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--"Old Wine in New Bottles, or Is Heimat Portable?," by Johannes Strohschänk,
--"Introducing a New MKI Outreach Project!," “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience.” A New Home; 100 Years of Immigration; Language; Published in German; Beliefs; Amish and Mennonites; Education; Traditions; Music, Theater and Visual Arts; Rural Life and Economy; Urban Life and Economy; Civic and Political Engagement; In Times of War; and Local Is Global.
--"Friends Annual Meeting 2019 at Old World Wisconsin: Gemütlichkeit and an Educational Experience", by Antje Petty
--"Welcome to Alan Lareau, Susan Marshall, and Dorothy Smaglick, New Members of the Friends Board of Directors," by Antje Petty
--"Kranken-Unterstützungsverein Saxonia: A German Health and Death Benefit Organization in Milwaukee," by Antje Petty, mutual aid organizations, German American fraternal orders

Volume 30 No 2 • Spring 2021
--- "Port Washington, Wisconsin: German-American History on the Shore of Lake Michigan," by Antje Petty: Ozaukee County (Wis.) / Immigration, Luxembourg / German Catholics / Civil War, 1861-1865
--- "Sunday Dancing in Milwaukee 1870: Two Cultures Collide," by John W. Krueger: Turners / Ethnic identity / Court cases / Cultural differences
--- “'Five Men and a Boat': The Wisconsin Maritime Family of Johann Lutz," by Thomas J. Lutz: Grünmettstetten, Württemberg / Family history / Sheboygan, Wisconsin / Boats / Shipping / Great Lakes / Lake Michigan / Chicago, Illinois
--- "Restoration and Conservation of MKI Library and Archival Materials," by Kevin Kurdylo: Friends of the Max Kade Institute / Grants / Books -- Conservation and restoration

-- "The Luxembourg Presence in Wisconsin," by Mark Louden: Luxembourg Fest Parade, Belgium, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin / Gottlieb Biedermann, 1850–1928 / Nicholas E. Becker, 1840–1920 / Luxembourgish language in America
-- "A Young German-Jewish Immigrant in Civil War America: The Memoirs of David Lepman," by Antje Petty: David [Liebmann] Lepman, 1841-1932
-- "Randi Ramsden Joins the Max Kade Institute."
-- "Book Review: Kamphoefner’s Germans in America," by Cora Lee Kluge.

"Swiss American History of Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin" by Hans Bernet: National Historic Cheesemaking Center, Turner Hall, Green County Courthouse, New Glarus, settlement history
Friends of the MKI Annual Meeting in Monroe, Wisconsin
"From Rags to Archives’ Riches: Exploring Utopian Ambitions in Ohio’s Early German-Language Newspapers" by Randi Ramsden: Free Society of Teutonia, German Utopian Community in Ohio, Peter Kaufmann, Betrachtung über den Menschen, Georg Rapp, Rappist societies, Der Vaterlandsfreund
"Sängerfests – The Festivals of German-American Singing Societies" by Antje Petty: Nordöstlicher Sängerbund, Männerchor, Baltimore Liederkranz, Milwaukee Musikverein, Arion New York, Nordamerikanischer Sängerbund,
"Building MKI’s Published in America Collection: The Process from Acquisition and Catalog Entry to a Place on the Shelf" by JoAnn Tiedemann: Fürsten Bismarck by Paul Hermann, Paul Haedicke
"Books Repaired by Grimm Bindery" by Kevin Kurdylo: Gustaf Zimmermann’s Deutsch in Amerika, Das Weisse Haus Kochbuch

--"Pandemics in the German-American Press," by Antje Petty, COVID-19, Der Nordstern, St. Cloud, Minnesota, German American newspaper, advertisement, Peruna, flu, grip, polio, cholera, pandemic, Nord Stern, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Der tägliche Demokrat, Davenport, Iowa, Eastern European immigrants, Russian Jews, New York Times, The Evening World, New York, NY, Brooklyn Edition, Harper’s Weekly, Yiddish-language newspapers, Baltimore Der Deutsche Correspondent, “Spanish Flu Death Chart,” Detroiter Abendpost, New Ulm Post, Hermanner Volksblatt
--"German-American Art in Oshkosh: Gustav Behncke," by Alan Lareau, German American painter, art, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Ida Heiss, American West, J. Frank Waldo, Moses Hooper House, Oviatt House University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Manitowoc Herald News, Good-Bye: Fishing Boats off the Cornish Coast, Nile Behncke, Jürgen Behncke
--"A New Database of Emigrants from Thuringia," by Astrid Adler, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Hesse-Nassau, Bavaria, Kingdom of Prussia, Thuringia, Eisenach, Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar, Sachsen-Meiningen, Sachsen (Saxony), www.tiefenort-emigrants.de, http://www.tiefenort-emigrants.de/contact
html
--"Friends Annual Meeting and New Board of Directors," by Antje Petty
--Book Review: "Powwowing: Healing Rituals of the Pennsylvania Dutch," by Dennis Boyer, Patrick J. Donmoyer, Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Braucherei, Pennsylvania Germans,
--"A Pennsylvania Dutch Voice During the 1918–19 Flu Epidemic," by Mark Louden, influenza pandemic of 1918–19, German dialects, DeLong, Solomon, 1849–1925, Obediah Grouthomel, Allentown (Pennsylvania) Morning Call, Prohibition

Volume 29 No 2/3 • Spring/Summer 2020
--- "Pandemics in the German-American Press," by Antje Petty: Newspapers, German-American / Health and Medicine / Polio / Cholera / School closures, 20th century / Ships / Transatlantic voyage / Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
--- "German-American Art in Oshkosh: Gustav Behncke," by Alan Lareau: Behncke, Gustav, 1852-1937 / Painters / Artists
--- "A New Database of Emigrants from Thuringia," by Astrid Adler: Immigration / Germany to United States / Tiefenort, Kieselbach, Lengsfeld, Dermbach, Kaltennordheim
--- Book Review. "Powwowing in Pennsylvania: Braucherei and the Ritual of Everyday Life," by Patrick J. Donmoyer. Reviewed by Dennis Boyer.
--- "A Pennsylvania Dutch Voice During the 1918–19 Flu Epidemic," by Mark Louden: German dialects / DeLong, Solomon, 1849–1925 / Obediah Grouthomel / Allentown (Pennsylvania) Morning Call / Prohibition

Summer 2002 Newsletter / Volume 11 Number 2
-- "Gemütlichkeit at the Gasthaus: Friends Hold Annual Meeting and Dinner," by Eric Platt
-- "MKI to Host Upcoming Conference: Sounds of Two Worlds," by Antje Petty: Sounds of Two Worlds: Music as a Mirror of Migration to and from Germany / Ethnic identity / Songs
-- "MKI Hosts Conference on German Dialects in the Midwest," by Thor Templin: Dane County Kölsch / Berry, Ashton, and Cross Plains, Wisconsin / Peter McGraw, Steve Geiger, Mary Devitt, Peter Wagener, Suzanne Townley / Linguistics, morphology
-- "Update on the Digitization of German Dialects," by Steve Geiger and Rita Morandi: German dialects in America / Wolfgang Moelleken, Lester Seifert, Glenn Gilbert, Silvia Dal Negro / Field recordings / Kansas German / North American German Dialect Archive
-- "Low German in Wisconsin," by Alexandra Jacob: German dialects / Low German dialect / Plattdeutsch
-- "Jan Wirrer visits the MKI," by Thor Templin: Low German dialect
-- "MKI Releases Two New Books," by Eric Platt: Dictionary of German Names / Hans Bahlow, Edda Gentry / Land without Nightingales: Music in the Making of German-America / Philip V. Bohlman
-- "Traveling Exhibit and Programs Explore Barns in the United States," by Felecia Lucht: Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures / Farm life / Reckelberg farm in Kewaunee County / Pagenkopf family farm /
-- "New Acting Director of the MKI," by Felecia Lucht: Mark Louden
-- "A History of the Keystone House," by Emily Engel: William J. Petherick / Dane County Historical Society / Freda Keyes Winterble / University of Wisconsin-Madison
-- "Collection Feature: Songbooks," by Kevin Kurdylo: Die alte und die neue Heimath: Ein Volksliederbuch (1864) / Brockmann, J. H., ed. Kleiner Liederschatz für Jung und Alt. Milwaukee, Wis.: Northwestern, 1881 / Liederbüchlein für untere Classen und gemischte Schulen. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Deutsche Evang.-luth. Synode von Missouri, Ohio, u.a. Staaten, 1880 / Weiss, C. A., and Geo F. Rosche, eds. Perlen und Blüthen: Liederbuch zum Gebrauch in Sonntags-Schulen, christlichen Jugend-Vereinen, etc., etc. 2nd ed. Chicago, Ill.: Rosche, 1892 / Chor-Buch für Deutsch Amerikanische Chor-Sänger. Knoxville, Tennessee: Amerikanische Chor-Sänger, n.d. / Jubeltöne: Eine Sammlung von Liedern und Melodien aus deutschen und englischen Quellen. 37th ed. Cleveland, Ohio: Lauer & Mattill, 1889 / Ehrlich, Godfrey, trans. “On Wisconsin: Festlied der Universität Wisconsin.” [1910-1920?] / Das Cardui Lieder-Buch. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Chattanooga Medicine Co., 1912 / Rattermann, Heinrich Armin. Nord-Amerikanische Vögel in Liedern. Für Familien- und Schulgebrauch. Cincinnati, Ohio: Selbstverlag, 1904

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

-- "Gifts from the Past: Items Found between the Pages of German-American Books," by Kevin Kudylo, Max Kade Institute collections, Neue Illustrirte Familien Bibel, In der neuen Heimath. Geschichtliche Mittheilungen über die deutschen Einwanderer in allen Theilen der Union, Anton Eichhoff, family Bibles, photographs,
-- "The Friedrich Wilhelm Heine Diaries: Unlocking the Story of American Cyclorama Painting," by Antje Petty, Milwaukee, landscapes, historical, religious, or mythological events,
-- "Tracing the German Settlers of Missouri: Publications of the University of Missouri Press," by Antje Petty, Independent Immigrants: A Settlement of Hanovarian Germans in Western Missouri, by Robert W. Frizzell (2007), The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri: A Survey of a Vanishing Culture, by Charles van Ravenswaay,

-- "MKI Celebrates 25 Years with Banquet and Conference," by Kevin M. Kurdylo
-- "2009 MKI Friends Annual Meeting and Tour of German-American Architecture in Dodge County, Wisconsin," by Kevin M. Kurdylo, Langholff housebarn, Watertown, Manitoba’s
German-Russian Mennonites and by Wisconsin’s Pomeranian Germans, Schoenicke barn, Lebanon,
-- "Spotlight on Dodge County, Wisconsin," by Cora Lee Kluge, Swiss-American cheesemaker John Jossi, Watertown, Specialty Cheese Company, Lowell, Widmer’s Cheese Cellars of Theresa, Professor Lester W. J. (“Smoky”) Seifert, The Low German Dialect of Sauk County, Old Lutherans
-- "Carl Gerhard, Mayville’s German-American Poet," by Cora Lee Kluge, Blumen am Wege, Mayville, Wisconsin, Emil Ruedebusch, poetry,
-- "Summer Travel in 1912, German-American Style," by Antje Petty, German American press, advertisements, Die Hausfrau, vacation, Milwaukee Herald, travel reports, luggage, Hamburg-America Line, writing case, sewing kit,