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Peder Olsen Langseth histories, 1903, 1917
Langseth was born in Tingvold, Nordmøre, and emigrated in 1887. He was a pastor and teacher at Tacoma, Sioux Falls, rural Princeton, Minnesota (in the area treated by the first history) and Hazard, Nebraska. In addition to these histories he published "Norsk barnehefte," "Telesoga" no. 14 : "Telerne i Santiago og Glendorado i Minnesota" (a supplement to the first history); and "Nils Greve i Amerika: fortælling av Norsk Amerika."- "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
- Translation of pages 50-55 are in Nordmaendenes i Rock County, Wisconsin og nærmeste omegn. Typewritten (on one side of each leaf): 337 leaves, no. leaf 169. No author, place or publisher on the title page.
- "Av Pastor Peder O. Langseth" and "1917" are written in manuscript
- A manuscript map "Rock Prairie Settlement" by C.H.T. is frontispiece.
- Leaf 199 is a manuscript substitution for missing typed leaf which is included in the Tollefsrude History. There are manuscript corrections and additions throughout, and several manuscript pages inserted. The work is credited to Langseth in "Who's who among pastors…"; and to Langseth and Christian H. Tollefsrude in "Litteratur om utvandringen fra Norge til Nord-Amerika" (p. 70). The section ending on leaf 153 is signed "P.V." (i.e. P.L.); the section ending on leaf 189 is signed "P.L." Chapters beginning leaves 54, 190, 204, and 235 are credited to Tollefsrude. Leaves 117-124 are a history (in English) of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beloit, by John N. Brown (1883-1966) who was a pastor there (1909-1917). 1996: a letter from Dr. J.S. Johnson to C.G.O. Hansen (found in the Hansen clipping file), Dec. 31, 1928, describes planning on this history. Leaves 195-203 contain "æresrullen" (roll of honor): list of men who served in the Civil War, with township, regiment and company mustered in and out, and notes. See Christian H. Tollefsrude History (P1424).
- Both copies should be consulted, since each includes corrections and additional material not found in the other. See that history for copy of letter from Tollefsrude about the book (contents: Rock County, Wis., Jefferson Prairie, Torpekolonien, Rock Prairie, Janesville, Orfordville, Beloit, Brodhead, Sand Prairie og Avon, Albany, Albany by og nedre Albany settlement, Rock Run og Durand, Edgerton).
- "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
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Esther Gulbrandson papers, 1887-1991
Miscellaneous papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College who was active in promoting Norwegian studies and interest. The bulk of her papers are in the St. Olaf College Archives. The papers here consist of a family history; diaries; the WCAL "Coffee Hour" program; Camp Little Norway; Normanns Forbundet correspondence; sermons of her father, the Reverend Ole Gulbrandsen; photographs; funeral folders and a memorial statement by Lloyd Hustvedt. -
Peter Andreas Munch papers, 1855-1985
Records pertaining to the Norwegian-American interests of a sociologist who was born at Nes, Hedmark, and who received his early education in Norway. After graduate study at the Universities of Oslo, Oxford, Halle-Wittenberg and Chicago he received his first Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Oslo. He came to live in the United States in 1948, starting as a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin. He taught at St. Olaf College, 1949-1951, at the University of North Dakota, 1951-1957, and at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1957-1977.
He was also a lecturer and visiting professor at several other American and Scandinavian Universities, and served on the Editorial Board of the Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1961-1984. In 1939 he wad been part of a Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha, an island in the South Atlantic. The experience led to his becoming an expert on the island about which he published numerous articles and books, the most famous being "Crisis in Utopia" (1971). In 1970 he and his wife, Helene Munch, published "The Strange American Way," which was based on their traditions of the letters of Caja Munch, his grandmother, and on excerpts from the autobiography of the Rev. J. St. Munch, who served parishes in Wiota, Wisconsin, and in the surrounding area, 1855-1859. P.A. Munch's essay, "Social Class and Acculturation," is part of the book. After Munch's retirement from Southern Illinois University in 1977 he was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science for his contributions to Sociology.
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Herman Olaus Fjelde papers, 1870-2000
Miscellaneous records of a physician who was born at Ålesund, Norway, and who received his early education there and at the University of Oslo. He emigrated to the United States in 1889 and attended the medical school at the University of Minnesota, 1890-1895. He began to practice medicine in 1895, first at Martell, Minnesota, and later moved successively to Abercrombie, Fargo, and Rolla, North Dakota. A man of many interests, he worked tirelessly for the preservation of the Norwegian heritage of his countrymen in the New World. He helped establish Det norske selskap and Søndmørelaget and belonged to other Norwegian-American societies. He was instrumental in the erecting of monuments honoring famous Norwegians: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson at North Dakota Agriculture College, Henrik Wergeland at Island Park and Rollo of Normandy (Gange-Rolf), all at Fargo, North Dakota; Ivar Aasen and Hans Nielsen Hauge at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota; and Henrik Ibsen at Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Dr. Fjelde came from a gifted family. His father, Paul Michelet Fjelde, a woodcarver, came to Chicago with his son Oswald in 1870. His brother, Jacob Fjelde (1859-1895) became a well-known sculptor whose works include a statue of Ole Bull in Loring Park and one of Hiawatha and Minnehaha in Minnehaha Park, both in Minneapolis. A sister, Pauline (1861-1923), was a painter and needlework artist, who had studied in France mastering the art of Gobelin tapestry weaving. Her most famous work is a Hiawatha tapestry. More information about the family is scattered throughout the collection, mainly in the scrapbooks. -
Iver Davidson Hustvedt papers, 1854-1930
Iver D. Hustvedt, a schoolteacher from Voss, Norway, came to Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868. He taught parochial school, served as precentor and secretary for the Urland Lutheran Church from 1879 to 1909. Most of his library and papers were destroyed when his farm home burned down in 1924. His early correspondence consists mainly of letters from Norway. Over time the pattern expands to include friends and relatives in the States, including correspondence to and from his children. Some of the manuscripts are preliminary drafts that may duplicate what is available in the Urland Lutheran Church records. The minutes he recorded for several parochial school teachers' conferences led by minister B. J. Muus may not be found elsewhere. He prepared an unpublished 50th anniversary history of the Urland Congregation in 1922. A translation by Lloyd Hustvedt is included. The files include drafts of obituaries he wrote, a travel account, a poem he composed, information about the John Kildahl family, and some legal documents.
Includes:- Hustvedt family histories, with introductions (one dated 1996) by Lloyd Hustvedt. Includes: The Hustvedt Family in the United States (58 pp.); The Hustvedt Family in Norway and Later Emigrants (32 pp.); Genealogical Tables (15 pp.); Ancestral History of Dahl-Seve-Hustvedt Family with Dahl-Hustvedt Coat of Arms, by Carl M. Gunderson (1964), published by Lloyd Hustvedt (includes family pedigree and other charts, newspaper clippings, book excerpt), 1964-1996
- Correspondence, March 25, 1864 - May 19, 1884
- Includes: correspondence (Jul. 17, 1853-Aug. 24, 1884), largely to Iver Hustvedt. Correspondents include brothers Thorkel Davidsen Huustvedt and A. D. Hustvedt, D. L. Huustvedt, Arne Gjóstein (a neighbor in Norway and a Civil War veteran who lived in Chicago), Lars K. Afdahl, Thomes Tlettre, Tharmad Tlattre, Anna Monsdatter(?) Huustvedt; L. K. Larson, Anthon(?) Johnson, Ole Leidal, Ijur(?) Böe, T. J. Vinje(?), Thos. Hawkins, Knudt Gullaksen Stÿve, John Nathan Kildahl, B. J. Muus, N. A. Skagstad, Lewis L. Knudtson, A. S. Baker. Some letters have attached brief explanations of the content, in English. 1853-1884
- Correspondence June 16, 1889-April 22, 1909
- Includes: Correspondence (Jul. 23, 1882-Apr. 22, 1909), largely to Iver Hustvedt, from various correspondents, including: Thorkel D. Huustvedt, A. S. Baker, J. N. Kildahl, Anna L. Huustvedt, H. Hande, Ole D. Leidal, Nels A. Skagstad, J. K. Selheim, J. Lothrop, Isak J. Berven, L. K. Afdahl, Helge Hóverstad(?), Knut M. Huustvedt (Iver's nephew), Tormod D. Huustvedt, Olaf Hustvedt, David . Hustvedt, A. Hauge, Ragnhild ?, Anna Bakkethun (cousin), Bertha, John Hovland (from Stavanger, Norway and later, North Dakota), Bertine N. Larson, Joseph N. Nelson. 1882-1909
- Correspondence, March 10, 1911-November 23, 1930.
- Personal items added at the end of fild -- undated. Includes: Correspondence (Mar. 10, 1911-Nov. 23, 1930), some from Iver Hustvedt and some to Iver Hustvedt from various correspondents. Correspondents include: Olaf Huseby, Jens C. Roseland, O. O. Skutle, David Hustvedt (son), O. D. Leidal, L. J. Olson, M. G. Peterson, Arbödigst(?) Albert Edahl, Mrs. J. M. Johnson, Lars (Iver's brother), letters from Iver to sons Lars and David and daughter Ingeborg, Anna Hustvedt, letter from Iver to Knud Henderson, Brita Askeland (from Voss), Thorleit(?) T.(?) Ove, Theodore C. Blegen (Minnesota Historical Society Assistant Superintendent), John H. Otterness, Ingeborg (Iver's daughter), Julia Monson, Olaf Hustvedt, Arne Amundson, H. B. Kildahl, poem by Mrs. H. B. Kildahl, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jesme, Olaus L. Benson, Hiram Nelson (to his grandfather), A. S. Bakkethun. File also includes an informal liturgy, with bible citations, the apostles' creed, the Lord's prayer, etc., by I. D. Huustvedt, with the heading Rochester Minnesota Oct. 16de 1913. File also includes photocopy of obituary for Ivar (sic) Hustvedt, entitled Pioneer Leon Resident Laid to Rest. File also includes miscellaneous letters (Mar. 24, 1862-Dec. 18, 1952, n.d.), sometimes fragmentary and partially unidentified; published bulletin (4 pp.) entitled Bossingen (Tidligere udgivet to Aar i Amerika), No. 1, 3die Aarg (Jun. 13, 1871). Some letter have attached explanations of contents, in English. 1862-1952
- Documents related to Urland Church and Parochial School: teachers and teaching. Added are obituaries he wrote, poems by him and to him. Translation of Urland History. One document about J. N. Kildahl. Many documents have attached explanations, in English, of contents. File also includes book Udtog af Dr. Erich Pontoppidans Forklaring ved H. U. Sverdrup, 2det Oplag, Autoriseret Udgave (Christiania 1866, Trykt paa Jac. Dybwads Forlag), 122 pp., inscribed with Ivar Davidson Huustvedt 1866. 1866-1933
- Assorted Legal Documents. Includes: legal documents, vaccination certificate, citizenship papers, teacher's training certificate, insurance policies, and documents related to aquiring and selling a South Dakota Homestead. 1850-1930
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Scandinavian-American Medical Society papers, 1889-1913
Records and other materials concerning a society founded in Chicago in October, 1889, as Scandinavian Medical Society, founded by S. D. Jacobson, F. A. Hess and Sven Windrow. A photocopy of Baltazar Meyer's A History of the Scandinavian-American Medical Society of Chicago, on the Occasion of Its Twenty-fifth Anniversary, 1913, 82 pages, is included.
Includes account book used by the society (1903); article "A History of the Scandinavian-American Medical Society of Chicago" by Baltazar Meyer, published by Gus G. Martin (1913); article "Den Skandinavisk-Amerikanske Lægeforening I Chicago" (1913); article "Det skandinaviske lægeselskab: 25 aars jubilæum" by dr. A Daae (1912); article "Aengers Minde" (1916); "Dansk Minde i Chicago" (1916); article "Danske i Amerika" (1906); letter to the members of the Scandinavian Medical Society (1903); corporation papers of the Society from Cook County, Illinois (1889); "President's Address at the Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Medical Society" (1899). -
Alf A. Swenson family histories, 1883-1991
Includes 1. Alf Swenson Remembers: A Letter To My Grandchildren (recollections of childhood, 1915-1938) (1991), 31 pp. 2. My Father's Brother in Norway (Petter Bjørnerud, half-brother of Swenson's father, John O. Swenson) (c.1991), 50 pp. 3. A 100 Year Anniversary Celebration in Land, Norway: 1989 Landing's Lag Stevne at Dokka & Hov, Norway (c.1989), 46 pp. (In addition to an account of the stevne and the talks Swenson gave as president of the lag, there are writings on Traditions and Values; Bjørn Bakke-Christian Schulstad-Alf Swenson relationship; Husmann, which describes the life led by persons under husmann contracts in Norway; Farm Purchase Agreements in Norwegian communities in the U.S.; Wilder, Minnesota and Breck College; photocopies of articles about Norway the author found of interest.) 4. Unusual Ancestors: Stories from the lives of Pernille Hansdatter, Hans Tollefsrud, Hovel Tollefsrud, John Wien, by Swenson and Dr. Dianne Koehnecke (1992), 101 pp. Includes letters written back to Norway by Hans J. Lystne (1883-1908). -
Jan Harry Andersen papers, 1974-1996
Jan Andersen was born in Hvaler, Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1920, and went to sea in February 1938. After 70 months of service during the war, he was discharged in December 1946. That year he married Josefa Hansen and they settled in Chicago, Illinois, The couple was active in many Norwegian-American affairs, and in 1984 they were awarded the Saint Olav medal.
Includes photocopies of newspaper articles, photographs, programs, correspondence, and minutes about two Chicago institutions: Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans Association, Chicago Chapter, 1974-1990; and Great Lakes Seamen Center, founded in 1964 to serve Norwegian seamen and merged with another center in 1967 to form the International Seamen Center serving all merchant seamen.- Miscellaneous materials including clippings, photographs, and citations when metal was awarded, an account of "Our tip out west" in 1961 by Richard Gibbons, 1987.
- History of the Norwegian Seamen and War Veterans, Chicago Chapter
- Chicago photo album, 1981-1984
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Richard A. Rodning biography, 1938-1993
S. S. Rodning was born in Hol, Hallingdal, in 1869 and emigrated in 1894. He taught in various Red River Valley congregations, studied at Augsburg Seminary, and began farming in Benson County, North Dakota, in 1901. He was a prolific writer. Many of his narratives and poems were published in Hallingen, which he edited for several years. "Reminiscences of Norway and America: A Story of Childhood, Adolescence and Immigration," 1993, 46 typescript pages; and "Remembrances of Norway," 16 typescript pages. Both appeared as articles in Skandinaven in 1938 and 1939, and both are translated by Richard Rodning.
"To the Land I Will Show You: A Sketch on the Life of Syver Swenson Rodning," by his son, 1987, 42 typescript pages. The file also contains two copies of Nyhusfamilien: Norsk-Amerikansk skuespil i 3 akter, 1926, 32 pages and several clippings; a poem, "Den vilfarne søn," November, 1935; "Udvandrings-historie...," April 3, 1936; and "S. S. Rodning minde," by A. E. Tufte. All are from Skandinaven. -
Christian Omann pamphlet, 1983
Danish-born Omann emigrated in 1871, became a Methodist minister working in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Enevoldsen is a grandson of Omann. The pamphlet describes life in the Scandinavian communities of the above- mentioned states in the 1870s and 1880s. "It would appear to be an introduction to the Northwest for people expressing interest in moving out there and wanting to know something about the conditions of that part of the U. S."