Wester Union birthday wish from Ella and Karl Rølvaag to Ole Rølvaag, circa 1930 April 22
- Title
- Wester Union birthday wish from Ella and Karl Rølvaag to Ole Rølvaag, circa 1930 April 22
- Identifier
- p0584_08829
- Date
- circa 1930 April 22
- Description
- Western Union birthday wish from Ella and Karl Rolvaag to their dad, Ole Rolvaag.
- 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.
- Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (1913 July 18–1990 December 20) recieved his BA from St. Olaf College and MA from the University of Minnesota in 1946. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of captain, and earning a Silver Star and Purple Heart for his service. After the war, he was an American Scandinavian Foundation Scholar at the University of Oslo where he received an law degree.
- Karl Rolvaag served as the 31st Governor of Minnesota from 1963 to 1967, as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party. After his tenure, he was appointed Ambassador to Iceland (1967-1969) by President Lyndon Johnson and was elected to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. He was the son of Ole E. Rolvaag and Jennie Berdahl Rolvaag.
- 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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Citation
Rolvaag, Karl F., 1913-1990 and Tweet, Ella Valborg, 1910-2003, “Wester Union birthday wish from Ella and Karl Rølvaag to Ole Rølvaag, circa 1930 April 22,” Digital Collections, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/8071.