Line Kallesoe Correspondence
name: label: Creator
content: Anderson, Poul
label: Creator
content: Kallesoe, Line
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
place: label: Place
content: Denmark -- emigration -- 19th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Domestic relations -- 19th century -- U.S.
label: Topic
content: Emigration and immigration -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Poverty -- 19th century -- U.S.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Poul Anderson, 1977, July.
creator: label: Creator
content: Anderson, Poul
label: Creator
content: Kallesoe, Line
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: According to Poul Anderson, the donor and translater of the letters, apparently Peter Kallesoe, a sailor, left Denmark to seek his fortune in the United States, his wife and children to join him later. Family tradition says that he became involved in contraband running, was caught, and died in prison. Not knowing of his death, his wife Line and children arrived in the United States, and encountered the poverty which she describes in the letters. On the voyage to the United States, the ship's mate, named Anderson, fell in love with Line's daughter Techla, and eventually married her, becoming the donor's ancestor.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder; 2 letters, 27.5 cm. x 22 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Domestic Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) on, 4/13/83.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0042
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Family papers
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1983
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1860-1870
label: Genre/Form
content: Family papers -- 1860-1870
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory available; contact the Archives Center for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Two letters from Line Kallesoe, a Danish immigrant in Philadelphia, to her sister Emma in Denmark, discuss Line and her children's poverty after the death of her husband.