Olga Graff papers, 1876-1955

Olga Graff papers, 1876-1955

P1137

1876-1955

Copies of poems, letters, and clippings of a Norwegian-American journalist. Much of her work appeared in "Urd," a Norwegian women's magazine. The papers contain articles by her husband, Harald Graff, a medical doctor in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; drawings by her daughter, Gerda, an artist in Oslo; and items about her son Einar, who lived in Chicago

Includes:

• Einar Graff, 1909-1917
• Harald Graff, 1876-1893
  • Includes: "Tuberculosis of the Lymphatic Glands of the Neck and its Surgical Treatment," paper by H. Graff (read at the 43rd annual meeting of the Wisconsin State Medical Society, June 6, 1889); "A New Method of closing the canal in radical operation for inguinal hernia," by H. Graff (1894); "Antiseptic surgical precautions of special importance to the general practitioner," by H. Graff (1888); "What Today should be the standard treatment of Hernia, Truss or operation?" by H. Graff (1893); "Senn's Intestinal Anastomosis in operations for strangulated hernia," by H. Graff (1893); "Penetrating wounds in the Knee Joint," by H. Graff (1888)
• Gerda Graff, 1903-1955
  • Includes: drawings by Gerda, an artist in Oslo; and items about her son Einar, who lived in Chicago. Includes clipping "I was Hitch-hiking to London," by Gerda Graff (1944)
• Olga Graff, 1888-1938
  • Includes: obit (1938); article "Norge i Amerika og Amerika i Norge. Nordmandsforbundet og red. Hambro. Og ellers litt av hvert. ("Urd"); poem by Markus Thrane, "Finn Graff" (dated Aug. 28, 1887. On the occasion of Fin's birth. Thrane was in Chicago at that time); "To Olga Graff from Ethelyn Bryant Chapman. Christmas poem, 1925"; poem "View from the 'L'" [Chicago transit]; "Compensatioin" poem (1933); "Norsk Kunst i Amerika

4 folders

Poetry

Correspondence

Clippings