-- "German Immigrant Paul Seifert and the Rural Landscape of Southwest Wisconsin," by Ron Nagel, Martin Lutscher farm in the town of Honey Creek, Wisconsin, art, Midwestern folk art, Watercolor, Free Mason Institute in Dresden, Royal Academy for Agriculture and Forestry in Tharand, Saxony, 19th century, Native American artifacts
-- "Annual Meeting in Janesville, Wisconsin"
-- Collection Feature: "Coming of Age in Late Nineteenth-Century Chicago: The Life and Writings of Elfrieda Hochbaum," by Kevin Kurdylo, Elfrieda Hochbaum, "Burning Arrows," German American girlhood in Chicago, Hilda Brandt, Great Fire, Paul R. Pope, College Equal Suffrage League,
-- Book Review: "The Franco-Prussian War and the Decline of American Liberalism," by Cora Lee Kluge, "German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era," by Alison Clark Efford, German Americans’ contributions to the political and social development, 19th century, Reconstruction, Liberal Republican movement, Germany's unification, Carl Schurz, Andrew Zimmerman, African American rights, black suffrage
-- "The Stiftskeller Murals at the UW–Madison Memorial Union Restored," by Kevin Kurdylo, Rathskeller, Leon Pescheret, Eugene Hausler, German mottos, German slogans, Kurt
Schaldach, “Battle between Beer and Wine," When Wine and Beer Make War On Each Other,” restoration, Conrad Schmitt Studios
File: mki_newsletter_winter_2013-2014-1.pdf
-- "Buschbauer and Rechtsrath: Personal Advice from the Germania Publishing Company’s Haus und Bauernfreund," by Antje Petty, letters, Middleton, Wisconsin, Reverend Max End, Campbell Hill, Illinois, advice columns, correspondence, Georg Brumder, Francis (Franz) Arnold Hoffmann, Der Missionsbote, Illinois Staatszeitung, Prairie Farmer, Chicago Democrat, Cynthia Gilbert, “Kleiner Briefkasten” (little mailbox), German-language publications, Deutsches Volksblatt, Die Warte
-- In Memoriam: Robert L. Clodius (1921–2014)
-- "Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute in Janesville, Wisconsin," by Antje Petty
-- Friends Profile: "Fran Luebke Rejoins the Friends Board of Directors," by Antje Petty
-- Book Review: "A German Immigrant in Anglo-American Missouri: 1834–1877," by Antje Petty, "Longer Than a Man’s Lifetime in Missouri," by Gert Goebel, Friedrich Muench, Paul Follenius, Gottfried Duden, Franklin County, Missouri,
Elsa Nagel,
File: mki_newsletter_spring-2014-1.pdf
-- "We Have Moved! Visit Us in Our New Home at the University Club," by Antje Petty, Max Kade Institute, library, Sound Archive
-- "Treasures from Behind the Walls," by Antje Petty, renovation, University Club, shoes, P. Roark, “The Hygiene of Sex,” letter
-- "More Than the Weather: German-American Almanacs," by Mark Louden, Deutsch-amerikanische Kalender, 18th century, 19th century, calendars, annual calendrical publications, astronomical data, Germantown, Der Teutsche Pilgrim (The German Pilgrim), German-language publishing, Christoph Sauer (Christopher Sower), Hoch-Deutsch Americanischer Calender (High-German American Almanac), Bauernkalender, The First Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America (1989), edited by Karl J. R. Arndt and Reimer C. Eck,
-- "The Man Behind the Castle on the Lake," by Mark A. Bauer, Elkhart Lake, Villa Gottfried, Hofheim, Matheus Wilhelm (William) Gottfried, brewer, Fleck’s Resort, Camp Brosius
-- Book Review: "Documenting the Germans’ Persisting Interest in Native Americans," by Cora Lee Kluge, "Kindred by Choice: Germans and American Indians since 1800," by H. Glenn Penny, Karl May, Alexander von Humboldt, Maximilian von Wied, and Balduin Möllhausen, James Fenimore Cooper, "Leatherstocking Tales," Charles Sealsfield, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Karl Bodmer, Carl Wimar, Theodore Kaufmann, Albert Bierstadt, Alexander Berghold, s Otto Dix, Georg Grosz, Anna Jürgen, Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich
-- "Current Student Research in Wisconsin German Linguistics," by Alyson Sewell and Samantha Litty, Sheboygan County, Manitowoc, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, German-English bilinguals, Hustisford, Dodge, Sauk, Richland, Dane County, code switching, interviews, linguistics, sound archive
File: Fall2014_MKI_Newsletter.pdf
--"Deliver Us from Temperance! Christian Essellen’s Contribution to the Debate about Prohibition," by Cora Lee Kluge, Bekehrung vom Temperenzwahn, German American comedy, Milwaukee, Market Hall on Market Square, theater, Meyer’s Monats-Hefte
--"On the Road to Emmaus," by JoAnn Tiedemann, immigration societies, Kirchenverein des Westens, Rev. Theo Stoerker,
--"German-Language Materials at the Wisconsin Historical Society," by Helmut Knies, archive
--"The Library of Carl Schurz," by Kevin Kurdylo, German revolutionary movement of 1848, Margarethe Meyer Schurz,
--Book Review: "Citizens in a Strange Land: German-American Broadsides in North America, 1730–1830," by Mark Louden, Hermann Wellenreuther,
File: Winter2014-2015_MKI_Newsletter.pdf
--"The German Language in a Time of War: Die Abendschule Speaks Out in 1915," Translation by James Doing, introduction by Cora Lee Kluge, World War I, German American newspaper,
--"The First Customers at the Meeme House Inn," by Karyl Rommelfanger, Michael Herr, Andreas Herr, Karl Pflaume, Manitowoc
--"Eugene Field Plays a Prank on Carl Schurz," by Kevin Kurdylo,
--"Impressions from the Friends of the Max Kade Institute’s Annual Meeting in Madison," by Antje Petty
--"In the Right Place at the Right Time: Saving the Wisconsin–Hessen State Partnership Proclamation," by Sy Kreilein
--"Welcoming Bill Thiel and Don Zamzow on the Friends Board of Directors," by Antje Petty
File: MKI_Spring-2015_Newsletter-1.pdf
VOL. 10 NO.4 Winter 2001
-- "Gilbert Speaks on German Word Atlases," by Thor Templin: Glenn Gilbert, "Atlases of the Language of the Descendants of German Immigrants in the United
States," "Linguistic Atlas of Texas German,"
-- "Brinkmann Explores the Term "German Jews," by Kevin Kurdylo: Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, "Jews, Germans or Americans? Jewish Immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe in Nineteenth-Century America," Chicago,
-- [Book Review] "Verpflanzt, aber nicht entwurzelt: Die Auswanderung aus Hessen-Darmstadt (Provinz Rheinhessen) nach Wisconsin im 19. Jahrhundert," reviewed by Antje Petty: Helmut Schmahl, Emigration from Hessen-Darmstadt (Province of Rheinhessen) to Wisconsin in the Nineteenth Century
-- "An Interview with Dr. Helmut Schmahl"
-- "Friend's Profile: Sue Stoddard," by Eric Platt: Jacob Sternberger
-- "Non-Deitsch 'Loan Words' in Pennsylvania German Powwowing," by Dennis Boyer: Powwow terminology in eastern Berks and southern Lehigh counties bears the most evidence of cross-cultural influence with words drawn from archaic Nordic, Celtic, Roma (Gypsy), Yiddish and American Indian languages
-- "Collection Feature: German-American Cookbooks," by Kevin Kurdylo: Henriette Davidis's Praktisches Kochbuch [Milwaukee: Brumder]
VOL. 11 NO.1
-- "Diedrich Gives Talk on Frederick Douglass and Ottilie Assing," by Felecia Lucht: Dr. Maria Diedrich, Love Across Color Lines, German journalist Ottilie Assing
-- "MKI Loses a Great Friend: Charles J. Wallman Dies at Age 77," by Andy Wallman: Edward J. Brandt, Inventor; The German-Speaking Forty-Eighters: Builders of Watertown, Wisconsin
-- "Harzig Gives Talk on 'Peasant Maids - City Women,'" by Angela Horn: Dr. Christiane Harzig, Migration Experience from the European Countryside to Urban America
-- [Book Review] "The German-American Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation between Two Cultures 1800-2000," reviewed by Christer Garrett
-- "Friends Profile: Charles James," by Felecia Lucht: UW-Madison German Department
-- "Lake Days Festival: Germanfest in Beaver Dam"
-- "The Old German Script," by Helmut Schmahl
-- "Visiting Scholar at the MKI: Alexandra Jacob," by Angela Horn: Low German dialect
File: 2002_spring_v11_n1.pdf
VOLUME 12 NUMBER 4
-- "German glass ornaments in America," by Robert Brenner: Christmas / Image: A family around a feather tree
-- "A look at Christmas in the German-American home," by Kevin Kurdylo: Die Deutsche Hausfrau, a monthly journal marketed to “die Frauenwelt Amerikas” / December 1914 and 1917 issues / Be your own dentist and cure your toothache with Dr. Feigenson's / First World War
-- "MKI part of a three-year project to digitize rare recordings of American dialects, languages," by Kevin Kurdylo: The Max Kade Institute (MKI), in partnership with the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC), The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), and the University of Wisconsin Libraries, has received funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to undertake a three-year project aimed at digitizing, interpreting, and making accessible important fieldwork audio collections capturing a variety of American languages and dialects
-- "Reliving the past: Notes on Sternberger project," by Kristen L. Reifsnyder: Jakob Sternberger, Franziska Sternberger, Kaaden, Bohemia, 1848 revolutions, letters, handwritten, immigrants, German, Wisconsin, Paul von Schwarzenfeld, Native Americans
-- [Speaking of Language] "Teaching German and English in Early America," by Mark L. Louden: Foreign languages, teaching methods / German-speaking Americans / Christian Becker / Der allgegenwärtige Deutsche Sprachlehrer des Wortes Gottes (1808) / Bilingualism and biliteracy / familiar dialogues, English and German
-- [Friends Profile] "A lifetime of involvement with German," by Nicole Saylor: Jo Ann Tiedemann / Concordia Language Villages / Peter Uiberall
-- "German migration was pursuit of happiness," by Kevin Kurdylo: Dr. Wolfgang Grams / immigrant letters / Johann Heinrich zur Oeveste, who left Osnabrück in 1834 and settled in Indiana / taverns often served as initial “travel agents” for those desiring to emigrate
-- "Martinson digitizing hours of dialect tapes," by Eric Platt: Kirk Martinson, North American German Dialect Archive
-- [Book Review] "On the trail of Pennsylvania German words," by Mark L. Louden: Prof. C. Richard Beam / Pennsylvania Dutch / Pennsylvania German / Des is wie mer’s saagt in Deitsch, (2002) / Pennsylvania German Words in Context
-- "Dr. Schmahl explores immigrant biographies," by Antje Petty: Dr. Helmut Schmahl / Mug books were commercially produced, glossy coffee table books that recounted the stories of mostly Midwestern communities / Mrs. Jacob Kessel in Portraits and Biographical Record of Sheboygan County (Chicago: Exelsior Publishing Co., 1894)
File: mkiwint03.pdf
VOLUME 12 NUMBER 2
-- "Turners celebrate 150 years," by Rose Marie Barber: The Milwaukee Turners, known originally as the Socialer Turnverein, was founded on July 17, 1853,
in Phillips Tavern on Market Square. / The two-story 1882 Turner Hall ballroom was recently restored to its original splendor and public function as a venue for civic and cultural events. / The Milwaukee Turnverein group won five prizes in international competition in Germany, 1880.
-- [Friends Profile] "Zamzow works to keep Pomeranian heritage alive," by Antje Petty: Don Zamzow, Wausau area of central Wisconsin, Plattdütsch, Pomeranian
dialect and culture / Jerry Goetsch Band
-- "Reflections on 2002–2003," by Mark L. Louden: Clara Rose Louden born
-- [Speaking of Language feature] "Two German-American urban legends," by Mark L. Louden: Debunks the legend that German almost became the official language of the United States, losing out to English by a single vote in Congress during the days of the early republic. The second legend examined is that President John F. Kennedy proudly declared himself to be a jelly doughnut before thousands of Berliners in 1963 ("Ich bin ein Berliner").
-- "MKI annual dinner an opportunity for Friends to elect new members, socialize, and learn," by Eric Platt: Richard Zeitlin, Noah Natzke, Cora Lee Kluge, Joe Salmons, Anne Bolz, Marylin Everitt John Frautschi, Associate director Antje Petty, Johannes Strohschänk, Bill Thiel, Jo Ann Tiedemann, MKI Friends Board President Fran Luebke, Lou Ann Zamzow, MKI Friends Board Member Don Zamzow, Ted Wedemeyer, Carrie Bohman, Marita Ritsche, Mary Galneder, MKI Friends Treasurer Bob Luening, Agnes and Frank Zeidler (all photo by Charles James)
-- [Book Review] "German? American? Literature?: New Directions in German-American Studies," reviewed by Cora Lee Kluge
-- [Collection Feature] "Legal and business advice books," by Kevin Kurdylo
File: summer03.pdf
VOLUME 12 NUMBER 1
-- "Building identity in the Holyland," by Beth Schlemper" The Holy Land, an area in Fond du Lac County and partially in Calumet County, Wisconsin, consists of several rural German Catholic communities connected by religion and place of origin (Eifel region)
-- "Remembering MKI Friend Sue Stoddard," by Fran Luebke: Jacob Sternberger letters, handwritten, old German script
-- "Stoddard’s legacy lives on at Max Kade Institute," by Mark L. Louden
-- "Decorative bindings on display": Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books (https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/APBO)
-- "‘Karl of Germany’: Plattner Kunst in Wisconsin," by Antje Petty: Karl Lechten, medieval armor
-- "Michigan couple has longtime ties to MKI," by Regina Smith: Bill (Wilhelm) and Mary Seeger, Life Members, Max Kade Institute
-- "Book Review: The Blessed Place of Freedom: Europeans in Civil War America," reviewed by Kerry Dobbins.
-- "Medical advice books for German Americans" [Collection Feature], by Kevin Kurdylo
File: Spring03.pdf