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Cleng Peerson papers, 1824-1994
- Title
- Cleng Peerson papers, 1824-1994
- Identifier
- P0308
- Date
- 1824-1994
- Creator
- Peerson, Cleng, 1782-1865
- Description
- Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, pictures, and a biography concerning a Norwegian-American pathfinder. The papers include copies and transcripts of Peerson letters, an emigration paper, 1838 indenture, LaSalle Co.,; petition & private act for Telief (1855), and Texas warranty deeds which Peerson signed as a witness, a biography by Rasmus B. Anderson, an article by Theodore C. Blegen, and pamphlets concerning the Bishop Hill colony. Peerson, the founder of the first Norwegian settlements in New York, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, spent his last years in Texas, and was buried there in Bosque County.
Contents:
Box 1- Clippings
- Pamphlets, Bishop Hill Colony
- Biography in Fiction by Ruth B. Haugen, undated
- Script, “Harvest of Stars,” by Hal Steck,1948
- Correspondence, documents, and pictures
- Erik Friis Translation of Alfred Hauge, undated
- Television Series, script from the Norwegian Cultural Tours
- Carrol T. Juven. “The Cleng Peerson Story,” written in a biographical trilogy by the Norwegian author, Alfred Hauge
- Digital Collections:
- Extent
- 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
- Language
- Norwegian
- English
- Subject
- Hauge, Alfred
- Rosdail, J. Hart
- Friis, Erik J.
- Bishop Hill Heritage Association
- Texas
- Cleng Pearson Memorial Institute
- Preece, Harold
- Peterson, O. M.
- Richardson, T. C.
- Skiftun, Tor
- Wickman, Sven
- Havighurst, Marion
- Havighurst, Walter, 1901-1994
- Haugen, Ruth B.
- Steck, Hal
- Bishop Hill Colony
- Peerson, Cleng, 1782-1865
- Illinois
- Rights
- Rights undetermined
- Type
- Correspondence
- Clippings
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
Citation
Peerson, Cleng, 1782-1865, “Cleng Peerson papers, 1824-1994,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 19, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9950.