Papers, 1887-1984.

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Papers, 1887-1984.

Personal and business correspondence; deeds, mortgages, and other legal papers; financial records; records concerning rental property in and around Moscow; and other papers of Ella Olesen and her father Peder Christian Olesen (1845-1938). Also documents and other papers concerning Ella Olesen's travels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7486831

University of Idaho Library

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Olesen, Ella Letitia, 1894-1985.

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Secretary to University of Idaho President Lindley; then recorder and later registrar of the university, 1920-1944. From the description of Papers, 1887-1984. (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42926131 Peder Christian Olesen, the son of Ole and Ella Christiansen, was born near Esbjerg, Denmark on May 29, 1845. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to learn the tailor trade, but he never followed the profession. Under the Danish law requiring compu...

Olesen, Peder Christian, 1845-1938.

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Peder Christian Olesen, the son of Ole and Ella Christiansen, was born near Esbjerg, Denmark on May 29, 1845. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to learn the tailor trade, but he never followed the profession. Under the Danish law requiring compulsory military training he spent 22 months in the army. In November 1872 he became the first, and only, member of his family to emigrate to America. After spending one year in Illinois he journeyed west where he spent time railr...