Heritage Renewal

News from the Center for Heritage Renewal, North Dakota State University

Friday, September 18, 2015

Welk Homestead

A good word from the Forum today.

http://www.inforum.com/opinion/editorials/3841434-forum-editorial-new-life-welk-homesteadhttp://www.inforum.com/opinion/editorials/3841434-forum-editorial-new-life-welk-homestead

posted by Tom Isern # 10:35 AM

Friday, September 04, 2015

Fall Supper Study

NDSU press release - https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/21539/

posted by Tom Isern # 2:50 PM

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Northern Plains Heritage Foundation Grant

The Center for Heritage Renewal has received a grant of $8926 from the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation for the project, "Building Public Awareness of Heritage Themes in the Northern Plains National Heritage Area." This sounds a little complicated, so to put it simply - we're going to organize some book discussions in public libraries in central North Dakota dealing with the significant themes of the Northern Plains National Heritage Area. More later on this.

posted by Tom Isern # 11:08 AM

Reprise of the Fall Suppers

Amanda Biles has commenced her work at the Center for Heritage Renewal. She has a whole portfolio of tasks assigned to her, but top of the stack is updating the center's directory of fall suppers and transitioning that line of work into a research study on the significance of these community events in regional culture. See, below, the press release on this from NDSU University Relations.

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Center for Heritage Renewal to study fall suppers

NDSU's Center for Heritage Renewal wants to know about traditional fall suppers across our region. The center is compiling directory information and starting a scholarly study of the seasonal meals.

Center director Tom Isern, University Distinguished Professor of history, said fall suppers or dinners are long-standing annual events for area churches and community organizations.

"The first ones serve the weekend after Labor Day. Activity peaks the first week of October, then diminishes as November comes and Thanksgiving approaches," Isern said. "The fall supper tradition is a mainstay of the cultural calendar on the northern plains."

According to Isern, the suppers serve the same foods at the same locations each year, and the people in charge assume customary roles to make them happen. Neighbors and relatives are fed — commonly with turkey and dressing or kraut. Sometimes the meal features roast beef, pork or an ethnic specialty, such as homemade sausage.

"The prairie folk who put on fall suppers not only feed the multitudes, but also do good for their communities," Isern said. "They raise money to sustain community organizations, they affirm community identity and they offer people the chance to renew friendships."

The center is once again publishing an online directory of fall suppers at http://heritagerenewal.org/suppers/. For their study, center staff would like to hear from people who hold historical records, such as minute books, accounts or news clippings, documenting their local fall supper traditions.

For more information about the center's directory or to supply information for the study, contact Amanda Biles, assistant to the director, at amanda.biles@ndsu.edu or 817-343-1502.

posted by Tom Isern # 10:45 AM

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