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                  <text>Finding aid to the Sidney Gaylord Sønneland papers, circa 1921-1972</text>
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Sidney Gaylord Sønneland papers, circa 1921-1972

Collection Number:
P0752
Extent:
2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes) and one oversized box
Abstract:
Papers of a Norwegian-American (born in Harlan, Iowa) neurosurgeon who graduated from the
George Washington University Medical School in 1921 and practiced in Los Angeles, California.
In 1972 he established the S. G. Sonneland Foundation at the University of Oslo.
Also includes the papers of Caroline Marie Stuverud Short, mother of Amelia Short
Sønneland, mostly concerning her son, Lloyd Short, who died in The Battle of the Marne in
France (1918) during World War I; and the American Pilgrimage Gold Star Mothers and Widows
(1930) to American Cemeteries in France. Amelia was a philanthropist who contributed to the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Opera and USC. She was a graduate of George
Washington University and held a law degree from LaSalle University. She and her husband,
psychiatrist Sidney Gaylord Sonneland, endowed a science chair at the University of Oslo,
Norway

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Biographical accounts, 1971-1973
Sidney G. Sønneland (1971-1973); his father, Ingebret Isais
Sønneland, 1857-1936 (n.d.); Ralph E. Sønneland (n.d.). School
notebook (n.d.).
"Genealogic history of the Sønneland family" by Ansgar Ellingsen
(1960), and related correspondence (1958-1966).
Early family letters, 1877-1908
From Cornelius A. Jøsang, Lanesboro, Minnesota; R. Sønneland
&amp; Co., Ship chandlers and Provision Dealers, Barrow in Furness;
Sønneland; and Vaage, Norway. With transcriptions and
translations by Gerhard B. Naeseth.
Letters to his wife, Amelia, while in military service, 1942-1944)
Family correspondence, 1931-1990
Correspondence between Amelia Sønneland and John S. Sonneland,
1979-1986
Notes on patients admitted to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington,
D.C., 1921

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Correspondence and clinical histories, 1943-1981
Operative records, Luther Hospital, Norfolk, Nebraska, 1924-1925
Abstracts of 50 surgical case studies, for the American College of
Surgeons, 1923-1924
S. G. Sønneland Foundation, University of Oslo, 1972-1978
Includes statutes (1977).
Photographs, undated
"Elan: Story of the Surge and the Surcease of Life and its Adventure
through the Ages" by Ransome Sutton and S. G. Sønneland; pages
1-197.
"Elan: Story of the Surge and the Surcease of Life and its Adventure
through the Ages" by Ransome Sutton and S. G. Sønneland; pages
198-405.
"Elan: Story of the Surge and the Surcease of Life and its Adventure
through the Ages" by Ransome Sutton and S. G. Sønneland; Pen and
ink sketches for "Elan."
Articles of interest to Sønneland, undated
Manuscripts on "Theory of Devolution" by Sønneland, undated
Manuscripts and clippings of articles written by Sønneland for Safeway
Stores, 1928-1930
Various issues of "Uno Amino," a periodical published for Safeway
Stores, 1928-1930
Miscellaneous papers and reports, undated
Papers of Caroline Marie Stuverud Short, mother of Amelia Short
Sønneland, mostly concerning her son, Lloyd Short, who died in The
Battle of the Marne in France (1918) during World War I; and the
American Pilgrimage Gold Star Mothers and Widows (1930) to
American Cemeteries in France.

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Letters, 1930
Gold Star Mothers Medals, clippings, Special Issue Passport,
identification papers, and 1 photograph of mothers at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier under the Arch of Triumph in Paris, 1930
Postcards and several photographs, 1920
Letters and clippings, 1930
Copy of article "Mourning in a distant land: Gold Star pilgrimages
in American military cemeteries in Europe, 1930-1933" by Lotte
Larsen Meyer from "Markers: Annual journal of the Association
for Gravestone Studies," 2003
Personal effects, including identification tags, 1918; Letters,
1985; and many photographs, undated

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Stuverud-Short Family photographs, 1880-1972
Gold Star Pilgrimage medal, WWI Victory Medal
Certificate of membership in the Bascom Hill Society of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, undated
Correspondence, 1961-1972
About a member of the Sønneland family known as Nils Trosner
(1685-c.1729), whose diary (1711-1714) is an important document
in Danish naval history. An abbreviated version (217 pages) was
edited by Roar Tank and published by Gylendal, 1923. Sønneland
had a microfilm made of the original in the Riksarkivet, and a
printout of selected pages to show examples of of the drawings
included with the text. Both film and printout are included here.
Some of the correspondence deals with having these made, and
consideration of publishing a new, complete edition.
Article by Ansgar Ellingsen published in Ætt og Heim (1965), with a
translation with the title "A Little About Nils Trosneer also called
Tordenkiold's matros."
Two plaques of recognition presented to Amelia Sønneland from
George Washington University, 1982)
Civil War clippings, Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph: July 11-August 22,
1886

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