This is a finding aid (or, description) of materials available in the La Crosse Public Library Archives.  At this time, none of the materials listed below are accessible over the internet.

Contact the Archives to learn more about using these materials.

Gundersen Family Translated Letters - First Installment, April 16, 1894-December 17, 1939 MISC MSS 285

Gundersen Family Translated Letters - First Installment, April 16, 1894-December 17, 1939

MISC MSS 285

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

Return to Table of Contents »


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.

Return to Table of Contents »


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)

Return to Table of Contents »


Related Materials

Related Materials

MISC MSS 143 is a translated medical diary of Dr. Adolph Gundersen, 1894-1895

Return to Table of Contents »


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

Return to Table of Contents »