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• Merle Winton Gregerson history, 1852-1982

  Norsk Turkey River Settlement contains family stories of immigrants from Hallingdal and Numedal who settled in northeastern Iowa. Extensive genealogical charts accompany the history. Includes a translation to English of Gunder Gregerson's autobiography (1842-1919) and information about Highland Lutheran Church (pages 116-123). Relatively little community history is given.
  
  Added: clipping from "Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad" (July 28, 1976) describing Gregerson's work and a list (dated June 18, 1988) of "Some of the first settlers, Jefferson Prairie settlement, Rock County, Wisconsin (1 page) added 2001: Gregerson's March 19, 1996 letter to Odd Lovoll describing his researches, and Lovoll's reply. Pamphlet: "1593 Norway family farm surname and names and emigrant lists for Norwegians." (26 pages) pages 5-13 list farm names and names/addresses of people researching families on those farms. Pages 15-22 are "early emigrant member records from 1845-1857" of Luther Valley Church, Orfordville, (west of Beloit) Wisconsin. 1095 names in family groups, many with place and data of birth and confirmation.
• Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958

  "The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago before the Great Fire (1836-1871)," a University of Wisconsin, Scandinavian Studies Master of Arts thesis, 1958, 157 pages. The study considers the first immigrants, the immigrant's economic, social, and religious life and ward distribution. Includes tables for the 1850 to the 1870 censuses, giving figures for Norwegian men, women, children, occupations, and maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870
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  John Kallestad family papers, 1890-1987
  

  Documents, correspondence, photo albums concerning the family of John Kallestad, a master mariner who came to Chicago from Kristiansand in 1921 and whose family followed in 1923. The Kallestads were charter members of the Norwegian Memorial Church in Chicago where John served as chairman of the Church Council.
• Eyvind Evans clippings, 1930-1982

  Clippings from Norwegian newspapers, August 1979, about Eyvind Evans. The clippings are mainly about his visit to Norway where he turned over to the University Library (Oslo) his extensive collection of Norwegian-American literature. The file includes some bibliographic notes and a list of books he donated to NAHA. For additional information, see "Evans, Eyvind J. 1900," a University of Oslo thesis, 1982, by Judith Torvik.
  
  Includes newspaper clippings of articles on and copies of poems written by Evans, 2 short biographies, and 2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings: 1930-1958, 1932-1979.
• Selma S. Casberg article and albums, 1870-1981

  A documented paper, "Importance of Genealogy," describing the process of searching for family history, by Selma S. Casberg, a retired teacher of history who has done considerable research in the history of her own family. Includes 5 photo albums to accompany the 4 family histories she published which are in the library collection.
  
  Picture and Clipping books. 3 Picture and Clipping books to accompany the Genealogy Book - Svartbek, Christiansen, Tømmerstigen, Kasberg, and Casberg, 1981. 1870-1981
  Picture and Clipping books. 2 Picture and Clipping books to accompany "Our Family Hisyoty, 1974 by Selma Casberg" and "Kråbøl, Reitan, Hagestad, Bresterud, Avlund, Amundson, and Winger Genealogy, 1976 by Selma Casberg." 1870-1981
  Article. "Importance of a Genealogy" by Selma S. Casberg, 1976.
• Wava M. Kimball manuscript, 1988

  Manuscripts of two novels, Huldre: "The Story of Gyda Johannesdatter" (357 pages), and "The Story of Anna-Lisa" (396 pages) by an aspiring novelist. The novels, based largely on secondary sources, offer adequate plots but lack insight into the character of Norwegian immigrants.
• Johan Wikander biography, 1975

  "From Grimstad in Norway to Florida in the 1830s: Knut Sørensen Bie (1812-1884)," a translation by a Norwegian of an article published by "Selskapet for Grimstad Bys Vel." The Knud Bie who is written about came as a master mariner to the Jacksonville, Florida, region and, according to the account, "was well established by 1840." In the census for 1840 he is listed as John Johnson. He continued to live in the Jacksonville area until his death
• Georg Under Vestlesen papers, 1955-1971

  Data concerning a Norwegian-born engineer and shipbuilder who came to the United States in 1916. In 1943 he joined the U. S. Navy with the rank of commander and was assigned to Special Forces Headquarters in London to work with the Norwegian resistance movement. After the war he became an executive in both the Norwegian America Line and the Scandinavian Airline System. Shortly before his death he established the Vetlesen Foundation at Columbia University, which provided for the Vetlesen Prize, to be awarded "for outstanding achievement in the sciences resulting in a clearer understanding of our earth...." The program for the 1971 award is included in the file.
• Ole O. Sande pamphlet, 1940

  "Minner Langs Livsvien," brief sketches written by a native of Vik, Helgeland, who emigrated in 1902, settling in the Thief River Falls, Minnesota, area. After study in a Minneapolis Bible school he became a minister in the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church. He served as superintendent of the Norwegian Chistian Home for the Aged in Brooklyn for some 15-16 years.
• Jens Martinius Olson memoirs, 1938

  The story of his early life as told to a grandchild by an emigrant from Porsgrunn, who came to the United States in 1888. He sailed on the Great Lakes for a time.