Title: Kensington Rune Stone Collection
ID: OGLMC/1040
Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet
Languages: English [eng], Norwegian [nor], Swedish [swe]
Access Restrictions: Open for examination according to the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: The materials in the collection have been donated by various people over many years.
Separated Materials: Also included are two oral history interviews on audio cassette tapes from the Minnesota Historical Society. The tapes were separated and placed in the Audio Tape Collection. Tape 2050 is a 1967 interview with (Frank) Walter Gran and Josephine (Gran) Carson. Tape 2051 is a 1970 interview with Walter Gran alone. In the interviews, the Grans report that their father, John Gran, chiseled the stone as a hoax along with Olaf Ohman, on whose property the stone was found. The originals for both tapes are kept by the Minnesota Historical Society.
Related Publications: The Department of Special Collections also has numerous books regarding the Kensington Rune Stone. Please consult the library catalog to search for these titles.
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Kensington Rune Stone Collection. OGLMC 1040, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in October 2013.
A PDF version of the presentation has been archived in Special Collections. The presentation was given to the Kensington Area Heritage Society.
Folder also contains an article by Voyles which appeared in the 11 March 2016 issue of the Norwegian American Weekly. The article is titled In defense of the Kensington Runestone: a code-stone.