Søren Bache diary, 1839-1947

Søren Bache diary, 1839-1947

P1525

1839-1929

A copy of the diary which Bache kept during his visits to America, 1839-1947; a transcription by Andreas Elviken; issues of Norsk Ungdom, December 1927-April 1929, in which portions of the diary was first printed; and photographs of Bache and his wife and of Bache's cabin at Muskego. The NAHA published a translation of the diary in 1951 as A Chronicle of Old Muskego. The published book omits "certain materials that Bache obviously copied from manuals and other sources that fell into his hands; letters transcribed on pages 1-4; and the portion of the diary (pages 196-206) after Bache's departure from America." It includes as an appendix the passenger list of the Johanna, on which Bache returned after a visit home.

• Et Memorandum: 1839, June 28 - 1846, Dec. 5. Includes (loose): original diary
• Transcription, Part 1, Bache Diary, Chronicle of Old Muskego, 1951. Includes pp. 1-177 of transcription.
• Transcription, Part 2, Bache Diary, Chronicle of Old Muskego, 1951. Includes pp. 178-358 of transcription, plus 7 pp. of information transcribed from the back of the M.S.
• Photographs, Issues of Norsk Ungdom. Includes: 2 sets of pp. 185-187, removed from Norsk Ungdom (December 1927), entitled Sören Baches dagboksoptegnelser: under sit ophold i Amerika…; monthly issues of Norsk Ungdom (Jan. 1928-Apr. 1929); photographs (3) of Bache, his wife, and his cabin; newspaper clipping entitled Søren Baches Plads i vor historie (Dec. 25, 1927).

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