"The Other Swedes"
Honoring Them and Remembering Them
~ The Groupings, including Swedes from Sweden
Honoring Them and Remembering Them
~ The Groupings, including Swedes from Sweden
1992, Esping and Holmquist Bethany College alumni in DC's Smithsonian's National Folklife Festival
~ Representing "Kansas Agriculture and Swedish Culture"
~ Representing "Kansas Agriculture and Swedish Culture"
\\ THIS IS A PLACE MARKER FOR RECOGNITION //
Not all parties were able to contribute the needed information for this section due to overly busy schedules, which is so understandable. The major work on SWEDES ended in December of 2023. So, no content will be added.
However, having these accomplishments by Bethany College graduates with the help of their families must still be recognized in SWEDES due to their being last-living-links to the very beginning of these Smoky Valley Swedes.
The names of those family members are as follows:
However, having these accomplishments by Bethany College graduates with the help of their families must still be recognized in SWEDES due to their being last-living-links to the very beginning of these Smoky Valley Swedes.
The names of those family members are as follows:
Dorothy Nelson Esping
Mark Esping
Mardel Anderson Esping
Tom Holmquist
Marlysue Esping Holmquist, PhD.
Mark Esping
Mardel Anderson Esping
Tom Holmquist
Marlysue Esping Holmquist, PhD.
* * *
"Let Us Celebrate Them"
* * *
Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
"Let Us Celebrate Them"
* * *
Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.