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Nanna T. Boedker pamphlets, 1915
Catalogues from "The Norwegian Shop," which operated at 203 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, in 1915, and which featured items of Norwegian handicraft, especially those of Norwegian needlework. -
Arne Garborg Klubb records, 1891-1895
Financial records and minutes of a Chicago literary society. The minutes cover business meetings, lectures, and discussions. -
Emil Biørn papers, 1890-1900
Scrapbook of clippings, programs of musical, dramatic, and other entertainment activities in Chicago, 1890-1900, among the Scandinavians. Biørn was a versatile musician and artist, around whom was centered much of the cultural life amont the Scandinavians in Chicago during his lifetime. An appreciative essay which appeared in Skandinaven at the time of his death is pasted into the scrapbook. It is not known who compiled the scrapbook. -
Den Norske Dramatiske Forening i Chicago records, 1868-1871
Minutes (1868-1871), financial reports, by-laws, and programs of the society’s dramatic productions. A clipping, “Omkring de første tag som blev tat for norsk talescene i Chicago,” Skandinaven, March 28, 1939. Also see "Two Early Norwegian Dramatic Societies in Chicago,” in NAHA Studies and Records, volume 10, 1938. -
Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home Society papers, 1900-1989
Constitution, history, journals, reports, photographs, and 4 volumes of "Children's Home News" (1949-1956) of a Chicago institution founded in 1896. In 1965 name was changed to Edison Park Home. -
Leif Wilhelmsen autobiography, 1981
A 30-page account written by an emigrant who was born at Hoholmen, Herøy, Norway, covering his life as a fisherman and seaman in Norway, experiences there during the German occupation and emigration to Chicago in 1947 with the various occupations he engaged in until his retirement in 1973 as a maintenance worker in the Brooks Building. -
Norsk Leseforening reports, 1898-1982
Records of a women's reading club in Chicago, founded in 1898 to foster continued interest in the literature of Scandinavia and particularly of Norway. At bi-weekly meetings, the members reviewed and read aloud parts of books which were being discussed. In addition, the club was often engaged in charitable enterprises with financial gifts to the Norwegian homes for the aged in the area and to the Chicago Day Nursery. Includes correspondence, letters to and from members, typically either Christmas letters or acknowledgements of donations.
- Correspondence
- Letters to and from members, typically either Christmas letters or acknowledgements of donations. 1978-1982
- By-laws and history. 4 photographs, Yearly reports, newspaper clippings, members lists, correspondence, and written histories of the organization. 1898-1952
- Raportbok, 1943-1948
- Account Book. 1914-1923, 1927-1940 , 1941-1982
- Secratarial Records. 1931-1936, 1937-1940, 1945-1948, 1955-1959, 1959-1963
- Reading and book circulation record, 1949-1982
- 1 gavel; microfilm reel; Leif Erikson memorial medal and certificate. 1900-1982
- Correspondence
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Karmsund papers, 1919-1969
Records and programs of a society in Chicago, organized by emigrants from Haugesund, Norway, to promote fellowship and to maintain ties with their homeland.
Includes: Records of meetings and 3 programs to events hosted by Karmsund, reports, and Ledger (1919-1940). -
Henry Bordewick papers, 1880-1940
Letters, documents, photos, and other items of an emigrant from the Lofoten Islands, who came to Chicago in 1864; here he enlisted in the Navy and served on a Mississippi River gunboat during the Civil War, after which he sailed on the Great Lakes for about three years. He came to Granite Falls, Minnesota, in 1872, where he held office as county auditor and as postmaster. In 1897 he was appointed to a consular post in Christiania, Norway, in which capacity he remained until his death Includes biographical data, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family history information.
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- Biographical data. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family history information. 1912-1940
- Correspondence and documents. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and documents from Norway and the U.S. 1890-1912
- 30 photographs, portraits, and postcards. Studios include Bordewich and Henrichsen, Henningsvær; H.L. Olson, Granite Falls; Finne, Kristiania; Selmer, Paris; Lind, Kabelvaag; Christensen, Christiania; Maartmann, Christiania; Steward, Granite Falls. 1880-1912
- "Walt Whitman" by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1900; stole from the funeral of William McKinley, St. Edmund's Church, Christiania. 1900-1901
- Includes programs, city guides to Oslo, invitations, notes, and correspondence. 1900-1923
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Øien family correspondence, 1907-1948
A collection of extended family letters written from Chicago, Eau Claire, and Kvalshaug, Norway, by siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews of Randi Larsdatter Øien Flatreit, the only one of eight children to remain in Norway from the last generation to be raised at the Øyegrinde husmanns place at Nedre Øien. A letter explaining the family relationships is enclosed.