Biography/History:
Cornelia C. Bjorlee was born in Kensett, Iowa, and in 1911 studied music in Vienna, Austria, under Otokar Sevcik until 1914. At the outbreak of World War I, Cornelia returned to the U.S. and continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music from 1915 to 1916. Cornelia married Ignatius Bjorlee, who graduated from St. Olaf College in 1909. She helped her husband with his work at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, Maryland. The couple retired to their farm in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He passed away in 1968, and she moved to Northfield, Minnesota, in 1978.

Scope and Content:
Correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and photographs that document the life of Cornelia C. Bjorlee.

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