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Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf collection |
c. 1900 |
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MSS 136 |
1.3 linear feet (1 box) |
| Name of Creator(s): | Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin, 1858-1930. |
| Languages: | English, Swedish |
| Access: | There are no restrictions on the use of this collection. |
| Access points: | Names Shaw, Clement B. (Clement Burbank) Subjects Autographs--Collectors and collecting. |
| Finding aid prepared by: | Natalie Markovich, 2009. Revised by Rebecca Hopman, 2010. Updated by Helen Reinold, 2011. |
| Repository: | Augustana College Special Collections |
| Custodial History |
| Administrative History/Biographical Sketch |
| Scope and Content |
| System of Arrangement |
| Related Materials |
| Container List |
| CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf donated his autograph collection to the Augustana College Museum on October 8, 1927. On November 6, 1984, a packet of biographical information about Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf was added to the collection. |
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| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH |
Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf (1858-1930) was born in Moline, Illinois. His parents were Peter and Mary Oakleaf, both Swedish immigrants. In 1869, the family moved to Kansas, where Joseph went through school. He eventually moved back to Moline, passing the bar exam in 1886 and opening his own law office two years later. Oakleaf was active in many historical societies. He was the president of the Rock Island County Historical Society, director of the Illinois State Historical Society, and member of the Chicago Historical Society, the Kansas Historical Society, and the Mississippi Valley Historical Society. In 1879, Joseph married Josephine Anderson and had one son the following year, named Josephus L. Oakleaf. Josephus later attended Augustana College for a time before he transferred to Cornell University. During his lifetime, Oakleaf collected a number of editions of Frithiof’s Saga (Friðþjófs saga frœkna), an epic poem from Norse mythology. He was cited as an authoritative figure on both the original Swedish version of the poem as well as the numerous translations he collected around the turn of the twentieth century. He also collected autographs of Swedish and Danish royalty dating from the sixteenth century to Oakleaf’s lifetime. He is most often noted as a collector of Lincolniana. Oakleaf's collection of Lincoln related material is held by the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. |
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| SCOPE AND CONTENT |
The Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf collection contains records of his book and autograph collecting activities, including personal correspondence. The collection also contains family papers and biographical information. |
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| SYSTEM OF ARRANGEMENT |
The Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf collection is arranged in the following series: Series I. Autograph Collection, 1564-1927 (collected c. 1900) Series II. Editions of Frithiof’s Saga (Friðþjófs saga frœkna), 1825-1909 (collected c. 1900) Series III. Oakleaf Family Papers, 1928-2009 |
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| RELATED MATERIALS |
Oakleaf MSS, Lilly Library, Indiana University
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| CONTAINER LIST |
BOX 1
Series I. Autograph Collection, 1564-1927 (collected c. 1900)
Inventory of autographs donated to the Augustana College Museum, 1927
Erik XIV, King of Sweden, 1560-1568
John III, King of Sweden, 1568-1592
Charles IX, King of Sweden, 1599-1611
Queen Christina, 1632-1654
Charles X Gustavus, King of Sweden, 1654-1660
Hedwig Eleonora, Mother of Charles XI
Count Carl von Piper, Secretary of State in the reign of Charles XII, 1697-1718
Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1697-1718
Adolphus Frederick, King of Sweden, 1751-1771
Louise Ulrica, wife of Adolphus Frederick
Charlotte, wife of Gustavus III
Gustavus III, King of Sweden, 1771-1792
Sophia, wife of Gustavus IV
Charles XIV Johan, King of Sweden, 1818-1844
Desiree, wife of Charles XIV Johan
Oscar II, King of Sweden, 1872-1907
Prince Wilhelm, son of Gustav V
Frederick I, King of Denmark, 1523-1533
Christian IV, King of Denmark, 1597-1644
Frederick IV, King of Denmark, 1699-1730
Frederick VI, King of Denmark, 1730-1746
Charles VII, King of Denmark, 1766-1784
Christian VIII, King of Denmark, 1838-1848
Series II. Editions of Frithiof’s Saga (Friðþjófs saga frœkna), 1825-1909 (collected c. 1900)
Correspondence
JBO to Mr. John Skinner, August 28, 1905
John Clark of the Arthur H. Clark Company to JBO, September 9, 1905
Scott, Foresman & Company to JBO, September 14, 1905
John Clark of the Arthur H. Clark Company to JBO, November 11, 1905
John Clark of the Arthur H. Clark Company to JBO, December 7, 1905
Elia W. Peattie of the Chicago Tribune to JBO, October 5, [1906]
Elia W. Peattie of the Chicago Tribune to JBO, [1906]
Edwin O. Grover of Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover to JBO, October 16, 1906
JBO to Fish, March 23, 1908
Invoices
The Arthur H. Clark Company, March 16, 1905
Goodspeed’s Book Shop, September 28, 1905
The Arthur H. Clark Company, December 27, 1905
Clement B. Shaw
Clement B. Shaw to JBO, August 5, 1908
Clement B. Shaw to JBO, June 22, n.d.
Clement B. Shaw to JBO, n.d.
“To My Father,” a poem written by Shaw after his father’s death, [1900?]
Program for Handel Musical Club concert conducted by Shaw, 1908
Clement B. Shaw to JBO, [1909?]
Advertisements for Shaw’s English translation of Frithiof’s Saga, [1909?]
“An Evening in Scandinavia,” an advertisement for Shaw’s translation, [1909?]
Photocopies of Frithiof’s Saga title pages
Frithiofs Saga, 1825
Frithiof, tr. Eubolph Gchlen, 1826
Frithjofs Saga, tr. J.P. Miller, 1826
Die Frithiofs Sage, tr. Gottlieb Mohnike, 1831
Die Frithiofsſage, tr. Dr. Ernſt Theodor Maperhoff, 1835
Frithiof’s Saga, 1835
Die Frithiofs Sage, tr. Gottlieb Mohnike, 1836
Frithiofs Saga, tr. U.C. Bone, 1838
Frithiof’s Saga, tr. George Stephens, 1839
Frithiof’s Saga, tr. George Stephens, 1839
Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Dr. Grnft Tanfen, 1841
The Saga of Frithiof, tr. Oskar Baker, 1841
Die Frithiofs Sage, tr. Gottlieb Mohnike, 1842
Frithiofsſage, tr. C. Hartmann, 1846
Frithiofs Saga, tr. C. Monſen, 1846
Frithjofs Saga, tr. P.L.F.C. von Eichstorff, 1850
Die Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Wollheim, 1852
Frithjof-Sage, tr. M. Ant. Niendorf, 1854
Frithiofs Saga, tr. A.E. Boye, 1855
The Frithjof Saga, tr. C.W. Heckethorn, 1856
The Frithiof-Saga, tr. Rev. William Lewery Blackley, 1857
Frithiofs Saga, 1859
Deutsrbe Volksbibliothrk, 1860
Die Frithiofs Sage, tr. Gottlieb Mohnike, 1860
Frithjofs Saga, tr. H. Foſs, 1860
Die Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Amalie von Helwig, 1861
Frytjof, tr. Jana Wiernikowskiego, 1861
Die Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Karl Simrock, 1863
Die Frithiofsſage, tr. L. Frentag, 1867
Frithiofs Saga, tr. A.E. Boye, 1867
Frithiof’s Saga, tr. Rev. William Lewery Blackley, 1867
A Frithiof-Monda, tr. Gyory Vilmos, 1868
Frithiofssage, tr. Schwedische Urschrift, 1872
Frithiofs Saga, tr. Gottfried von Leinburg, 1872
Frithiofs Saga, tr. A.E. Boye, 1875
Fridthjof’s Saga, tr. Thomas A.E. Holcomb and Martha A. Lyon Holcomb, 1877
Tegnér’s Fridthjof’s Saga, tr. George Stephens, 1877
Die Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Amalie von Helwig, 1879
Fridthjofs Saga, tr. Jos. Cal. Poestion, 1879
The Frithiof-Saga, tr. Rev. William Lewery Blackley, 1880
Die Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Emil Engelmann, 1887
Frithiofs Saga, tr. August Malmström, 1888
Frithjofs-Sage, tr. Gottfried von Leinburg, 1893
Samlade Skrifter, tr. Första Bandet, 1893
Die Frithiofs-Sage, tr. Pauline Schanz, 1896
Frithiofs Saga, tr. P.L.F.C. von Eichstorff, 1901
Frithiof’s Saga, tr. Jno. B. Miller, 1905
Fridpjófssaga, tr. Matthias Jochumsson, 1906
[Frithiof’s Saga], tr. Clement B. Shaw, 1909
Frithjof Den Djerfves Saga, tr. Adolf Iwar Arwidsson
Die Frithjofs-Sage, tr. G. Berger
Frithiofin Satu, tr. E. J. Blon
Frithiofs Saga, tr. P.L.F.C. von Eichstorff
Frithiof’s Saga, tr. George T. Flom
Fritiofin Satu, tr. Valter Juva
Frithiofſage, tr. Julius Minding
Frithiofs-Sage, tr. G. Mohnike
La Saga de Fridthjof le Fort, tr. Felix Wagner
Frithiofs Saga
Fritiofs Saga
Frithiofs Saga
Frithiofs Saga
Frithiofs Saga
Miscellaneous
Book hinge
Book tie
Sheet of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf’s personal stationery
Book binding fragments
Series III. Oakleaf Family Papers, 1928-2009
Benjamin P. Oakleaf
"The Recollections of B.P. Oakleaf," a photocopied journal article about B.P. Oakleaf's life, March 2009
Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf
Photograph of Abraham Lincoln, signed by Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf, May 26, 1925.
"Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf's boyhood journey to Kansas," a photocopied journal article about Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf's childhood, June 2009
"Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf," a photocopied biographical account of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf's life, n.d.
Josephus L. Oakleaf
A photocopied advertisement for life insurance featuring Josephus L. Oakleaf, n.d.
Joseph B. Oakleaf
"Joseph Oakleaf; Civic Leader," a photocopied obituary for Joseph B. Oakleaf, June 7, 1972
Jon B. Oakleaf
"These kids 'stupid beyond belief,'" a photocopied letter to the editor written by Jon B. Oakleaf, October 30, 1993
"If we can fly to the moon, we can end violence," an article written by Jon B. Oakleaf, December 12, 1995
"Don't forget the beautiful things the NEA does," a letter to the editor written by Jon B. Oakleaf, December 29, 1995
Article from the Quad City Times, July 11, 1998
"There can't be freedom without discipline," a letter to the editor written by Jon B. Oakleaf, May 29, 1999
Miscellaneous
Letter and phtocopied biographical information from Jane Hollingsworth to Mary Morrissey concerning Oakley/Oakleaf family history, Octobert 1984
Photocopy of an etching of a dog from The Etched Monthly, November 1928
Photocopy of an etching of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf from The Etched Monthly, July 1929
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