https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/files/original/0fac7524caa6027981545ec312aadfe3.pdf 59ad6e1fc9964d17503a3270c93369f1 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 Claire Selkurt papers, 1848-2000 PDF Text Text Collection Name: Claire Selkurt papers, 1848-2000 Collection Number: P1615 Extent: 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) Abstract: 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. �Box 1 Folder Description Addresses. List of addresses; Corrections and Additions for an unknown paper; 1 photograph of Halvor N. Aae clock; 8 1 photographs of the cabin fragment on Arnold property; 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 8 1 10 1 11 1 1 12 13 1 1 14 15 Papers. Notes titled Supporting Literature and Bibliography; notes on various theses; A Quest for Norwegian Folk Art in America by Tora Bøhn, with notes from Selkurt. Papers. Articles and photocopies on the construction and materials needed for cabins and houses; 4 photographs of the Crispensen cabin; 10 photographs of and information on the Claus Laurirtz Clausen parsonage. Correspondence. Miscellaneous letters. Papers. 16 photographs of the Engelbretsen house. Papers. Notes on Native Art of Norway by Hauglid and The Folk Art of Norway by Janice Stewart. Papers. 9 photographs of the Gesley farm with information on the family; 4 photographs of the Gilbertsen cabin at Turkop; 18 photographs of the furniture belonging to Gullick Olesen Gravedahl; 7 photographs of the Grenwalt house. Papers. 9 photographs of the Heyerdahl house; 9 photographs of the Haugen (Mikkelsen) house; notes on the houses, owners, and structures. Jefferson Prairie: Joranlien house. 12 photographs of the Joranlien house. Keesey Structure. 2 photographs of the remains of the Keesey structure. Papers. Articles on the early Luther Valley settlement; 11 photographs of the Lofthus stone house; 1 photograph of the limestone quarry; 4 photographs of the Melvin Lund house; 12 photographs of the Ira Larson house. Papers. Articles on early settlements and Norwegian immigration; 3 photographs of the Martin cupboard. Papers. Articles on Norwegian immigration Print Shop (Emigranten), Palombi House. Many photocopies of photographs of various cabins; 3 photographs of the Emigranten print shop; 24 photographs of the Palombi house and grainery. Rock County. Plat maps of Rock county for 1858 and 1873. Date Range 1973 1973 0 0 1973 1960 1973 1973 1975 1973 0 0 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1858 1973 1873 �1 16 1 17 1 1 1 18 19 20 1 21 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 2 Papers. Photographs: Saberson house (11); Schee (Tollefsrud) house (1); Paul Skavlem bowls (9); Paul Skavlem furniture (14); Paul Skavlem house (16); Springen house (17); Strand house (10). Turkop (Immansville); Thostensen House. 17 photographs of the Thostensen house. Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah. 15 photographs and postcards. Wagley (Vegli) cabin. 15 photographs. Wood and Stone: The Frontier Heritage by Claire Selkurt. Exhibit Catalogue. Groveland Gallery, Norwegian-American Art in Minnesota, 2000. Added Jan. 7, 2014: File/Family Histories & Pedigrees: History of the Gullick (Knudson Laugen) Springen Family (2 pgs, typescript); and The Gesley Familiy (descended from Gisle Sebjounson Halland & Margit Knudsdatter Nosterud (married 1839). Added Jan. 7, 2014: Address by H.L. Skavlem and Tosten Holverson at the Reunion of the Skavlem and Odegarden Families (reprint from Beloit Daily News, Rock County, Wisc., July 20, 1913. Addition of family reunion photograph). Added Jan. 7, 2014: The Gesley and Springen Family Album (vol. I), compiled by Dr. Claire Selkurt. Includes family documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Each item is identified with a master index provided by Selkurt. Items include: No. 34/Land Grant signed by James K. Polk issued to Gullick Knudsen in 1848; and No. 42/Payment of one dollar for service in the 22 Regiment of Wisconsin at Camp Coburn on December 2, 1862 (Ole Springen); Added Jan. 7, 2014: journals kept by Carolyn May Gesley (in English: 1925) & Grace Gesley (in English: 1931-1933) Added Jan. 7, 2014: The Gesley and Springen Family Album (vol. II), compiled by Dr. Claire Selkurt. Includes family documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Each item is identified with a master index provided by Selkurt. Items include: No. 3/Memorial card for Sophia A. Springen (1890) and No. 26/ride at Echo Mountain, ca. 1921. Added Jan. 7, 2014: The Gesley Record scrapbook. Includes photograph and clipping regarding Elling Eielson. 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1972 1973 1973 1972 2000 2000 1921 1970 1913 1913 1848 1990 1925 1933 1860 1968 1883 1955 �3 4 Added Jan. 7, 2014: Journals kept by Ansten G. Springen (in 3 Norwegian: 1904, 1917, 1924) Added March 16, 2015: Diaries kept by Ruth Gesley (1933-1934), Grace Gesley (1934-1935), Carolyn Gesley (1932) and Mrs. Myrtle Legg (1959-1963); and Volume 3/compiled photograph album of the George and Luella Springen Gesley family (1912-1990). Images of note: Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933; public school graduation, c. 1926; girls in 4H demonstration outfits, ca. 1927; Lake Ripley; Gesley farm, late 1920s; Niagara Falls, 1938; St. Olaf College, 1932; New York World's Fair, 1939 (brochure cover & journal notes); Gesley School, ca. 1933; Clinton School, 1942; Whitewater Normal School, 1945; Rock County Public School diploma, 1926; Rock County Training School for Teachers, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1933; Wisconsin Dells (Carolyn dressed in Native American/Indian clothing, ca. 1950s); Saber with prize cow, ca. 1930s; and harvesting berries, 1940s. 1904 1924 1932 1990 � 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 P1615 Title A name given to the resource Claire Selkurt papers, 1848-2000 Description An account of the resource 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. Location: 13/B/1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848-2000 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Selkurt, Claire Elaine Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes) Subject The topic of the resource 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 The nature or genre of the resource Catalogs Photographs Clippings Manuscripts