Rasmus B. Anderson Papers, 1823-1936

Contents List

Container Title
Series: Correspondence
Micro 124
Microfilmed Correspondence, 1875-1909
Note: Filmed from originals in the possession of Mrs. Hjalmer Anderson, Seattle, Washington, in 1955. These letters are unarranged. At the back of Box 65 are cards that may refer to these letters.
Wis Mss HD
Index to Correspondence
Note: These three boxes of index cards refer to letters in Boxes 1-48; the citations do not indicate in which category (Personal and Family or General) the correspondence is filed, so both may need to be checked to find a cited letter.
Box   63
A-G
Box   64
H-M
Box   65
N-Z
Personal and Family Correspondence
Note: Indexed in Boxes 63-65.
Box   1
1860-1868
Box   2
1869-1884 May
Box   3
1884 June-1886 April
Box   4
1886 May-1887 July
Box   5
1887 August-1888
Box   6
1889-1894
Box   7
1895-1896 June
Box   8
1896 July-1898 June
Box   9
1898 July-1900 December
Box   10
1901-1903
Box   11
1904-1905 June
Box   12
1905 July-1908
Box   13
1909-1912
Box   14
1913-1916
Box   15
1917-1921
Box   16
1922-1929
Box   17
1930-1936
General Correspondence
Note: Indexed in Boxes 63-65.
Box   18
1841-1873
Box   19
1874-1875
Box   20
1876-1877 May
Box   21
1877 June-1878 September
Box   22
1878 October-1879
Box   23
1880
Box   24
1881 January-October
Box   25
1881 November-1882 August
Box   26
1882 September-1883 March
Box   26a
1883 April-1884 June
Box   27
1884 July-1885 September
Box   28
1885 October-1886
Box   29
1887
Box   30
1888
Box   31
1889
Box   32
188?-1890
Box   33
1891
Box   34
1892-1893 March
Box   35
1893 April-1894 March
Box   36
1894 April-1896 March
Box   37
1896 April-189?
Box   38
1900-1906
Box   39
1907-1913
Box   40
1914-1919
Box   41
1920-1923
Box   42
1924-1925 August
Box   43
1925 September-1927 August
Box   44
1927 September-1929 February
Box   45
1929 March-1931 June
Box   46
1931 July-1935
Box   47
1936
Box   47
A-K, undated
Box   48
L-W and unknown, undated
Box   56
Letters from Norwegian Authors
Note: See appendix for list of letter writers.

Arrangement of the Materials: Arranged chronologically.
Additional Correspondence
Note: Mainly family correspondence; processed in 1964 and not indexed.
Box   57
1868-1885 August
Box   58
1885 October-1886 July
Box   59
1886 August-1887 July
Box   60
1887 August-1892 April
Box   61
1892 May-1925; undated
Series: Other Papers
Box   49-50
Manuscript translations
Box   51-54
Addresses, articles, memorabilia
Box   54
Miscellaneous papers
Scope and Content Note: Includes three small unnumbered financial record books kept by Anderson consisting of a notebook with a few diary entries and miscellaneous, 1880; a cashbook, 1894 November 5-1896 January 13; and an account book with Olsen and Jacobsen, grocers, 1901 October-1903 December 14.
Box   55
Miscellaneous papers (continued)
Scope and Content Note: Includes an autograph book, social event memorabilia, correspondence, poetry, and music sheets. Volumes are small and unnumbered.
Box   61
Ephemera
Box   62
Volume   7-15
Diaries, 1876-1878, 1880, 1886-1889, and Diary notes
Box   62
Volume   16
Bank book, 1885-1888
Box   62
Volume   17
Account book, 1903-1905
Box   62
Volume   18
Travel accounts, 1903
Box   66
Volume   1
Memorabilia, 1883-1888
Box   67
Volume   2
Memorabilia, 1883-1888 (continued)
Box   67
Volume   3
Calling cards
Box   67
Volume   4
S.H. Carpenter's volume on Beowulf
Box   68
Volume   5
Mexican Plantation Association account book
Box   68
Volume   6
Ambassador's autograph book, Copenhagen
File 1843 March 3 Oversize
Diplomas, land grants, certificates, and college and honorary degrees awarded to Anderson or his family, 1843-1914