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The Settlement Period

1880 - 1913

Documents the origins of the community through to the beginning of the first world war.

Journals

Arni Sveinsson - Diary 1918 (1918)

sIcelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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    Arni Sveinsson - Diary 1922 (1922)

    Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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      Arni Sveinsson - Diary 1923 (1923)

      Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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        Arni Sveinsson - Diary 1924 (1924)

        Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School district south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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          Arni Sveinsson - Diary 1925 (1925)

          Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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            Arni Sveinsson = Diary 1905-6 (1905)

            Icelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period.

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              Arni Sveinsson Diary - Grund District, Manitoba (1880)

              Arni Sveinsson, born in 1851, came to Canada from Iceland in 1876 and eventually settled in the Grund District in Southern Manitoba. Arni was an ardent diarist and letter writer. This selection from his diary was translated by his grandson, Arni Sveinsson Jr.

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                Arni Sveinsson Diary 1911 (1911)

                Icelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey Schol District south of Glenboro during the settlement period in Manitoba.

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                  Arni Sveinsson Diary 1920-21 (1920)

                  Icelandic Canadian diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey School District south of Glenboro Manitoba during the settlement period.

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                    Arni Sveinsson Ledger Letters Part 1 (1916)

                    A series of letters dated 1916 to 1920 and originally copied into a page numbered ledger, the current images are taken from an photocopy with red lettered editors comments. The letters cover a variety of topics.

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