In Touch with Prairie Living, October 2023
By Michael M. Miller
The Fall 2021 edition of the South Dakota History Journal published a valuable article, “’Whatever our language, we have the same flag’: The Eureka Rundschau, 1915-1927,” by Istvan Gombocz Fall 2021, pages 269-287. South Dakota Historical Society Press granted permission to share this article in part.
In Touch with Prairie Living, July 2023
By Michael M. Miller
One of the most important books published about the Germans from Russia in North Dakota is “Along the Trails of Yesterday: A Story of McIntosh County” by Nina Farley Wishek, published by the Ashley Tribune in 1941.
In Touch with Prairie Living, June 2023
By Michael M. Miller
The 52nd Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention will be at the Baymont Hotel, Mandan, ND, from July 19-22, 2023. Join us for this festive gathering of our Germans from Russia community. For more information, go to www.grhs.org.
In Touch with Prairie Living, May 2023
By Michael M. Miller
Our Germans from Russia community has lost a shining star with the passing of Clarence Bauman of Bismarck, ND. Clarence was born to Fred and Rosina Bauman on February 18, 1923, on the family farm near Java, SD. He died on March 6, 2023.
In Touch with Prairie Living, April 2023
By Michael M. Miller
The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, premieres the new traveling exhibit, “Building Life and Home on the Prairie: German-Russian Homesteads of North Dakota” on April 18, 5-7pm at St. Paul’s Newman Center, Fargo, ND. This event also includes a panel discussion about the exhibit and the life of Father William C. Sherman. Please RSVP by April 7th if you plan to attend.
We are excited to present the new traveling exhibit, Building Life and Home on the Prairie: German Russia Homesteads of North Dakota, highlighting the work of Father William C. Sherman, a celebrated reverend, scholar, and educator in North Dakota.
In Touch with Prairie Living, March 2023
By Michael M. Miller
Researchers often ask me on the phone or through email, “What books would you suggest for historical information and research relating the Germans from Russia?” This month, I am highlighting eight books that I recommend for German-Russian introductory research. These, and others, are available at the GRHC website (www.ndsu.edu/grhc).
In Touch with Prairie Living, February 2023
By Michael M. Miller
Jeremy Kopp, GRHC Outreach & Operations Coordinator, will serve as Interim Director of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo, ND.
The NDSU Foundation Magazine includes a story titled Cooking to Reconnect that features five German-Russian recipes that will help you slow down, warm up, and rethink winter. Story and photographs by Micaela Gerhardt, illustrations by Leah Ecklund. Recipes included in the story are cheese buttons, knoephla soup, borscht soup, wedding kuchen, and pumpkin blachenta.
