"The Other Swedes"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends ~
<> Celebrating their Theater Legacy <>
Mr. Max Muller
1959 Founder of "Broadway RFD" and 1976 Author of Prairie Carnegie
By
Smoky Valley Writer
Mr. Tim Stewart
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SVHA Board President and author of Vår Historia stories since late 2017
"Vår Historia:" Swedish for "Our History"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends ~
<> Celebrating their Theater Legacy <>
Mr. Max Muller
1959 Founder of "Broadway RFD" and 1976 Author of Prairie Carnegie
By
Smoky Valley Writer
Mr. Tim Stewart
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SVHA Board President and author of Vår Historia stories since late 2017
"Vår Historia:" Swedish for "Our History"
Smoky Valley Historical Association (SVHA) Board President since late 2017, Mr. Stewart has been writing away on Lindsborg's and Bethany College's most interesting persons of the past. These stories are part of the SVHA's Vår Historia stories monthly newsletter for the members and they are shared on the Association's Facebook page. For more information, email
[email protected].
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[email protected].
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Without Mr. Stewart's story on Mr. Max Muller, SWEDES would be lacking a most important piece of theater history in Lindsborg. Thank you, Mr. Stewart!
It is a delight with great appreciation to have a sample of Mr. Stewart's writing, along with the photograph images, about this larger-than-life Mr. Max Muller.
We learn that this very talented man as an actor and a singer was born in nearby Marquette, Kansas. Later, after studies at Bethany College where he studied voice, he lived in New York City and studied acting there and became part of the Broadway scene. This in turn, would eventually pay off big dividends for Lindsborg when he returned and founded Broadway RFD in 1959, the theater of which has maintain the reputation of being the longest running outdoor theater in Kansas to date.
Further, we learn that Mr. Muller was the author of the 1976 Prairie Carnegie, The Story of Presser and Ling, a most important book on the Messiah and St. Matthew Passion performances and on their impressive national and international performers who became part of this local yet international Lindsborg history.
Here is Mr. Stewart's story.
It is a delight with great appreciation to have a sample of Mr. Stewart's writing, along with the photograph images, about this larger-than-life Mr. Max Muller.
We learn that this very talented man as an actor and a singer was born in nearby Marquette, Kansas. Later, after studies at Bethany College where he studied voice, he lived in New York City and studied acting there and became part of the Broadway scene. This in turn, would eventually pay off big dividends for Lindsborg when he returned and founded Broadway RFD in 1959, the theater of which has maintain the reputation of being the longest running outdoor theater in Kansas to date.
Further, we learn that Mr. Muller was the author of the 1976 Prairie Carnegie, The Story of Presser and Ling, a most important book on the Messiah and St. Matthew Passion performances and on their impressive national and international performers who became part of this local yet international Lindsborg history.
Here is Mr. Stewart's story.
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Max Muller
1920-1984
1920-1984
The Swensson Memorial Band Shell
The Swensson Memorial Band Shell was a WPA Project in 1935. -- Home of Broadway RFD / Bing source
To browse through Mr. Muller's most cherished book on the exciting internationally known Messiah and St. Matthew Passion performances held at Bethany College's Ling Auditorium and at Presser Hall that drew opera stars from Chicago, San Francisco, New York City and Europe to sing this most sacred music as well as drawing thousands of patrons who filled these auditoriums, go HERE to Prairie Carnegie, The Story of Presser and Ling.
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"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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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"
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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.
