Title: The Papers of the Siewers Family, 1904-1971

ID: LCA/RG15/Siewers, f

Primary Creator: Sievers family

Extent: 2.2 Linear Feet. More info below.

Documentation consists of photo montage with poster about a journey from Norway to America, 1868; photocopies of photographs used in montage; manuscript of "Expedition from Christiania," printed in commemoration of a hundred year anniversary by Karl Siewers, 1971; copy of article by Peder Griffendelt given by Lyder Siewers, 1904.

In 1868 Carl Lyder Sievers, his wife Thrine and his sister Adda ventured together from Norway to America. The group settled in Decorah, Iowa, where Carl became a professor at Luther College.  Four years later Thrine’s cousin came to America to live with them, followed by yet another cousin a year later.  After Carl resigned from the Luther faculty in 1877, he became the editor of the Decorah Posten until his death in 1907.  Thrine returned to Norway three times in her life, where she died in 1909.  Adda was an actress in Bergen before they left Norway and was the last living member of the three immigrants, dying in 1912 at a nursing home in Wisconsin.

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I 1868 dro Carl Lyder Sievers sammen med kona Thrine og søstera hans, Adda, fra Norge til Amerika. De tre bosatte seg i Decorah, Iowa, hvor Carl ble professor ved Luther College. Noen år senere kom også to av Thrines søskenbarn fra Norge for å bo sammen med dem. Carl sluttet på Luther i 1877, og ble deretter redaktør av Decorah-Posten. Han var med-redaktør til han døde i 1907. Thrine dro tilbake til Norge tre ganger, og hun døde der i 1909. Adda var skuespiller i Bergen før de utvandra og var den siste gjenlevende av de tre immigrantene. Hun døde i 1912 på et pleiehjem i Wisconsin.

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 2 boxes

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Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: The Sievers Family Papers, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

6/15/24: Abby Bates updated copyright policy link.

11/26/19: EC updated the preferred citation.