SUNY JCC Library Receives Two-Volume Donation from Local Scandinavian Heritage Foundation

A group of four people stand together, holding two blue books. An American flag and two other flags are visible behind them.
SUNY JCC Library Receives Two-Volume Donation from Local Scandinavian Heritage Foundation
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Jamestown Campus
By Vinny Pezzimenti

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The Jamestown American Scandinavian Heritage Foundation recently donated the two-volume reference work, "Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1176-1783" to the SUNY Jamestown Community College Hultquist Library. 

Written by noted Swedish-American historian Amandus Johnson, the second volume was sponsored in part by Jamestown resident Earl O. Hultquist (1891-1963), whose legacy lives on through the Jamestown Campus library that bears his family name. 

Until this donation, the closest available copies were at Cornell University in Ithaca and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, making this a valuable addition for  students, faculty, and community. 

Pictured in the above photo, from left: Norman Carlson, Chautauqua County historian; Kim Ecklund, City of Jamestown mayor; Cynthia McKane, retired JCC reference librarian and assistant professor; and Don Sandy, director of the Scandinavian Folk Festival in Jamestown.