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Journal 1970s
- Journal,
Vol.
1,
No.
1
(Spring
1978):
Cover:
Children
of
Russian
German
colony
near
Eureka,
SD,
in
1896,
is
the
focus
of
this
issue's
Folklore
Forum
on
"Childbirth
and
Childhood
Customs
of
the
Germans
From
Russia."
Exploring
his
family
background
and
the
Ostrog
Mennonite
settlement
in
Russia
(daily
life,
religious
activities,
weddings,
funerals,
and
emigration),
Jacob
B.
Janz
provides
more
insight
into
the
"Mennonite
Life
in
Volhynia,
1800-1874,"
translated
by
Agnes
Janz
Hubert
with
notes
by
John
B.
Toews.
The
Journal
continues
with
Part
II
of
Lew
Malinowski's
articles
on
German
colonization
of
Russia
in
his
"They
Did
Not
Come
From
Warsaw,"
translated
by
Sally
S.
Arbuckle,
and
with
Adam
Giesinger's
series
of
translations
of
Volga
settlers'
memoirs,
"Reminiscences
of
August
Stahlbaum."
Dr.
Giesinger
also
has
translated
the
official
account
of
the
repatriation
of
certain
Germans
to
the
Reich
from
1939-1940
in
"The
Trek
of
the
Ethnic
Germans
From
Volhynia,
Galicia,
and
the
Narew
River
Region."
An
interesting
counterpoint
to
this
official
version,
the
personal
recollections
of
Maria
Mahlsam,
is
presented
in
"At
Home
Once
More,"
translated
by
Nancy
B.
Holland.
Lawrence
A.
Weigel
adds
to
his
music
series
with
a
story
on
the
song,
Die
Vertriebenen,
and
Adam
Giesinger
deals
with
the
earliest
Crimean
German
villages
Rosental,
Neusatz,
and
Zuerichtal
in
his
village
series.
Other
special
features
include
Emma
S.
Haynes's
translation
of
a
letter
written
by
Emilie
and
Eugen
Schwan
of
Stuttgart
in
"White
Paper
on
Human
Rights
of
Germans
in
Eastern
Europe";
a
report
on
the
1978
AHSGR
tour
to
South
America,
"New
Friendships
in
South
America,"
by
Barbara
Amen;
and
a
chart
with
accompanying
map
of
the
present-day
names
of
the
German
colonies
in
Bessarabia,
provided
by
Karl
Stumpp.
In
"A
Voice
From
the
Past:
Remembering
Eighty
Years,"
Andrew
Kehrer
tells
the
story
of
his
family
from
their
life
in
Russia
near
the
Black
Sea
to
their
resettlement
in
Washington.
Emma
S.
Haynes
gives
a
"Progress
Report
on
the
Coming
of
Volga
German
Protestants
to
the
United
States"
with
accompanying
"Passenger
Lists,"
and
a
genealogy
section
includes
a
"Surname
Exchange"
and
"Queries."
Completing
the
issue
are
book
reviews
of
The
Volga
German
Gemeindeschaft
and
Political
Autonomy
Amidst
Domestic
Turmoil,
1914-1922
by
Aleksander
Mrdjenovic,
The
Logan
County
Ledger,
and
Hans
Brandenburg's
The
Meek
and
the
Mighty:
The
Emergence
of
the
Evangelical
Movement
in
Russia.
- Journal,
Vol.
1,
No.
2
(Fall
1978):
Commemorates
the
Tenth
Anniversary
Convention
in
Lincoln,
Nebraska,
June
20-25,
1978.
The
issue
commences
with
an
introduction
to
AHSGR's
new
International
President,
Adam
Giesinger,
and
to
the
convention's
opening
session
with
Ruth
M.
Amen's
keynote
address,
"The
First
Decade
For
AHSGR
It
Is
Only
the
Beginning."
Guest
speaker
Karl
Stumpp's
address,
"The
Present
Condition
of
the
Russian
Germans
and
the
Problems
of
the
Returnees,"
is
translated
by
Emma
S.
Haynes.
Other
major
addresses
include
those
given
at
the
Genealogy
Sessions:
"Researching
the
First
People
Who
Came
to
America
From
Our
Ancestral
Village"
by
Pauline
and
Norman
Dudek,
and
"Who
Is
Writing
Your
Family
History?"
and
"Naturalization
Records
in
Genealogical
Research"
by
Gerda
S.
Walker;
plus
those
presented
at
the
folklore
sessions:
"Dialects,
Dimensions,
Folk
Music,
and
Proverbs:
Folklore
at
the
1978
Convention"
by
Timothy
J.
Kloberdanz
and
"Volga
German
Proverbs,
Folk
Expressions,
and
Jingles
From
the
Colony
of
Dreispitz"
by
Mary
Koch.
A
record
of
proceedings
is
provided
with
illustrated
articles
on
the
Folk
Festival,
the
South
American
tour
panel,
the
International
Foundation,
the
Lincoln
Chapter
pageant,
"Through
the
Years
With
Germans
From
Russia,"
University
Studies
on
Germans
from
Russia,
the
Tenth
Anniversary
Banquet,
and
the
Ecumenical
Service.
Also
included
are
the
following
AHSGR
Committee
Reports:
Archives,
Research
and
Bibliography,
Translations,
Religious
History,
Genealogy,
Folklore,
and
Membership.
Additional
reports
are
presented
by
the
International
Secretary,
Resolutions
Committee,
and
Nominating
Committee,
along
with
an
account
of
the
Convention
Registrations.
To
complete
the
issue
is
a
book
review
of
The
Wanderers:
The
Saga
of
Three
Women
Who
Survived
by
Ingrid
Rimland
and
a
genealogy
section
with
"Queries"
and
"Surname
Exchange."
- Journal,
Vol.
1,
No.
3
(Winter
1978):
This
issue
is
devoted
almost
exclusively
to
the
AHSGR
"Meet
the
People"
tours
to
South
America
in
January
and
February
of
1978.
A
wide
variety
of
articles
written
by
people
in
the
two
tour
groups
covers
events,
adventures,
and
impressions
of
this
memorable
trip.
Included
are
accounts
of
visits
to
Mennonite
colonies
in
Brazil
and
Paraguay,
the
celebrations
in
Argentina
of
the
100-year
anniversary
of
the
arrival
of
Russian
Germans
in
that
country,
the
finding
of
relatives
and
new
friends,
and
subsequent
explorations
in
other
South
American
countries.
Of
separate
interest
is
Emma
S.
Haynes's
translation
of
"The
Coming
of
the
First
Volga
German
Catholics
to
America,"
rewritten
from
a
diary
started
on
February
8,
1887,
by
Athanasius
Karlin.
This
article
is
accompanied
by
a
passenger
list.
Completing
the
issue
is
a
genealogy
section
with
the
"Surname
Exchange."
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