Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010
Title
Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010
Identifier
P0683
Date
1839-2010
Description
From the Knut Gjerset papers on women and Norwegian American Encyclopedia.
Letters and other writings regarding Wilhelm and Elise Waerenskjold. A pastor's daughter, Elise lead a party emigrating to Texas between October 1846 and March 1847. The Waerenskjolds married in 1848, settling at Four Mile Prairie. Her letters and other writings serve as a primary source of information about the Norwegians who settled in Texas.
Also includes:
Letters and other writings regarding Wilhelm and Elise Waerenskjold. A pastor's daughter, Elise lead a party emigrating to Texas between October 1846 and March 1847. The Waerenskjolds married in 1848, settling at Four Mile Prairie. Her letters and other writings serve as a primary source of information about the Norwegians who settled in Texas.
Also includes:
- Photocopies of letters from Elise Waerenskjold to Oscar Reierson, 1883, 1890
- Books edited by Charles H. Russell
- Light on the Prairie: New Writings of Elise Wærenskjold (Houston, TX: Shining Brightly Books, 2010)
- Undaunted A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2006).
Language
Norwegian
Type
Correspondence
Photocopies
Books
Research
Is Part Of
Knut Gjerset papers, undated
Citation
Gjerset, Knut, 1865-1936, Wærenskjold, Elise Amalie Tvede, 1815-1895, and Russell, Charles H., “Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed April 19, 2024, https://naha.omeka.net/items/show/15741.
Item Relations
| This Item | Related Collection | Item: Knut Gjerset papers, circa 1897-circa 2017 |