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Letter from Birger Osland to Ole Rølvaag, 1927 February 11
- Title
- Letter from Birger Osland to Ole Rølvaag, 1927 February 11
- Identifier
- p0584_02153
- Date
- 1927 February 11
- Creator
- Osland, Birger, 1870-1963
- Description
- Birger Osland's letter to Ole Rolvaag.
- Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian-American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
- Birger Osland was a Norwegian-born Chicago investment banker, philanthropist, and author. He was an official in various enterprises of Charles H. Wacker (1893-1911); founder and president of Birger Osland and Company, investment bankers (1911-1940); general western manager of the Norwegian America Steamship Line (1911-1923) and for many years a member of its board of representatives. He also served as secretary-treasurer of Lake Otis Groves, Inc.; director of the Scandinavian Trust Company of New York until its merger with New York Trust Company; and vice president of Chicago Security Dealers Association.
- From 1917 to 1919 Osland was an attaché with rank of major in the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army, stationed in Christiania (now Oslo), and also a member of the U.S. Food Administration, Copenhagen. He was a trustee of the Century of Progress Exposition; member of the Norwegian-American World's Fair Auxiliary Committee; treasurer of NAHA for 25 years; director and also president of the Norwegian-American Hospital; and national treasurer of Norwegian Relief, Inc., during World War II.
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Contributor
- Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931
- Rights
- In Copyright
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- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Dublin Core
Collection
Citation
Osland, Birger, 1870-1963, “Letter from Birger Osland to Ole Rølvaag, 1927 February 11,” Digital Collections, accessed September 26, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/3655.