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 P0126 Title A name given to the resource Knut Halverson diary, 1872-1879 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Halverson, Knut Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872-1879 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 3 folders Language A language of the resource Norwegian English Subject The topic of the resource Halverson, Knut Telemark (Firm : Poland) Iola (Wis.) Immigration & society Emigration and immigration Pioneer Portage County (Wis.) Halvorson Teslow, Hannah Rosholt, Malcolm Leviatt, 1907- Farm life Type The nature or genre of the resource Diaries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights undetermined. Description An account of the resource A kept by an immigrant from Telemark who came to Wisconsin in 1865. The file includes an edited translation with an introduction by Malcolm Rosholt, who published it in the "Iola Herald," Iola, Wisconsin (date unknown). Two volumes of a journal or diary kept by a 1865 emigrant from Telemark who settled in the "Indian Land [Native American]" in central Wisconsin, Portage County. The first volume covers May 1872-April 1878. The second volume covers 1890-1896, with occasional entries (not always chronological) through 1934 A letter (May 9, 1955) from a niece, Hannah Halvorson Teslow, gives information about the family. Malcolm Rosholt, who knew Halverson and gave the diaries, translated the first volume. Two versions of the translation, with introductions and notes, are included (55,56 p.). Most of the translation was published in the "Iola Herald" in spring 1970. Rosholt published an article, "A pioneer diary from Wisconsin," in "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 21 (1962), pp. 198-211. He says the diary "may be the most significant early document relating to Portage County, Wisconsin, in the Norwegian language" for the period, giving a "fairly comprehensive picture of pioneer farm life on the Wisconsin frontier." The second volume, which was discovered later, has not been translated except for a few pages. The surname is spelling variously; this is the one used in Rosholt's article. Location: 1/A/6