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The Promise of America exhibition papers, 1983-1986
- Title
- The Promise of America exhibition papers, 1983-1986
- Identifier
- P1657
- Date
- 1983-1986
- Description
- Correspondence, clippings, brochures, etc. about an exhibition held in connection with the publication of Odd Lovoll's The promise of America, first at the Sonja Henie/Nils Onstad Art Center at Hovikodden June 23-Sept. 16, 1984, and later at the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn., June 22, 1985-June 1, 1986.; Includes also a prospectus for a proposed voyage of the Hardanger yacht "Anna Kristina" to a number of American cities, and special issues of "Samtiden:Tidsskrift for Politikk, Litteratur og Samfunnssporsmaal" (v. 93 no. 3, 1984) and "Prisma-Nytt" (no. 9, Summer 1984).
Also program and report of the Norwegian-American Seminar I held at Hovikodden June 26-30, 1984, proceedings of which were published in 1986 as Essays on Norwegian-American Literature and History, edited by Dorothy Burton Skaardal and Ingeborg Konglien.; The "Samtiden" issue has articles by John R. Jenswold, Hans Fredrik Dahl, Nils Johan Ringdahl, Terje I. Leiren, Kjetil Flatin, Ingeborg R. Kongslien, Caecilie Stang. Among subjects treated are Thorstein Veblen, Hans Tambs Lyche, Naakon Nyhuus. - Location: 13/C/2
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Subject
- Lovoll, Odd S., 1934-
- Type
- Clippings
- Correspondence
Collection
Citation
“The Promise of America exhibition papers, 1983-1986,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10938.