July 2012
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Listen: "He's the Lily of the Valley," Gymanfa... →
As mentioned in the previous post, descendants of Welsh migrants to Wisconsin have gathered at the Peniel Chapel every year since the early 20th century for Gymanfa Ganu—a musical event featuring hymns sung in four-part harmony. In 1940, Helene Stratman-Thomas and Robert F. Draves recorded the congregation as part of the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project sponsored by the University of...
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“Tell everyone who inquires after us that we think the country will prove very...”
– John and Margaret Owen, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 1847. Letter home to family members in Wales. via: “Documents: Immigrant Letters,” Wisconsin Magazine of History 13:4 (1930)
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