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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2014085935
Collection material in English, Swedish, and Arabic
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Olof E. Lind, member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, photographer, and rancher, were purchased in 2014.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the records of the American Colony in Jerusalem , the Lars E. Lind Papers , the papers of G. Olof Matsson, the papers of John D. Whiting , and the G. Eric and Edith Matson Papers .
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Olof E. Lind is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Olof E. Lind are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Olof E. Lind Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Olof Eriksson Lind (1889-1971) span the years 1713-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920 to 1955. The papers are in English, Swedish, and Arabic, and are arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic. A majority of the material relates to Lind’s life and work in Palestine while a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, after leaving the colony in 1923, and his claims against the Israeli government.
The memoirs, where Lind refers to himself as Loe, recount life in the American Colony in Jerusalem and in Palestine. He provides a view of the colony from the perspective of one of its Swedish members offering many personal experiences. The memoirs are actually several documents consisting of two larger essays giving a comprehensive history of the colony from its inception in 1881 and three smaller essays depicting individual chapters from Lind’s life. Supplementing the memoirs are his speeches, photographs, biographical material, and newspaper clippings.
The general correspondence provides further insight into his life through letters written to and from Lind’s family, friends, associates, and American Colony members. Family members include his brothers, Erik E., Lars E., and Nils E. Lind, and his wife, Astrid V. Lind. A block of correspondence written in the mid to late 1930s concerns the relationship between Lind and his wife and their eventual divorce sometime around 1939. Letters signed “mor” or “mors” are from Astrid’s mother. His letters, written in later years to family members, also give accounts of life in the colony.
The legal files chronicle Lind’s separate struggles to win compensation from Fr. Vester
& Co. and the Israeli government. The Vester & Co.-American Colony store was
managed on behalf of the colony by Frederick Vester and John D. Whiting. It functioned
as the primary commercial outlet for the colony's photography and tourism businesses,
which helped to support the colony as a whole, and in which Lind had worked and also
helped to support through his related wage-earning. After leaving the colony, Lind
sought financial compensation for labor and earnings he had contributed while a member.
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Rounding out the collection is a scrapbook kept by Lind chronicling the tour he lead through Europe and Palestine in 1954, documents and travel information probably related to his work for the American Express Company, and material related to his archaeological work for the Oriental Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Of interest are documents relating to land in Sweden owned by Lind’s ancestors.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material, name of organization, or topic.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2014085935