Carl Egon Bjorklund papers

  • Creator Names Bjorklund, Carl Egon, 1900-1985.
  • Title Carl Egon Bjorklund papers [manuscript], 1900-1985.
  • Physical description
    • 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
    • 1 sound recording.
  • Access and usage restrictions
    • Advance appointment with special permission required to view a portion of the collection.
    • For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary Correspondence, financial materials, real estate documents, and other personal and family papers of Carl Egon Bjorklund, a Chicago automobile mechanic. Correspondence includes letters from Bjorklund's wife and children and letters regarding the impeachment of Richard Nixon, the Watergate scandal, efforts to reorganized the Chicago Police Department (ca. 1960s-1970s), and Bjorklund's appointment as Associate Inspector of Engineering Materials during World War II. Personal papers include the Bjorklund family history, Bjorklund's U.S. certificate of citizenship (1930), and materials regarding Bjorklund's son Richard and wife Mae Smith Bjorklund and her family. Also included is a cassette tape of Swedish music and a Pullman hand towel (1924).
  • Acquisition information Gift of Ilah Hartung (2011.0004.1).
  • Biographical or Historical Note Bjorklund was born in Sweden. He was a member of Local No. 701 Auto Mechanics of the International Association of Machinists and Aero Space Workers. Bjorklund also tutored people in reading and writing.
  • Names
    • Bjorklund, Carl Egon, 1900-1985 Archives.
    • Bjorklund family.
    • Bjorklund, Mae Smith.
    • Bjorklund, Richard C.
    • Chicago (Ill.). Police Department.
    • Bjorklund, Mae Smith.
    • Bjorklund, Richard C.
  • Subjects
    • Automobile mechanics Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Families Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Naturalization Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Real property Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Swedish Americans Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • World War, 1939-1945 Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Audiocassettes. aat
    • Citizenship papers. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Financial records. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.