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Published in North America

Da Ausauga [1992-2000]. Wescosville, Pa.: Fereinicht Pennsylfawnish Deitsch Fulk. various pagings.
MKI has v. 33, no. 2 and no. 3 (1992); v. 34, no. 2, no. 3, and no. 4 (1993); v. 35, no. 1 and no. 2 (1994); v. 35 [sic], no. 1 and no. 3 [1995]; v. 37, no. 3 (1997); v. 38, no. 2 and no. 4 (1998); v. 39, no. 2, no. 3, and no. 4 (1999); and v. 40, nos. 1-4 (2000).

Blütenlese deutscher Gedichte. Ithaca, N.Y.: Thrift Press, n.d. 32 pp.

Christliches Gedenkbuch: Lebensworte und geistliche Liederdichtungen für jeden Tag des Jahres. Chicago, Ill.: Wartburg, n.d. 376 pp., ill.

Constitution of the Freie Gemeinde (Free Thought Society) of Milwaukee. [Milwaukee, Wis.: s.n., 1949]. 15 pp.

Illustrierter Jugendblätter-Kalender für das Christliche Haus auf das Jahr unseres Herrn 1895. Reading, Pa.: Pilger, 1895. 144 pp.

Jahres-Bericht der “Gesellschaft für die Geschichte der Deutschen in Maryland.” 2 vols. (Annual Report of the Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland). Baltimore, Md.: [the society], 1887-1898. various pagings.
Contents:
1887-1888:
“Jonathan Hagar, the Founder of Hagerstown,” by Basil Sollers;
“The Redemptioners and the German Society of Maryland”;
“The Zion Church of the City of Baltimore,” by Rev. H. Scheib;
1888-1889:
“Synopsis of Prof. O. Seidensticker’s Address”;
“Johann Lederer’s Book of Travels in Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia in 1669 and 1670”;
“Die Protestanten-Klöster der Siebentäger in Pennsylvanien”;
“Die Revolte der Deutschen gegen die Regierung von Maryland”;
1889-1890: “Auszüge aus den Archiven des Staates Maryland”;
“Sketch of Dr. Seyffarth”;
“The First German Settlement in North America”;
“An Incident in the History of the Gemans in Maryland”;
1890-1891:
“Memoranda in Reference to Early German Emigration to Maryland”;
“Gottlieb Mittelbergers Reise nach Pennsylvanien und ihre Bedeutung als Kulturbild”;
“Early Western Settlements”;
“The German Day in Baltimore: October 6th, 1890”;
“Die ersten deutschen Sekten in Amerika”;
“Family Records: The Diffenderfers and Frieses”;
1891-1892:
“Early German Settlements in Western Maryland”;
“Die ersten deutschen Sekten in Amerika (Schluss)”;
“German-American Families in Maryland”;
“Die Anfänge der deutschen Kultur in Amerika”;
“Baltimores Deutsch-Amerikaner in Handel und Industrie”;
1892-1983:
“The First German Immigrants to North America”;
“Denkschrift über Henry L. Yesler. Gebürtig aus Leitersburg, Md. (1811). Gründer der Stadt Seattle, Washington”;
“Louis Ferdinand Fix”;
“Reminiscenses of the Political Life of the German-Americans in Baltimore during 1850-1860”;
“Geschichte der Deutschen in Amerika”;
1894-1896:
“The German in Baltimore”;
“Pastor Joseph Rieger, ein Pionier der deutschen evang. Kirche”;
“General Washington and the German-Americans”;
“Christopher Saur and His First German Bible”;
“List of Books Relating to the Germans in America”;
“The German-American Turner Lyric”;
“List of Books Contained in the Library of the Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland”;
1897-1898:
“Reminiscences of the Political Life of the German-Americans in Baltimore during the Years 1850-1860”;
“History of the German Element in Virginia,” vol. 1, by Herrmann Schuricht.

Der kleine Zeitungshändler. Cleveland, Ohio: W. F. Schneider, n.d. 32 pp.
Contents: Der kleine Zeitungshändler, Eine gute Lection, Hermann der Heuchler.

Der Leierkastenmann. Kriminal-Roman, Band 27. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

Liederschatz. Eine Sammlung der schönsten und beliebteste deutschen Volkslieder mit Pianobegleitung für das Christliche Haus. Vol. 2. St. Louis, Mo.: Louis Lange, [19–?]. 140 pp.
MKI has only vol. 2.

Das Pfarrhaus im Harz: Eine Erzählung für die reifere Jugend und das Volk (The Parsonage in the Hartz). Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Graham, [18–]. 296 pp.

Statuten des Deutschen Militär-Vereins. Madison, Wis.: s.n., 1911.

Berner, Friedrich. Im Hause des Todes. Kriminal-Roman, Band 3. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

Brosius, George. Fifty Years Devoted to the Cause of Physical Culture. [Milwaukee, Wis.: s.n., 1914]. 129 pp.
Biographical souvenir of George Brosius, a teacher at the Milwaukee Turnverein and later at the New York Central Turnverein.

Carsten-Miller, Ingeborg. All Christmas: Poetry. Silver Spring, Md: Carmill Press, ©2001. 39 pp.

Conrad, L. Grüße an meine Freunde in New York. New York, N.Y.: Dyrsen & Pfeiffer, 1899. 146 pp.

Flygare-Carlen, Emilie. Die Familie im Thale. Kriminal-Roman, Band 20. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

Friedländer, Victor. Von Hüben und Drüben: Gedichte. New York, N.Y.: International News Company, 1890. 56 pp.

Fritsch, W. A. William August. Deutsche Bücher im Staate Indiana. Eine Ergänzung der Festschrift zur Geschichte des Deutschthums in Indiana. Jeffersonville, Ind.: G. F. Engelhardt und Söhne, [1900]. 21 pp.

Gaboriau, Emil. Aktenstück Nr. 113. Kriminal-Roman, Band 16. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

Goldschmidt, W. Capital und Arbeitskraft, oder die Arbeiterfrage nebst Plan mit vollkommener Organisation zu Gewerbe-Banken, als größtmöglichste Annäherung azr Lösung obiger Frage. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.], 1875. 32 pp.

Grebner, Constantin. Die Deutschen. Erzählungen, Schilderungen, Sagen und Gedichte aus Deutschlands Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Mit einem Anhange: Die Deutsch-Amerikaner. Für Deutsch-Amerikanische Schulen und Familien gesammelt und bearbeit. Milwaukee, Wis.: Brumder, 1902. 224 pp.

Grill, Friedrich. Amerika: Gedichte. Philadelphia: Kohler, 1892. 344 pp.

Harter, F. A. Erinnerungen aus dem amerikanischen Bürgerkriege. Ernstes und Heiteres aus bewegter Zeit. Chicago, Ill.: F. A. Harter, 1895. 288 pp.

Hermann, Paul. Das Leben des Fürsten Bismarck. Eine Geschichte der Wiedergeburt der Deutschen Nation. Chicago, Ill.: Fred. Klein, 1894. 382 pp.

Hilgard-Villard, Heinrich. Jugend-Erinnerungen, 1835-1853. New York, N.Y.: Hermann Bartsch, ©1902. 222 pp.

Kahn, Lisa, ed. Reisegepäck Sprache: Deutschschreibende Autorinnen in den USA, 1938-1983 = In Her Mother’s Tongue: Women’s Authors in the U.S. Who Write in German, 1938-1983. Updated bilingual edition ed. Denver: Emerson, 1983. 395 pp.

Kapp, Friedrich. Die Deutschen im Staate New York während des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. Geschichtsblätter. Bilder und Mittheilungen aus dem Leben der Deutschen in Amerika, vol. 1. Carl Schurz, ed. New York, N.Y.: Steiger, 1884. iv, 229 pp.

Köhler, Joh. Ph. Das Gemeindelied für Gemischten Chor. [Milwaukee, Wis.: Frederick Pollworth & Bro., 1911]. 38 pp.

Körner, Gustav. Das deutsche Element in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, 1818-1848. Cincinnati, Ohio: Wilde, 1880. 461 pp.
Chapters examine prominent German-Americans and German-American activities in individual states and cities.

Körner, Hermann Joseph Aloys. Lebenskämpfe in der Alten und Neuen Welt. Eine Selbstbiographie. Vol. 2. New York, N.Y.: Schmidt, 1866. [592] pp.
MKI has vol. 2 only.

Lamsbach, Fedor Armin. Hilko. Roman aus den Befreiungskriegen Germaniens. Breslau; New York: S. Schottländer; Stechert, 1900. 249 pp.

Liebhart, H. Das Buch der Gleichnisse, nämlich: Biblische Wahrheiten in Sinnbildern und Beispielen. Ein Handbuch für Prediger, Lehrer und Eltern. Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock & Walden, 1876. 588 pp.

—, ed. Die Perle. Sang und Klang für Sonntagschulen und Jugendvereine. Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts, ©1894. 224 pp.

—, ed. Die Perle. Sang und Klang für Sonntagschulen und Jugendvereine. Cincinnati: Jennings & Pye, ©1894. 224 pp.

Märklin, Edmund. Familien-Bilder. Ein poetischer Blumenstrauss, für die deutsch-amerikanischen Frauen. Milwaukee, Wis.: Carl Dörflinger, 1877. 29 pp.

McClure, J. B. Anecdoten von Abraham Lincoln, und Lincoln’s Erzählungen. Chicago, Ill.: Rhodes & McClure, 1888. 198 pp.

Meiser, G. F. H. Liturgie für dinen Kinder-Gottesdienst am heiligen Weihnachts-Abende. Columbus, Ohio: Verlags-Handlung der ev.-luth. Synode von Ohio und andern Staaten, 1882. 15 pp.

Miller, Warren. Des Bankiers Millionen. Kriminal-Roman, Band 9. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

Müller, Wilhelm Frater Jocundus. Schabiade. Leben und Thaten des Fritz Schäbig. Eine erbauliche Historie in lustigen Reimen. 2nd ed. Milwaukee, Wis.: Caspar, 1886. 154 pp.

Münsterberg, Hugo. American Traits from the Point of View of a German. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. 235 pp.

Reuss, C. Freude und Wonne, zwei hundert geistliche Lieder nach Melodien in “Joy and Gladness.” Schenectady, N.Y.: Selbstverlag, n.d. 63 pp.

Rosenthal, Hermann. Das Lied der Lieder: Aus dem hebräischen Urtext in neue deutsche Reime gebracht/Worte des Sammlers (Koheleth). New York, N.Y.: International News Company, 1893. [66] pp.

Rothensteiner, Johannes. Indianersommer. Neue Lieder und Gedichte. St. Louis, Mo.: Herder, 1905. vi, 214 pp.

Rupp, I. Daniel. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776, With a Statement of the Names of Ships, Whence They Sailed, and the Date of Their Arrival at Philadelphia, Chronologically Arranged, Together with the Necessary Historical and Other Notes… = Chronologisch Geordnete Sammlung von mehr als 30,000 Namen von Einwanderen in Pennsylvanien… 2nd rev. ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Kohler, 1876. x, 495 pp. + 24 pp. of advertisements.

Schreyer, Woldemar. Steiger’s deutsch-amerikanisches Kochbuch für kleinere Familien. Praktische Anweisung, auf deutsche Weise gut, schmackhaft, abwechselnd und sparsam zu kochen. Mit Berücksichtigung amerikanischer Nahrungsmittel und Angabe der englischen Ausdrücke. New York, N.Y.: Steiger, ©1897. xviii, 318 pp.

Schultz, Pauline. Schultz’s deutsch-amerikanisches Koch-Buch: Eine leicht verständliche und praktische Anweisung wie man alle Arten Speisen und Backwerk wohlfeil und gut zubereiten kann. Für den Gebrauch der Deutschen in Amerika. Sowie vollständige Kunst das Einmachen der verschiedenen Früchte, und eine vollständige Anleitung die Herstellung verschiedener Arten von Cordials, Weine, Getränke etc. New York: Hurst & Company, ©1891. 286 pp.

Simons, Geo. H. Lebens-Compass für Alt und Jung. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cranston & Stowe, 1888. 597 pp.

—. Lebens-Compass für Alt und Jung. Memorial-Auflage. Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Pye, 1900. 597 pp.

Temme, J. D. H. Das begrabene Bügelbrett. Kriminal-Roman, Band 7. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

—. Die Harfenistin. Kriminal-Roman, Band 16. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.

—. Mörder oder Ermorderter? Kriminal-Roman, Band 12. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 64 pp.

—. Wilhelm Aschenbrenner. Kriminal-Roman, Band 13. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 64 pp.

Wallace, Lew. Ben-Hur: Eine Geschichte aus der Zeit des Herrn Jesu. H.W.S., trans. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. 583 pp., ill.

Wesley, Johannes. Sammlung auserlesener Predigten von Johannes Wesley. Cincinnati, Ohio: Poe & Hitchcock, 1861. 383 pp.

Westy, Robert. Die Prinzeß ohne Namen. Kriminal-Roman, Band 15. Lincoln, Neb.: Press Publishing Company, n.d. 62 pp.
“Kriminal-Roman nach dem Original “the Rogue with [a] Past,” von Robert Westy. Übersetzt [und bearbeitet] von Johann Frost.”

White, Ellen G. Das Leben Jesu Christi. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Oakland, Calif.: Pacific Press, 1888. xiv, 583 pp.

Wilson, Jos. S. Bericht des Commissionär des General-Land-Amtes, der Vereinigten Staaten von America, für Das Jahr 1867. Washington, D.C.: Druck der Regierungs-Buchdruckerei, 1868. 225 pp.

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Subject Collection

Americana in German Archives: A Guide to Primary Sources Concerning the History of the United States and Canada. Christof Mauch and Thomas Reuther, eds. Reference Guide, no. 12. Washington, D.C.: German Historical Institute, 1995. 317 pp.
Holdings sometimes include emigration records.

Archives in Germany: An Introductory Guide to Institutions and Sources. Frank Schumacher and Annette M. Marchiel, eds. Reference Guide, no. 13. Washington, D.C.: German Historical Institute, 1995. 178 pp.

Brücken in eine neue Welt: Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Land Braunschweig (Bridges to a New World: Emigrants From the Former Braunschweig Region). Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog August Bibliothek, Nr. 76. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2000. 281 pp.

1200 Jahre Selzen: 782-1982. Jubiläumsbuch zur 1200-Jahrfeier der Weinbaugemeinde Selzen. [Nierstein: Lattreuter, 1982?]. 188 pp.
Includes history of Selzen and Verzeichnis der ausgewanderten Bürger, 1843-1881 (31 names on p. 47), most of whom emigrated “ungesetzlich [nach] Amerika.”

Born, Joachim, and Sylvia Dickgiesser. Deutschsprachige Minderheiten: Ein Überblick über den Stand der Forschung für 27 Länder. Mannheim: Institut für deutsche Sprache, [1989]. 263 pp.
Includes overview of German-speaking minorities in the United States, pp. 245-262.

Bruncken, Ernest. “Die amerikanischen Staatslegislaturen.” In Jahrbuch für Gesetzgebung, Verwaltung und Volkswirtschaft im Deutschen Reiche (Sonderabzug). Gustav Schmoller, ed. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, n.d. pp. 77-95.

Dillinger, Johannes. “American Spiritualism and German Sectarianism: A Comparative Study of Societal Construction of Ghost Beliefs.” Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, no. 28 (2001): pp. 55-73.
Examines the American Spiritualist movement (originating with the German-American Fox (originally named Voss) sisters, Margaret, Kate and Leah) and the Württemberg ghost sect.

—. “Magic Meets Enlightenment? New Types of Discourse in America and Germany in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.” Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, no. 28 (2001): 113-20.
Report on October 2000 workshop.

Durnbaugh, Donald F. “Advice to Prospective Immigrants: Two Communications to Germany From Pennsylvania in the 1730s.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 57-71.
Two letters–one written in 1736 by Andreas Bohni, religious dissenter in Pennsylvania, to a cousin in Europe; the other an “open letter” published in Frankfurt am Main in 1739 and signed by leading German-Americans from the Philadelphia area–“provide useful insights into the motivations, procedures, practical problems, and, especially, hazards of emigration from German-speaking areas to North America in the mid-eighteenth century.”

Fallon, Daniel. “German Influences on American Education.” In The German-American Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation Between Two Cultures, 1800-2000. eds. Frank and Shore Elliott Trommler, pp. 77-87. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001.

Ficker, Christian Traugott. “Documents: Christian Traugott Ficker’s Advice to Emigrants.” Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 25 (1941-1942): 217-36, 331-55, 456-75.
Photocopy of “Documents” sections for issues December 1941, March 1942, and June 1942.
“Some while back Dr. Schafer, the late superintendent of the State historical society, Englished the little German volume entitled, ‘Friendly Adviser for All Who Would Emigrate to America and Particularly to Wisconsin,’ by Christian Traugott Ficker, which was published at Leipzig in 1853.”

Finckh, Ludwig. Ein starkes Leben: Konrad Krez, der deutsche Freiheitskämpfer, Dichter und General in Nordamerika. Roman. München: Deutscher Volksverlag, ©1937. 381 pp.

Fuhrig, Anne Marie. “A Question of Growing Urgency: Should Our Children and Grandchildren Learn German?” German-American Journal, vol. 45, no. 2 (2002): p. 3.
Based on a book by Lucy Tse (Why Don’t They Learn English? Separating Fact from Fallacy in the U.S. Language Debate, 2001), this article examines the benefits of bilingualism.

Gilbert, Glenn Gordon. “The German Dialect Spoken in Kendall and Gillespie Counties, Texas.” Dissertation (Ph.D.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1963.

Grams, Wolfgang, “‘Ei Söppohß juh ahr än Emmigrent?’–Ich vermute Sie sind ein Auswanderer: Deutsche Einwanderung nach Amerika.” In Fremde in Deutschland–Deutsche in der Fremde: Schlaglichter von der frühen Neuzeit bis in die Gegenwart. Uwe Meiners and Christoph Reinders-Düselder, eds. Cloppenburg: Museumsdorfes Cloppenburg, 1999. pp. 203-14.

Grassl, Gary C. “Johannes Fleischer, Jr, M.D.: The First Scientist at Jamestown, Virginia.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 133-51.
Fleischer desired to study the medicinal plants of North America, and reached the Jamestown colony in January 1608; he likely died around 7 August 1608.

Grund, Francis J. Die Aristokratie in Amerika, aus dem Tagebuch eines deutschen Edelmanns. 2 vols. Francis J. Grund, hrsg. Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung, 1839. 223; 240 pp.

Gudde, Erwin Gustav. Neu-Helvetien: Lebenserinnerungen des Generals Johann August Sutter. Frauenfeld and Leipzig: Huber & Co., 1934. 122 pp.
Biography of the founder of New Helvetia in the Sacramento Valley, California.

Herminghouse, Patricia. “”Sisters, Arise!” The Intersections of Nineteenth-Century German and American Feminist Movements.” In The German-American Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation Between Two Cultures, 1800-2000. Frank Trommler and Elliott Shore, eds. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001. pp. 49-60.

Hofmann, Annette R. “”Die Turnfahrt Übers Meer”: Die amerikanischen Turner beim deutschen Turnfest 1880 in Frankfurt.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 27-40. English summary, pp. 35-36.
The Turnfest held in Frankfurt in July 1880 was an international event, including delegations from “a number of European countries as well as a 400-member group of German-Americans from the US. The visit of the American Turners was all the more significant given the rift that had developed between the American and German Turners over political issues since the founding of the new German empire in 1871. American Turners were quite vocal in their criticism of their German counterparts for their lack of political activity in the new empire….By returning to the German fatherland and demonstrating their gymnastic skills, these German-American Turners proved that they had remained true to their German cultural heritage but had also become strong adherents of American democracy and political freedom.”

Klees, Fredric. The Pennsylvania Dutch. New York: Macmillan, 1955. ix, 451 pp.

Knuth, Eldon L. “Emigrant Waves From Northern Germany.” German-American Genealogy (Burbank, CA), Spring 2002, pp. 1-6.
“Emigrants left Germany in waves, with the crests corresponding to social and political crises in Germany. Major waves occurred in 1845-1858 (1.36 emigrants), 1864-1873 (1.04 million emigrants) and 1880-1893 (1.78 million emigrants).” Examines reasons for emigrating, typical emigration patterns, and the eimigration records available to genealogists.

Kopp, Achim. “‘Of the Most Ignorant Stupid Sort of Their Own Nation’: Perceptions of the Pennsylvania Germans in the Eighteenth and Twentieth Centuries.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 41-55.
“The purpose of this essay is to trace the development of the current perceptions and stereotypes associated with the Pennsylvania Germans (also known as the Pennsylvania Dutch) and their linguistic varieties….The study of both the development and the current nature of cultural attitudes and stereotypes is of great importance for our understanding of recent linguistic developments among the Pennsylvania Germans. In particular,…adoption of, and widespread belief in, the stereotype of the “dumb Dutchman”…has led to a shift from Pennsylvania German to English as native language and will ultimately result in language death within this subgroup.”

Lorenz-Meyer, Martin. “United in Difference: The German Community in Nativist Baltimore and the Presidential Elections of 1860.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 1-26.
Includes an analysis of two German-American newspapers in Baltimore, Der Deutsche Correspondent and the Baltimore Wecker.

Macha, Jürgen, and Andrea Wolf, eds. Michael Zimmer’s Diary: Ein Deutsche Tagebuch aus dem Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg. Sprachgeschichte des Deutschen in Nordamerka: Quellen und Studien. History of the German Language in America: Sources and Studies, vol. 1. Jürgen Macha and Joseph C. Salmons, eds. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2001. xxxv, 214 pp.
In German and English; includes glossary.
“This first volume in a series evolving from transatlantic co-operation presents a German diary written during the American Civil War and its English translation. The intriguing experiences of the author, Michael Zimmer from Palatinate, have been made accessible through annotations concerning aspects of language in general as well as military history.”

Mauch, Christof. “German-Jewish Identities in America: From the Civil War to the Present.” Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, no. 28 (2001): pp. 107-13.
Report on conference at Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison), October 2000.

Mühl, Siegmar. “New England’s Early Nineteenth-Century ‘German Craze’: An Era Revisited.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 73-87.
Examines the German selections in “Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature,” a fourteen-volume series edited by George Ripley and published in Boston. Mühl asks: “What impelled the translators to learn a language little know in New England at the time, and…how did they come by their knowledge of German?…What moved George Ripley to launch the project?…[and] how was the series received by the public?”

Peterson, Brent O. “How (and Why) to Read German-American Literature.” In The German-American Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation Between Two Cultures, 1800-2000. Frank Trommler and Elliott Shore, eds. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001. pp. 88-102.
Examines the short story, “Der vierte Juli: Erzählung aus dem deutsch-amerikanischen Volksleben,” by J.C.W. Lindemann, which appeared in 1871 in Die Abendschule, a German-American family journal.

Powell, Hugh. “Disdain and Delight: A German Visitor Reports From America in 1839.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 89-105.
Examines three letters written by Paul Nicolaus Bernhard Josephy Schücking (1787-1867), known as Modestus Schücking, who visited from north Germany and took up residence for nearly two years in Steubenville, Ohio. Schücking sharply criticizes “the habits of descendants of middle-class German immigrants” and details his concerns for educational practices, with an emphasis on the education of girls.

Prinz, Harvey. “150 Years of Turners in the Quad Cities: Turners of Moline, Illinois 1866-1983.” Infoblatt, vol. 7, no. 2 (2002): pp. 19-21.

Reinhart, Joseph R. A History of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S.: The Boys Who Feared No Noise. Louisville, Ky.: Beargrass Press, 2000. 473 pp., ill.
“Follows one of the Bluegrass State’s hardest-fighting regiments through three years of war in the Army of the Ohio and its successor, the Army of the Cumberland. …Fighting alongside the regiment’s native-born Kentucky farmers were over 300 German-born men from Louisville and more than a score of natives of England and Ireland…yielding Kentucky’s most ethnically mixed regiment….Rich in quotations gleaned from letters, diaries, and other contemporary documents.”

Sazaki, Kristina R. “Between Two Worlds: August Auerbach’s American Correspondence to His Father, Berthold Auerbach.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 117-32.
August Auerbach, son of the popular German-Jewish author Berthold Auerbach, sailed to America on August 16, 1873 and returned to Germany at the end of September 1874. His letters home reveal the difficulty August experienced in “creating a self-image that was in some way independent of his father and his father’s reputation as author, literary authority on America, and Jew.”

Schmahl, Helmut. Das Ober-Flörsheimer Kriegerdenkmal und sein Stifter Sebastian Walter. Ober-Flörshiem einst und jetzt, Heft 1. Ober-Flörsheim: Heimat- und Kulturverein Ober-Flörsheim, 2001.

—, “Innerlicher Mangel und aüsserliche Nahrungshoffnung: Aspekte der Auswanderung aus Kurmainz im 18. Jahrhundert.” In Reichskirche–Mainzer Kurstaat–Reichserzkanzler. Peter C. Hartmann, ed. Mainzer Studien zur neueren Geschichte, vol. 6. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2001. pp. 121-43.

Seewald, E. M. “Hawaii’s Arizona War Memorial. Our Famous German-Americans: The Story of the Architect Alfred Preis.” German-American Journal, vol. 44, no. 1 (2002): pp. 1, 3.
Despite fleeing Austria during Hitler’s rise to power, Preis was interned on Sand Island at the entrance to Honolulu Harbor during World War II; he later went on to design the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial among other architectural works.

Stessl, Janet. “A Brief History of the Chicago Zither Club.” Infoblatt, vol. 7, no. 2 (2002): pp. 6-7, ill.

Streiff, Catharina. Die Laute der Glarner Mundarten. Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik, no. 8. Albert Bachmann, ed. Frauenfeld: Huber & Co., 1915. 146 pp.
Includes index and map.

Trommler, Frank, and Elliott Shore, eds. The German-American Encounter: Conflict and Cooperation Between Two Cultures, 1800-2000. New York: Berghahn Books, 2001. xix, 344 pp.

Westege, Franz. “Die deutscheste Stadt Amerikas. Skizzen aus Milwaukee.” In Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens. Vol. 1. Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig: Union Deutsche Velagsgesellschaft, 1897, pp. 211-28, ill.

—. “Ein Spaziergang durch Washington. Bilder aus der Bundeshauptstadt der Vereinigten Staaten.” In Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens. Vol. 5. Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig: Union Deutsche Velagsgesellschaft, 1897, pp. 113-33, ill.

Williams, Carol. Brightness Remembered. Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 2001. v, 213 pp.
Historical novel of a Swiss family from Saxe-Gotha Township that moved to South Carolina in 1756.

Yoder, Elmer S. I Saw It in The Budget. Hartville, Ohio: Diakonia Ministries, 1990. 391 pp.

Zimmermann, Manfred. “Amerikasympathien Kurhessischer Offiziere zwischen Restauration und Revolution, 1816-49.” Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 35 (2000): pp. 107-16.
English summary, pp. 115-116. Discusses three cases of “a pronounced enthusiasm for the political situation in America” as expressed (often with an idealized image) by Hessen-Kassel officers during the early 1800s.

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Family Histories and Archives

[Letters to Emil Ingwerson]. Wisconsin: 1865.
Includes copies of original letters, translations and transcriptions.
Four letters to Emil Ingwerson, who was serving in the army during the Civil War. The letters are from C. Henry Joseph, (husband of Amelia Endlich, Emil’s sister) written from New Hope, Portage Co., Wis. and dated Sept. 13, 1865; from Amelia Endlich (Emil’s sister); from Wilhelm Ingwerson (Emil and Amelia’s brother) written from Mount Pleasant [Nebraska?] and dated Sept. 5, 1865; and one addressed to Lieber Bruder and signed only Deine dich liebende Schwester (from Amelia?), written from Keeping Water and dated Aug. 7, 1880.

Becker, Nicholas E. [Poems by and Photographs of Nicholas E. Becker].
Poems are in Luxembourgish from the German-language Port Washington Zeitung; photocopied poems from a book (22 pages), under the title Lidder a Gedichter; photographs of N.E. Becker, his wife Ottilia (Schauer) Becker, and their children.

Richards, Roland Peter. Out of the Back Forty. Germantown, Wis.: Tech/Data Publications, ©1998. [358] pp.
“This volume covers the lives and genealogy records of several spelling variations of the family name of Richardt, Rechert, Richard, Richerdt and Richards. In addition, the family names of Franzen and Daniels, related through marriage, are recorded. All of them emigrated from Europe and settled in Ohio and Wisconsin in the early and mid 19th century….There is good depth of coverage about the challenges which our ancestors faced during the early pioneer days in carving a homestead and farmland out of the wilderness of 19th & 20th century America.”

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Textbooks

Bierwirth, H. C. The Elements of German. New York: Holt, 1900.

Lorenzen, A. F., Hrsg. Deutsche Fibel. Columbus, Ohio: Lutherische Verlagshandlung, n.d. iv, 96 pp.

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