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Ole E. Rølvaag papers, 1896-2020
Biography/History:
Ole Edvart Rølvaag was born in a fishing village on Dønna, Norway, on April 22, 1876. He immigrated to the United States in 1896 and worked as a farmhand in South Dakota from 1896–98. After graduating from Augustana Academy in Canton, South Dakota, in 1901, Rølvaag earned a B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1905 and returned to the college to earn a M.A. in 1910. Between his B.A. and M.A., he studied at the University of Christiania.
From 1906 to 1931, he served as a professor of Norwegian language and literature at St. Olaf. During his career he authored Norwegian language textbooks and novels, essays, and poems about the Norwegian-American immigrant experience. Two of his novels, Giants in the Earth (1927) and Peder Victorious (1929), received international acclaim as accounts of immigrant pioneer life on the Dakota prairies in the 1870s.
Rølvaag worked to preserve and enrich Norwegian-American culture during his lifetime. He helped found the Society for Norwegian Language and Culture in 1910 and the Norwegian-American Historical Association in 1925. In 1926, Rølvaag was knighted (Order of St. Olav) by King Haakon VII of Norway.
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Clarence Kilde papers, 1973-1979
Correspondence and other materials collected by a retired Norwegian-American Episcopal priest in connection with his interest in Waldemar Ager, an interest which eventually led to his receiving a Masters of Arts degree at the University of Minnesota in 1978. His thesis "Tragedy in the Life and Writings of Waldemar Ager Immigrant, Author and Editor," is in the NAHA book collection.
See also Ager Papers, P0601 and NAHA Publication papers, box 46.
Box 1- Correspondence regarding: Ager Thesis
- Bibliography and plans for thesis;
- Notebook 1: Correspondence and notes on interviews;
- Notebook 2: Papers collected by Kilde for use in thesis;
- Correspondence- Ager, Elvira
- Correspondence- Ager, Eyvind
- Correspondence- Ager, Roald;
- Correspondence- Bergh, Gudrun
- Best, Solveig Ager;
- Correspondence: Nicolai, Hildur Ager;
- Manuscript, Barbara Bergh "Glimpses into My Grandfather's Scrapbook"
- Snapshots received from Karren Bergh Bloom;
- Ager Genealogy;
- Ager Clippings;
- Ager Memorial Committee;
- Ager Stories translated by Eyvind Evans
- Paper for Professor Vecoli, 1976, "Cultural Pluralism Versus Assimilation In the Writings of Waldmar Ager;
- Article for Eau Claire newspaper "Waldemar Ager, Editor and Author"
- Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc.
- Correspondence with University of Nebraska Press regarding translation of " They Went to a Far Country";
- Miscellaneous, My Memories of Ole Edvart Rølvaag.
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Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies clippings and programs, 1912-1952
Clippings (1912-52) and programs (1912-42) concerning a society founded in May 1911 "to advance the study and teaching of the languages, literature and culture of the Scandinavian North" in the U.S. also included is a clipping (1911) about the Scandinavian Philological Society of America; and clippings (1910-12) about the "Samfundet for norsk Sprog og Kultur" of which O.E. Rolvaag was secretary. -
Ella V. Rolvaag Tweet papers, 1924-1948
Papers of O.E. Rolvaag's daughter. In 1944 she taught in the Foreign Area & Language Study program at the University of Minnesota, and class cards for her students (and many letters from them) are included.
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Clarence A. Clausen papers, circa 1924-circa 1975
Articles and a genealogical chart concerning Clausen himself and his ancestry in Drangedal, Telemark. Clausen, a professor of history, wrote, translated, and edited extensively for NAHA. -
Esther Gulbrandson papers, 1887-1991
Miscellaneous papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College who was active in promoting Norwegian studies and interest. The bulk of her papers are in the St. Olaf College Archives. The papers here consist of a family history; diaries; the WCAL "Coffee Hour" program; Camp Little Norway; Normanns Forbundet correspondence; sermons of her father, the Reverend Ole Gulbrandsen; photographs; funeral folders and a memorial statement by Lloyd Hustvedt. -
Aashild Sørheim manuscript, 1980
Copy of a 200-page manuscript by a Norwegian writer: "To FedrelandEller Intet? Emigrantproblemet slik O. E. Rolvaag har fremstilt det i romanserien "I De Dage." The author states that her purpose in writing the book was to make O. E. Rolvaag known in Norway and to awaken understanding of the problems of migration -
Gerald H. Thorson papers, 1974-1978
Originals, reprints, and copies of articles and publications by a Professor of English at St. Olaf College, published in various journals, concerning Norwegian-American literature. Subjects are: Norwegian-American Literature, Nora Helmer, Chicago, Peer Stromme, O. E. Rolvaag, Kristofer Janson.
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Julius Boraas papers, 1891-1997
Papers of a professor of education at St. Olaf College: articles on educational subjects, a history of the Boraas family, correspondence, biographical data, clippings, diaries (55 volumes, 1899-1951), and a record of Boraas's public addresses. Some material concerns his work as superintendent of schools in Goodhue County, Minnesota, and with the Minnesota State Board of Education, on which he served 28 years. -
Nora O. Solum papers, 1904-1971
Papers of a professor of English at St. Olaf College, 1919-1960. Author and translator. Author with Theodore Jorgenson, "Ole Edvart Rølvaag: A Biography" (1939); translator: Rølvaag, "Peder Seier" (1928), "Peter Victorious" (1929); Rølvaag, "Længselens Boat" (1921), "The Boat of Longing" (1933); Lise Lindbaek, "Tusen Norske Skip" (1943), "Norway's New Saga of the Sea" (1969).