Iowa Women's Archives
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DALLNER-PETERSEN FAMILY
PAPERS, 1907-2001
2.5 linear inches
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Collection Overview
Acquisition: |
The papers (donor no. 819) were donated by Pauline Dallner in 2001 and subsequent years. |
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Access: |
The papers are open for research. |
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Copyright: |
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa, with the exception of three photocopied journals, the originals of which are owned by Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. |
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Processed by: |
Emily Broeckling, 2003; Janet Weaver, 2004. [DallnerPetersen.doc]. |
Biography
Pauline Petersen Nielson was born in 1884 in Elk Horn, Iowa, the sixth of ten children. Prior to her marriage, Petersen taught in rural schools near Harlan, Iowa. Her husband N.P.J. Nielson was a Lutheran pastor, and the couple served several different congregations, including Ferndale, California and Midtown, Wisconsin. The Nielsons retired in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Pauline Nielson lived to be 103 years of age.
Pauline Levendahl Dallner was born around 1918, the eldest of two daughters and the niece of Pauline Petersen Nielson. Levendahl was raised in Harlan, Iowa. Her father operated a pharmacy, and Levendahl often worked in the store as a young girl.
Scope and Content Note
The Dallner-Petersen Family papers date from 1907 to 2001 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers include three photocopied journals written by Pauline Petersen from 1907 to 1910. These journals document the day-to-day activities of a young woman in her twenties, living in rural Iowa. The collection also includes two memoirs written by Pauline Levendahl Dallner; one spiral notebook containing the unedited essays of Dallner, composed between 1998 and 2001; and Dallner’s written depiction of the “Rochelle Salts Mystery,” a true account of two mysterious deaths in 1925 that implicated her father’s pharmacy and resulted in a manslaughter charge.
Related Collections
The Pierce-Stuart family is associated with the Dallner-Petersen family through the friendship of Mary Stuart Clark and Pauline Dallner.
Box List
Box 1
- Pauline Petersen Nielson
Journals of Pauline Petersen, 1907-1910 (3 folders)
Pauline Levendahl Dallner
Memoirs of Pauline Levendahl Dallner - 1987
1989 - Unedited essays of Pauline Levendahl Dallner, 1998-2001
Rochelle Salts Mystery
Handwritten recipe book, 1989
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Last updated September 2006.