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Signe M. Marton correspondence, 1890-2008
- Title
- Signe M. Marton correspondence, 1890-2008
- Identifier
- NAHA 2020/051
- Date
- 1890-2008
- Description
- Various correspondence to Signe M. Marton of Bloomington, Illinois. Much of the correspondence is with family in Norway.
Clausen emigrated from Norway in1923, and settled in Illinois. Her brother, Morton, served as Editor andPublisher for the Hamilton Press in Hamilton, Illinois. In 1971, Clausenvisited Norway (transcribed letters included) for the first time in 48 years.Scanned photographs saved to CD and printed. Added January 25, 2010:40+ letters exchanged with family members in Norway (1971-1984). 13specific folders. File 6 (Alden W. Clausen, President of Bank of America).Folder 8 includes postcards: Somers, Montana; boat excursion at FlatheadLake, Montana; winter logging with sled; exterior and interior postcards ofNorwegian Lutheran Church, Somers, Montana. File 11: postcards: GreatNorthern Railroad over Flathead River at Coram, Montana; Christmas;Thanksgiving; Hudson River from West Point Battery; Boating by Moonlighton the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana; Mauritania Cunard Liner;romantic; Statue of Liberty; winter scenery; Daughters and Sons of NorwayHall, Seattle, Washington; Rapid City, South Dakota American Legion paradeheld in Omaha, Nebraska (Bison pulling float); real photos of familymembers: man standing with fishing pole and 22 fish. Added Sept. 15,2015: Marton, Signe Clausen and Patricia Marton, ed. A Journey to aBeloved Country (2015, Received electronically and subsequently printed).Excerpted letters written during the summer of 1971 while revisitingNorway for the first time since emigrating in 1923 from Bø, Nordland, Norway. - Extent
- 2 folders
Collection
Citation
“Signe M. Marton correspondence, 1890-2008,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12027.