The Papers of Linka (Caroline Keyser) Preus, 1842-1880 | Luther College Archives

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Series 2: Original and Photographs of Linka's Sketches, 1850-1984

Box 1: Copy Negatives of Black and White Prints of Linka Preus' Sketchbooks and Folio, undated

Item 1: Copy Negatives of Black and White Prints of Linka Preus' Sketchbooks and Folio, undated

Box 2: Photocopies of Drawings

Folder 1: Photocopies of Drawings with Notes, undated

Folder 2: Photocopies of Drawings with Notes, undated

Folder 3: Letters and Photocopies of Drawings, 1984, undated

Folder 4: Photocopies of Drawing, undated

Folder 5: Gracia Grindal on Linka's Sketch Books, undated

Folder 6: Gracia Grindal's Commentary on Linka's sketch Book, undated

Box 3: Photographs of Sketches, 1867-1870

Item 1: Sketch 41: (At Sognsvand) Christiania, July 1867

Item 2: Sketch 42: (Gjellebakk is the heart of Paradise hills) On the new way, 2 August 1867

Item 3: Sketch 43: (Syllinge Church.), August 1867

Item 4: Sketch 44: Holdsford. Sylling Church., August 1867

Item 5: Sketch 45: (An evening scene at Major Stua.), July 1867

Item 6: Sketch 46, undated

Item 7: Sketch 47: The portals of oak where 3,000 people ate dinner, undated

Item 8: Sketch 48: Scene from the Living Room, 2 February 1868

Item 9: Scene, 14 February 1868

Item 10: Sketch 49: A ride in the sleigh with the pastors' wives and pastors and a single woman and Christie., 2 February 1869

Item 11: Sketch 50: A wagon with ladies and other people., 2 September 1869

Item 12: Sketch 51: Keyserland., August 1867, February 1868

Item 13: Sketch 52: Evening scene, 11 July 1868

Item 14: Sketch 53: Kalla's Piano, December 1867

Item 15: Sketch 54, undated

Item 16: Sketch 55: A wagon with wooden wheels., undated

Item 17: Sketch 56: Blaaen drives the carriage with Kalla near Borgen., June-August 1867

Item 18: Sketch 57, undated

Item 19: Sketch 58: Old Anne Langemoe stands in front of the boiling coffee., 2 September 1869

Item 20: Sketch 59: tools, undated

Item 21: Sketch 60: Dunnings Springs, Iowa, undated

Item 22: Sketch 61: the three seated buggy of Dr. Magelsson with all the children., 3 June 1870

Item 23: Sketch 62: Back and front view of trolls, undated

Box 4: Complete Set of Photographs of Loaned Sketchbook, undated

Item 1: Sketch 91, undated

Item 2: Sketch 91 duplicate, undated

Item 3: Sketch 92, undated

Item 4: Sketch 92 duplicate, undated

Item 5: Sketch 93, undated

Item 6: Sketch 93 duplicate, undated

Item 7: Sketch 94, undated

Item 8: Sketch 94 duplicate, undated

Item 9: Sketch 95, undated

Item 10: Sketch 95 duplicate, undated

Item 11: Sketch 96, undated

Item 12: Sketch 96 duplicate, undated

Item 13: Sketch 97: To the Mississippien Devils by the Ladies of Lousiana, 19 April 1862

Item 14: Sketch 97 duplicate, 19 April 1862

Item 15: Sketch 98, undated

Item 16: Sketch 98 duplicate, undated

Item 17: Sketch 99, undated

Item 18: Sketch 99 duplicate, undated

Item 19: Sketch 100 duplicate, undated

Item 20: Sketch 101, 27 July 1861

Item 21: Sketch 101 duplicate, 27 July 1861

Item 22: Sketch 102 duplicate, undated

Item 23: Sketch 103, 1862

Item 24: Sketch 103 duplicate, 1862

Item 25: Sketch 104, undated

Item 26: Sketch 104 duplicate, undated

Item 27: Sketch 105, 2 October 1860

Item 28: Sketch 105 duplicate, 2 October 1860

Item 29: Sketch 106, undated

Item 30: Sketch 106 duplicate, undated

Item 31: Sketch 107: A Sunday Morning, 20 March 1863

Item 32: Sketch 107 duplicate, 20 March 1863

Item 33: Sketch 108, 1861

Item 34: Sketch 108 duplicate, 1861

Item 35: Sketch 109 duplicate, undated

Item 36: Sketch 110, 22 March 1863

Item 37: Sketch 110 duplicate, 22 March 1863

Item 38: Sketch 111: Our parsonage from 1852-1856, 1852-1856

Item 39: Sketch 111 duplicate, 1852-1856

Item 40: Sketch 112, 5 September 1864

Item 41: Sketch 112 duplicate, 5 September 1864

Item 42: Sketch 113, undated

Item 43: Sketch 113 duplicate, undated

Item 44: Sketch 114, undated

Item 45: Sketch 114 duplicate, undated

Item 46: Sketch 115, undated

Item 47: Sketch 115 duplicate, undated

Item 48: Sketch 116, undated

Item 49: Sketch 116 duplicate, undated

Box 5: Photographs of Sketches, 1865-1870

Item 1: Sketch 1, 1867

Item 2: Sketch 2, 28 August 1865

Item 3: Sketch 3: Goat Island in between Horse Shoe Falls and the American Falls., August 1865

Item 4: Sketch 4: Horseshoe Falls and Table Rock from the Canadian Side, 28 August 1865

Item 5: Sketch 5: Terrapin Tower as it overlooks the part of Niagara known as Horse Shoe Falls., 28 August 1865

Item 6: Sketch 6: Horse Shoe Fall, Niagara, 28 August 1865

Item 7: Sketch 7: That German Cabin at Good Harbour, Michigan., August 1865

Item 8: Sketch 8: These two Quakers in Chicago wait for the train, and eat their dinner in the waiting room in the depot., October 1867

Item 9: Sketch 9: From Larsen's Guest Room No. 8 at Luther College Decorah, Iowa., October 1864

Item 10: Sketch 10: The Hjort Parsonage at Paint Creek., August 1866

Item 11: Sketch 11: Hjort Parsonage, undated

Item 12: Sketch 12: Spring Prairie Parsonge in the 1870's, 1870s

Item 13: Sketch 13: Linka, Dulitz, and Herman on Goat Island., undated

Item 14: Sketch 14: Vettakollen from Borrestuen. Christiania, 29 July 1867

Item 15: Sketch 15: The hill in front of Lomses' watermain from Sognsvandet., 29 July 1867

Item 16: Sketch 16: A view of the tables at the dedication., undated

Includes image of Laur. Larsen at the dedication of the Main Building at Luther College.

Item 17: Sketch 17: Sara (Siri) Larsen's engagement to pastor Peer Reque, undated

Item 18: Sketch 18: We are leaving Rueland in a cart, with Hermann, Rueland, and Dulitz, 26 August 1865

Item 19: Sketch 19: Humledalen on Kragskoven in Norway., 2 September 1867

Item 20: Sketch 20: Looking out at Tyrefjord, Ringeriket, 2 September 1867

Item 21: Sketch 21: A market in New York. Fulton Market., 1865

Item 22: Sketch 22: At Børrestuen below the fields., 7 July 1867

Item 23: Sketch 24: Paula and the Children. Halden., March 1867

Item 24: Sketch 24 duplicate, March 1867

Item 25: Sketch 25: unfinished, undated

Item 26: Sketch 26: An evening walk to Keyserlund is undertaken., July-August 1867

Item 27: Sketch 27: Cherry Picking at Uncles in Keyserlund, 1867

Item 28: Sketch 28: Coffee storehouse at Chr. Brinks and Rosa, September 1867

Item 29: Sketch 29: An evening party at Hanschen and Bang's, September 1867

Item 30: Sketch 29 duplicate, September 1867

Item 31: Sketch 30: A visit to Toman Namann's ship Oscar., 18 September 1867

Item 34: Sketch 31: The road through the mountains., undated

Item 33: Sketch 32: A sketch of Hanschen, Bang, Herman, Wulfsberg, and I eating and drinking chocolate on our way to Humledalen from Drammen, August 1867

Item 32: Sketch 33: On the way from Drammen to Humledalen, undated

Item 35: Sketch 34: The train, 16 September 1867

Item 36: Sketch 35: Christian Brinck, Hanschen, Rosa, and I near the church at Egeberg., August 1867

Item 37: Sketch 36: strange man with children, undated

Item 38: Sketch 37: Moving the piano in, undated

Item 39: Sketch 38, August 1866

Item 40: Sketch 39: Here is where the musicians played every day, undated

Item 41: Sketch 40: unfinished-girls with candles, undated

Item 42: Campus House Informational Brouchure, 1973

Box 6: duplicate photographs of sketches, undated

Item 1: Inventory sheet, undated

Box 7: Photographs of Sketches, undated

Item 1: Sketch 69, 1858

Item 2: Sketch 69 duplicate, 1858

Item 3: Sketch 70: Stub's Parsonage at Coon Prairie, 7 July 1858

Item 4: Sketch 70 duplicate, 7 July 1858

Item 5: Sketch 71, undated

Item 6: Sketch 71 duplicate, undated

Item 7: Sketch 72, undated

Item 8: Sketch 72 duplicate, undated

Item 9: Sketch 73, undated

Item 10: Sketch 73 duplicate, undated

Item 11: Sketch 74, 1858

Item 12: Sketch 74 duplicate, 1858

Item 13: Sketch 74 small duplicate, 1858

Item 14: Sketch 75, 1858

Item 15: Sketch 76: The Guestroom at Koren's, 1858

Item 16: Sketch 76 duplicate, 1858

Item 17: Sketch 77 duplicate, 24 May 1859

Item 18: Sketch 78, undated

Item 19: Sketch 78 duplicate, undated

Item 20: Sketch 79: A Mississippi raft, undated

Item 21: Sketch 79 duplicate, undated

Item 22: Sketch 80, undated

Item 23: Sketch 80 duplicate, undated

Item 24: Sketch 81, 26 April 1859

Item 25: Sketch 81 duplicate, 26 April 1859

Item 26: Sketch 82, undated

Item 27: Sketch 82 duplicate, undated

Item 28: Sketch 83, undated

Item 29: Sketch 83 duplicate, undated

Item 30: Sketch 84: Spring Prairie Parsonage, 7 June 1859

Item 31: Sketch 84 duplicate, 7 June 1859

Item 32: Sketch 85, undated

Item 33: Sketch 85 duplicate, undated

Item 34: Sketch 86, undated

Item 35: Sketch 86 duplicate, undated

Item 36: Sketch 87, undated

Item 37: Sketch 87 duplicate, undated

Item 38: Sketch 88, undated

Item 39: Sketch 88 duplicate, undated

Item 40: Sketch 89, October 1859

Item 41: Sketch 89 duplicate, October 1859

Item 42: Sketch 90, undated

Item 43: Sketch 90 duplicate, undated

Box 8: Books and Negatives

Item 1: Pencil Drawings of Corline Dorothea Margrethe (Keyser) Preus Volume I, March 1982

Item 2: Pencil Drawings of Corline Dorothea Margrethe (Keyser) Preus Volume II, March 1982

Folder 1: Photographs of Sketches, undated

Item 3: Negative Photographs of Sketches, undated

Box 9: Loose Sketches

Item 1: Sketch small duplicate. Uncle Nicolai among the Indians, undated

Item 2: Sketch 64 small duplicate., October 1862

Item 3: Original Sketch. Uncle Nicolai among the Indians, undated

Item 4: Pencil Drawing Original, 5 panels on one side and 1 large drawing on the other. Sketch 63, 1861-1862

Item 5: Sketch 63: Winter 1862 and Summer 1861, 1861-1862

Item 6: Sketch 64: The wife and the governess must themselves clean the intestines at this slaughter., October 1862

Item 7: Sketch 129, undated

Item 8: Small duplicate sketch, undated

Item 9: Small duplicate sketch, undated

Item 10: Small duplicate sketch, 10 March 1862

Item 11: Small duplicate sketch, undated

Item 12: Small duplicate sketch, undated

Item 13: Original Small sketches., 1840, 1859

Item 14: Sketch 65: Family Playing Games, undated

Item 15: Half of Sketch 65 small duplicate, undated

Item 16: Half of Sketch 65 small duplicate, undated

Item 17: Original Sketches. Sketch 66 and Unknown, 17 May 1865, undated

Item 18: Sketch 66: Oh welcome, everyone, undated

Item 19: Sketch 66 small duplicate, undated

Folder 1: Sketch 75 duplicate, Sketch 68, and Sketch 67, 1865, undated

Folder 2: Sketch 118 Original, Sketch 118 Duplicates, and Sketch 117 Duplicate, undated

Acquisition Information: Accession: 27:23:01

Folder 3: Sketch 119 Original, Sketch 119 Duplicates, and Unknown Original, undated

Folder 4: Sketch 120 and Sketch 120 Duplicate, 1850

Folder 5: Painting 121 Original and Sketch 121 Duplicates, undated

Folder 6: Sketch 122 Original and Sketch 122 Duplicates, undated

Folder 7: Sketch 123 Original and Sketch 123 Duplicate, undated

Folder 8: Sketch 124 Original and Sketch 124 Duplicate, undated

Folder 9: Sketch 125 Original, Sketch 125 Duplicate, Sketch 126 Original, and Sketch 126 Duplicates, undated

Folder 10: Sketch 127 Original and Sketch 127 Duplicates, undated

Folder 11: Sketch 128 Original and Sketch 128 Duplicate, undated

Folder 12: Original Sketch, undated

Folder 13: Sketch 130 Original and Sketch 130 Duplicate, undated

Folder 14: Sketch 131 Original and Sketch 131 Duplicate, 4 November 1864

Folder 15: Sketch 132 Original, Sketch 132 Duplicate, Sketch 140 Original, and Sketch 140 Duplicate, undated

Folder 16: Sketch 133 Original and Sketch 133 Duplicate, undated

Folder 17: Sketch 134 Original and Sketch 134 Duplicate, 1865

Folder 18: Sketch 135 Original and Sketch 135 Duplicate, undated

Folder 19: Correspondence, Sketch 136, and Sketch 136 Duplicate, 27 December 1984, undated

Folder 20: Sketch 137 Original, Sketch 137 Duplicates, Sketch 138 Original, and Sketch 138 Duplicates, 1886

Folder 21: Sketch 139 Original and Sketch 139 Duplicates, October 1869

Box 10: Sketchbook, 1865-1869

Folder 1: Sketchbook of Linka's Drawings (Originals), 1865-1869

Box 11: Sketchbook, 1858

Item 1: Sketchbook of Drawings, 1858

Folder 1: Photocopy of Linka's Sketchbook of Drawings, 1858