Peter Norbeck papers, 1910-2002

Peter Norbeck papers, 1910-2002

P0263

1910-2002

Speeches by a United States Senator from South Dakota on agriculture, immigration, and Iceland's parliament millennial; clippings (1914-1937); and "Recollections of the Years," by Lydia Nordbeck, 213 typescript pages, 1953. Includes information (pp. 209-213) on Peter Norbeck family, Nels Anderson (b. July 1, 1827) family, and Endre Nilsen Eidsvaag family.

Includes:

• Speeches and Reports. Includes "The Black Hills of South Dakota," by Peter Norbeck (1925) 3 p. typescript; "Economic Justice for the Northwest: Speech of Hon. Peter Norbeck (1926); "What Should Our Immigration Law Be? Speech of Hon. Peter Norbeck (1929); "Art Meets Politics: Peter Norbeck, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Sylvan Lake Hotel Commission" ("South Dakota History," Summer 2002, pp. 117-148.
• Letters, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Norbeck. "A Visit to Iceland," by Mrs. Peter Norbeck (1930). Letters written regarding travels in Europe.
• Lydia Norbeck Recollections. "Recollections of the Years" (1953). Topics: moving to Yankton, South Dakota in 1877 (p5), laying of college cornerstone (p5), family meals (p12), prairie fires (p13), Armour, South Dakota (p15), visiting Niagara Falls in 1900 (p22), Redfield, South Dakota (p30), visiting the Black Hills (p43, p51), inauguration of Peter Norbeck as governor of South Dakota (p46), scarlet fever (p47), tea with President and Mrs. Harding (p64), Norwegian-American Centennial, 1925 event in St. Paul (p84),Charles Lindbergh in Washington, 1927 (p111), The Coolidges in the Black Hills (p113), Iceland Millennial celebration (p136), and Nils and Kari Eidsvaag family pedigree (p211)

Digital Collections: 

• Formal portrait of Peter Norbeck, 1940

3 folders

Reports

Correspondence