Scrapbook and passports of Agnes Christina Olsson, 1941-1983
Overview
Passports and a loose-leaf scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, and correspondence documenting Agnes Christina Olsson's social life and political connections in New York City, Columbia, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1983
Creator
- Olsson, Agnes Christina, 1923- (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Agnes Christina Olsson as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.21 linear feet (1/2 file box)The collection consists of a loose-leaf scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, and correspondence documenting Agnes Christina Olsson's social life and political connections in New York City, Columbia, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Most of the photographs are souvenir photographs from night clubs with inscriptions to Olsson from people featured in the images. Several of the inscriptions are on pieces of cardstock with printed information on the back about the nightclubs where the photographs were taken. Also included are several press photographs, including from the wedding of Dominican President Héctor Trujillo and Alma McLaughlin Simó de Trujillo and the 1965 inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos. Also included are two of Olsson's passports and a passport belonging to her sister, Olivia Allontina Olsson.
BIOGRAPHY
Agnes Christina Olsson, daughter of Oskar Ludvig and Kristina Karlsson Olsson, was born in Styrsö, Sweden on September 3, 1923. She immigrated to New York with her family in 1934 and eventually became a United States citizen. She worked as a Spanish interpreter throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2023-M23
The scrapbook and passports of Agnes Christina Olsson were acquired by the Schlesinger Library from Between the Covers in February 2023.
Processing Information
Processed: April 2024
By: Johanna Carll
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Creator
- Olsson, Agnes Christina, 1923- (Person)
- Title
- Olsson, Agnes Christina, 1923-. Scrapbook and passports of Agnes Christina Olsson, 1941-1983: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Alice Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch02275
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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