Wisconsin]]> Minnesota]]> Norwegian Lutheran Church of America]]> Gunnulson, Ole]]> Vindeg, Gunnul Olson, 1808-1846]]> Wyoming]]> Gunnulson, Peder G.]]> Papers consisting of correspondence, diaries, creamery reports, tobacco pool reports, tax receipts, and assessor's statements (1891) for Town of Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin. The correspondence deals with farm interests in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, and Arvada, Wyoming, and also with the construction of First East Koshkonong Lutheran Church of which Ole Gunnuldson was architect and builder. The Gunnelson homestead, for occupied by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in 1840, is now (1962) owned by Martin Gunnulson, great grandson of Gunnul and donor of these papers.

Includes:

• Correspondence and diaries, 1870s-1924
  • Includes financial records (1918 - 1919); diary (1910 - 1912); bills, receipts, and order forms; photo of the Gunnulson family gravestone; book of expenses (December 1912 - 1913); book of expenses (1908 - 1909); newspaper clippings referencing the Gunnulson brothers; promotional material for Martin Gunnulson in the 1959 Eastern Dane Assembly District elections; photo of the house built by Gunnul Olson Vindeg in Christiana.
  • Two photos, brief biography (1939); newspaper clippings in both Norwegian and English; Morgenstierne's talk in Minneapolis (1935); speech made in Minneapolis at the Sons of Norway 50th anniversary celebration (August 1944); pamphlet "Norway, an Active Ally" by Morgenstierne, published in the National Geographic Magazine (1943); speech made at the Annual Dinner of the Overseas Press Club of America, New York (1949); "Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne: Noen artikler, taler og meddelelser til pressen, 9 april 1940 - mars 1944"
  • Letters and articles, 1898-1899
    • Includes 2 copies of "Kirkeraadets svar paa Pastor Harstads 'Aabent brev' (Suppl. To Evang. Luthersk kirketidende, April 12th, 1916, 30 p.); pamphlet "Pioneer Days and other events briefly sketched for the 75th anniversary of the Synod for the Norwegian Evang. Lutheran Church of America" by Rev. B. Harstad, (June 1928); "Letters and Articles on a Trip Into the Yukon Region" by Rev. Bjug Harstad, published in the Pacific Herald (1898), translated by Oliver Harstad (1955); newspaper clippings; maps.

For further information see Aarbog Nr. 2 for Numedalslaget (195) 91 - 102 and Nr. 5, 127 - 130; also R. B. Anderson 'The First Chapter in Norwegian Immigration" (1890), 335 - 347. For photograph of Ole Gunnulson see D. G. Ristad papers (P582, box 4);they are standing in the chancel of the new East Koshkonong Church.]]> Gunnulson, Ole
Gunnulson, Peder G.]]> Norwegian]]> ]]> Immigration & society]]> Norwegian]]> Amundsen, Roald]]> Furuseth, Andrew]]> San Francisco (Calif.)]]> California]]> Canada]]> Norwegian Club of San Francisco]]> Grabhorn Press]]> Enger, Ralph]]> Gjøa Ship]]> Krag, Erik, 1902-]]> Papers of the founder and editor of "The Pacific Coast Scandinavian", consisting of correspondence and a history of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco, 1898 - 1946. The history (1947, 88 p. + 17 plates) deals largely with the social life of the Club, including the entertainment of such guests as Roald Amundsen, whose ship, Gjøa, the Club bought and gave to the city. A sketch of Andrew Furuseth; a list of officers, 1906 - 1946; an account of the voyage of the ship Gjøa; and the consitution and by-laws are also includes. Photographs of founder members; past presidents; "old-timers"; current members, also included. The correspondence deals with the work of Gjøa Foundation, founded in 1939, "for the preservation and upkeep of Roald Amundsen's Gjøa, famed for making the Northwest Passage 1903 - 1905." Includes a reprint of an article on the "Gjøa" by Erik Krag, which first appeared in the 'Pacific Marine Review', April 1949.

Includes: 

• Copy of the manuscript "The History of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco" by Ralph Enger, 1947
• Pamphlet "An Account of the Perilous Voyage of the Ship Gjøa: her arrival in the Bay of San Francisco; the reception tendered to Captain Roald Amundsen and his crew by the citizens of San Francisco; the ultimate disposition of the Gjøa","designed and printed, in edition of 500 numbered copies by the Grabhorn Press for the Gjoa Foundation, January 1947. This is number 144."
• Manuscript "The History of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco" by Ralph Enger, 1947
• Correspondence of the Gjøa Foundation, June 20th, 1947 - May 4th, 1949. Includes brochures, "Introduction; articles of incorporation, by-laws, membership" (1978, 1993); program of "Syttende Mai lunsj, 1994"; photocopy of 1 sheet "Report on condition of finances...1906"; 2 p. typescript history, by Labadie; 4 p. account by Labadie, "Historian" (1993); list of members, and active members of the ladies auxiliary, 6 p. (1966)
• Copy of book "The History of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco" by Ralph Enger, 1947

]]> Enger, Ralph]]> Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969]]> Østby, Paul Gjermundsen , 1836-1917]]> Bøe, Nils Endreson (Anderson)]]> Brictson, J. O.]]> Wisconsin]]> Nilsson, Svein]]> Johnson, Gunder Høibergsmo]]> Reque, Lars Davidson]]> Kulberg, Martha]]> Rustung, Anna]]> Hauge, Hans Steensen]]> Hauge, Ole Steensen]]> Kindem, Lars]]> Burkee, Andres]]> Listerud, Hans C.]]> Thompson, Andrew W.]]> Boe, A. Sophie]]> Haakon Adelstein]]> Boe, Endre Endreson , 1810-1885]]> Bergo, Ole Larsen, 1793-1869]]> Otteson, Otto]]> Thompson, Thor A. (Teigen)]]> Conference for the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Luthutheran Church in America]]> Papers of a daughter of Pastor N.E. Bøe, consisting of correspondence, articles, pamphlets, and clippings. Includes:

• Biography of N.E. Bøe, "Days That Are Gone: The Story of Father's Life," by A. Sophie Bøe (4 copies/1 photocopied, in file). Nils E Bøe, born in 1846 at Valestrand, Norway, emigrated from Norway in 1851 to Koshkonong, Dane County, Wisconsin. Biography touches upon many topics, including: farm work, Forth of July (Independence Day celebrations), swimming hole, ice skating, Christmas, education/school days, passenger pigeons, religion, Albion Academy, Civil War (enlisted as Nils Anderson in the 40th Wis. Reg., Co. C), Luther College, preparation for the ministry at Augustana Seminary (1866-1871), two years in Eureka, Kansas (1871-1873), prairie life (fires, prairie dogs, buffaloes, and flowers), six years in Calumet, Michigan (1873-1879), saloon element, Finnish sect, Laestadians, grasshoppers near Willmar, Minnesota (p. 65), Rev. Alfred Backman, Rev. Nils Brun, cyclone/tornado, ten years in Leland, Illinois (1878-1889), horses and roads in Illinois, twenty years in Silver Lake, Iowa (1889-1909), liquor problem (p. 97), wedding ceremonies, St. Ansgar Academy, Game Gulbrand, wood carver (pg. 122), Christmas celebrations, Augusta Kean (p. 12&0, Rev. J.A. Ottesen, seven years in Deronda, Wisconsin (1909-1916), Rev. J.A. Bergh
• Letters from Agnes Kittelsby, China, 1914 - 1919. Also includes 5 photos from China.
• America letter written by her grandfather; other letters; newspaper clippings; article "Lars Davidson Reque: Pioneer" by A. Sophie Bøe, published in "Studies and Records" v. 6 (undated); "One of Our Pioneer Mothers" by A. Sophie Bøe, published in the Lutheran Herald (undated); 2 photos, unlabelled and undated.
• Family History Materials. Includes "Genealogy of the N.E. Bøe Family", 1935, 29 p.; eightieth anniversary pamphlet of St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation (1931)
• Biography, correspondence, genealogical materials, May 30th 1928 - March 5th, 1936, many undated. Includes copies of "Genealogy of the N.E. Bøe Family", 1935, 29 p.
• Clippings, articles, pamphlets, and correspondence concerning Svein Nilsson.

]]> Bøe, A. Sophie]]> Wisconsin]]> Green County (Wis.)]]> Bøckman, Markus Olaus]]> York (Green County, Wis. : Town)]]> ]]> Veblen, Thor A.]]> Unstad, Lyder L.]]> Unstad, Lyder L.]]> South Dakota]]> Skartvedt, Gudmund]]> Skartvedt, Gudmund]]> ]]> Slooper Society of America]]> Restaurationen]]> Norwegian]]> Lutheran Church]]> Washington]]> ]]> ]]> Andersen, Paul]]> Erickson, Karl]]> Egeberg, Hans]]> Ødegaard, Arne]]> Fossum, John]]> Gyving, Adolph]]> Hoitomt, Jens]]> Oversat, Raymond J.]]> Ruud, Hans E.]]> Frantzwag, John]]> Gyving, Alf Peder]]> Kristiansen, Anton]]> Madsen, Paul]]> Iversen, Georg]]> Noedlyset]]> Norske Sygeforening]]> Scandinavian Workers Assn. Branch 10 Nordlyset]]> Chicago (Ill.)]]> Illinois]]> ]]>