Oscar J. Sorlie Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 868
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, including letters (1931) to Sam Shevchenko of Buxton, from relatives in the Ukraine describing the famine there; copies of speeches; pamphlets; scrapbook, containing several letters from L.B. Hanna and William Langer; photos of Sorlie's family home in Norway; and material relating to National Nonpartisan League, his general store and farm in Buxton, and other topics.
Dates
- 1919-1941.
Creator
Language of Material
Letters to Shevchenko: in Ukrainian; translations included.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Norwegian American farmer, merchant, and state legislator, of Buxton, N.D.
Extent
21 Items (21 items.)
Abstract
Correspondence, including letters (1931) to Sam Shevchenko of Buxton, from relatives in the Ukraine describing the famine there; copies of speeches; pamphlets; scrapbook, containing several letters from L.B. Hanna and William Langer; photos of Sorlie's family home in Norway; and material relating to National Nonpartisan League, his general store and farm in Buxton, and other topics.
Provenance
Donated by George E. Sorlie on October 18, 1957.
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agriculture -- North Dakota.
- Buxton (N.D.)
- Famines -- Ukraine.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Farms -- North Dakota.
- General stores -- North Dakota.
- Hanna, Louis B. (Louis Benjamin), 1861-1948. -- : Correspondence.
- Langer, William, 1886-1959. -- : Correspondence.
- Legislators -- North Dakota.
- Merchants -- North Dakota.
- National Nonpartisan League.
- North Dakota -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.
- North Dakota -- Business, industries, and trades -- General stores.
- North Dakota -- Family and personal papers -- 20th century.
- North Dakota -- Politics and government.
- North Dakota -- Population elements -- Norwegians.
- North Dakota -- Population elements -- Ukrainians.
- Norway -- Family and personal papers -- 20th century.
- Norwegian Americans -- North Dakota.
- Political parties -- North Dakota.
- Scrapbooks.
- Shevchenko family.
- Shevchenko, Sam. -- : Correspondence.
- Sorlie family. -- : Homes and haunts.
- Sorlie, Oscar J. (Oscar James), b. 1865.
- Ukraine -- Disasters -- Famines.
- Ukrainian Americans -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Oscar J. Sorlie Papers
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu