https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/files/original/1fffeb184b0402b03510b5ce2b2cfc44.pdf 7861209900fbd9fee3c835f5d58b0f73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Finding aid to the Andrew Ellsworth and George Norman Wigeland papers, 1857-1972 PDF Text Text Collection Name: Andrew Ellsworth and George Norman Wigeland papers, 1857-1972 Collection Number: P1120 Extent: 5.6 cubic feet (11 archives boxes and 2 oversized boxes) Abstract: An extensive collection was received in 1980 of the papers of the Wigeland brothers who lived in Chicago. Their papers include also those of their grandfather, great-uncle, their father and their aunt. The grandfather of the brothers was George A. Wigeland (1823-1885), who emigrated from Norway in 1843. His brother Arents Wigeland (1812-1862) also came to America and settled on a farm near Racine, Wisconsin. This farm was passed on to his daughter, Mary Wigeland Johnson, and became known as the Johnson pioneer farm. Amanda Johnson, a daughter of Mary, came under the guardianship of the Wigeland brothers. Various papers for all of these members of the family are in the file. The father of the Wigeland brothers, Andrew Wigeland (1864-1906), entrusted his motherless sons to the guardianship of his sister Marn Wigeland (1859-1939). Her warm relationship to the brothers endured throughout her lifetime. Both brothers were graduates of the University of Chicago and were prominent in Norwegian-American activity in Chicago. Andrew (Vice President of the City National Bank of Chicago) had a distinguished career in banking and investments. He taught at Northwestern University and appeared at seminars on banking topics at many Mid-western banking associations. Norman ran an advertising agency. Both became very wealthy and were generous in their support of Norwegian and Norwegian-American interests in the United States. For their efforts on behalf of American Relief for Norway each of the brothers received the "Frihetskors" from King Haakon in 1947. Box 1 1 Folder Description George A. Wigeland: Volume: measurements, tables. "Mr. Hoppus's Measurer Greatly Enlarged and Improved" (Bye and Law, 1 printers, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell) George A. Wigeland: Records. Includes: currency of Cuba (1896), United States (1863), Japan (n.d.); Columbian (1892); family history records and correspondence; tintype of two unidentified 2 men; Date Range 1882 1882 1857 1931 �1 Andrew G. Wigeland: Diary (1884-1885), will, guardianship papers. Includes: program for "Musical and Literary Entertainment by the TTC of Trinity English Lutheran Church (corner of LaSalle Ave. and 3 Elm Street), 1886; 1884 1948 1 Andrew G. Wigeland: Business papers. Includes receipts, 4 promotional brochure "The City of Bellingham, Washington" 1894 1907 5 Andrew G. Wigeland: Scrapbook. Includes: Andrew G. Wigeland: Biography. Includes: "A Short Biography of 1 A.E. Wigeland" 1884 1894 1928 1995 1912 1935 1907 1939 2 2 Andrew E. Wigeland: Journals (1912-1915; 1930-1935 finances) Andrew E. Wigeland: Education. Includes: certificate of vaccination (1907); Univ. of Chicago undergraduate course book (1912); 3 matriculation cards; diplomas; Andrew E. Wigeland: College paper: "A Study of the Starch and Glucose Industry, Especially of the Corn Products Plant at Argo, Illinois." by Adrian R. MacFarland and E. Wigeland" (1916-1917) 88 4 pgs. Typescript. 1916 1917 2 2 Andrew E. Wigeland: Army: World War I. Includes: discharge 5 paper; medal; tintype of German soldiers (?) drinking beer. 6 Andrew E. Wigeland: Clubs, etc. 1918 1928 1925 1967 1948 1963 1930 1956 1960 1951 1964 1951 1970 1958 1970 1970 1945 1930 1945 1960 1 2 2 2 Andrew E. Wigeland: Politics. Includes: receipts from the United Republican Fund; newsletter from the Civic Federation (Illinois); Andrew E. Wigeland: Travel. Includes some photos aboard the Mv. Vulcania (1956) Andrew E. Wigeland: Chicago Board of Education (1963-1964). Includes photo of board. Andrew E. Wigeland: Will. 2 7 2 8 2 2 9 10 2 2 11 Andrew E. Wigeland: Declaration of Trust. 12 Andrew E. Wigeland: Death (1970) Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, American Relief for 1 Norway. 2 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence 3 3 3 4 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, Betty Blaul. 1969 1970 3 3 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, 1970 1970 1970 �3 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, Elizabeth, Edward, Herman 5 Carus. Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, John Chapman. Photo of 6 Gov. Chapman and Richard M. Nixon (1960) 3 7 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, Solveig Hansen. 1930 1931 3 8 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, Elizabeth Raster. 0 0 3 9 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, Lester Waterbury. 1933 1960 1968 1968 0 0 3 3 3 10 Andrew E. Wigeland: Correspondence, Mrs. Medard Welch Andrew E.0 Wigeland: Correspondence, snapshots taken by A.E. Wigeland (his packet labels). Includes: Edna Rose Woodrich; Chapman's at lake; Kungsholm Cruise; Betty Blaul; A.E. Wigeland (not so good); at 1321 Oak [interior shots]; Lincoln House; Muscatine, Iowa; childhood photos; Pine Grove and others; Norway; friends; Chapman's 1936; Florida and Ken Moores; Colorado trip with Bill Noble; Stella; Carus'es; Bermuda; G.N. 11 Wigeland; 1935 1964 1918 1968 4 1 Andrew G. Wigeland: Speeches and articles. 1958 1958 4 2 Andrew G. Wigeland: Speeches and articles. 1939 1958 4 3 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, National Bank of the Republic 1925 1931 4 1929 1930 4 4 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, National Bank of the Republic Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, City National Bank of Chicago. 5 Includes several photos of a residential street 1933 1960 4 6 Andrew G. Wigeland: Bunte Brothers, Trust 1952 1970 4 Andrew G. Wigeland: Old Bank Records, Chicago. Includes: quotations on Government and State securities as per Henry Clews 7 & Co.'s weekly financial circular; First National Bank of Chicago; 1877 1910 1959 1962 1946 1961 1954 1961 5 5 5 1 Andrew G. Wigeland: Northwestern University School of Business. Andrew G. Wigeland: Chicago University Business Economic 2 Conference (1961) Andrew G. Wigeland: Panels, Banker's Association, (Colorado, 3 Illinois, & Indiana). Includes photos of panels. �5 Andrew G. Wigeland: Panels, Banker's Association, (Iowa, Kansas, 4 Nebraska, and Michigan). 1953 1961 5 Andrew G. Wigeland: Panels, Banker's Association, (Missouri, 5 Oklahoma, and Tennessee). Includes photos of panels. 1954 1961 5 Andrew G. Wigeland: Wisconsin University School of Banking. 6 Includes photos of convention (1959); typed lectures. 1954 1961 6 1 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Bank of France. 1917 1925 6 1922 1931 1953 1961 6 2 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Finances, 1920 and 1930s. Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Shell Oil Company & Standard Oil 3 Company. Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Swift & Company and North 4 American Company. 1937 1967 6 5 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Trust Companies. 1931 1950 6 6 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Investments. 1942 1970 6 7 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Miscellaneous stocks. 1959 1965 6 8 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Real estate 1922 1937 6 1929 1960 7 9 Andrew G. Wigeland: Records, Life insurance. George Norman Wigeland: high school mementoes. Includes: two photos of unidentified classmates; clippings, commencement program for Lane Technical High School (1915); Lincoln School commencement (1911); several oratorical medals won at Lane 1 Technical High School 1911 1915 7 George Norman Wigeland: Biographical notes. Includes copy of 2 birth certificate (1895); two page autobiography (1974) 1895 1974 1913 1915 1911 1914 1915 1920 6 7 7 7 George Norman Wigeland: High School debate [Lane Technical High School]. Includes: programs (1913-14); several handwritten 3 addresses given including graduation speech (Jan. 1915) George Norman Wigeland: Lane Technical High School 4 Publications. "The Tech Prep" George Norman Wigeland: College papers. Includes: "The Present Need of Conserving our Natural Resources"; "Lieutenant Ben 5 Langdon's Story" �7 1914 1921 7 6 George Norman Wigeland: Correspondence. George Norman Wigeland: Army Record, World War I. Includes 7 several photos. 1917 1919 7 8 George Norman Wigeland: Correspondence. 1920s and 1930s. 1921 1941 8 1 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, 1930s. 1930 1939 8 2 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, 1940s & 1950s. 1940 1959 8 3 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, 1960s 1960 1969 8 4 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, 1970s. Folder 1. 1970 1974 8 5 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, 1970s. Folder 2. 1970 1972 8 6 G. Norman Wigeland: Clippings, letters to the editor. 1925 1925 8 7 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, Salvation Army 1949 1964 1934 1930 0 1970 1936 1963 0 1970 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 10 G. Norman Wigeland: Correspondence, Veterans Administration. G. Norman Wigeland: Clubs, etc. G. Norman Wigeland: Notebook. (n.d.) G. Norman Wigeland: Will. 9 1 G. Norman Wigeland: Records, stocks and bonds. 1923 1952 9 2 G. Norman Wigeland: Finances, 1930s-1960s. Folder 1 1926 1946 9 3 G. Norman Wigeland: Finances, 1930s-1960s. Folder 2 1931 1961 9 4 G. Norman Wigeland: Real Estate. Folder 1 1934 1953 9 5 G. Norman Wigeland: Real Estate. Folder 2 1936 1937 10 G. Norman Wigeland: Bellingham, Washington real estate 1 (acquired by George A. Wigeland, 1905 or 1906). 1906 1954 10 G. Norman Wigeland: Illinois Plat books and maps (Real estate, 2 McHenry, Livingston, Ogle, La Salle, DeKalb Counties). 1939 1949 10 3 G. Norman Wigeland: Illinois Farm property. Folder 1 1938 1950 10 4 G. Norman Wigeland: Illinois Farm property. Folder 2 1942 1950 �11 A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Norwegian American Museum, 1 Decorah, Iowa). A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Marie Peterson, housekeeper). 2 Correspondence 1964 1971 1954 1971 1919 1953 11 3 A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Letters between brothers). A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Letters addressed to both). Folder 4 1 1941 1969 11 5 A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Letters between brothers). Folder 2 1966 1970 11 6 A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Greeting cards). Folder 1 1954 1965 11 7 A.E. and G.N. Wigeland jointly (Greeting cards). Folder 2 1905 1970 1937 1940 1914 1958 0 0 Arents Wigeland Family Papers: Amanda Johnson biography, 3 letters, photographs 1939 1961 Arents Wigeland Family Papers: Amanda Johnson guardianship; 4 legal correspondence 1938 1961 Arents Wigeland Family Papers: Amanda Johnson estate; legal 5 correspondence 1961 1962 6 Marn Minerva Wigeland (aunt) Papers: Legal documents 1889 1922 Marn Minerva Wigeland Papers: Christian Science Interests; 8 includes pamphlets announcing meetings; membership cards; 1916 1937 11 11 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz Marn Minerva Wigeland Papers: Estate Papers. Includes legal correspondence; photographs; newspaper clippings; legal 9 documents Arents Wigeland Family Papers: Mary Wigeland Johnson (daughter) Correspondence; includes handwritten letters (mostly undated); photographs; newspaper clipping "Racine Officially Organized Its First Police Department 100 Years Ago" (October 1 19th, 1958) Arents Wigeland Family Papers: Data re: family and Johnson farm. Includes correspondence, official documents, and family data 2 (undated) �ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 13 (oversiz ed) 12 (oversiz ed) newsletters; correspondence Marn Minerva Wigeland Papers: Bound volume inventorying 10 Wigeland's estate. 1937 1940 Marn Minerva Wigeland Papers: Bound volume inventorying 10 Wigeland's estate. 1937 1940 Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: 7 Photographs; tintypes & 1 framed (undated) 0 0 Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: 24 Photographs; early family 2 pictures (undated) 0 0 Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: 22 Photographs; Andrew 3 Ellsworth Wigeland (undated). Studios include Koehne, Chicago. 0 0 0 0 1947 1947 0 0 1920 1920 1917 1917 1918 1918 1919 1937 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: 21 Photographs; George Norman Wigeland (undated). Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: Frihetskors. This was awarded to both Andrew E. and G. Norman in 1947; it was a Norwegian medal given out during WWII for excellence in military or civilian service. The brothers received it for their leadership in American Relief for Norway. Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: 100 Miscellaneous photographs; includes pages from a scrapbook as well as many envelopes of prints (undated) Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: Diploma awarded to George Norman Wigeland from the University of Chicago in Philosophy (1920) Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: Diploma awarded to George Norman Wigeland from the University of Chicago in Philosophy (1917) Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: Diploma awarded to Andrew Ellsworth Wigeland from the University of Chicago in Philosophy (1918) Marn Minerva Wigeland Papers: Correspondence, 1920s and 1930s. Includes medal given to members of the Memorial of Leif Erikson in America. �13 (oversiz ed) Andrew E. and G. Norman Papers: Photograph of World War I 10 Ordnance Corps (undated). Ca. 1918 1918 1918 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P1120 Title A name given to the resource Andrew Ellsworth and George Norman Wigeland papers, 1857-1972 Description An account of the resource An extensive collection was received in 1980 of the papers of the Wigeland brothers who lived in Chicago. Their papers include also those of their grandfather, great-uncle, their father and their aunt. The grandfather of the brothers was George A. Wigeland (1823-1885), who emigrated from Norway in 1843. His brother Arents Wigeland (1812-1862) also came to America and settled on a farm near Racine, Wisconsin. This farm was passed on to his daughter, Mary Wigeland Johnson, and became known as the Johnson pioneer farm. Amanda Johnson, a daughter of Mary, came under the guardianship of the Wigeland brothers. Various papers for all of these members of the family are in the file. <br /><br />The father of the Wigeland brothers, Andrew Wigeland (1864-1906), entrusted his motherless sons to the guardianship of his sister Marn Wigeland (1859-1939). Her warm relationship to the brothers endured throughout her lifetime. Both brothers were graduates of the University of Chicago and were prominent in Norwegian-American activity in Chicago. Andrew (Vice President of the City National Bank of Chicago) had a distinguished career in banking and investments. He taught at Northwestern University and appeared at seminars on banking topics at many Mid-western banking associations. Norman ran an advertising agency. Both became very wealthy and were generous in their support of Norwegian and Norwegian-American interests in the United States. For their efforts on behalf of American Relief for Norway each of the brothers received the "Frihetskors" from King Haakon in 1947. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1857-1972 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wigeland, George N. Wigeland, Andrew E. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 5.6 cubic feet (11 archives boxes and 2 oversized boxes) Subject The topic of the resource Wigeland, Marn Minerva Johnson, Mary Wigeland Wigeland, Arents University of Chicago Wigeland, Andrew Ellsworth Wigeland, George Norman Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Photographs