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Brigham Young University

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2011

Danish immigration

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Danish Emigration: Using Private Letters As A Source - Two Examples, Pernille Buchholtz Jan 2011

Danish Emigration: Using Private Letters As A Source - Two Examples, Pernille Buchholtz

The Bridge

During the research for my master's thesis in history at the University of Copenhagen, I was fortunate to be able to visit the Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Hom, Iowa, and the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska. My quest was made possible by the Bodtker Grant from the Danish American Heritage Society, which I was lucky to receive. This article captures the essence of the purpose of my thesis: to examine the assimilation of four Danish women by using their private letters. My thesis was contextualized by a chapter describing Danish emigration at length and, more importantly, …