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Data covering an immigrant from Valdres, who came to Milwaukee in 1848 and moved to La Crosse in 1851. He established his own business in 1856 and became known as "The Merchant Prince of La Crosse." The clippings consist of biographical notes and information about the house he purchased in 1865. There is also a description of a coin which he had had minted with his lion trademark on the obverse side.
Contains newspaper clippings on Mons Anderson and his home in La Crosse.
"A Catalog of the Oyen Collection from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse," which gives a history of the Oyen Interior Design Firm. Oyen came from Trondheim in 1870 with his parents to Chicago and later to Madison, Wisconsin. After some study of art in Chicago, Oyen settled in La Crosse in 1888 where, together with Louis Nelson, he organized an interior decorating firm, working chiefly on public buildings. The firm was discontinued in 1931.
Papers relating to an air conditioning company and its founder, Reuben Trane, son of James A. Trane, a Norwegian immigrant who came to La Crosse in 1864, and who started a plumbing establishment in 1885. The Trane Company was an early leader in the field of air conditioning.
Annual reports of a hospital founded in 1899 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, by a corporation, some of whose members were affiliated with the Norwegian Synod. Includes clippings (1902-1905).
Transcriptions of American letters by Houkom to members of his family in Norway, describing his 1870 journey from Kviteseid, Telemark to Coon Prairie, Wisconsin, and discussing his experiences and church relationships at Highland Prairie, Minnesota; Sparta and La Crosse, Wisconsin; and Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis.
Content: Olaf S. Houkom Correspondence: America Letters.