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Letter from Eugene Saxton to Ole Rølvaag, 1929 May 29

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Letter from Eugene Saxton to Ole Rølvaag, 1929 May 29
Identifier
p0584_04239
p0584_04240
p0584_04241
Date
1929 May 29
Description
Correspondence with Harper & Brothers is restricted. To view digitized correspondence, please contact the NAHA Archivist.
J. & J. Harper, formed in 1917, changed it's name to Harper & Brothers in 1833. The headquarters of the publishing house were located in Lower Manhattan. In 1924, Cass Canfield joined Harper & Brothers and held a variety of executive positions until his death in 1986. In 1925, Eugene F. Saxton joined the company as an editor, and he was responsible for publishing many well-known authors, including Edna St. Vincent Millay, Thornton Wilder, and Ole Rølvaag.
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.
Eugene Saxton's letter to Ole Rølvaag.
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Letters (correspondence)
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[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

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Saxton, Eugene, 1884-1943, “Letter from Eugene Saxton to Ole Rølvaag, 1929 May 29,” Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2026, https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/8729.