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David Zimmer Christmas letter
No full textThis Christmas letter written November 30, 1999, by David Zimmer is titled "Season's Greetings from the last of the Red-Hot-Santas!" It features an illustration of Santa Claus with a guitar, and a summary of Zimmer's year.
David Zimmer (1929-2005) was born in Harrisburg, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for two years during the Korean War at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he performed in drag for wounded soldiers. After the war, he returned to Ohio. Zimmer performed as Dolly Divine, a name inspired by the song "Hello Dolly." In 1964, he established the Berwick Ball with Orn Huntington, another important early gay activist in Central Ohio. The Ball began as a formal Halloween costume ball that provided a safe space to gather and enjoy drag shows for the gay community each year; over the years, it grew into an annual Halloween tradition and an important fundraiser for the AIDS movement and other charities. During the 1970s, Zimmer was also known for hosting lavish parties at his Harrisburg home. In 1989, he moved to the German Village area of Columbus where he remained active in the community. During the 1990s, Zimmer continued to perform in and out of drag and commissioned costume designer Dick Frank to make elaborate outfits. Zimmer worked for Huntington National Bank for 39 years and was a member of the Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the German Village Society
David Zimmer Christmas letter
No full textThis Christmas letter was written December 7, 2004, by David Zimmer. It features a small illustration of Santa Claus, a summary of Zimmer's year, and a clipping from the Village Crier recognizing his 75th birthday celebration.
David Zimmer (1929-2005) was born in Harrisburg, Ohio. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for two years during the Korean War at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he performed in drag for wounded soldiers. After the war, he returned to Ohio. Zimmer performed as Dolly Divine, a name inspired by the song "Hello Dolly." In 1964, he established the Berwick Ball with Orn Huntington, another important early gay activist in Central Ohio. The Ball began as a formal Halloween costume ball that provided a safe space to gather and enjoy drag shows for the gay community each year; over the years, it grew into an annual Halloween tradition and an important fundraiser for the AIDS movement and other charities. During the 1970s, Zimmer was also known for hosting lavish parties at his Harrisburg home. In 1989, he moved to the German Village area of Columbus where he remained active in the community. During the 1990s, Zimmer continued to perform in and out of drag and commissioned costume designer Dick Frank to make elaborate outfits. Zimmer worked for Huntington National Bank for 39 years and was a member of the Harrisburg United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the German Village Society
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, April to December 1922
No full textCopies of letters sent to or from David Lawrence McKay during the period from April to December of 1922, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The letters are from his parents (David O. and Emma Ray McKay); his sister, Louise Jeanette McKay; and cousin Fawn McKay Brodie
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, January to April 1922
No full textCopies of letters sent to or from David Lawrence McKay during the period from April to December of 1922, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The letters are from his parents (David O. and Emma Ray McKay); his sister, Louise Jeanette McKay; and cousin Fawn McKay Brodie
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, December 1922 to March 1923
No full textCopies of letters sent to or from David Lawrence McKay during the period from December of 1922 to March of 1923, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The letters are from his parents (David O. and Emma Ray McKay); his sister, Louise Jeanette McKay; his brother, Llewelyn Riggs McKay; and his uncle, Thomas Evans McKay. Also two notes dated 17 February 1923 from his sisters, Emma Ray and Edward ("Ned") to their parents (David O. and Emma Ray McKay)
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, January to June 1924
No full textCopies of letters sent to David Lawrence McKay during the period from January to June of 1924, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The letters are from relatives, including parents (David O. and Emma Ray McKay); his sister, Louise Jeanette (Lou Jean) McKay; and his brother, Llewelyn Riggs McKay. A few of them are addressed to Lou Jean
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, April 1924 to June 1924
No full textCopies of letters sent to David Lawrence McKay during the period from April to June of 1924, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some of the letters are in French. Also includes a letter from David L. McKay to Professor James L. Barker at the University of Utah
Constructing "Heimat" in the Ruhr Valley: Krupp housing and the search for the ideal German home 1914-1931
No full textFew German history topics have garnered as much attention as the nuanced meaning of Heimat and the controversial past of the Krupp steel firm. This article examines their historical intersection in the housing realm. Between 1914 and 1931, when the impact of World War I entirely reframed the housing question, Heimat advocates like Hermann Muthesius and Paul Schultze-Naumburg used examples of Krupp estates to depict their vision of the ideal German home. These historically neglected Krupp settlements were hybrids of vernacular and modern influences and served as significant precursors to the dominant Kleinsiedlung housing still dotting the German landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Peer reviewedfinal article publishe
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, March 1921 to March 1923
No full textCopies of letters sent to David Lawrence McKay during the period from January to June of 1924, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Among the writers are Apostle George Albert Smith, Charles W. Nibley, Karl M. Richards, and various people connected to the mission. Also a letter dated 11 October 1923 from S. Auda & Freres in Beirut, Lebanon, to David O. McKay. Some of the letters are in French
Optimizing the German Workforce
No full textDuring the twentieth century, German government and industry created a highly skilled workforce as part of an ambitious program to control and develop the country’s human resources. Yet, these long-standing efforts to match as many workers as possible to skilled vocations and to establish a system of job training have received little scholarly attention, until now. The author’s account of the broad support for this program challenges the standard historical accounts that focus on disagreements over the German political-economic order and points instead to an important area of consensus. These advances are explained in terms of political policies of corporatist compromise and national security as well as industry’s evolving production strategies. By tracing the development of these policies over the course of a century, the author also suggests important continuities in Germany’s domestic politics, even across such different regimes as Imperial, Weimar, Nazi, and post-1945 West Germany
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