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1	The round dance halls of Texas : history of a building type, 1897-1937 McDougal, Stephanie L. 04 December 2013 (has links) Texas is home to many dance halls, but only 18 are known to have been built with a “round” (non-orthogonal) plan. Their common design was first conceived by the Austin County carpenter Joachim Hintz in 1897 for the twelve-sided Bellville Turnverein Pavilion. For the next 40 years, variations on the building type were disseminated and constructed exclusively in Central and South Texas farming communities settled by German and Czech immigrants. These structures were probably based on the octagonal barn plans promoted heavily in the agricultural press at the end of the nineteenth century, yet they look nothing like the round barns of New York and New England or the domed masonry dairy barns of the upper Midwest. This building type is unique to Texas. The majority of the state’s six-, eight-, and 12-sided dance halls were built in a line along State Highway 36 and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad. This thesis explores the architectural history and physical characteristics of these very special Texas dance halls. / text Dance halls Texas Architecture Joachim Hintz Bellville Turnverein Pavilion Dance halls--Texas Round buildings--Texas
2	Festive Expressions of Ethnicity: National German-American Festivals in Indianapolis at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Rippel, Elena Marie January 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Expressions of German-American culture in Indianapolis reached a high point in the first decade of the twentieth century. Social clubs such as the Socialer Turnverein and the Maennerchor enriched the city’s cultural life through musical performances and athletic classes and provided a social outlet for their members. During this decade, these clubs played a large role in organizing two national festivals held in Indianapolis: a Turnfest (gymnastics festival) in 1905 and a Saengerfest (singing festival) in 1908. Examining the planning and implementation of the Turnfest and Saengerfest sheds light on how club leaders responded to their social and political environment at the beginning of the twentieth century, how the respective clubs’ members conceived of their ethnic and club identities, and how they represented these identities in the festivals. Indianapolis festivals German Americans ethnic identities music Turnverein Maennerchor Turnfest Saengerfest Indianapolis Männerchor Nordamerikanischer Sängerbund American Turners (Organization) Socialistischer Turnerbund (U.S.)

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The round dance halls of Texas : history of a building type, 1897-1937

Festive Expressions of Ethnicity: National German-American Festivals in Indianapolis at the Turn of the Twentieth Century