Histories Consulted for Iron Cross Cemetery Project

Histories Consulted for the Iron Cross Cemetery Project

In order to establish cultural context for iron cross cemeteries, as well as to ascertain details about particular communities and their cemeteries, we consulted a great number of local and regional histories, including the ones here listed. Unless otherwise noted, we used these histories at the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies. For the duration of the survey project, this bibliography is a work in progress.

Annotated Bibliography

Aberle, George P. From the Steppes to the Prairies. Dickinson: G.P. Aberle, 1963. Aberle covers German settlement in Russia and the Banat region of Austria-Hungary. Most of the material covers Russian settlements, but Aberle does offer some background about the Banat settlement and where the Banat Germans settled in North Dakota.

Bogner, Theresa K., Comp. The Banat German Hungarians Who Came to Southwestern North Dakota. 4 vols., Dickinson: The Author, 1998. A highly eclectic collection, in the nature of a scrapbook--clippings, stray notes, photographs--but an interesting source book. Includes photos of iron crosses at St. Joseph's of Dickinson, St. Elizabeth's of Lefor, St. Mary's of Assumption Abbey, St. Phillip's of Hirschville, and St. Stephen's east of Lefor.

The Church of St. Elizabeth, Lefor, North Dakota, 1898-1998: A History of St. Elizabeth Parish and Its Members. Richardton: Assumption Abbey Press, [1998]. History of this German-Hungarian congregation, including church and school, and a brief treatment of the cemetery.

The Commemoration of the Union of Brest 1596. 1996. Details about why the Ukrainians left and where they settled in North Dakota. Excellent short histories of Ukrainian churches in North Dakota.

Diamommigrnd Jubilee, 1906-1981: Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Wilton, ND. Short section devoted to the history of the Ukrainian iants and the church's history.

Dubovy, Andrew. Pilgrims of the Prairie: Pioneer Ukrainian Baptists in North Dakota. Trans. and ed. by Marie Halun Bloch. Dickinson: Ukrainian Cultural Institute, 1983. This work includes discussion of cemeteries and explains that the Ukrainian Baptists did not use grave markers of any kind.

Echoing Trails: Billings County History. A section written by Rev. William Sherman lays out the reasons the Ukrainian immigrants left the Ukraine and why they settled in southwestern North Dakota. He also includes a bibliography of sources on Ukrainian immigration.

Englemann, Nicholas. The Banat Germans. Bismarck: University of Mary Press, 1992. Englemann's book deals more with social structure and cultural traditions than with the historical aspects of the Banat Germans. Their religious beliefs and practices are briefly discussed.

Ficek, Albert A. A Century of Progress by the Czechs of New Hradec, N. Dak. [1989]. New Hradec was said to be the largest Czech community in North Dakota. This history treats Sts. Peter & Paul Church and School and local families, with no specific attention to their cemetery.

Fredonia Diamond Jubilee, 1904-1979: 75 Years of Prosperity. 1979.

Halich, Wasyl. "Ukrainians in North Dakota." North Dakota History 18 (October 1951): 219-232. Halich covers the two waves of Ukrainian migration and their settlements in North Dakota. Reasons for leaving and settling in North Dakota are discussed.

Halich, Wasyl. Ukrainians in the United States. New York: Arno Press, 1970. Halich provides a sweeping account of Ukrainian immigration to the United States in this book. He details the Ukrainian settlements in North Dakota by focusing on farming and business practices of the Ukrainian immigrants.

Halvorson, Mark J. "Saints Peter and Paul Church," nomination form, National Register of Historic Places, 1985. Archeology and Historic Sites Division, SHSND. Nomination of this church and school in New Hradec.

Irwin, Robert. "Cemetery a Sacred Place," Diocese of Fargo Official Web Site, http:///www.fargodiocese.org/cemetery.htm.

Klein, Hans. Josedorf. Marquartstein: Satz Repro u. Druck, 1986.

Michels, John. North Dakota Pioneers from the Banat. Bismarck: University of Mary Press, 1992. 2d ed., 1997. A good concise introduction to the history of the German Hungarians and their hearth area in Banat, including their village architecture.

Michels, John M. Joseflava. Bismarck: University of Mary Press, 1992. This book contains mainly biographical sketches and diary exerpts. There is a good history and map of Joseflava. Michels also provides a list of settlers from the area.

Palanuk, Agnes., Ed. North Dakota Ukrainian Oral History Project. [Dickinson]: Ukrainian Cultural Institute, [1985]. Short excerpts and background on the project.

Pedeliski, Theodore B. "Ukrainians from Western North Dakota: The Second Migration," paper presented at the Northern Great Plains History Conference, 1998. Copy courtesy the author. This paper examines the chain migration of North Dakota Ukrainians to the west coast from 1916 onward, resulting in diminution of the Ukrainian community in North Dakota.

Rath, George. The Black Sea Germans in the Dakotas. Freeman: Pine Hill Press, 1977. This is the key secondary work for tracing settlement patterns of the German-Russians in the Dakotas. It includes sections on eastern North Dakota and on the West River, with specific treatment of individual settlements.

Richardton Heritage: A History of Richardton, North Dakota. German-Hungarians arrived in the 1880s and settled mainly south of Richardton. Discussion of St. Stephen's Church sixteen miles south of Richardton.

Schweigert, Kurt P. A Survey of Standing Structures in Emmons County, North Dakota: Final Report. Bismarck: Cultural Research and Management, 1990. Schweigert surveyed some of the same cemeteries as had Kloberdanz in 1988.

Sherman, William C. Prairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of Rural North Dakota. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1983.

Sherman, William C., and Playford V. Thorson, Eds. Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1988. This is the standard and authoritative source on the ethnic history of the Flickertail State.

Tershakovec, Tamara. "North Dakota Ukrainian Community Kept Intact by Ukrainian Cultural Institute," Archives of the Ukrainian Weekly, http://www.ukrweekly.com/1993/049324.shtml.

The Ukrainians in North Dakota. Belfield: Ukrainian Pioneer Days Committee, [1974]. Brief sketch of Ukrainian immigrants and their Catholic churches.

Wilton Diamond Jubilee, 1899-1974. Contains descriptions of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox and the Ukrainian Catholic Churches. It also describes the churches' practices and rites. Dates of arrival for the Ukrainian immigrants given.

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