The Dr. Alf H. Altern Collection, 1900-2001 | Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives

Collection Overview

Title: The Dr. Alf H. Altern Collection, 1900-2001Add to your cart.

ID: VMA/RG01/ARCH.Altern,Dr.

Primary Creator: Alf H. Altern

Extent: 0.4 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

A collection of materials relating to the life and correspondence of Dr. Alf Altern.  Included is a large group of picture postcards and materials related to the Chicago Norske Klub.

Administrative Information

Repository: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 box

Use Restrictions: May be reproduced with written permission from Vesterheim collections staff or executive director.

Acquisition Source: Norma Altern Smith

Acquisition Method: Gift

Processing Information: PastPerfect ID: 64CDB35D-F44E-4675-8451-921280693990


Box and Folder Listing


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Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Matchbook from Chicago Norske KlubAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Invitation to lunch for King Olav V in Chicago, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Dance card from Chicago Norske Klub Ball, belonging to Alf Altern, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Dance card from Chicago Norske Klub Ball, belonging to Ruth AlternAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Photo: 2 women (Kristiania), 1906Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Photo: 5 people playing instruments outdoors, circa 1900Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Photo: 2 women and man with dog, 1926Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Photo: Chicago Norske Klub Parade Float, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Photo: Chicago Norske Klub Parade Float, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Photo: woman (Christiania), circa 1890Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Photo: Stavanger Cathedral Boys Choir, 1979Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Postcard: Mural painted in dining room of Nosmennenes Singing Society, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Postcard: Holiday card from Aase Puntervold, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Postcard: Holiday card from Aase Puntervold, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Postcard: Holiday card from Ruth and Hallvard, 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Postcard: Norge. Turistskib I Troldfjord (Norway. Touring Ship)Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 17: Postcard: Isbjorn (Ice bear)Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 18: Postcard: Norge. Fra sildfiske. (Norway. From Herring Fishing)Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 19: Postcard: Tromso. Kaien. 1860.Add to your cart.
Creator: Eneret
Folder 20: Postcard: V. Kinskibet Roald AmundsenAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Postcard: LyngenfjordAdd to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 22: Postcard: Norge. Traena. Helgeland.Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 23: Postcard: Isbjorn pa SvalbardAdd to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 24: Postcard: Norge. Rensdyr I FinmarkenAdd to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 25: Postcard: Fangst I KvitsjoenAdd to your cart.
Creator: Eneret
Folder 26: Postcard: Norge. Svolvaer med gjeitaAdd to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 27: Postcard: Norge. Fra sildfiske.Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 28: Postcard: Fondalsbraeen, Svartisen. Nordland.Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 29: Postcard: 471. Norge. Midnatsol ved NordkapAdd to your cart.
Creator: Eneberettiget, C. A. Erichsen
Folder 30: Postcard: Utsigt fra Bitihorn mot Bygdin HoifjeldshotelAdd to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 31: Postcard: Norge. Torghatten Nordland.Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 32: Postcard: Norge. NordkappAdd to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Mittet & Co.
Folder 33: Postcard: ski jumpAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: Postcard: Ullevoldsveien ved St. Hanshaugen, Kristiania, 1908Add to your cart.
Sent to Mr. and Mrs. D. Chreystie from Aunt Hanna
Folder 35: Postcard: Kristiania - Ole Vigsgade, 1912Add to your cart.
Sent to Emily Chreystie from mother
Folder 36: Postcard: Norske KlubAdd to your cart.
Sent to Dr. Alf Altern from Marge.  Note: this depicts objects that are now owned by Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.
Folder 37: Postcard: Viking Boat parade float made by the Sons of Norway of Soughton, Wisconsin, 1969Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Postcard: Voksenkollen Sanatorium, 1908Add to your cart.
Sent to Emily Chreystie
Folder 39: Postcard: winter sceneAdd to your cart.
Sent to Norma Chrystie
Folder 40: Postcard: Norwegian home scene, 1911Add to your cart.
Sent to D. Chreystie
Folder 41: Postcard: Norwegian girl on farmAdd to your cart.
Creator: Elbjorg Oien Moum
Folder 42: Postcard: Norwegian girl knittingAdd to your cart.
Creator: Elbjorg Oien Moum
Folder 43: Postcard: Woman in bunad, 1938Add to your cart.
Sent to Ruth Chrystie from Aunt
Folder 44: Postcard: Woman in bunad, 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Postcard: Woman in bunad, 1939Add to your cart.
Sent to Mr and Mrs D Chrystie
Folder 46: Postcard: Reindeer, "Greetings from Norway", 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Postcard: Brussels, Belgium- Place Rogier et Gare du Nord, Bruxelles (Rogierplaats en Noordstation, Brussel), circa 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Postcard: Norge. Ofotbanen. Rombaksfjord.Add to your cart.
Creator: Mittet
Folder 49: Postcard: Arendal harbor, 1957Add to your cart.
Creator: Mormann
Folder 50: Postcard: Trondheim Domkirken, 1938Add to your cart.
Creator: Fot. Wideroe's Flyveselskap A/S
Folder 51: Postcard: Gratangen Turistatasjon - skisportAdd to your cart.
Creator: Mormann
Folder 52: Postcard: Norge. Fuglefjell I midnattsol, 1953Add to your cart.
Creator: Enerett Ebergh B. Opp
Folder 53: Postcard: Lappemor ved teltet, 1947Add to your cart.
Creator: Mormann
Folder 54: Postcard: Sagafjord cruise ship in EidefjordAdd to your cart.
Folder 55: Postcard: Skiddans pa fjalletAdd to your cart.
Creator: Sven Hornell, Riksgransen, Sweden
Folder 56: Postcard: Svolvaer. Parti fra havna. (View of the harbour), 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Postcard: Borgund stavkirke, Sogn, fra ca. 1150 (stave church), 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Postcard: Naeroyfjorden, Sogn., 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Postcard: Lagos AlgarveAdd to your cart.
Folder 60: Postcard: Barnbryllup pa Voss (From a Children's Wedding at Voss), 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 61: Postcard: Vatnas Kirke, Solumsmoen, Sigdal. Korskirke fra 1665.Add to your cart.
Folder 62: Postcard: Cartoon depicting soliders cutting bread and butter with saw and ax, by Taral, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 63: Postcard: woman in bunad, Naeroydalen, NorwayAdd to your cart.
Folder 64: Postcard: Syttende Mai parade at Royal Palace in Oslo, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 65: Postcard: Sami (Lapp) women in traditional costume, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 66: Chicago Norske Klub Membership List, 1961-1962Add to your cart.
Folder 67: Songbook for The Norwegian American Line (NAL) / Den Norske Amerikalinje A/SAdd to your cart.
N.A.L. Sangbok - Songbook in Norwegian for Den Norske Amerikalinje, or The Norwegian American line, a shipping company, known primarily for emigration.
Folder 68: Postcard book: Norske BunaderAdd to your cart.
A booklet of postcards depicting women in various regional bunads.
Creator: Artist: G. Schumann.  Published by Dreyer Stavanger.
Folder 69: Royal Invitation to LuncheonAdd to your cart.
An invitation for a luncheon with King Olav V, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, and members of the Chicago City Council.
Folder 70: Brochure of Bergen Railway and map, circa 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 71: Program for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert in honor of King Olav V, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 72: Program for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert in honor of King Olav V, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 73: Advertisement for the Norwegian American Immigration Anniversary Commission publicationAdd to your cart.
Folder 74: Advertisement for the Norwegian American Immigration Anniversary Commission publicationAdd to your cart.
Folder 75: Guest list for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert in honor of King Olav V, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 76: Guest list for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert in honor of King Olav V, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 77: Program for luncheon with King Harald V and Queen Sonya, Chicago, 1995Add to your cart.
Folder 78: Program for luncheon with King Harald V and Queen Sonya, Chicago, 1995Add to your cart.
Folder 79: Program for the Chicago Norske Klub 80th Anniversary dinner and ball, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 80: Program for the Chicago Norske Klub 80th Anniversary dinner and ball, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 81: Program of Normennenes Singing Society Banquet, 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 82: Lunch menu of ship "Sagafjord" - The Norwegian American Line (NAL) / Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 83: Program of Chicago Norske Klub "Herremiddag" dinner, 1969Add to your cart.
Folder 84: Program of Chicago Norske Klub "Herremiddag" dinner, 1969Add to your cart.
Folder 85: Program of Sangselskapet A Cappella concert, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 86: Menu card for Syttende Mai dinner, 1967Add to your cart.
Folder 87: "B. B. Booster" - Newsletter of Bjornstjerne Bjornson lodge #97 of Sons of Norway, Chicago, Fall 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 88: Program for banquet for King Olav V, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 89: Program for banquet for King Olav V, 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 90: Program for banquet for King Olav V, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 91: Program for Chicago Norske Klub dinner and ball, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 92: Membership directory of Minnekirken, Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, Chicago, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 93: Pamphlet of art listings owned by Chicago Norske Klub, 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 94: Program for Normennenes Singing Society 100th Anniversary dinner and dance, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 95: Program for Normennenes Singing Society 100th Anniversary dinner and dance, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 96: Program for Normennenes Singing Society 100th Anniversary concert, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 97: Dinner menu from M. S. Sagafjord - The Norwegian American Line (NAL) / Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 98: Dinner menu from M. S. Sagafjord - The Norwegian American Line (NAL) / Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 99: Photograph: Large ship with three mastsAdd to your cart.
Folder 100: Photograph: People working on large shipAdd to your cart.
Folder 101: Sheet music: Delisas SangAdd to your cart.
Folder 102: Lyrics: Hild Deg Delisa, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 103: Program for the 50th Anniversary of "Det Litteraere Samfunds", 1975Add to your cart.
50th anniversary program for Det Litteraere Samfunds, a Norwegian literature society in Chicago. Includes reports, articles, poems, songs ("Delisa" group)m and more.
Folder 104: Program for Chicago Norske Klub dinner for Prince Harald, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 105: Program for Chicago Norske Klub dinner for Prince Harald, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 106: NPH News: "NPH Resident Dr. Alf Altern receives Award at Gala '98", Spring/Summer 1998Add to your cart.
Norwood Park Home newsletter with a feature on Dr. Altern receiving the Dr. Larsandrew Dolan Award.
Folder 107: Photocopy of The Sun (Scandinavia-USA News), 1998Add to your cart.
Photocopy of the front page of The Sun, Scandinavia-USA news, from May 31, 1998, including an article regarding Dr. Altern receiving the Norwood Park Home award (Dr. Larsandrew Dolan Award).
Folder 108: Photocopy of The Daily News in Chicago, 1925Add to your cart.
Photocopy from The Daily News of Chicago on staging of children's Christmas play on Norwegian version of "Snow White" sponsored by Chicago Norske Klub and played at an orphanage. December 24, 1925
Folder 109: Press Release from City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor, 1968Add to your cart.
Press release regarding the arrival of King Olav V and details of his visit
Folder 110: Obituary, Chicago Tribune, 2001Add to your cart.
Folder 111: Stationery paper from Chicago Norske KlubAdd to your cart.
Folder 112: Photograph: parade float of Grieg society, 1924Add to your cart.
Folder 113: Photograph: Chicago Norske Klub Men's Dinner (Herremiddag), 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 114: Photograph: woman with lacey blouse, Kristiania, circa 1890Add to your cart.
Folder 115: Photograph: baby girl with pearl necklace, Kristiania, circa 1905Add to your cart.
Folder 116: Photograph: man in suit and woman in Norwegian folk costume, circa 1898Add to your cart.
Folder 117: Photograph: man in coat, Kristiania, circa 1900Add to your cart.
Folder 118: Photograph of woman with broach, Kristiania, circa 1890Add to your cart.
Folder 119: Photograph: family, 3 men, 5 women, 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 120: Sheet music: Klimer I Klokker, Barndomsminner Fra NordlandAdd to your cart.
Folder 121: Newspaper clipping - Syttende Mai celebration in Humbolt Park, Illinois, 1921Add to your cart.
Folder 122: Photograph: Herremiddag at Chicago Norske Klub, 1955Add to your cart.

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