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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Strohschaenk, Johannes |
| Title, Analytic | The Official Word vs. the Horse's Mouth: Descriptions of Wisconsin for the German Emigrant in the 1850s. |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2001 |
| Volume ID | 36 |
| Location in Work | 129-156 |
| View Online | https://doi.org/10.17161/ygas.v36i |
| ISSN | 0741-2827 |
| Abstract | Examines the information contained in a pamphlet describing Wisconsin issued by Wisconsin's Office of Commissioner of Emigration in the 1850s. The information in this pamphlet, copies of which "could not be found," may have been derived from texts written by Increase A. Lapham, state geographer, or John H. Lathrop, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Compares this information with other publications by German emigrants designed "to offer advice to fellow Germans regarding Wisconsin as a desirable place for settlement. The conclusion constitutes an attempt to determine which of the mentioned sources was best suited to provide, and indeed did provide, crucial information and assistance to the German emigrant." |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Immigrants, German/ Wisconsin/ Emigration and immigration (Europe-US)/ 19th century/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US) |