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Explore the latest issue of the Max Kade Institute NEWSLETTER, sent to members of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute. If you are not a member, yet, consider joining the Friends: https://mkifriends.org/membership/ Read about: –The Dobberpuhl-Krueger Collection at the Max Kade Institute –Hermann Reffelt’s German-American Textbooks –Sophie Gudden: A German-Wisconsin Feminist and Leader in Oshkosh …
The Max Kade Institute is delighted to introduce a new community project, a traveling exhibit called“Neighbors Past and Present: the Wisconsin German Experience.” On fourteen panels that draw largely on images and resources from our Library and Archives, the exhibit covers German migration and settlement in Wisconsin, questions of ethnicity and identity in newly forged …
The Max Kade Institute is collaborating with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Digital Collections to bring some of our monographs to as many readers as possible. Check out the following four titles: “The German-American Press” “The German Language in America” “The Wisconsin Office of Emigration 1852-1855” and “Pickled Herring and Pumpkin Pie: …
The Max Kade Institute is delighted to co-host the 43rd Annual Symposiun of the Society for German-American Studies in Madison, April 11-13! We look forward to.. two days of over 50 presentations and panel discussions on a variety of topics that span the spectrum of the German-American experience, including art, music, language, literature, media and publications, history, …
The latest Friends of Max Kade Institute Newsletter is here! Personal German-American stories and documents are the focus of this issue. Read more about… – “The Greatest Christmas Ever”: A German-American Pastor’s Service on December 25, 1918 – The Autobiography of Christian Pauli of Winterkraut – The Otto Schroeder Recordings – From Rural Germany to …
The Max Kade Institute’s German-American and American English Dialects page is new and improved and back online! Go to http://language.mki.wisc.edu/, click on the tabs and explore “The German Language in America,” listen to “German-American Dialect Recordings,” and read “Essays” to learn more about facts and myths regarding German in America.
Just in time for spring, here comes the MKI Newsletter Winter 2017-2018 issue. Read about “German Immigrants, Silver Fox, and Ginseng: The Colorful History of Hamburg and Berlin, Wisconsin” (this is were the Friends of MKI annual meeting will be held on May 5!); “Restoring The Speaker’s House, Home of the first Speaker of the U.S.House …
This year the Friends of the Max Kade Institute will step back to the early days of the twentieth century by visiting the historic Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm in the Town of Hamburg, Marathon County. We will learn how four brothers, whose family immigrated to Wisconsin from Germany in the 1800s, built a …
In this issue read about: — “The Germans from Russia Settlement Locations Project” — MKI Upcoming Events — “Where in Europe Is My Ancestor’s Hometown? Finding Aids for Genealogists” — “Two Total Solar Eclipses” — “Mapping the Germans” (book review) Become a member of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute and receive your own …
Join us for a fun evening with great food, beer, and entertainment! Once again, Bull Falls Brewery (Wausau), Clasen’s European Bakery (Middleton), the Freiburg Gastropub (Madison), and the University Club Restaurant sponsor our Fest by providing their delicious beer and food. Enjoy accordion music with Bill Niederberger, German songs with members of the Madison Maennerchor, a …
