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Theodore Jorgenson papers, circa 1911-circa 1950
- Title
- Theodore Jorgenson papers, circa 1911-circa 1950
- Identifier
- P0716
- Date
- circa 1911-circa 1950
- Creator
- Jorgenson, Theodore, 1894-1971
- Description
Biography/History:
Theodore Jorgenson immigrated in 1911 and was a member of the St. Olaf College faculty (1925-1966). Among his many publications, he was the author of "History of Norwegian Literature," "Norway's Relation to Scandinavian Unionism, Ole Edvart Rølvaag: A Biography" (with Nora O. Solum), "Henrik Ibsen: A Study in Art and Personality," and "Norwegian-English School Dictionary." He was the Democratic Farmer-Labor nominee for the United States Senate in 1946.Scope and Content:
Correspondence, articles, clippings, diaries, family history, handbooks, lectures, lecture notes, minute book, notebooks, pamphlets, poems, reports, scrapbooks, speeches, and translations of a Norwegian-born professor of Norwegian at St. Olaf College.- Location:
8/B/2-8/C/2
68/B/5 - Extent
- 17.6 cubic feet (44 boxes archives boxes)
- Language
- English
- Norwegian
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- St. Olaf College
- Waldorf College
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
- WCAL (Radio station : St. Olaf College)
- Type
- Correspondence
- Clippings
- Diaries
- Minutes
- Scrapbooks
- Access Rights
- This collection is open for research.
- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. Theodore Jorgenson Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.