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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Oliver Olsen diary, 1870-1872]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/catalog/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rock+Island+%28Ill.%29">Rock Island (Ill.)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Copy of a journal kept by a 19-year-old Norwegian resident of Rock Island, Illinois. Because there was little work to be had, Olsen spent his time reading law and studying German. Occasionally he worked as a carpenter, but finally he became a clerk in a law office. An 1876 Rock Island Directory lists him as a lawyer in the city. In 1890 he described himself as &quot;...an ordinary country lawyer...a bachelor of forty, without family, fame or fortune.&quot;<br />
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The papers also include genealogical information (p. 74 - 76) and the constitution for a literary society of which he was a member.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/catalog/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Olsen%2C+Oliver">Olsen, Oliver</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1870-1872]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[This collection is open to research.]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1 folder]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Diaries]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[ Photocopies]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[P1265]]></dcterms:identifier>
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