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NOTES Part One 1. This information may be extrapolated from the data presented in a report culled from 1980 census data: Ancestry of the Population by State: 1980 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1983). This information was brought to public attention by David Westphal, "Diversely Ethnic Iowa No.1 in Dutch Ancestry;' Des Moines Sunday Register for July 7, 1985. Also of interest to ethno-sociolinguists is Ancestry and Language in the United States: November, 1979 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1982). 2. There is no single definitive history of Pella, though several works merit the attention of serious scholars. For general background on the Dutch in America, see Swierenga, "Dutch," 284-95, and Lucas, Netherlanders in America. For Iowa, one must at some point refer to the older but still valuable work of Van der Zee, The Hollanders in Iowa. For a Dutchman's assessment, as well as previously unstudied and understudied source material, one might tum to J. Stellingwerff, Amsterdamse Emigranten. Onbekende Brieven uit de Prairie van Iowa. 1846-1873 (Amsterdam: Buijten and Schipperheijn, 1975). A work more comprehensive in scope, whose English version appeared only as this document was being completed, is Van Hinte, Netherlanders in America. The earlier Dutch edition is virtually unavailable to the general scholar in this country. Also too recent to receive thorough treatment was Swierenga, The Dutch in America. The earliest serious attempt at a systematic history of Pella by a locally based author was Van Stigt, Geschiedenis van Pella, Iowa en Omgeving. This was followed by the more widely read Stout, Souvenir History of Pella, Iowa. For Scholte and the religious movement that brought him to Pella, one might wish to consult 137 Notes to Pages 5-6 Oostendorp, H. P. Scholte; for in-depth research, there is a wealth of source material in Smits, De Afscheiding van 1834, especially vols. 3, 5 and 6. For the specific migration that resulted in the settlement at Pella, see the Leiden doctoral dissertation by Stokvis, De Nederlandse trek naar Amerika, 1846-1847. For one of the most thought-provoking studies to appear in recent years, which treats Pella from a different perspective, see Doyle, The SocioEconomic Mobility of the Dutch Immigrants to Pella, Iowa 18471925 , with a summary in Swierenga, The Dutch in America, 15671 . I wish to thank Prof. Raymond Den Adel for his faithful sharing of research on the many communities throughout the world that bear the name Pella. Although a fictionalized account that in no way is confined to Pella, one might turn to P. J. Risseuw's triology Landverhuizers (Baarn: Bosch and Keuning, 1962). 3. Among the various accounts of life in Pella to appear in the popular press, one might note: Roueche, "Profiles: Oasis;' 46-68, and again in somewhat different form in Roueche, Special Places, 15587 ; Teddern, "Another Netherlands;' 20-26; A Historic Guide to Pella; Van Klompenburg, "Time out for Tulips;' 4-13. In 1982, an architectural walking tour of Pella was planned, and a permanent slide-tape show placed on deposit at the Pella Historical Society. The tour, described on the centerfold of the Historic Guide, was designed by Humanist-in-Residence Philip E. Webber, under a grant from the Iowa Humanities Board/National Endowment for the Humanities. For background on Pella's architectural notabilia, see the articles by Muriel Byers Kooi in The Iowan for December-January (1960-61): 30-37 and 50; fall (1973): 4-11; spring (1974): 12-14; summer (1975): 46-51. For other aspects of Pella's folk heritage as expressed in art and crafts, see Webber, "Everyday Elaborations: Three Traditional Iowa Communities;' 90-101. The Pella Historical Society is currently compiling a two-volume anthology of short articles on local and family history. For a brief comparison of Pella and the Flemish-American community at Victor, Iowa, see Webber, "Nederlanders en Vlamingen in Iowa;' 458-60. 4. Among the varied reactions of native Dutchmen to Pella's ethnic self-celebration, see Van Deutekom, "Het Rijke Reformatorische Leven in Pella, Iowa;' 69-74. 138 [107.23.156.199] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 11:11 GMT) Notes to Pages 6-14 5. I am indebted to Prof. W. J. Vande Kopple of Calvin College for sharing some of his unpublished studies on the impact of Dutch on the English in areas of strong ethnic concentration. Little has appeared in print on the subject since Veltman, "Dutch Survivals in Holland, Michigan;' 80-83, and Vander Werff, "Evidence of Old Holland in the Speech...