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Gundersen Family Translated Letters - First Installment, April 16, 1894-December 17, 1939
MISC MSS 285
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Abstract
- Booklet of translated correspondence between Dr. Adolph Gundersen and his family and friends in Norway, 1894-1939. The original letters are in Norwegian and are reproduced in the booklet along with the typed transcription into English. The correspondence is generally not medical in nature but contains personal correspondence.
- Collection Title
- Gundersen Family Translated Letters - First Installment, April 16, 1894-December 17, 1939
- Date of Materials
- 2015
- Creator
- Gundersen Family
- Creator
- Gundersen, Adolf
- Creator
- Midelfort, H. Christine
- Creator
- Skurdall, Jim
- Call Number
- MISC MSS 285
- Amount
- 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Box
- MISC 62
- Folder
- 1
- Repository
- La Crosse Public Library Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gundersen Family Translated Letters - First Installment, April 16, 1894-December 17, 1939, MISC MSS 285, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI
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.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
La Crosse Public Library Archives 2015 December
800 Main St.La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
(608) 789-7136
archives@lacrosselibrary.org
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron use.
Acquisitions Information
Donated by Kay Cimpl Wagner, compiler and Gundersen Medical Foundation Archivist, Dec. 4, 2015 (Accession No. 2015.103)
Related Materials
Related Materials
MISC MSS 143 is a translated medical diary of Dr. Adolph Gundersen, 1894-1895
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Gundersen Medical Foundation.
Family Name(s)
- Gundersen Family
Genre(s)
- Correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Gundersen, Adolf
- Wagner, Kay Cimpl
Subject(s)
- Emigrants--Norwegian--Wisconsin--La Crosse
- Norwegian Americans--Wisconsin--La Crosse--Societies, etc.
- Physicians--Wisconsin--La Crosse