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Richard Beck papers, 1927-1954, 1976
Abstract
Papers, 1927-1954, 1976. Correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of an Icelandic-born professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of North Dakota.
Contents
- Clippings and pamphlets
- Icelandic literature and government, Olav Haraldsson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Johan Falkberget, K. Hamsun, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Anders Hovden.
- Includes Beck's poem, "Salute to Norway," which was read at a patriotic rally in Grand Forks, North Dakota (April 27, 1942) addressed by H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav…"
- Other published works: "Norway's Martyr-King and Saint" (n.d.); "The Icelandic Millennial Celebration" (n.d.); "Grimur Thomsen--A Pioneer Byron Student" (1928); "Gisli Brynjulfsson--An Icelandic Imitator of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (1929);
- Book Reviews: Idealist and Cynic review of "Seven Days Darkness" by Gunnar Gunnarsson (1931);
- Translation of God and the Soul, by Einar H. Kvaran translated from Icelandic, published in the 1931 Spring Number of the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota.
- "Iceland's Contribution to World Literature" reprint from the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, Spring and Summer 1932-1933.
- "Bjornstjerne Bjorson - Poet and Leader of Men" reprint from the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, 1932-1933.
- Grand Forks Herald, "Norwegians Honor Memory of Bjorstjerne Bjornson", December 4, 1932.
- Clipping from the Sons of Norway May 1933, "Professor Richard Beck, en trofast og vel rustet stridsmann for norskdommens sak." in Norwegian.
- Poem "Julekveld" published 22 Dec. 1933 in the Decorah Posten (photocopy).
- "The 17th of May and Norwegian Youth" clipping published in 1934, Grand Forks newspaper (in English).
- "Norway's Day of Days" clipping published May 1934 in Grand Forks Herald.
- "Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author Still Great at 75 Years", clipping published in Grand Forks Herald July 29, 1934.
- "Our English Language Department", clipping published in the Sønner av Norge, January 1934 in English.
- "En Islænder leder det skandinaviske Arbeide ved Nord Dakota Univ." published 30 June 1935 in Skandinaven in Norwegian.
- "Forfatteren Johan Falkberget" clipping published July 16, 1934 in Norwegian.
- "Iceland's Poet Laureate", The Friend, November 1937 in English.
- "Nord Dakotas Statsuniversitet feirer 55 aars Jubileum", Grand Forks Skandinav, August 19, 1936, in Norwegian.
- "Vigeland og Snorre Sturlason", Grand Forks Skandinav December 23, 1938, in Norwegian.
- "Gunnar Gunnarsson, An Icelandic Master of the Novel", The Friend for December 1939, in English.
- "Johan Falkberget Fyller 60 Aar", Sønner av Norge, December 1939 in Norwegian.
- Correspondence from Dr. Rögnv. Petursson dated 13 December 1939 in Icelandic.
- "Iceland's Poet Laureate [Einar Benediktsson]", Grand Forks Scandinav December 29, 1939 in English.
- "Professor Richard Beck, Fra Fiskergutt til Professor og Doktor i Filosofi", Grand Forks Skandinav, June 7 1940 in Norwegian.
- "Dikterpresten Anders Hovden", Grand Forks Skandinav, December 20, 1940 in Norwegian.
- "Et amerikansk universitet som staar Norge nær..." clipping Normanden, October 28, 1943 in Norwegian.
- "Prominent Sons of Norway Man [T.H.H. Thoresen] with cover letter dated April 17, 1950.
- "Norwegian-American Historical Association Observes 25th Anniversary" published in the School of Education Record October 1950.
- Program, The University of North Dakota Convocation, November 29, 1951. Correspondence, to J. Jergen Thompson of St. Olaf College, dated December 13, 1951.
- Thank you letter.
- "Icelandic Americans" Member of the Month, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, April 1954, Vol III, No. 4.
- "The Lone Eagle", reprint of poem originally published in the Minneapolis Tribune, inspired by Charles Lindbergh's historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic, May 1927.
- "Lincoln in Marble", poem reprinted in the Minn. Posten, Sept. 9, 1976.
- Clippings and pamphlets