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Guide to the Peter Gulbrandsen Papers, 1917-1954
BANC MSS C-B 341
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Collection Title: Peter Gulbrandsen Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1917-1954
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 341
Creator:
Gulbrandsen, Peter, 1890-
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence reflecting his interests in various humanitarian and liberal causes and in Scandinavian (particularly Danish)
organizations, his association with the Society of Friends, and his writing and translating; manuscripts and clippings of
articles written by him; biographical sketches and personalia; miscellaneous printed material relating to the League Against
Yellow Journalism, the Society of Friends, Scandinavian organizations, etc.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Peter Gulbrandsen papers, BANC MSS C-B 341, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Peter Gulbrandsen was born in Denmark in 1890, came to the United States in 1924, and settled permanently in California in 1929. A journalist by profession, he contributed to various Danish language newspapers, wrote feature atticles for magazines
and newspapers on Scandinavian affairs, and edited
The Pacific Coast Scandinavian. Well known in Danish-American circles, he lectured frequently and did translating work at the University of California.
His papers, which he gave to the Bancroft Library over a period of years, 1937 to 1954, consist of correspondence reflecting
his interest in various humanitarian and liberal causes, and in Scandinavian (particularly Danish) organizations, his association
with the Society of Friends, and his writing and translating; manuscripts of his writings; clippings of articles written by him; biographical sketches
and personalia; clippings, pamphlets and miscellaneous printed material relating to the League Against Yellow Journalism, Society of Friends, Scandinavian organizations, etc.