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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Johnson, Hildegard Binder |
| Title, Analytic | The Carver County German Reading Society |
| Journal Title | Minnesota History |
| Date of Publication | Sept. 1943 |
| Volume ID | 24 |
| Issue ID | 3 |
| Location in Work | 214-225 |
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| Abstract | Literary societies, a common feature of frontier cultural life, were established early in Carver County, Minnesota, where about half of the pioneer settlers were German immigrants. These were of various faiths and also included a group of freethinkers. The aim of the Carver County Deutscher Leseverein, as defined in its constitution, was "to promote knowledge, morality, enlightment and improvement of the mind," for which purpose "a library was procured," and "lectures, debates, and evening entertainments were to be arranged." The history of the German Reading Society at Carver reflects the mental processes that the members of one group of German immigrants experienced before they or their children could adjust to new cultural surroundings. |
| Call Number | Digital file |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Minnesota/ Assimilation/ Societies, etc./ Frontier and pioneer life/ Freethinkers |