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Olav K. Lundeberg papers, circa 1920-circa 2000

Title
Olav K. Lundeberg papers, circa 1920-circa 2000
Identifier
P1670
Date
circa 1920-circa 2000
Description
Born at Kenyon, Minn., son of the Rev. K.O. Lundeberg (see his Papers, p1371), Lundeberg graduated from St. Olaf College in 1916, served in an Army medic and translator in France during World War I, earned graduate degrees (1923,1928) at the University of Minnesota. He taught Romance languages at Wittenberg College, the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota, and from 1931 until his death at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. "One of his outstanding achievements at Duke was the founding of the Summer School of Spanish Studies in 1942" In addition to his scholarly writings and texts, he wrote two novels published by Augsburg Publishing House: The enchanted valley (1937) and The Story of Aino: a tale of Finland in America (1941). He also wrote many poems. The papers were donated by his son, Dr. Philip K. B. Lundeberg, 200-2001

Box 1:
Folder 1: Academics, including his wife Vivian J. (Boraas) Lundeberg; folder 2: Photos, family history (two cabinet cards of Erika Nissen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson); folder 3: Correspondence, including letters from F.M. Christiansen & O.E. Rolvaag; folder 4: University of Michigan, 1919-1920; folder 5: M.A. thesis, Univ. of Minn., 1923. "Charles Colle's "La partie de la chasse de Henri IV and the evolution of its theme. 44 p. typescript; folder 6: Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Minn., 1927. "The life and works of Charles Colle, 1709-83. 300 p. typescript.; folder 8: Miscellaneous writings. Article, "Grandmother [Mari Groven, b. 1845] sang for Ole Bull" (Lutheran Herald, Dec. 1926, pp. 1147-48, 1168-70); Notes for 1940 speech: 75th anniversary of Gol church; Notebook: notes on B.J. Muus; notebook: 1946 Minnesota trip; notebook: "Idearium, esquisses, projects, etc., 1941-" 1916 1946; “Holden” Parish. Includes tentative outline and six chapters of an unfinished work, plus two related chapters on Rev. B.J. Muus and Goodhue County, Minnesota.

Box 2:
1 folder Correspondence, World War I; discharge papers; 1 vol. Memoirs of France and the 88th Division, by E.J.D. Larson. Minneapolis, 1920. 173 p.; 1 vol. Photographs, World War I; 1 vol. The Enchanted Valley (1937), and scrapbook of reviews and correspondence; 1 vol. The Story of Aino (1941), and scrapbook of reviews and correspondence; 1 folder MSS: "There is a season." (title from original folder). Includes several photos found in scrapbook.

Box 3:
1 folder MSS: Book I, The Old World; Book 2, The New World. (title from folder); 1 folder Duke University School of Spanish Studies, 1942-48. Catalogs, photos; 1 folder 8 vols. Scholarly articles, texts (list at beginning); Donated by his son, Dr. Philip K.B. Lundeberg, 2000-2001. See papers of his father, Olav K. Lundeberg; his grandfathers, Knut O. Lundeberg and Julius Boraas; his uncle Karl Lundeberg; and his son Philip Lundeberg. See the last for relevant correspondence. 1942 1948

Box 4:
Poems (Mainly typescript). Include St. Olaf College calendars, 1916-18 (1916 and 1918 have poems of O.K.L.); Six sonnets of the Midi by Woodhill (pseudo.), privately published, 1 vol.; "Reverie in dusk's interim," text by O.K.L., music by Elfrieda Lundeberg Farseth (sheet music), article by Eyvind J. Evans published in Minnesota Posten.; added Nov. 8, 2012: photocopied clipping from the Minnesota Posten regarding Olav K. Lundeberg’s World War I wartime poetry, c. 1918. 1918 1940;Short stories manuscripts. Added Nov. 8, 2012: "Old Leaves," "Uncle Clint," "Andalusian Interlude," "Exemplary Novel," "Become Dear to Thee," "The Love of the Maid Maryna," "Woodcutters' Colloquy," and "Johann Bojer: Don Juan Before the Heavenly Judgment Seat" (translated from the Norwegian). Additionally, retrospectives of his wartime experiences in France: "The Tooth," "Bread Upon the Waters," and "Farewell to Arms at Semur,"; Novels (manuscripts). Added Nov. 8, 2012: "Rustic Sonata" and "Jennie Wade", the latter Lundeberg planned to publish as "Death and the Maiden", in the genre of an historical novel, based on wide-ranging research.;Miscellaneous (collected notes and clippings for future writing projects). Added Nov. 8, 2012: Includes notes on World War I experiences; clippings regarding Northfield, Minn., Civil War veteran, Henry Pryor; Doughboy letter from Fay Slocker, Longford, Kansas (dated Aug. 14, 1925); pamphlet "Bremo," a home designed by Thomas Jefferson for General John Hartwell Cocke; and an obituary (Feb. 23, 1936), Maj. W.T. Redmond, civil War veteran; added Jan. 8, 2013: manuscript, “The Enchanted Farmstead”; photocopied article, “Mosby’s Men Thundered Through Upperville” (The South Atlantic Quarterly, July 1937); and “What is Ceceo? Inquiry and Proposal” (reprinted from Hispania, Aug. 1947).; Correspondence with publishers.
Extent
1.6 cubic feet (4archives boxes)
Type
Correspondence
Manuscripts

Citation

Lundeberg, Olav K., 1893-1948, “Olav K. Lundeberg papers, circa 1920-circa 2000,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12212.