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 P0308 Title A name given to the resource Cleng Peerson papers, 1824-1994 Description An account of the resource 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. <strong><br /></strong>Contents:<br /><br />Box 1<br /> <ul> <li>Clippings</li> <li>Pamphlets, Bishop Hill Colony</li> <li>Biography in Fiction by Ruth B. Haugen, undated</li> <li>Script, “Harvest of Stars,” by Hal Steck,1948</li> <li>Correspondence, documents, and pictures</li> </ul> Box 2<br /> <ul> <li>Erik Friis Translation of Alfred Hauge, undated</li> <li>Television Series, script from the Norwegian Cultural Tours</li> <li>Carrol T. Juven. “The Cleng Peerson Story,” written in a biographical trilogy by the Norwegian author, Alfred Hauge</li> </ul> Digital Collections:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1mfXL">Cleng Peerson's chair, now in Clifton College, Texas. [Chair] made in 1854 or 1855</a></li> <li><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1uwA6">"Plowing and Sowing. Bishop Hill Colony," circa 1908</a></li> <li><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1rAtL">Bishop Hill Colony, Henry County, Illinois, circa 1908</a></li> <li><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2n1raiD">Cleng Peerson's dugout, undated</a></li> </ul> Location: 1/C/1-1/C/2 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peerson, Cleng, 1782-1865 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1824-1994 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights undetermined Extent The size or duration of the resource. 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Language A language of the resource Norwegian English Subject The topic of the resource 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Clippings Pamphlets Photographs