CARLTON C. QUALEY:

An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Qualey, Carlton C. (Carlton Chester), 1904-, creator.
	Title:	Carlton C. Qualey papers,
	Dates:	1865, 1904-1988.
	Abstract:	The collection documents the academic career of a college history professor and researcher specializing in ethnic and immigration history, especially regarding Norwegian immigration to the United States.
	Quantity:	8.0 cubic feet. (9 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Carlton Chester Orlando Qualey was born December 17, 1904 in Spring Grove, Minnesota, the son of Ole O. (1858-1937) and Clara Amalia Knatterud (1868-1947) Qualey. He spent his boyhood in Spring Grove, graduating from Spring Grove High School in 1922. He enrolled in a teacher training program at the high school and received a common school teaching certificate. At the age of 18 he was appointed a teacher in School District 85 (Houston County, Minn.). He taught there for two years before entering St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) in 1925. After his graduation in 1929 with a degree in history, he received a graduate teaching assistantship at the University of Minnesota. He received a Master of Arts in history in 1930.

A fellowship from Columbia University enabled him to teach and earn his doctorate in history in 1938. During this time he also was working as an historian with the National Park Service. He taught at Columbia University (Bard College, Teachers College, Graduate School), 1936-1944; Swarthmore College, 1944-1945; Columbia Graduate School, 1945-1946; and Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.), 1946-1970. He also served as a visiting professor at other schools, 1951-1976. In addition, he served as the superintendent of the Minnesota Historical Society, 1947-1948, returning there in 1970 as a research fellow and initiator of the Ethnic History Project (1973-1981).

His fields of research were European migrations to America, and Scandinavian emigration in particular.

He married Elizabeth Cummings in 1933. They had two children: John and Mary. Carlton Qualey died March 25, 1988.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection documents the academic career of a college history professor and researcher specializing in ethnic and immigration history, especially regarding Norwegian immigration to the United States. The papers contain an autobiography, correspondence (1926-1988), academic papers (1929-1936), research files (1933-1940), class syllabi (1942-1973), association and organization records (1939-1987), conference and seminar materials (1947-1985), speeches (1949-1982), publications (ca. 1938-1983), miscellaneous subject files (1925-1985), photographs, book reviews, and newspaper clippings.

The correspondence is from students, colleagues, and other researchers. Very little personal correspondence is included. School records document his own schooling (1910-1925) and his work as a teacher in a rural public school (1923-1925). The academic papers (1929-1936) include theses written to fulfill requirements for his academic degrees. National Park Service papers (1933-1937) document his career as a historical technician. The material documenting his academic career (1934-1985) at Bard College, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, Finch Junior College, and Carleton College includes correspondence, minutes, reports, and class syllabus files.

Qualey was closely associated with the Minnesota Historical Society (1939-1970), serving as superintendent (1947-1948) and remaining thereafter on the executive committee. The MHS files do not reflect his work after 1970 as a research fellow. He was a member of the Organization of American Historians (1965-1973), Norwegian-American Historical Association (1931-1987), and Mississippi Valley Historical Association (1940-1967) and his professional correspondence files reflect his work on the editorial board of the NAHA and on various program committees, as well as his own journal articles. The section on conferences and seminars (1944-1985) contains correspondence, reports, papers, and programs associated with various meetings he attended. His speech files (undated, 1949-1982) mainly contain speeches about ethnic migration.

Publications (1938-1983) include book reviews, articles, and materials relating to his books. Trips to Scandinavia in 1934 and to the Soviet Union in 1958 are documented. Research materials include transcripts and translations of letters and articles. Census materials (1850-1900) relating to the immigration and subsequent migration of Scandinavians in the Upper Midwest compose the majority of the research material.

Scholarship and grant information (1952-1974), miscellaneous subject files (1925-1985), and photocopied newspaper clippings (1920s-1930s) containing genealogical information about families in Minnesota are also included. Certificates and diplomas are housed in an oversize box.

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ARRANGEMENT

These records are organized into the following sections:


		Biographical Files
		Photographs
		Correspondence Files
		Personal School Files
		Academic Papers
		National Park Service
		Teaching Career
		Associations and Organizations
		Conferences and Seminars
		Book Reviews
		Speech Files
		Publications
		Foreign Trips
		Research Material
		Scholarships and Grants
		Miscellaneous Subject Files
		Oversize Items
		Minnesota Historical Society Office Files

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 13,642: 13,812; 14,004; 14,482

Processing Information:

Processed by: Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, February 1989

Catalog ID number: 990017150570104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

BIOGRAPHICAL FILES:

Location

Box

151.K.5.11B

"An Academic Autobiography," 1986.

Biographical information, 1865, 1904-1971.

Civil War discharge paper of Ole Qualey (1865), Carlton Qualey's birth certificate, photographs of Qualey's home in Spring Grove, and miscellaneous material.

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PHOTOGRAPHS:

Location

Box

151.K.5.11B

Photographs of Qualey and his parents, undated.

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CORRESPONDENCE FILES:

Location

Box

151.K.5.11B

Correspondence, A-Z, 1926-1944.

Correspondents include historians Merle Curti, Ryan Fox Dixon (Union College, N.Y.), Herbert Heaton and George Stephenson (University of Minnesota), and Arthur M. Schlesinger (Harvard University).

Correspondence, A-Z, 1940-1987. 23 folders.

Correspondence concerned with Qualey's research topics, academic career, and literary endeavors, as well as a few personal letters.

Correspondents in this alphabetical sequence include the Association of Lutheran College Faculties, Clara W. Blegen (1948-1984), Michael Brook, Kenneth O. Bjork (Norwegian-American Society), Ray A. Billington (Huntington Library), John Hope Franklin (University of Chicago), John T. Flanagan, Laurence Gould, Kurt Hedumann (conditions in Norway, 1947-1948), Hubert H. Humphrey (1951-1975), Lloyd Hustvedt, Erling M. Hunt (Teachers College, Columbia University, 1946-1953), Felix E. Hirsch (Bard College, N.Y., 1947-1981), Esther Jerabek, Frank Kille (Carleton College, 1950-1958), John A. Krout (Columbia University, 1946-1949), Taro Kawa (1947-1986), Helen Thane Katz (1966-1978), Grace Lee Nute (1949-1950), and Abbott Smith (1947-1981).

Correspondence files (by person):

Albion, Robert G., 1965-1966.

Correspondence concerning Albion's visiting professorship at Carleton in spring 1966.

Boe, L. W., 1932-1944.

Boe was president of St. Olaf College.

Buck, Solon J., 1932-1946.

Correspondence with Buck, a former superintendent of the Minnesota Historical Society, who later became Archivist of the United States.

Johnson, Arne Odd, 1934-1948.

Letters from Johnson, a professor in Norway. Many are in Norwegian.

Nansen, Frithjof, 1923, 1935.

Nevins, Allan, 1934-1971.

Correspondence with historian Nevins, who taught at Columbia University from 1923 to 1958, as well as correspondence (1955-1960) about Qualey's essay in a book honoring Nevins.

Nason, John W., 1965-1967.

Nason was a president at Carleton College.

Semmingsen, Ingrid, 1963-1986.

Semmingsen was a professor at the University of Oslo.

Shippee, L. B., 1932-1938.

Shippee was a professor at the University of Minnesota.

Student letters, 1940-1988. 7 folders.

Letters from former students, A-L.

Location

Box

151.K.5.12F

Student letters, 1940-1988. 6 folders.

Letters from former students, M-Z.

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PERSONAL SCHOOL FILES:

Location

Box

151.K.5.12F

School records and miscellaneous papers, 1910-1922.

Report cards, photographs, and a play program.

District 85 School, 1923-1925.

Memorabilia of Qualey's two years of teaching (photographs, pupils' record book, class lists, etc.), as well as his contract.

St. Olaf College, 1925-1929, 1963-1964, 1979. 2 folders.

Programs, directories, newspaper clippings, and material concerning the 35th and 50th reunion of the class of 1929.

University of Minnesota and Columbia University, 1929-1939.

Correspondence concerning Qualey's school records at the University and his scholarships at Columbia, as well as his teaching assignments at Columbia's summer sessions.

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ACADEMIC PAPERS:

Location

Box

151.K.5.12F

"Norwegian Settlement in Minnesota, 1865-1875," 1929.

"Treatment of History in the Plays of William Shakespeare," April 8, 1929.

Honors Thesis, St. Olaf College. Also includes an additional paper.

"Pioneer Norwegian Settlement in Minnesota (to 1876)," 1930. 2 folders.

M.A. thesis, University of Minnesota.

"Some Aspects of the Population of Medieval and Renaissance Florence," June 11, 1932.

"The Settlement and Agriculture Development of the Township of Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota (to 1880)," 1932-1936. 2 folders.

Includes a souvenir pictorial card (1907), research notes, and an article published by Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1936.

"Norwegian Settlement in the United States," circa 1933.

Correspondence, research notes, and paper of L. M. Larson: "The Norwegian Settlement Element in the Northwest, 1833-1933," 15 p., as well as Qualey's paper: "Norwegian Settlement in the United States," delivered at the New York History Conference, January 9, 1933.

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE:

Qualey was appointed a Historical Technician on Emergency Conservation Work and assigned to Gettysburg National Military Park and Meriwether Lewis National Monument for the summer of 1933. Each park's group of historical assistants researched the event commemorated by each park and reviewed the actual ongoing project work. The file includes a description of the plans for the National Archives building in Washington, D.C. (April 24, 1934). Qualey was appointed Assistant Historian in the National Park Service, April 27, 1934 and Junior Park Historian on July 6, 1935. He resigned September 6, 1935 after receiving an appointment to the faculty of New College in Columbia University.

Location

Box

151.K.5.12F

General file, 1933-1937.

Meriwether Lewis National Monument, 1933.

Correspondence with Olaf T. Hagen and Lewis M. Anderson, who were assigned to the camp near Hohenwald, Tennessee as historical assistants, and who were responsible for the accuracy of the work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Gettysburg National Military Park, 1933.

Correspondence with William Allison and John B. Wolf, historical assistants at Gettysburg.

Colonial National Monument (Virginia), 1935.

Qualey was a historical assistant with the Federal Emergency Administration, hired to research materials pertaining to Jamestown, Virginia.

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TEACHING CAREER:

Location

Box

151.K.5.12F

Bard College, 1934-1943.

Reports, memoranda, and correspondence relating to Bard College and its relationship to Columbia University. Includes information on the Committee on Hudson River Valley Studies, 1941-1942.

Bard College, 1936-1946.

Correspondence about Qualey's teaching appointments.

Bard College, 1943-1944.

Coursework for the Army Specialized Training Program, and the commencement address of April 27, 1944.

Bard College Haswell Diary.

(part of Qualey's research) Typed copy (100 pp.) of diary kept on the ship Columbia in 1787.

Columbia University, 1937-1942.

Coursework for the summer sessions.

Columbia University Teachers College, 1942-1946.

Correspondence relating to his teaching assignments.

Swarthmore College, 1943-1946.

Correspondence relating to teaching American history to Navy personnel.

Finch Junior College (New York City), 1945-1946.

Correspondence about part-time teaching assignments in addition to his schedule at Swarthmore College.

Establishment of New College in New Hampshire, 1945.

Correspondence concerning the feasibility of a new college.

River Falls State Teachers College, 1945-1946.

Correspondence about Qualey's candidacy for president.

Carroll College (Wisconsin), 1946.

Correspondence about Qualey's candidacy for president.

Carleton College:

Publicity materials and photographs, undated.

Correspondence with Laurence Gould, college president, 1946-1952.

Minutes and memoranda of the Convocation Committee, 1951-1957.

Location

Box

151.K.5.13B

Executive Committee minutes, 1964-1967.

Correspondence and reports of the Library Committee, 1950-1952.

Correspondence of the Committee on American Studies, 1950-1954, 1958-1960. 2 folders.

Correspondence and proposed Publication Board charter, 1963-1964.

Minutes and correspondence of the Centennial Committee, 1964-1966.

Qualey's American Foreign Policy address at the Open Forum meeting, 1949.

Qualey's chairmanship of Division III (part of the college's organization), 1950.

Academic year correspondence and reports, history department, 1950-1969.

Honorary degree citations, 1957-1966.

Correspondence with Laurence Gould and John W. Nason (presidents of the college), 1953-1970, 1985.

Opening convocation, 1957.

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Regional Committee, 1964-1965.

Fellowships for one year of graduate study to prepare for careers in college teaching.

Memorial for Leal Aubrey Headley, professor at the college, 1965.

Correspondence relating to Qualey's speech before the Carleton Alumni Club of Southern California, 1965.

Location

Box

151.K.5.13B

Qualey's speech at the Senior Class Day Convocation, 1970.

Visiting Professor of American Studies, 1972-1973.

Panel discussion on local history, 1977.

Thorstein Veblen Seminar at the California Carleton Alumni Club, 1979.

Outlines of Qualey's speech when he received the Carleton Alumni Association Award for Exceptional Service, 1985.

Miscellaneous teaching assignments, 1951-1976.

Northwestern University, 1951.

History of the American Frontier and Seminar in U.S. History.

Cleveland State University, 1971-1973. 2 folders.

Correspondence relating to Qualey's appointment as a visiting professor. Includes course outline and bibliographies.

Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1976.

Qualey taught a course entitled "Immigrant in American History."

Class syllabus files.

Materials used by Qualey in his history courses. Files may include notes, bibliographies, outlines, and examination questions.

American Frontier: 1783-1850.

American Historiography.

Economic History of the United States.

Contemporary American Problems and Their Historical Backgrounds: Domestic Issues.

American Political History Since 1901.

History of American Foreign Policy.

Location

Box

151.K.5.13B

American Political History: 1865-1901, 1943-1944.

Newer Interpretations of American History, 1943-1946.

American History Seminar, 1944-1945.

Naval History and Elementary Strategy, 1944-1945.

American Studies. Expansion of the American People, 1944-1969. 3 folders.

Survey of American History to 1877, 1947-1969.

American Diplomatic History, 1947-1982.

Comprehensive examinations in history, 1949-1968.

Questions used at year-end examinations.

American Intellectual History, 1950-1970.

Examination questions.

American Studies Institute, 1960.

Qualey taught a summer session course at Macalester College (St. Paul).

Location

Box

151.K.5.14F

The Twentieth Century, 1960-1961.

American Studies Seminar, 1960-1963.

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning a program in American studies at Carleton College. It was made possible by the establishment of the Fred C. Andersen Foundation in American Studies.

American Intellectual History, 1964-1970.

Stanford University, 1965-1967.

Correspondence and course material used by Qualey as a Visiting Coe Professor in Stanford's Institute of History in the summer of 1966.

Colonial America, 1969.

Westward Expansion, 1972-1973.

Problems of American Foreign Policy, 1972.

History of the United States.

Lecture notes.

Textbook, 1960-1964.

Correspondence and a chapter of a proposed book on "The Survey in United States History."

Teaching of history.

Henry James Seminar, 1968.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Location

Box

151.K.5.14F

Minnesota Historical Society:

Correspondence and reports, 1939-1955.

Superintendent's correspondence and reports, 1947-1953.

Minutes and correspondence of the Executive Committee, 1948-1950.

Correspondence with Russell Fridley and Outline of the Ethnic History Project, 1968-1970.

Includes Minnesota History News article, 1973.

American Association of University Professors, 1964-1965.

Minutes, correspondence, and statements relating to professional ethics.

Organization of American Historians, 1965-1973. 3 folders.

Correspondence, reports, and programs relating to annual meetings. Qualey was a participant in the immigration history section, as well as a member of the nominating committee.

Norwegian-American Historical Association:

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1931-1939.

Correspondence with J. Jorgen Thompson (financial secretary), 1932-1955.

Includes two translated letters of 1854 and 1858, and some financial statements and minutes, 1947).

Editorial correspondence with Helen Thane Katz of the Minnesota Historical Society, 1937-1953.

Correspondence, newsletter and program of the 25th anniversary of the association, 1950.

Editorial correspondence relating to volume 23 of journal, 1965-1967.

Letter Translated by Qualey, 1973.

It was written in Waseca on October 3, 1869 and published in Vol. 27 of Journal.

Correspondence relating to Qualey's article on Veblen, and editorial correspondence, 1979-1984.

Location

Box

151.K.5.14F

Mississippi Valley Historical Association:

Correspondence relating to the publications of the Alvord Memorial Commission, 1940-1951.

Includes correspondence of Grace Lee Nute.

Correspondence relating to program for annual meeting at St. Louis in 1944, 1943-1944.

Correspondence relating to the Kensington Runestone Committee, 1948-1949.

Membership Committee correspondence, 1951-1954.

Includes constitution, annual meeting program (1951), and Qualey's speech, April 20, 1951.

Joint session (1953) with American Studies Association, 1952-1953.

Qualey was program chair.

Correspondence and programs, 1953-1958.

Papers and commentary for 1958 annual meeting, 1958-1959.

Correspondence and commentary on a joint meeting with the American Association for State and Local History, 1964.

Correspondence relating to Qualey's article about Marcus Lee Hanson and the Formation of the Immigration History Society, 1964-1967.

Location

Box

151.K.6.1B

Folk Arts Foundation of America, Inc., 1944, 1947-1954.

Correspondence with Grace Lee Nute, Elizabeth McLeod Jones, A. C. Krey, and Esther Jerabek.

Includes certificate of incorporation, 1944.

University of Minnesota, 1947-1948.

Correspondence relating to Qualey's association with the University while he was superintendent of the Minnesota Historical Society.

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CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS:

Location

Box

151.K.6.1B

Upper Midwest History Conference, 1947-1955, 1981.

Correspondence, reports, and agendas.

Midwest Faculty Conference, 1950-1953.

Correspondence and reports.

American University Field Staff (New York City), 1951-1954. 2 folders.

Correspondence with Qualey about members of the Institute of Current World Affairs visiting Carleton College.

Second Buck Hill Falls Conference (Pennsylvania), 1952.

Pre-medical education; includes reports.

School and College Teachers of History, 1954-1956.

Material on yearly conference.

Blegen Immigration Conference, 1959-1961.

Correspondence and papers given at a conference honoring Theodore C. Blegen on his retirement.

Federal Government and Higher Education Conference, 1961-1962.

Correspondence and reports.

Associated Colleges of the Midwest, 1963-1966.

Seminar held at the Newberry Library (Chicago); includes correspondence and reports.

Upper Midwest Ethnic Studies Association, 1971-1972.

Conference reports.

National Conference on Ethnicity (Cleveland State University), 1972.

Includes correspondence, program, and Qualey's paper.

International Congress of Historical Sciences, 1973-1976.

Qualey was a participant at an international congress held in Wuppertal, Germany; includes correspondence and papers presented.

Norwegian Influence in the Upper Midwest, 1975.

Conference held at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Scanpresence (seminar), Minneapolis, 1973-1976.

Correspondence, progress reports, minutes, action proposals, and registration list of a conference held in Minneapolis.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1975.

Qualey's paper, "The People Came," presented at the annual meeting.

Red River Valley Historical Society, 1976.

Qualey was a spring conference participant.

Swedish Seminar, March 1979.

Uppsala International Migration Course held in Minneapolis.

The Iron Range Experience: Immigration, 1984.

Qualey's paper "The Cornish: A Mining Elite."

Organization of American Historians, 1985.

Includes research on George M. Stephenson.

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BOOK REVIEWS:

Location

Box

151.K.6.1B

Copies of Qualey's book reviews in various periodicals.

Immigration Research Digest, 1963-1971.

Correspondence and book reviews by Qualey.

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SPEECH FILES:

Location

Box

151.K.6.1B

Speeches, 1972-1983.

Correspondence and research material relating to various talks.

Speech texts:

"Norwegian Element in the U.S."

Delivered over Northfield Radio Station WCAL.

"Norwegian Pioneering in Southern Minnesota."

"Lincoln and Washington."

St. Thomas College (St. Paul, Minn.), 1949.

University of Minnesota, 1949.

Institute on American Studies, Resources of History for Study of the Midwest.

Minnesota Territorial Centennial Convocation, Carleton College, March 4, 1949.

"A Sense of Dedication," 1950.

Commencement address given at Austin, Medford, and Northfield, Minnesota schools.

"Things American," 1950, 1953.

Carleton College, St. Olaf College, 1950

Notes.

National Council for the Social Studies, 1950.

Annual meeting in Minneapolis.

"A Generation of Change," 1957.

Spring Grove High School Commencement.

"The Norwegians of Minnesota," 1958.

An address that was tape recorded for the Norwegian Information Service.

"Immigration in American History," 1961.

"Mormons From Europe," 1969.

"On Being an Ethnic Historian," 1971.

Delivered at Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland).

"Arrowhead Immigrant Cultures," 1973.

Delivered at St. Scholastica College (Duluth, Minn.).

American Historical Association, 1982.

About the Minnesota Ethnic History Project and the resulting publication, They Chose Minnesota.

Goodhue County Historical Society, 1982.

Correspondence and notes.

Religious speeches, 1951-1956.

Miscellaneous presentations.

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PUBLICATIONS:

Location

Box

151.K.6.2F

Norwegian Settlements in the United States, circa 1938.

Newspaper clippings.

"America's History," circa 1947.

Outline, forward, chapter 1, and part of chapter 2 of a proposed book.

Norwegian Migration to the U.S.

Manuscript copy.

John Wesley North, 1955-1958.

Articles and research.

Wittke volume, 1962-1963.

Qualey's essay, "Immigration, Emigration, Migration," was included in a volume honoring Dean Wittke. Includes correspondence with O. Fritiof Ander, professor of history, Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.).

University presses, 1958-1962.

Correspondence with publishers.

"The Relevance of History," 1964.

Correspondence and article which appeared in The Voice (Carleton College), January, 1964.

Veblen seminar and book, 1965-1983. 3 folders.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning a seminar on Thorstein Veblen (Carleton College, Class of 1880), held in celebration of Carleton's centennial year (1965). Guest speakers were John Kenneth Galbraith, Charles B. Friday, Thomas C. Cochran, David W. Noble, Joseph Dorfman, and Isador Lubin. The speakers' essays were edited by Qualey, who wrote an introduction. The book, Thorstein Veblen, was published in 1968 by the Columbia University Press. The only essay not included was that of John Kenneth Galbraith; the manuscript copy is included here.

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FOREIGN TRIPS:

Location

Box

151.K.6.2F

Scandinavian holiday, August 18-September 19, 1934.

Typed transcript and original notes of Elizabeth and Carlton's trip to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and England.

Trip to Soviet Union, August 25-September 25, 1958.

Correspondence, typed transcript, and Qualey's original notes about his trip to the Soviet Union. He was one of 12 professors to visit under a grant from the Hill Family Foundation of St. Paul.

Trip to Soviet Union, 1958-1962.

Correspondence relating to Qualey's subsequent talks and speeches about the Soviet Union to civic and cultural groups.

Russian seminar publication, 1958-1961.

Correspondence and articles for a proposed publication consisting of papers written by the 12 professors who visited the Soviet Union in 1958.

Stockholm trip, 1960.

Correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to a trip (Aug. 14-Sept. 10) taken by Qualey and his daughter, Mary, sponsored by the Swedish Pioneer Historical Society. While there, Qualey attended the International Congress of Historical Sciences (Aug. 21-28). Includes letters from Carlton and Mary Qualey to Elizabeth and John Qualey in Minnesota.

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RESEARCH MATERIAL:

Location

Box

151.K.6.2F151.K.6.2F

Gjerdrum, Jorgen, 1938. 2 folders.

Transcriptions (Norwegian and English) of letters written (1874-1875) by Gjerdrum to a newspaper in Norway about his trip to America. Includes translation and photographs of newspaper pages and Qualey's notes for his paper.

Evang, Karl, 1940.

Translations of articles of Evang, director of public health services in Norway.

Miscellaneous research material.

Transcribed letters in Norwegian and English and other miscellaneous material.

"The Dispersion of Norwegian Settlement in the United States After 1860" (20 pp).

Location

Box

151.K.6.3B

"Norwegian Elements taken from Census Schedules."

Scandinavians in Michigan, 1933-1934.

Correspondence concerning Qualey's request for information.

Scandinavians in Michigan, 1934, 1940.

Articles by Qualey on the history of the Scandinavians in Michigan and their church organizations; includes article for Michigan History Magazine, 1940.

Information taken from the census records about the location of Norwegians in states and counties:

Minnesota, 1857, 1860, 1870, 1875.

Nebraska, 1860, 1870, 1880.

Dakota Territory, 1870, 1880.

Wisconsin, 1850, 1860, 1870.

Illinois, 1850, 1860, 1870.

Michigan, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880.

Iowa, 1850, 1860, 1870.

Montana, 1900.

North Dakota, 1900.

South Dakota, 1900.

"Uncorrected Copies of Census Statistics with Notes as to Consolidation of Miscellaneous Places of Birth Under the Heading: Born Elsewhere."

"Norwegian Settlement in Goodhue and Rice Counties, Minnesota."

Copy of paper found in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

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SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:

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Box

151.K.6.3B

Guggenheim Scholarship, 1952-1953.

Includes correspondence and application.

Hill Foundation Grant, 1952-1955, 1958, 1968.

Grant for support of a study of European migration to the U.S. since 1815; includes expense book.

American Council of Learned Societies, 1961-1963.

Qualey received its support for his history of immigration.

Huntington Library, 1966-1968.

Correspondence and miscellaneous material concerning Qualey's research leave.

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1971-1974.

Application for a senior fellowship for the Ethnic History Project.

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MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECT FILES:

Location

Box

151.K.6.3B

Norse-American Centennial, 1925.

Fox River (Ill.) Centennial, 1934.

Minutes and correspondence of committees formed to celebrate the centennial of the first permanent Norwegian settlement in the American West, and the second in America.

Gunflint Lake Summer Home, 1947.

Correspondence and permit for erection of a summer home on Gunflint Lake. The home was never built.

Minnesota Territorial Centennial, 1949.

Correspondence, schedules, and miscellaneous material.

Camp, 1950-1956.

Correspondence relating to summer camps for John and Mary Qualey.

Commodore John Rodgers letter, 1951.

Photocopy of a letter of Rodgers to his wife, Minerva (May 23, 1811); includes a letter to John Qualey explaining this gift to him.

College Entrance Examination Board, 1955-1957.

Committee correspondence.

KTCA-TV, 1957-1960.

Programs about immigration presented on Twin Cities public television.

Democratic National Committee, 1964-1965.

Correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to the election of 1964.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), 1966.

Ward 1, Northfield, Minnesota. Qualey was active in the party.

Immigration History Group, 1968-1970.

Program committee correspondence.

New York Times, 1969, 1975, 1980.

Correspondence in response to Qualey's letters in the New York Times.

"When I Was a Little Girl," 1974, 1980-1982.

Correspondence relating to the publication and distribution of Elizabeth Cummings Qualey's memoirs.

St. Anthony Park Association, 1981-1985. 2 folders.

Bylaws, correspondence, minutes, reports, and financial information of a St. Paul neighborhood association. Includes minutes of the District 12 Council.

Turner, Frederick, August-October 1901.

Typed transcriptions of articles in Chicago Record-Herald concerning immigration of Germans, Italians, French, Canadians, and Jews. Also: "The Stream of Immigration into the United States."

Blegen, Theodore Christian. Correspondence, 1932-1969. 6 folders.

Letters from Blegen to Qualey, with a few from Qualey to Blegen.

The correspondence concerns Qualey's work on his thesis, his jobs and teaching assignments, and his research help for Dr. Blegen. Blegen wrote as superintendent of the Minnesota Historical Society, managing editor of the Norwegian American Historical Review, and as dean of the graduate school, University of Minnesota (1940-1960). He also served (1943-1944) as Director of the American Historical Association's Historical Service Board in Washington, D.C. Qualey was associated with Blegen in the Norwegian American Historical Association as an editor.

A two-page paper by Qualey (ca. Dec. 19, 1969) details his work for and friendship with Blegen, along with a chronology of their relationship.

Maps: Distribution of the Norwegian Elements in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota Territory, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Michigan.

Newspaper clippings. 2 folders.

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings (photocopies) in English and Norwegian.

Newspaper clippings. 2 folders.

Newspaper columns (photocopies) from the 1920s-1930s written in Norwegian. Many contain genealogical information about families in Minnesota.

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OVERSIZE ITEMS:

Location

Box

142.C.5.5

St. Olaf Concert Band, April 18, 1921.

Poster bearing picture of band.

Confirmation certificate, April 26, 1919.

Qualey's confirmation.

Certificate from American Historical Association to Carlton C.

Qualey, 50-year member.

Diplomas:

St. Olaf College, June 4, 1929.

University of Minnesota, Master of Arts, December 18, 1930.

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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICE FILES:

Location

Box

149.D.19.1B

Correspondence, 1971-1983. 2 folders.

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding his academic and research activities.

Subject files (including Ethnic History Project Files):

American ethnic nationalisms, 1973-1979.

Articles by Carlton Qualey.

Cornish Chisholm Conference, May 18, 1984.

Current, Richard (Lake Delton, Wis.), 1981.

Ethnic groups on the frontier, 1984-1986.

Gran tapes, 1972-1976.

Harvard Ethnic Encyclopedia, 1976-1979.

Hennepin County (Minn.) Bicentennial, 1975-1976.

Kent Forum, 1983.

Landsverk, O. G., 1975-1985.

Minnesota Ethnic History Project.

Minnesota guides article, 1971.

Minnesota Time Capsule, 1976.

NEH project evaluations, 1975-1981.

Norwegian Influence Conference (Duluth, Minn.), 1975.

Norwegians on the Great Plains, 1977.

Peterson, Andrew (articles), 1971-1978.

Regionalism and Ethnicity Conference, April 27, 1974.

Reviews of Carlton Qualey.

State of the Art Conference (Toronto), May 1980.

They Chose Minnesota, 1973-1984. 3 folders.

Correspondence, reviews, and miscellaneous material.

Time-Life Books, 1977.

Wuppertal Conference, 1974-1980. 2 folders.

Correspondence and paper delivered at conference in Germany.

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RELATED MATERIALS

A group of microfilmed statistical charts illustrating the geographic dispersion of immigrant groups in Minnesota, compiled by Qualey as part of his work on the Minnesota Ethnic History Project, is cataloged separately.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Education -- Minnesota -- Curricula.; College teaching -- Minnesota.; College teachers as authors.; Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations.; Schools -- Minnesota.; Scandinavian Americans.; Norwegian Americans.; History -- Study and teaching.; History -- Statistical methods.; History -- Research.; History -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.; History -- Examinations, questions, etc.

Persons:: Bjork, Kenneth O.; Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969.; Buck, Solon J. (Solon Justus), 1884-1962.; Curti, Merle Eugene, 1897-.; Dixon, Ryan Fox, 1887-1945.; Flanagan, John T., 1906-.; Franklin, John Hope, 1915-.; Gould, Laurence McKinley, 1896-1995.; Hunt, Erling M., 1901-.; Hustvedt, Lloyd.; Jerabek, Esther, 1897-.; Katz, Helen Thane.; Kille, Frank R.; Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.; Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-.; Schlesinger, Arthur, 1917-.; Semmingsen, Ingrid, 1910-.; Stephenson, George Malcolm, 1883-1958.; Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929.

Places:: Norway -- Emigration and immigration -- Study and teaching.; Soviet Union -- Description and travel.; Spring Grove (Minn.).; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Study and teaching.

Organizations:: Bard College.; Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.).; Columbia University.; Houston County (Minn.). School District No. 85 (Wilmington: Township).; Minnesota Historical Society.; Minnesota Historical Society. Ethnic History Project.; Mississippi Valley Historical Association.; Organization of American Historians.; Norwegian-American Historical Association.; St. Anthony Park Association (Saint Paul, Minn.).; St. Olaf College.; Swarthmore College.; United States. National Park Service.; University of Minnesota.

Genre Forms:: Theses.; Speeches.; Manuscripts (for publication).

Occupations:: Educators.; Historians.

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