Keywords
immigration, archives, history, Danish Americans
Abstract
The Danish Emigration Archives was founded in 1932 as the DanAmerica Archives.
Max Henius, a native of Aalborg and an enterprising businessman in Chicago, was the immigrant behind the Archives. It might be seen as flexibility by Danish Americans and their descendants to place their own ethnic group's source materials at a distance to themselves. It did cause some discussions at that time.
The purpose of the Archives is to preserve the history of those Danes who left Denmark to settle in foreign countries. Through the years The Danish Emigration Archives has suffered under several changes due to World War II, insufficient resources and the necessity of several relocations.
Recommended Citation
Larsen, Birgit Flemming
(2004)
"The Danish Emigration Archives,"
The Bridge: Vol. 27:
No.
1, Article 18.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol27/iss1/18
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