Shreveport (La.)]]>
Slavery]]>
Railroad]]>
Commission merchants]]>
Wærenskjold, Elise Amalie Tvede, 1815-1895]]>
Reiersen, Helena]]>
Coles County (Ill.)]]>
Ritter, Mattie W.]]>
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Northfield (Minn.)]]>
James, Jesse]]>
Northfield News, Inc. (Northfield, Minn.)]]>
Includes:
- "When There are Two" story of Mr. And Mrs. Ludvig I. Roe. (1964). Includes: "Family Life in Norway in Ancient Times," by Gunnar Egil Røv, Marit Ingebrigtson Røv Branch (Gammelstua Røv) Røv-Roe Reunion, St. Olaf College, Aug. 4, 2000 (2 copies).
- Brochures, clippings, reports, speeches. Includes: "Co-operation among Country Newspapers for National Advertising," by H. Roe, 1924; Fiftieth Anniversary Section of the Northfield News (1926); President's Annual Address delivered by H. Roe (1926, 1927); "Newspaper as a Community Builder," by H. Roe, 1926; "Fairs and the Fourth Estate," by H. Roe, 1926; "In Memoriam of Adelaide Hjertaas Roe" (1936); "Audited Circulations," by H. Roe (1928); and "Roald Amundsen," by H. Roe, 1928.
- Clippings, Corresp Reports, Speeches. Includes: "Shopping for a Country Weekly," by H. Roe (1931); "The Frontier Press of Minnesota," by H. Roe (1933); "Builders of Minnesota: The Contribution of the Press," H. Roe (1933); "Live Eiriksson," address delivered in Minneapolis, MN on "Leiv Eiriksson Day" (Oct. 8, 1935) by Wilhelm Morgenstierne; "Why I Like Living in Northfield," by H. Roe (1940). He reviews the "Cows, Colleges, and Contentment" slogan; program for the Northfield News (1885); program for "Til Saters" held at the Lockwood Opera House, Northfield (1885);
- Clippings, Corresp. Articles, Greetings. Includes "The Northfield Bank Raid [James-Younger gang] Sept. 7, 1876" Published by Northfield News, 1948;
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Roe, Herman]]>
Beaver Creek (Minn.)]]>
Rollag, Grace ]]>
Rollag, Gro Knutsdatter ]]>
Rollag, Øystein ]]>
Rollag, Ole P. ]]>
Erindringer fra gamle dage, 12 pages, recounts pioneer experiences mostly at Beaver Creek, Minnesota, dating from 1873, the year of her marriage, "The Family History of Ole P. and Grace Rollag, 1873-1958, [updated version through 1994 is included in library collection; version through 1979 included in papers]" a pamphlet, and a later update, also a pamphlet, 36 pages, and Grace Rollag Article "Erindringer fra gamle dag."]]>
Rollag, Grace ]]>
Beaver Creek (Minn.)]]>
Garretson (S.D.)]]>
Koren, Ulrik Vilhelm]]>
Rowberg, Brynhild]]>
Rollag, Gro Knutsdatter]]>
Rollag, Øystein]]>
Rollag, Ole P. ]]>
Rollag, Grace]]>
Rollag, Austin K.]]>
Includes:
- Articles, Booklet, letter, 1933-1938
- Rollag - origin of the family name; Rollag Family History (1930); Biographical notes accompanying ancestral chart of Ole Knutsdatter Rollag and Austin Knutson Rollag; History of the Quisling family; Family tree of Rev. Abraham Jacobsen; Descendents of Ole Nils Bloch of Tylland, Denmark; Children of Jon Tovson and Anne Hansdatter of Middle Rollag Farm; The Quisling Ancestry by Aslak Grimstad; The Quisling Family by Clara Jacobson; Jacob Hanson Morland; Thomas Olsson Block; Lauritz Qvisling; Letter from A.K. Rollag to Mr. Einung of Rjukan, Norway; Notes Taken in Conversation with A.K. Rollag, June, 1932; The Summer of 1880, by A.K. Rollag; When Professor Koren Came to Beaver Creek Congregation; The Snowstorm [blizzard] of January 12, 1888, by A.K. Rollag; Notes from Conversation with Mrs. Ole Rollag, June, 1932; From Notes left by Mrs. Ole P. Rollag; Recollections from the Old Days, by Mrs. Ole Rollag; Excerpts from "Tinn Soga" and other sources; "Garretson News," August 7, 1941, Obituary of A.K. Rollag; "Garretson News," July 19, 1956 and "Rock County Star," Feb. 28, 1939; interview with A.K. Rollag; Two letters from Rollag relatives: Rev. Arthur H. Rholl and H.O. Rollag of Lethbridge, Alberta, 1880-1956
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Rollag, Austin K. ]]>
San Francisco (Calif.)]]>
Roinestad, Soren C.]]>
Lutheran Church]]>
Hammerstad, John Olson]]>
Roinestad, Soren C.]]>
La Salle County (Ill.)]]>
Santa Fe (N.M.)]]>
Kendall (N.Y.)]]>
Johnson, Ole Eide ]]>
Ellickson, Lars]]>
Rosdail, Ove Danielsen ]]>
Sloopers]]>
Two letters addressed to Rosdail (La Salle County, Illinois). The first, written in English by Lars Ellickson of Company G, 1st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, reports on the death of Rosdail’s brother-in-law, Cornelius Cothrien (1814–1847). The second, from Ole Johnson [Eide] of Kendall, New York, pertains to the sale of land.
Existence and Location of Copies:
Digital copies of the Ove Rosdail (Danielsen) letters are available through the Digital Collections of the Norwegian American Historical Association website: https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/collections/show/161. Digitization was completed in 2026.]]>
Location:
1/C/3]]>
Rosdail, Ove (Danielsen)]]>
Dodge County (Wis.)]]>
Whitewater (Wis.)]]>
California]]>
Heg, Hans Christian, 1829-1863]]>
Rosvald (Solveson), Halvor]]>
Milwaukee (Wis.)]]>
Rove, Karl]]>
Norske Forening]]>
Rove, Olaf Julius Herman Emil]]>
North Dakota Total-Afholdsselskab]]>
Rove was the Norwegian vice consul in Milwaukee from 1906 to 1935 and was a founder of several Norwegian societies. In 1911 he was named Knight of the Order of St. Olaf and in 1921 Commander.]]>
Formal portrait of S.H. Stone, circa 1900
Formal portrait of Gustav Eide, 1902]]>
Rove, Olaf Julius Herman Emil]]>
Clippings from "Decorah-Posten," containing a serial titled "Norske døbenavne; deres betydning og oprindelse" (1887), by Bernt Støylen, Norway; clippings regarding Vinland, the Norse discovery of America, and related topics; and miscellaneous information about the Rowberg and Rollag families. Rowberg was editor of the "Northfield Independent" for ca. 40 years and the compiler of a biographical file of some 125,000 items which he gave to NAHA. See reference no. 109.
Includes:
Three-ring binder, "Vinland [Greenland]". Contains clippings regarding Greenland, Leif Erikson (Ericson), the Norse discovery of America, the Kensington runestone.
Scrapbook 1: Viking Discovery and Exploration in America. Clippings.
Scrapbook 2: Viking Discovery and Exploration in America. Clippings.
Scrapbook 3: Clippings, "Norske døbenavne Deres betydning og oprindelse" clippings.
Scrapbooks Article on Marie Rowberg (Mrs. A.A.). Includes "Your Family Name: A Collection of Short Talks on Geneology," compiled by the Genealogical Dept., Mohn Printing Co., Northfield. 1915. "Marie Rowberg," by Clarence Kilde and Joni Jonson. Minnesota Radio Talking Book Calendar, May, 1982.
[Rowberg] Family History--Miscellaneous. Includes family pedigree chart, information about the family of A.A. Rowberg's wife's mother, Anne Forseth Rollag. Added 5/17/2013: birth certificate for Marie Christine Rollag (born 1885, issued 1942)]]>
Rowberg, Andrew A. ]]>