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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | What Was on the Mind of Your German-American Ancestor? |
| Journal Title | Der Blumenbaum |
| Date of Publication | Oct./Nov./Dec. 2003 |
| Volume ID | 21 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 71 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 1063-8849 |
| Abstract | Lists topics of debates and lectures presented at the Davenport (Iowa) Turngemeinde from 1857 to 1915. Among the topics: "Status of women," Mar. 1, 1857; "Is water or beer preferable for the health of human beings?" Dec. 1867; "The abolition of capital punishment," Nov. 1873; Debate: "German instruction in public schools," Apr. 1874; "The attitude of immigrants toward the immigration problem," Apr. 25, 1898; "Antisemitism of the present and race hatred in history," Sept. 28, 1899; and "German-American Poets," Oct. 23, 1900. |
| Notes | Sacramento German Genealogy Society; source: "List of Lectures and Debates Given Before the Davenport Turngemeinde," by Hildegard Binder Johnson; from the Iowa Journal of History, no. 44 (1946), pp. 54-60. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Iowa/ Turners/ Intellectual life/ History/ United States/ Societies, etc. |