Icelandic Letters Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1025
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten letters in Icelandic with handwritten English translations. One letter, written in 1890, from J. Petursson, Cash City, Canada to someone in North Dakota, mentions the cold, Icelanders in Canada, and threshers from Dakota. The other letter, also dated 1890, written by Stephen G. Stephansson, Greenwater, Iceland mentions family members, deaths of friends and a sister-in-law dying in childbirth. Provenance of letters unknown.
Dates
- 1890
Creator
Language of Materials
Icelandic and English.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Christian B. Bjornson was born September 3, 1908. He was married on May 25, 1941 to Alice P. Husfloen. He was a veterinarian and was a past president and secretary of the North Dakota Veterinarian Medical Association.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Abstract
Two handwritten letters in Icelandic with handwritten English translations. One letter, written in 1890, from J. Petursson, Cash City, Canada to someone in North Dakota, mentions the cold, Icelanders in Canada, and threshers from Dakota. The other letter, also dated 1890, written by Stephen G. Stephansson, Greenwater, Iceland mentions family members, deaths of friends and a sister-in-law dying in childbirth. Provenance of letters unknown.
Provenance
Donated by Christian B. Bjornson on February 21, 1960 (Acc. 1025).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Icelandic Letters Collection
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
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3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
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West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu