J. Hart Rosdail papers, 1837-1961

J. Hart Rosdail papers, 1837-1961

P1184

1837-1961

A collection of materials used by a descendent of a "Slooper" family in compiling the book "The Sloopers: Their Ancestry and Posterity," 1961. Rosdail, a teacher from Elmhurst, Illinois, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for his world travels. The "NY Times," Nov. 11, 1973, published a story about him and his experiences in the far corners of the world.

Includses:

• Biographical information; Miscellaneous clippings; translation of document re: stop in Madeira of Restauration; Sloopers: Family Indexes, Kendall, N.Y. Settlement map, Monroe County history; Slooper Miscellany; Norse American Centennial Items. Includes talk by Ralph A. Kimble (1931), lunch menu for Pres. Coolidge at Nicollet Hotel (1925); Fox Valley & Ottawa, Ill. Items; Colonna, Frank: "The Sloopers" (1971); Ole and Mary Aasen Family; Jane Atwater papers; Ewers family; John Johnson, Slooper; Ikdal Family correspondence; Rosdail family; Slogvik family; Stangeland Family; and Vaaland Family.
• Old Letters (1837, transcribed letter from Ole Johnsonl 1885, from John Laugman (sp?); Bakkevig, Erik. Correspondence; Bakkevig, Erik. Genealogical charts; correspondence 1930s-1940s; correspondence 1950.
• Correspondence files (1951-1960s)
• Slooper notebooks, 1961

Rokke Name Index:
Slogvik Family
Rosdail, J. Hart
Sloopers, Family Indexes
Colona, Frank
Atwater, Jane
Sloopers, Miscellany
Aasen, Ole T
Larson, Lars
Aasen, Lawrence O.
Velde, Faltin
Ewers, Jesse E.
Ewers, John Canfield
Ewers, John Ray
Bush, Stephen Hayes
Rendahl, Junald
Atwater, John
Geilane, Lars Larsen
Atwater, Margaret Allen Larson
Johnson, John
Johnson, Nancy P.
Gaut, Anna Mae
Aasen, Mary Christinia Lein
Rosdail Family
Jacobson, Ray K.
Stangeland Family
Stangeland, Andreas Kniudsen
Grange, Jessie Cary
Stangland, Benjamin Franklin
Ewers, Anna Hart
Velde, Elida
Larson, Martha G.
Steine, Johannes Jacobson
Vaaland Family
Vaaland, Svend Larson
Bakkevig, Erik

2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes)

Correspondence

Clippings