annual report │ 2017
collections
Throughout 2017, the museum graciously received a number of artifacts that communicate unique stories which we are excited to share with our members and visitors through our exhibitions, on and off site programs, and View Our Collection. One of those pieces is a lace wedding dress that was first worn in 1939 in the U.S. and then in Denmark in 1947. Another is a set of letters notifying a military family during World War I that their son had been killed in action, and then retracting that information and relaying that he was instead wounded and recovering in a hospital in France. Also new to our collection are dishes and photos documenting a Danish-immigrant owned restaurant and motel in Illinois that operated between the 1940s and 1980s. These, and so many more stories are now preserved and shared – we are grateful. Thank you for your continued and kind support. ARTIFACT DONORS David Andersen, Marion, IA Muriel Bacon, Harlan, IA Karen Beall, Santa Fe, NM Virginia Beck, Monument, CO Steve Berg, DeKalb, IL Lois Bornemeier, Danbury, CT O. Keith Bowman, Des Moines, IA Kenneth Bower, New York City, NY Dorte Brandenhoff, San Francisco, CA Christian Castenskiold, Thousand Oaks, CA Borge Christensen, Rochester, MN Rosa Clemsen, Exira, IA Norman Danielsen, Randolph, KS Danish Brotherhood Lodge #35, Homewood, IL Marilyn Denison, Rapid City, SD
By Angela Stanford
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Carol Ekberg, Tyler, MN Kristen Frank, Decorah, IA Erik Frodsham, Fresno, CA Rosanne Fulton, Council Bluffs, IA Family of Clara (Tange) and Arndt Hanson, Philomath, OR Raymond Holland, Bettendorf, IA Anni Holm, West Chicago, IL Family of Howell and Hanson, Mojave, CA Esther Jensen, Santa Maria, CA Kris Johnson, Seguin, TX Jeff Jul, Davenport, IA Art Koff, Chicago, IL Kolding Kunstforening, Kolding, Denmark Jacob Jensen, Lunderskov, Denmark David and Barb LaMaster, Park Rapids, MN Jeanette Lillehoj, Kimballton, IA Henrik Linnet, Tønder, Denmark Anja Lyager, Esbjerg, Denmark Darlene Maddox, Portland, OR Marion Marzolf, Ann Arbor, MI Linda Miller, Henderson, NV Descendants of Christian & Agnes Andersen Nielsen, Waverly, IA Elvira Meyer Nielsen, New York City, NY John Mark Nielsen, Blair, NE Leroy Nielsen, Audubon, IA Pat, Stave, and Darin Olsen, Omaha, NE Robert Ostergaard, Minneapolis, MN Doris Rasmussen, Harlan, IA Ed Shada, Council Bluffs, IA Christian Slinkard, Tenino, WA Dane Stauffer, St. Paul, MN The Thanks-Giving Foundation, Dallas, TX Pamela Whitmore, Des Moines, IA