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| Title | Aagot Raaen portrait |
| Date of Original | 1952-11 |
| Description | Formal portrait of Aagot Raaen as an older women. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Older people
Women
Authors
Portrait photographs
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| Subject (LCSH) | Norwegian American women
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| Personal Name | Raaen, Aagot
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| Location | Hatton (N.D.)
Traill County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | Mss 8.1.1 |
| Negative Number | 120mm-38.2a (copy neg.) |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 12 x 8 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Photograph appears on title page for book "Measure of My Days", dated November 1952. |
| Biography/History | Aagot Raaen was born in Iowa on December 3, 1873, the daughter of Norwegian immigrants, Thomas and Ragnhild (Rodningen) Raaen. The family moved to Hatton, N.D. and Aagot attended the local schools and in 1903 was graduated from the Mayville (N.D.) State Normal School. In 1913, she graduated from the University of Minnesota. She taught rural schools in the area and also at the Oak Grove Seminary in Fargo. From 1917 to 1922, Aagot was Steele County Superintendent of Schools. In 1922 she began teaching at a number of post-secondary institutions in Hawaii. She was the author of several books, including Grass of the Earth, Measure of My Days, and Hamarsbon-Raaen Genealogy, and wrote a series of historical articles for local newspapers. She died on January 7, 1957, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. |
| External Resource | Aagot Raaen Papers (Mss 6) http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/collections/manuscripts/women/Raaen2/index.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Aagot Raaen Photograph Collection Mss 8
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Mss 8.1.1) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000699 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
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