Genevan In The American Enlightenment: An Essay In Interpretation, Leo Schelbert Jan 1982

Albert Gallatin, 176101849, A Genevan In The American Enlightenment: An Essay In Interpretation, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Albert Gallatin has been called "America's Forgotten Statesman."1 A review of scholarly and public endeavors shows, however, that he has received serious attention, especially in recent decades. Best known is, perhaps, the excellent biography by Raymond Walters Jr. of 1957, a concise, learned, and balanced portrait.2 In 1958 Rutgers University Press published Alexander Balinky's Albert Gallatin Fiscal Theories and Policies, a comprehensive study. Although Balinky profoundly misunderstood .Gallatin in favor of Hamiltonian programs, he offered nevertheless a scholarly treatise to be reckoned with.3 In 1963 Gayle Thornbrough edited the Correspondence of John Badollet and Albert Gallatin …


Full Issue Jan 1982

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Max Frisch (1911), Rolf Kieser Jan 1982

Max Frisch (1911), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Frisch, Max (1911-), Swiss novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist, was born in Zurich. Frisch studied architecture and was a successful architect for several years before he decided in 1954 to devote all his time to writing.


Jacques Chessex (1934), Ursula Schoeni Jan 1982

Jacques Chessex (1934), Ursula Schoeni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Chessex's work is largely autobiographical, replete with the theme of the defiance of death, marked by contradictions, and boldly stressing immoderate and violent feelings, and yet his language is almost classical in its restraint. In 1963 Chessex was awarded the Schiller Prize and in 1973 the Goncourt Prize.


Robert Otto Walser (1878-1956), Herbert L. Kaufman Jan 1982

Robert Otto Walser (1878-1956), Herbert L. Kaufman

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Walser, Robert Otto (1878-1956), Swiss feuilletonist novelist, and short-story writer, was born in Biel, canton Bern, the seventh of eight children. He left school at the age of 14 and worked for most of his life as a clerk in such places as Zurich, Wädenswil, Thun, Solothurn, Basel, and Stuttgart. After Walser's first book, Fritz Kochers Aufsätze (1904; Fritz Kocher's Essays) was published, he lived for some years with his brother Karl in Berlin.


Emil Staiger (1908), Marianne Burkhard Jan 1982

Emil Staiger (1908), Marianne Burkhard

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Staiger, Emil (1908-), Swiss literary critic and translator was born in Kreuzlingen, canton Thurgau. For many years he was professor of German literature at the University of Zurich. Staiger gave new impulses to German literary criticism through comprehensive interpretations of individual works and a theoretical consideration of literature in connection with the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger.


Jakob Schaffner (1875-1944), Hans Bänziger Jan 1982

Jakob Schaffner (1875-1944), Hans Bänziger

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Schaffner, Jakob (1875-1944), Swiss novelist and political essayist, was born in Basel and orphaned at an early age. A distressing picture of his childhood and the years he spent in "Demutt" (Beuggen), a religiously oriented orphanage near Basel, can be found in his most famous novel, Johannes (1922). This novel has been praised as the best Swiss educational novel since Gottfried Keller's Der grüne Heinrich, and for it Schaffner won the 1930 Swiss Schiller Prize. Schaffner. eventually became a shoemaker. He described his experiences as an apprentice in Basel in the novel Die Jünglingszeit des Johannes Schattenhold (1930; The …