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social life in wisconsin pre-territorial through the mid-sixties krueger when wisconsin was young holidays even as now brought playtime par excellence christmas new year's day washington's birthday fourth of july and thanksgiving inaugurated a cycle of special recreation since many americans are of foreign origin it is known that the american christmas traditions are the result of the com bined english german and scandinavian influence chiefly from england were transplanted the hospitality and the substantial enjoyment evident in the family dinners and happy reunions in american homes at this season england's baronial manor was made merry by the bringing in of the yule log on christmas eve ; and again when the boar's head richly garnished with rosemary was ushered in with much pageantry for the feast on christmas day.113 these stories had been learned and doubtless still lingered in the memory of edwin bottomley an english immigrant residing near rochester wisconsin in 1844 but the custom which he perpetuated in his newly found home was that of caroling of which he writes divertingly to his parents in england : i repaired my bass on the friday before christmas and i have made it as good as ever it was and we had a first rate christmas tell joshua sykes and joseph scholfield that we had as good a set of singers as they had and more pleasure attending we went down to rochester and got theire about 2 o clock in the morning every house whas in dark 113 jennie talbot b.a thesis ms our christmas traditions university of wisconsin 1916 passim
Object Description
| Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 22, number 4, June 1939 |
| Article Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 22, number 4, June 1939 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 22, no. 4 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol22no040000 |
| Description | This issue includes articles on Chippewa mail carrier Antoine Dennis, social life in early Wisconsin, and the missionary work of Nils Otto Tank. |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year | 1938-1939 |
Description
| Title | 396 |
| Page Number | 396 |
| Article Title | Social life in Wisconsin: pre-territorial through the mid-sixties |
| Author | Krueger, Lillian |
| Page type | Article home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol22no040032 |
| Description | Social Life in Wisconsin: Pre Territorial through the Mid-sixities, part 3: This is the third and final installment of an article explaining transitions in social life during the 1800s in Wisconsin. It focuses primarily on holidays and seasonal activities, detailing various Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions, Fourth of July celebrations, and several winter and summer festivities. The article specifically discusses the role of women and rural folk in social life and also describes the origin of the Milwaukee's Young Men's Association and first public reading room. It concludes with an explanation that all activities of social life during the 1800s, from 'neighborly assistance' to recreation, constitute the Wisconsin pioneer heritage. (31 pages) |
| Volume | 022 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year | 1938-1939 |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; |
| Decade | 1830-1839; 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; |
| Subject | Holidays; Women; Country life; Social relations; Leisure activities; |
| Full Text | social life in wisconsin pre-territorial through the mid-sixties krueger when wisconsin was young holidays even as now brought playtime par excellence christmas new year's day washington's birthday fourth of july and thanksgiving inaugurated a cycle of special recreation since many americans are of foreign origin it is known that the american christmas traditions are the result of the com bined english german and scandinavian influence chiefly from england were transplanted the hospitality and the substantial enjoyment evident in the family dinners and happy reunions in american homes at this season england's baronial manor was made merry by the bringing in of the yule log on christmas eve ; and again when the boar's head richly garnished with rosemary was ushered in with much pageantry for the feast on christmas day.113 these stories had been learned and doubtless still lingered in the memory of edwin bottomley an english immigrant residing near rochester wisconsin in 1844 but the custom which he perpetuated in his newly found home was that of caroling of which he writes divertingly to his parents in england : i repaired my bass on the friday before christmas and i have made it as good as ever it was and we had a first rate christmas tell joshua sykes and joseph scholfield that we had as good a set of singers as they had and more pleasure attending we went down to rochester and got theire about 2 o clock in the morning every house whas in dark 113 jennie talbot b.a thesis ms our christmas traditions university of wisconsin 1916 passim |