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Charles Arthur Lindholm photograph collection, between 1890 and 1916?

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Lindholm, Charles Arthur
Title
Charles Arthur Lindholm photograph collection
Dates
between 1890 and 1916? (inclusive)
Quantity
15 photographic prints
Collection Number
PH0081
Summary
Photographs of Stockholm, Sweden and Gothenburg, Sweden
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Librarie's Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Charles Arthur Lindholm was born in White Rock, Minnesota on December 15,1876 and died around 1947. His parents were Charles Philip Lindolm and Helga Helena Strommertz who both immagrated from Sweden. The family lived in the Dekota Territory during Charles Arthur Lindholm's youth. His mother died of an illnness leaving him and three other siblings motherless at a young age. He was then taken in by his uncle Axel Theodore Lindholm to recieve a good education. His uncle Axle was a writer and poet, born on May 1853, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

On June 15,1898, Charles Arthur Lindholm enlisted in the 1st Co. of U.S. volunteer Signal Corps. He served in the Spanish American War and was discharged Janurary 24, 1899. He studied for the stage, and toured the U.S. and Canada with John Griffith Co. in 1900. He also played with S Labadis Faust Company and Quo Vadis Company in the south in 1901. He was a member of the Dick Ferris Stock Company. He wrote his own one act play, "The Man From Minnesota," and starred in it as Charles Lutefisk. On Februrary 13,1913 he married Flora Amanda Kramer from Kenyon Minnesota.

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Content Description

Photographs of the Royal School of Forestry and National Institute for Materials Testing in Stockholm, Sweden. Also includes collotype reproductions of scenes of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donor: Vivian Mackey, May 1979

Processing Note

Processed by Anthony McGough May 2018, Kaylynn Guerra October 2018.

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Detailed Description of the Collection