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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/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923 September 14 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - the United States <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">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_11489 p0584_11490 p0584_11491 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) Language A language of the resource Norwegian Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rølvaag, Jennie Marie Berdahl Description An account of the resource 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. Translation: (Half past 5 o’clock Friday evening) Sept. 14, 1923 I have just thrown out doing work and set grain to soak. Am going to have grain porridge tonight. But I believe it was far too early to make supper yet; therefore I will now write this here over. Today I haven’t gotten much literary work done. The news from the village is that today is Halvor’s birthday; I found out this morning when I was out after milk. And then I also got an invitation to a big dinner. I thought it was awkward not to have the least to give him. So I opened the suitcase, took one of my new bow ties, wrapped it tightly, and wrote the following verse: “Halvor, Halvor, you handsome neighbor, I bid you a greeting today “on the day”! Come here with your fist, it is known well that your heart beats with the right punch! Halvor, Halvor, you are now the boy! Stand with the rifle and swift with his hand! And good on his feet through the forest, you have an eye like no other! And the heart, Halvor, it is a gold nugget Our Lord himself has rightly made it! Of everything you can do and of everything you own your heart is then the very best!” Both he and his wife came to tears, I think. And she came with her regular: “You Rølvaag, you Rølvaag!” Wasn’t this nicely done of me? Their ? were there as well. As an entre, we had Patrick-soup, so cooked “Patricks” with beaten potatoes and sauce; cucumber pickles, red beets, bread, butter, coffee, apple pie and watermelons. I just think it was too bad that I didn’t have room for more. He wanted us to go out and look around for large ? in the afternoon and insisted that I had to come with. But then it began to get dark and a little rainy, and so we couldn’t. Instead we traveled to Big Ole to fish. It’s the first time I have had a hook in the water there since you left! But the weather was much too cold and bitter. He got a little black bass. Then we soon prevailed on land. They wanted to have me stop for coffee, but I said no thank you and walked home. The wind was blowing from the southwest, and I soon got to work getting the covers on the wall. Now I am finished with that and have adjusted the windows a little bit. And now it looks lovely. I got one chapter written in the forenoon. And this evening I am going to take it up again. Have something difficult to achieve: about a childbirth on the Dakota Prairie in the winter of ‘73; and then a home-baptism of the child. Good theme, all right, but difficult to address for our prudish puritans. It reminds me of your latest pieces of information: If the filing office was at Vermillion, how could they file? Grandpa has never told me that they came near Vermillion? And they were not all there those who took land! Now, this is just the paints: <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Did a man have to appear in person in order to file, or could friends or relatives do it for him? Part of my plot hinges on this one thing.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Does Grandpa know of cases where people settled first and filed afterwards? After I get this straight, I don’t think I shall need him before I get to Sioux Falls.</li> </ol>Grandfather is doing me an unbelievably large favor with this work, him and then my own experience up here in the wilderness. I could barely have written this well if I had not gotten such a beautiful, intimate glimpse of the pioneer life itself. It is destiny that has been out here again, you see! This work will not be unlike all my other books. But I think I will do it well. Would the elderly just read it! On their places here I have found it completely vivid. Slept well in the clothes you sent. They are remarkable! Yes, you are an exceptional, clever, and lovely wife! Today I have the socks on; you can be sure that it feels good in this cold weather. As long as my feet are warm, I don’t freeze on any other part of my body either. Now you have to tell me about how it’s going at home. Does Ida seem to be satisfied with you all? And is grandfather at peace? Everyone else I don’t care that much about what they think. If you realize that 25 dollars is too little, we must of course get more! We cannot become sellers yet. And finally talk to Ida and see if she is satisfied. It is better to talk about things. No, now I truly have to go cook! But this evening I am not washing cups. Haven’t drunk a whole bottle of your brew yet; but it is remarkably good. With many sweet pats and kisses all over! Your boy Ole Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1923 September 14 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