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American Swedish Historical Museum Fredrika Bremer collection
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Held at: American Swedish Historical Museum [Contact Us]1900 Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19145
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the American Swedish Historical Museum. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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"Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) was a Swedish author of international renown. Between 1828 and 1858 she published a large number of novels, short stories and travelogues, and in the 1830s her work started to appear in translation in other countries. Britain and the United States became her main markets abroad, and her work influenced many of the Victorian novelists, among them Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. The issue of women's rights was her main concern, and her work had a great impact on Swedish and international suffrage campaigns and feminist ideology. Bremer's works still appear in new editions, in Sweden and to a lesser extent abroad."
Bibliography:
Quoted material from: Årsta Society. "Carina Burman." Accessed March 2, 2012. http://www.fredrikabremer.net/burman.htm
This collection contains correspondence with Bremer, and some photographs and prints. The highlight of the collection is the original manuscript for Bremer's Hertha.
A rough inventory of materials in the Jenny Lind collection is provided below. A more detailed inventory is available on-site:
Letters
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO CHARLES DE REVER (Bremer, Fredrika), 1847, March 7
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO FRU FREDER. ADAM (Bremer, Fredrika), 19th c.
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO G. PUTNAM (Bremer, Fredrika), 1850 ca.
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO H. F. AMIEL (Bremer, Fredrika), 1864, March 28
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO HANS C ANDERSEN (Bremer, Fredrika), 19th c.
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MISS MACINTOSH (Bremer, Fredrika), 1851, September 7
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MR S. ARNOLD (Bremer, Fredrika), 1847?
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MRS DUNCAN (Bremer, Fredrika), 19th c.
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MRS. SILSBEE (Bremer, Fredrika), 1850, January 25
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MY DEAR SIR (Bremer, Fredrika), 1847, August 24
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MY DEAR SIR (Bremer, Fredrika), 1851, June 18
From Fredrika Bremer to Prof Liljeström (Bremer, Fredrika), 1854, June 18
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO REV. J. H. HILL (Bremer, Fredrika), 1859, August 11
From REDRIKA BREMER TO ELIZA ACTON (Bremer, Fredrika), 1852, May 11
From SELMA LAGERLÖF TO JOHAN NORDLING (Lagerlöf, Selma), 1913, February 21
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MR S. ARNOLD (Arnold, S.G.?), 1847, June 13
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MRS SIGOURNEY (Bremer, Fredrika), 1849, October 14
From FREDRIKA BREMER TO MRS SILSBEE (Bremer, Fredrika), 19th c.
From SELMA LAGERLÖF TO JOHAN NORDLING (Lagerlöf, Selma), 1913, February 21
Photographic prints
FREDRIKA BREMER (Johnson, Amandus? After Ahlbom, Sophie), 1938>
BREMER SCHOOL,DES MOINES,IA, 1914
FREDRIKA BREMER'S BIRTHPLACE IN FINLAND, 20th c.
FREDRIKA BREMER'S HOUSE ÅRSTA, 20th c.?
FREDRIKA BREMER'S HOUSE IN ÅBO, FINLAND,
FREDRIKA BREMER'S HOUSE IN STOCKHOLM (Holmén, Erik), 20th c.
FREDRIKA BREMER'S HOUSE IN STOCKHOLM (Holmén, Erik), 20th c.
FREDRIKA BREMER'S HOUSE IN STOCKHOLM (Holmén, Erik), 20th c.
FREDRIKA BREMER'S STOCKHOLM HOUSE-SIGN, 20th c.?
LIBRARY AT MÅRBACKA (Löfling, G.P.), 1923-40
LOUISE, QUEEN OF SWEDEN (Bergne, Herman), 1956
Mamie Doud Eisenhower (1896-1979) (Rowe, Abbie), 1954 ca.
MÅRBACKA (EXTERIOR), HOME OF S. LAGERLÖF (Löfling, G.P.), 20th c.
SALON AT MÅRBACKA (Löfling, G.P.), 1923-40
SIGN ON HOUSE/FREDRIKA BREMER'S 1ST YRS,
SIGN ON HOUSE/FREDRIKA BREMER'S 1ST YRS,
STATUE OF FREDRIKA BREMER, 20th c.
TUORLA,FINLAND,BIRTHPLACE OF F. BREMER, 1930s?
Miscellaneous
AUTOGRAPH: FREDRIKA BREMER (Bremer, Fredrika), 19th c.
AUTOGRAPH: FREDRIKA BREMER: THE SHADOW OF GOD… (Bremer, Fredrika), 1849-1851?
AUTOGRAPH: FREDRIKA BREMER: NAMES ARE NOTHINGS.. (Bremer, Fredrika), 1849-51 ca.
MAGAZINE-CLIPPING: NORDISK BILLED-MAGAZIN RE F. BREMER (Halvorssen, J.H./Nordisk Billed-Magazine), 1863, July 26
MAP: North & South America (Åkerland, Eric (1754-1834) (COMPILER & ENGRAVER);Wiborg, A. (PUBLISHER)), 1824
OBITUARY: RUTH BERTHA HOFFSTEIN/LUTHERAN CHURCH (Lutheran Church of Narberth), 1960
Items collected from various sources by the American Swedish Historical Museum.
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- American Swedish Historical Museum
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- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
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- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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