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Lund family. Papers, 1762-1989.

Title: Papers, 1762-1989.

Papers primarily related to Theodore Lund, an artist who studied art at the Royal Academy of Copenhagen from 1832 to 1834 and immigrated to America from Denmark around 1836. Lund worked as a painter in New York City before moving to a farm in Racine County, Wisconsin, in 1846 where his family lived while he painted in various cities in Europe and the United States. The papers consist mostly of the research notes and correspondence of two descendants, Maude Leone Fish and Judith Lund Chisholm, who wrote a history of the Lund Family. Included are several letters of Theodore Lund, other correspondence, copies of the Civil War records of his sons Charles and Julius, a transcribed diary by Charles recording farm activities and his brief war service (1863-64), an annotated plat book of Racine County, and memorabilia. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1762-1972, and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below and include materials compiled by Jack Holzhueter in the course of his research on the Lund family which includes a copy of the masters thesis by Joan Rausch about Theodore Lund.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm); plusadditions of 0.4 c.f.,1 tape recording,3 reels of microfilm (35mm),91 photographs,7 negatives,94 transparencies, and2 drawings.

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Oyen, Leighton N., 1897-1994. [Oral history interview with Leighton Oyen / interviewed by Joan Rausch].

Title: [Oral history interview with Leighton Oyen / interviewed by Joan Rausch]. [ca. 1978?]

Leighton Oyen (1897-1994) was a La Crosse artist and interior designer who worked for his father Odin J. Oyen in the decorating and interior design firm. Until Odin J. Oyen's death in 1926, the firm concentrated on doing large and fancy decoration work for governmental buildings, churches, commercial buildings, and some residences. By the Depression, the firm concentrated solely on interior design and operated a framing and retail store. In the interview, Oyen describes his art training and education, experiences as part of the Wisconsin Sixth infantry in World War II, his parents and especially his father, the decoration of certain buildings in La Crosse, and the Oyen firm and its employees, focusing on pre-Depression work and decorating methods. This interview was done in preparation for an exhibit of the five-mural work of the Odin J. Oyen firm at the pinnacle of business from 1900 to 1920.

ArchivalResource: 33, 38, 8, 16, 18, 18 leaves ; 28 cm.

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