Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation

Scandinavian Lecture Series


"Autos, Archives and Art," Morgan Yates, Archivist for AAA

Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 2:30pm
Roth Nelson Room

Morgan Yates, archivist for the Automobile Club of Southern California and a regular contributor to Westways, will talk about Swedish-American artist Carl Oscar Borg and other artists who provided cover art for the club's monthly member magazine over a 50-year period. The cover art program began in 1928 and ended in 1981 when photography fully displaced other visual arts on the covers of Westways. Today, the Corporate Archives houses more than 250 paintings, collages and assemblages that collectively represent the diverse and vibrant art scene of early- and mid-20th century Southern California.

Yates, who has co-curated numerous AAA-sponsored museum exhibitions, will also touch on the role Westways has played as a chronicler of the history, culture and natural landscape of Southern California for more than 100 years.

Admission is free. Following the presentation, a reception will be held at the Scandinavian Center, 26 Faculty Drive, where a collection of Borg's magazine covers is on display.

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Scandinavian American Cultural & Historical Foundation and the CLU History Department
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Anita Londgren
805-241-1051



Ib Melchior: Writer, Producer, OSS Agent

Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 2:30am
Roth Nelson Room

Prolific author Ib Melchior, a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, and still an active writer at 94, will discuss his exciting career, which began as a U.S. Office of Strategic Services counterintelligence agent behind enemy lines during WWII.

The dangers he encountered provided material for fascinating espionage stories that later evolved into novels and films that moved beyond the war into sagas of outer space. From Hitler's Werewolves to The Angry Red Planet, Melchior has kept pace with the ages. Son of the noted opera singer Lauritz Melchior, he has carved his own legend. In 1995, he was honored by the American Scandinavian Foundation in Thousand Oaks with its Outstanding Scandinavian American Award.



Irene Levin Berman: Norway and the Holocaust

Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:00pm
Overton Hall

Because of its small Jewish population, Norway has been largely overlooked in histories of the Holocaust. However, stories such as Irene Levin Berman's have surfaced in recent years. She and her family escaped to neutral Sweden where they lived for three years. Encouraged by Arnfinn Moland, director of Norway's Resistance Museum, Berman researched and wrote her 2010 book, We are Going to Pick Potatoes: Norway and the Holocaust, the Untold Story, which illuminates a hidden chapter in Norway's history.

Admission is free.

Sponsored By

Scandinavian American Cultural & Historical Foundation and the CLU History Department
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Anita Londgren
805-241-1051