Erichsmoen, Brodre]]> Olsness, Sveinong Aasmundson]]> Lyngstad, John]]> Hydle, Sjur]]> Lesteberg, O. ]]> Monson, Ingvar ]]> Williston (N.D.)]]> Hanson, Harald ]]> Skovholt, Hilmar ]]> Aaen, Morten]]> Converse, Charles C. ]]> Norstog, Jon]]>
Contents include: 
  • Books, 1903-1941
  • Journal and clippings, 1908-1951
    • "Telemark historie," nr. 2l, pp. 133-155, "Jon Norstog, 'spørgsmaalstegnet i norsk-amerikansk litteraur "' by Orm Øverland. Also, Øverland's "The Western Home" (NAHA, 1996), chapter 20. In "Telemark historie" 1987, pp. 61-70, "Jon Norstog: telemarking, norskdomsforkjempar, bladmann og diktar i det norske Amerika" by Arne Sunde (partial photocopy included here).; section on Norstog from Peter Hallaraaker, "The nynorsk language in the U.S.", pp. 108-112; Sunde, Arne. "Jon Norstog - telemarking, norskdomsforkjempar, bladmann og diktar i det norske Amerika" ("Telemark Historie" no. 8 (1987) pp. 61-70 (photocopy); See in library collection: "Telemark Historie," 1988, pp. 148-151, "Jon Norstog: præriediktaren fraa Byrtegrend i Mo," by Olav Skaalen. 1908 1951
  • "Writing in the Sand…" by Ronald J. Vossler, 1979 
]]> Norstog, Jon]]> Politicians]]>
Includes:
  • Articles on Individuals. Including O.S. Aaker, Nils Boe, Albert Daley, Harlan Hagen (Californina), Nils B. Haugen, Sen. La Follette, Ole Naglestad, Archer Nelsen, W.B. Overson, Paul A. Preus, Sverre Roang, O.O. Sageng, Henry O. Talle, and James Thompson. 1892-1994
  • Asle J. Grønna (& family). 1908-1965
  • Scandinavians in Minnesota Legislature. 1870-1933
  • Scandinavians in North Dakota Legislature. 1905-1922
  • Scandinavians in South Dakota Legislature. 1906-1925
  • Thorson, Playford V. "Scandinavians in Politics in North Dakota." 8 p., typescript (accompanying letter dated May 7, 1982). 1982 1982
Rokke Name Index:
Daley, Albert
Foss, Louis O.
Naglestad, Ole
Nelsen, Ancher
Overson, W. B.
Roang, Sverre
Youngdahl, Luther W.
Haugen, Gilbert N.
Hanson, Alexander D.
Hallick, George
Flamer, I. J.
Garden, E. L.
Kraabel, Anton T.
Jensen, O. L.
Johnson, Thomas
Nelson, Steen H.
Nelson, O. G.
Halaas, E. T.
Boe, Nils
Scandinavian Republican League
Thorson, Martin
Svenson, Iver
Sorlie, Oscar J.
Peterson, Albert
Westby, Simon, (1876-)
Spoonheim, Erling K.
Midgarden, Gundar
Stavens, G. H.
Sorley, John A.
Tufte, T. E.
Syvertson, Ole
Johnson, C. A.
Ueland, L. A.
Haugen, Arne P.
Oveson, John
Skandinaviske Republikanske Liga
Stafne, Erik A.
Stade, Andrew J.
Ramsett, K. S.
Tofsrud, O. T.
Swenseid, A. R.
Hegge, O. I.
Anderson, John M.
Anderson, O. P. N.
Anderson, Bernt
Dyste, John H.
Brotnov, K. O.
Aaker, O. S.
Schoyen, David Monrad
Sageng, Ole O., (1871-1963)]]> Norse American Centennials Daughters of St. Paul]]> Norse-American Centennial (1925 : Hamline, Saint Paul, Minn.)]]> Leif Erikson]]> Minnesota]]> Norwegian clubs]]>
Select materials have been digitized and are available online here.]]> Brack, Josephine (Mrs. O.I. Of St. Paul)

Henrikksen, Jorunn via Dale Hovland. Dropped off April 21, 2016.]]> Chicago (Ill.)]]> Digital collections available online here.]]> ]]> Det Litterære Samfund]]> Holberg, Ludvig ]]> Dahl, Eivind Walter]]> Norwegian Literary Society]]> Chicago (Ill.)]]> Ibsen, Henrik]]> Hakstad, Sigrid Torgersen]]> Westnes, Peder Rolf ]]> Biography/History:
Det Litterære Samfund, also known as the Norwegian Literary Society of Chicago (DeLiSa), was a cultural and literary organization established by Norwegian Americans in Chicago during the early twentieth century. Created within one of the largest Norwegian-American communities in the United States, the society served as a hub for preserving and promoting Norwegian language, literature, and cultural identity. Its activities included lectures, literary programs, and the publication of Norden, a journal featuring poetry, essays, and creative writing by Norwegian-American authors.

Active primarily from the 1920s through the late twentieth century, DeLiSa provided a gathering place for immigrants and their descendants to engage with their heritage and foster community life in an urban immigrant setting. The organization’s records document its leadership, programs, membership, publications, and its role in sustaining Norwegian-American cultural expression in Chicago.

Scope and Content:
Papers of a literary society generally known as DeLiSa (Det Litteraere Samfund). Includes programs; clippings; secretarial, financial, and library records; manuscript volumes which were the genesis of the yearbook "Forum" (1925-1926) and the literary journal "Norden" (1928-1933) published by the society; as well as copies of the Forum and some scattered issues of "Norden."

]]> Location:
1/B/6-1/C/1]]> Nelson, Marion J.]]> Pioneer Home]]> Scandinavian Art Society of America]]> Norwegian Commercial Club ]]> Heimskringla Club]]> Ensrud, E. Richard]]> Luren Singing Society (Decorah, Iowa)]]> Ygdrasil Literary Society ]]>
Includes: 
  • Minneapolis, Odin club. Includes program for "Norwegian Boy Scouts on Parade. Oslo Boy Scout Troop No. 31" (1936). 1903 1938
  • Brochures and Programs. 1869-1996
  • Nordmanns-Forbundet. 1988-1996
  • Scandinavian Art Society of America. 1913-1920
  • Volume of minutes, "The Norwegian Social Hour," Fergus Falls, Minnesota. 1913-1920
  • Heimskringla (Urbana, Ill). 1995-1995
  • Newspaper clippings and articles from 1808-1995
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Includes:
  • Clippings, Iver A. Hain. Includes: Translation, "From the Pioneer Period in Wisconsin: the first Norwegian Settlers in the town of York and the town of Adams, Green County, Wisconsin," by Iver A. Hain (1926);"De norske kvækere i Marshall County, Iowa" from series "Fra vore indvandreres liv." by Iver A. Hain; "En fremragende norsk-kanadisk pioneers levnetsløo," (Endre J. Kleven) by Knut Haddeland ("Visergutten," April 18, 1935). 1924-1926
  • Clippings, "Den gamle stogo." 1925-1925
  • Miscellaneous. Includes: Decorah Posten, (1896, 1924) Norrøna, (1944); Norse Tidende, (1933); Grand Forks Skandinav, (n.d.); Scandic America,n (1946); Norwegian-American Weekly, (2008); and Normanden, (1939). 1896-2008
  • FPsalmodicon. Includes: added July 2007: newsletters (2008-2018); Added July 1, 2016: CD recording, “Psalmodikons: and Return to the Old Country Church” (2008), and songbook, "Music for Psalmodikon written in Sifferskrift" (2011, revised). 2008-2018
  • Miscellaneous. Includes: Ugeblad publishing co., financial statements for year ended Dec. 31, 1931; . Added May 30, 2013: Odd S. Lovoll, keynote address "Migration and the Norwegian Ethnic Press, 1847-2010" (delivered at the NAHA-Norway Seminar, Decorah, Iowa, June 14-17, 2011); and Newspaper clipping, Vinland, "Norwegian-American Newspapers 1847-1973. (1973). 1931-2013
  • "Norwegian-Americana Papers: 1847-1946" by O.M. Norlie. Includes: Three copies of Norwegian-Americana Papers: 1847-1946 by O.M. Norlie. (1946) 1946-1946
]]> Knutson, Norma Arnesen]]> Christensen, P. S.]]> Nordisk Tidende]]>
ncludes: Newsletter: Facts about Norwegians as workers, earners and spenders of American dollars. no. 1-11; Hvordan "Nordisk Tidende" blir til, with an appendix: an x-ray picture of a Norwegian-American colony. 31 p.; Facts about the Norwegian American colony in Brooklyn, N.Y.; published in connection with "Nordisk Tidende's" 50th anniversary. 32 p.; Introducing the third largest "Norwegian" city, metropolitan New-York. 31 p.; facts about "Nordisk Tidende," vol. 1 nos. l-4, June-Sept. 1930; "That letter home ... (from St.Olaf College) 1939 (by Oleanna, i.e., Norma (Arnesen) Knutson). 1 sheet; and clippings, including reprint of history published in "Symra," 1914, by P.S. Christensen.]]> Fællesreisen fra Norge ]]> Nationalforbund]]> Norske Nationalforbund]]> Norwegian National League]]>
Includes clippings and brochure about "Fællesreisen fra Norge" (1933, 1934, 1936, and 1937, sponsored by Nordmands-Forbundet and the Norwegian-American Line, including information about a "Norske Fest" sponsored by the Minneapolis Norwegian National League, 1933.]]> Anderson, Carl F.]]> Føinum, Olea Lovise Tobiasdatter]]> Kjelsberg, Claus]]> Larsen, Ole ]]>
Includes:
  • Copy of a letter from Olea Lovise Tobiasdatter Føinum, (dated May 17, 1891) to her cousin, and a copy of an English translation; correspondence from Mrs. Martin Olson; correspondence to Andreas Lein from his mother, O. Valberg
  • Letters (1842, 1844) written to Ole Larsen (Dodgeville, Wis.) by his father Lars Hansen Bjørge, Sande "Herred" Vestfold "fylke." ("Sandeboka, 1939, p. 420); Other correspondence, (1930, 1998)
  • Letters donated by Carl F. Arneson
  • Photocopy of letters written by C.C. Diesen to his son Axel Diesen in Minnesota.
See collection P1685: Norway-America letters]]>