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Olaf Anders Tveitmoe papers, 1907-1990
- Title
- Olaf Anders Tveitmoe papers, 1907-1990
- Identifier
- P1487
- Date
- 1907-1990
- Creator
- Tveitmoe, O. A. (Olaf A.)
- Description
- Assorted articles on O. A. Tveitmoe, Californa labor leader, who was inducted into the California Labor Hall of Fame, July 27, 1990. See "O. A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader," by Lloyd Hustvedt, in Norwegian American Studies, volume 30.
- Hustvedt article & lecture, 1985-1989
- Includes: newspaper article (original and photocopies), interview with Lloyd Hustvedt in Norway, Valdres-Gluggen (1989), given by Pat Ryan to Lloyd Hustvedt; proof of Hustvedt, Lloyd, O. A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader, eventually published in Norwegian-American Studies, v.30, pp. 3-54, proof given by Odel to Hustvedt; typed rough copy of Hustvedt, Lloyd, O. A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader (57 pp.); typed copy, earlier version of article: Olaf A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader (12 pp.), with quote(written on folder: Norway lecture) written in pencil on article.
- Ryan articles, letters, 1907-1989
- Includes: Ryan, Pat M., Olaf Anders Tveitmoes Organized Labor: Arbeider Retorikk og Progressiv Reform (9 pp.); Ryan, Pat M., Et Urolig Liv: O. A. Tveitmoe vs. The Asiatics, Hamar talk given by Ryan to Hustvedt (21 pp.); slightly different copy of same talk (21 pp.); 2 letters from Ryan to Hustvedt (1989); photocopies of newspaper clippings about Tveitmoe (1907-1989, n.d.).
- Penrose: California nativism, 1973
- Includes: copies of parts of Penrose, Eldon R., California Nativism: Organized Opposition to the Japanese 1890-1913 (San Francisco: R and E Research Associates, 1973) (title page, ii-v, 10-65, 72-73, 112-117). These pages, dealing with Tveitmoe, sent by Pat Ryan to Lloyd Hustvedt. Penrose writes, quote(O. A. Tveitmoe may be considered the chief agitator against the Japanese until the passage of the first Alien Land Law in May of 1913).
- Clippings, 1897-1990
- Includes: news articles (original and copies) about Tveitmoe (1897-1990), including Supervisor O. A. Tveitmoe Proves to Be Ex-Convict (1907), one article which says that Tveitmoe's quote(father was a well know bare hunter) (1923), Labor Leader Visits Northfield (1911), Olaf Tveitmoe, Organized Labor's First Editor, Organized Labor Vol. 90, No. 6 (1990); copy of condolence letter and telegram to Tveitmoe's wife upon his death from Anton Johannsen and Mother Jones, respectively (1923); copy of Tveitmoe, Olaf, Pull Down Man-Made Mole Hills, Life Freely, And All Will Find Love-Lighted Eden of Happiness: Time Has Come to Cease Being Apes, Let the Reform Changes Begin at Home and Freedom Will Soon Come for All (1913); letter from Tveitmoe to wife and son (1907); photocopy of 2 pages containing photograph and caricature of Tveitmoe and James D. Phelan, from Men Who Made San Francisco, pp. 198, 227 (San Francisco: Brown & Power Stationery Company, [1915?]); 2 copies of California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition presented to Olaf Tveitmoe in honor of induction into the first Northern CA Labor Hall of Fame (1990); 2 copies of Certificate of Induction into the Northern California Labor Hall of Fame, San Francisco Building Trades Council (1990); 2 copies of program for Northern California Hall of Fame induction evening (1990).
- Bibliography & Related, 1894-1982
- Includes: Lloyd Hustvedt's research notes, including family pedigree information, Significant Dates; correspondence with William Johnson (whose wife, Edith Blanche, was Tveitmoe's daughter?), Minden, NV (1982); copy of Tveitmoe's pardon from prison (serving sentence at Stillwater prison for forgery) by Gov. Nelson, from Executive Journal, vol. J. of the governor of MN (1894).
- Organized Labor. Includes: research notes. 1983-1984
- Secondary Sources, 1983-1984
- Includes: Hustvedt's research notes; copy of text excerpt on Tveitmoe and Asian exclusion, The Progressive Era, The Indispensable Enemy, pp. 244-249; copy of several sections of a text -- II. Dynamite Plots: Persecution, Petitions, Prosecutions, Lockouts and Wars; III. Defense Measures: Special Defense Fund, Strike Fund, Preparation for Trouble, Strength to Stand Alone, Solidarity and Unity; IV. Wrong Reforms and Right Remedies: Referendum Dangerous to Union Cause.--Our Personal Opinion.--Conservation of Energy and Liberal Education More Needed Than Voting Machines -- pp. 44-53; letter in Norwegian to Lloyd Hustvedt (1983).
- Newspaper Articles, 1983-1984
- Includes: research notes on clippings (actual clippings not present).
- Hustvedt article & lecture, 1985-1989
- Extent
- 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
- Type
- Clippings
- Correspondence
Citation
Tveitmoe, O. A. (Olaf A.), “Olaf Anders Tveitmoe papers, 1907-1990,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10764.