Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 58

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Title AlternativeA melting pot : a history of Shawnee County's ethnic communitiesCreatorLundgren, Willis A.Appelhanz, IsadoreRipley, John W.Adams, PaulGreene, Zula BenningtonMichaelis, Patricia A.Kross, SidneyHymowitz, KayBird, Roy, 1952-Treadway, William E., 1901-Johnson, Muriel H., Ph.D.Langsdorf, EdgarWalbridge, Caroline K.Bowers, Elisabeth EdsonHiggins, MalcolmRichmond, Robert W.PublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 58]
Melting pot : a history of Shawnee County's ethnic communities
An ethnic history of Shawnee County
Topeka's foreign language publications
Santa Fe and the melting pot
Topeka's cricket teams
The spirit unconsumed: a history of the Topeka Jewish community. The early years: 1868-1928
When a tight-fisted Scot meets a hard-headed Swede
Mr. Lundgren, meet Mr. Carlson
Swedish domestics preferred
Lottie Anderson Vickstrand: Swedish "domestic" and beloved aunt
Three Topeka churches originally Swedish
The Topeka Turn Verein
St. Joseph's Church
A few of the older Russian-German families
Topeka D.A.R. compiles nationalization records
Irish National League
The Scots
The Moravians of Rossville township
Dr. Sheldon and Tennesseetown
Roster of Shawnee County foreign born from the Kansas State Census for 1895
Russian-German family names of Topekans with their former native villages on the Volga River
Ethnic organizations listed in Radges' City Directories for 1894-1896
Back issues and reprintsDescriptionIncludes "Foreign born-1855" from Chronology of Shawnee County by George Root.
Includes the following topics:
The Indian tribes
Black immigration and settlement
Reich Germans and Germans from Russia
Swedish immigration to Kansas
Mexican immigrants to Shawnee County
Other ethnic groupsDate of VolumeNovember 1981VolumeNo. 58Decade1860s-1980sSubjectImmigrantsSwedesSwedish AmericansRussian GermansCatholics, GermanGerman American CatholicsCatholic ChurchChurch buildingsCricketCricket playersBritishTopeka Turn VereinGerman Americans--Societies, etc.GymnasticsSocial life and customsIrishLand League (Ireland)Minorities--Societies, etc.Immigrants--Societies, etc.African Americans--Societies, etc.Bulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyReprints (Publications)Sheldon, Charles M., 1857-1946KindergartenAfrican American children--EducationMoraviansCzechsCzech AmericansNames, PersonalRussia (Federation)--Volga River RegionGerman AmericansJewsJudaismReligionJews--Societies, etc.MinoritiesAfrican AmericansIndians of North AmericaSocial conditionsEconomic conditionsScotsPersonal narrativesAtchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway CompanyRailroads--Officials and employeesBiographyWomen household employeesSwedish American newspapersGerman American newspapersAmerican newspapers--Foreign language pressNaturalization recordsNaturalizationCitizenshipScottish AmericansScottish Americans--Societies, etc.ChristianityFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0820 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0842

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceRossville, KSShawnee County, KSTopeka, KS

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