Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Keywords
Swiss American Historical Society, history
Abstract
4. Years of Silence*
Professor Senn realized that the society faced many difficulties. For one thing, membership had dwindled. There were 45 life members but only 61 annual members who had paid their dues for 1949. The treasurer considered them "fairly active" even though few had paid their dues for 1950 and only three of four for 1951. Swiss clubs and organizations had stopped paying their membership dues as long back and 1939. True, there was a stack of 120 cards of former members but they had not been hard from since the early 1940s. This was a bleak picture indeed. Without active dues paying members there was no hope of reviving the exhausted treasury. Yet lacking the necessary funds, the society could not continue issuing its publications, and without publications members could not be asked to pay dues. Unfortunately during Senn's presidency the society was not able to break out of this vicious circle.
Recommended Citation
Meier, Heinz K.
(1974)
"History of the Swiss American Historical Society,"
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 10:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol10/iss2/4