FINDING AID

Hortense Lindorff collection inventories, 1981

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Collection Title:    
Hortense Lindorff collection inventories

Collection Number:    
SAC P:29

Dates:            
1981

Size:            
1 folder

Language:        
English

Creator/Collector:    
Lindorff, Hortense, 1921-2011

Subject Headings:    
Jenny Lind Chapel (Andover, Ill.)
First Lutheran Church (Rock Island, Ill.)
Historical and literary papers
Inventories

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

Abstract:    
These papers contain a brief autobiography of Hortense Lindorff, an inventory of objects at the Jenny Lind Chapel (Andover, Illinois), and inventory of archival records at the First Lutheran Church (Rock Island, Illinois). Hortense Lindorff was a Swedish American and Augustana College graduate. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Rock Island, Illinois and served on several boards of Swedish-American organizations, including the Jenny Lind Chapel Committee.

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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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:29 Hortense Lindorff collection inventories, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. 

ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS

Source of Acquisition:    
Gift of Hortense Lindorff in 1981. 

Location of Copies:    
Additional copy of Jenny Lind Chapel inventory in I/O:8 Jenny Lind Chapel Committee (Andover. Ill.) records, 1855-1992. 

Related Materials:    
I/O:1 Jenny Lind Chapel (Andover, Ill.) records, 1850-1943 
I/O:8 Jenny Lind Chapel Committee (Andover. Ill.) records, 1855-1992 
I/O:26 First Lutheran Church (Rock Island, Ill.) records

Notes:    
Collection number changed from MSS P:29 circa 2006. Collection name changed from “Hortense Lindorff papers” by Lisa Huntsha in 2018. 

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

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Administrative/Biographical History:    
Hortense Lindorff was born in 1921 in Salem, South Dakota to Rev. and Mrs. E. Hjalmar Jackson. She graduated from Augustana College in 1963 and taught kindergarten for 15 years in East Moline, Illinois. She married Everett Lindorff and had three children. 
Hortense was a member of First Lutheran Church in Rock Island, Illinois and served on the board of American Scandinavian Foundation (president of local chapter 1977-1978), Augustana Historical Society (curatorial committee), and Jenny Lind Chapel Committee (secretary). 

Scope and Content:    
These papers contain a brief autobiography of Hortense Lindorff, an inventory of objects at the Jenny Lind Chapel (Andover, Illinois), and inventory of archival records at the First Lutheran Church (Rock Island, Illinois). 

Collection Inventory:    

• Jenny Lind Chapel (Andover, Illinois) museum inventory, English, circa 1981
• First Lutheran Church (Rock Island, Illinois) book inventory, English, circa 1981