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Ole Olsen and Ellen Kravik Løkensgaard diaries, 1878-1997
- Title
- Ole Olsen and Ellen Kravik Løkensgaard diaries, 1878-1997
- Identifier
- P1675
- Date
- 1878-1997
- Description
- Diaries of Ole and his wife Ellen (Kravik) during their courtship and the early years of their marriage. Ole was born at Aal, Hallingdal, and emigrated in 1857 with his family to Rice county, Minn., later settling in Nicollet co., Ellen's parents emigrated from Sigdal and Flesberg in 1842-1843, married in 1845 in Koshkonong, where she was born in 1860. The couple met when he was a student at Luther Seminary and she at Monona Academy, both in Madison, WI. They married 1881 and Ole served churches at Granite Falls, Minn. They had five children, only two surviving infancy. After Ellen died in 1892, Ole remarried in 1894 and was president of the Lutheran Normal School at Madison, 1892-1906, editor of Lutheraneren 1908-1921.; 15 diaries are included, 5 by Ole (box 1), 10 by Ellen (box 2-3) . Notebooks and an autograph album of Ellen are included. Enlarged photocopies of the diaries are included. Solveig Zempel has translated the diaries; see her speech at the Koshkonong Prairie Historical Society, printed in the Autumn 2004 Prairie News (photocopy included). The diaries were given to NAHA by David Hardy. See also the Lokensgaard Family Papers, P963.
- Photocopies of the diary of Ellen Kravik Lokensgaard, 1885.
- Photocopies of the diary of Ellen Kravik Lokensgaard, 1887
- Photocopies of the diary of Ellen Kravik Lokensgaard, 1886.
- Miscellaneous. Includes autograph book belonging to Ellen Kravik; school notebook; diary entry, 1879; photocopies of diary entries: 1861, 1874. 1861-1880
- Photocopies of the diary belonging to Ellen Kravik: 1879 - 1883. 1879-1883
- General information on collection, undated
- Photocopies of diary belonging to Ole Olsen Lokensgaard: 1879-1880, 1883-1885, 1887. 1879-1887Photocopies of the diary of Ellen Kravik Lokensgaard, 1884.
- Extent
- 1.2 cubic feet (3 archives boxes)
- Subject
- Løkensgaard, Ole Olson
- Type
- Photocopies
- Diaries
Citation
Løkensgaard, Ole and Løkensgaard, Ellen, “Ole Olsen and Ellen Kravik Løkensgaard diaries, 1878-1997,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10952.