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Martha Ostenso papers, 1924-1980
- Title
- Martha Ostenso papers, 1924-1980
- Identifier
- P1100
- Date
- 1924-1980
- Creator
- Ostenso, Martha, 1900-1963
- Description
- Translations by Johan Tofteland (English to Norwegian), of fifteen poems from "A Far Land" by Ostenso, a Norwegian-American novelist, who wrote in the 1920s and 1930s; a collection of clippings (1924-1938); and Joan N. Buckley's Ph.D. dissertation on Ostenso, University of Iowa, 195 pages. For an article about Ostenso by Joan N. Buckley, see "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 28, 1979. O. E. Rvaag translated into Norwegian Ostenso's "The Story of a Pioneer of the Prairie, Einar Hoidale of Minnesota." The original and the translation are in the Rolvaag Papers, box 26, volume 17.
For additional information see, see Einar Hoidal collection, P 163.
Includes:- Translations, clippings, etc.
- Materials collected by Pauline Farseth, C.G.O. Hansen clippings. Includes "Martha Ostenso, Daughter of the Vikings," by Charles C. Baldwin (Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 20 pages., n.d.)
- "Martha Ostenso: A Critical Study of Her Novels," by Joan Naglestad Buckley. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Iowa. July, 1976. 195 p. typescript; "Slegten," (Oslo, 1927); "Wild Geese" (New York, 1925); "The Dark Dawn" (New York, 1926)
- Extent
- 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
- Type
- Typescripts
- Clippings
Citation
Ostenso, Martha, 1900-1963, “Martha Ostenso papers, 1924-1980,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10558.