Newsletter

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

VOLUME 11 NUMBER 4
-- "Milwaukee part of Bach legacy," by Ann Reagan: Christoph Bach (1835-1927) / 19th century German-American music
-- "Freie Gemeinde celebrates 150 years in Sauk City," by Max Gaebler: Free thinkers / Free thought societies
-- "Kuenzi remembered for his love of music, genealogy, astronomy," by Nicole Saylor: Kuenzi, Ed (1916-2002)
-- "Friends profile: Jeanne Schueller: Milwaukee educator makes outreach a focus," by Nicole Saylor
-- "A brief history of Mennonite Low German," by Jack Thiessen: Plautdietsch, Plattdeutsch
-- "Jewish women in Upper Midwest exhibit opens": “Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest”
-- "Collection feature: Advice books," by Kevin Kurdylo: Self-help books, German language, for immigrants
-- "Visiting scholar ends her Low German research: Dat hew ick nie nich dacht!" by Alexandra Jacob: Pommerscher Verein Central Wisconsin / Alexandra Jacob interviews Platt speaker Bill Storm
-- "Milwaukee Liederkranz celebrates heritage with concert"

VOLUME 11 NUMBER 3
-- "Festival Explores Music’s Role in Migration," by Kevin Kurdylo: "Sounds of Two Worlds" MKI Conference / The Monroe Swiss Singers perform Saturday evening in the Memorial Union’s Tripp Commons / Ann Reagan speaks about German-American music societies and nationalistic sentiment during the late nineteenth century / Alan Burdette presents a paper on the Germania Männerchor from Evansville, Indiana / Yid Vicious klezmer ensemble performs / Philip Bohlman (the ability of music to communicate traditions and customs while also allowing immigrants to "locate themselves" in new spaces) / Ursula Hemetek (music of minority ethnic groups in Austria, including Croatians, Roma, and Bosnians.) / Joel Rubin (research by himself and Rita Ottens on the expressions of Jewish music in Germany) / Jim Leary (the long-standing stereotype of the “Dutchman” as portrayed in dialect song) / Pamela Potter (German and Austrian influence on the classical music tradition in America) / Christoph Wagner (Swiss music entertainers who toured the U.S.) / Helmut Schmahl (examined how nineteenth-century German travel reports viewed American music in unfavorable light) / Performances by: Monroe Swiss Singers, Madison Männerchor, Jerry Schneider Polka Band.
-- "Pickled Herring and Pumpkin Pie Featured at Book Festival," by Antje Petty: Wisconsin Book Festival
-- "MKI Helps German Fest-goers Research Heritage," by Thor Templin: German Fest in Milwaukee
-- "Brandenburg Family Donates Diaries to MKI," by Fran Luebke: Five diaries, dating from 1893 to 1931, written by the Rev. Bernard C. Brandenburg, a prominent German Methodist Episcopal minister in La Crosse. The first three volumes were written in German and German script and the final two were written in English.
-- "Friends profile: Rose Marie Barber," by Nicole Saylor.
-- "Turner History on Display in Sheboygan," by Robert Harker, Executive Director, Sheboygan County Historical Museum
-- "Frank Zeidler Turns 90: In his retirement, Milwaukee’s ambassador still runs circles around most folks," by Nicole Saylor
-- Meet the New Additions to MKI’s Staff: Lisa Blochwitz, by Felecia Lucht and Nicki Saylor, by Eric Platt.
-- Donation by Rick Frautschi expands MKI's Frautschi archival holdings
-- MKI Finds Success with Music Conference, Cookbook, and More. New MKI director brings with him expertise in Pennsylvania German: Mark L. Louden / image from the first issue of the bilingual magazine, Pennsylvania Dutchman, founded and edited by Edward H. Rauch.
-- "Collection Feature: Books for German-American Farmers," by Kevin Kurdylo:

VOLUME 12 NUMBER 3
-- "Sängerfest in New Glarus celebrates all things Swiss," by Joe Salmons: Photo images: Alder Buebe of Appenzell perform / Alphorn players march in the parade on Sunday, June 15 / Deborah Krauss Smith, the grand concert conductor, and Kurt Müller Klusman, a guest conductor, wave from their parade float (photos courtesy of Deborah Krauss Smith)
-- "Howling with the Wolves in Wisconsin" [Speaking of Language series], by Mark L. Louden: Following a lead in H. L. Mencken's American Language about letters to the editor in the Milwaukee Journal from 1947, the author searched microfilm of the newspaper at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. Shares excerpts from the letters, which discuss linguistic peculiarities of "Wisconsin English."
-- "Klauser Credited for Work Building Ties With Hessen" [Friends Profile] by Nicole Saylor: James Klauser, Secretary of Administration, Wisconsin, MKI Friends Board of Directors, Hessen Medal of Service (Verdienstorden des Landes Hessen).
-- "Books Available on German Jews, Mennonite Low Germans": Announcing the release of two Max Kade Institute publications: German-Jewish Identites in America, edited by Christof Mauch and Joseph Salmons, and the Mennonite Low German Dictionary, by Jack Thiessen.
-- German Scholars to Lecture at UW-Madison This Fall: Dr. Helmut Schmahl and Dr. Wolfgang Grams.
-- "Marriage, Love Advice For German Americans" [Collection Feature], by Kevin Kurdylo. Examines advice books from the collections of the Max Kade Institute Library & Archive: Familienglück, ein Büchlein für Jünglinge und Jungfrauen, die sich verheirathen wollen (Ohio Waisenfreund, 1905); Lichtstrahlen für die Gesundheit, oder,
dunkle Stellen beleuchtet (Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols, 1899); and a German translation of A translation of John Ploughman’s Talk, or, Plain Advice for Plain People.

--"Outside the Kaiserreich: The German Diaspora in the World War I Era,” by Antje Petty, “In Their Own Words: German Americans in the World War I Era.” Die Deutsche
Hausfrau, Die Abendschule,
--"A Poetic Pennsylvania Dutch Voice During World War I," by Mark Louden, Grieg im Alde Land, War in the Old Country, Harvey M. Miller
--Book Review: "Recalling the Desperation of Post-War Germany," by Cora Lee Kluge, "The Temptation of Despair: Tales of
the 1940s," Werner Sollors,
--Book Review: "The Sounds of Homes Past: Folksongs of Another America," by lan Lareau, Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest,
1937–1946. James P. Leary
--"“Hopfen und Malz, Gott erhalt’s!” How German Americans Shaped America’s Beer-Drinking Culture," by Jana Weiß, Lagerbier Revolution, Milwaukee, Pabst,

--"New Publication: Pennsylvania Dutch—The Story of an American Language," Mark Louden
--"Three Yearbooks of the National German-American Teachers’ Seminary of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1915, 1916, 1918," by Pamela Tesch, MKI archive, Julia M. Baechle, Frieda Meyer (Voigt),
--"Bringing a Love for Singing to America: The History of the Madison Männerchor," by Günther Ruch, Columbus Männerchor, Sängerfest, Buffalo Liederkranz, singing societies,
--Book Review: "Preserving Ties: The German Empire and Ethnic German Communities Worldwide, 1871–1914," by Cora Lee Kluge, Constructing a German Diaspora:
The “Greater German Empire,” 1871–1914, Stefan Manz, Imperial Germany,
"The Deutscher Männer Verein of Racine, Wisconsin," by Jeff Hill, German Club

--"Bringing Light to the Milwaukee German Theater," by Calla Buttke, German-language theater, Neues Stadt Theater, Ferdinand Welb, Julius Richard, Leon Wachsner, Frederick Pabst, Trostel Collection, Wilhelm Müller’s play Im gelobten Land Amerika, Hans Kissling, Greenhorns in Amerika
--"Spoken German in South Africa—A Lecture by Peter Wagener," by Antje Petty, “Of German Neighborhoods and Low German Villages: Spoken German in South Africa,” Peter Wagener, Sprachinsel, former German colony, South-West Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Deutsche Schule Kroondal
--"Undergraduate Academic Excellence: An Interview with Calla Buttke," by Cora Lee Kluge
--"Friends 2016 Annual Meeting in Racine, Wisconsin," by Antje Petty
--"The Meyers of Milwaukee," by Cora Lee Kluge, Georg (George) Meyer, Milwaukee Herold, German Socialist immigrants

--"From Evangelische Dreieinigkeitskirche to King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church—The History of a Milwaukee Place of Worship," by Antje Petty, Milwaukee, stained glass windows, German language, Herman P. Schnetzky, Eugene Liebert
--"Friends of the Max Kade Institute Second Annual Oktober Fest," by Antje Petty
--"The Bennett Law, the Germania, and the Körner Pamphlet," by Christopher Stohs, New York Times, bilingual education, immigrant assimilation, Amerikanische Turnzeitung, Columbia, Excelsior, Christian Körner
--"Charlotte Bleistein: A Century of Activism in a Family of Activists," by Antje Petty

--"A Trip to the Haslibacher Farm," by Mark Louden, Emmental, Canton Berne, Amish, Mennonites, Brethren, Hutterites, Anabaptist movement, Hans Haslibacher
--"Pages From the Past: Documenting Family History with Letters," by Kevin Kurdylo, MKI Archive, old German handwriting script, Carl Paul Graupner, Ida (Graupner) Liepert, Elsa Graupner, Hermann Graupner, Philip Graupner
--"Working with Letters Written in the Old German Script," by Kevin Kurdylo, Deutsche Schreibschrift, old German handwriting script, Kurrent, Sütterlin, transcription, Genealogy
--"Ersatz Kaffee in the World War I Period," by JoAnn Tiedemann, Die Deutsche Hausfrau, Kunst-Kaffee (ersatz or substitute coffee), Nicholson Roasting Co., Wisconsin State
Gazetteer, Independent Coffee Co.

--"Symposium Report: People of Faith, Voices of Tradition—Germanic Heritage Languages among Christians and Jews," by Mark Louden, North American minority languages, Amish Swiss German, Hutterite German, Mennonite Low German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Yiddish, Plautdietsch, Jürg Fleischer, Heinrich Siemens, Steve Hartman Keiser, Joshua Brown, Guido Seiler, Miriam Isaacs, Lynn Marcus Miller
--"Friends Annual Meeting 2017: An Exploration of Milwaukee’s German Art," by Antje Petty
--"Three New Members for the Friends Board of Directors," by Antje Petty
--"Mark Twain’s “Magnanimous-Incident” Hero and Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan," by Cora Lee Kluge