Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archival Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0792 Title A name given to the resource Karl Siewers papers, 1868-1992 Description An account of the resource <span>Expedition from Christiana printed in commemoration of the 100th anniversary, Alfred Collett Siewers, born July, 1871, by Karl Siewers. 3 mimeographed copies; a collection of translated letters, biographical data, photographs, facsimiles. Letters center around Lyder Siewers and his wife Thrine Brandt Siewers who came in 1868 to Decorah, Iowa where he taught at Luther College (1863 - 1877) and was later an editor at Decorah-Posten (1877 - 1907). Mrs. Siewers made three trips to Norway and died there in 1908. A sister, Adda Siewers, accompanied the pair to Decorah. The trio moved to a farm beside a spring outside Decorah. The farm was later owned by members of the Hjelle family, relatives in the Brandt line. The spring is called Siewers Spring, and is the location of an Iowa State Fish Hatchery.</span><br /><br /><span>Includes:</span><br /> <ul> <li>3 copies of "Expedition from Christiania" printed in commemoration of the 100th anniversary, Alfred Collett Siewers, born July, 1871, by Karl Siewers; a sequel to "Expedition from Christiana' which contains brief 1992 reviews of the Siewer and Brandt families as well as miscellaneous letters, documents, and information that were not included in 'Expedition'; Harold Haarfagre Chart, thirty-eight generations of a Norwegian family (including eleven generations of the Siewers family); "Far Flung Norwegian Families: Siewers/Brandt, volume II: The Past" by Karl Siewers, 1992. 154 p.</li> <li><span>Items used at the Chicago Sesquicentennial Exhibit; Harold Haarfagre Chart: thirty-eight generations of a Norwegian family (including eleven generations of the Siewers family); photocopies of title pages of books owned by Lyder Siewers, and information about Alfred Collett (1840 - 1870) who was a close friend.</span></li> </ul> Location: 9/A/3 Subject The topic of the resource Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Siewers, Karl Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Siewers, Karl Extent The size or duration of the resource. 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)