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Gertrude Olson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 301
Abstract The papers of Gertrude Olson (Sullivan) are comprised entirely of letters received in 1918 and 1919. The majority of these letters are from male friends then at camps around the country, including her future husband, though some are from the battle lines in France. In addition to outstanding depictions of camp living, there are some excellent documentations of daily life.
Dates: 1918-1919

John H. Hanson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 322
Overview Collection contails a written account of an oral interview as well as newspaper clippeings discussing the Hanson family.
Dates: 1955-1957.

Peter A. Lundwall Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 211
Abstract Family history material, interview with Earl and Beatrice Lundwall Elwell, mention of the Chaffee family, especially of H.F. Chaffee, his wife, Carrie Toogood Chaffee, various jobs Earl held at Amenia and Sharon Land Company, electrostatic copy of Peter A. Lundwall's citizenship certificate (1894), and newspaper clippings on various family members.
Dates: 1932-1952.

"The Story of His Life", by Pat Costello

 Item
Identifier: SC 580
Abstract Typed autobiographical account by Pat Costello about his life, including farming in Indiana, laundry burned down, farm debts, buying and selling horses, working on railroads in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Washington, and Oregon, farming near Argusville, and garbage collecting in Fargo, N.D. to feed hogs.
Dates: 1953.