Chester Hjörtur Thordarson papers, 1880-1945.

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Thordarson, Chester Hjörtur, 1867-1945. Chester Hjörtur Thordarson papers, 1880-1945.

Chester Hjörtur Thordarson papers, 1880-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173700977

Papers, 1880-1945, of Chester Hjörtur Thordarson, a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electrical apparatus, collector of what later became the nucleus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's rare book collection, and builder on Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin, of Icelandic-style stone buildings; containing fragmentary documentation of the above activities, some personal papers, correspondence with J. Paul Goode, and articles by J. Christian Bay.

2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes); plusadditions of 5.5 c.f.,1915 photographs,217 negatives, and171 drawings.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project