William E. Thoresen family papers, 1880-1975

William E. Thoresen family papers, 1880-1975

P1690

1880-1975

Thoresen, former president of Great Western Steel Corp., owned the "Wm. Thoresen Co," of Chicago (419-421 W. North Avenue) manufacturer of architectural sheet metal ornaments. Collection contains many letters, mostly written from Stavanger, Norway (1880-1900).

• Miscellaneous documents. 1904-1975
• Scrapbooks. "Photographs" album includes a certificate to William E. Thorsen as a member of Delta Sigma Fraternity (1916), Chicago chapter; clipping about steady growth of U.S. Metal products, co-partnership of Thoresen and I. Newman, (1919); family photos (ca. 1920); "Kodagraphs" album includes a brochure cover "North Cape. Land of the Midnight Sun. Russia Cruise. 1935. Cunard White Star. Raymond Whitecomb"; Iceland; Hammerfest, Norway; S.S. Carinthia & Rotterdam; North Cape; Lyngen and Lapp Colony [quite a photo of fashionably dressed Chicagoans and the laps]; Svartisen Glacier; herd of reindeer; Trondheim; Hellesylt to Merok; Langevand Lake or Frozen Lake; Seven Sisters Waterfall, Geiranger Fjord, Gudvangen-Stalheim trip; Bergen; Haakonshallen; Voss-Ulvik, Haugastol, Hardanger Vidda, Fossli, Eidfjord; Oslo. 1916-1935
• Correspondence (pre-1900 from Stavanger, Norway). 1880-1954
• Photos/Family. 1890-1960
• Photos/Great Western Steel Company & Wm. Thoresen Co. 1908-1950

0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Correspondence