Title: Martha Ostenso Manuscript
Inclusive Dates: 1925

Creator:

• Ostenso, Martha, 1900-1963

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 220

Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) was a North American author best known for her book titled Wild Geese. This collection is an early manuscript of that book.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0220

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Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) was a Canadian author. She immigrated to the United States from Norway when she was two years old. Her family lived primarily in South Dakota and Minnesota before moving to Manitoba, Canada in 1915 where her family farmed. After teaching at a rural school and attending the Kelvin Technical High School, she enrolled at the University of Manitoba in 1918. While in school she met Douglas Durkin, her English professor, whom she would marry in 1944. The couple moved back to Winnipeg in 1923, where she wrote her most well-known book, Wild Geese. She continued to write fifteen more novels, the last of which was published in 1958. She died in 1963 in Seattle, Washington.

This collection consists of a 1925 typewritten manuscript copy of Wild Geese, filled with annotations as well as an author’s note.

This collection is in original order.

Ostenso, Martha, Manuscript, 1925, Collection 220. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

And They Shall Walk; The Life Story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny

The Sunset Tree

Milk Route

O River, Remember!

Love Passed This Way

Wild Geese

The Young May Moon

The Dark Dawn

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

No acquisition information is currently available. Materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Described by Charles Tonelli, Fieldwork Student, 2013. Processed by Casey Lapworth, 2019.

Box   1 Folder   1	Author’s note and cover sheet with address, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Pages 1-99, 1925
Box   1 Folder   3	Pages 100-199, 1925
Box   1 Folder   4	Pages 200-299, 1925
Box   1 Folder   5	Pages 300-327, 1925