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• Oral History

  Allison M.E. Wee interview, 1996 December 16

  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." Celeste Holm was an American stage, film and television actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement, and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable and All About Eve Unprocessed This item is currently restricted.
• Almdale family history, undated

  "The Almdale Brothers of USA, Formerly Pettersen of Stange and Hamar, Norway" By Karen Almdale Hill
• Amanda Langemo papers, 1980-1992

  Langemo was born in Kenyon, Minnesota, graduated from St. Olaf College in 1926, and taught in public scholls and at several colleges (including Luther College). See also was a translator and writer. She published translations of two books by Terje Stigen, reviewed books in the Scandinavian languages from 1960 on for Books Abroad, including 94 novels. Her own work was published in American Scandinavian Review and Short Story International.
  
  ncludes: correspondence (1980-92) with editors of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag about possible translating projects; "They left their imprints: some impressions of the Western and Northern Isles (of Scotland)" published in The American Scandinavian Review (no date); manuscript review (7 p.) of Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World (Apparently written for a study group); "A grand climb" (no author, no date, 5 p. typescript) about a climb in the Grand Teton mountains; short story (in Norwegian, no publishing information) by Aase Foss Abrahamsen. Two articles about Langemo: Cedar Falls Record, July 31, 1974; The Pen Woman, Sept./Oct. 1998.
• Amanda Lien Rachie autobiography, 1943-1949

  "Early Minnesota Family History," an account written by the granddaughter of Nils Gunnarson Lien, who emigrated from Vang, Valdres, in 1852 and came to Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota in 1857. Amanda Rachie was married to Elias Rachie, a Minneapolis attorney and writer.
  
  Topics: Wanamingo and Dr. Just Christian Gronvold; Native Americans stealing freshly baked bread; and keeping a can of salmon on hand in case the minister paid a home visit. Added June 27, 2013: memoir (untitled), most likely written by Elias Rachie, lines starting with, "Both my father and mother were born in Nordfjord, Norway" (46 pages typescript, ca. 1943). Topics: 1871 ocean crossing; passengers Rasmus Wisness and Rasmus Anderson; wagon train to Yellow Medicine County; diphtheria and funerals; life in a dugout near Granite Falls, Minn.; Rev. Ole Nelson Bergh sleeping on their table; 1880 blizzard; exposure to smallpox; 1873 blizzard; school days and boxing against a boy; prairie fires; alcoholism and temperance; Rev. Ole Lokensgard; living among the settlers and work done by women; 1888 blizzard; and hail storm covering the ground 7 inches deep: and "My Early Youth" (18 pages typescript, n.d., ca. 1940s). Topics: living in small, framed house; Christmastime (preparation, cooking and baking, and traditions, including Julebukking); school (mice problems, spelling bee, and playtime); dresses and hand-me-down clothes; homemade apple jelly in small, wood pails; shopping at the Wangs country general store; gathering eggs from the hen house; "shoulder horses" to carry pails of water; parlor use in home; threshing time; spinning wheel and making balls of yarn; sledding in Red Wing; and first bicycle.
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  Amandus Norman papers, 1884-1942

  Papers of a Norwegian immigrant whose father homesteaded in Clay County, Minnesota. Amandus Norman was influenced by Kristoffer Janson and was trained for the ministry at Meadville Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. He served as Janson's successor at Nazareth Church in Minneapolis from 1893-1906, where he spent winters. During the same time period, summers were spent in Hanska, Minnesota, where, after 1906, he served the Unitarian congregation. He also spent some time as a journalist.
• Amdahl family history, 1951-1952

  Amdahl family records and stories, starts with Sigve Amdahl migrating to the United States in 1889.
• Amdahl-Rendahl family history, 1951, 1952, 1955

  "Amdahl family records" One, Two & Three by Sena Amdahl Rendahl
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  America letter collections, 1800-1956

  Original, typescript, and photocopies of letters written by Norwegian immigrants to relatives, friends, and newspapers in Norway, including letters and articles treating emigration to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Queensland. for a selection of letters independently described, see nos. 239, 289, 332, 361, 365, 429, 430, 474, 653, 669, 725, 743, 768, 814, 835, 1211, 1380, 1432, 1463, 1468. A large portion of the letters were collected by Theodore C. Blegen. Some 300 letters have been collected by Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskrift Institutt in Oslo, Norway. The collection contains an index and is arranged chronologically.

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  America-America letters, 1862-1998

  Original, typescript, and photocopies of letters written by Norwegians immigrants to relatives and friends in America.
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  American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation records, 1973-2011

  History/Biography:
  The American Birkebeiner was started in 1973 by Tony Wise, a founding member of the Worldloppet federation of cross-country ski marathons. The race is held in February in Hayward, WI. Wise drew on his Norwegian heritage in starting a race named after a famous event in Norway. The American Birkebeiner, also called Birke, is named after the Norwegian Birkebeinerrennet. This race commemorates an important historical event when, in 1206, a group of Birkebeiner party soldiers, who fought for Sverre Sigurdsson and his descendants in the Norwegian civil war, smuggled the illegitimate son of Norway's King Håkon Sverresson from Lillehammer to safety in Trondheim.

  Scope and Content:
  The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation records include various photographs, 35mm slides, films, board meeting minutes, Worldloppet records, clippings, and more.
  
  

  Processing Information:
  Accession nah-acc-00047 processed and described by Alyssa Moore, 2020. 
  Accession nah-acc-00237 processed and described by Otelia Lighthill, 2024.