Series: I: MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS.

Transcriptions of interviews with Peter Etter (11 pages) and Dennis Streiff (11 pages), 1999 September and October

“Traditional Performance: Wilhelm Tell, A Swiss Heritage Tradition” essay (24 pages) by Ric Segovia, 2000 March 30

Photocopies of Wilhem Tell play programs from 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1999

Series: II: SOUND RECORDINGS.

Subseries: 60-minute Standard Audiocassettes
Note: Most interviews were recorded simultaneously on audiocassette as well as videotape.

Interviews, 1986 August 17
Scope and Content Note: Millard Tschudy about the history of New Glarus and his experience in the historical pageants; three former Wilhelm Tell actors. Also see video #860.

Interviews, 1986 June 28 and 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Older Tell performers, New Glarus business owner/resident, Illinois tourists, and Willi, a Swiss immigrant to New Glarus. See videos #824 and #849.

Interviews, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Willi, continued; Paul Grossenbacher (also a Swiss immigrant and Tell performer); and an anonymous male Tell actor. See video #849.

Interviews, 1986 August 24
Scope and Content Note: Dennis Streiff, the former director of and actor in the English-language Tell play; two former Heidi actors; Don Ott; a group interview with Rudy, Hans, and Peter who acted in the German-language Tell, and Mike Roberts, a young actor in the German-language Tell. See video #897.

Interviews, 1986 August 24 and 1987 September 12
Scope and Content Note: Mike Roberts, continued; Reverend Robert Mutton, pastor of the Swiss United Church of Christ; Wilma who works at the Swiss Historical Village Museum; Paul Grossenbacher, immigrant and actor; women and men acting in the German-language Tell play; and Johnny and other Swiss tourist group members. See videos #897 and #1261.

Interviews, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Elda Schiesser, Margaret Duerst, Tell actors, and audience members. See video #852.

Interviews, 1986 August 24
Scope and Content Note: Wedding dancers; Steve Streiff who was in charge of the animals in the Tell play; Hans Lenzlinger, an actor in the German-language play and owner of the New Glarus Hotel; Suzanna Amstutz, a Swiss visitor acting in the German-language Tell; Ed, a Swiss actor who both acted in and directed the Tell plays; Howard and Marilyn Christensen, German-language New Glarus residents active in the Maennerchor, Tell play, and Art Guild; and Bob and Lila Dibble, who directed the Tell play and sold farm land for the Tell grounds. See video #896.

Interviews, 1986 June 28
Scope and Content Note: Peter Etter; Heidi audience members; a former Heidi actor; band members; Elma Zentner; tourists from Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa; men from Switzerland; Linda and Elda Schiesser; and Ilene and Hans Zeits. See video #832.

Interviews, 1986 August 17
Scope and Content Note: Herman Feller Jr., a Swiss immigrant, former president of the Maennerchor, organizer of Volksfest, and actor in the German-language Tell play. See video #861.

Subseries: 60-Minute Micro-Cassettes

Ric Segovia interview with Dennis Streiff, actor in Wilhelm Tell play, 1999

Ric Segovia interview with Peter Etter, actor in Wilhelm Tell play and Superintendent of New Glarus Schools, 1999

Ric Segovia interview with Olaf Meding, actor in Wilhelm Tell Play, 1999

Series: III: GRAPHIC MATERIALS.

Wilhelm Tell Play, 1999 September
Physical Description: 24, 35 mm, 4x6 color photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Photos include views of performance, theater grounds, Peter Etter, Dennis and Marion Streiff, and Dan Gardzke.

Series: IV: MOVING IMAGES.
Note: All are VHS recordings except for #800, a mini-VHS video.

Subseries: Miscellaneous and Multiple Topics

Log Church Ceremony: “Settlers' Sunday,” 1986 August 17
Scope and Content Note: Old organ music, Christian service, Maennerchor sings hymns, and short interviews with several people after the service.

“Live at Five” Television news report on New Glarus
Scope and Content Note: On location news coverage at Volksfest and footage of New Glarus main street, discussion of the Swiss heritage of the town.

Swiss vocal and instrumental musical groups, 1989 May 6
Scope and Content Note: Men's choir, alphorn playing, yodeling, and footage of public dance to Bavarian/Alpine/Swiss music.

Stills of New Glarus
Scope and Content Note: 13 minutes of video documenting New Glarus signs and buildings that represent Swiss Heritage (i.e. Swiss coat of arms, Swiss-Aire Motel, Swiss Miss Lace Factory). Also, black and white historical photos of the town and townspeople.

Still Images of New Glarus
Scope and Content Note: No commentary just a two-minute clip of photos of old maps, early immigrants, illustrations of Gilbert Ott and Schiller. Approximately 10 images.

Interview with Millard Tschudy, 1986 August 17
Scope and Content Note: Tschudy is a local historian, director of the Heidi play, on the Tell Board of Directors and acted in both the German-language and English-language Tell plays (same interview found on audiocassette 1).

Interviews with New Glarus Community Members, 1986 August 17
Scope and Content Note: Interview with Frida who has played Heidi's blind grandmother for 21 years. Interview with Frida's husband and a woman who directed the Heidi play for six years. Last interview with older Swiss man, Herman Feller Jr., who was the president of the Maennerchor, started Volksfest, and wrote the history of the New Glarus Maennerchor (this interview is also on audiocassette 12).

Subseries: Polkafest

Polkafest, 1988 May 14
Scope and Content Note: Kick-off, fundraising event for tourist season in New Glarus. Interviews with Dennis Streiff, Ron Foster (Lions Club member), Hans Lenzlinger (Chairman of Polkafest), Swiss woodcarver Jonas Felisi, gift shop owner Jeanine Bafel, and a museum volunteer.

Polkafest
Scope and Content Note: Continued music and dancing (only 5 minutes of footage).

Subseries: Heidi
Note: Also see video #897 listed below with the Wilhelm Tell materials, and videos #860 and #861 listed above with the Miscellaneous materials.

Heidi Play, 1986 June 27
Scope and Content Note: Play performance at New Glarus High School Auditorium. Backstage and dress rehearsal. Footage of downtown - library, church, restaurants, bank, tourists, flags, and Swiss Crests. Interviews with Kristine and Randy, two Heidi cast members; a Heidi understudy and her mother; and other cast and audience members. Opening scenes of Heidi play.

Heidi Play, 1986 June 27
Scope and Content Note: Play from the beginning. Same footage as video #825 only from a center stage perspective.

Heidi Interviews, 1986 June 28
Scope and Content Note: Ten-minute footage of interview with man whose daughter was a former Heidi, and an interview with two women tourists from Illinois (interview also found on audiocassette 2).

Heidi Play, 1986 June 28
Scope and Content Note: Pre-performance organ music, crowd gathering, opening remarks by M.C. Peter Etter, and recording of the play.

Heidi Festival, 1986 June 28
Scope and Content Note: Scenes from the Heidi play and interview with audience members from Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Chicago (Ilene and Hans Zeits) during intermissions. Interviews with Linda Schiesser, a vendor selling Heidi dolls; Elda Schiesser, who does Alpine paper cutting and is a Historical Society member (interviews also found on audiocassettes 7 and 10). Footage of musical acts from the Little Switzerland Festival (same festival footage as video #833).

Interviews during Heidi Festival, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Interviews with Willi, who played Heidi's grandfather for 22 years and is president of the Heidi play (interview also found on audiocassettes 2 and 3). Paul Grossenbacher gives a public tour of exhibits in the Hall of History at the Swiss Historical Village Museum, then gives a private interview discussing history of the Tell play. Also, zoom views of museum exhibits.

Subseries: Little Switzerland Festival

Little Switzerland Festival, 1986 June 28
Scope and Content Note: Last two performances: duet yodelers and choreographed flag throwing, held in the evening after the Heidi play. Only 8 minutes long.

Little Switzerland Festival, 1986 June 28
Scope and Content Note: Views of arts and crafts booths/grounds, and of main street architecture. Interviews with tourist, Swiss visiting musicians at the New Glarus Hotel restaurant, and a young woman who worked in Switzerland. Footage of the Little Switzerland Festival (same as video #832).

Subseries: Volksfest
Note: See also video #801 listed above with the Miscellaneous materials.

Volksfest: last four performances, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Only 10 minutes.

Volksfest, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: The first 11 of the 15 musical performances in the program: New Glarus Band, Maennerchor, Swiss dancers, alphorns, yodeling, Monroe Swiss Singers, Polka band, Maypole dance, and German-American women folk singers from Milwaukee.

Volksfest, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Same footage of Volksfest's performances 6 through 11 as on video #850, only from a more left-of-stage angle.

Volksfest plus Tours of Hall of History and Swiss Historical Village, 1986 August 3
Scope and Content Note: Paul Grossenbacher's Hall of History tour (same as video #849 but from a different camera angle and more zoom views of exhibits). Interview with local historian Margaret Duerst (also found on audiocassette 7). Tour of Swiss Historical Village (log cabin, replica log church and cemetery, cheese factory, two one-room school houses, blacksmith shop, and fire station). Footage of Volksfest performances one through six (same as video #850).

Subseries: Wilhelm Tell
Note: See also video #860 listed above with the Miscellaneous materials, and video #849 listed with the Heidi videos.

Wilhelm Tell Play, 1999 September 4
Physical Description: a mini-VHS video 

Interviews
Scope and Content Note: 6 minutes worth of interviews with unidentified residents of New Glarus and actors in the Tell play.

Tell Interviews, 1986 August 24
Scope and Content Note: Views of New Glarus historical marker, church, and commemorative statue. Interview with Howard and Marilyn Christensen who had roles in the Tell play. Howard started the Bavarian Brass Band and sings with the Maennerchor (same interview as audiocassette 8). Footage of the Tell rehearsal/picnic. Interview with man about his role in Tell.

Interviews with performers, 1986 August 24
Scope and Content Note: Interviews with Dennis Streiff -- reflections on his roles as actor and director of the Tell play. Interviews with two former Heidi actresses, Don Ott, Rudy, Peter, Hans, and Mike Roberts (same interview is found on audiocassette 4). Also, interview with Pastor Bob (Robert Mutton) (also found on audiocassette 5).

English-language Wilhelm Tell Play, 1986 August 30

German-language Wilhelm Tell Play, 1986 August 30

German-language Tell Picnic and Rehearsal, 1987 September 5
Scope and Content Note: Footage of picnic, picnic grounds, surrounding landscape, and practice scenes from the play.

The Tell 50th-Anniversary Parade on New Glarus's Main Street, 1987 September 5
Scope and Content Note: Bavarian Brass Band plays while crowd waits for parade to begin, alphorn players, flag bearers, high school marching bands, floats, politicians, queen pageant winners, veterans, Swiss folk musicians, girls' bell choir, mostly Swiss themes and folk costume, yodelers, Shriners, and usherettes with flags.

Tell Parade, 1987 September 5
Scope and Content Note: Same as video #1250 only much better angle/quality.

Wilhelm Tell Play Backstage, 1987 September 5
Scope and Content Note: Short interviews and documentation, costuming and play preparation, views of audience.

German-language Tell Backstage, 1987 September 12
Scope and Content Note: Interview with 5-10 young girls in play and older actors. Interview after play with Johnny, a Swiss travel agent, members of his travel group, and Nicole, the group's tour guide (interviews found on audiocassette 5 as well).

Subseries: Schwingfest

Schwingfest Swiss wrestling matches, 1987 September 20
Scope and Content Note: Open air and in sawdust pits. Switzerland's five top amateur wrestlers, plus university students from Madison and Canada. Interview with Hans Lenzlinger, who organized the event. Interview with two wrestlers from UW-Madison. Traditional awards ceremony.