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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_11737 p0584_11738 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 Translation: My dear girl! Although the clock is nearly 12, you must get some words, so that the mailman can take it tomorrow when he comes. He comes early the first time. Thank you for the letter. It made me feel much better. I was afraid for you all after I read Tulla’s letter. You don’t need to send more blank checks. Found the checkbook this here day. So far I have not used money from Northfield National. Decorah-posten I get here now. So that you don’t have to send. But Reform I would like now and then. Wait until you have two or three editions! Yesterday and today it has been frightfully cold here. It froze this morning. The newspapers predict a freeze tonight as well. These houses down here must be built of stone, or concrete. They are much larger than the houses up in Minnesota. It is for the sake of the huge storms. When they become cold through and through, they are like ice boxes! Both yesterday and today we have burned everything we could find that looked like it could be burned. If it does not get warmer soon, I will soon move southward! I mean: south of here! Tomorrow it is supposed to be good. Today I got 9 more pages from Ager. I have just finished with them. They are better than the first, but far from alright. These show hope. Certainly if I do not work. Don’t think I have enough time to go out. And if I do not go, Gab is not on board to go, and then she gets a little sulky because we do not want to go out. They are then prodigious people despite their housing opportunities. We get along well. Gab has become an exceedingly good over-the-top player. Good grief, how he enjoys himself when he can win against me! We play three games every evening, but never more. Dorothy and her children are coming Tuesday morning. She is married for the second time- to a “gentile”. They are exceedingly handsome, friendly people. I am greatly happy about what you tell me about Fritjof. Talk often with him. Kindly and confidentially. Just you two. Tulla has not yet gotten a decent letter. Good that the mail has not been so large! I have fair energy, and I just can’t afford to be spending my time writing letters! The last week is one of the best I’ve had since my health broke down. If it only would stay warm! Well, now it’s 12:20 and I must go to bed. Wish you were here to help me warm up the bed. We’d warm it up all right! Much love to you all! Greet Tordis for me! 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 1931 January 23 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Letters (correspondence) 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, 1931 January 23 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