The Minnesota Cultural Heritage Grants Program, funded by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, was created to preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's cultural and historical resources and to support projects of enduring value for the cause of history and historic preservation across the state.
The program accepts applications on a revolving deadline schedule for small to large projects, in a range of areas related to the goals of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. For more information, contact Minnesota Historical Society.
]]>Presentations by the Charles Babbage Institute and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine will follow a brief introduction highlighting materials from archival collections on campus, including the Immigration History Research Center.
A light repast will be served during presentations from noon to 1 p.m., and cavern tours will be offered after the lunchtime talk. If you have not seen the caverns, First Fridays in a convenient opportunity to see one of the real treasures at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus! Tours are offered at the conclusion of First Fridays throughout the coming year.
For more information on First Fridays and the University Libraries' fall exhibition schedule, visit http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events//
]]>Citation: Walter D. Kamphoefner. Review of Barkan, Elliott Robert, From All Points: America's Immigrant West, 1870s-1952. H-GAGCS, H-Net Reviews. October, 2009.
URLs: complete review or to order this book
]]>The CCMET was established in June, 2009, during the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). The executive committee of the CCMET is composed of the following officers: Lisa Chilton, University of Prince Edward Island (Chair), Royden Loewen, University of Winnipeg (Vice-chair), Bruce Elliott, Carleton University (Secretary-treasurer), and two members at large (Laura Madokoro, University of British Columbia, also listserv moderator ex officio, and Tina Chen, University of Manitoba).
The CCMET listserve and web presence may be accessed at the following link: http://groups.google.com/group/CHA-MET(please note that you may have to copy and paste this address into your browser). If you would like assistance relating to the listserv, please contact Laura Madokoro at lmadok@interchange.ubc.ca. Any other questions may be directed to Lisa Chilton at lchilton@upei.ca.
]]>Rússia - Ascensão e Queda de Um Império - Uma História Geopolítica e Militar da Rússia, dos Czares ao Século XXI by João Fábio Bertonha
]]> Written by the local author Stephen Sebesta, The Wartime Experiences of a Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaire: the World War I Diary of Ladislav Krizek is a new book consisting of a translated diary along with relevant newspaper articles, photographs, and other historical material.Most of the material was collected from Ladislav's sons and daughters, who heard of Sebesta's work on the history of the Czech community and wanted to bring to light the important role their father played in that history. Much research was done here at the IHRC on the important roles he played in the Czech Cleveland Community, his wartime service, and his dedication to the citizenship and assistance of his fellow veterans and disabled members of the Czechoslovak Legionnaire.
The book is available in hardback and paperback editions.
FFI: http://www2.xlibris.com/BOOKSTORE/bookdisplay.aspx?bookid=59645
Rússia - Ascensão e Queda de Um Império - Uma História Geopolítica e Militar da Rússia, dos Czares ao Século XXI (Russia - Rise and Fall of an Empire - a Geopolitical and Military History of Russia, the Czars to the 21st Century) was written by João Fábio Bertonha.
Although Russia has been a great power and an important player in the international system for centuries, its history was particularly symptomatic of major movements of the 20th century, such as socialism, industrialization and modern alternatives. Political and social history perspectives have dominated Brazilian analyses especially of the Revolution of 1917 and USSR, but Bertonha's current work helpfully addresses diplomatic and military history, as well. Starting at the time of the czars, passing through the Soviet age and to the present, he traces the main quandaries of Russian presence since the 16th century as Moscow worked through eras of war and peace that defined the identity of the country.
João Fábio Bertonha is Doctor in History for the Unicamp; Professor of History in the State University of Maringá and Researcher of the CNPq. He has been a visiting researcher at universities in Brazil, North America, Europe and Latin America, and has conducted research at the Immigration History Research Center, among other repositories. He is author of innumerable books and articles on international relations, Italian immigration and fascist movements.
FFI and order form: http://www.jurua.com.br/shop_item.asp?id=21323
]]>"IHRC is joining with Korean Quarterly because KQ is a historically significant publication documenting Korean-American experience," said Haven Hawley, program director of the IHRC and supervisor of the Center's archives.
Ethnic publishers are likely to be hit especially hard by expectations for free online access even as print subscriptions are dropping, said Dr. Hawley. "Without publishers like KQ to document immigrant and multi-cultural identities, we will lose voices that are important to telling the many stories of American identity."
Korean Quarterly was founded in 1997 and has received more than 24 awards for journalistic excellence, including first place in Commentary in the 2009 New America Media Awards. Writers and editors have covered important current and historical issues, many of which were not covered in the mainstream press. When the largest group of Korean adoptees reached their adulthood along with the largest group of second generation in the late 1990s, KQ documented the renaissance of leadership, the arts, literature, and professional accomplishments that resulted.
KQ web master Andrea Lee began a project two years ago to create an archive of selected articles in a searchable format. With technical and archival expertise from IHRC, the publishers will be able to create a searchable, online archive, preserved and migrated to new platforms so that new advances in digital technology can be accommodated.
Project meetings will begin in October 2009, with phases scheduled during the next year for soliciting community support and advertising, planning technical design, conversion and indexing of files, and testing the digital archive for release in June 2010.
The Spectrum Trust-Asian Pacific Endowment Grant will help defray costs of labor by the KQ staff to plan the archive, index materials, and to engage potential sponsors and advertisers for the project. The grant provides only a fraction of the project's cost, however. Most of the work will be conducted through volunteer or in-kind services, and the publisher and research center are applying for additional funding.
For more information on the project, contact Martha Vickery at 651-771-8164 or koreanquarterly@gmail.com.
]]>"I am very grateful to be awarded the Francis Maria Fellowship. The IHRC has a rich legacy of supporting both Middle East area studies and Arab American studies and I am excited and honored to be a part of it," Albrecht said. "This fellowship will enable me to work in the IHRC collections, and to travel to a national conference to present my work and learn from others in my field."
The fellowship was established in 2003 with a major gift from the Francis Maria Foundation for Justice and Peace. Its objective is to further research in the Near Eastern collections of the IHRC and to promote scholarship on Arab American identity.
Ilze Garoza, a masters student in comparative and international development education, was awarded the ALA Fellowship. Garoza's research looks at how Latvian immigrants have both successfully integrated themselves in the United States and also managed to maintain their national identity for over 50 years.
"Receiving the ALA Fellowship sets the highest possible standards for my research," said Garoza. "It acknowledges the importance of my research on Latvian diaspora in the United States and provides me with the necessary resources to do my work."
The ALA Fellowship was established in 2004 with a combined gift from the American Latvian Association, the Latvian Welfare Association, and the World Federation of Free Latvians, and an additional contribution from the Diaspora Fund of the Republic of Latvia in 2005.
For more information about the recipients and the awards, contact Tessa Eagan, College of Liberal Arts, (612) 625-3781, teagan@umn.edu.
]]>Applicants are encouraged to consult the IHRC's online holdings information at www.ihrc.umn.edu to learn about the Center's many research collections and to contact IHRC collections staff to verify the appropriateness of materials to a proposed topic.
Two recommendations, a brief estimate of expenses, and a concise statement of the applicant's publication plan or artistic project are required. Application materials will be evaluated on how closely they match selection criteria and qualifications listed at <http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/educators/pdf/Karnischolarship.pdf>.
For inquiries about the application process, please contact IHRC Program Director Haven Hawley at ehh@umn.edu.
The IHRC also offers grants in aid to visiting researchers and fellowships to University of Minnesota graduate students to support research in the Center's collections, with deadlines throughout the year. For more information about IHRC grants, fellowships and other funding opportunities, including the Michael G. Karni Scholarship, please see "Grants and Fellowships" under the For Educator and Students page on the IHRC website.
]]>Addie Mrosla's internship was supervised by Halyna Myroniuk and Daniel Necas, and she assisted with processing print and archival materials from May 26 to September 3. Addie helped to complete the final portion of the IHRC's multi-year "Current Newspaper Cataloging Project" in May 2009. She also accessioned and performed data entry of Ukrainian newspapers and periodicals on microfilm, doing "an exceptional job" at the detailed recordkeeping of materials in Ukrainian and English, according to Halyna Myroniuk.
She completed a series of archival studies and special collections theoretical readings as part of her internship, coordinated by Haven Hawley. Daniel Necas trained Addie in archival procedures, allowing her to process the John Krawiec Papers in the Polish American Collection.
Ann Brigl staffed the front desk during the summer semester, registering patrons and assisting with collections searches through the IHRC's online finding aids and online resources. She researched a variety of immigrant groups in COLLAGE, the IHRC's online digital images database.
Ann prepared materials for and assisted Haven Hawley with a presentation on Minnesota immigration history to 100 fourth-grade students in Edina during the summer. She spoke to the students about her Norwegian heritage and prepared a curricular component for teaching about ethnic identity, which will soon be posted as a K-12 Educator Resource on the IHRC website.
Congratulations to both Addie and Ann, and best wishes on your graduate school work!
]]>Awards ranged from $250 to $500, with support provided by the IHRC's ethnic studies funds, director's research funding, and other Center funding. Visiting scholars will travel to the IHRC during 2009-2010.
Researchers proposed work to be conducted in the Center's array of archival and print collections. Applications were judged on the significance of the research topic; ability of the IHRC archival and print collections to support the research; and the scholar's ability to make use of the collections. Approximately half of the IHRC's holdings are in languages other than English.
The Center's collections are an exceptional record of migration experiences from 1880 to the present for a wide range of American immigrant groups.
The next grant-in-aid program deadline will be announced in spring 2010 on the IHRC website (www.ihrc.umn.edu).
Scholars receiving awards for the 2009-2010 year are:
Emelise Aleandri
Artistic Director, Frizzi & Lazzi The Olde Time Italian-American Music & Theatre Company
Trafalgar House, New York
"Italian American Immigrant Theatre of New York City in the 20th Century"
Karl Altau
Director, Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc., Rockville, MD
"Joint Baltic American National Committee"
Michele De Gregorio
Freelance Journalist, Rassegna Sindacale, Rome, Italy
"From the Shipyards of Trieste to the Streets of New York:The Triestini Dockers and the Italian Roots of Antifascist Movement in the United States"
Jüri Estam
Independent Scholar, Tallinn, Estonia
"History of the Estonian World Council and the Estonian American National Council"
Stacy Fahrenthold
Northeastern University
"Defining Ourselves, Teaching the Youth: The Arab-American Federation Movement and Diaspora Nationality, 1935-1950"
Frank Jankac
University of Manitoba
"Eager Immigrants, Reluctant Host: The Croatian Immigration Experience in Canada 1896-1960"
Aleksandra Loewenau
Centre for Health, Medicine and Society
School of Arts and Humanities, Oxford Brookes University
"Polish Catholic Priests in Dachau Concentration Camp"
David Palter
University of California-Santa Cruz
"A Shared Project: Race and Education in Early-Twentieth-Century San Francisco"
Ellen Pozzi
Rutgers University
"Immigrant Libraries"
William Samonides
Independent Scholar
"Greek Immigrants in the Urban Northeast and Midwest"
Joseph Sciorra
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY
"Alessando Sisca and Internationally Popular Neapolitan Music Composed in the United States"
Hauke Siemen
University of Hamburg
"The Baltic Émigrés' Political Activities During the Cold War"
Kristel Tammik
National Archives of Estonia
"Estonian American Archives, Digital Archiving, and International Archival Information Systems"
Ann J. Toumi
University of Joensuu, Finland
Artistic Project: Historical novel about a Finnish American woman
Kathryn L. Wegner
University of Illinois-Chicago
"Constructing Citizenship: Education, Immigrants, and Americanization in Chicago, 1910-1940"
Vanessa Weinert
Columbia University/London School of Economics
"Asylum, Social Groups, and Violence: Women Navigating the Courts and Creating Identities in the United States, Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom, 1970-1998"
Daily Life in Immigrant America 1820-1870 info and order
Daily Life in Immigrant America 1870-1920 info and order
The title of her manuscript takes its name from linkages she has found between marks left by certain printing presses on examples of sensational fiction and street publications. Her previous work on printing grippers has contributed to the field of analytical bibliography by helping historians to trace the shop practices of printers, even when no business records documenting their work had survived.
She also is writing an article-length manuscript titled "Straw Into Gold: Yellow-Wrappered Books as Technologies of Color and Consumption." That article suggests that technological choice, economic efficiency and visual appeal helped to drive the prevalence of yellow wrappers among books sold by street vendors in antebellum America.
Since 2003, Hawley has demonstrated historical printing techniques and helped teach descriptive bibliography at Rare Book School, University of Virginia. In 2007, she curated an exhibition on American printing technologies at the Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA).
She received her PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005.
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