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Subject: [GV] July column of "In Touch with Prairie Living"
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 13:07:51 -0700


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"In Touch with Prairie Living"
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo

July, 2002
[for North Dakota and South Dakota weekly newspapers]

By Michael M. Miller

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC) at the NDSU Libraries
in Fargo reaches out to prairie families and former Dakotans. In various
ways, it affirms the heritage of the Germans from Russia as an important
part of the northern plains culture.

GRHC information tables and display will appear at the Flasher, ND
Centennial, July 19-20, 10 am-5 pm, Community Credit Union Meeting Room.
I
look forward to my visiting with folks at Flasher and in sharing the
history and culture of the rich heritage of the Germans from Russia.
Join
us at the Flasher Centennial where families will have a chance to review
the award-winning videotape documentaries, photo displays, maps, books,
and other materials.

The dedication of the Glueckstal Memorial Monument on May 24, 2002, at
the
village of Glinnoje, Moldova (former German village of
Glueckstal) was an important event for the Germans from Russia
community. The monument was funded and sponsored by the Glueckstal
Colonies Research Association (GCRA) (www.glueckstal.org), and GRHC. I
was
pleased to join the Americans at this memorable event. Many
Glueckstalers
immigrated to the Dakotas settling around Ashley, Beulah, Fredonia,
Gackle, Kulm, Lehr, Napoleon, Tappen, and Zeeland, ND, and Bowdle,
Eureka,
Hosmer, Leola, and Selby, SD. Many of these families later moved to the
Lodi/Sacramento area of central California, Oregon, and
Washington.

The Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention is August 8-11,
Radisson Hotel, Bismarck. Contact GRHS at 701-223-6167 for further
information or go to: www.grhs.com for registration information.

On August 7, at 7 pm, Heritage Center Auditorium, Bismarck, will be the
world premiere of the new Prairie Public TV documentary: "Prairie
Crosses,
Prairie Voices: Iron Crosses on the Great Plains". The program is free
and
open to the general public. PPTV airs the program in September, 2002.
The
documentary premieres on Prairie Public Television in September,
2002. PPTV videotagraphers traveled the Dakotas, western Kansas, and
Saskatchewan to film the beautiful wrought-iron crosses.

A new videotape, "Germans from Russia on the Canadian Prairies Then and
Now" is now available. There are wonderful segments including music,
medicinal remedies (Brauche), cookery, games, religion, and other
Germans
from Russia folkways. Germans from Russia carried their traditions,
culture, and language across two continents and an ocean, breaking sod
on
the Canadian prairies. More information is available at this web
page: www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order/tapes/canadianprairies.html or
by
contacting GRHC.

The videotape, "Recipes from Grandma's Kitchen: Germans from Russia Food
Traditions & Preparations", continues to be well received. The NDSU
Libraries and the Germans from Russia Cultural Preservation Foundation
has
produced this videotape. Review the Foundation's mission and projects
at: www.grculture.org.

The videotape includes these persons cooking in their kitchens while
reminiscing: Millie Doll Hauck, Dickinson, ND; Helen Gefroh Fischer,
Hague
Cafe, ND; Bernadine Lang Kuhn, Owatonna, MN; Erica Lang Wangler,
Bismarck,
ND; and Alma Janke Schott, Gackle, ND.

GRHC's latest book is now in its fourth printing since February,
2002: "German Food & Folkways: Heirloom Memories from Europe, South
Russia
& the Great Plains", by Rose Marie Gueldner, Anamoose, ND. The book is
available at this
website: www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order/cookbooks/gueldner.html or by
contacting GRHC.

Dr. Timothy J. Kloberdanz, NDSU, writes: "Although there are
German-Russian cookbooks currently on the market, this one is quite
unusual because of the way it interweaves background history, ethnic
heritage, and so many mouth-watering Old Country recipes. If the
German-Russians have a Martha Stewart anywhere in North America, it may
very well be Rose Marie Gueldner"!

The award-winning documentary videotapes, "The Germans from
Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie" (1999), and
"Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia" (2000),
continue
to be well received throughout North America. Each videotape includes
20-minutes of bonus video footage not shown in the one-hour
documentary. To purchase the videotapes, contact PPTV at 1-800-359-6900,
or contact GRHC.

The next Journey to the Homeland Tour to Odessa, Ukraine and Stuttgart,
Germany has been announced for May 20 - June 2, 2003. The tour includes
visits to the former Bessarabian, Black Sea and Crimean German villages
in
southern Ukraine near the Black Sea.

For further information about Germans from Russia heritage, donations to
the Collection including family histories, books, videotapes, cookbooks,
and tours, contact Michael M. Miller, NDSU Libraries, PO Box 5599,
Fargo,
ND 58105-5599
(Tel: 701-231-8416; E-mail: ; GRHC
website: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc).


July, 2002 column for North Dakota and South Dakota newspapers.

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