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Swedish American Historical Society

 

One of the greatest benefits of being a member of The Swedish-American Historical Society is the quarterly publication distributed to all members. Full of historic illustrations and interesting articles by researchers, noted authors and leading academics, the Quarterly is a "must" read for anyone interested in exploring their Swedish roots.  Back Quarterly issues may be purchased for $5 each plus $3.50 postage and handling.  (To order, send your request with a check to our office or you may use the credit card information form at the bottom of the "Book Order" page, which you can reach by clicking on the book symbol below and then on "Order Form"  at the top of the Book List.)
Following are the tables of contents of the 2005 year Quarterlies:

January 2005, Vol. LV1, No.1 - Byron J. Nordstrom, Editor

Robert Douglas: The Swedes and Sudanese in Minnesota: Geographical Commonalities of Old and New Immigration

James M. Kaplan: My Search for Birger Sandzen

James M. Kaplan: Birger Sandzen on Art, Music, and Transcendence

H. Arnold Barton: Remigration to Sweden in Eurpoean Perspective

 April 2005-July 2005 Special Issue, Vol. LV1, No. 2-3 - Byron J. Nordstrom, Editor


Eva St Jean: "Letters from the Promised Land": Interpreting Ambiguities in Immigrant Letters

Jennifer Eastman Attebery: "Peasant Letters" Revisited: The Immigrant Letter from a Folklorist's Perspective

Britt Liljewall: Emigration, Literacy, and Networks, or Letters from the Lost Land

Joy K. Lintelman: Between the Mundane and the Memorable: The Letters of Single and Married Swedish Immigrant Women

Maria Erling: The Connections Correspondence Made

Ulf Jonas Björk: Perhaps There is Someone Who Wants to Know How We Live: "Public" Immigrant Letters in Swedish-American Newspapers

Solveig Zempel: "My Book, I Have Neglected You Sorely": Reading the Kravik-Lokensgaard Diaries

  October 2005, Vol. LV1< No. 4 - Byron J. Nordstrom, Editor

 

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The Society sponsors, publishes and sells books on the subject of the history and meaning of the Swedish participation in the American experience. Included are academic works, books of letters, and personal reminiscences. Members receive discounts on all book purchases. To review the title list, click here:

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