ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
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VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #81 (addition)

DATES: 1962-1989

SIZE: .50 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Vilhjalmur Stefansson Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Reese and Margaret Hawkins, Greer, South Carolina, on June 8, 1992 (Acc.#92-1837).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Vilhjalmur Stefansson Papers consists of newspaper clippings (including an obituary), correspondence, a 1962 magazine article about Stefansson and one copy of Lusty Wind for Carolina, a romance novel dedicated to Stefansson and written by his former booking agent.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Newspaper clippings (including an obituary)
  2. True Magazine, December 1961 (includes article regarding Stefansson on page 18)
  3. Correspondence: Margaret Hawkins-Stefansson, 1962, regarding the use of Stefansson's portrait on postcards
  4. Lusty Wind for Carolina by Inglis Fletcher
  5. Correspondence: Margaret Hawkins-H.G. Jones (librarian at the University of North Carolina), 1989, regarding Lusty Wind for Carolina

 Original Donation  First Addition: 1946-1975
 Second Addition: 1956  Third Addition: 1906-1918
 Fourth Addition: 1962-1989  

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