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Journal 1980s
- Journal,
Vol.
3,
No.
1
(Spring
1980):
The
cover
is
a
general
view
of
Budingen,
Germany,
in
the
seventeenth
century,
where
many
emigrants
were
married
before
leaving
for
the
colonies
in
Russia.
"A
Document
of
1766
Found
in
Budingen,
Germany,"
by
Emma
S.
Haynes
gives
the
names
of
some
of
the
original
emigrants
from
Germany
to
the
Volga.
Additional
contributions
by
Mrs.
Haynes
are
the
articles
"Recent
News
on
Germans
From
Russia"
and
"Arrival
Dates
in
New
York
of
Steamships
Given
in
Work
Papers
9
Through
14."
"The
Long
Trail
of
the
Poor"
is
the
fifth
in
the
series
by
Lew
Malinowski
on
German
emigrants
and
was
translated
by
Hildegard
K.
Schwabauer.
Two
German
villages
in
Russia
receive
special
attention:
"Orlovskoye
on
the
Volga"
by
Jacob
and
Irma
Eichhorn
and
"Lichtental,
Bessarabia:
The
Story
of
a
Swabian
Community
in
Russia,"
translated
by
Herman
Wildermuth.
Adam
Giesinger
has
two
articles:
"Villages
in
Which
Our
Forefathers
Lived:
Germans
From
Hungary
in
the
Odessa
Colonies"
and
"The
German
Republic
on
the
Volga
in
the
1920s."
"An
Interview
With
Lydia
Kretz:
Observations
of
a
Soviet-German
Member
of
the
Supreme
Soviet
of
the
U.
S.
S.
R."
is
an
unusual
interview
translated
by
Philippe
Edel.
The
importance
of
music
in
the
lives
of
our
people
is
discussed
by
Lawrence
Weigel
as
he
speaks
of
the
many
fine
instrumentalists
and
bands
and
gives
us
a
traditional
post wedding
song,
Ihr
Musikanten
tut
mir
spielen
(Musicians,
play
a
song
for
me.)
New
acquisitions
for
the
Archives
reviewed
in
this
issue
include:
Memories
of
the
Black
Sea
Germans
by
Joseph
S.
Height;
Emmons
County
History,
Ellen
Woods
and
Euvagh
Wenzel,
editors;
Fifty
Golden
Years:
Tramping
Lake
1895-1955.
- Journal,
Vol.
3,
No.
2
(Fall
1980):
A
photograph
of
her
great-grandmother
taken
in
Norka
prior
to
World
War
I
inspired
the
artist
Lydia
M.
Ruyle
to
create
a
lovely
two-color
lithograph
titled
"Babushka."
This
lithograph
was
used
on
the
convention
program
and
roster
and
is
also
on
the
cover
of
this
Journal
commemorating
the
Eleventh
International
Convention
held
in
Dearborn,
Michigan,
July
8-13.
The
addresses
and
presentations
found
in
this
issue
include:
the
keynote
address,
"An
Appraisal
of
Our
Future,"
by
Adam
Giesinger;
"Russian
Documents
Which
Our
Ancestors
Brought
to
America"
by
Alexander
Dupper;
"The
Art
of
Bloodletting
as
Practiced
by
My
Father"
by
Solomon
L.
Loewen;
"Our
Authors
and
Their
Books"
by
Nancy
B.
Holland;
"Und
sieh,
wir
leben:
The
Story
of
the
Religious
Life
of
Our
People
in
Russia
Today"
by
Donald
Damer;
"Treasures
in
Our
Archives"
by
Emma
S.
Haynes.
Dr.
A.
Becker
tells
of
his
good
fortune
in
finding
Keller's
Die
deutschen
Kolonien
in
Suedrussland,
which
he
has
translated
and
AHSGR
has
published.
Addresses
concerning
the
International
Foundation
are
"An
Idea
Is
Born"
by
Mrs.
Theodore
E.
Heinz
and
"How
Members
and
Chapters
Can
Help:
What
If
.
.
.
'"
by
Ed
Schwartzkopf.
The
banquet
presentations
concerned
the
topic
"AHSGR
Through
the
Eyes
of
Its
Presidents,"
including
"The
Founding
Years"
by
David
J.
Miller;
"Growing
Up"
by
Ruth
M.
Amen;
and
"Building
for
the
Future"
by
Adam
Giesinger.
In
addition,
this
issue
contains
committee
reports,
a
report
of
the
first
"Village
Night"
held
at
the
convention,
and
the
text
of
the
"Sermon
in
Poetry"
presented
at
the
ecumenical
service
and
compiled
by
Nancy
B.
Holland.
- Journal,
Vol.
3,
No.
3
(Winter
1980):
The
cover
depicts
the
sketch
of
a
proposed
medal
in
commemoration
of
the
Manifesto
of
1763.
One
of
the
documents
from
the
1760s
which
this
Journal
contains
is
the
official
English--
language
version
of
Catherine's
manifesto
of
1763.
The
other
is
a
document
issued
by
the
ruler
of
the
Rhine
Palatinate
in
Germany
in
1764
freeing
a
Jakob
Bruch
from
serfdom
to
enable
him
to
migrate
to
Russia.
Concerning
the
same
period
we
have
the
story
of
the
founding
of
the
Volga
colonies
written
by
Georg
Kromm.
Adam
Giesinger
tells
of
land
distribution
in
"Changes
in
Land
Ownership
in
Franzfeld/Odessa
1806-1822"
and
provides
information
about
the
Liebental
daughter
colonies
in
this
issue's
installment
of
"Villages
in
Which
Our
Forefathers
Lived."
Sally
T.
Hieb
has
translated
beautifully
one
of
the
chapters
of
Wolhynisches
Tagebuch,
which
was
reviewed
in
the
Journal
Vol.
2,
No.
3.
In
addition,
the
story
of
the
grandson
of
the
woman
portrayed
on
the
cover
of
that
issue
is
told
here.
The
first
installment
of
Pastor
David
Weigum's
reminiscences
of
his
childhood
and
youth
in
the
Crimea
in
the
1880s
is
presented
in
Aus
Heimat
und
Leben
translated
by
Leona
Pfeifer.
Donald
Damer
has
translated
"Not
Far
From
Orenburg,"
a
report
by
two
Communist
reporters
on
Mennonite
colonies
in
the
Orenburg
District.
Adam
Giesinger
presents
the
first
extract
from
his
work
dealing
with
the
history
of
AHSGR.
A
timely
article
is
Rosina
Kiehlbauch's
"Christmas
in
the
New
World"
concerning
the
celebration
by
an
immigrant
family
in
the
1870s.
Concluding
this
issue
are
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