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Audio Recording Interview with Isabella Erbe, weekly advice columnist for Eintracht, a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

Interview with Isabella Erbe, weekly advice columnist for Eintracht, a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Isabella Erbe, weekly advice columnist for Eintracht, a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 2

Names

  • Hellenberg, Antony, 1938-2000 (Collector)
  • Erbe, Isabella (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, April 26, 1977

Headings

  • -  German Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Frau Isabella Erbe, part 2
  • -  Part 2 of a 4-part interview with Frau Isabella Erbe, a columnist for the weekly German American newspaper called Eintracht; Frau Erbe writes a "Dear Abby" column and reports on German American club events; the interview was recorded at the office of her son's decorating business where she takes telephone messages; topics include annual "German Day" and the Cannstatter Volksfest of the Schwaben Verein; about the Steuben Verein, a national German-American cultural organization most representative of all German-Americans, the best U.S. organization for the preservation of German culture, annual Trachtenfest (costume festival), Frau Erbe recommends government assistance for folk dancing and regional costume preservation; about Jewish-German-American organizations and theater, Ludwig Lohmiller's role in theater and music among Chicago German-Americans; the Landsmannschaft organizations: foster ethnic dance, mother tongue, costumes and customs; speaking the German langauge is very important to German Landsmannschaften; the Donauschwaben Club originally founded to assist all those German immigrants from eastern Europe; recording includes segment of a telephone conversation (in German) with the editor of Eintracht; resumption of interview: Frau Erbe explains her work for the newspaper; the Sud-ost Deutsche Organization is an umbrella organization for seven regional groups (the exile Germans); the Vereinigte Mannerchor is an umbrella organization for German male singing clubs; about the future of German singing clubs, Erbe believes the clubs can't afford to professionalize.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0615
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T024-C
  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20547b

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, and Isabella Erbe. Interview with Isabella Erbe, weekly advice columnist for Eintracht, a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20547b/.

APA citation style:

Hellenberg, A. & Erbe, I. (1977) Interview with Isabella Erbe, weekly advice columnist for Eintracht, a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20547b/.

MLA citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, and Isabella Erbe. Interview with Isabella Erbe, weekly advice columnist for Eintracht, a German American newspaper, Chicago, Illinois, part 2. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20547b/>.