This fonds contains three letters from 1976, written by Thorunn Vigfússon in Arborg, Manitoba, to her cousin Jón Guðmundsson in Iceland. Enclosed is a photograph of migrant women Margrét Vigfúsdóttir (Vigfusson in Canada) (15 August 1864-07 December 1945) and Kristín Kjartansson in Manitoba, Canada from the early 1900s.
Original source name : Bréf frá Thorunn Vigfússon
English translation : Letters from Thorunn Vigfússon
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 1 : correspondence
Reference number : Vesturfarabréf 2002/71 A/1 35, A/1 36, A/1 37, 2002_71_VB_00004
Language(s) : Icelandic
Geographical coverage : Canada
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1901-1976
Theme 1 : family
English translation : Letters from Thorunn Vigfússon
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 1 : correspondence
Reference number : Vesturfarabréf 2002/71 A/1 35, A/1 36, A/1 37, 2002_71_VB_00004
Language(s) : Icelandic
Geographical coverage : Canada
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1901-1976
Theme 1 : family
Archive name : Héraðsskjalasafn Árnesinga
Archive name (English) : Árnessýsla Regional Archives
Archive address : Austurveg 2, 800 Selfossi
City : Selfoss
Country : Iceland
Official website and institutional resources : https://myndasetur.is/
Finding aid(s) : https://myndir.myndasetur.is/main/registry?query=
Archive name (English) : Árnessýsla Regional Archives
Archive address : Austurveg 2, 800 Selfossi
City : Selfoss
Country : Iceland
Official website and institutional resources : https://myndasetur.is/
Finding aid(s) : https://myndir.myndasetur.is/main/registry?query=