The fonds relates to Guðný Óladóttir (1888–1955), housewife in Reykjavík. As a young woman, she travelled to Norway to attend a home economics school, and the fonds include a handwritten recipe book in Norwegian from her time at the school, with newspaper clippings inserted (one dated 1914), as well as booklets in English from 1944 on sewing and canning.
Original source name : Guðný Óladóttir (1888–1955)
English translation : Personal fonds of Guðný Óladóttir (1888–1955)
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 2 : personal
Reference number : KSS 136
Language(s) : Norwegian, English
Geographical coverage : Iceland
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1914–1944
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=184&cntnt01detailtemplate=Safnkostur_detailTempl&cntnt01returnid=45
English translation : Personal fonds of Guðný Óladóttir (1888–1955)
Creator : personal fonds
Document- type 2 : personal
Reference number : KSS 136
Language(s) : Norwegian, English
Geographical coverage : Iceland
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1914–1944
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=184&cntnt01detailtemplate=Safnkostur_detailTempl&cntnt01returnid=45
Archive name : Kvennasögusafn Íslands
Archive name (English) : The Women's History Archives
Archive address : Arngrímsgötu 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
City : Reykjavík
Country : Iceland
Official website and institutional resources : https://kvennasogusafn.is/
Finding aid(s) : https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?page=safnkostur
Archive name (English) : The Women's History Archives
Archive address : Arngrímsgötu 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
City : Reykjavík
Country : Iceland
Official website and institutional resources : https://kvennasogusafn.is/
Finding aid(s) : https://kvennasogusafn.is/index.php?page=safnkostur