Della Kittleson Dokken Catuna papers, 1887-1989

Della Kittleson Dokken Catuna papers, 1887-1989

P0972

1887-1989

Research material and working copies for Della Catuna's translation of "Colonel Heg and His Boys" by Waldemar Ager. Her translation of the Ager book was used, together with a translation by Clarence A. Clausen, for "Colonel Heg and His Boys," which NAHA published in 2000. Other family papers are also included.

Includes:

• Copy of "The Battle of Stone's River," from the official report by Col. W. P. Carlin in "The War of the Rebellion" (1887, 1977).
• Volume of a copy of Catuna's manuscript "prepared in 1989 from a carbon copy… by Robert Kittelson for interim family use. Various 'additions' and 'corrections' by Robert Kittelson following research and additional information by Aunt Della."
• Translation of "Colonel Heg and His Boys" by Catuna (1976), pages 101-120.
• Translation of "Colonel Heg and His Boys" by Catuna (1976), pages 121-324.
• Correspondence between Catuna and Clarence A Clausen about the translation, editing and publication of Ager's book on the 15th Wisconsin (1977-1986). Also included are personal notes.
• "Life of Dordei, Mrs. Dora Kittleson," the story Catuna's mother. First written in 1929 "as an English assignment," rewritten after her mother's death in 1934 and published in the Blair, Wisconsin, newspaper.
• ranscriptions of Civil War Letters of Lars and Knudt Olsen Dokken (1862-1863). Included is 1 photograph.
• Copies of Civil War Letters of Lars and Knudt Olsen Dokken, of whom Catuna was a niece (1862-1863). Included are 3 photographs. The letters are held in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
• Copy of "The Scandinavian Regiment and Its Colonel," from "Annals of the Army of the Cumberland" (1863, 1977).
• Translation of "Colonel Heg and His Boys" by Catuna (1976), pages 1-101.

9 folders and 1 volume

English

Norwegian

Manuscripts