Swedish American Historical Society Publications
The Swedish – American Historical Society
This page contains books from The Swedish- American Historical Society.
The Swedish–American Historical Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1948, with the mission of recording the achievements of the Swedish pioneers. The society is devoted to the mission of studying the Swedish emigration, its history and culture of the Swedes in North America through research, publications, programs and archives.
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Following is a list of current publications from Swedish American Historical Society:
- Shuttle in Her Hand: A Swedish Immigrant Weaver in America
By Marion Marzolf, (Chicago: Swedish American Historical Society, 2010)
Price: $15.95 Members: $14.50
A book about a young Swedish female that immigrates to North America in
1931 and her journey exploring the origins of the hand weaving movement
of the early 20th century in the United State.
- Zorn in America: A Swedish Impressionist of the Gilded Age
By William and Willow Hagans, (Chicago: Swedish American Historical Society, 2009)
Price: $29.95 Members: $25.00
The book traces the famous Swedish painter trough his seven trips he made to America during his life.
- Scandinavians in Old and New Lands: Essays in Honor of H. Arnold Barton
Edited by Philip J. Anderson, Dag Blanck, and Byron J. Nordstrom. (Chicago: Swedish-American Historical Society 2004) Hardcover
Price: $24.95 Members: $21.95
These essays honor H. Arnold Barton on his seventy-fifth birthday. A well-known figure to members of the Society, Barton has put his mark especially on two aspects of the study of Swedish history, the nineteenth-century emigrations to North America.
- Ingrid: My Swedish-American Life and Adventures
By Ingrid Bergstrom. Chicago: Swedish-American Historical Society, 2003. Paper
Price: $16.50 Members: $14.85
This book gives one an excellent picture of immigrants and their life lived in-between two countries, two cultures, and two languages.
- Guide to Swedish-American Archival and Manuscript Sources in the United States
By The Swedish American Historical Society (Chicago: Swedish American Historical Society, 1983)
Price: $25.00 Members: $20.00
