ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

EMIL ODEGARD PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL# 1207

DATES: 1895-1916

SIZE: .25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Emil Odegard Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection as a gift of Pauline Cooper, renter of 504 Chestnut Street, Grand Forks, May 29, l990 (Acc # 90-1706).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Emil O. Odegard was born on May 17, 1884, to Andrew and Ingre Odegard on their farm in Polk County, MN. After his father's death in 1893, the family moved to Grand Forks, ND, where Emil graduated from Grand Forks High School in 1904 and attended the University of North Dakota. Emil began working at the Grand Forks Street Railway Company in June, 1909. He started as a bookkeeper and in l927 became general manager of the company

On June 25, 1913, Emil married Margreta Sande. They met while she was employed at a bank in Grand Forks. They had three children, Ruth Elaine, Helen Agnes, and Jean Marguerite. The family resided at 504 Chestnut Street, Grand Forks. Emil was a member of Banner Lodge No. 4, I.O.O.F., and was on the auditorium committee for the Norwegian Singers Association in l916.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Emil Odegard Papers include correspondence between Emil Odegard and Margreta Sande during their courtship and early married life between 1909 and 1915. The letters are of a personal nature and do not mention Emil's work at the Grand Forks Street Railway, Co.

The collection also includes commencement programs from Grand Forks High School, 1895-1909, books and song books written in Norwegian, a program for the Norwegian Singers Association of America 13th Biennial Sangerfest, 1916, and photographs. Eight photographs were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection. Other unidentified photographs remain with the collection. The photographs are of family members and friends.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Correspondence- Emil Odegard to Margreta Sande, l910-1915
2. Correspondence- Margreta Sande to Emil Odegard, l909-1914
3. Miscellaneous Papers
4. Commencement Programs from Grand Forks High School, 1895-1909
5. Books and song books written in Norwegian
6. Books and song books written in Norwegian
7. Program for Norwegian Singers Association of America 13th Biennial Sangerfest, 1916

Box 2 Unidentified family photographs

Box 3 Artifacts:

Straight Razor
Drafting and Sketching Tools
Sketches: Collier's Girls, 1903

SEPARATIONS RECORD

Eight photographs of family and friends were separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph Collection.

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