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Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010
- Title
- Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010
- Identifier
- P0683
- Date
- 1839-2010
- Description
- From the Knut Gjerset papers on women and Norwegian American Encyclopedia.
Letters and other writings regarding Wilhelm and Elise Waerenskjold. A pastor's daughter, Elise lead a party emigrating to Texas between October 1846 and March 1847. The Waerenskjolds married in 1848, settling at Four Mile Prairie. Her letters and other writings serve as a primary source of information about the Norwegians who settled in Texas.
Also includes:
- Photocopies of letters from Elise Waerenskjold to Oscar Reierson, 1883, 1890
- Books edited by Charles H. Russell
- Light on the Prairie: New Writings of Elise Wærenskjold (Houston, TX: Shining Brightly Books, 2010)
- Undaunted A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2006).
- Extent
- 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)
- Language
- Norwegian
- English
- Type
- Correspondence
- Photocopies
- Books
- Research
Collection
Citation
Wærenskjold, Elise Amalie Tvede, 1815-1895, Russell, Charles H., and Gjerset, Knut, 1865-1936, “Elise Wærenskjold papers, 1839-2010,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12492.