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Papers of a Norwegian-born labor leader and author of pamphlets and articles in professional and technical journals. Furuseth's constant agitation for improved status of seamen resulted in the passage of several laws, including La Follette's Seamen's Act of 1915. He was president of the International Seamen's Union of America, 1908-1938, and has been called the "Abraham Lincoln of the Sea."
Manuscript volumes of Carl M. Ringen Gunderson. For an article on Gunderson by Karen E. Hogen, see Western Viking, October 16, 1964. See also Vera Joyce Fox Kvamme Papers, P0764.
Includes:
"Leif Erikson Genealogy: Lists all forefathers and known relatives" (1969).
"Famous Americans of Norwegian Descent: 13 Presidents of the United States, 11 Signers of the Declaration of Independence" (1969)
"The Leif Erikson Stamp, Issued by the United States Post Office Department, 1968" (1969)
"Norwegian Ancestors of General George Washington, First President of the United States" (1969)
"Biography and Ancestry of Andrew Furuseth, 1854-1938" (1970)
"Ancestral Chart of John Anon 'Snowshoe' Thompson" (1970)