University of
Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives [uarc]
Blegen,
Theodore Christian, 1891-1969
Theodore Christian
Blegen papers
1918-1969
30 boxes (30.0 cubic
feet)
Collection contains
correspondence, biographical materials, clippings, information on committees
and societies, and writings completed by Theodore Blegen, professor of history
and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota.
uarc 961
Collection materials in
English
Administrative Information
Use of Materials
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house
only.
Copyright
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision
of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be
arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.
Preferred citation
Theodore Christian Blegen papers, University Archives, University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Source of acquisition
Donated by various people over 30 years.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence to and from Theodore Blegen,
biographical materials, clippings, information on committees and societies Dr.
Blegen was involved with, such as the National Park Service Advisory Board and
the Minnesota Historical Society. Writings and manuscripts, with source
information, completed by Theodore Blegen, are also included in this
collection.
Biographical Sketch of Theodore Christian Blegen (1891-1969)
Theodore C. Blegen, B.A. (1910) Augsburg College, M.A. (1915), Ph.D.
(1925) University of Minnesota. Appointed the faculty at the University of
Minnesota in 1927 and served as dean of the Graduate School from 1940 until
1960.
Theodore C. Blegen was born in Minneapolis on July 16, 1891. He
received his bachelor's degree from Augsburg College in 1910 and his master's
and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1915 and 1925. Before
joining the staff of the University of Minnesota in 1927, Dr. Blegen was a
professor of History at Hamline University. He was also the superintendent of
the Minnesota Historical Society (1931-1939), president of the Mississippi
Valley Historical Association (1943), and Director of the National Historical
Service Board during World War II (1943-1944). In 1940, Dr. Blegen became Dean
of the Graduate School, a position he held until his retirement from the
University in 1960. Over his career, Dr. Blegen wrote over 20 books and
articles. He died on July 18, 1969.
Related Materials in University Archives
Graduate School records
Other Related Materials
The
Minnesota
Historical Society has a collection of Theodore C. Blegen papers.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Blegen,
Theodore Christian, 1891-1969.
University of
Minnesota. Graduate School.
History -- Study and
teaching.
Detailed Contents of Collection
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Miscellaneous,
1918-1926.
1
Correspondence,
1927-1941.
1
Correspondence files labeled "personal," "family," "appointments."
Includes trip to Norway, 1928-1929.
Correspondence,
1942-1959.
2
Personal correspondence (includes appointments),
1942-1950.
2
General correspondence (alphabetical A-N),
2
Correspondence,
1945-1960.
3
General correspondence (alphabetical O-Z),
1945-1959.
3
Correspondence (chronological),
1956-1960.
3
Correspondence,
1928-1969.
4
General correspondence,
1960-1969.
4
Retirement letters,
1960.
4
Correspondence,
1939-1968.
4
Includes Blegen family correspondence, as well as correspondence
to and from Guy Stanton Ford, J.L. Morrill, Aagot Raaen, Richard Scammon,
Ingrid Semmingsen, Margaret Snyder, and Thomas Watt.
Interesting autographs,
1939-1951.
4
University of Minnesota, correspondence,
1937-1944.
4
Correspondence,
1934-1968.
5
University of Minnesota, correspondence,
1944-1967.
5
Dedication of Blegen building,
1967.
5
Faculty activities report,
1950.
5
Graduate school,
1957-1967.
5
History department,
1960-1967.
5
Hormel Institute,
1960-1967.
5
University Press files,
1934-1967.
5
Alphabetical Files, A-H,
1938-1968.
5
American Immigration Conference
John G. Areborg
Augsburg College
Boncroft Prize
Builders of America
Century of Minnesota
Concordia College
Dictionary of American History
Jerry Fearing - Cartoon history
Golf
Hamline University
Bertha Heilbron - 32nd State
Alphabetical Files, I-Z
6
Hill Family Foundation and report on Hill papers,
1956.
Informal Club,
1936-1964.
Erling Jorstad,
1959-1960.
Halvdan Koht,
1963.
Macalester College,
1953-1960.
Minnesota Human Genetics League,
1954.
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company,
1955
Nature Conservancy,
1956-1961.
Norwegian Luncheon Club (Torske Klubber),
1961-1964.
Norwegian Journalist's Luncheon,
1952.
Pioneers of Minnesota,
1955-1958.
Pulitzer Prize nominations,
1946-1948.
Truman Library,
1952-1960.
Emerson Wulling & Sumac Press,
1934-1969.
Blegen - Biographical materials
6
Honors,
1935-1960.
Photographs.
Offers of position,
1935-1948.
Vita.
Who's Who,
1950-1957.
Committees
Library of Congress Grants-in aid for study of history,
1945.
7
Minnesota War History Committee,
1942-1943.
7
National Park Service Advisory board,
1944-1964.
7
National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings,
1947-1951.
7
Societies
American Council of Learned Societies,
1938-1959.
8
American Council on Education, Committee of College
Teachers,
1951-1953.
8
American Historical Association,
1939-1959.
8
Includes committee on teaching history.
American History Research Center,
1951-1958.
8
American Museum of Immigration,
1954-1959.
8
American Scandinavian Foundation,
1945-1966.
9
Folk Arts Foundation,
1944-1945.
9
Forest History Foundations,
1951-1967.
9
Minnesota Historical Society,
1913-1968.
10-11
Mississippi Valley Historical Association,
1939-1956.
12
New York State University, correspondence and report,
1957-1960.
12
Norwegian - American Historical Association,
1959-1968.
12
Norwegian - American Museum,
1964-1966.
12
Society for Advancement of Scandinavian Studies,
1957-1959.
12
Book reviews,
1930-1956.
12
Books and reprints (thank you letters) A-Z,
1940-1960.
13
Talks and writings, correspondence,
1945-1960.
13
Minnesota History - course,
undated.
13-14
Papers and talks,
1920-1958.
14-20
On Minnesota
14-16
Alphabetical by title, county and local history.
On immigrants.
16-17
Alphabetical by title.
Personal appraisals, introductions, dedications,
biographies, anniversaries.
17-18
On education.
18-19
On scholarship and research.
19-20
Miscellaneous.
20
Writings and publications.
Nativism and the American Party (Ph.D. thesis),
undated.
21
State Forests Report,
1922.
21
Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads,
1937-1957.
21
Minnesota, it's History and People,
1937-1956.
21
Trail Blazers,
undated.
21
Building Minnesota,
1937-1954.
21
Readings in Early Minnesota History,
1938.
21
Grass Roots History,
1947.
21
Prefaces,
1949-1959.
21
Land Lies Open,
1948-1958.
21
With Various Voices,
1949-1951.
21
Iron Face,
1950-1957.
21-22
Sherlock Holmes
Correspondence,
1952-1968.
22
The Adventure of the Beribboned Manuscript,
1948-1951.
22
The Crowded Box-Room,
1951-1953.
22
Master Detective,
1952-1955.
22
Neiringen Materials (Norwegian Explorers),
1953-1957.
22
Exploring Sherlock Holmes,
1953-1960.
22
Sherlockiana - London Pilgrimage,
1955-1964.
22
Denmark - correspondence and papers,
1958-1960.
22
Speeches,
1949-1957.
22
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's Imagery,
1953-1960.
22
The Gettysburg Address,
1963.
22
Lincoln and his Mailbag,
1964-1966.
22
Lincoln's Secretary Goes West,
1964-1965.
22
Hole-in-the-Day and Sioux War,
1964.
22
Lincoln in World Perspective,
1943.
22
Lincolniana,
undated.
22
Land of their Choice,
1955-1959.
22-23
Minnesota History - A Guide to Reading and Study,
1957-1962.
23
Five Fur Traders of the Northwest (introduction),
1964-1966.
23
Introducing Books - A Series of Prefaces,
undated.
23
Minnesota, History of a State,
undated, 1952-1955.
23-24
Includes early correspondence and book reviews.
Newspaper clippings,
circa 1962.
24
Background and biographical information, miscellaneous.
Kensington Runestone,
1960-1969.
Correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, early article.
Unpublished and source materials
Unpublished and source materials,
circa 1950s.
25
Frontier Ballads - westward movement,
undated.
26
Fuller, Jane Gay and Hiram,
1963.
26
Gale (Samuel) Diary,
1958.
26
Gould, Edwinn (Olsen, Aitchison, Mathaison
recollections),
undated.
26
Hall's Illustrated Tour,
1880.
26
Handbook for local historical workers,
1937-1940.
26
Hansen, C.G.O. - My Minneapolis,
1954-1956.
26
Hendrickson, Peter,
1910, 1956.
26
Immigration and Immigrants,
undated.
26
Indians - Sioux Death Lament (Schiller's poem),
1964.
26
Indians - Sioux Uprising & Spirit Lake Massacre,
1964.
26
Johnson, Arne O. - Desertion from Norwegian Ships,
1945.
26
Johnson, Gustavus - Correspondence regarding, and
musical store,
1966.
26
Jones, Carl - Reading of History,
undated.
26
Kalm, Pehr - Translation of pamphlet, correspondence
regarding,
1960.
26
Kohlemeinen, John - Finnish emigration,
undated.
26
Minnesota - 1850's pioneers
undated.
26
Miscellaneous,
undated.
26
Molsather, Lawrence: Skaro, Asgrim K.,
undated.
26
Qualey, Carlton: Scandinavians in Michigan,
undated.
26
Ramsey, Walter: Pemmican,
undated.
26
Reishus, Martha: Rag Rug,
undated.
26
Roseau stone,
undated.
26
Correspondence, photos, and stone.
Scandinavian elements in Minnesota,
1890.
26
Studies & Records,
1935.
26
Thrane, Marcus,
1931-1951.
26
Turner, Frederick J. - Immigration,
undated.
26
Washburn, Walter I. - Letter on leprosy,
1949.
26
Whitten, Andrew D - Patent,
undated.
26
Wick, B.L., Fox River Settlement,
undated.
26
Wyman, Walker, Collection of Mid-west verses,
1854-1860.
26
Book chapters - Korean Diary,
circa 1853
27
Manuscript written in diary form.
Certificates, awards, citations, diplomas.
28
Reprints,
circa 1940s-1960s.
29
American Council on Education,
1950-1954.
30