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Nicolay Andreas Grevstad papers, 1892-1925
- Title
- Nicolay Andreas Grevstad papers, 1892-1925
- Identifier
- P0553
- Date
- 1892-1925
- Creator
- Grevstad, Nicolay
- Description
- Correspondence, articles, reports, and clippings of a Norwegian-born journalist, diplomat, and financier. Grevstad was a practicing attorney and editor of Dagbladet (Oslo) before emigrating in 1883. In America he was editor of Nordvesten (St. Paul); leading editorial writer for Minneapolis Daily Tribune; editor of Skandinaven (Chicago) (1892-1911); United States minister to Uruguay and Paraguay (1911-1915); publicity director of Minnesota Safety Commission; chief of the foreign language press publicity service for the Republican National Committee (1919-1925); agent of a Chicago bank syndicate for Uruguay; and editor of Skandinaven (1930-1940). Articles by Grevstad on courts of conciliation in Norway and in America appeared in the Atlantic Monthly (September, 1891 and November, 1893).
The correspondence includes dispatches to the United States Department of State and letters concerning American interests in Uruguay and Paraguay, national political problems, Norwegian settlement, and investment opportunities. Among the correspondents are William Jennings Bryan, Gilbert N. Haugen, Nils P. Haugen, E. H. Hobe, Hanna Astrup Larsen, Medill McCormick, Knute Nelson, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, and William Howard Taft. Primary election reform, patriotism of the Scandinavian press and church, the wheat farmer during World War I, Non-Partisan League, and women's suffrage are some of the topics discussed in the articles, press releases, and letters. - Digital Collections:
- Extent
- 2.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes)
- Subject
- Minnesota
- Haugen, Nils P.
- Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923
- Sonsteby, John J.
- World War I
- Bothne, Gisle, 1860-1934
- Haugen Gilbert N.
- Hobe, Engebreth Hagbarth
- Grevstad, Nikolai Andreas
- Larsen, Hanna Astrup
- Ellefsen, Edward Marius
- Mordt, Anders L.
- Type
- Correspondence
- Clippings
- Reports
Files
Citation
Grevstad, Nicolay , “Nicolay Andreas Grevstad papers, 1892-1925,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 19, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10142.