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A biography, tributes, and a letter concerning a Norwegian-born engineer and Gary Steel Works employment manager.
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Tribute by Ralph E. Rowley.
Clipping from "Nordisk Tidende," January 24, 1945, which tells of Roger O. Egeberg, a son who was an associate of General Douglas MacArthur.
Letter from Martin Cornelius (1952).
Reaching for the World: Early Memories, by Roger O. Egeberg (edited by Barbara Scheiber & Shirley Cockrane, Washington Expatriates Press, Washington, D.C., 2000). One chapter recounts the family returning to live and work on the family farm in Akebaerg, Norway (1912).
Copies of biographical data, concerning an emigrant from Nordre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, who came to Brooklyn in 1882. He was the first president of "Nordmaendenes Sangforening" in Brooklyn.
An account of the journey Olson took in 1870 from Dodgeville, Wisconsin, to Coal Creek, Kansas. Towns on the route of travel and the supply of grass and water for his cattle are the chief topics. An 8-page typewritten translation is included.
"In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Lovoll interviews Andreas Rhude.
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