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About Us, Contact Us We believe it not only has entertainment value but lessons on family, diversity, culture, and immigration that should be held for future generations. More corrections and additions are welcome. This is a work in progress. Contact Larry Ganders a grandson of Papa and Mama Fraunfelder, and son of Betty Fraunfelder Ganders, to make contributions, corrections, or inquiries regarding SwissFamilyFraunfelder.Com. SwissFamilyFraunfelder.Com can best be viewed on Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox 111.0. It also works with Google Chrome Version 111.0 and Apple Safari 5.1.7. |
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Richard Buckey, husband of
the late Ruth Fraunfelder Buckley, and his
granddaughter, Megan Buckley, provided several old
Fraunfelder recordings including a 1938 Electro Vox disc
that are posted on the music download page. Lisa (Ganders) Yoshida, a daughter of Betty Fraunfelder Ganders, and Mia Yoshida, daughter of Lisa, provided the Rondo cartoon poster. Research on Grandma' Fraunfelder's traditional Swiss lullaby was greatly assisted by Tanja Seiler , who works for the consulate general of Switzerland in San Francisco, Calif. Dr. Robert L. Campbell, a Clemson psychology professor, has been most helpful regarding the Fraunfelder's recordings on "Rondo Records" in the Chicago area. As a sideline, Campbell researches Rondo Records. http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/rondo.html Motion picture information found on Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb) and the American Film Institute Catalog. Information on the role of the Fraunfelders in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," was gleaned from the recollections of Disney Sound Man, Jim McDonald (1906-1991). See also: http://1937fan.blogspot.com/2012/06/jim-macdonald.html United Press report on the Fraunfelder-Disney lawsuit was published in many newspapers across the United States including in the Oct. 15, 1938, Niagara Falls Gazette, New York. Another trial story from the Deseret News was run as a wire story on Sept. 6, 1939.; Three Fraunfelder recordings are listed among about 30 records under "Selected Discography" in James P. Leary's book, "Yodeling in Dairyland." The book was published in 1991 by the Wisconsin Folk Museum. Accordian information provided by Michael Arralde, Diamond Accordians; Kent, Wash. One Fraunfelder tune, "The Herd Song" was included in a compact disc recording of Swiss music titled "Swissconsin." It was compiled by the University of Wisconsin, Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture. |
 Richard Buckley 2010 Fraunfelder Reunion  Rheiny & Papa About 1985 Keizer, Ore |
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Chautauqua Circuit information provided through
the Library of Congress and the University of Iowa Libraries. Gretchen Curtis, director of operations for the the Lakeside Heritage Association, was helpful in confirming information about the Fraunfelder's opening day performance in the 1942 Chautauqua in Lakeside, Ohio. Huntington Daily News story on lawsuits appeared in Hollywood Roundup column on Jan. 16, 1940. Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel articles, ads and other newspaper clips provided by Google News provided important information. Fraunfelder feature in the Milwaukee Journal was published June 12, 1941. The Fraunfelder story was included in a docu-drama style video of musical groups produced in 2022 by the History Museum of Hood River County (Oregon) as part of its "Cemetery Tales" series. It is performed by local actors. The video was produced and directed by Joe Garoutte, a Hood River cinematographer and written by E. Michael Friend, a former newspaper editor who produces industrial and feature films. It premiered Sept. 30, 2022 in Bingen, WA, where 70 years earlier Betty Fraunfelder met her husband. >Click for YouTube Video |
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Elkhorn, Wisconsin, recollections from the 1940s are
published in "Small Town Boy," by Donald E. Van Scotter.
Trafford Publishing, 2006. Alpine Records made a number of announcements in Billboard Magazine, such as on March 24, 1951. Printed program for the Fraunfelder Concert, Germania Hall, San Diego, Calif., Dec. 8, 1939 provided information. Keating recording studio information provided by HistoryLink.Org. Keating recordings transferred from 78 rpm acetate to digital by Chinook Wind Recording, University Place, WA. Rocky Mountain brand milk information produced by articles in the Ogden Standard-Examiner, particularly March 10, 1954, page 11A, Ogden, Utah. Other information provided from a number of sources including www.gossner.com Heather White of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., said the Fraunfelders were friends for many years with her father, now 93 years old. Her father, Doug Ross lived in Glendale, Calif. The Ross's and the Fraunfelders vacationed together at Mt. Baldy, where Doug had a cabin and photography studio. Heather provided some photos and clippings used on this website including a circa 1938-40 photo of Betty playing the accordian. This website is listed by Swiss Center of North America Music links on this site can be played on Windows, Macs, or Ipads using the free Apple Quicktime plug-in at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ |
  Fraunfelder Home, 1945-46 Elkhorn, WI |
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The late Rheiny Fraunfelder played a huge role during
the 1970s in preserving Fraunfelder music by
transferring many songs from steel and acetate master
records to a wax master. Others were transferred from
plastic or vinyl records such as the red 45 rpm at left.
As the Fraunfelder tune on the red record suggests, we'd like to keep
these memories
"Forever and Ever." Rudee Rolla recording was transferred from Rheiny's wax 33 1/3 rpm master in about 1975 to tape and was digitally remastered at an Olympia, WA recording studio called The Recording Lair in the 1990s. Some other recordings were improved at that time. The Recording Lair, owned by Daryl Sarnat, is now reportedly re-located to Corpus Christi, TX. Other recordings such as Garibaldi and Rocky Mountain Milk were transferred to digital in 2012 from acetate masters and old records by Kerry Webster, Chinook Wind Recording, University Place, WA. Other links to recordings at www.swissfamilyfraunfelder.com pages may contain more sound imperfections as they were transferred directly from record to digital. Schlitz Family Fraunfelder Christmas Poster was restored by Boston Harbor Photography of Olympia, WA. For more information on our family, see also www.ganders.net -- Larry Ganders Copyright 2023 "Like Us" on Facebook Swiss Family Fraunfelder 
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