New Alsace, an Alsatian settlement in Southeast Indiana
Sep. 29—LAWRENCEBURG — The Dearborn Highlands Arts Council invites the public to spend an afternoon with Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann on his lecture on New Alsace, An Alsatian Settlement in Southeast Indiana. Saturday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Ewbank Room at Lawrenceburg Public Library, 150 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg.
Free admission to this program is made possible by funding from the Lawrenceburg Public Library Services and Resources Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Tolzmann is the author and editor of numerous books on German-American history and culture. He has received many awards, including the National Award of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Ohioana Humanities Book Award, the Distinguished German-American of the Year Award, the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Society for German-American Studies, and is listed in Who's Who in America.
He served as curator of the German-Americana Collection and Director of German-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati and is well known as "Mr. German-Americana."
Dr. Tolzmann is the retired Director of the German-American Studies program at the University of Cincinnati and is the former Curator of the German-American Collection at the University of Cincinnati Libraries.
The Lawrenceburg Public Library Classics Series is made possible through the generosity of the Dearborn Highlands Arts Council, Inc. a nonprofit organization comprised of supporters of the arts, with support from the Columbus Area Arts Council, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and with support from the Lawrenceburg Public Library Services and Resources Foundation. — Information provided
