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Rolv K. Slungaard Translated Typescript of Adolf Gundersen Diary, 1894-1895, 1994 July MISC MSS 143

Rolv K. Slungaard Translated Typescript of Adolf Gundersen Diary, 1894-1895, 1994 July

MISC MSS 143

Summary Information

Abstract
Diary of Adolf Gundersen, M. D., from the years of 1894-1895, which includes the chronological accounts of his medical cases. Gundersen was the founder of the Gundersen Clinic of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The diary was translated by Rolv K. Slungaard, M.D., in July of 1994.
Collection Title
Rolv K. Slungaard Translated Typescript of Adolf Gundersen Diary, 1894-1895
Date of Materials
1994 July
Creator
Gundersen, Adolf
Creator
Slungaard, Rolv K.
Call Number
MISC MSS 143
Amount
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Box
MISC 15
Folder
9
Repository
La Crosse Public Library Archives

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Rolv K. Slungaard Translated Typescript of Adolf Gundersen Diary, 1894-1895, MISC MSS 143, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

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Biographical Note

Adolph Gundersen was born in 1865 in the Solor region of Hedmark, Norway, He graduated with a medical degree from the Royal University of Oslo in 1890. The following year he left Norway to join his friend, Christian Christensen, M. D., in medical practice at La Crosse, Wisconsin, for one year. Business went well and Gundersen opted to spend his lifetime in La Crosse, raising eight children with his Norwegian born wife Helga. Four of the children joined their father in the first Gundersen Clinic which opened in 1930. The elder Gundersen died in 1938.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

La Crosse Public Library Archives 2012 March

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Access to Materials

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Acquisitions Information

Accession no. 1998.005

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Gundersen, Adolf

Subject(s)

  • Medicine--Practice--Wisconsin--La Crosse--Anecdotes
  • Physicians--Wisconsin--La Crosse

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