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Albert O. Barton papers, 1916-1940
A journalist, author, and public official, Barton wrote extensively about early Wisconsin pioneers, often in his column in the Madison Capital Times. Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925).
Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925). Added Dec. 15, 2015: The Beginnings of the Norwegian Press in America (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1916) -
Thomas Thomason papers, 1862-1984
Copies of various autobiographical, genealogical, and miscellaneous writings of a carpenter who emigrated from Arendal to Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1861. In 1867 he settled in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he farmed and served in many county offices. He was appointed a first lieutenant in the Minnesota militia in 1870. He visited the Pacific Northwest in 1883 and Norway in 1897. He moved with his family to Sand Point, Idaho, in 1904. Papers consist of clippings of his contributions to newspapers about himself and various members of his family, personal documents, and letters from his family in Norway, including a vivid account of the 1863 fire which destroyed much of Arendal. Thomason interspersed his account with philosophical observations and poetry.
Includes:- "Slægtregister" (Genealogy), 1904
- Sefond journal. (second journal), undated
- Clippings, letters, etc. Includes photograph. Obituary (1913); "A Trip to Spokane Falls in 1883" by Doris Thomason Winslett (1984)
- "Slægtregister" (Genealogy) translation, 1904
- "Erindringer fra Ungdomsaarene" (Memories of My Youth), 1904
- Letters from his father, brother and sister in Norway, 1862-1889
- Second journal, translation, undated
- Newspaper clippings, translation, errata sheet. Includes: "Scraps of early history. Reminiscence of early days. Trails of the first settlers and other interesting bits of recollection from a paper prepared by Thos. Thomason for the Old Settlers" [Morris, Stevens County, MN]; translations regarding life in Morris, MN (1882, 1895); "Kootenai County, Idaho" (1905)
- Thomason's manuscripts. Includes "The Winter of 1896-97 versus 1872-1873" (blizzard) n.d.; "From the Fifties [1850s]; "Ocean Ice"; condensed autobiography covering years from emigration (1861) to move to Sandpoint (1904)
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Ruth DeWitt pamphlet, 1976
Brochure entitled "Rural America Revisited, Town of Dunn Bicentennial Tour." A record of the landmarks and history of Dunn Township, Dane County, Wisconsin, prepared for the United States Bicentennial celebration. -
Johan Carl K. Preus papers, 1917-1969
Includes: "Remarks at the Preus Library luncheon" (1969), "Alaska, Romance and Reality", "The Stockholm Conference, an Evaluation" (Aug. 1925), "Some Contributions of the Church in Minnesota's First Century," in Minnesota Farmer (March-April 1958), "A Critical Look at the Lutheran Church Among Norwegian Americans" a pamphlet by E. Clifford Nelson and Eugene Fevold, and "The Union Movement and the Minority, 1917"; some Sunday school material and a teacher's manual.
Transition from Norway's State Church to an American Free Church is a study of the early efforts of the Reverend Herman A. Preus and his Spring Prairie, Bonnet Prairie, Norway Grove, and Lodi parish in Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin, to orient themselves to American church life, 45 typescript pages -
Nels A. Lee papers, 1862-1898
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer in Dane County, Wisconsin: three letters. A Civil War letter, Nov. 25, 1862, by Berge O. Lee, Deerfield; a letter of April 13, 1898 asking about Lee, who reportedly moved to Minnesota after the war; and a letter from J.O. Magneson (Locust Lane, P.O. Winneshiek Co., Iowa, Nov. 25, 1863. A clipping ("Capital Times," Sept. 7, 1930, relative to the history of the Gilderhus family.
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Ole Grimstvedt reminiscences, 1842-1902
An earthy and realistic account by a western Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer regarding his life in a hospital during the Civil War. He served in the Co. C, 12th Wis. Vol. Inf. As Ole Olson. Knut O. Grimstveit and family emigrated from Nissedal, Telemark, in 1850, settling in the Perry parish near Mt. Horeb. Reminiscences titled "Ole Grimstvedt's Hospital Life from 1862 till April 2nd, 1866." -
Abraham Grimstvedt correspondence, 1850-1875
Nybygger-breve fra Amerika, a compilation of 33 letters by Abraham Grimstvedt, who lived in Nissedal, Telemark, Norway, were intended for publication in Norway. The letters, written by Grimstvedt's three sisters and their husbands living in Dane County, Wisconsin; Fillmore County, Minnesota; and Decorah and Lake Mills, Iowa, give a favorable picture of life in America. The topics most often discussed are health conditions, farming, school, church, and transportation. The letters were published, with extensive introduction and footnotes by Øyvind T. Gulliksen, by NAHA-Norway and the Nissedal Historielag, as "Saa nær hverandre" (1999), in the NAHA library collection.
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Abraham Grimstvedt Correspondence. -
Knudt Olsen Dahl Folkedahl papers, 1836-1884
Correspondence of a Norwegian-born Dane County, Wisconsin, farmer. The letters (1876-1884) were written from Winona, Minnesota; East Grand Forks, Minnesota; Canton, South Dakota; and Auburndale, Wisconsin.
Contents:- Correspondence
- Vaccination certificates (1836-1863)
- Commencement program (1894) for Dodgville, Wis. High School.
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Aaker family papers, 1833-1958
Papers of Knud Saavesen Aaker (1797-1873) and his descendants: articles, correspondence, Civil War letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, albums, clippings, family histories, charts, and a diary. Includes letters from B.J. Muus, G. Hoyme, and Knute Finseth.