Background
Schroeder, Fred Erich Harald was born on June 3, 1932 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Alfred William and Sissel Marie (Lovell) Schroeder.
( Throughout Front Yard America, Schroeder inquires into ...)
Throughout Front Yard America, Schroeder inquires into the functions, values, and meanings that Americans have found in the domestic landscapes of back yards and front yards, walls and fences, porches and patios.
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( Although libraries and museums for many centuries have ...)
Although libraries and museums for many centuries have taken the lead, under one rational or another, in recovering, storing, and displaying various kinds of culture of their periods, lately, as the gap between elite and popular culture has apparently widened, these repositories of artifacts of the present for the future have tended to drift more and more to what many people call the aesthetically pleasing elements of our culture. The degree to which our libraries and museums have ignored our culture is terrifying, when one scans the documents and artifacts of our time which, if history in any wise repeats itself, will in the immediate and distant future become valuable indices of our present culture to future generations. As Professor Schroeder dramatically states it, “No doubt about it, it is the contemporary popular culture that is the endangered species.” The essays in this book investigate the reasons for present-day neglect of popular culture materials and chart the various routes by which conscientious and insightful librarians and museum directors can correct this disastrous oversight.
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Schroeder, Fred Erich Harald was born on June 3, 1932 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Alfred William and Sissel Marie (Lovell) Schroeder.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1960; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1968.
Elementary school teacher, various locations, Wisconsin, 1952-1960; assistant Professor of English, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1968-1971; associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1971-1974; professor behavioral science, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1977-1982; professor humanities, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1974-1996; director Center for American Studies, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1986-1987; director Institute Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1987-1990; director department humanities and classics, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1989-1990; director graduate liberal studies, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1992-1995; professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, Duluth, since 1996.
( Although libraries and museums for many centuries have ...)
( Throughout Front Yard America, Schroeder inquires into ...)
Member Minnesota Humanities Commission, 1985-1990. Member American Culture Association (president 1984-1987), National Association Humanities Education (president 1987-1989, executive secretary-treasurer 1989-1996), American Association for State and Local History (seminar instructor 1978-1982), Popular Culture Association.
Married Janet June Knope, August 21, 1954. 1 child, Erich Karl.