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May, 18-19, 2007 Conference at the German Historical Institute, Washington D.C. Convener: Wolfgang Helbich (Bochum),
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Wolfgang Helbich Karl Larsen, 1860-1931; Pioneer of Modern Immigrant Letters Editions David Fitzpatrick Editing emigrant letters: a utilitarian perspective Walter Kamphoefner The Real Guidebooks: Advice on Immigration in Letters back to Germany Susannah U. Bruce War in Ink and Blood. Exploring the Motivations of Irish Catholic Volunteers in the Union Army, 1861-1865 through their letters Stephan Elspaß Immigrant letters as a source for reconstructing language histories ‘from below’ and how (social) historians can profit from this Maria Irene Moyna Back at the Rancho: Sociolinguistic Variation among Spanish-speakers in post-Annexation California, 1848-1900 Joe Salmons What immigrant letters can tell us about English in German-American communities Suzanne Sinke Engendered texts: evaluating gender as a category in nineteenth-century immigrant letters Volker Depkat Approaching Immigrant Letters as Acts of Transatlantic Communication David Gerber Exploring the Surfaces and Depths of Immigrant Personal Correspondence; or What Did Kate Bond Want to Say? Ursula Lehmkuhl The Reconstruction of Life Histories from Immigrant Letter
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