"The Other Swedes"
~ Honoring Him and His Works ~
~ Honoring Him and His Works ~
"Hyllningsfest, a celebration incubated in the vision of a country doctor. William Holwerda has become an homage...that...always mattered..."*
--John Marshall, 2017
--John Marshall, 2017
Dr. William Holwerda (MD)
1901-1964
~ Remembering him at the founder of "Svensk Hyllningsfest," 1941
1901-1964
~ Remembering him at the founder of "Svensk Hyllningsfest," 1941
The way he was, in his words:
"The Festival effort was planned, developed, and built entirely upon a premise of solid local support, assistance and support of our neighbors. The response from all sources was in terms of generous participation. Its to such support we owe our success."
"The Festival effort was planned, developed, and built entirely upon a premise of solid local support, assistance and support of our neighbors. The response from all sources was in terms of generous participation. Its to such support we owe our success."
He was the 1941 "Dutch" organizer of the biennial Swedish pioneer festival known as Svensk Hyllningsfest.
Source: Elizabeth Jaderborg aka Selma Lind: "Lindsborg on Record," 1965
--Published on April 20, 2011 by the late (2017) Chris Abercrombie: "A look at the 1954 Hyllningsfest. It took some doing to come up with this film but I finally located it at the Old Mill Museum, along with 3 other films from 1953, 1952, and the first Hyllnings Fest (as they called it then). All 4 films are in color, but there is no sound. At the end of this film notice the shots of Bethany and Messiah Churches and of campus, including Old Main! Dr. Holwerda was the founder of Hyllningsfest, attended the births of hundreds of Lindsborg babies for over 30 years. The Svensk Hyllningsfest committee paid for the preservation of these films and their transfer to the digital medium"--Chris
Dr. Holwerda's Home
(Destroyed by fire not long after this photograph was taken in 2010 or so.)
The Lindsborg 2017 Svensk Hyllningfest
- Photograph by Emily Writer of Kansas University-
Click on Emily's photograph to go to the latest official Lindsborg Svensk Hyllningfest.
* From former Lindsborg News-Record owner, John Marshall, his 2017 Rural Messenger article, "Hyllningfest: According To Our Heart, Not A Calendar" can be read HERE
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
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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.
