Browse Items (3064 total)

• Garfield A. Stensland interview, 1985

  An interview conducted November 5, 1985 at 7251 W. Thorndale Ave., Chicago, Il 60631 by Hazel Anderson. Includes a letter pertaining to his induction into the 1984 Senior Citizens Hall of Fame, and one of 1981 about the family of his grandfather Aanen Aanensen Stensland, of Jaeren. Born in Chicago, Garfield first worked in banks, but after study at Northwestern University he became administrator of the Norwood Park Home for the Aged in Chicago. He was licensed as a lay preacher, and was active in several male choruses. "In 1984 he received the St. Olaf Medal at Edison Park Lutheran Church for his outstanding service to the church and his community."
• Irvin B. Anderson papers, 1860-1928

  Various programs and other material owned by Irvin B. Anderson, a St. Olaf College student, WWII Navy Veteran, Swift County, MN Treasurer and son of Norwegian Immigrants. Donated in Memory of Irvin Berge Anderson.
  
  Includes:
  Directories, programs, textbook, background Info, 1860-1928
  2 St. Olaf College Directories, 1926-1927, 1927-1928, belonging to Irvin B. Anderson
  Minnesota College Athletic Manual, 1927-1927, belonging to Irvin B. Anderson
  Math Textbook, 1860, belonging to Irvin Andersons grandfather
  Norse-American Games Program, 1925, belonging to Irvin B. Anderson. Digitized and available here.
  Letters from Norway
  Photographs and souvenir pamphlets for School District no. 64 and no. 14 (Swift Falls, MN), 1898-1899
  Portraits of family
  Dance card (1928), Treasurer election materials (Swift Falls, MN)
  Nordfjordlaget stevne pin, 1923
  List of county officers of the State of Minnesota, 1901-1902
  Cox pox vaccination (1833, 1868, 1872), correspondence and other Norwegian documents
  Vor Frelsers Kirke (Benson, MN) finance committee reports and pamphlets, 1913
  "Uncle Wiggly Longears is a Rabbit" children newspaper columns, circa 1910
• Lewis O. Anderson essay, circa 1940

  Papers of Lewis O. Anderson. Essay, "People's Revolution," written during World War II, discusses nationalism vs. internationalism.
  
  Contents:
  Lewis O. Anderson Article. "People's Revolution," discusses nationalism vs. internationalism. Three pages typed.
  
  Location: 
  1/A/2
  
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  Lingah Anderson and Jens Ness family papers, 1888-1975

  Biography/History: 
  Family papers of Lingah (Leirgat) Christine Anderson (1871-1954) who married Jens Anderson Ness (1863-1937) in 1902. He was born in Sogndal, Norway, and immigrated 1872. Lingah was a graduate of St Olaf College in 1894; and attended the Univ. of Kansas (1894-95) and Peabody Conservatory of Music (1987-98). She served as an instructor of music, German, and history for a time at Park Region Luther College In Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Jens Ness obtained degrees from Luther College (1890), and Johns Hopkins Univ. (Ph.D., 1901). He was a teacher of Latin, French, and Greek. A long-time faculty member at Wittenberg College (1904-1935). 

  Scope and Content: 
  The collection comprises several folders of photographs, letters of reference for Lingah, diaries, clippings, and family correspondence.

• Lorna Anderson papers, 1956-2000

  Clippings, letters and outlines for a slide presentation entitled "Overland over Sea," a general view of immigration which features Anderson's great-great-grandparents who came from Kviteseid, Telemark in 1851, and to Fillmore County in 1854. Includes a reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980. See in St. Olaf Library, "Overland Family History with Roots in Telemark, Norway," by Audrey Overland and Lorna Anderson. 3 v., 1986.
  
  Includes:
  

  • reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980.
  • "Anderson/Holen Family Memoirs," dedicated to Helen and Manfred Anderson….Lorna Anderson, editor." Typescript. Sequel to "A Genealogical Record Compiled by Anders Anderson Myrum descendants," 1978. Pages 1-8: Helen Holen Anderson, "Growing up in South Dakota 1902-1912," Britton, Waverly Township. Mentions: threshing, cook car, prairie fires, and angel food cake and egg noodles. "Life in Louisburg, Minn." (pages 9-13). Mentions: swallowing a pumpkin seed and lodging in her windpipe. pranks. "Rural School teaching, Louisburg, Minn. 1918-1923." (pages 14-15). "Farm Life, Depression and Drought of the 1930s" (pages 16-21) with sub-chapters of "A Farm Wife's Typical Day During Threshing," "Fires," "Mail in the Good Old Days," and Orval (Rusty) Holen's "M.O. Horses."
  • Papers. "Grass Roots Grow Deep," a book to be written by Lorna Anderson. 2000 years of stories, following the Eric Overland family--Halvor Erikson--Fillmore County." 221 pages, typescript.

  Anderson, Lorna: Papers. Project Proposals, 2002. Family history/video project.
• Mons Anderson clippings, 1974-1982

  Data covering an immigrant from Valdres, who came to Milwaukee in 1848 and moved to La Crosse in 1851. He established his own business in 1856 and became known as "The Merchant Prince of La Crosse." The clippings consist of biographical notes and information about the house he purchased in 1865. There is also a description of a coin which he had had minted with his lion trademark on the obverse side.
  
  Contains newspaper clippings on Mons Anderson and his home in La Crosse.
• Life story of Rasmus B. Anderson

  Autobiography of Rasmus B. Anderson.
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  Rasmus Bjørn Anderson papers, 1872-1918

  Clippings, correspondence, genealogy, music, pamphlets, and photographs of a Wisconsin-born author, diplomat, editor, and educator. The clippings deal largely with Anderson controversies. Anderson was professor of Norwegian at the University of Wisconsin, United States minister to Denmark, and editor of "Amerika" (1898-1922), Madison, Wisconsin.
  
  Rasmus Björn Anderson papers, 1823-1936 at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison is over 16.8 cubic feet (65 archives boxes) and contains photographs, correspondence, and more.
  
  See "Rasmus Bjørn Anderson: Pioneer Scholar," by Lloyd Hustvedt, NAHA, 1966.
• Jordahl letters, 1890-1950

  Jordahl letters: Original letters transcribed by Ruth Jordahl Anderson Collection of letters that tells the story of two sisters, Ida and Martha Wangen, who married two brothers, Jens and Sivert Jordahl.
• Kittil Newhouse and Hans Wiliams family history, 2018

  Includes pamphlet “Ruth’s Reminiscences: The Kittil Newhouse and Hans Williams families, Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin” by Ruth Newhouse Anderson. In this self-published volume, Gwen Newhouse Jones tells the stories gathered by Ruth Anderson, born into the Norwegian settlement located at Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin, about family stories on immigration to the United States that documents three generations. Included in this volume are stories, photographs, and pedigree chart.