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• Sharon Fortunak collection, 2022

  Book titled "North of Emerald: Life on the 1950s Family Farm."
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  David C. Mauk papers, 1912-2004

  Biography/History: 
  David Mauk is a professor emeritus of North American Area Studies at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of U.S. immigration and ethnic history, including “The Colony that Rose from the Sea: Norwegian Maritime Migration and Community in Brooklyn.” 

  Scope and Content: 
  Materials in this collection pertain to Mauk’s research for his publication “Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities.” This book is an in-depth study of the Norwegian-American community of Minneapolis–St. Paul and its complex role in the economic, political, and cultural life of the Twin Cities over more than 170 years. The project started in 1995 when NAHA Editor Odd S. Lovoll approached Mauk to write the history of Norwegians in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Prior to Mauk’s work, no exhaustive research or history has been written about the Norwegian-American community in the Twin Cities. Scholars had documented the history of Norwegian Americans in other large cities, such as Chicago and Brooklyn, but no one had tackled the Twin Cities — the unofficial “capital” of Norwegian America. While many previous studies had focused on rural life, Lovoll and Mauk thought it was important to devote increased attention to urban communities. 

  While researching for the project, Mauk and his assistants, Mikkelssen and Løvås, collected 162 oral history interviews. Many of the interviews have been digitized through funding from the Sons of Norway Foundation. The David C. Mauk papers include transcripts of the interviews, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and more from his research. 

• House of Norway records

  House of Norway records of San Diego, California. Unprocessed collection.
• Fedde family records

  Unprocessed collection.
• Dassel Leikarring records, 2012

  Publication titled "Celebrating the Dassel Leikarring: Thirty Years of Folk Dancing and Friendship" by Karen A. Humphrey.
• Marjorie Tesdell diaries, 1926-1995

  Nine diaries kept by Marjorie Tesdell spanning the years starting in 1926 to 1995. In 1927, Marjorie graduated from high school in Huxley, Iowa. In 1947, Marjorie and her sister Angelin move to Everett, Washington. During this time Angelin started as librarian at the Everett Jr. College. Throughout the years, Marjorie was a homemaker. She was an excellent cooker and baker. 
• Lærerne som falt (Teachers who fell), 1940-1945

  Publication about the teachers who fell during German occupation of Norway during World War II.
• Seljaas family collection, circa 1988

  Includes two autobiographies: 
  

  • "The Story of My Life" by Elda Saetre Illguth Seljaas (translated by Helge Seljaas)
  • Autobiography by Kristian Seljaas (in Norwegian)
• Hans Andreas Blegen records, circa 1898-1961

  Includes documents relating to the establishment of the Lake Ibsen Lutheran Church in Leeds, ND; Articles of Incorporation for the church Brochures from the 50th (1936) and 75th (1961) anniversaries of the Leeds Evangelical Church; Hand-written notes in Norwegian Hand-written notes in English.There are notes on the establishment of the Lake Ibsen Lutheran Church, comments for a sermon/speech commemorating the church's anniversary, and diary notes about Hans Andreas Blegen travels in the area while attending the various congregations west of Leeds and Benson County.
  
  Norwegian-born Hans Andreas Blegen attended Luther College for both undergrad and seminary. He was later a Lutheran Minister in North Dakota and later the Head of the Wild Rice Orphanage in Minnesota.
• Alfred R. Halvorson autobiography, 2000

  Autobiography by Alfred R. Halvorson titled "A Prairie Boy's Odyssey Through Life: An Autobiography of a Second-generation American Born Descendant of Norwegian Immigrants."