BRYNHILD ROWBERG:
An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Rowberg, Brynhild, creator. | |
| Title: | Brynhild C. Rowberg Papers, | |
| Dates: | 1939-2017 (bulk 1939-1950). | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Photograph albums, correspondence, a scrapbook, and reminiscences of a woman from Northfield, Minnesota, documenting her time in the employ of the U.S. State Department as a foreign service officer in Europe at the close of World War II and during the post-war occupation. | |
| Quantity: | 0.75 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The material and her own memoirs describe the mobile lifestyle of State Department staff as they spent varying amounts of time in Italy and Austria, with side trips to various other places in Europe. Also included are lecture scripts from history courses taught by Rowberg, as well as diplomatic and regular passports for Brynhild Rowberg; her father, Andrew Ansel Rowberg; and her mother, Marie Christine Rowberg.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Brynhild C. Rowberg Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,825; 16,575; 16,687; 17,388
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 007211769
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 142.H.8.8F-1 | Certificates, 1944-1957. | ||||||||||
| Includes certificate accompanying Purple Heart awarded posthumously to Leland R. Rowberg (1944), certificate from the United States government in memory of Private First Class Leland R. Rowberg (1944) (2 copies), certificate appointing Brynhild Rowberg as Vice Consul at Saigon, Vietnam (1956), and appointing her Secretary in the Diplomatic Service (1957). | |||||||||||
| Letters to parents, 1942-1944. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Memoirs of Rowberg's wartime experiences, 2004. | |||||||||||
| The Pueblo incident, 2017. | |||||||||||
| Reminiscence regarding the capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo by North Korea in 1968 and subsequent negotiations for its release. At the time, Rowberg was a foreign service officer assigned to the Office of Korean Affairs in the Department of State. | |||||||||||
| Parents' letters to Rowberg, 1939-1945. | |||||||||||
| Passports: | |||||||||||
| Rowbert, Andrew Ansel, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Rowberg, Brynild Camilla, 1945-1985. | |||||||||||
| Rowberg, Marie Christine, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Photograph album, 1946-1947. | |||||||||||
| Photograph album, 1947-1950. | |||||||||||
| Photograph of Rowberg with an army tank, undated. | |||||||||||
| Scrapbook, 1945-1946. | |||||||||||
| Lecture scripts for Northfield history classes at the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium, 2010. | |||||||||||
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:
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Persons:
- Rowberg, Andrew A., 1887-1969.
- Rowberg, Leland Rollag, 1922-1944.
- Organizations:
- United States. Department of State.
- Places:
- Austria.
- Italy.
- Northfield (Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Passports.
- Photographs.
- Reminiscences.
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