|
| Title | Rosa Kateley Olstad with her bicycle |
| Date of Original | 1900? |
| Description | Rosa Kateley standing with her bicyle in front of rock formation. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Women
|
| Subject (LCTGM) | Bicycles & tricycles
Women
Homesteading
Rock formations
|
| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
|
| Personal Name | Olstad, Rosa Kateley, 1875-1958
|
| Location | Drake (N.D.)
McHenry County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
|
| Decade | 1900-1909
|
| Item Number | 2008.116.131; 2008.43.1 |
| Negative Number | 35mm-0323.27a-28a |
| Format of Original | Slides
|
| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Rosa Kateley (Olstad) bicycle (1900)" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Rosa Kateley bicycled 75 miles to take a teaching exam in Washburn." - Caption with image published in: Land in Her Own Name, p. 152.
"Rosa Kateley Olstad, age 24, 1900, McHenry County" - Handwritten on back of copy print. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Rosa Kateley Olstad's completed questionnaire and additional biographical information in Lindgren's research papers (Mss 292.2.5). The papers include a typed transcription of her diary covering from 1899 to 1903.
Copy photograph print also available (2008.43.1) |
| Biography/History | Rosa Kateley was born at St. Charles, Minn. in 1875. She taught in local schools until 1900 when she went to McHenry County, N.D. near Drake to homestead in Spring Grove Township. She proved up her claim in 1905. While homesteading she also taught in local schools. In 1905 she married Carl J. Olstad who homesteaded near her. He was born in 1871 in Norway, coming with his parents to America in 1872. Rosa and Carl farmed and raised their family. Carl died in 1955 and Rosa in 1958. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
|
| Repository Collection | H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection 2008
|
| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1059 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2008.116.131) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Language | eng
|
| Digital ID | rs010136 |
| Original Source | Slide |
