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Lars Nielssen Nesseim (Nesheim) papers, 1838-1961
Biography/History:
Lars Nielsen Nesheim, a farmer in Øvre Lemme in Voss, Norway, was responsible for copying all of these letters. A man by the name of Ivar Davidson Hustvedt (who donated one copy to NAHA) knew the man personally, and described Nesheim as a self-taught man, and as an "original.” Hustvedt said Nesheim had "bookshelves that reach from the floor up to the ceiling filling two walls" and “he spared no effort, often traveling great distances in order to get hold of these letters, as a loan or by other means, so he could copy them. He bound these copies into books” These letters were sent from America, and often helped convince or deter a person from emigrating. All of them are carefully copied in gothic script using different colors of ink.Scope and Content:
The Lars Nielseen Nesseim papers consist of two volumes of copied immigrant letters. One volume was donated by Ivar Davidson Hustvedt, and the other by Rev. Sven Tverberg. The two volumes of America letters were written during the 1840s to friends and relatives in Voss and copied into books by Nesseim. Sophie Boe made typed transcriptions and translations of the Tverberg volume. Among the letters are some by Elling Eielsen, Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim, and John Haldorsen Quileqval, uncle of Knut Nelson.Correspondence between Sophie Boe, O.E. Rølvaag, and Theordore Blegen about the Tverberg volume, and between Blegen and the Chicago Historical Society (now Chicago History Museum) about the Ekse volume. Note, the volume donated by Ida S. Ekse to the Chicago Historical Society may be the Lars Davidsen Reque volume. Two other volumes are at the Voss Folk Museum.
Volume 1 and volume 2 of the copied immigrant letters is available online. -
Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson papers, circa 1843-2012
Typescript copies of ten letters by a Norwegian-Lutheran clergyman published in Norwegian newspapers, describing his journey in 1844 to Wisconsin, his trips as itinerant minister to various Norwegian settlements, establishment of the Koshkonong congregations, doctrinal differences, plans for a seminary, and relations with the Mormons. There are references to Søren Bache, Claus L. Clausen, Elling Eielsen, Laurits J. Fribert, Hans Gasmann, Cleng Peerson, J. D. Reymert, John G. Smith, and Gustaf Unonius. After founding many congregations in Wisconsin, Dietrichson returned to Norway in 1850. He was opposed to emigration. In 1973 NAHA published E. Clifford Nelson's "Pioneer Churchman: J. W. C. in Wisconsin, 1844-1850." It includes a translation of Dietrichson's "Reise blandt de norske emigranter…" (1846) and of his "parish journal" for Koshkonong, 1844-1850. A copy of "Reise" is in the NAHA book collection; copies of an 1896 reprint are included here. Also included are photographs and articles on Deitrichson by Berge Øverland (1942) and Einar Haugen (1946).
Contents- J.W.C. Dietrichson letters, undated
- Typed transcriptions of letters with index, undated
- Photographs, undated
- Includes cabinet card, published by W.A. Fermann, Stoughton, Wisc.
- Publications, undated
- Clippings and articles, undated
- Dietrichson Slekten Jubileumfest, 1924, 1949, 1974;
- Book "Stamtavler over Familien Breder og de med den Beglaegtede Familier Preus og Arctander med alle disse familiers sidelinier" (Norway, 1876)
- Genealogy/family history,undated
- See folio cabinet for framed pedigree chart
- Correspondence, 1848-1911
- Correspondence with Edwin R. Dietrichson, World War I, 1918)
- Miscellaneous family letters, 1897-1944
- Correspondence of Rasmus and Margit Fione family, Nissedal, Norway, 1934-1938
- Correspondence Petter and Anne Flatland, 1930-1938
- two photographs of Elving H.D. Dietrichson
- Newspaper clipping regarding Rachel Dietrichson
- "A Brief Biography and a Tribute, Isak Levin Preus Dietrichson," by Otto Dietrichson
- Obituary clippings regarding Levina Dietrichson, 1935
- Newspaper columns "This 'N That" authored by Susie W. Stageberg, 1958
- Correspondence from Hans and Olav Nordbö, Telemark, Norway, 1931-1939
- Includes several photographs.
- 300+ photographs
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California Gold Rush clippings, 1850, 1937, 1941
Abstract
Articles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.
Contents- Photograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to California in 1850. Photo by Knut Vang of Brooklyn.
- Letter from Gunnar Skavlan (1937).
- Clipping, Gullgraverekspedisjnen til California, Fjell-Lyom, Dec. 22, 1941, in Norwegian.
- Clipping, Gullgravarar frå Innherad, Nord-Trøndelag og Inntrøndelagen, July 1941.
- Gullgraverne fra Røros, Østerdalen og Gauldelen som 1850 dro til California. Fjell-Ljom, December 1941 in Norwegian.