John Ellingsen Papers (P0081)
- Title
- John Ellingsen Papers (P0081)
- Identifier
- P0081
- Description
- Correspondence and articles of a Norwegian-born (Stavanger, emigrated 1883) farmer and mason, Platte, South Dakota, which discuss local church life, the snowstorm of 1888, the depression in the 1890s, and World War I. References are made to Sven Oftedal, Theodor S. Reimestad, and Georg Sverdrup. Includes clippings of articles by son, Elling Ellingsen, about "some of the experiences my father had in the terrible blizzard of Jan. 12, 1888" (1960).
The catalog record to the John Ellingsen papers can be found online here.
