A Pioneer Story of Agnethe Thompson by Frances Sjuggerud, Mildred Holter, and Thomas Johnson of Holmen, Wisconsin
Abstract
Copy of "A Pioneer Story" by Frances Sjuggerud, a sixteen year old high school student from Holmen, Wisconsin, and written between 1936-1939. Sjuggerud's writing is a brief biography of her neighbor Agnethe (Fixen) Thompson, born October 29, 1863, in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. This typed transcript forms part of the U. S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. The original transcript is housed as part of the Library of Congress' Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939.
Dates
- circa 1936-1939
Creator
- Sjuggerud, Frances (Person)
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron use.
Extent
0.02 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
The original is held by the Library of Congress and is a part of the Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-1939
Creator
- Sjuggerud, Frances (Person)
- Mildred Holter (Person)
- Johnson, Thomas (Person)
Source
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- Title
- Copy of "A Pioneer Story" of Agnethe Thompson by Frances Sjuggerud, Mildred Holter, and Thomas Johnson of Holmen, Wisconsin, circa 1936-1939
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hannah L Weber
- Date
- 2016 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