Later Years
Eleonora and Ethel Olson were originally from Chicago, but by the 1920s they and their mother were living in Minneapolis. They stopped touring in 1923 when Ethel married Dr. Reuben M. Pederson.
In 1925 the Olson Sisters published a collection of their Norwegian dialect stories called Yust for Fun. A second edition was printed in 1929. The book had two illustrations that appear to be the work of their friend Herbjørn Gausta. Yust for Fun was republished in 1979 with a new introduction, photographs and biographical information.
Papers including news clippings and published items, programs, recording agreements and photographs of Eleonora and Ethel Olson are available for research at The Minnesota Historical Society. The MHS Library has the 1925, 1929 and 1979 editions of Yust for Fun as well as nine 78 rpm discs recorded by the Olson Sisters. A review of the 1979 edition of Yust for Fun appeared in the Spring 1980 issue of Minnesota History magazine.
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