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An account by a Norwegian-American farmer who lived in Shawano, County, Wisconsin. He writes about the pioneer lives of his parents and grandparents, his own education at St. Ansgar Seminary in Iowa, his experiences as a teacher, and finally his life on a farm, beginning in 1917, together with details about family and family events. His account goes up to 1945. His son Luther Erickson added a postscript which covers details up to his father's death in 1971.
Papers of the wife of a Lutheran clergyman and a sister of Thorstein and Andrew A. Veblen: a history of St. Ansgar congregation; sermons by her father-in-law, Johan Olsen; a tribute to Claus L. Clausen by her husband, Sigurd Olsen; a letter by Ole Nilsen; memoirs and biographies of her husband and her father-in-law by Mrs. Olsen; and a photograph album. Emily was a student at Carleton College.
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Biographies, Histories, Sermon.
"Biographical Sketch of Sigurd Olsen," 1941
Mentions St. Ansgar, Iowa, J.H. Bleen, Capital University, towns of Argyle, Stephen, and Cooperstown, North Dakota.
"Memoirs of Mrs. Sigurd Olsen," 1940
Mentions the "Indian [Native American] Uprising of 1862", President Lincoln shot, early days at Carleton College, Blooming Prairie, 1885-1941
"Salmer og Leilighedssange," by Pastor J. Olsen, 1906