CATALOG UPDATES
Hei hei! NAHA is currently undating our archival catalog. Some finding aids are currently unavailable. Please contact the NAHA archivist with any questions.
Browse Items (3 total)
-
Oslolag papers, 1913-1951
About Oslolag:
Oslolag (Kristianialaget) was organized in Minneapolis, August 13, 1913. Until 1925 the society was known as Kristianialaget. George N. Ekstrand edited almost all issues of Vikaeringen. The president was Fritz Maurer (1913) and the secretary was John H. Bovim (1913). The Oslolag also had chapters in Chicago (organized in 1921) and in Duluth (organized 1917).History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
Jens Christian Pedersen papers, 1865-1900
Certificate, Diary, Poem. A vaccination certificate, a diary of a trip from Kristiania (now Oslo) to New York, and a poem written on board ship in 1898. -
Arne M. Bjorndal journal, 1940
The journal of Arne Bjørndal, who was involved in resistance activities following the German invasion on April 9, 1940. The journal documents his experiences in Norway between April 9–20, 1940. It includes My Early Years: From School Days to War Time, which reflects on his early years in Norway, the invasion of Norway, becoming a “citizen arrestee,” and being sent to Ebreichsdorf sanitorium on the Austria/Hungary border. Transcription and translation of journal provided.