Halfdan Bendeke (Bendecke) photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, 1869-1915

Halfdan Bendeke (Bendecke) photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, 1869-1915

P1696

1869-1915

Bendeke was born in 1869 in Trondhjem, Norway. He was a son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fredrik Bendeke and Else Mathilda (Due) Bendeke. His great grandfather was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Norway in 1814. After immigrating (1889) and settling in North Dakota, Bendeke established a real estate, loan, and abstracting business. In 1898 he was appointed Norwegian-Swedish vice-consul for North Dakota. In 1905 he became Norwegian vice-consul, after the separation of Norway and Sweden. In 1911 he was decorated by the King of Norway as Knight of the Order of St. Olaf.

Includes photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, and photocopies of obituary. Albums contains family images: William and Jose Olson; Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fredrik Bendeke; group photo of boys from middleskole (Trondhjem); "Tante Dik" & Johan Frederick Knudtzen; Tante Eleanor Kehr.

Clipping scrapbook contains several political posters (Bendeke ran as a Republican for several state positions). Autograph of Captain Roald Amundsen and several letters from Amundsen to Bendeke, 1912 August 14.

1 folder and 4 scrapbooks

Clippings

Photograph albums

Scrapbooks