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Oluf O. (Moksnes) Olson papers, 1847-1891
Olson emigrated from Trondheim in 1858 via Quebec and Chicago, arriving in Hudson, Wisconsin, August 14. Papers consist of photocopies of selected portions of a daily journal, July 1880-January 1886, and April-May 1891. The complete journal with a 10-year gap in the middle continues to 1935. Copies of military documents dated 1847-1854; and a copy of a letter from A. Eggen, Trondheim, 1873. -
Barbara M. Dalby article, 1973
"Illinois Records in the Norwegian-American Historical Archives," Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume V, no. 2, pages 99-100. -
Marjorie Marie Kimmerle dissertation, 1938
Norwegian Surnames of the Koshkonong and Springdale Congregations in Dane County, Wisconsin, a University of Wisconsin, Department of English, Ph.D. dissertation that deals with the influence of the Norwegian environment on the original names and the influence of the new American environment in changing those names. It is the first study of the Norwegian surname as a family name with reference to its local social background. -
Anna Christine Lovise (Prytz) Tangjerd memorabilia, 1825-1943
Verses written by family members for special occasions in the life of her family. A five-page manuscript verse inscribed to her, 1st Dec 1943, is the only American production. The others (except for one in manuscript) are nicely printed, some in Bergen or Oslo, and often meant to be sung to familiar tunes. There are verses on the silver wedding celebration (April 24, 1902) and the golden wedding celebration of Pastor and Mrs. A. F. W. J. Prytz; their 30th birthdays; and the brudeparret Loftfield, 21de juni 1927. Mrs. Tangjerd was born in Mo i Rana, but after her father's early death was brought up by her maternal aunt (Mrs. Prytz) and husband, and took their name. She emigrated when 19 and married Pastor Peder Tangjerd in 1890. File also includes business card of Paul G. Peterson (donor of this collection).
Also includes: 100+ Letters (1885-1936)between Anna Christina Lovisa Isaacson Prytz Tangjerd and Milda Prytz; and several letters between brothers Peder & Lauritz Tangjerd. Collection includes a CD with scans of each letter, plus additional family images and manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and compiled family histories. Additionally, several artifacts: a piece of silk from the wedding dress of Mrs. Prytz, sister of Ole Tobias Olsen (c. 1825); and two silk scarves given as baptisms gifts. -
Gustav Torgerson Lee history, 1865-1927
A photocopy of Lidt om det kirkelige arbeid i Pope County, Minnesota, 1865-1910, nedtegnet af G. T. Lee, 33 pages, 1909, which discusses the first Norwegians in Pope County, mission work, and congregational histories for Lake Johanna, White Bear Lake, Chippewa (Rolling Forks), Indherred, Nora, Vestre Zion, Østre Zion, Immanual, Scandia, Chippewa Falls, Søndre Lake Johanna, St. Johannes, Glenwood, Cyrus, Fron, and Glenwood Academy. Lee served as minister at Glenwood from 1898 to 1914, and teacher at Glenwood Academy from 1898 to 1910 (two years as president). He was editor of the Lutheran Herald from 1913 to 1939, and the author of Church and State (1927) and The Light of the World (1943). -
Aasor Halstenson Groth papers, circa 1860-2001
The Groth family, Halsten Assorson Tufte Groth and his wife Ragnhild Kitilsdatter Mørk and their nine children, emigrated from Hol, Hallingdal, from years 1848 to 1852, most of them settling in Clay County, Iowa. Assor, one of the sons, joined the Clausen colony at St. Ansgar in 1854 and lived there until his death. He helped many Norwegians find a home in northern Iowa, in southern Minnesota, and in the Dakotas.
The papers consist of a typed version of a diary and two volumes of letters (photocopies) compiled and arranged by Assor's grandsons, Conrad and Claire Groth. The 155-page diary provides almost daily but brief entries from 1881 to 1898. The letters fall into two categories: "Letters Written by Members of the Family," which in turn is subdivided according to writer. For example, headings such as from Assor, from the Halsten Groth family, from the Ole--- , Svend---, Syver---, Torkel Groth family, etc.
The second overarching category is "Letters Written to the Family," which offers a long list of correspondents from many stations, including C. L. Clausen and Civil War soldiers. "The Story of Assor and Kjirsti Groth" (22 pages), by the Groth brothers, and "Groth Family Record, Including Hou, Gudbrandsgard, Hastenson-Groth and Nasby Branches" (422 pages) is an updated version of an earlier work by Anton C. Groth. For additional information, see Ollie L. Nasby's "Family History and Characteristics" in Norwegian Immigration Articles (NAHA Collection, P 287), which includes "Slegt fortelling af Assor O. Nasby, Petersburg, Minnesota, May 22, 1894" and J. J. Akre's "Gulbryllup: Assor og Astrid Nesby feirer femtiaars-dagen for sitt bryllup."
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Thomas C. Buckley article, 1943-1992
Norstad (1907-1988) was the son of the Reverend Martin Norstad, who served St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Red Wing, Minnesota, from 1920 to 1925, and taught at the Red Wing Seminary. Lauris Norstad graduated from West Point in 1930. He rose to be Commander in Chief for U. S. and Allied Forces in Europe in 1951 and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, 1956-1963. He became an executive of Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation (1964-1972) when he retired from military service. -
Glen Ellen Alderton thesis, 1989
"Further Facts on Fossum: Evaluations of the M. Truman Fossum Floriculture Collection and of Mr. Fossum's Role in the Ornamental Horticulture Industry." Monograph submitted to the National Agricultural Library in fulfillment of a fellowship contract with the Department of History of the University of Maryland, 1989. A master-level paper based partly on interviews with Fossum.
Fossum, described as the "father of floricultural economics," was born in 1912 in Bottineau County, North Dakota, to Norwegian American parents. -
Elias Steenerson papers, 1990-1937
"Memoirs of Pioneer Days" (mimeograph) which includes a brief family history taken from History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota; pioneer experiences; information about drainage and better roads in the Sand Hill area of Polk County; farming and logging; accounts of Steenerson's travels; an address to old settlers (1937), and an "Ode to First Settlers of Polk County, Minnesota" (1921); several other poems; "A Pioneer Story as Related by Tollef Ose in 1916," 39 pages; and 11 clippings about the Steenerson family. Elias was the son of Steener Knutson who emigrated from Telemark in 1850. The large family eventually settled in Polk County, where the sons were active in farming, real estate, and politics. -
Olaf Anders Tveitmoe papers, 1907-1990
Assorted articles on O. A. Tveitmoe, Californa labor leader, who was inducted into the California Labor Hall of Fame, July 27, 1990. See "O. A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader," by Lloyd Hustvedt, in Norwegian American Studies, volume 30.- Hustvedt article & lecture, 1985-1989
- Includes: newspaper article (original and photocopies), interview with Lloyd Hustvedt in Norway, Valdres-Gluggen (1989), given by Pat Ryan to Lloyd Hustvedt; proof of Hustvedt, Lloyd, O. A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader, eventually published in Norwegian-American Studies, v.30, pp. 3-54, proof given by Odel to Hustvedt; typed rough copy of Hustvedt, Lloyd, O. A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader (57 pp.); typed copy, earlier version of article: Olaf A. Tveitmoe: Labor Leader (12 pp.), with quote(written on folder: Norway lecture) written in pencil on article.
- Ryan articles, letters, 1907-1989
- Includes: Ryan, Pat M., Olaf Anders Tveitmoes Organized Labor: Arbeider Retorikk og Progressiv Reform (9 pp.); Ryan, Pat M., Et Urolig Liv: O. A. Tveitmoe vs. The Asiatics, Hamar talk given by Ryan to Hustvedt (21 pp.); slightly different copy of same talk (21 pp.); 2 letters from Ryan to Hustvedt (1989); photocopies of newspaper clippings about Tveitmoe (1907-1989, n.d.).
- Penrose: California nativism, 1973
- Includes: copies of parts of Penrose, Eldon R., California Nativism: Organized Opposition to the Japanese 1890-1913 (San Francisco: R and E Research Associates, 1973) (title page, ii-v, 10-65, 72-73, 112-117). These pages, dealing with Tveitmoe, sent by Pat Ryan to Lloyd Hustvedt. Penrose writes, quote(O. A. Tveitmoe may be considered the chief agitator against the Japanese until the passage of the first Alien Land Law in May of 1913).
- Clippings, 1897-1990
- Includes: news articles (original and copies) about Tveitmoe (1897-1990), including Supervisor O. A. Tveitmoe Proves to Be Ex-Convict (1907), one article which says that Tveitmoe's quote(father was a well know bare hunter) (1923), Labor Leader Visits Northfield (1911), Olaf Tveitmoe, Organized Labor's First Editor, Organized Labor Vol. 90, No. 6 (1990); copy of condolence letter and telegram to Tveitmoe's wife upon his death from Anton Johannsen and Mother Jones, respectively (1923); copy of Tveitmoe, Olaf, Pull Down Man-Made Mole Hills, Life Freely, And All Will Find Love-Lighted Eden of Happiness: Time Has Come to Cease Being Apes, Let the Reform Changes Begin at Home and Freedom Will Soon Come for All (1913); letter from Tveitmoe to wife and son (1907); photocopy of 2 pages containing photograph and caricature of Tveitmoe and James D. Phelan, from Men Who Made San Francisco, pp. 198, 227 (San Francisco: Brown & Power Stationery Company, [1915?]); 2 copies of California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition presented to Olaf Tveitmoe in honor of induction into the first Northern CA Labor Hall of Fame (1990); 2 copies of Certificate of Induction into the Northern California Labor Hall of Fame, San Francisco Building Trades Council (1990); 2 copies of program for Northern California Hall of Fame induction evening (1990).
- Bibliography & Related, 1894-1982
- Includes: Lloyd Hustvedt's research notes, including family pedigree information, Significant Dates; correspondence with William Johnson (whose wife, Edith Blanche, was Tveitmoe's daughter?), Minden, NV (1982); copy of Tveitmoe's pardon from prison (serving sentence at Stillwater prison for forgery) by Gov. Nelson, from Executive Journal, vol. J. of the governor of MN (1894).
- Organized Labor. Includes: research notes. 1983-1984
- Secondary Sources, 1983-1984
- Includes: Hustvedt's research notes; copy of text excerpt on Tveitmoe and Asian exclusion, The Progressive Era, The Indispensable Enemy, pp. 244-249; copy of several sections of a text -- II. Dynamite Plots: Persecution, Petitions, Prosecutions, Lockouts and Wars; III. Defense Measures: Special Defense Fund, Strike Fund, Preparation for Trouble, Strength to Stand Alone, Solidarity and Unity; IV. Wrong Reforms and Right Remedies: Referendum Dangerous to Union Cause.--Our Personal Opinion.--Conservation of Energy and Liberal Education More Needed Than Voting Machines -- pp. 44-53; letter in Norwegian to Lloyd Hustvedt (1983).
- Newspaper Articles, 1983-1984
- Includes: research notes on clippings (actual clippings not present).
- Hustvedt article & lecture, 1985-1989