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Chester Hjörtur Thordarson papers, 1880-1945
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Papers, 1880-1945, of Chester Hjörtur Thordarson, a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electrical apparatus, collector of what later became the nucleus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's ra...
Papers, 1880-1945, of Chester Hjörtur Thordarson, a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electrical apparatus, collector of what later became the nucleus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's rare book collection, and builder on Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin, of Icelandic-style stone buildings; containing fragmentary documentation of the above activities, some personal papers, correspondence with J. Paul Goode, and articles by J. Christian Bay.
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- Mixed Materials; Photos, Drawings, Prints
- Languages
- English, Icelandic
- Contributors
- Physical Details
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- 2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes); plus
- additions of 5.5 c.f
- 1932 photographs
- 234 negatives, and
- 171 drawings
- OCLC
- ocn173712778
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- Register
- In English with a few items in Icelandic.
- Presented by Helga Thordarson Charest, Sister Bay, Wisconsin, 1978.