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Browse Items (18 total)
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Norwegian America Line papers, 1910-1960
Pamphlets, articles, a tribute to "Stavangerfjord," and photos of ships that transported thousands of Norwegian Americans for a visit to their homeland. Includes "Den Norske Amerikalinjes Oprettelse," (1938), "Hvorfor bør du ta en tur fil Norge?" by Sigurd Folkestad, (1922), song, "Festmarsj Tilegnet Den Norske Amerikalinje," Tekst: Alf Rød, Musikk: Allan Johannson, (n.d.), passenger list of S.S. "Stavangerfjord" June 25, 1920 and Nov. 30, 1949, passenger list "Oslofjord" March 21, 1950, Added Nov. 6, 2013: N.A.L. Sangbok -
Per Hvamstad papers, 1964-1967
An article about the Kubberulle by Hvamstad, a letter from Volin, South Dakota by Henrik O. Stroem (b. 1861, emig. 1873 to S.D.), and a biography of Ivar John Saugen (Feb. 4, 1901-1957), a Lutheran clergyman in British Columbia. Includes "Pioneren Peder Borderud og hans 'log cabin,'" (1967) -
J. Olson Anders biography, circa 1959
Article in pamphlet form entitled "From Selbu to the Dakota Prairie: Recollections of Frontier Life on the Middle Border," an account of the life of Andrew Olson (Størset: 1839-1918, emig. 1870) and his frontier experiences at Andover, Day County, South Dakota, as related by his son.
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Michael Westphae land patent, 1889
A Homestead Certificate issued to a resident at Watertown, South Dakota. -
Gudmund Skartvedt papers, 1880-1928
Account books (1880 July 14-1928 September 10) and legal papers (1886 June 22-1901 September 23) of a Norwegian-born realtor, insurance agent, and farmer at Canton, South Dakota. Also Includes warranty deeds for several properties, mortgage papers, patent papers, a cemetery deed (1893), abstract of title papers (1895), membership certificate to the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Society (1897). -
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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Hans Olaus Kaasbøll papers, 1782, 1829
Transcript of propositions in geometry by Kaasbøll.
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Lester Welhaven Hansen autobiography and family papers, circa 1955
Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II, investments in farm and city property, travels, and retirement to St. Petersburg, Florida. The short manuscript by Hansen has the title "The Viking Race." He is the author of the Anderson Krogh Genealogy, 1956. Also includes family papers.
Includes:- Typescript of Autobiography of Lester W. Hansen (1965). Includes photographs
- Hansen manuscripts "The Viking Race," "My Most Unforgettable Character," and "The Meditations and Dreams of a Genealogist."
- Lewis A. Larson (Hansen's father) Biography, diary, Civil War letters (1864-1965)
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South Dakota Hospitals papers, 1919-1925
Sioux Falls Lutheran and Watertown Luther hospitals. -
Lutheran Normal School papers, 1889-1918
Catalogs (1892-1917), brochures, correspondence, reports, catalogs, and student publications of an institution founded by the Norwegian Synod in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1889 and merged with Augustana College in 1918.
Includes:- Lutheran Normal School Journals (The Mirror, 1900-1905); Jordahl, Sivert A. "Memorial History: Lutheran Normal School, 1889-1918" (Another copy in library collection).
- Lutheran Normal School Correspondence, Programs, and Reports. Includes: Lists of students and teachers of the school. 1902-1931
- Lutheran Normal School Clippings. 1890-1902
- Lutheran Normal School Journals (The Mirror, 1906-1918)
- Lutheran Normal School Catalogues. 1892-1918