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Johan P. Lunde papers, 1870-1901
- Title
- Johan P. Lunde papers, 1870-1901
- Identifier
- P1209
- Date
- 1870-1901
- Creator
- Lunde, Johan P.
- Description
- Copies of documents and letters, together with diaries of an immigrant who came to Chicago in 1880. Some items are translated by Karl Johan Berner Schultz (1981). The diaries reveal the introspective nature of a devout Quaker struggling with problems related to education, military service, and employment, first in Norway and later in the United States. The later diaries indicate that he found work in Marshalltown, Iowa.
- School report (Halvorsens Skole, Stavanger). Photocopied. 1870-1871
- Logbook, translation and translator's letters. Atlantic crossing on board "Nanna." (n.d.). Photocopied, undated
- Letters and translations. Photocopied. Christiania, 1875; Stavanger, 1893
- Diary and translations. January-February, 1880. Photocopied.
- Diary and translations. March-July, 1880? Photocopied.
- Diary and translations. August-October, 1880. Photocopied.
- Diary. January-July, 1882. Photocopied.
- Account books. Photocopied. 1875-76 in Kristiania, Norway; 1881-1882, Marshalltown, Iowa 1875-1882
- Diary and translations, 1901 Photocopied.
- Extent
- 9 folders
- Language
- Norwegian
- Type
- Diaries
- Correspondence
- Photocopies
Collection
Citation
Lunde, Johan P., “Johan P. Lunde papers, 1870-1901,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10682.