Czech-Americans in transition : [annual meeting and conference of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences ... held July 12-13, 1997 in Belton, Texas

This Collection Of Papers Is Based On Presentations Made At The 1997 Annual Meeting And Conference Of The Czechoslovak Society Of Arts And Sciences Held July 12-13, 1997, The The Bell County Exposition Center In Belton, Tx, In Conjunction With The 100th Anniversary Of The Slovonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas. The Czech Ambassador's Address On The Occasion Of The 100th Anniversary Of The Spjst / Alexandr Vondra 1 -- The Czech Republic And Czechs Abroad: Past, Present, And Future / Zdenek Lycka 5 -- A Brief History Of The Spjst / Leonard D. Mikeska 13 -- Bohemian And Moravian Pioneers In Colonial America / Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. 18 -- The Czech-american Journalist: A Bridge Between The Old Country And The New / Peter Bisek 28 -- Genealogy: Building A Bridge To The Past / Daniel Hrna 34 -- Documenting Czech Immigrant Arrivals / Leo Baca 38 -- The Moravian Folk Song: The Best Means Of Preserving Czech Culture In Texas / Joseph N. Rostinsky 44 -- The Czech Heritage Society Of Texas And Bridges To The Czech Republic / Robert Janak 50 -- A Short History Of The Czech Educational Foundation Of Texas And Description Of Its Current Projects / Clinton Machann 62 -- Subject: Conversation With Czechoslovak President (reports On T.g. Masaryk In The American Diplomatic Correspondence In Prague) / Milada Polisenska 68 -- Texas Czech: An Ethnolinguistic Study / Ludmila Dutkova 76 -- Toward A Biography Of Thomas Capek (1861-1950): Sources, Life Sketch, And Biographical Models / David Zdenek Chroust 97 -- Czech-americans: A Selected Bibliography Of Publications In English, / Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. 121. Edited By Clinton Machann. This Collection Of Papers Is Based On Presentations Made At The 1997 Annual Meeting And Conference Of The Czechoslovak Society Of Arts And Sciences ... Held July 12-13, 1997, At The Bell County Exposition Center In Belton, Texas, In Conjunction With ... The 100th Anniversary Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas--introd. Includes Bibliographical References.