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| Title | Our Own Friendly Anne Carlsen Goes To the White House with a Smile |
| Date of Original | 1958 |
| Description | A framed announcement sponsored by the Lutheran Hospitals and Homes society congratulating Anne Carlsen on her receiving the Handicapped American of 1958 award. A photograph of Carlsen outside the Crippled Children's School in Jamestown, and a photograph of Carlsen receiving the award from Vice President Richard Nixon complete the announcement. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Awards and ceremonies
People
Social welfare
Women
Politics & Government
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| Subject (LCTGM) | People with disabilities
Awards
Announcements
Vice presidents
Teachers
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| Personal Name | Carlsen, Anne, 1915-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
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| Organization Name | Anne Carlsen School for the Physically Handicapped
Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 11078 |
| Format of Original | Documents
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| Biography/History | Anne Carlsen was born in Grantsburg, Wisconsin without forearms or lower legs. Nevertheless, she had an active childhood, and went to college at the University of Minnesota, intending to become a teacher. In 1938, she moved to Fargo for a job at the Good Samaritan School for Crippled Children. Carlsen moved with the school when it relocated to Jamestown. She was named the school's administrator in 1950, and the school was renamed the Anne Carlsen Center in her honor in 1980. She received the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award in 1966. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Democratic NPL Party Records Mss 11078
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (11078) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Language | eng |
| Digital ID | sh11078 |
