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THE SCANDI NAVIAN AMERICAN
THE AMERICAN SWEDISH
HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
Continued from page 1)
States In Congress Assembled.
In the 19th century the pace of
immigration quickened. In all.
more than a million Swedes came
out of the North to become Amer
icans. By today there are well 0v
er two million Americans whose
earlier ties'to Europe are in Swe
den.
Who were these pioneers? What
customs and characteristics were
exclusively theirs? What about
their education, naturalization.
Americanization? How can we is
olate and measure their innumer
able contributions to our country
—whether heroic or humble?
These were some of the questions
that began to come with recurring
frequency to the minds of Ameri
cans of Swedish ancestry more
than twenty years ago. With these
thoughts in mind a small group of
Swedish Americans met in Chica
go under the aegis of Dr. Amandus
Johnson and began. at once to
raise funds to create a permanent
monument to this laudable part
of the American tradition.
In June, 1926 the corner stone
of the American Swedish Histori
cal Museum was laid by His Roy
al Highness Crown Prince Gustaf
Adolf. The present building. sub
stantially completed, was formal
ly dedicated by him in June, 1938.
during the tercentenary celebra
tion of the arrival of the Swedes
in the Delaware Valley and the es
tablishing of the first permanent
settlements in modern Delaware
and Pennsylvania. It is owned by
the American Swedish Historical
Foundation, a corporation with
members from nearly every state
in the Union and from several
foreign countries as Well.
Standing on the terrace of the
American Swedish Historical Mu
seum. in League Island Park. Phil
adelphia. one sees landscaped acres
in every direction. Permanently
built of concrete and stone trim.
the main building is flanked by
semi-circular Cloisters which will
perm‘t convenient access to future
buildings. After entering through
massive bronze doors. the visitor
steps into the central memorial
hall rising two stories to a vault
ed ceiling covered by a mural
which depicts the landing of first
Swedish expedition to America in
1638.
The Museum contains twu li
braries and fifteen exhibition gal
leries.
A part‘al list of mirroni exhibi
tions, which usuallv remain about
two to three months each. include
the following shows staged during
the past four years: Oil paintings
by B. J. O. Nordfolt. John F. Carl
son, Nils von Dardel; water colors
by Carl Sprinchorn and Carl Folko
Sahlln: Sweden's Dofensv in Pic
turosmnd Sweden, 3 Workshoo of
Democracy (photographs): fash
ion designs bv “Er"c"; book illus
trations by Gustaf 'I‘ongron and
fine book bindings by Edith We
linder: modern Swedish cartoons.
The opening exhibition of the
1947-48 season will be unusuallv
impressive from manv points of
view. Called “How They Came
Here," it will he a summarv ac
count of the Scandinavian immi
gration from the Viking age down
to our own times. endinq with the
Seamﬂnav’an Airlines Svstem, The
exhibition has been made possible
through the izenpv-nsity of the Swe
dish American Line and will be
the first of a series of contribu
tions to be made this coming sea
son bv theAmer'cnn Swedish His
torical Foundation to the "Pioneer
Centennial."
Having passed throu'rh the two
balls set apart for rotating exhibi
tions. 010 viuitor comes to the
Golden Main Room. tho entire walls
of which are cover-Ni hv a pictorial
map of the Swedish dominions. il
iuatrntim: thr'ir cconnmic life In
1638. Tim Tinicum Room. which
complcmr-nts the first room by
showing the story of the Dela
ware. The third chronological
room shows the background and
story of the all but epic 19th and
early 20th century immigration by
ship models, immigrant handbooks.
prints. maps etc. ~It is comple
mented by the Pioneer's Room
given by Colonel Emil Tyden of
Michigan. in which are exhibited
the domestic articles used by or
similar to those used by the pio
neers of this period.
The next two galleries survey
the political history of the United
States and the contributions made
to its development by Swedes and
Swedish Americans.
Turning left on the main stair
way the visitors go through two
rooms set apart to show the activ
ities of American Swedish women.
In the first will be found rich col
lections of “hemslbjd”, looms. spin
nihg wheels and other objects re
lated to the home crafts move
ment. While the other. the beau
tiful Fredrika Bremer Room.
shows the contributions made by
women in public life. Here are
materials dealing with such people
as Mary Anderson. Edith Morris,
Alva Myrdal, Selma Lagerléf. and.
of course. the great novelist Fred
erika Bremer. The Museum's
choicest Bremer item is the bound
manuscript of her novel “Hex-ta".
It also prizes the manuscript of-
Miss Lagerltif‘s "Varmland och
Vﬁrmlﬁnningarna". , ,
From there the transition to the.
Jenny Lind Room is a natural one.
As its name suggests, this room is
devoted to the accomplishments of
Swedes and American Swedes in
the field of music. from the earl
iest period down to the current
stars of the Metropolitan Opera
Company. The notable items to
be seen here are the rich Jenny
Lind collection and the fine assem
bly of items associated with
Christina Nilsgon.
1 Next comes a series of rooms
’devoted respectively to architec
ture. building and manufacturing
(given by the late Andrew Land
quist); engineering and invention:
and John Ericsson (both sponsored
by the Westerlin family of Chi
cago). In the first of these is cur
rently being shown the Museum's
‘unsurpassed collection of Scandi
fnavian 'silver. In the others are
idisplaycd drawings. models, pho
1togmphs. original patents. and
tother matcrials that relate the in
icalculable and fascinating contrib
utions made to American technical
lprogrcss in manifold ways by
1Americans of chdish background
In another room will be found
representative selections from th«‘
Museum's coyection of works by
American Swedish artists.
The Library was formally organ»
ized in December. 1937, by a group
of Museum members interested in
collecting permanent records of
the contributions made by Swedes
and Swedish Amerieans to our nu
tional heritage. The Library has
grown steadily until its holdings
now number some over eight
thousand items.
To be precise. one should speak
of the Museum's libraries. for
there are in fact two. The Peter
Rambo Research Library. given
by his descendant. Ormond Rank
b0. Jr.. was named in honor of
one of the founders of New Swe
den. Peter Rambo. who died in
Philadelphia in 1698 as one of the
Colony's outstanding leaders.
The other library at the Museum
is the general reference one. In
it are to he found books, pam
phlets. letters. diaries, and other
documents dealing with the history
and achievemenga of Swedes in
America. Inclu ed in this cate
gory are filles of most of the
Swedish language newspapers
published in the United States and
Canada. Considerable attention
has quite naturally been devoted
to the gathering of all types of
Swedish language printing in
America
In addition to maintaining this
unique national institution. the
American Swedish Historical
Foundation also issues for its
members a Yearbook. containing
interesting and informative arti-
cles about the history and dovcl«
opment of the American SwedishF
communities throughout the nu-I
tion. For example it has published
articles on such groups in Louisi
ana, Pennsylvania. Texas, Kansas.
Illinois. Maine. Oregon. Washing-l
ton, Michigan and so on. |
Since January. 1947. all mem
bers have also received :1 Monthly
Bulletin. Still another service. ex
tended to members, is the bio
graphical-genealogical file in the
archives.
A final word must be said about
the democratic administration of
the American Swedish Historical
Foundation and its Museum. A:
the annual meeting the members
themselves elect a Board of Gov
ernors. consisting of.36 men and
women from all over the country.
This board in turn elects the of
ficers and holds regular meetings
to conduct the affairs of the
Foundation. The present president
is Ormond Rambo. Jr., of Phila
delphia. The curator of the Mus
eum is Marshall W. S. Swan, Pn.
D. (Harvard).
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