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• Anderson family history, 2008

  An Anderson Family History: Hjartdaland Ringebu to Winneshiek County, Iowa (20008). Descendants of CharlesAnderson (formerly Kittel Olson Aakre,1847-1915) and KarenMortensdatter Høye Anderson (1846-1912)
• Skurdall-Skurdell-Skurdah family history, 1999

  Skurdall-Skurdell-Skurdahl:Emigrants from Sør-Fron to Dakota Territory. A Norwegian-American Family History (1999). Descendants of Paul Skurdall, Anne Skurdall O’Bryan, PeterSkurdell, and Anton Skurdall.
• Celia and Linne Thompson correspondence, 1906-1976, 2014

  100+ original letters, spanning the years 1906-1976, which were used as the basis of the book by Lester Swenson, These Two Are Champions: A chronological book of facts, history, letters, pictures and interviews about the lives of two amazing women [Celia (1884-1978) and Linnie Thompson (1884-1979) from Radcliffe, Iowa]. Celia served as a missionary and teacher in Madagascar, and Linnie worked as a nurse and family caregiver.
• Dalbotten-Midje photographs, 1870-1950

  Album one: Sivert Midge (photographer: Brown, Ferguson), Mr. and Mrs. Ole Styve and three Ohnstad sisters, Erik Rudie family, mourning card for Ole S. Midje (died July4, 1907), Rev. J.N. Kildahl & Mrs. Kildahl, Missionary Aaus, Mr. and Mrs.Hans Midge, Mr. and Mrs. Mons Veum & children, Martha Midge, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Flam, Gurina Esterby Berg, Lars Ball, Sherman Loven, many infanta nd young children photographs, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Berg (wedding), Peter Henning, Peder Lowe, Martin Opsahls, Mr. and Mrs. John Edslom.
  
  Album two: Roy & Guttorm Midje, JohnEdstrom, Mrs. Edstrom, Guttorm Torquam, Thorsten Oium, Gurina Esterby,Erling Hinderdahl, Mrs. Sandvick, John & Mrs. Holum, Joe Knute, Berta Holum, Mons Veum, Holum brothers. Photo studies represented: Dorge, Minneapolis, O.L. Thornbladh, Cannon Falls, Minn., Sumner, Northield, Minn., Lawin, Northfield, Minn., Miller, 417 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, A.Hunter, Zumbrota, Minn., Jacob L. Skrivseth , Hillsboro, North Dakota,Oleson, 226 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, A.P. Radcliffe, Cannon Falls,Minn.
  
  Photographs of: Midje family photos from black photo album Cyrus and Helen, son Howard (undated), Martha Frettem funeral casket at Wangen Cemetery (undated), Myrtle Dalbotten baby picture (undated), Michael Dalbotten (right) and friend – Mike in a too-big coat, Andrew Nilsen Dalbotten (1857-1938) and Jensina Simonsdatter Hjellum (1857-1934) parents of Michael Jonathan Dalbotten and others (ca. 1880s), Fifth grade class picture from Kenyon School (1924-1925), Christine and Simon Dalbotten as children (undated), Myrtle and Arnold Dalbotten – Simon’s children (undated), Nels and Hannah Dalbotten – Wedding picture, family picture with two sons Halvor and Andrew (ages approx. 7 and 10), family picture of all four, picture of the couple, twins Juel Clifford and Joseph Clarence Dalbotten (died around one year old) (undated), Thelma Bratten – first cousin of Archie and Janise Dalbotten, Mr. and Mrs. Timon Braaten (Mrs. is Christine nee Dalbotten, Michael’s sister)(undated), Marie Braaten, daughter of Timon and Christine – Confirmation picture, Amanda Bratten, Ann Braaten’s sister – confirmation picture, Kari, Ida and Knute Dalbotten, siblings, Georgina Lee (unverified), Irene Lee Radke’s mother and cousin to Michael Dalbotten, Wedding pictures of Albert Dalbotten, son of Andrew and Jensina (Gjellum) Dalbotten, and others.
• Sven Burtness family history, 1900

  File includes photograph. Son of Helge Pedersen Burtness (Bortnes) who was born on the Bortnes farm in Nes, and Liv Ellingsdatter in Nes, Buskerud (Hallingdal) on October 14, 1839. Immigrated to America in 1859 and later settled in Estherville, Iowa.
• Kongsli/Kinsley and Sørli/Sorlie family records, 1879

  Includes 1879 purchase contract for a parcel of land in Christiania sold by Julius Kongsli, a 1878 document form the minister at Skedsmo Church stating that Bergitte Larsdatter has been baptized, confirmed and vaccinated at Skedsmo and had moved to Christiania, and a 1879 document from a Notary Public verifying that widowed carpenter Peter Julius Kongslie and Miss Bergitte Larsdatter Sørli,members of the Methodist Church at Kampen are to be married according to the dissenter law of 1845. One of the witnesses was Ole Sørli, likely the brother of Bergitte. All documents translated.
• Egertson family history, 2013

  "Our Family: The Ancestry and Children of David E. & Edith [Fristedt] Egertson," by David Egertson, 2013.
• Athena M. Lyseth memoirs, 2021

  "The Memoirs of Athena M. Lyseth," compiled by the Lyseth family. Athena Lyseth finished high school at the age of 17, and ventured out of her south Minneapolis neighborhood to be a rural school teacher. There she met her husband, a farmer named Harvey. Together, they ventured to Montana as homesteaders, and her memoirs recall the "16 dry years" in the state. The last few entries tell about the years on the farm in Hinkley, Minnesota. Her memories tell the story of an everyday woman and her everyday life.
• Signe M. Clausen Marton family history, 1890-2008

  Clausen emigrated from Norway in1923, and settled in Illinois. Her brother, Morton, served as Editor andPublisher for the Hamilton Press in Hamilton, Illinois. In 1971, Clausenvisited Norway (transcribed letters included) for the first time in 48 years. Scanned photographs saved to CD and printed.
  
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  • 40+ letters exchanged with family members in Norway (1971-1984).
  • (Alden W. Clausen, President of Bank of America).
  • postcards: Somers, Montana; boat excursion at FlatheadLake, Montana; winter logging with sled; exterior and interior postcards ofNorwegian Lutheran Church, Somers, Montana.
  • postcards: GreatNorthern Railroad over Flathead River at Coram, Montana; Christmas;Thanksgiving; Hudson River from West Point Battery; Boating by Moonlighton the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana; Mauritania Cunard Liner;romantic; Statue of Liberty; winter scenery; Daughters and Sons of NorwayHall, Seattle, Washington; Rapid City, South Dakota American Legion paradeheld in Omaha, Nebraska (Bison pulling float); real photos of familymembers: man standing with fishing pole and 22 fish.
  • A Journey to a Beloved Country (2015, Received electronically and subsequently printed).
  • Excerpted letters written during the summer of 1971 while revisitingNorway for the first time since emigrating in 1923 from Bo, Nordland, Norway.
• Marie Mikkelsdatter Arneson family history, 1996

  Includes audio cassette.