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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). -
Colonel Bernt Balchen papers, 1906-2004
Biographical material, articles, correspondence and photographs of an aviation pioneer and artist. Balchen was born in Tveit, Norway, 1899. Trained in the Norwegian Army and later volunteered for Finland's White Army. A top athlete, Balchen was a member of Norway's Olympic boxing team and set records in cross-country skiing and bicycling. He joined the Royal Norwegian Naval Air Force, graduating in 1921. Assisted in Amundsen attempted flight across the North Pole in the dirigible "Norge." Richard E. Byrd asked Balchen to join him in the United States as a test pilot in 1927. In 1948, he began a serious study of water color painting techniques and achieved critical acclaim for his works. Awarded the Air Force distinguished Service Medal (1956) and a special Congressional Medal for Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930). Enshrined in the Aviation Hall of Fame. -
Anton Christian Bang sermon, 1908
A sermon preached in Minneapolis by the visiting Norwegian bishop and church historian. At the request of the bishop, proceeds of the sale of the pamphlet (16 p.) containing the sermon were to be used for the relief of the poor Norwegians in Minneapolis. Includes: framed photograph of Dr. Bang (profile), ca. 1900. -
Albert O. Barton papers, 1916-1940
A journalist, author, and public official, Barton wrote extensively about early Wisconsin pioneers, often in his column in the Madison Capital Times. Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925).
Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925). Added Dec. 15, 2015: The Beginnings of the Norwegian Press in America (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1916) -
Mark Bastoni article, 1980
"Horror on Smutty Nose," by Mark Bostoni, in Yankee, March, 1980, gives the account of two sensational murders on Smuttynose Island (Isles of Shoals), Maine, 1873, committed by Louis Wagner, a fisherman. The victims were two sisters-in-law of John Hontvet, an 1868 immigrant from Norway, who had befriended Wagner. Hontvedt's wife was in the house at the time of the murders, but managed to escape. See also, "Ole Bull and the Isles of Shoals" by Einar Haugen, in Haugen papers, P0545, box 7. -
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.
- Letters from Christian Batalden Meyer Batalden, 1893-1896
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Julius B. Baumann papers, circa 1916-1923
History/Biography:
Julius Berg Johannesen was born in 1869 to Johannes Johannesen Bauman and Barbro Susanna Pedersdatter in Kiby (Tyby), Nord-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway. His father, Johannes Baumann, was a fisherman and partner of Per Kristian Glein, a well-known skipper and merchant on the island of Dønna. He married Barbo Susanna in Dønna, foster daughter of Per Kristian Glein.
Julius became a fisherman and laborer in Norway after his father died when he was 10. His mother encouraged to find work elsewhere, knowing that he did not want to be a fisherman. He became a private tutor to children of a wealthy family, and was appointed assistant postmaster at Osen, north of Trondheim. When two young men came to visit from America, they became acquainted with Julius and offered to pay for his transportation to the United States. In 1891, at the age of 20, Baumann immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Minnesota.
Baumann wrote songs and poems on the Norwegian-American immigrant experience, and his poems were frequently memorized, and sung to well-known melodies. Baumann published three volumes of poems: "Digte" (1909), "Fra Vidderne" (1915), and, posthumously, "Samlede Digte" (1924). He was well acquainted with Norwegian-American Authors Waldemar Ager and Ole E. Rølvaag.
See “Julius B. Baumann: A Biographical Sketch" by John Heitmann( Norwegian-American Studies, Vol. 15) for more information.
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-born poet and register of deeds in Carlton County, Minnesota: poems, letters, clippings, and three scrapbooks containing newspaper articles by Baumann, responses to his articles, and discussions on Norwegian-American literature by a variety of authors. Baumann published three volumes of poems: "Digte" (1909), "Fra Vidderne" (1915), and, posthumously, "Samlede Digte" (1924). -
Quarum family history, 2009
Ancestors and Descendants of Torger Olsen Nerbye and Kari Hansdatter Lien: A family from Fluberg, Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway by Howard D. Baumgart. Named Quarum and Olson in America. Self-published, 2009. Third Edition, compiled by Howard Baumgart.
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Richard Beck papers, 1927-1954, 1976
Abstract
Papers, 1927-1954, 1976. Correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of an Icelandic-born professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of North Dakota.
Contents
- Clippings and pamphlets
- Icelandic literature and government, Olav Haraldsson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Johan Falkberget, K. Hamsun, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Anders Hovden.
- Includes Beck's poem, "Salute to Norway," which was read at a patriotic rally in Grand Forks, North Dakota (April 27, 1942) addressed by H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav…"
- Other published works: "Norway's Martyr-King and Saint" (n.d.); "The Icelandic Millennial Celebration" (n.d.); "Grimur Thomsen--A Pioneer Byron Student" (1928); "Gisli Brynjulfsson--An Icelandic Imitator of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (1929);
- Book Reviews: Idealist and Cynic review of "Seven Days Darkness" by Gunnar Gunnarsson (1931);
- Translation of God and the Soul, by Einar H. Kvaran translated from Icelandic, published in the 1931 Spring Number of the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota.
- "Iceland's Contribution to World Literature" reprint from the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, Spring and Summer 1932-1933.
- "Bjornstjerne Bjorson - Poet and Leader of Men" reprint from the Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota, 1932-1933.
- Grand Forks Herald, "Norwegians Honor Memory of Bjorstjerne Bjornson", December 4, 1932.
- Clipping from the Sons of Norway May 1933, "Professor Richard Beck, en trofast og vel rustet stridsmann for norskdommens sak." in Norwegian.
- Poem "Julekveld" published 22 Dec. 1933 in the Decorah Posten (photocopy).
- "The 17th of May and Norwegian Youth" clipping published in 1934, Grand Forks newspaper (in English).
- "Norway's Day of Days" clipping published May 1934 in Grand Forks Herald.
- "Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author Still Great at 75 Years", clipping published in Grand Forks Herald July 29, 1934.
- "Our English Language Department", clipping published in the Sønner av Norge, January 1934 in English.
- "En Islænder leder det skandinaviske Arbeide ved Nord Dakota Univ." published 30 June 1935 in Skandinaven in Norwegian.
- "Forfatteren Johan Falkberget" clipping published July 16, 1934 in Norwegian.
- "Iceland's Poet Laureate", The Friend, November 1937 in English.
- "Nord Dakotas Statsuniversitet feirer 55 aars Jubileum", Grand Forks Skandinav, August 19, 1936, in Norwegian.
- "Vigeland og Snorre Sturlason", Grand Forks Skandinav December 23, 1938, in Norwegian.
- "Gunnar Gunnarsson, An Icelandic Master of the Novel", The Friend for December 1939, in English.
- "Johan Falkberget Fyller 60 Aar", Sønner av Norge, December 1939 in Norwegian.
- Correspondence from Dr. Rögnv. Petursson dated 13 December 1939 in Icelandic.
- "Iceland's Poet Laureate [Einar Benediktsson]", Grand Forks Scandinav December 29, 1939 in English.
- "Professor Richard Beck, Fra Fiskergutt til Professor og Doktor i Filosofi", Grand Forks Skandinav, June 7 1940 in Norwegian.
- "Dikterpresten Anders Hovden", Grand Forks Skandinav, December 20, 1940 in Norwegian.
- "Et amerikansk universitet som staar Norge nær..." clipping Normanden, October 28, 1943 in Norwegian.
- "Prominent Sons of Norway Man [T.H.H. Thoresen] with cover letter dated April 17, 1950.
- "Norwegian-American Historical Association Observes 25th Anniversary" published in the School of Education Record October 1950.
- Program, The University of North Dakota Convocation, November 29, 1951. Correspondence, to J. Jergen Thompson of St. Olaf College, dated December 13, 1951.
- Thank you letter.
- "Icelandic Americans" Member of the Month, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, April 1954, Vol III, No. 4.
- "The Lone Eagle", reprint of poem originally published in the Minneapolis Tribune, inspired by Charles Lindbergh's historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic, May 1927.
- "Lincoln in Marble", poem reprinted in the Minn. Posten, Sept. 9, 1976.
- Clippings and pamphlets
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Gretchen U. Beito papers, 1955-2021
Biography/History:
Gretchen Beito is the author of "Coya Come Home," "Tales of the Secret Earth River," "From Agassiz to Zeh," and five Scandinavian doll books.. She earned a Master's degree in history at University of North Dakota.Scope and Content:
Publications written by Gretchen Beito, along with research notes, clippings, and articles on Coya Knutson.