Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Peter Gulbrandsen Papers,
- Dates:
- 1917-1954
- Creators:
- Gulbrandsen, Peter, 1890-
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Peter Gulbrandsen papers, BANC MSS C-B 341, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1996
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect; machine-readable finding aid encoded by Eva Garcelon. Finding aid originally encoded using the Finding Aid DTD (findaid.dtd) developed in the Bancroft Finding Aid Project; encoding converted to EAD using perl supplemented by manual editing and review. Date of source:
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Peter Gulbrandsen papers, BANC MSS C-B 341, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481