History & Culture
With your financial support,
we can...
Oral
history interviews Provide interviewers
and transcribers
A high-priority is to interview knowledgeable
first or second generation German Russians.
Music archives Archivally
preserve and produce a documentary on the music of the Germans
from Russia.
Photographic
Archives
Locate and preserve valuable photographic images.
Both original photographs and color copies of historic images
are being gathered into an archive compendium.
Sponsorship of graduate assistantships
and visiting scholar
Sponsor a graduate assistant to process donated
private collections. Sponsor a visiting scholar to review papers,
manuscripts, and materials for publication and presentation.
Foodways
archives
Develop further documentary work relating to
foodways, recipes, cookbooks, and memories of the Germans from
Russia. The award-winning television documentary, "Schmeckfest:
Food Traditions of the Germans from Russia", was well received.
Last Updated: March 17, 2008