Solveig Zempel collection of America letters, undated

Solveig Zempel collection of America letters, undated

P1676

Photocopies of 1,274 America letters collected in preparation for her book In their own works: letters from Norwegian immigrants, published in 1991 by the University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with NAHA. The letters were collected from NAHA, Minnesota Historical Society, many private collections, and "more that a thousand letters" were collected in Norwegian archive in 1984. Zempel selected letters from nine immigrants which she translated and edited.

In some cases, letters from the donor, translations, and related materials are included. Box 7 includes a computer print-out (285 p.) which gives for each letter: number, archive, sender, place from, date, receiver, place to, subjects, evaluation, language, remarks. Also, a subject index.

Items are indexed in the Rokke Name Index.

2.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes)

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