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Welcome to The Danish American Archive and Library web site. Located on the campus of Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, The Archive contains the country’s largest and broadest collection of materials relating to the life experience, cultural heritage and vital contributions to North America of the people of Danish extraction.

Our collection, consisting of approximately 1,000 cubic feet of unpublished written materials, recordings and photographs plus more than 10,000 books, starts with some of America’s earliest Danish immigrants and continues through present day Danish Americans. Through our holdings a picture emerges of how people of Danish descent came to America and established themselves and of their enormous contributions to the fabric of American life. So come join us, online or in person, and enjoy the Danish American experience!

 

The Archive's three sister organizations:
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Danish American Heritage Society 
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Danish Immigrant Archive at Grand View College 
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The Danish Immigrant Museum

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Current Projects

The DAAL fall volunteer week took place the week of October 12, with several measures being passed at the annual meeting on that Wednesday:

- Palma Plume of Evergreen, Colorado and Sandra Wigdahl of Blair, Nebraska were elected to 3-year terms on the board of directors.

- Jill Hennick was promoted to Associate Director with an increase in hours and salary.
 

Also during volunteer week:

- Several first-time volunteers participated, which bodes well for the future.

- A native-born Dane, who currently resides in the U.S., was of tremendous help in translating some of the materials written in Danish. He took some materials home to work on throughout the year. The DAAL always has materials that people can work on at home, so if you are interested in helping us advance our mission, but are unable to attend during volunteer week, please contact Jill Hennick.

 

Archive growth:
- The Archive continues to receive materials at a phenomenal rate, and is expanding shelf space in the archive's main room to ease overcrowding on existing shelving.
- One way of freeing up space is to find new homes for duplicates of newspapers, periodicals and other materials. Watch for a list of these duplicates on this site coming soon.