Welcome. The Swiss American Historical Society was established in 1927 to promote the study of the Swiss in America, of Swiss–American relations, of Swiss immigration to the United States, and of American interest in Swiss history and culture.
Join Today
Please fill out the application form and send it and a check for the appropriate amount made out to SAHS to:
65 Town Mountain Road
Asheville, NC 28804
Email: EswissT@gmail.com
Annual membership dues: $25 student; $50 individual; $75 institution
Current Events
Annual Swiss Chapter Social Meeting on Saturday, July 21, 2012 in the Guerbethal (between Bern and Thun).
Agenda
- 1000 hours: Meeting at Thun (visits to Castle of Schadau and Church of Scherzligen, return to Thun by boat)
- 1200 hours: Drive to Wattenwil by Postal Bus or hired bus
- 1215 hours: Apero and presentation of Swiss people having emigrated to the US
- 1315 hours: Lunch in the farmers house; weather permitting in the garden
- 1515 hours: Approximate time of return to Bern
If interested, contact Fred Jenny, vice president (Switzerland), Neuhausstrasse 33, CH-8142 Uitikon Waldegg, Switzerland, sahs.vp.switzerland@bluewin.ch
Society Information
Annual Meetings
Second Saturday in October. Future meetings will be in New York City in 2012; Washington, D.C., in 2013; and Philadelphia in 2014.
2012 Annual Meeting
October 13, New York City.
Benefits of Membership
- Three issues of the Swiss American Historical Society Review (SAHSR)
- A free copy of any book published in that year
- Newsletters
- Special invitations to the annual meeting and activities of the SAHS
Publications
Books
Each book is free to members of the Society in the year it was published.
Recent books
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Postmaster in Klau: Letters from California, by Jakob Otto Wyss
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Switzerland Under Siege 1939–1945, ed. Leo Schelbert
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An American Apprenticeship: The Letters of Emil Frey 1860–1865
Contents of SAHS Review for February 2012
Articles
Martha Kümin-Jurt, Ufnau. An Island in Switzerland's Lake Zurich—a Hamlet in the American State of Texas.
Mario Kessler, Ernst Engelberg: Historian and Anti-Nazi Activist: 1909–2010.
Laura Fair-Schulz, Graven Images, Amish Aesthetics, and the "Affirmative Lie."
Book Reviews
Mark G. Spencer, Nicholas Dungan, Gallatin: America's Swiss Founding Father.
Dwight Page, Christa Landert, Editor, Wenn Du absolut nach Amerika willst, so gehe in Gottesnamen!
Film Review
Axel Fair-Schulz, Valkyrie Re-Considered: Hollywood, Historical Complexity and Popular Culture.
Annual Report
48th Annual Meeting of the Swiss American Historical Society.
Journal
The Swiss American Historical Society Review (SAHSR) is published 3 times yearly. The Review is dedicated to articles, reviews, obituaries, and reports dealing with the topics of interest to the Society.
Recent articles
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"Swiss American Presence at the Battle of Shiloh," by Dr. H. Dwight Page
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"Henry Wirz and Andersonville: The Career of the Most Controversial Swiss American," by Dr. Albert Winkler
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"Considering Swiss Neutrality in World War One," by Brian Wages
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"Heidi and Seek: Cases of Espionage and Covert Operations in Switzerland, 1795–1995," by Brian Champion
Officers
Editor, SAHS Review
Dr. H. Dwight PageBrian College 7817
Dayton, TN 37321-6275
Email: hpage3524@bryan.edu