Guide to the Astrid Arnoldsen Papers,
ca.1920-1929.

Collection Number: 7726

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Rima Turner
Date completed:
May 11, 2005
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, May 2005
Rima Turner, May 2005

© 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Astrid Arnoldsen papers, ca.1920-1929.
Collection Number:
7726
Creator:
Astrid Arnoldsen
Quantity:
0.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Scrapbooks, loose photos, yearbooks, diary, university booklet.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Two scrapbooks full of photographs and mementos giving a glimpse of the life, friends, and lesbian loves of a female mountaineer exploring the mountains around Missoula, Montana and Yellowstone and Glacier National parks in the 1920s. Includes photographs of her mannishly dressed female friends and lovers and her male alter-ego "Bob." Also, class year books from Missoula High School, and loose photographs.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Born in Sweden, Arnoldsen emigrated to the United States as a young girl and later studied at Stanford, the University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Montana. She never married and lived in the home her parents had built in Missoula, Montana, near Sacajawea Park. She dressed like a man and wore jodhpurs and leather boots. She did a lot of mountaineering, and had various lesbian lovers.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Two scrapbooks full of photographs and mementos giving a glimpse of the life, friends, and lesbian loves of a female mountaineer exploring the mountains around Missoula, Montana and Yellowstone and Glacier National parks in the 1920s. Includes photographs of her mannishly dressed female friends and lovers and her male alter-ego "Bob." Also, class year books from Missoula High School, year book from Monmouth College, Louise Arnoldsen's booklet from studying in Paris 1929-1933, and Astrid Arnoldsen's five-year diary for 1927-1931.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Arnoldsen, Astrid.

Subjects:
Lesbians--Montana.
Mountaineers--Montana.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Astrid Arnoldsen papers, #7726. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.
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