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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_11483 p0584_11484 p0584_11485 p0584_11486 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 Transcription: (Wednesday evening) Sept. 5, ‘23 Dear wife! Doubt if there are any trips to Marcell tomorrow, but I get to write some words anyway on the ?. Thank you for both the letter and apples! I shared the apples with Mrs. Halvor Oakland, and she was clearly touched about it. If you all have more than you can make use of, it would be exceedingly kind of you if you sent those to Mrs. Oakland’s a book together. But you all don’t very well have more than you can make use of. It was terribly boring the two days after you all left; but now I am used to it, and now it’s beginning to feel quite alright. And I am eating well. Don’t have much time to cook much. Haven’t cooked potatoes more than once since you all left. I am writing and painting. I have now painted on the porch, and you wouldn’t believe how beautiful it was after white paint came on all the “losings”. It looks exactly like a castle. I have spoiled two entire afternoons by painting here at home, and on at S.F., and it will take me one whole afternoon here at home; but then it turns out beautiful, you can believe. I am going to send you a letter from Boe, and one from Miss Forserte. You must finally write to Miss Forserte and Miss Solum; then I will avoid doing so. Do it at last- I was extremely happy about that letter from Boe. It seems like he misses me. Sat up last night and wrote 8 long pages to him in which I told him how a college should be led. I am sure that he will do as I say. Have also written a ? letter to Elviken. That is the ugliest letter I have written to anybody. Now I almost decided it. Am of course not so sure that he will not be around so much that he resigns. Good luck on the trip! I got a letter from Professor Erickson about a man he thought would buy our house. Do you still give me free hands to do as I will? If B. pays us rent by the 1st of September, it will be 8700 for the house. Have just written to B. that he will send you the money from now on. But now you have to get the following pieces of information from grandpa, and I should have these as well-answered possible. It is about the settlement itself. <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Where was the land office for the entire district between Sioux Falls and Brookings around 1873?</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">In 1873, had the government set down markers for each quarter? Or just for each section?</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">When a man was out and “filed” in the fall, what kind of marker did he set down on the quarter he had chosen? (I assume that he moved on the land when it was spring. Let him describe such a marker for you.)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;"></li> </ol>Had a long letter from porter Skogen about Miss Helgeman’s appearance in Superior. It was such a heartfelt ? over both me and her and St. Olaf College that I sent the letter to Boe. When I get it again, I will send it to you. Also had a letter from him the day you left, and there he just talks about the congregation of ?, “but oh, boy, that’s rich!” If Svare does not come, you will get it also; but I think I had to hide it in case he came. Have not heard a hint from Svare since you left. Here it is so peaceful and beautiful on Big Island now that you couldn’t believe it. And of course no flies! Is it very well warm down there for you all now? Here it is exactly passable. Ate breakfast on the porch this morning, and sat there and wrote until I traveled with Oakland to the auction. I don’t know if you heard about the auction after the Baptist pastor who is going to travel from here. In the letter to Fritjof next time I am going to tell him what I drove. Hammer and I saw totally fresh bear tracks in the middle of the road to S.F. last Friday, Yesterday afternoon the smoke was so thick over Big Ole that we could scarcely see over the lake. Oakland called up, the heat was some 30-40 [degrees] northwest from here. Today we have not seen smoke or heard anything about the heat; it is surely put out. Yes, now I don’t remember anything else this time. Oh yes, it was true: I have certainly played 20 games since you all left (never play during the day, just in the evenings before I go to bed), but have not gotten one to go yet. The cards are terribly difficult. Wonder what that means? No, now I can’t do any more tonight. Good night from your own boy! 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 1923 September 5 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Letters (correspondence) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text 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, 1923 September 5 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