Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)]]> Recipes]]> Katarina Thorwaldsen (born 1877 in Sandsvaer, Norway; died 1954 in Brooklyn, NY) emigrated from Norway in 1911 and settled in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, Theodore Thorwaldsen (born 1875 in Tonsberg, Norway; died 1969 in Brooklyn, NY) a ship captain, who had emigrated from Norway two years earlier. Katarina traveled to the United States with her young daughters, Esther and Eldrid.

Includes:

• Handwritten recipes and other handwritten material all in Norwegian. 8 notebooks dated 1892-1896. 
• Sample of knitting and sewing
• Clippings
• Book titled, “Norge I Vare Hjerter” by Nordahl Grieg published in 1929.
  • Affixed to the inside cover of this book is a handwritten letter in Norwegian, dated Julen 1942, signed by Haakon VII of Norway.

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