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• Leif J. Sverdrup papers, 1924-1976

  A biography, 1975, photos, clippings, and assorted biographical information on a Norwegian-born major general in the United States Army Engineers and a founder of Sverdrup &
• Svartebøka, 1865-1999

  Svartebøka. Includes photocopy (from copy in Luther College Library) of Oldtidens sortebog fra aar 1400 ...Optrykt ordret efter originalen. Fjerde Oplag. 40 p. Chicago.(A copy may be found in the St. Olaf library: BF1608.N8o5 1892 NAI Vault) Hexevæsen og troldskab i Norge, meddelt til læsning for menigmand. Christiania, B. M. Bentzens Forlag, 1865. Pages after 78 lacking. From the library of Ole Hansen Toftelien "Dovre i Gudbrandsdalen" June 3, 1870. Gift of Rev. Sarah Oelberg, Nora Unitarian Church, Hanska. Cyprianus...efter et manusckript...udgivet og forklaret at L. Pio. Copenhagen, 1870. 32 p. Same source, dated 1874. Added Feb. 28, 2012: book "The Black Books of Elverum," by Mary S. Rustad (Galde Press, Lakeville, Minn., 1999).
• Jacob Aal Ottesen Stub papers, 1925-1936

  Letter by a Lutheran clergyman to Johan A. Aasgaard, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1936, 9 typescript pages, and 12 clippings on Stub and members of his family.
• Hans Andreas Stub letters, 1881-1931

  Speeches, articles, lectures, clippings, and a photograph of a Lutheran clergyman: "Foreningens gang," 1916, 48 pages; "Svar paa Pastor Ellestads og hans partis pamflet," 1889, 36 pages; "Hva staar iveien for det Kirkelige enighedsarbeide blandt os," 1911, 47 pages; "What Can Be Done to Awaken Greater Spiritual Life in Our Churches," 1922, 20 pages. Includes: letter from Stub to C.G.O. Hansen (May 13, 1922); reprint ("Decorah Posten," Oct. 24-Nov. 14, 1922) of Stub's account of his parents, first published in "Symra," 1907; clippings 1906-1932; program "Dr. Hans Gerhard Stub ...1872-1922."
  
  Added 1998, transf. from Library collection: Foredrag om den norsk-lutherske mission i Utah, holdt i Kristiania lode April 1894; udgivet efter opfordring of missionens bestyrelse i Kristiania. 16 p. What can be done to awaken greater spiritual life in our churches? Augsburg, 1922. 20 p. (Lutheran Book Mission Booklets, no. 20) Bibliographical note: see his article "Fra fars og mors liv" in "Symra," 3 (1907) pp. 14-42.A photocopy of this article is included here. "Foreningssagens gang:' Supplement to Evang. Luthersk Kirketidende, April 19, 1916. 48 p. "Svar paa Pastor Ellestads og hans partis pamflet paa Scandinavia menigheds vegne." Minneapolis, trykt i Felt Raabet Job-trykkeri, 1889. 36 p. "Hvad staar iveien for det kirkelige enighedsarbeide blandt os? Aftryk av "Evangelisk Luthersk Kirketidende." Decorah, Iowa, Luth. Publ. House, 1911. 47p. "Om naadevalget...et foredrag. Decorah, Iowa, Den Norske Synodes Bogtrykkeri, 1881. 41p.
• Peer O. Strømme papers, 1888-1971

  Papers of an author, journalist, and lecturer, consisting of a resignation letter addressed to the faculty of St. Olaf's school, a volume of travel letters published in Normanden, biographies, clippings, and a photograph. 
  
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  • Erindringer (Translation), 1920
  • Handwritten manuscript of "Erindringer" translated by Armyle Jacobson (1894-1977), a retired dentist from Thief River Falls, Minnesota, 1920
  • Publications and Works
    • "Den Vonde Ivold" by Halfdan Moe, translated from English by Peer Strømme, Normanden, Grand Forks, 1910; "Digte" by Peer Strømme, Augsburg, 1920, 2 copies; "Erindringer" by Peer Strømme, Augsburg, 1923; "Hvorledes Halvor blev Prest" by Peer O. Strømme, (Decorah, 1893, 3 copies; Normanden, Grand Forks, 1910); "General Nelfons Speider" by Byron A. Dunn, translated from English by Peer Strømme, Chicago, John Anderson, 1902; "Unge Helgeson" by Peer Strømme, Normanden, Grand Forks, 1911, 3 copies.
    • "Peer Strømme's Memoirs of a Winchester Childhood", Winchester Academy Ethnic Heritage Monograph No. 1; "Peer Strømme's Noraville Stories", Winchester Academy Ethnic Heritage Monograph No. 2; "Merry Christmas" by Peer Strømme, December Luther League Issue; newspaper clippings, 1885-1921.
    • Book of Family Prayer: Bible Lessons with Meditations for Each Day" by N.J. Laache, translated from Norwegian by Peer O. Strømme, Lutheran Publishing, Decorah, Iowa, 1902; "Erindringer" by Peer Strømme, Augsburg, 1923, 6 copies (5 hardcover, 1 paperback); "Digte" by Peer Strømme, Augsburg, 1920, 2 copies; "Hvorledes Halvor blev Prest" by P.O. Strømme, Decorah, 1893.
• Svein Strand papers, 1913

  Manuscript of a biography of Claus L. Clausen, pioneer minister in the Norwegian Lutheran church, published in "Symra 9" (1913), its translation by Rangvald Kvelstad, 20 pages, "Barneskolens betydning...," 16 pages, "Religionsskolen...," a lecture, 14 pages, and a letter to O. M. Norlie. Strand was a Lutheran clergyman and Clausen's son-in-law.
• Lena Kjellesvig Stolen papers, 1857-1932

  Emigration papers, a letter, and a genealogy of the Anon Kjellesvig family.
• Bayrd Still article, 1933

  Article titled, "Norwegian-Americans and Wisconsin Politics in the 1840s." Published in "Studies and Records" 8:58-64 (1934).
• Ole Singstad papers, 1908-1962

  Reports of a Norwegian-born engineer to the New York City Tunnel Authority, and to the Washington Toll Bridge Authority, and articles on engineering problems. The file includes two obituaries. Includes publication from the World Engineering Congress Tokio (1929) "Ventilation of Vehicular Tunnels" by Ole Singstad, "Bau von Unterwassertunneln in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika" (1933), "Vehicular and Pedestrian Tunnels at Antwerp" (1934), "Industrial Operations in Compressed air," (1936), "Planning and Construction of the Queens Midtown Tunnel" (1938), "Engineering Problems Related to the Health of Workers in Compressed Air," (1939). Report (1): To New York City Tunnel Authority on Narrow Tunnel between Brooklyn and Richmond. (2): To Washington Toll Bridge Authority Cascade Mountains Low Level Tunnel Survey. (3): Narrows tunnel (Chap. 5) "Saga in Steel and Concrete." Final report of New York City Tunnel authority on Proposed narrows vehicular tunnel between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Richmond. (1945)
• Gabriel Stene clippings, 1903-1962

  A collection of articles, most them in the form of clippings, by a Wisconsin-born farmer at Norway Lake, Minnesota. According to his obituary he was much involved in community and religious affairs and wrote about pioneer days in "Decorah-Posten" under the name "Pionergutten." Stene was born near Rio, Wisconsin to emigrant parents who moved to Norway Lake in 1867. According to his obituary, "Gabriel was a very well-known man, very involved in community and religious affairs. He has written much about the pioneer days, among other things writings in "Decorah Posten" with the name "Pionergutten."