Fall 2016 Newsletter

--"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

File: MKI_Fall-2016_Newsletter.pdf

Fall 2017 Newsletter

--"The Germans from Russia Settlement Locations Project," by Sandy Schilling Payne, Russian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, German colonies, Wolgadeutsche,
Volga Germans, Schwarzmeerdeutsche, Black Sea Germans
--"Where in Europe Is My Ancestor’s Hometown? Finding Aids for Genealogists," by Antje Petty, genealogy, resources, Rudolph’s Gazetteer, Reymann’s Special Topographical Map, Ravenstein’s Atlas of the German Reich
--"Two Total Solar Eclipses," by Charles James, 1918, Die Abendschule
--Book Review: "Mapping the Germans," by Antje Petty, Mapping the Germans: Statistical Science, Cartography, and the Visualization of the German Nation, 1848–1914. By Jason D. Hansen,

File: MKI_Fall_2017_Newsletter.pdf

Fall 2018 Newsletter

--"History Is Personal: Three Memoirs of German Americans in the Archives of the Max Kade Institute," by Antje Petty, Otto Schroeder, Christian Pauli, Theophil Stoerker, Swiss German
--Genealogy Workshop: “Finding Our German Ancestors in Europe”
--“The Greatest Christmas Ever”: A German-American Pastor’s Service on December 25, 1918, by JoAnn Tiedemann, Theophil Stoerker, “German Iowa and the Global Midwest," Deutsche Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika (German Evangelical Synod of North America), letters, St. Peter’s German Evangelical Church, New Albin, IA
--"The Autobiography of Christian Pauli of Winterkraut," by Antje Petty
--"The Otto Schroeder Recordings: A German Immigrant’s Life Story in His Own Voice," by Julian Ging and Sandra Vollmer
--"Transitions from Rural Germany to the Midwest in the 19th Century," by William G. Thiel, Claus Johann Thiel, agriculture

File: MKI_Fall-2018_Newsletter-1.pdf

Fall 2019 Newsletter

--"Introducing the Dobberpuhl-Krueger Family Collection," by Mark Louden, 19th century immigration, Pomerania, German American, letters,
--"The German-American Textbooks and Educational Aids of Hermann Reffelt," by Kevin Lurdylo, William A. Trenckmann
--"Sophie Gudden: A German-Wisconsin Feminist and Oshkosh Leader of 100 Years Ago," by Alan Lareau, “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience," Turner Halls, Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Wisconsin Political Equality League,
--Book Review: "William Trenckmann’s Efforts to Preserve German Identity in Nineteenth-Century Texas," by Antje Petty, Preserving German Texan Identity: Reminiscences of William A. Trenckmann, Walter L. Buenger, Walter D. Kamphoefner, German-language newspaper, Das Wochenblatt, Austin, Texas
--"German or English: A Conversation from 1862," by Mark Louden, German in Pennsylvania, vernacular language, Palatine German dialects, Pennsylvania Dutch,

File: MKI_Fall-2019_Newsletter-2.pdf

Fall 2020 Newsletter

Volume 30 No 1 • Fall 2020
--- "The German-American Press and Women’s Voting Rights," by Mark Louden: Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History / Newspapers, German-American /
--- Collection Feature. Edmund Goes and Benno Alexander: Contributors to Die Welt, 1910–1916," by Kevin Kurdylo: Press Publishing Company of Lincoln, Nebraska / National Weeklies of Winona, Minnesota / Periodicals, German-American / Wilderness areas / Alaska / Canada / Colorado

File: MKI_Fall-2020_Newsletter.pdf

Fall 2021 Newsletter

--"German Immigration to South America," by Mark Louden; Map distribution of German speakers around world, German-speaking immigrants, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Walter Kamphoefner, Hunsrik language, Hunsrückisch, Hunsrück region in modern Germany, Te kleene Prins, translation into Hunsrik of Le petit prince, Georg Anton Schäffer, Pomerano, Brazilian Pomeranian
--"A Life in Clippings: The Scrapbooks of John Eiselmeier," by Kevin Kurdylo, MKI library collection, John Eiselmeier scrapbooks, Milwaukee Herold, Jonesboro [Illinois] Gazette, Monatshefte für deutsche Sprache und Pädagogik, Professor Dr. Tristan Coignard of Bordeaux Montaigne University, World War II, 1941 cartoon promoting a US isolationalist position, German American identity, Germania Sonntagspost, Amana Colonies, The Free American and Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter, Chicago Daily Tribune,
--"Excerpts from John Eiselmeier’s Autobiography"
--Book Review: "Das Arkansas Echo: A Deep Dive into a German-American Newspaper’s Inaugural Year, 1892," by Chris Stohs, Kathleen Condray, Arkansas Echo, German-language newspaper, Little Rock, Arkansas, Die Arkansas Staatzeitung, Turner movement, labor history
--"Report on the Friends Annual Meeting 2021 and a Welcome to New Members on the Board of Directors," by Antje Petty

File: MKI_Fall-2021_Newsletter.pdf

Fall 2022 Newsletter

"Letters in German from a Wisconsin Farm Woman: Anna (Jagow) Seifert’s Letters to Her Son Lester, 1932–1942" by Antje Petty: Lester "Smoky" Seifert, linguistics, German heritage language, Oderbruch dialect, German American schools, Gerhardt Balg, Northwestern Lutheran College, "The Black and Red," Pennsylvania Dutch,
"German-Language Press in South Dakota and the Potential of Data Analytics " by Randi Ramsden: Süd Dakota Nachrichten, Germans from Russia, South Dakota, Dakota Freie Presse, Deutscher Herold
"Santa is an Aeronaut" Advertisements in the German American Press: Eureka Pharmacy, Eureka Post, South Dakota, Der Deutsche Correspondent
Book review "Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier: The Ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus" by Daniel J. Gelo and
Christopher J. Wickham, by David Hünlich: German-Comanche contact, German immigration to Texas, Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, Native American languages, Penateka chief Santa Anna, Adelsverein, John Meusebach, Emil Kriewitz, Ferdinand Herff,

File: MKI_Fall-2022_Newsletter-FINAL.pdf

Spring 2002 Newsletter

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

Spring 2003 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

File: Spring03.pdf

Spring 2008 Newsletter

--"MKI—Twenty-Five Years!," by Cora Lee Kluge
--"'Kein Land der Erde bietet den deutschen Auswanderern mehr an. . .': Duden in Missouri," by Kevin Kurdylo, MKI Library, guidebooks, immigration, Gottfried Duden, travel literature,
--"New from MKI: German Words—American Voices Deutsche Wörter—Amerikanische Stimmen"
--"German-American Women’s Organizations in Nineteenth-Century Milwaukee," by Kevin M. Kurdylo, Anke Ortlepp, German Historical Institute Washington, charity clubs, school and kindergarten associations, labor unions, political associations, social clubs, singing and musical societies, mutual support groups, church organizations, auxiliaries for Turner societies, Freethinkers,
--"Outrage Over German-Language Plays Divides Citizens of Milwaukee in February, 1919—Part II," by Cora Lee Kluge, World War I, anti-German sentiment, citizens protest, Franz Kirchner, German Theater Company, Hans Huckebein, Milwaukee Sonntagspost,

File: mkispring08-1.pdf