Johnson family: Simon Johnson of Hillsboro, North Dakota, famed Norwegian-American writer

Photo at age 26 in 1900

Photo at age 26 in 1900

Name/Title

Johnson family: Simon Johnson of Hillsboro, North Dakota, famed Norwegian-American writer

Entry/Object ID

2022.379.1

Description

A folder of documents about Simon Johnson: 1954 newspaper article about Simon Johnson (1874 - , Danish/Norse author, St Olav award; Sunday Forum April 20th 1980 article about translation of Simon Johnson's writings has his picture (3 copies); article with biography about Simon Johnson and his stories by ? Rodney Nelson in "Horizons" - has a family picture (2 copies); list of books written by Simon Johnson; letters written to or from Simon Johnson (mostly not in English ?Norwegian); photocopy of handwritten biography of Simon Johnson in congratulatory speech by Einar Lund on Feb 11th 1954; photocopies of numerous (labelled) newspaper articles about the St Olav award to Simon Johnson and his writings; newspaper obituary for Simon Johnson; photocopy of photograph of Nelson house, Traill County; excerpt from history book about Simon Johnson; 1884-1885 school list; excerpt from ?book about Simon Johnson, school record for Simon Johnson.

Cataloged By

John (Jack) Ludwig

Acquisition

Accession

2022.379

Source or Donor

Traill County Historical Society

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Resource Room

Building

Plummer House

Category

Exhibit