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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/. Description An account of the resource Translation: Sioux Falls, Nov. 30th 1924 Dear children and grandchildren, Your letter and the book “The Land-Taking” has been received and read. Great thanks for the book. Oh yes, I know that Per Hansa and that Beret from the first year out here, many women stared until they were sick at this strange wilderness that they believed could never be inhabited, but this nesting did not last so long. Will get more about that Sörine and that Kjersti in the other part of the book. James is reading it now and says that it is very interesting. It should also be more entertaining for the younger relatives and for us who have taken our part with that Per Hansa, that Hans Olsa, and Tönseten. I should believe that this book will get raving sales in Norway. Here it will be too expensive; that’s one thing, and also that so many of our younger relatives cannot be bothered to read Norwegian. I hope, then, that you get a little compensation for the great work. I had decided to write you a letter on Thanksgiving, but then something got in the way. There are many things I am thinking of writing about, but when all is said and done it won’t be anything. There were a couple of sick people I was going to visit, and then the day went by. The one was old Ole Berdahl as an automobile driver drove by and disfigured him largely. The one leg was somewhat twisted and he got scratches on his head. But now after some 3 weeks’ time he is such that he is walking across the floor. But he has not been out yet. It is only with the greatest vigilance that a pedestrian can come unscathed straight across the road. Near Martha’s home a Mrs. Rogness was run over and killed a week ago. She belonged to our congregation. Now for two to three days I have struggled with a strong cold. Yesterday I had to stop at the office at dinner and it was hard for me to go home. Since I have mostly been in bed until this afternoon I feel well enough again, so I am hoping to be all good again tomorrow. This evening we have a church service here in the church right by us, so I am thinking to go there. I don’t remember when I have managed to drop a church service because of sickness, but today I didn’t dare go out. Have just this morning heard from Minneapolis that Martha Thompson’s baby died yesterday, and that Martha is very poorly herself. You all have well heard that her father and mother are up there at their place. It seems to be smallpox. The mother is quarantined with them, but Herman is at Prof. Hel’s place. With a heartfelt greeting from Grandfather [Along the side] Just heard that Martha has written to Jennie today, so I won’t say any more this time. 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Berdahl, Anders J., 1848-1940 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 November 30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - the United States <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a><a class="in-cell-link" target="_blank" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a> 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Letters (correspondence) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context p0584_08401 p0584_08402 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. P0584 O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Andrew Berdahl Correspondence) O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584) Subject The topic of the resource Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931. I de dage-- (Fortælling om norske nykommere i Amerika) Title A name given to the resource Letter from Andrew Berdahl to the Ole Rølvaag family, 1924 November 30 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