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Norwegian-American art exhibits catalogs, 1920-1930, 1947
Three original and seven photocopied catalogs of the annual art exhibits sponsored by the Chicago Norwegian Club in Chicago. The catalogs usually include lists of officers and committees, lists of artists and works exhibited, and the winners of prizes at previous exhibitions. The 1920 catalog gives the names and addresses of the members of the Club. The 1921 catalog includes biographical information about some of the artists. See "Norwegian-American Artists..." by Rolf Erickson in Norwegan-American Studies, volume 31. -
Anna Eriksen letters, 1892-1895
Copies of 8 letters written from Faribault, Minnesota, to the Nels Jensen family of Hudson, Wisconsin, by an acquaintance and fellow immigrant from Mo i Rana. Anna worked for an Episcopal "prestefamilie," earning two dollars a week, and later for a school. Her letters tell of declining health, possibly tuberculosis. A letter from a Bertha Hauge informs the Jensens of Anna's death. Eriksen comments on church life and interdenominational strife and on her own preference for the "Haugianers." America differs greatly from Norway, she writes, and is difficult until one gets used to things. Nonetheless, she did not want to live in Norway again. -
Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958
The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago Before the Great Fire (1836-1871). M.A. thesis (Scandinavian Studies), University of Wisconsin, 1958. 157 pp. Contents: --Introduction (Chicago, Norwegian emigration). --Chapter 1: The first Norwegians in Chicago; economic life; religious life; life in Chicago. --Chapter 2: Chicago in 1850; the Norwegian colony in 1850 (population and age, marriage and family, ward distribution, neighbors); church and religion; emigration; economic life; the press; life in Chicago. --Chapter 3: the Norwegian colony in 1850 (as above, minus population and plus literacy); other topics as above, minus emigration; the Norwegian colony in 1870 (as above, plus names, the handicapped, occupations, men and money). --Summary. --Footnotes. --Bibliography. Includes tables for the 1850-1870 censuses giving figures for Norwegian men, Norwegian women, children, occupations, men and money, neighbors. And maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870. -
Henry O. Jaastad articles and clippings, 1933-1990
Born on the Jaastad farm in Ullensvang, Hardanger, he emigrated with his family to Deerfield, Wisconsin in 1886. In 1890 he began work in a furniture factory in Marshfield, Wisconsin. He moved in 1902 to Tucson, Arizona, where he worked as a carpenter and contractor. He opened an architectural firm in 1908 and during a fifty year career planned over 500 buildings, including homes, schools, churches, and commercial buildings. He served as mayor of Tucson from 1932 to 1947. The file includes a description of the Reilly Funeral Home, designed by Jaastad; random newspaper clippings; and "Henry O. Jaastad: Architect of Tucson's Future," by Mona Lange McCroskey. Letters from Jaastad are found in the E. Klaveness, B. Osland, and K. Gjerset papers, P 551, P 574, and P 673. Also, see Kenneth Bjork's Saga in Steel and Concrete, pages 415-416. -
Erik Luther Williamson papers, 1977-1991
"Norwegian-American Lutheran Churchwomen in North Dakota: The Ladies Aid Societies," a University of North Dakota Master of Arts thesis, May 1987, 100 pages. The study covers societies in 103 congregations (about 13 pecent of an estimated 800 Lutheran congregations in North Dakota) from 28 of the 53 counties, in the period 1880 to 1930. The study concludes that "The Ladies Aid societies were the centers of their congregations....Without the societies most...congregations would not have survived." "Doing What Had to Be Done': Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid Societies of North Dakota," North Dakota History, volume 57, no. 2, 1990. An article based on the thesis described above. "The Norwegian Short-term Parochial School (Religionsskole ) in North Dakota Lutheran Congregations, 1880s-1930s,"a University of North Dakota Doctor of Arts dissertation, 1991, 87 pages. Williamson's Master of Theology thesis, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, 1977, titled "Jon Norstog, Norwegian-American Author and Lay Theologian (1877-1942)."
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William K. Beatty articles, 1983-1990
Articles on Norwegian-American medical leaders by the professor of Medical Bibliography at Northwestern University Medical School: 1. "Petra Dahl: Physician, Social Activist, and Norwegian." 2. "Niles T. Quales: Physician and Leader in the Norwegian community of Chicago." 3. "Medical Care for Norwegian Immigrants in the Chicago Area." See also his article "Ludvig Hektoen: Scientist and Counselor" in Ludvig Hektoen Papers, P 148. -
Ludvig Marius Biørn papers, 1886-1995
A slightly abbreviated translation by Ansgar Sovik of Biørn's Pastor P. A. Rasmussen, en livsskitse (1906), 125 pages. Translation by Boral B. Bjorn of two pamphlets published in 1887 and 1890. Kan en kristen staa udenfor menigheten? 7 pages. Poem: Paa Foreningsdagen, 1890, 1 page. "Three Hymns from Landstad Salmebog by L. M. Biørn and translated by O. M. Kleven," 11 pages. "Three Hymns by Ludvig M. Bjørn; an Essay by Boral R. Bjørn" (1995).
Includes: 2 pamphlets (1888, n.d.); newspaper clippings (1886); family pedigree information. -
Alf Lunder Knudsen dissertation, 1989
"The Norwegian Male Chorus Movement in America: A Study," a University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation which includes a bibliography and appendixes that list Norwegian singers associations, American-Scandinavian male choruses, and Sangerfest cities, directors, and officers. Includes a biographical questionnaire (1984) and a photograph of Knudsen. -
Andres Svalestuen articles, 1985, 1989
"Archival Materials and Manuscripts on the United States History in Norway," an excerpt from Guide to the Study of United States History Outside U. S., 1945-1980, and "An Outline of the Public Archival System in Norway," both by the Archivist at Riksarkivet at Oslo. -
Erik Sagen report, 1950
Pamphlet compiled by Sagen, who lived in Hevne Parish, Sor Trondelag. The annals cover mainly births and deaths; after 1860 they include crops and weather, with some incidental information about major events in the area. The emigration of a brother, Morten, in 1971, and of a son, Lars, in 1881 are noted.