Box 1

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Letters are from sister Wilhelmina (Mina) and father Johan August Andersson to Victoria and/or her brother Gustaf

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Letters are written by sister Wilhelmina (Mina) and father Johan August Andersson to Victoria and/or her brother Gustaf

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Letters are written by sister Wilhelmina (Mina) and two of her children, Villy and Gustav, and by father Johan August Andersson. They were sent either to Victoria or including her brother Gustaf.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Persson Family Papers consist of letters and letter fragments, written mainly in Swedish, to Adolf and Victoria "Tori" Persson from family members in Sweden and in the United States. The letters span the years 1911-1930 and have been translated by Special Collections Norwegian student assistants: Ann Catrin Jern, Anne Berit Hamar, Nina Berg, and Ada Jonsson. Because the letters are handwritten in an older form of Swedish, there are probably some errors in the...

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Letters from Isaac, his wife Elin, and daughter Edna to Adolf, Victoria (Tori), and their chidren. The letters from Edna are in English, while the others are in Swedish and include translations.

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Letters from Isaac and his wife Elin to Adolf, Victoria (Tori) and family. Includes a couple of letter fragments that are probably from this same time period. Letters are in Swedish and have been translated.

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Letters from Isaac and his wife Elin to Adolf, Victoria (Tori) and family. The original of the 21 January 1917 letter is missing (copy only). All letters are in Swedish with translations.

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Letters from his sister Alma (Mrs. Niel Larson) in Brooklyn, New York; brother Hjalmar in Dunlap, Illinois; brother John in Peoria, Illinois; and sister Clara (Mrs. Gust Johnson) in Los Angeles. All are in Swedish, but the letter from Clara has not been translated.

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John was an acquaintance of the Person family in Illinois and came to Polk County, Minnesota, to work in 1915. Includes a letter probably from Hjalmar Person in 1915 as well as later letters by John to Adolf Person and Gustaf Johnson in Polk County, Minnesota. All letters are in Swedish with translations.

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The 1907 letter fragment (copy only) appears to be from a female acquaintance of Victoria, while the 1915 letter fragment was probably written by Adolf when he arrived in Grand Forks with others from Illinois. The last letter was likely to Adolf from a friend, Hjalmar Larson, in Peoria. All are in Swedish and have been translated.