Front Matter,
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Editorial Statement,
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Contributors,
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Introductiom,
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Introductiom, Egon Bodtker, Gerald Rasmussen
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This article contains the first four chapters of Arnold Bodtker' s autobiography. When preparing the autobiography for publication we decided that these chapters offered a significant piece of local history which deserved to be printed independently of the complete work. It tells a "coming of age" story that is an insightful and valuable contribution to the understanding of rural life in general, and Junction City, Oregon, in particular, from Arnold's birth in 1904 until his high school graduation in 1923.
News From The Danish Emigration Archives,
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News From The Danish Emigration Archives, Torben Tvorup Christensen
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The Danish Emigration Archives - Denmark's national collection of letters, documents, photographs, films, audio tapes and newspapers - tells fascinating stories about Danish emigration and contains important documentation and knowledge about migration and cultural encounters.
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Christian Hansen, Eventyrmanden-The Fairy Tale Man, And The Jutland Storyteller Tradition,
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Christian Hansen, Eventyrmanden-The Fairy Tale Man, And The Jutland Storyteller Tradition, Erik S. Hansen
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Christian Hansen is a name known to many who are familiar with the original Danish colony of Danebod, in Tyler, in southwest Minnesota. Founded in 1886, the congregation now in 2011 celebrates its 125th anniversary year. Eventyrmanden-the Fairy Tale Man, as he was known, was associated with Danebod during the first fifty years of the settlement. Initially as one of the early pioneers, then in a continuing presence as a kind of "storyteller in residence" at the Danebod Folk School and Children's School, Christian Hansen was often called on to entertain young and old alike with enchanting tales from lands …
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Editorial Statement,
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Front Matter,
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Contributors,
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Remembrances: Early Years By The River: Growing Up In The Junction City Danish Community, 1904-2,
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Remembrances: Early Years By The River: Growing Up In The Junction City Danish Community, 1904-2, Arnold N. Bodtker
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I was born December 5, 1904, in Junction City, Oregon, on the farm, which later will be referred to as the "lower place." Quite often my father called it "Sibirien." (This is the Danish word for Siberia.) My memories from that place, where I lived my first five years, are spotty now, but nevertheless vivid
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Appendix A,
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Danish Emigration: Using Private Letters As A Source - Two Examples,
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Danish Emigration: Using Private Letters As A Source - Two Examples, Pernille Buchholtz
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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, …
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Jens And Karen Jensen's Pioneer Story,
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Jens And Karen Jensen's Pioneer Story, Gladys Johnson Heghin
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Jens Jensen was born ... in 1827 at Rodby not far from Varpelev. Jens became a soldier and a farmer. He fought in the Slesvig-Holstein War. Karen Jensen was born in 1839 in the parish of Kongsted near the village of Eskilstrop .... They were married in 1855. When Karen's foster-father died, Karen and Jens inherited his good farm.
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The Copenhagen Settlement Near Story City, Iowa, Arlen Twedt
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According to Thomas Peter Christensen, the third Danish settlement established in Iowa was the Copenhagen Settlement started near Story City, Iowa, in 1867.1 Located in central Iowa approximately 40 miles north of Des Moines, Story City was founded in 1855 after Yankees, many of them immigrants from the state of Indiana, began to settle in northwest Story County in the early 1850s.
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