Dutch American Voices: Letters from the United States, 1850–1930

Published by Cornell University Press 1995

Dutch American Voices

Letters from the United States, 1850–1930

Edited by: Herbert J. Brinks

In the series Documents in American Social History

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501735707

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About this book

This volume offers a rich sampling of correspondence from the Dutch Immigrant Letter Collection at Calvin College. Sent from immigrants to friends and family in the Netherlands, the letters describe the writers'new lives and the daily experiences of becoming American.

Author / Editor information

Herbert J. Brinks is Curator of Archives, Calvin College and Theological Seminary.

Reviews

Dutch American Voices is a wonderful scrapbook that should be a part of every library in the Midwest and every home of those Americans of Dutch ancestry. Brinks should be commended not only for this volume but also for a lifetime of collecting and preserving this precious legacy in the Dutch Immigrant Letter Collection at Calvin College. His work is a labor of love as well as a service to scholarship.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Rural to Rural: Sand-Soil Emigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
II. Rural to Rural: Clay-Soil Emigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
III. Rural to Urban Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
IV. Urban to Urban Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
V. Detached Immigrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
APPENDIXES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
INDEX OF PLACE-NAMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	468
TOPICAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	472

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 520
Illustrations
- Other: 28 b&w photographs, 8 facsimiles, 2 maps
Keywords: U.S. History

eBook

Published: January 24, 2019
ISBN: 9781501735707