The Other Swedes
"Smoky Valley Writers on "The Other Swedes"
~ Recognizing and Honoring Them and Their Works ~
Dr. Emory Lindquist
(1908-1992)*
~ Chronicling Swedish Augustana Lutheran Lindsborg and Bethany College
1953 to 1993*
Bethany College Graduate
Oxford University Rhodes Scholar
Recipient of bachelor's and master degree's from Oxford University
Recipient of a Ph.D. from Colorado University
Bethany College Professor of History
4th Bethany College Swedish American President
Wichita State University President
Knighted personally by King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, in 1976
Lifelong Swedish American Smoky Valley Writer and Historian
"The Swedish Kansan"
He was an international traveler to the British Isles, the Continent, Sweden and Scandinavia
Book Titles Shown Here
1953, Smoky Valley People, A History of Lindsborg, Kansas
1975, Bethany in Kansas, the history of a college; 1984, Hagbard Brase: Beloved Music Master
1989, G.N. Malm: a Swedish immigrant's varied career; 1993, Birger Sandzén, An Illustrated Biography
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Other Titles
1972, An Immigrant's Two Worlds: A Biography of Hjalmar Edgren
1974, An Immigrant's American Odyssey; A Biography of Ernst Skarstedt
1970, Vision for a Valley: Olof Olsson and the Early History of Lindsborg
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Other Titles
1972, An Immigrant's Two Worlds: A Biography of Hjalmar Edgren
1974, An Immigrant's American Odyssey; A Biography of Ernst Skarstedt
1970, Vision for a Valley: Olof Olsson and the Early History of Lindsborg
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Dr. Lindquist wrote his heart out for his Lindsborg and the Smoky Valley Swedes. He knew time was of the essence to get as much information down and dived in. He kept writing until his death and had just finished Lindsborg's Birger Sandzén, An Illustrated Biography which found him nearly blind before his death, and he did not see this book published. He and his family sacrificed a lot of their family time to ensure that Swedish America on the Central Plains of Kansas would be recognized and remembered from its earliest beginnings!
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To learn about this remarkable Bethany College graduate and college President, Dr. Lindquist, the "Swedish Kansan," go HERE
To learn more about his "Bethany in Kansas," click on book.
To learn about this remarkable Bethany College graduate and college President, Dr. Lindquist, the "Swedish Kansan," go HERE
To learn more about his "Bethany in Kansas," click on book.
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
