Letter from Theodore Jorgenson to Ole Rølvaag, 1923 April 12
- Title
- Letter from Theodore Jorgenson to Ole Rølvaag, 1923 April 12
- Identifier
- p0584_07321
- Date
- 1923 April 12
- Creator
- Jorgenson, Theodore, 1894-1971
- Description
- 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.
- Theodore Jorgenson's letter to Ole Rølvaag.
- Theodore Jorgenson was a Norwegian-born professor of Norwegian at St. Olaf College. Jorgenson immigrated in 1911 and was a member of the St. Olaf College faculty (1925-1966). Among his many publications he was author of "History of Norwegian Literature," "Norway's Relation to Scandinavian Unionism, Ole Edvart Rølvaag: A Biography" (with Nora O. Solum), "Henrik Ibsen: A Study in Art and Personality," "Norwegian-English School Dictionary." He was the Democratic Farmer-Labor nominee for the United States Senate in 1946. The Theodore Jorgenson Papers (P0716 ) are housed at NAHA.
- 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.
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Jorgenson, Theodore, 1894-1971 , “Letter from Theodore Jorgenson to Ole Rølvaag, 1923 April 12,” Digital Collections, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/4702.