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Mid west and Southern states tour (Oct 1893-Jan 1894)
Mid west and Southern states tour (Oct 1893-Jan 1894)
Total Records Found: 134
5 Oct 1893
News Reports
News report on Swamiji REINCARNATION in Evanston Index, dtd. 07.10.1893 (CW SV 3.478)
7 Oct 1893
News Reports
News report on Swamiji PERSONAL TRAITS in Critic, dtd. 07.10.1893 by Lucy Monroe (CW SV 3.476)
7 Oct 1893
News Reports
News report on Swamiji HINDU CIVILISATION in Streator Daily Free Press, dtd. 09.10.1893 (CW SV 3.480)
7 Oct 1893
News Report
News Report on Swamiji in Outlook, dtd. 07.10.1893 (CW SV 3.474)
7 Oct 1893
News Reports
News report on Swamiji in Critic dtd. 07.10.1893 by Lucie Monroe (CW SV 3.475)
Oct 1893
0
swamiji lectures at streator [first week] (CB SV)
10 Oct 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to WOODS SMT.TENET From CHICAGO (CW SV 7.456)
26 Oct 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to WRIGHT PROF.JOHN H From CHICAGO (CW SV 7.457)
31 Oct 1893
0
swamiji lectures at evanston [31 oct to 3 nov] (CB SV)
2 Nov 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to ALASINGA PERUMAL From CHICAGO (CW SV 5.019)
11 Nov 1893
News reports
Part of the article reproduced in Indian Mirror of Calcutta. This article brought to India the first inkling that something extra ordinary was taking place half way round the globe. (LSV 1.432)
19 Nov 1893
S
The first definite knowledge we have of the date on which Swamiji left Illinois to widen his field of activity is contained in a letter he wrote to Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods on November 19, 1893. (ND 1.188)
19 Nov 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods from CHICAGO (CW SV 7.458 ND 1.188)
20 Nov 1893
S
Swamiji left Chicago for lecture tour to midwestern and southern states organised by Slyton lyceum lecture bureau. (LSV 1. 452)
Nov 1893
S
Swamiji's departure from Chicago for Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, no doubt marks the beginning of his famous and important lecture tour of the Midwest and South, which lasted until April of 1894. (ND 1.189)
Nov 1893
Analysis
But although this tour is famous and important, we have been able to gather information about Swamiji's lectures in only four cities prior to his visit to Detroit in February of 1894. We have found that he visited not only Madison and Minneapolis in November of 1893 but, in the same month, Des Moines. Through a more recent finding we have also learned that in mid-December he returned to Minneapolis to deliver an additional lecture there. (ND 1.189)
Nov 1893
Analysis
Another discovery is that Swamiji visited Memphis, Tennessee, in January of 1894. Thus today we have information regarding five different engagements of his tour in the winter of 1893-94, and while these findings by no means fill all the gaps in our knowledge, they do, I believe, give a more or less representative idea of his tour as a whole. (ND1.189)
Nov 1893
Analysis
Madison, Swamiji's first stop in his tour, was 140 train-miles northwest of Chicago and had a population of about thirteen thousand. His short visit there (not even an overnight stay) is described in a letter he wrote to Mrs. Hale from Minneapolis the following day. (On its envelope someone was to write: "Lovely letter with benediction." And indeed, Swamiji was already dear to the Hale family, and they to him.) (ND1.189)
21 Nov 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From MINNEAPOLIS (CW SV 9.007)
21 Nov 1893
News Reports
Swamiji's lecture at the Congregational Church in Madison was reported upon somewhat meagerly in the Wisconsin State Journal the following day: (CW SV 3.481 ND 1.189)
21 Nov 1893
News Reports
A more satisfactory report of this lecture is to be found in the Daily Cardinal of November 21-a students' newspaper of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It read in full: (ND 1.190)
21 Nov 1893
S
From Madison, Swamiji traveled overnight some two hundred and fifty miles farther northwest to Minneapolis, Minnesota, a city with a population of about a hundred and sixty-five thousand and of no little importance. Indeed, Minneapolis and its "Twin City," St. Paul, on the eastern bank of the Mississippi, are said to have constituted the "regional capital of the old Northwest." (ND 1.192)
Nov 1893
CE
Although Swamiji arrived on the morning of Tuesday, November 21, he apparently did not lecture in the city until the twenty-fourth. (ND 1.192)
Nov 1893
CE
Meanwhile, he seems to have been with friends, unknown to us today, who showed him the beauties of a city, a lake, and a river transformed by snow and ice into a wonderland. He had what was most probably his first sleigh ride behind steaming horses. (ND 1.192)
23 Nov 1893
CE
Swamiji saw the Minnehaha Falls, more beautiful in winter, some said, than in summer-"a solid mass of rugged ice fifty feet high, glistening in the bright sunlight. (ND 1.192)
23 Nov 1893
CE
On that same day he was sought out and interviewed by a reporter from the Minneapolis Tribune, who was charmed by this "Priest of Brahma," who, in turn, was still entranced by his awakened memories of Hiawatha. (The full text of the interview can be found in Appendix B.) (ND 1.192)
23 Nov 1893
CE
The full text of interview of Swamiji by a reporter from the Minneapolis Tribune. (ND 1.489)
24 Nov 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to HALE MRS.G W From MINNEAPOLIS (CW SV 9.008 LSV 1.452 ND 1.192)
25 Nov 1893
News Reports
News report on Swamiji THE HINDOO RELIGION in Minneapolis star, dtd. 25.11.1893 at Minneapolis (CW SV 3.481 LSV 1.452)
25 Nov 1893
CE
It should perhaps be mentioned here that the Peripatetics' invitation to Swamiji does not preclude the possibility of his being engaged at this time by a lecture bureau; for it was a function of lecture bureaus to arrange such engagements. On the other hand, his schedule appears to have been more or less flexible. For instance, his Sunday morning lecture at the Unitarian Church was evidently not scheduled in advance. Swamiji did not mention it in his letter of November 24 to Mrs. Hate. Indeed, as seems clear in the following report, which appeared in the Minneapolis Journal of Monday, November 27, he gave it in response to popular demand: (ND 1.194)
26 Nov 1893
CE
Swamiji travelled from Minneapolis to Des Moines by train on 26th night. His experience of long journey by train. (ND 1.198 LSV 1.452)
27 Nov 1893
CE
Arriving in Des Moines, Swamiji gave an informal talk on the afternoon of Monday, November 27, and a formal lecture that evening. The first talk was given at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Harvey O. Breeden at 1318 Woodland Avenue and, according to a brief item in the Des Moines Daily News of November 25, had been arranged by the Tourist Club probably the Des Moines counterpart of the Peripatetics. (ND 1.199)
27 Nov 1893
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's lecture MERCENARIES IN RELIGION. News Reports on Swamiji's lecture on 26th morning at Uniterian Church in Minneapolis journal of Monday 27th November. (CW SV 7.416 ND 1.194)
27 Nov 1893
News reports
The afternoon was a success. Indeed, it would appear from the following news item in the Daily News of November 28 that from the very start Des Moines took to Swamiji with enthusiasm: (ND 1.199)
27 Nov 1893
CE
Swamiji's fame had spread before him. News papers advertised well in advance about his lecture on 27th evening. (ND 1.200)
28 Nov 1893
News reports
Swamiji's lecture both the Daily Iowa Capitol and the Des Moines Daily News printed fairly long reports of the lecture. The following from the Daily lowa Capitol appeared on the front page: (ND 1.200)
28 Nov 1893
News reports
The reporter from the Daily News had more to add to the above, and although in spots he failed to follow Swamiji's argument regarding conversion, it is apparent from his account that this was an exceptional lecture, containing ideas that Swamiji did not often express in quite this way. The report was embodied in a daily column entitled "Des Moines," and thus had no heading of its own: (ND 1.202)
28 Nov 1893
News reports
That Des Moines was at once enchanted by Swamiji is apparent from the following article that appeared on November 28 in the Iowa State Register. One also finds in this report a number of sidelights, including fairly conclusive evidence that he was indeed at this time on a planned lecture tour: (ND 1.204)
28 Nov 1893
News reports
News Reports in Iowa State Register on Swamiji's address to a large number of women in Des moines on 27th afternoon. (ND 1.205)
28 Nov 1893
News reports
Announcement in Daily News on Swamiji's lecture on 'Reincarnation'. (ND 1.205)
29 Nov 1893
News reports
the only accounts that have been found in the Des Moines papers of this lecture are brief paragraphs in the Daily Iowo Capitol of November 29 and the Iowa State Register for the same date. These read respectively as follows: (ND 1.206)
29 Nov 1893
S
Swamiji's stay at Des Moins was extended by couple of days. (ND 1.207)
29 Nov 1893
News reports
The following article is taken, respectively, from the Daily News of November 29 . (ND 1.209)
30 Nov 1893
News reports
News Reports in Daily News and Iowa State register of Des Moins on Swamiji's activity on 29th November,1893. (ND 1.207)
30 Nov 1893
News reports
Announcement in Daily Iowa Capitol on Thanks giving dinner and speech on ' Manners and Customs of India'. (ND 1.208)
30 Nov 1893
S
Publicity of this sort was simply one of the ordeals of a lecture tour in the 1890s. (ND 1.209)
30 Nov 1893
S
However, by the time Swamiji gave his last lecture in Des Moines posters were unnecessary; he himself had electrified the city. Although no report of "The Manners and Customs of India" has been found in the newspapers, both the Daily News and the Iowa State Register commented with enthusiasm on the effect his visit as a whole had had on the intellectual circles of this "western" city. (ND 1.209)
Nov 1893
S
Swamiji would have been well pleased, one thinks, with this immediate and visible result of his visit to Des Moines. To stimulate open minded religious discussion and generate an understanding of and sympathy for India were, as is eminently clear from the subjects he generally chose to lecture on, two of the purposes uppermost in his mind during this early period of his Western mission. (ND 1.215)
1 Dec 1893
News reports
The following sentences come from a brief article about Mr. Nagarkar in the Iowa State Register of . December 1: (ND 1.214)
Dec 1893
S
There is now in Des Moines another representative of India [Mr. B. B. Nagarkar], the more advanced class, the Bramo-Somaj, which is doing a great deal in India to abolish the old customs that savor of barbarism, chief among them being child marriage, which is a result of the Mohammedan invasion. It was resorted to in northern India to protect the girls from falling into the hands of the ruthless invaders, who would carry them off to their harems. The Rev. Mr. Nagarkar, who is now lecturing in Des Moines, has thrown off nearly all the old Hindoo customs. (ND 1.214)
Dec 1893
S
In the eighteen-nineties, the more modern, the more valuable was axiomatic. Thus while appreciating Swamiji, the Daily Iowa Capitol mused, "In the lectures to be given at the Unitarian Church by B. B. Nagarkar of Bombay, India, we shall have the yet higher privilege of hearing the modern religious thought of the Hindu people." Swamiji himself had of course only good to say of his fellow countryman, who was among his detractors. (ND 1.214)
3 Dec 1893
Notes
The following excerpt from the Iowa State Register of December 3, 1893, shows how appreciatively Swamiji was received in Des Moines. One catches a glimpse here also of his personality, sharp as a rapier one moment, warm as a friendly hand the next: (LSV 1.452)
3 Dec 1893
News reports
A brief portion of the following from the Iowa State Register of December 3 will perhaps seem familiar, as it has been quoted in the Life: (ND 1.210)
3 Dec 1893
S
Swamiji delivered his last lecture in Des Moines on the evening of November 30. We do not know at present where he went from there, but through a recent discovery we find him two weeks later back in Minneapolis. (ND 1.215)
9 Dec 1893
News reports
News report in Ariel, a student newspaper of the University of Minnesota, announced his return to the city with the following article: (ND 1.215)
14 Dec 1893
S
So, too, was the First Unitarian Church of Minneapolis filled to its utmost when Swamiji made his second appearance in the city. Reports of the lecture he gave on the evening of December 14, entitled "Manners and Customs of India," were printed in the Minneapolis Journal and Tribune on the following day and read, respectively: (ND 1.216)
15 Dec 1893
News reports
News Reports on Swamiji's lecture on 'Manners and Customs of India' at Minneapolis in Minneapolis Journal (ND 1.216)
15 Dec 1893
News reports
News reports on Swamiji's lecture on 'Manners and Customs of India' at Minneapolis in Tribune (ND 1.217)
Dec 1893
CE
We now lose all trace of Swamiji until the middle of January, 1894, and thus, except for this brilliant flash of light in mid December, when we find him in Minneapolis, a period of six weeks remains in darkness. Although during this time he must have been extremely active, lecturing here and there in large and small cities, our attempts to unearth information regarding his whereabouts have been largely in vain. But the search continues and hope is by no means given up. (ND 1.219)
Dec 1893
CE
The conditions of America and Americans during ninethies. (ND 1.219)
Dec 1893
CE
Parliament of Religions reaveled two very definite and clear cut attitudes -Fundamentalist and Liberal Christianity (ND 1.219)
Dec 1893
CE
Transcendentalist movement, which took place earlier in the nineteenth century, had prepared the American mind for Swamiji's teachings. (ND 1.220)
Dec 1893
CE
Entire America was devided between 'fundamentalist' and 'socialized Christianity. (ND 1.221)
Dec 1893
CE
Swamiji's openion about 'churchwomen'. (ND 1.221)
Dec 1893
CE
Missionary propaganda that held hypnotic sway over the American mind during the last half of the nineteenth century. (ND 1.222)
Dec 1893
CE
The atmosphere in the early nineties was still thick with ignorance and bigotry, poisonous to both America and India, and it was inevitable that Swamiji had to confront such propoganda against his motheland. (ND 1.223)
Dec 1893
I
Swamiji gave serious thought to the missionary propaganda against India is revealed from following incedent. (ND 1.223)
Dec 1893
CE
The Parliament of Religions left deep mark on people. (ND 1.226)
Dec 1893
CE
Speculations about Swamiji's visit to St. Louis, Missouri. (ND 1.226)
Dec 1893
News reports
The St. Louis Republic ran a column called "Sunday Thoughts on Morals and Manners.". The Religious mentality of Midwest before parliament of Religion appered in St. Louis Republic. (ND 1.227)
Dec 1893
News reports
By the following Sunday this quiet and reasonable clergyman had become transformed. (ND 1.227)
Dec 1893
News reports
"Sunday Thoughts" went on to give a brief outline of the faiths of Shintoism and Mohammedanism, which latter "came out of the distempered brain of the epileptic Mohammed." This was the minister who had a week before serenely welcomed the opportunity the Parliament offered for the study of comparative religion. This indeed was the Middle West in its true colors, the thin veneer of liberality thrown to the winds. (ND 1.228)
Dec 1893
News reports
The following week, as the Parliament drew to a close, our clergyman made it clear, lest anyone be misled, that nothing at all had been learned from the sessions other than what he had predicted in the beginning: (ND 1.229)
Dec 1893
News reports
Having settled this point, he deals another blow at Mohammedanism and then sits back to pursue the unruffled and platitudinous tone of his column. (ND 1.229)
Dec 1893
News reports
But not for long. The Parliament continued to rankle within him. On October 15, a large part of "Sunday Thoughts" was devoted to a comparison of the Christian ideal of womanhood with that of "the semi-civilized peoples of the Orient." He wrote: (ND 1.229)
Dec 1893
News reports
One woman writer, an exception among them, summed up the situation with humor and ob¬jectivity. In an article entitled "Women's Excitement Over `Woman,' " which was published in the Forum of September 1893, she writes: (ND 1.230)
Dec 1893
News reports
'Sunday Thoughts' continued with its column. (ND 1.231)
Dec 1893
News reports
The liberal section of the Christian church took a more serious and honest view of the situation. The St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, a far more liberal paper than the Republic, reflected this attitude in an article of October 2, (ND 1.232)
Dec 1893
CE
Although the Swami's itinerary for December of 1893 and the first part of January of 1894 has not yet been traced, we know that his lecture engagements carried him far and wide. "Necessity makes me travel by rail to the borders of Canada one day, and the next day finds me lecturing in South America!" he wrote in January of 1894 to his brother monks. By "South America" he no doubt meant the southern States of America. (LSV 1.453)
Dec 1893
CE
And to be sure, in mid January he travelled as far south as Memphis, Tennessee, where he had been invited by the members of the Nineteenth Century Club, some of whom had heard him lecture at the Parliament of Religions. (LSV 1.453)
Dec 1893
CE
Swamiji was named as 'the cyclonic Hindoo' by people in midwest. (LSV 1.453)
Dec 1893
CE
Swamiji was in very much demand for lectures. (LSV 1.454)
Dec 1893
S
The Swami received invitation after invitation to speak in churches and to clubs and private gatherings. Most of these he accepted, thinking each to be an opportunity of spreading the truths of Vedanta, of giving spiritual help, and of presenting the true needs of India before the American people. He gave himself and his time unstintingly in service. He gave and gave, until the mental and physical strain became intense. (LSV 1.457)
Dec 1893
S
Often Swamiji had to deliver extempore twelve to fourteen lectures a week, sometimes even more. The exertion was so great that after a time he felt as though he had exhausted himself intellectually. At such times he asked himself, "What is to be done! What shall I say in my lecture tomorrow!" (LSV 1.458)
Dec 1893
S
Swamiji felt extraordinary Yoga powers spontaneously manifest in him. (LSV 1.459)
28 Dec 1893
0
swamiji at chicago (CB SV)
28 Dec 1893
Notes
About Swamiji's mission to the west (CW SV 5.025 LSV 1.457)
28 Dec 1893
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MITRA HARIPADA From CHICAGO (CW SV 5.025 LSV 1.457)
13 Jan 1894
0
On Saturday, January 13, 1894, Swamiji arrived in Memphis, invited by the members of the Nineteenth Century Club. (ND 1.239)
Jan 1894
CE
Many of Swamiji's engagements were made independently of the lecture bureau, negotiations being made directly between him and various clubs or individuals. For instance, the Peripatetic Club invited him to speak in Minneapolis; Dr. H. O. Breeden arranged for his lectures in Des Moines; the Nineteenth Century Club brought him to Memphis; and, as will be seen in a following chapter, the Unity Club first sponsored him in Detroit. But if Swamiji signed a contract with the lecture bureau in November, that agency no doubt received a large share of the proceeds from every lecture given thereafter-whether arranged under its management or not. (ND 1.239)
Jan 1894
CE
In Memphis Swamiji was the guest of Mr. Hu L. Brinkley. (ND 1.239)
14 Jan 1894
CE
On the evening of his arrival in Memphis a reception was held for him by a Mrs. S. R. Shepherd, and the next day, Sunday, January 14, he granted an interview to a local reporter. The interview was in certain respects unique, as will be seen in the following article from the Memphis Commercial of January I5. (ND 1.240)
14 Jan 1894
CE
News Reports on Swamiji in the Appeal- Avalanche (ND 1.244)
15 Jan 1894
Interview
MIRACLES 15.01.1894 (CW SV 5.183)
15 Jan 1894
Interview
Interview of Swamiji was taken by a Reporter of 'Memphis Commercial' (ND 1.240)
15 Jan 1894
Notes
Swamiji gave his first lecture on January 15th. (ND 1.243)
15 Jan 1894
Notes
The following reports which cover the first three days of Swamiji's stay in Memphis and which give some idea of how his reputation had spread, appeared in the Appeal-Avalanche of January 14, 15, and 16 respectively. As will be seen, no matter how well known Swamiji became, the idea still persisted that he had been a Brahmin who became a Hindu priest or monk. (Most of the following was obviously copied from Lucy Monroe's "Chicago Letter" of November 11, which appeared in the Critic. See chapter three.) (ND 1.243)
15 Jan 1894
News reports
News reports in Appeal-Avalanche on Swamiji. (ND 1.244)
16 Jan 1894
News Reports
News report on Swamiji THE HINDOO MONK in Appeal Avalanche, dtd. 16.01.1894 at Memphis (CW SV 3.484 ND 1.245)
16 Jan 1894
Notes
By the time Swamiji reached Memphis his name seems to have been established as Vive Kananda. This division of Vivek¬ananda into a first and last name was probably an inspiration on the part of the lecture bureau. It was easier to remember this way, less liable to distortion in spelling and pronunciation and, in the jargon of modern publicity agents, "better box office." In most cases, particularly in advance publicity, the "Vive" was dropped altogether and he was heralded in the papers as "Kananda" in letters an inch high. (ND 1.246)
16 Jan 1894
News Reports
Swamiji s lecture on Hinduism, as has been seen in the above , accounts, was delivered on Tuesday evening, January 16, at the Auditorium. The Commercial of January 17 reported upon it as follows: - News report on Swamiji PLEA FOR TOLERANCE in Memphis Commercial, dtd. 17.01.1894 at Memphis (CW SV 3.486 ND 1.247)
Jan 1894
S
After Swamiji's lecture on 'Hinduism', undated clipping was found. (ND 1.247)
17 Jan 1894
Notes
On the evening following his talk on Hinduism, Swamiji lectured in the rooms of the Woman's Council on "The Destiny of Man." The lecture was reviewed in a relatively down-to¬-earth manner by the Appeal-Avalanche of January 18: (CW SV 7.419 ND 1.250)
20 Jan 1894
News reports
Notes of Swamiji's lecture on 19th 'REINCARNATION' - News Report in the Appeal- Avalanche (CW SV 7.423 ND 1.254)
21 Jan 1894
News Reports
News report on Swamiji's lecture on 20th - 'MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN INDIA' in Appeal Avalanche, dtd. 21.01.1894 at Memphis (CW SV 3.488 ND 1.257)
21 Jan 1894
S
It is unlikely that Swamiji made the remark attributed to him in the third paragraph above regarding the marriage of monks. This must have been a blunder on the part of the reporter; for, as is well known, if a sannyasin takes a wife he is considered by Hindu society to have fallen, as it were, from grace and is ostracized. Probably what Swamiji said was that if a married man should renounce the world, his wife would do likewise. Or perhaps he said "priest," not "monk." (ND 1.259)
21 Jan 1894
News reports
News Report in Republic (ND 1.232)
21 Jan 1894
S
Swamiji's experience with cowboys in mid western town. (LSV 1.454)
21 Jan 1894
S
One more experience Swamiji had in midwestern town whish he related as a joke on himself. (LSV 1.455)
21 Jan 1894
S
An amusing incident took place during Swamiji's lecturing tour to midwestern towns. (LSV 1.456)
21 Jan 1894
S
Om Swamiji's lecture tour (LSV 1.457)
22 Jan 1894
News reports
News report in the Appeal- Avalanche on Sunday serman given by Rev. G.T. Sullivan. (ND 1.259)
22 Jan 1894
News reports
News Reports in Appeal- Avalanche - a rare and invaluable close-range word pictures of Swamiji. (ND 1.260)
22 Jan 1894
News Reports
News report on Swamiji Religion, Civilisation and Miracles -THE APPEAL AVALANCHE - 33 (CW SV 7.282 ND 1.262)
22 Jan 1894
News reports
News announcement in Appeal-Avalanche on Swamiji's last lecture at Memphis. (ND 1.266)
22 Jan 1894
News reports
News announcement in Memphis Commercial also on Swamiji's last lecture at Memphis. (ND 1.266)
22 Jan 1894
News reports
Swamiji also lectured for benefit of various local charities. (ND 1.267)
22 Jan 1894
Notes
Notes of Swamiji's last lecture at Memphis on 'COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY' (CW SV 7.425 ND 1.267)
Jan 1894
S
The climax was reached by a Mrs. Jere Horn, who went to great pains to pay tribute to her guest and his country. (ND 1.270)
22 Jan 1894
L
One of Swamiji's friend , Mr. G. C. Connor gave a letter of Introduction to Swamiji before he left for Chicago. (ND 1.271)
22 Jan 1894
S
On Monday, January 22, Swamiji left Memphis for Chicago. He had been. in this southern city for only a little over a week; yet in his short stay had clearly been a fruitful one. Hundreds of people had come in contact with him, had felt uplifted by his talks and lectures, had absorbed his teachings, and, knowingly or unknowingly, had been spiritually nourished. (ND 1.272)
22 Jan 1894
CE
Returned to Chicago. From now on his travels are fairly traced (LSV 1.459 ND 1.287)
24 Jan 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to MADRAS DISCIPLES From CHICAGO (CW SV 5.027)
29 Jan 1894
Letter
Swamiji's letter to DESAI HARIDAS BIHARIDAS From CHICAGO (CW SV 8.297)
29 Jan 1894
News reports
News Report in the Republic (ND 1.233)
29 Jan 1894
S
This was, of course, true of Swamiji's lecture tour as a whole. At the end of January, 1894, Mr. Menvin-Marie Snell, who had been assistant to the Chairman of the Parliament of Religions, and who had evidently kept track of Swamiji through the following months, wrote an open letter to the editor of the Indian periodical Hope, in which he spoke of the readiness of many of the American people to benefit from a true representative of Hinduism. (ND 1.273)
4 Feb 1894
News reports
News Report in the St. Louis Daily Globe -Democrat (ND 1.234)
4 Feb 1894
News reports
News Report in the St. Louis Republic (ND 1.235)
Feb 1894
Notes
Notes on Swamiji's lecture tour on mid west. (ND 1.275)
Feb 1894
Notes
In the winter of 1890, when conditions were no worse than in 1893, a Max O'Rell made the Midwest circuit under the auspices of Pond's Lecture Bureau. In his book A Frenchman in America O'Rell remarked of the tour as a whole: (ND 1.276)
Feb 1894
S
The story of how Swamiji first met the Hales just before the opening of the Parliament of Religions has been recounted in an earlier chapter and need not be repeated here. It can be said, however, that the family almost at once became, as it were, his own. The Hales' home served as a kind of pivot for his midwestern tour, an oasis to which he could return from time to time and there find the refreshing atmosphere of sheer goodness. (ND 1.278)
Feb 1894
S
A brief description of Swamiji's "headquarters" can be found in a letter to Swami Ramakrishnananda. (ND 1.278)
Feb 1894
S
At another time he wrote of the Hales. (ND 1.279)
12 Feb 1894
S
Swamiji left Chicago for Detroit. (ND 1.287)
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