FINDING AID

Teodor Olsson’s H.S. Hermod School (Malmö, Sweden) papers, 1900-1906

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Collection Title:    
Teodor Olsson’s H.S. Hermod School (Malmö, Sweden) papers

Collection Number:    
SAC P:20

Dates:            
1900, 1902, 1906

Size:            
1 folder

Language:        
Swedish 

Creator/Collector:    
Olsson, Teodor

Subject Headings:    
Bookkeeping--Sweden.
Accounting--Self-instruction.
Accounting--Study and teaching--Sweden
Correspondence schools and courses--Sweden.
Schools--Sweden

Repository:    
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

Abstract:
Collection consists of accounting class materials from Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstitut directed by H.S. Hermod in Malmö, Sweden. Includes class materials, a letter from the director of the school offering a discount on future classes for Teodor Olsson, and three of Olsson’s class exercises.    

RIGHTS AND ACCESS

Conditions Governing Access:    
Collection is open for research.

Reproduction and Use:    
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Swenson Center and the copyright holder. 

Preferred Citation:    
[item identification], in SAC P:20 Teodor Olsson’s H.S. Hermod School (Malmö, Sweden) papers, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. 

ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS

Source of Acquisition:    
Gift of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa in January 1981 by Dr. Marion Nelson. 

Notes:    
Collection was originally cataloged as MSS P:20. Collection number changed circa 2006. Name changed from “Theodor Olsson papers” in 2018.

Processed By:    
Received by Kermit Westerberg in 1981. Processed by Christina Johansson. Finding aid written by Lisa Huntsha in 2018. 

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Administrative/Biographical History:    
Teodor Olsson was of Sunnemo, Sweden. He took at least one accounting and bookkeeping course by correspondence from H.S. Hermod’s language and business institute in Malmö, Sweden (Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstitut). 

Scope and Content:    
Collection consists of accounting class materials from Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstitut directed by H.S. Hermod in Malmö, Sweden. Includes class materials, a letter from the director of the school offering a discount on future classes for Teodor Olsson, and three of Olsson’s class exercises. 

Collection Inventory:    

• One published accounting manual with two addenda, bound:
  • “Undervisning pr korrespondens, Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstitut, Enkel och Dubbel Bokföring,” H.S. Hermod, Malmö: S. Lundgrens Söners boktr., 1902.
  • “Affärshändelser för undervisning i enkel bokföring för gross- och minuthandel” af H.S. Hermod, Direktör för Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstitut, 2:dra upplagan, Eftertryck förbjudes, Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstituts Förlag, 1900. 
  •  “Affärshändelser för undervisning i Dubbel Bokföring för Gross- och Minuthandel samt Fabriksrörelse” af H.S. Mermod, Direktör för Malmö Språk- och Handelsinstitut, Andra upplagan, Eftertryck förbjudes, Malmö Språk- & Handelsinstituts Förlag, 1900. 
• Letter and brochure for school, addressed to Teodor Olsson by H.S. Hermod, Swedish, 1906.
• 3 example forms in accounting by Teodor Olsson, Swedish, circa 1906.