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Claire Selkurt papers, 1848-2000
- Title
- Claire Selkurt papers, 1848-2000
- Identifier
- P1615
- Date
- 1848-2000
- Creator
- Selkurt, Claire Elaine
- Description
A graduate of St. Olaf College, Selkurt got her M.A. in the Design department of the University of Minnesota, with thesis on the architecture and applied arts of the early settlement period (1839-1950) of early Norwegian settlers of Luther Valley settlement, Rock County, Wisconsin. In 1979 she received the Ph.D. in art history at the University. She has taught at Mankato State University and the College of Liberal Arts, St. Paul. Her article, "The domestic architecture and cabinetry of Luther Valley" was published in Norwegian-American Studies, v. 30, pp. 247-272 (1985). The larger part of the collection consists of materials Selkurt collected in the course of her research on Luther Valley: notes on reading, photocopies of articles, photographs of buildings, bibliographic notes, papers she wrote for classes (including "Wood and stone: the frontier heritage," American architecture, 1972, 20 p. and 30 p. illus.), correspondence, etc.
Materials are in rough alphabetical order, and a few topics are noted here: Halvor N. Aae clock, signet ring, spoon. Arnold cabin fragment. Bornits. Notes on Signe Betsinger's doctoral thesis. Article by Thora Bohn. Clausen parsonage. Cleophas family. Crispensen cabin. Correspondence. Engelbretson house. Saber Gesley farm, bureaus, recollections of Torris Gesley. Gilbertson cabin at Turkop. Gravedale furniture. Greenwalt house. Haugen house. Heyerdahl house. Limestone quarry. Lofthus stone house. Melvin Lund house. Luther Valley. Emigraten print shop. Palombi grainery and house. Saberson house. Schee (Tollefsrud) house. Paul Skavlem bowls, furniture, house. Springen house. Strand house. Thostensen house. Turkop. Vesterheim Museum. Wagley (Vegli) cabin. Selkurt served as curator of the exhibit, "Norwegian-American art in Minnesota today," April 29-June 3, 2000, at the Groveland Gallery (25 Groveland Terrace, Minneapolis, MN 55403). She wrote and "introductory essay" (2 p.) and the text of the 4 p. catalog introducing the artists, with color illustration. Artists included: Wendell Arneson, Alison Aune. Kirsten Aune. Caroly Brunelle. Ruth Donhowe. Ann Jenkins. Ann Klefstad. Richard Krogstad. Tom Maakestad. Ruth Ann Larsen Norlund. Carl Oltvedt. Nancy Randall. Arna Renna.
- Extent
- 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes)
- Subject
- Betsinger, Signe
- Gesley, Torris
- Nordland, Ruth Ann Larsen
- Rennan, Arna
- Brunelle, Carolyn
- Jenkins, Ann
- Klefstad, Ann
- Krogstad, Richard
- Maakestad, Tom
- Oltvedt, Carl
- Randall, Nancy
- Arneson, Wendell
- Aune, Alison
- Aune, Kirsten
- Type
- Catalogs
- Photographs
- Clippings
- Manuscripts