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• Barthinius Wick papers, 1904-1947

  Mainly articles of a Norwegian-born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, attorney, philanthropist, and history instructor at the University of Iowa: "Pioneer Traits", "The Pioneer Memorial Association of Norway (Iowa)", a biography of Nikolai Ibsen, brother of the dramatist, who was a resident of Emmet County, Iowa, "In the Footsteps of the Early Settlers in and about Le Grand, Iowa," 1943, 32 pages, "Did the Norsemen Erect the Newport Round Tower?" a 26-page pamphlet, and a collection of clippings of articles by and about Wick.Includes "Ryfylke og i Amerika." Kvekerforlaget, 1983. (S.O. library: BX7710.N8N3 NAHA). "B. L. Wick - en "halv" Strand-bu og verdensborger", and "Brev fra B. L. Wick til Børe Vik-og "Vike-Jentene" fra 1894 til 1947, - med kommentar"':' pp. 98-131. "Newark og omegn: lidt fra en snartur til de gamle norske settlementer i Illinois," for "Skandinaven" ved B. L. Wick. Sept.4, 1907. 3 clippings about Wick, 1934-1936. "Tama-Indianerne, forholdene blandt Indianere paa en reservation i Tama County, Iowa." (Dec. 18, 1927 "Minneapolis Tidende") pamphlet, "Did the Norsemen erect the Newport Round Tower." 26 p.Clipping: "Gaspe og det norske settlement der" ("Skandinaven," July 21, 1936) clipping, "De første skandinaviske settlementer i Iowa" ("Repubikaneren," Feb. 9, 1900)
• Bakken family history, 2013

  Douglas and Jacquelyn Bakken, Bakken Family History, Day County, South Dakota (2013).Descendants of Ole Eriksen Bakken (1855-1939) and Anne Oline Ellanson(1865-1908).
• Batalden family papers, 1893-1920

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  • Letters from Christian Batalden Meyer Batalden, 1893-1896
    • Christian immigrated to the US from Norway in 1871. Meyer was born in Minnesota in 1873. While Meyer attended business school in Wilder, MN in 1893, Christian wrote to him (24 letters).  All in Norwegian.
    • Includes transcriptions.
  • Highwater Lutheran Church, circa 1899
    • Letters from the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America regarding synod business, notes which may be church council minutes, lists of members, and more. All in Norwegian. 
    • Includes transcriptions.
  • Cassette tape, circa 1990
    • A Norwegian friend translated the letters by reading them onto the tape.
  • A 1900 catalog which was likely used to order furnishings and architectural items for the new church building.
• Nils Remmen and Gutorm Oldre family history, 1977

  Genealogy of Nils Nilsen Remmen and Gutorm Oldre prepared by Helen Ransom and Eileen Bevick, circa 1977.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Boxrud family papers, circa 1915

  Material sent to the Boxrud Farm in Norway from R.H. Boxrud and C.H. Boxrud who lived in Red Wing, Minnesota in the early part of the 20th century. Includes photographs, correspondence, and business cards.
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  R.O. Brandt papers, circa 1824-1929

  Biography/History: 
  Realf Ottesen Brandt was born near Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin in 1859. His father, Nils Olsen Brandt, was born in Slidre, Valdres, Norway. His Mother, Diderikke Ottesen Brandt, was born in Sande Parish, Norway. Nils Brandt was President of Luther College. Realf Brandt graduated from Luther College in 1877, and Luther Seminary in Madison, Wisconsin in 1883. 

  Realf Ottesen was ordained in 1883 by Rev. U.V. Koren. Throughout his 44 years in Lutheran ministry, he served Deuel County, South Dakota, and McFarland, Wisconsin. Beginning in 1906, he was one of the first editors of the Lutheran Herald. Realf Brandt married Thalette “Lettie” Mathilde Galby in 1880.

  Scope and Content: 
  The R.O. Brandt papers consist of various notebooks he kept from 1876-1900, copy books of letters he wrote from 1887-1901, letters from 1906-1907, and a scrapbook created by Lettie Brandt called “Reminiscences of Seventeen Years in the West as a Pastor's Wife” that includes photographs. Also includes letters and documents of Diderikke Brandt.

• Monte Holm autobiography, 1999

  "Once a Hobo...The Autobiography of Monte Holm," by Monte Holm and Dennis L. Clay, 1999. Chronicles of a 13-year-old boy from Clarkston, Washington, forced from his home and became a hobo.
  Formerly part of P539.
• Kent Freeland collection

  Collection of books published by Kent E. Freeland. Includes:
  
  Norwegian Saga:
  "Andrew's life seem to stop when he found out his father was dead and that his mother and siblings were going to move, not to another town, but to a different country. The new country was America in the 1880's, and the prairies were still a lonely place to roam. Young Andrew finds his place in his adopted home with the new love of his life. He faces the challenges of raising a family with all the problems of language, prejudice, and fears that accompany have accompanied immigrants throughout history. Family tragedies of death, relationships destroyed, and heartbreaks end a victory that you must read."
  
  Prairie Pioneers:
  "Prairie Pioneers is an adventure story of a group of Norwegian immigrants who traveled from Lisbon, Illinois to Story County, Iowa in 1854. It is historical fiction, based on some facts, but generously augmented with interesting invention. The central character in the story is Ole Apland, who gives leadership and inspiration to his traveling companions. Ole braves hardships and faces dangers on the 600-mile trek. Along the way, he forms a friendship with one of the young women, so that, at the journey's end, the two of them are ready to begin a new life in the Midwest Scandinavian community." 
  
  Rails West:
  Story about Knute Apland. 
  
  The Norskie Terror:
  Story about Oley Nelson.
• Ole Gavle and Randvei Morkve family history, 2008

  Karen Gavle Klassen Family History book, Kings and Kindred: The Ole Gavle and Randvei Morkve Family by Karen Gavle Glassen and Carol Sorbo Gavle (Amundsen Publishing Co, Decorah, Iowa. 2008.)
  Formerly part of P539.
• Bertha (Brita) Hagen letters, circa 1920-1949
  

  Letters from Brita Hagen of Deer Park, Wisconsin (born in Vik i Sogne) to her daughter Freda Severson Vick of St. Paul, Minnesota. Brita Americanized her name to Bertha and was married Fred Severson.