Colorado State University. Germans from Russia in Colorado Study Project
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Kenneth W. Rock
Collection
Identifier: UKWR
Abstract
The Papers of Kenneth W. Rock focus on the history of the migration of Germans from Russia to Colorado, course work related to Vienna, and references countries that he traveled and taught study abroad programs. Kenneth W. Rock is Professor Emeritus of History at Colorado State University. His research and teaching focused on the Habsburg Empire, Central and Eastern Europe, European Biography, and the Germans from Russia Immigration experience. He taught undergraduate European history courses...
Dates:
1870-2015; Majority of material found within 1974-2005
Sidney Heitman Germans from Russia in Colorado Study Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: UHSP
Abstract
History professor Sidney Heitman established the Colorado State University Germans from Russia in Colorado Study Project in 1975. The study project focused on northern Colorado and conducted extensive interviews with Germans from Russia. The four-year project focused on the influence Germans from Russia had on Colorado, since they constituted the state's second largest ethnic group. The development of a comprehensive collection of material on Volga Germans in Colorado was a high priority of...
Dates:
1902-2005; Majority of material found within 1976-1978
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- Audiotapes 1
- Austria 1
- Bulgaria 1
- College teachers 1
- Colorado 1
- Croatia 1
- Czechoslovakia 1
- DVD-Video discs 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 1
- France 1
- Hungary 1
- International education 1
- Newspaper clippings 1
- Newspapers 1
- Oral history -- Colorado 1
- Poland 1
- Rhineland (Germany) 1
- Romania 1
- Russian Germans 1
- Russian Germans -- Relocation 1
- Russian archives 1
- Soviet Union 1
- Sugar beet industry -- Colorado 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Videotapes 1
- Vienna (Austria) 1
- Volga River Region (Russia) 1
- Yugoslavia 1 + ∧ less
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