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resources: new
glarus | lake ivanhoe | drummond | greendale
New Glarus
New Glarus Official site
http://www.swisstown.com
Mathias Duerst, "Diary of One of the Original Colonists of New
Glarus, 1845." Translated from the German by John Luchsinger. Thwaites,
Reuben Gold, editors. Collections of the State
Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. XV. Madison: Democrat Printing
Company, State Printer. 1900. Written by one of the original New Glarus
settlers, this firsthand account describes with wonderful detail the
1845 journey from Switzerland to Wisconsin Territory. It also recounts
the search for the two Swiss scouts who had gone on ahead of the group
to find and purchase land.
Frederick Hale, The Swiss in Wisconsin.
Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1994.
Steven D. Hoelscher, Heritage of Stage: the Invention
of Ethnic Place in America's Little Switzerland. Madison: University
of Wisconsin Press, 1998.
This fascinating and well-written book examines how the community of
New Glarus has kept its Swiss heritage alive through language, music,
festivals and drama. It also looks at the ways the people of New Glarus
have made that Swiss culture their own—from early Kilbi festivals
to the Swiss-American pageants of the late 19th-century; from the well-known
Wilhem Tell plays to the heritage tourism efforts of the 20th century.
John Luchsinger, "The Planting of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus,
Wis." Thwaites, Reuben Gold, editors. Collections
of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. XII. Madison:
Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1892.
Born in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland, in 1839, John Luchsinger
emigrated to American at the age of six and settled with his parents,
in New Glarus in 1856. This article recounts the establishment of the
"Swiss Colony" at New Glarus, the difficult early years and
the village's subsequent growth.
Lake Ivanhoe
Samuel L. Gonzales, "A Black Community in Wisconsin: A Historical
Study of Lake Ivanhoe." Master's thesis, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,
1972.
Other than occasional newspaper articles, nothing of a popular nature
has been published on the history of Lake Ivanhoe. So far, this is the
definitive history of the community. It is available in hard copy at
the Andersen Library of the UW-Whitewater and on microfilm at the Wisconsin
Historical Society.
Marsha Dean Phelts, An American Beach for African
Americans. Gainesville: University press of Florida, 1997. A lovingly
assembled portrait of the history and personalities of American Beach,
an African American sea island resort in northern Florida.
Russ Rymer, American Beach: A Saga of Race, Wealth
and Memory. New York: Harper Collins, 1998. An account of efforts
to preserve the African American historical characer of Florida's American
Beach in the face of enormous pressure from oceanfront development.
Benjamin C. Wilson and Lewis Walker, Black Eden:
The Idlewild Community. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University
Press, 2002. This book, scheduled for publication in March 2002, provides
a history of the very successful African American resort in Michigan
upon which Lake Ivanhoe was modeled.
Drummond
Drummond Historical Museum
14990 Superior Street
Drummond, Wisconsin
Phone (715) 739-6500
email: drummondmuseum@cheqnet.net
Greendale
Village of Greendale
history site
http://www.greendale.org/history.htm
Arnold R. Alanen, Main Street Ready-Made: the New
Deal community of Greendale, Wisconsin. Madison: State Historical
Society of Wisconsin, 1987.
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