00793 Brynhild Rowberg: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Encoding funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by David B. Peterson, October 2010. Finding aid written in English January 2012 Updated by Shelby Edwards because of additional materials. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Rowberg, Brynhild. Brynhild C. Rowberg Papers, 1939-2010 (bulk 1939-1950). Materials in English. 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. 0.75 cubic feet (1 box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The material and her own commentary 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.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Brynhild C. Rowberg Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 15,825; 16,575

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

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: Photographs. Reminiscences. 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, 1942-1943. Letters to parents, 1944. Memoirs of Rowberg's wartime experiences, 2004. Parents' letters to Rowberg, 1939-1945. 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.