CZECH AMERICANS |
Selected Publications in English
Compiled by Miloslav Rechcigl Jr.
Bibliographies
Jerabek, Esther, Czechs and Slovaks in North America: A Bibliography. New York: SVU, 1976.
448 p.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "A Classified Guide to Bibliographies Relating to Czech,
Slovak, and Ruthenian Immigrants in America," Kosmas 7 (1988), pp. 189-212.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians in the U.S.: A Selective
Bibliography," Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 10, No. 1
(Summer 1991), pp. 83-132.
Historiography
Polisensky, Josef V., "Problems of Studying the History of Czech Mass Emigration to
the Americas." In: Emigration from Northern, Central, and Southern Europe:
Theoretical and Methodological Principles of Research.
International Symposium. Krakow: Jagiellonian University, 1984, pp. 185-94.
Bicha, Karel. D., Czech-American Historiography: 1964-1987." Czechoslovak an Central
European Journal 9, no. 1 /2 (Summer / Winter 1990), pp. 144-50.
Opatrny, Josef, "Problems in the History of Czech Immigration to America in the
Second Half of the Nineteenth Century." Nebraska History 74, No. 3 and 4
(Fall / Winter 1993), pp. 120-29.
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Biographical Compendia
Droba, Daniel D., Czech and Slovak Leaders in Metropolitan Chicago. Chicago:
The Slavonic Club of the University of Chicago, 1934. 307 p.
Morkovsky, Alois J., in. Short Biographies of Czech and Other Priests in
Texas. Hallettsville, TX: The Author, 1982. 183 p.
Rechcigl, Eva and Miloslav Rechcigl Jr., SVU Directory. History,
Organization and Biographies of Members. Washington, DC: SVU Press, 1992. 390
p.
General Surveys
Capek, Thomas, The Czechs (Boh Cemians) in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. 293 p.
Reprinted New York: Arno Press, 1969.
Habenicht, Jan, History of Czechs in America. St. Paul, MN: Czechoslovak Genealogical
Society International, 1996. 581 p.
Miller, Kenneth D., The Czecho-Slovaks in America. New York: George H. Doran, 1922. 192 p.
Panorama: A Historical Review of Czechs and Slovaks in the United States.
Cicero, IL: Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1971. 328 p
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Laska, Vera, The Czechs in America 1633-1977: A Chronology and Fact Book.
Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications, 1978. 152 p.
Freeze, Karen Johnson, "Czechs," Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1980. Pp. 261-72.
Chada, Joseph, The Czechs in the United States. New York: SVU Press, 1981. 292 p.
Korytova-Margstadt, Stepanka, To Reap a Bountiful Harvest: Czech Immigration
Beyond the Mississippi, 1850-1900. Iowa City: Rudi Publications, 1993. 179 p.
Early History
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Augustine Herman Bohemiensis." Kosmas. Journal of
Czechoslovak and Central European Studies 3, No. 1 (Summer 1984), pp. 139-48.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "In the Footprints of the First Czech Immigrants in
America," Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 9 (1990), pp. 75-90.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Early Jewish Immigrants in America from the Czech Historic
Lands and Slovakia," Rev. Soc. Hist. Czechoslovak Jews 3 (1990-91), pp. 157-79.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Bohemian and Moravian Pioneers in Colonial America: in:
Czech-Americans in Transition. Edited by Clinton Machann. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 199,
pp. 18-27.
Regional and Local Histories
Illinois - Reichman, John J., Czechoslovaks of Chicago. Chicago: Czechoslovak Historical
Society of Chicago, 1937. 112 p.
Iowa - Griffith, Martha E., The History of Czechs in Cedar Rapids. Vol.1.
1852-1942. Reprinted from Iowa J. History and Politics, vol. 42 (1944). Cedar Rapids:
Czech Heritage Foundation, 1972. 96 p.; Vol. II 1942-1982. 1982. 111 p.
Iowa - Klimesh, Cyril A., They Came to This Place. A History of Spillville, Iowa and
its Czech Settlers. Sebastopol, CA: Methodius Press, 1983. 239 p.
Kansas - Swehla, Francis J., "The Bohemians in Central Kansas," Kansas State
Historical Society Collections 13 (1913-14), pp.469-512.
Minnesota - New Prague, Minnesota. Brief Sketches of the History, Resources Advantages and
Business Men. New Prague, MN: The New Prague Times, 1895. 72 p.
Minnesota - Chrislock, C. Winston, " The Czechs," in They Chose Minnesota: A
Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups. Ed. June Drenning Holmquist. St Paul: Minnesota
Historical Society
Press, 1981. pp. 331-51.
Minnesota - Rippley, La Vern J. and Robert J. Paulson. German-Bohemians. The Quiet
Immigrants. Northfield, MN: St. Olaf College Press, 1995. 279 p.
Missouri - History of the Czechs in Missouri 1845 to 1904. St. Louis: St. Louis
Genealogical Society, 1988. 71 p.
Nebraska - Rosicky, Rose, A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska. Omaha: Czech
Historical Society of Nebraska, 1929. 492 p. Reprinted by Whipporwill Publications
(1987).
Nebraska - "The Czech-American Experience," Nebraska History 74, no. 3&4
(Fall/Winter 1993), pp. 101-203.
New York - Capek, Thomas, The Czech (Bohemian) Community of New York. New York: America's
Making, 1921. 93 p.
New York - A History of Bohemia, Long Island. Sayville, Long Island, NY: Weeks &
Reichel Printing, 1955. 80 p.
North Dakota - Schmirler, A. A. A., Wagon Migration. Veseleyville, D.T 1880-1881.
Grafton: Associated Printers, 1981. 242 p.
North Dakota - Pisek. The First Century: A History of Pisek, ND and Its People. Grafton:
Associated Printers, 1982. 326 p.
Ohio - Ledbetter, Eleanor E., The Czechs of Cleveland. Cleveland: Mayor's Advisory War
Committee, 1919. 40 p.
Oklahoma - Bicha, Karel D., The Czechs in Oklahoma. Norman: University of Oklahoma,
1980. 81 p.
South Dakota - Dvorak, Joseph A., Memorial Book History of the Czechs in the State of
South Dakota. Tabor, SD: The Czech Heritage Preservation Society, 1980. 189 p.
Texas - Maresh, H. B. and Estelle Hudson, Czech Pioneers of the Southwest. Dallas:
South-West Press, 1934. 418 p. Reprinted Houston, TX: Western Lithograph, 1996.
Texas - The Czechs in Texas. Papers from The Czechs in Texas: A Symposium.
Edited by Clinton Machann. Temple, TX: Texas A&M University, 1979.. 184 p.
Texas - Machann, Clinton and James W. Mendl, Krasna Amerika. A Study of the Texas Czechs
1851-1939. Austin: Eakin Press, 1983. 280 p.
Texas - Czech Voices . Stories from Texas in the Amerikan Narodni Kalendar.
Translated and edited by Clinton Machann and James W. Mendl, Jr. College Station, TX:
Texas A & M University Press, 1991. 147 p.
Texas- Texas. The Remote and Near Country. Trojanovice, Czech Republic: Obec Trojanoivice,
1997. 80 p.
Texas - Strnadel, Drahomir, Emigration to Texas from the Mistek District between 1856 and
1900.Victoria, TX: The Czech Heritage Society of Texas, 1996. 208 p.
Texas - Gallup, Sean N., Journeys into Czech-Moravian Texas. College Station, TX: Texas A
& M University Press, 1998. 148 p. 109 color photos
Wisconsin - Bicha, Karel D., "The Czechs in Wisconsin History," Wisconsin
Magazin of History 55, no. 3 (1972), pp. 194-203.
Religion
Vojta, Vaclav, Czechoslovak Baptists. Minneapolis: Czechoslovak Baptist Convention
in America and Canada, 1941. 276 p.
Kisch, Guido, In Search of Freedom: A History of American Jews from Czechoslovakia
1740-1948. London: E. Goldstone, 1949. 373 p.
Cada, Joseph, Czech-American Catholics 1850-1920. Lisle, IL: Benedictine Abbey Press,
1964. 124 p.
Christian Sisters Union, Unity of the Brethren in Texas 1855-1966. Taylor, TX: Unity of
the Brethren, 1970. 178 p.
Bicha, Karel D., "Settling Accounts with an Old Adversary: The Decatholization of
Czech Immigrants in America," Social History/Histoire Sociale 4 (November 1972), pp.
45-60.
A History of the Czech-Moravian Catholic Communities of Texas. Translated and edited by
Rev. V. A. Svrcek. Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1974. 220 p. ; 2nd printing 1983.
Barton, Josef J., "Religion and Cultural Change in Czech Immigrant Communities,
1850-1920," in Immigrants and Religion in Urban America. Eds. Randall M. Miller and
Thomas D. Marzik.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1977, pp. 3-24.
Garver, Bruce M.,"Czech-American Free Thinkers on the Great Plains, 1871-1914"
in Ethnicity on the Great Plains. Ed. Frederick Luebke. Lincoln: University of Nebraska
Press, 1980, pp. 147-59.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "The Renewal and the Formation of the Moravian Church in
America," Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 9 (1990), pp. 12-26.
Garver, Bruce M., "Czech-American Protestants: A Minority Within a Minority,"
Nebraska History 74, no. 3&4 (Fall/Winter 1993), pp.150-67.
Hahn, Fred ‘Jews from the Bohemian Lands in the United States, 1848-1938, in: p.31-45.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., " Moravian Brethren from the Czechlands," Nase rodina
"Our Family" 12, no. 4 (December 2000), pp. 154-59.
The Society
Roucek, Joseph S., "Problems of Assimilation: A Study of Czechoslovaks in the United
States," Sociology and Social Research 17 (September/October 1931), pp. 62-71.
Kutak, Robert I., The Story of a Bohemian-American Village. Louisville, KY: Standard
Printing Co., 1933. Reprinted New York: Arno Press, 1970. 156 p.
Lynch, Russell Ward, Czech Farmers in Oklahoma. Stillwater: Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical College, 1942. 119 p.
Skrabanek, R. L., "Forms of Cooperation and Mutual Aid in a Czech-American Rural
Community." Southwestern Social Science Quarterly 30, No. 3 (December
1949), pp.83-88.
Skrabanek, R. .L., "Social Life in a Czech-American Rural Community." Rural
Sociology 15, No. 3 (September 1950), pp. 221-231.
Skrabanek, R. L., "The Influence of Cultural Backgrounds on Farming Practices in a
Czech-American Rural Community." Southwestern Social Science Quarterly 31, No. 4
(March 1951), pp. 258-67.
Roucek, Joseph S., "The American Czechs, Slovaks and Slavs in the Development of
America's Climate of Opinion," in Czechoslovakia Past and Present. Vol. 1.
Ed. Miloslav Rechcigl Jr. The Hague: Mouton, 1968, pp.815-43.
Skrabanek, Robert L., We're Czechs. College Station: Texas A & M University Press,
1988. 240 p.
Hannan, Kevin, "Ethnic Identity among the Czechs and Moravians of Texas,"
Journal of American Ethnic History 15 (Summer 1996), pp. 3-31.
Czech-Americans in Transition. Edited by Clinton Machann. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 199.
136 p.
Public Life
Gottfried, Alex, Boss Cermak of Chicago: A Study of Political Leadership. Seattle, WA:
University of Washington Press, 1962. 459 p.
Laska, Vera, "Czechs and Slovaks," in America's Ethnic Politics. Eds. Joseph S.
Roucek and Bernard Eisenberg. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982, pp. 133-53.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., U.S. Legislators with Czechoslovak Roots from Colonial Times to
Present: With Genealogical Lineages. Washington, DC: SVU Press, 1987. 65 p.
Chrislock, C. Winston, Charles Jonas 1840-1896: Czech National Liberal, Wisconsin Bourbon
Democrat. Philadelphia: Balch IES Press, 1993. 216 p.
Cultural Life
Zizka, Ernest J., Czech Cultural Contributions. Chicago: Benedictine Abbey Press, 1942.
145 p.
Lowenbach, Jan, "Czech Composers and Musicians in America," Musical Quarterly 29
(1943), pp. 313-28.
Dvornik, Francis, Czech Contributions to the Growth of the United States.
Chicago: Benedictine Abbey Press, 1962. 109 p.
Duben, Vojtech N., "Czech and Slovak Press Outside Czechoslovakia," in The
Czechoslovak Contribution to World Culture. Ed. Miloslav Rechcigl Jr. Hague: Mouton,
1964 pp. 528-45.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr. and Jiri Nehnevajsa, "American Scholars and Scientists with
Czechoslovak Roots - Some Key Characteristics," Journal of Washington Academy of
Science 58 (1968), pp. 213-22.
Sturm, Rudolf, "Czech Literature in America," in Ethnic Literature since 1776.
The Many Voices of America. Lubbock: Texas Technical University, 1978, pp. 161-73.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., Educators with Czechoslovak Roots: U.S. and Canadian Faculty
Roster. Washington: SVU Press, 1980. 122 p.
Bodnar, John, "Schooling and the Slavic American Family," in American Education
and the European Immigrant: 1840-1940. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982, p. ?
Papers from Czech Music in Texas: A Sesquicentennial Symposium. Edited by Clinton Machann.
College Station, TX: Komensky Press, 1988.182 p.
Solle, Zdenek, "Vojtech Naprstek and His Era: Bohemia, the United States, and the
Transmission of Cultures," East Central Europe 17, No. 1 (Spring 1990), pp. 1-30.
Murphy, David, "Dramatic Expressions: Czech Theatre Curtains in Nebraska."
Nebraska History 74, No. 3 and 4 (Fall / Winter 1993), pp. 168-82.
Nolte, Claire E., "Our Brothers Across the Ocean: The Czech Sokol in America to
1914." Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 11, No. 2 (Winter 1993), pp. 15-37.
Czechoslovak-American Puppetry. Edited by Vit Horejs. New York: GOH Productions /
Seven Loaves, 1994. 80 p.
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Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Czech Contributions to American Scientific and Technological
Thought," Kosmas. Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 12, No. 1 (Summer
1996), pp. 81-99.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "In Moravian Footprints in America,: Rocenka. Yearbook of the
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International 3 (1997)-1998), pp. 35-43
Rostinsky, Joseph N., "The Moravian Folk Song : The Best Means of Preserving Czech
culture in Texas,." in: Czech-Americans in Transition. Edited by Clinton
Machann. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1999, pp. 44-49.
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