Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the success of "Giants in the Earth" and the publishing of "Pure Gold" before "Peder Victorious."
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to James Creese of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Lincoln Colcord discusses the Swedish translation of "Giants in the Earth" and suggests nomination for a Nobel Prize.
Telegram from Eugene Saxton, vice-president of Harper & Brothers, discussing that "Giants In the Earth" was selected for the Book of the Month Club. The Book of the Month Club ordered 30,000 copies to start.
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing the titles for "Giants in the Earth" including "In those Days," "The Great Land-Taking," and "Founding the Kingdom."
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag saying Eugene Saxton, vice-president of Harper & Brothers, is interested in publishing "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag expressing interest in "Giants in the Earth." He goes on to say that if he didn't contact him, it would have been someone else.
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Eugene Saxton discussing meeting Dr. Karl Hansen of the Minneapolis Tidende, translation of "Giants in the Earth," and meeting up with Ole Rølvaag for dinner.
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag discussing Colcord friendship with Eugene Saxton, translation, and asking for copies of excerpts from Scandinavian reviews and the Minneapolis Journal.
Letter from Lincoln Colcord to Ole Rølvaag suggesting English translations for Norwegian words during the process of translating "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Commemoration of the first arrival in New York of Norwegian immigrants in 1825 and program of the Norse-American Centennial held on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in June 1925.
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Andrew Berdahl to Ole Rølvaag about the Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota. The Berdahl experience was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag discussing life, and asking her to write a letter to her father Andrew Berdahl. The Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag discussing life, St. Olaf College, and asking her to write a letter to her father Andrew Berdahl. The Berdahl experience homesteading in South Dakota was the inspiration for "Giants in the Earth."
Pamphlet for Honorable Engebret E. Lobeck, a prohibition candidate for governor of Minnesota. Lobeck ran on the Prohibition Party ticket in the 1912 election.
Pamphlet comparing Fargo, North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota and the differences between the cities in terms of the number of saloons, city debt, city tax rate, and miles of pavement, water mains, and sewers. Includes the phrase, "The towns are not a mile apart."