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 P1154 Title A name given to the resource Hans Christofferson Tollefsrude diary, 1851-1856 Description An account of the resource A handwritten Dagbog, two Xerox copies and a translation of the diary about a journey to California from Rock County, Wisconsin, via New York and Panama. The diary gives information about digging for gold in California and general conditions there as well as the final disillusionment in the search for quick riches by the Norwegian-born writer. Tollefsrude had emigrated from Torpen, Nordre Land, 1844, and was one of the early settlers in the Rock Prairie, Wisconsin, settlement. A letter from C.H. Tollefsrude, Rolfe, Iowa, found in the D.G. Ristad Papers in the NAHA Archives reads: "Father's California Diary or Dagbog was kept from December, 1851, to October, 1856, covering the time of his absence from home. Upon his death May 17, 1903, the Dagbog came into my possession, but December 31, 1925, it was lost in a fire which at that time destroyed my home there. It was written in Norske.." Subject The topic of the resource Hustvedt, Ester Synstelien, Olava Tollefsrud Rock County (Wis.) Tollefsrude, Hans Christofferson Monson, John C. Tollefsrude, Christian H. Tollefsrud, Hovel Johnson, Ole Eide Type The nature or genre of the resource Diaries Photocopies Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tollefsrude, Hans Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851-1856 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 3 folders