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(Ole Edvart), 1876-1931 Description An account of the resource <div class="element-text"> 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 Giants in the Earth (1927) and Peder Victorious (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. <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>. Funding: 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. 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_10345 p0584_10346 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: Dear mom! I am sitting and writing in the summer house. A robin has built a nest here, and is a little used to me. Tomorrow I am going to travel to Decorah, but do not want to in the least. I have worked hard all week. Miss Solum was here Monday and Tuesday, we are not yet totally finished; but luckily she is not coming again before next week. Yesterday I got the ¾ from Ms. Afsted to Norway. Had to read through everything first, and that took a long time. Yesterday evening Mrs. E had the company of all the Fellands; she wanted Tulla to help, and then we were also invited. I went to Dr. Berg- he has a new, good radio- and listened to the democrats nominate Schmidt. Had to stop on the way many times. Health is everything but good. Sat there until half past eleven and took a taxi home. This week I have not written a single letter. Don’t have time. Not for you either! Tulla is especially clever. Stay as long as you think you would like. Fritjof has taken his old newspaper route again as of a couple of weeks ago. Today he has gone to town and looked for shoes. He has painted the garage and learned Norwegian well; it’s late for him, but he will get something done. Today it is sunny and wonderful weather. But it has been dark and bitter lately. We have gone out and driven twice, and one day I was down in town with the Ford. Ziesmer finally wanted to loan it again, and now it has stood in the window for two evenings, fine and newly polished so that it shines; he will bring it up today again, and then we will go out driving tonight. None of the children have tried it yet. Otherwise I have nothing to write to you. In the letters people are begging for help, it is either lectures, or help reading books, and looking through manuscripts. I’ll let the letters lay unanswered for a while. Now it is close to dinnertime. I doubt you will get more letters from me on this trip. We are having a good time- if only I was healthier! Today there is a letter from Professor Morisson, who finally wants me to join in August. Frede Faate writes that he finally wants to come up and visit me this summer. He is a fine man that you would like. Your old man- Ole 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 1928 June 27 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, 1928 June 27 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