# Nobel Foundation *Organization whose published text records the official citation for the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is cited in the Minnesota record on one laureate claim.* The **Nobel Foundation** enters the Minnesota record through one document: its published summary of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded to Lewis. The official citation reads "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."[^1] A second statement about the same laureate is that Lewis was the first American Nobel laureate in Literature. It appears on [[Sauk Centre]]'s own heritage page and across secondary sources. The project's research pass did not confirm that statement from the Nobel Foundation's own text, so the research dossier does not assert it.[^2] The project's at-issue record carries the item as unverified and flagged. It holds a Minnesota community's account of itself to the same standard of confirmation as every other entry in the file.[^3] ## Who The Foundation's summary page for the 1930 Literature prize names Lewis as the laureate and gives the official citation for the award.[^1] The record does not establish any other Foundation document, officer or date.[^1] ## In the at-issue record At-issue item AI-Stearns-092 concerns the claim that Lewis was the first American laureate in Literature. The item records that the claim appears on Sauk Centre's heritage page and across secondary sources. It also records that the claim was not confirmed from the Nobel Foundation's own text in that research pass, and that the claim remains marked pending.[^3] The research dossier's note on the 1930 citation states the same limit. It keeps the claim out of the body of that work.[^2] The project pairs the item with a March 2025 White House presidential action, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos*, as its anchor, applying the same standard to the file's own grading.[^3] ## In the Minnesota record ### Where - The Minnesota source tied to the item is Sauk Centre's own heritage page, which carries the first-American claim. The research file holding the item belongs to the project's Stearns package.[^2][^3] ### When - 1930 is the award year on the Foundation's summary page for Lewis's prize.[^1] - The research dossier that checked the claim against the Foundation's text is dated September 1, 2026.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: Nobel Foundation, *The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930* (summary page) — names Lewis as the 1930 laureate in Literature and gives the official citation: "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters." https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1930/summary/ [^2]: Project research dossier, *Original_Main_Street_5000_STEELMAN_2026-09-01.md*, note 10 (2026-09-01), checked against Nobel Foundation, *The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930* — records that the first-American-laureate claim appears on Sauk Centre's heritage page, was not confirmed from the Foundation's own text, and is not asserted. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1930/summary/ [^3]: Project at-issue record, item AI-Stearns-092 (*RESEARCH_Fraud_Charter_Lewis.md* ¶36), anchored to The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — the item records the claim as unconfirmed from the Foundation's text and pending; the anchor pairing is the project's, applying a uniform standard to its own grading. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/