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                  <text>Finding aid to the Rasmus Bjørn Anderson papers, 1872-1918</text>
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                  <text>Collection Name:​Rasmus Bjørn Anderson papers, 1872-1918
Collection Number​: P0717
Extent:​0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
Abstract:​Clippings, correspondence, genealogy, music, pamphlets, and photographs of a
Wisconsin-born author, diplomat, editor, and educator. The clippings deal largely with Anderson
controversies. Anderson was professor of Norwegian at the University of Wisconsin, United
States minister to Denmark, and editor of "Amerika" (1898-1922), Madison, Wisconsin.
Rasmus Björn Anderson papers, 1823-1936 ​at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison is
over 16.8 cubic feet (65 archives boxes) and contains photographs, correspondence, and more.
See "Rasmus Bjørn Anderson: Pioneer Scholar," by Lloyd Hustvedt, NAHA, 1966.

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Description
Articles about Anderson, 1878-1954
Family history, 1791, 1956
Correspondence, clippings, genealogy, 1875-1913
Letters, 1888-1964
Articles, cartoons, clippings, correspondence, 1872-1954
Includes reel of microfilm of Anderson's letters to B. Bjørnson,
1872-1902. According to Hustvedt's biography (p. 368) another
copy is in the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
Books and pamphlets by Anderson, 1874-1893
Pamphlets, 1875-1899
Clippings, 1979-1980
Regarding a round robin letter circulating among the descendants
of Abel and Catherine von Krogh Anderson, parents of Rasmus.
Volumes by Rasmus B. Anderson.
"Norge i Billeder," 1897
"Julegave," 1900
“Bygdejævning,” 1903
Music, 1875-1918
Including "The Norway Music Album," edited by Anderson.
Photographs, undated

Updated October 2020
Norwegian-American Historical Association

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