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          <name>Identifier</name>
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              <text>Norsk Leseforening reports, 1898-1982</text>
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              <text>&lt;span&gt;Records of a women's reading club in Chicago, founded in 1898 to foster continued interest in the literature of Scandinavia and particularly of Norway. At bi-weekly meetings, the members reviewed and read aloud parts of books which were being discussed. In addition, the club was often engaged in charitable enterprises with financial gifts to the Norwegian homes for the aged in the area and to the Chicago Day Nursery. Includes correspondence, letters to and from members, typically either Christmas letters or acknowledgements of donations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Correspondence
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Letters to and from members, typically either Christmas letters or acknowledgements of donations. 1978-1982&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By-laws and history. 4 photographs, Yearly reports, newspaper clippings, members lists, correspondence, and written histories of the organization. 1898-1952&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Raportbok, 1943-1948&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Account Book. 1914-1923, 1927-1940 , 1941-1982&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Secratarial Records. 1931-1936, 1937-1940, 1945-1948, 1955-1959, 1959-1963&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reading and book circulation record, 1949-1982&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 gavel; microfilm reel; Leif Erikson memorial medal and certificate. 1900-1982&lt;/li&gt;
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              <text> Norsk Leseforening</text>
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              <text>0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)</text>
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              <text>This collection is open to research.</text>
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