Emigrantinstitutet papers, 1869-1932.

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Emigrantinstitutet papers, 1869-1932.

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Letters from Swedish immigrants in Michigan and Indiana to their friends and families in Sweden; include letters from throughout Michigan, including Benton Harbor, Calumet, Chippewa Lake, Custer, Elk Rapids, Escanaba, Grand Rapids, Hancock, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Kalkaska, L'Anse, Ludington, Manistee, Marquette, Menominee, Michigamme, Montague, Muskegon, Rapid River, Tustin, and Vulcan, and Michigan City, Indiana; also immigrant daybook recounting travels in America in 1890, and letter, 1922, from. Johan G.R. Baner of Ironwood, Michigan.

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Banér, Johan G. R. (Johan Gustav Runeskeold), 1861-1938

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Swedish-American author and journalist, of Ironwood, Michigan. From the description of Johan Gustav Runeskeold Banér papers, 1890-1938. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423566 Johan Gustav Runeskeold Banér was a noted Swedish-American author and folklorist who spent most of his life in Ironwood, Michigan. Born in Småland, Sweden in 1861, he immigrated to the United States in 1883, where he lived in Ashland, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota. ...

Emigrantinstitutet (Växjö, Sweden)

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The Emigrantinstitutet was established in 1965. Its purpose was to preserve records, interviews, and memorabilia relating to the period of major Swedish emigration between 1846 and 1930. Much of this emigration was to the United States. From the guide to the Emigrantinstitutet (Växjö, Sweden) letters, 1869-1932, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) ...