Malcolm Rosholt papers, 1902-1990

Biography/History: 
Malcolm Rosholt was a journalist in pre-WWII China, an intelligence officer for the Flying Tigers, and the author of works on lumbering, railroads, and pioneer times, focused on central Wisconsin.

Scope and Content: 
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, family history material of a former foreign correspondent (Asia) and freelance writer, in recent years best known as an expert on the local history of central Wisconsin, especially the Norwegian settlements described by Thor Helgesen as "Indianeres land," which encompass sites such as Stevens Point, Iola, and Scandinavia. A translation of J. W. C. Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter"; a history of St. Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; a serial in the "Iola Herald" (1965-1970) entitled "From the Indian Land" (based on Helgesen's "Fra Indianernes lande" (1915), on plat books, and town, school, and church records) that relates the history of Norwegian settlements in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; cassettes containing interviews, mainly about the late author O. A. Buslett; "A Photo Album of the Past"; and biographical information about Rosholt himself and about his earlier family members who gave Rosholt, Wisconsin, its name.