Otto Jorgensen was born to Jorgen and Kristiane Jorgensen on October 5, 1895 in Waupaca, Wisconsin. The family moved to Dagmar, Montana, around 1907. Otto Jorgensen was drafted into the Army in 1917 and sent to France where he was wounded in the leg. He returned to Dagmar in 1919 and became an electrician.
This collection consists of copies of a 1918 letter that Otto Jorgensen wrote to his sister, Marie, while he was serving in France near the end of World War I, and his reminiscence of his boyhood on a homestead in northeastern Montana.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana.
Archives and Special Collections also holds the Jorgen Jorgensen Family Papers (Mss 254). Otto Jorgensen was the son of Jorgen Jorgensen. The Montana Historical Society also holds the Jorgen Jorgensen Family Papers, and has digitized Otto Jorgensen's manuscript, “Boyhood Recollections, A Narrative of Homestead Days in North Eastern Montana.” The digitized version is available at: https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/90331
Otto Jogensen Letter and Reminiscence, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
The family holds the original reminscence and letter.
Donated by Karen Nelson, 2008.
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