Guide to the Frølich Family papers

Collection

Identifier: OPVSIEmss257

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

17 June 1876 - List of administrators at Christiania Bank and Kreditkasse. 17 June 1876 – Speech given by F.H. Frølich when the foundation stone for Christiania Bank and Kreditkasse was laid. 18 June 1876 – Letter from Fritz Heinrich to his grandmother announcing the birth of his son. 14 September 1900 – Unidentified picture of a mother and her child and of three women and a child. 19 November 1900 – Letter from F. Heinrich to his grandmother telling about the baptism of his son. 31 October 1901 – Picture of Stjernberg and Frølich’s departure from Tinfos. Unidentified picture of a mother and her child. 1905 – Kvarberg Våge, picture from Fritz Heinrich Frølich’s birthday. Picture of two children. Picture of a boy. July-August, 1908 – Pictures of two boys. 5 December 1914 – Program from Dagny Frølich’s funeral service 19 September 1916 – Unidentified picture of a man, two women, and four children. 19 November 1922 – Newspaper article about F.H. Frølich in honor of his fiftieth birthday. 26 June 1926 – Interview with Georg Frølich in “Norges Skyttere.” 9 October 1932 – Letter from F.H. Frølich to his son and daughter-in-law Fritz and Celeste. Says he enjoyed their visit. Tells about his new factory. Hopes he will be able to do business in the United States. 25 June 1937 – Letter to Fritz from his father concerning $16,000 father sent to Fritz in Seattle for purchase of a house. 14 November 1938 – Letter to Fritz Frølich in Seattle from his father concerning Fritz, Gunnar, Otto, and Hildur’s inheritance. Also mentions the interest Fritz owes for the money he borrowed to buy a house. 17 September 1946 – Legal paper concerning Fritz H. Frølich’s divorce from Celeste E. Frølich. Brochure about Kreditkassen 1948? – Newspaper article about Christiania Bank and Kreditkassen’s 100th anniversary celebration. 1949 – Newspaper article looking back on the adventure-packed life of George Frølich. 19 November 1952 – Program from F.H. Frølich’s eightieth birthday dinner. 28 August 1952 – Newspaper article about the unveiling of the statue of F.H. Frølich at the match factory. November 1952 – Letter to Assa from her father telling about his 80th birthday dinner. 1953 – Picture of Guttorm Miller in front of his house. 3 December 1953 – Picture and article in newspaper about one of the Handelsmuseet’s (Museum of Commerce and Trade) most costly possessions: Bank Manager Frølich’s desk, donated by the family. 26 July 1954 – Letter to Fritz from his father regarding pictures of his grandfather and his grandfather’s in-laws, pictures of Fritz’s great-grandfather’s father-in-law and of Fritz’s grandfather Johannes Jacobsen. February 1955 – Trygve Frølich’s obituary 1957? – Newspaper article about F.H. Frølich’s retirement as spokesman for the board. 3 September 1959 – Letter to Fritz and Gunnar from their parents. They write that it is difficult to believe that their sons are getting old. Write about fishing in Alaska. Farewell card to Mr. F.H. Frølich, Union Bay, Alaska Newspaper article about a 10-year anniversary. Unidentified picture of an old man and woman. 1961 – F.H. Frølich’s obituary. 13 July 1961 – Program from Fritz Henrik Frølich’s funeral service. 1961? – Picture of F.H. Frølich’s gravestone. Article about F.H. Frølich from the magazine “Norges Industri.” 19 November 1962 – Letter to Mrs. Johanna Frølich from Brynhalden and Nitendals Taendstikfabrik a/s (Match Factory) showing their respect for her husband, the late F.H. Frølich, on his 90th birthday. 27 June 1964 – Permit for disposition of cremated remains of Elsa Johnson Frølich. 29 November 1969 – Letter from Mrs. William L. Kavanagh to Fritz requesting him to send a notice of her father’s death to the proper person in Norway. 1982 – Otto I. Frølich’s obituary. April 1982 – Otto I. Frølich’s funeral announcement. 28 April 1982 – Commemorative words about Otto I. Frølich written by Ambjørn Torgersen. 1982 – More commemorative words about Otto I. Frølich. 24 May 1982 – Telegram from Tulla and Gunnar in South Africa to the Frølich’s in Kirkland, WA regarding the death of Celeste E. Frølich. 25 May 1982 - Card from Celeste Emily Frølich’s funeral. 25 May 1982 – Celeste Emily Frølich’s funeral notice in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 10 August 1982 – Letter to Fritz from Tulla and Gunnar in South Africa telling about their trip to Norway. 17 August 1982 – Gunnar Frølich’s obituary. 17 August 1982 – Telegram from Tulla in South Africa announcing the death of Gunnar. Geneology of European royalty. 1977 – Family tree of the Wiborg family from 1637-1977. 1979 – Frølich family tree beginning with F.H. Frølich, born 19 November 1872. Family tree of Frølich family beginning with Christoph Friedrich Frølich, born 19 May 1772. Newspaper article from Agnes, Norway, announcing the closure of the match factory after 107 years. 1981 – Newspaper article in Norwegian about Fritz H. Frølich. 1983 – Newspaper article in Norwegian about Fritz H. Frølich returning to Norway for the 54th time and visiting his childhood boarding school.

Dates

1876 - 1986

Biographical / Historical

Fritz Heinrich Frølich was born 16 June 1900. He is the oldest son of Fritz Heinrich Frølich (born 1872) and Dagny Jenson Frølich (born 1875). He is the great-grandson of Fritz Heinrich Frølich (born 1807) who founded Norway’s oldest commercial bank, Christiania Bank of Kreditkasse. Fritz’s brother was George Frølich. George immigrated to America at age fifteen. He graduated from Columbia University in 1894 even on a meager salary. He became a prescription clerk and then a store manager. He married Olivia Perrin in 1895. He later set out for Africa and became second-in-command of American volunteers during the Boer war in Africa. Upon returning to the states, he worked 14 years a Detroit pharmaceutical firm and became manager of their New England territory and in 1907 was delegated to introduce the company’s products into the West Indies. In 1910 he was hired by the United Drug Company as organizer of the advertising department and then as manager of the medicine department. He was instrumental in creating a number of new products that greatly increased United Drug Company’s gross profits. He was a member of the Boston Advertising club and was president of it in 1920 and 1921. He retired in 1941 at age 70. Another brother, Gunnar Frølich, was born in Norway and went to South Africa in the early 1920s. Gunnar was an architect who designed some of Durban’s best-known high-rise buildings and some of its stately homes. He was one of the founders of a film company in Durban and used to take films to Norway to “present South Africa’s case there.” He died at age 81 leaving his wife Tulla, four sons, and a daughter.