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Elizabeth Fedde papers, 1883-2000
- Title
- Elizabeth Fedde papers, 1883-2000
- Identifier
- P0801
- Date
- 1883-2000
- Creator
- Fedde, Elizabeth
- Description
- 40 typescript pages. "Memoirs of Sister Elizabeth," translated by P. J. Hertsgaard, is an account of a Norwegian-born deaconess who began her career at the Deaconess Home in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1873, and who came to New York in 1883, where she organized a deaconess program in connection with the Seaman's Mission Church in Brooklyn. Eventually she established deaconess hospitals in Brooklyn and in Minneapolis. This account covers briefly her career in Norway and only her two first years in the United States.
The file includes a photocopy of a 13-page typescript titled "The Long Journey of Deaconess Nursing in America" by an unknown author, and two articles in Norwegian, 61 and 23 pages, which discuss Deaconess work and its history in Norway. An account of Fedde's career by Beulah Folkedahl is in "Studies and Records," volume 20, 1959. Includes: Diary, 1958-1959 Original translation with B. Folkedahl's introduction as published in "Studies" volume 20 "Memories of Sister Elizabeth" by P.J. Hertsgaard translation, 1933 Clippings, correspondence, and deaconess history, 1883-2000 Sister Elizabeth Fedde's notes, undated Translation of autobiography by B. Folkedahl, 1958-1959 - Location: 9/A/4
- Extent
- 5 folders
- Subject
- Fedde, Elizabeth
- Deaconess Nursing
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Folkedahl, Beulah
- May, Karen
- Hertsgaard, Palmer J.
- Type
- Diaries
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Access Rights
- This collection is open to research.
Collection
Citation
Fedde, Elizabeth, “Elizabeth Fedde papers, 1883-2000,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11939.