https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/c90f784cd61e76acf8840aa9c8c81463.jpg 3dbb7da98f6991770005e96e89409876 https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/1b0bc33be43ddf657c78d32e8f75a192.jpg 760668706fea7287aef30f3a189f48a8 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 O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0584 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rølvaag, O. E. (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_10348 p0584_10349 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. P0584 O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Jennie Berdahl Correspondence) O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931 Description An account of the resource Translation: <br /><p><span style="font-weight:400;">My dear girl!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now it is not carefree because I am not sulky. The letters from home have been much rarer recently. Fritjof has stopped writing. You have been especially great; Tulla just so-so. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">But life’s passage is just like that. Fritjof is quite a problem. His future is becoming everything but bright. It is not possible for us, either, to get gray hair over it. He is now grown up and gets to sail his own sea. It is easier said than done that this time there are 7,000,000 unemployed in the country.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">To let him begin at St. Olaf in the fall, I believe, is just to make life worse for him. He has not thrown himself into books and homework through the 4 years in high school. How will he be able to do when he comes into college? There, a long, large freedom is to reign. If he could work for a year’s time, I believe it would be best. Should the desire for books awake, it is not too late to begin at college. One thing is sure: I do not want to throw him without getting an unbreakable promise that he will take the spoon in another hand.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">For two days now I have struggled with translation. Everything I have wondered over is 12 pages. This seems to be about as bad as the first paragraph was good. This work is utterly killer; it takes both the power and the strength from a person. I never want to try to translate another book to English. If I write more, it can be in English.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Monday morning Mrs. N and Caroline and her two children are coming back. I have then my room and can get all the work done I need. Hope to go out and swim. I have not been in the sea more than one time. All the same I have gotten much good out of my swimsuit. If it is clear and warm in the morning, I put it on and go outside for at least half an hour’s time. This, I know, has not hurt me.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">The 4th of April they are selling a return ticket between Kansas City and Missouri, good for 15 days, for 58 dollars! It is possible there are points further north where this ticket can be bought from. Tomorrow I want to go down to the office and find out. If I see you can use the opportunity, I will telegraph you. But presumably this will not suit our plans.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Tomorrow I am sure to get a letter from home. They usually come Thursday and Friday. So far I have not heard more from Boe than that letter I sent you. Yes, yes, him about that!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Tragic that it would go like that for Rockne. His wife and children had not long left Newburger’s new house. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">No, now I will stop. Tonight I want to go to bed early.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Yours</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Ole</span></p> Jennie Marie Berdahl was born on June 1, 1879 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota to Andrew James and Karen Oline (Otterness) Berdahl. Jennie was born in a sod hut before South Dakota received statehood. She attended Augustana Academy in Canton, S.D. and was a county school teacher. Jennie Berdahl married Ole Rølvaag in 1908 and lived in Northfield, MN. Together they had four children: Olaf Arnljot (1909-1915) Ella Valborg Tweet (1910-2003) Karl Fritjof (1913-1990) Paul Gunnar (1915-1920). 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. Ole Rølvaag's letter to Jennie Rølvaag. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1931 April 2 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, Jennie Marie Berdahl Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1931 April 2 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