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(Ole Edvart), 1876-1931 Description An account of the resource <div class="element-text"> <p><span style="font-family:'-apple-system', BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Ole Edvart Rølvaag was born on April 22, 1876, in Dønna, Norway, and immigrated to the United States in 1896, working as a farmhand in South Dakota before earning a B.A. and M.A. from St. Olaf College, with studies at the University of Christiania in between. From 1906 to 1931, he taught Norwegian language and literature at St. Olaf and wrote novels, essays, and poems depicting the Norwegian-American immigrant experience, including the acclaimed </span><em style="font-family:'-apple-system', BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Giants in the Earth</em><span style="font-family:'-apple-system', BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> (1927) and </span><em style="font-family:'-apple-system', BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Peder Victorious</em><span style="font-family:'-apple-system', BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> (1929). He helped preserve Norwegian-American culture by co-founding the Society for Norwegian Language and Culture and the Norwegian-American Historical Association, and in 1926 he was knighted by King Haakon VII of Norway.</span></p> <div class="flex flex-col text-sm pb-25"> <div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)"> <div class="[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn"> <div class="z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start"></div> <div class="mt-3 w-full empty:hidden"> <div class="text-center"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0"></div> </div> The catalog record for the O.E. Rølvaag Papers can be found online <a href="https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11038" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. <p><b>Funding:</b></p> <p><span>Funding to digitize a portion of the O.E. Rølvaag papers 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.</span></p> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 p0584_00584 p0584_00585 p0584_00586 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. P0584 O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Lincoln Colcord Correspondence) O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926 March 17 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - the United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Letters (correspondence) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931 Description An account of the resource Lincoln Ross Colcord (August 14, 1883 – November 16, 1947) was an American journalist and author of short fiction. He wrote for a number of American newspapers and magazines beginning in 1908, and throughout the Woodrow Wilson presidency (1913–1921). Colcord helped translate Giants in the Earth. 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. Lincoln Colcord's letter to Ole Rølvaag. <br /><strong>Transcription:</strong><br /><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Wednesday – </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Dear Rølvaag : – </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Saxton is right, of course, it is a business matter, and that is the way it’s run. In fact, your books </span><span style="font-weight:400;">could not</span><span style="font-weight:400;"> be published any sooner, as the publishing business is at present organized – so there you are. I am rather glad, in a way, for it will give plenty of time for everything – I presume you will have to pay attention to the translation of the second volume for the first part of the summer; no stone must be left unturned to harm that done by the first of July – Thus you will be reasonably free. I don't see why you cannot take a vacation in August, and have your proofs come to the camp in the north woods. But that is your business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Your letter about vision of war touched me deeply. I am glad you saw what I tried to put in it. It was written in the winter of 1914-15, in a spirit of revolt against our unpolitical analysis of the European wars – that was while we still held ourselves to be neutral – Curiously enough, it was received almost with acclaim, for a short while – but the growth of the war spirit here and the swift progres of events, soon swamped it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">My life, I suppose, has only been tragic because I have made it so. I appreciate all that you say, good friend – and really, I am trying my very best. I have no doubt of my powers – but life has neither knocked the wind out of me – you see me at a bad ?,</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">but it will be better pretty soon. I am writing every day and all day ? a resource which I am trying to finish before the summer, but it goes slowly. I feel as if I were carrying heavy stones up a mountain side – I am lonely and homesick – and I need a woman beside me – The woman is ready, but I cannot swing the deal financially. That worries me terribly, too. – and there is my daughter, who is also homesick and unhappy. A girl is terribly lost without a mother – My own mother and sister are so cold! Without emotions, they do not understand. It’s all wrong, somehow. My daughter is the very breath of life to me, and I have ?</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">saddened and hurt this winter beyond expression – and I haven’t the strength of practical ?</span> <span style="font-weight:400;">to solve the situation! These are the things I think about all the time – </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now I must get to work. Be sure and write me any work you have of the translation – </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yours, </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Colcord</span></p> <br /> Title A name given to the resource Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag, 1926 March 17 Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. [Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota. Text