John Nordberg and family papers, 1897-1983 (bulk 1912-1919).

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John Nordberg and family papers, 1897-1983 (bulk 1912-1919).

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Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Nordberg (1887-1984), including letters written from France detailing his service as member of Company B, 139th Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces during World War I (1918-1919), his graduation program (1913) from the University of Minnesota College of Agriculture, and a letter (1914) to his brother [Reuben] regarding gas machines. Also contains items relating to his father John Nordberg (died 1918), including letters (1894, 1918) from Sweden giving family news, and statements (1914-1917) of painting and paperhanging work done in Minneapolis (including for the Swedish Tabernacle). Also includes a letter (1914) from his sister Mabel to his brother Reuben detailing her work as a teacher in the Tintah (Minnesota) public school, and an appraisal report with photographs (1983) for the Nordberg home at 2628 East 22nd Street (Minneapolis) that John Nordberg (Sr.) built in the 1880s. Two letters and a statement are in Swedish.

0.1 cubic feet (1 folder in partial box).

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Nordberg, John, 1887-1984.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 139th.

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Nordberg, John, d. 1918.

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University of Minnesota. College of Agriculture

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Agricultural education was provided for in the organization of the University by the Minnesota territorial legislature in 1851. When the first state legislature convened in 1858, one of the items approved during the inaugural session was an unfunded proposal to establish an “Agricultural Experiment Farm and Agricultural College” at Glencoe. After a decade of inaction at the Glencoe site, the proposed college became part of the overall plan for the University of Minnesota, which co...