The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee

Minnesota Historical Society. Museum Committee, 1910. Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul (reprinted in Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society 15, 1915).

The committee's investigation: the find on 8 November 1898 with witness statements by Olof and Edward Ohman, the tree and root evidence, the text and translation, the linguistic objections, and a resolution giving a favourable opinion conditional on review by a Scandinavian-language specialist. Includes a bibliography of the 1910 controversy.

Kensington RunestoneReportCopy of The Kensington RunestoneChecked against the original0

What it's used for here

The primary account of the find, the inscription and the early debate.

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Affidavits of Olof Ohman and his neighbours on the finding of the stone

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The Kensington Runestone

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Affidavits of Olof Ohman and his neighbours on the finding of the stone: transcription

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The Kensington Runestone: photo

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Minnesota Historical Society 1910 report: transcription, translation, witness statements and tree sections

Dataset

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Flom in 1910 hinted at Fogelblad's authorship; Holand reported a local inquiry that cleared him.

Evidence

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The 1910 committee itself said five abbreviated verb forms would mark it a forgery unless explained for 1362.

Evidence

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Minnesota Historical Society museum committee gives a conditional favourable opinion

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Olof Ohman finds the stone while clearing stumps

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Olof Ohman

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The Kensington Runestone

The mystery article

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Minnesota Historical Society

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Cite it

Minnesota Historical Society. Museum Committee (1910). The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee. Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul (reprinted in Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society 15, 1915). https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00minn

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. “The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee.” Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul (reprinted in Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society 15, 1915) (1910).