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Norwegian Old People's Home Society of Chicago papers, 1896-1962

Title
Norwegian Old People's Home Society of Chicago papers, 1896-1962
Identifier
P0644
Date
1896-1962
Description
Constitution, journals, and reports of an institution incorporated in 1896.
Box 1
  • Annual reports
Box 2
  • Constitution and history, 1940
    • Includes "A History of the Norwegian Old People's Home" by L. M. Boes. Norwood Park, Chicago, Ill., 1940. 128 p.; journals: "Old Folks at Home" (2 folders), v. 1-16; "Norwood Park News" 2 folders, v. 17-41) 
Box 3
  • "Norwood Park News" v. 45-present
  •  "Loving hands and kind hearts" by Anne Lunde, 1995
    • About one hundred years of the Norwegian Old People's Home Society and the Norwood Park Home. Chicago, Norwood Park Home.
Location: 7/B/5-7/B/6
Extent
1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes)
Type
Constitutions
Reports

Collection

Archival Collection

Citation

“Norwegian Old People's Home Society of Chicago papers, 1896-1962,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10224.