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Rolv K. Slungaard Translated Typescript of Adolf Gundersen Diary, 1894-1895

 Collection — Box: MISC 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: MISC MSS 143

Abstract

Diary of Adolf Gundersen, M. D., from the years of 1894-1895, which includes the chronological accounts of his medical cases. Gundersen was the founder of the Gundersen Clinic of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The diary was translated by Rolv K. Slungaard, M.D., in July of 1994.

Dates

  • 1994 July

Creator

Access to Materials

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Biographical Note

Adolph Gundersen was born in 1865 in the Solor region of Hedmark, Norway, He graduated with a medical degree from the Royal University of Oslo in 1890. The following year he left Norway to join his friend, Christian Christensen, M. D., in medical practice at La Crosse, Wisconsin, for one year. Business went well and Gundersen opted to spend his lifetime in La Crosse, raising eight children with his Norwegian born wife Helga. Four of the children joined their father in the first Gundersen Clinic which opened in 1930. The elder Gundersen died in 1938.

Extent

0.02 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Acquisitions Information

Accession no. 1998.005

Title
Rolv K. Slungaard Translated Typescript of Adolf Gundersen Diary, 1894-1895, 1994 July
Status
Completed
Author
Danielle Schwemlein
Date
2012 March
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the La Crosse Public Library Archives Repository

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