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

Born in Sweden, Arnoldson emigrated to the United States as a young girl and later studied at Stanford, the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, 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.

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 alterego "Bob." Also, class year books from Missoula High School, and loose photographs.

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Identifier: w66343603
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s): Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Date Created: May 11, 2005
Dates Covered: 1920 to 1929
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Astrid Arnoldson
Places: Montana > Missoula County > Missoula
Montana > Flathead County > Glacier National Park
Wyoming > Park County > Yellowstone National Park
Topic(s): Lesbians
Mountaineers
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07726.html
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