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 P1690 Title A name given to the resource William E. Thoresen family papers, 1880-1975 Description An account of the resource Thoresen, former president of Great Western Steel Corp., owned the "Wm. Thoresen Co," of Chicago (419-421 W. North Avenue) manufacturer of architectural sheet metal ornaments. Collection contains many letters, mostly written from Stavanger, Norway (1880-1900).<br /><br /> <ul> <li>Miscellaneous documents. 1904-1975</li> <li>Scrapbooks. "Photographs" album includes a certificate to William E. Thorsen as a member of Delta Sigma Fraternity (1916), Chicago chapter; clipping about steady growth of U.S. Metal products, co-partnership of Thoresen and I. Newman, (1919); family photos (ca. 1920); "Kodagraphs" album includes a brochure cover "North Cape. Land of the Midnight Sun. Russia Cruise. 1935. Cunard White Star. Raymond Whitecomb"; Iceland; Hammerfest, Norway; S.S. Carinthia &amp; Rotterdam; North Cape; Lyngen and Lapp Colony [quite a photo of fashionably dressed Chicagoans and the laps]; Svartisen Glacier; herd of reindeer; Trondheim; Hellesylt to Merok; Langevand Lake or Frozen Lake; Seven Sisters Waterfall, Geiranger Fjord, Gudvangen-Stalheim trip; Bergen; Haakonshallen; Voss-Ulvik, Haugastol, Hardanger Vidda, Fossli, Eidfjord; Oslo. 1916-1935</li> <li>Correspondence (pre-1900 from Stavanger, Norway). 1880-1954</li> <li>Photos/Family. 1890-1960</li> <li>Photos/Great Western Steel Company &amp; Wm. Thoresen Co. 1908-1950</li> </ul> Location: 14/A/1, 68/B/2 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880-1975 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thoresen, William Extent The size or duration of the resource. 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) Type The nature or genre of the resource Photographs Scrapbooks Correspondence