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Reidar Nilsen Qualley papers, 1870-1952
Correspondence, documents, diaries, and other data of an emigrant from Vestre Slidre, Valders, to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1890. He had been trained as a tailor in Norway and worked at this trade for about ten years in Madison. He joined the local tailors' union, helped organize the central body of the AFL, and was a key figure in the Federated Trades Council for twelve years. He also commanded leadership roles in the local church, Sons of Norway, Ygdrasil Literary Society, Valdres Samband, the Leif Erikson Memorial Association, etc. -
Olaus Martinius Christiansen Farseth papers, 1854-1964
Correspondence, documents, and manuscripts of an emigrant from Vega, Helgeland, who came to Canton, South Dakota, in 1882. He started out as a farmer but in 1886-1887 attended the seminary at St. Olaf's School in Northfield, Minnesota, and was ordained in 1887. He served parishes in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. He wrote Husandagtsbog, Raad og Vink i Menighetsarbeidet and Haandsrækning i Religionsundervisning, and served as editor of For Gammel og Ung , 1904-1905., and as associate editor of Fram, 1910-1911. The collection contains 40 letters from O. E. Rølvaag to Farseth. -
Agnes Mathilde Wergeland papers, circa 1900
Mainly clippings of articles from newspapers and periodicals about a Norwegian-born poet and historian who became a much esteemed professor of history at the University of Wyoming. The file includes several photographs, including one of the bronze plaque erected in her memory at the University of Wyoming. Among the tributes is one by Knut J. Norstog. -
Carl Fredrik Solberg Civil War letters, 1862
Reports (March 7 to March 31, 1962) to Emigranten from the editor, who served briefly as war correspondent for the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, which he had helped recruit. The letters are translated and edited by Clarence A. Clausen. Includes assorted clippings, and a 3-page biographical sketch of Solberg. -
Elwin Rogers history, 1975
"A Scandinavian Trio in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina" tells the story of the founding of Wachovia Tract, near present-day Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by the Moravian Church. Among the early shareholders was Madtz Jenson Klein from Drammen, about whom little is known. In the establishment of the first settlement two Norwegians took part: Hans [John] Martin Kalberlahn, a doctor, born at Trondheim in 1722, and Erick Ingebretson, a millwright and carpenter, born at Røros, 1721. Both men died during an epidemic of typhoid fever and are buried on a hill near the settlement. For more information on Kalberlahn, see P 1433. -
Magda Fossum Paulson clippings, circa 1982
A proclamation of the Governor of South Dakota, William Janklow, naming December 10, 1982, as Magda Fossum Paulson Day in honor of her 90th birthday. Magda Paulson, who lived in Webster, South Dakota, was noted for her quilt-making projects on behalf of Lutheran World Relief, Norwegian World Relief, and other charitable organizations. -
Johan Nyhagen translations, 1972-1977
"The Santal Mission in America, and the Visit of Skrefsrud in 1894-95," is a translation of a chapter of a Norwegian scholar's doctoral dissertation on the history of the Santal Mission. The Santal Mission was organized by Lars Skrefsrud and [?] Børresen in Santalistan, India, in 1867, and received support from the Scandinavian church groups in the United States, especially after 1893, when a Santal Committee was elected. The translations are by Harry T. Kleven and Arne Unheim. The file includes "Fra Skrefsrud til venner i Amerika," Decorah-Posten, September 29, 1981; sermons and reports by Skrefsrud about the Santal mission during his American visit, 1894-1895, and clippings (1891-1940) about the mission and the American Santal Committee. -
Hans Mattson clippings and articles, circa 1990
Together with the Reverend Eric Norelius, Mattson helped organize the church at Vasa, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1853. Mattson, an immigrant from Skåne, Sweden, has been called "the single most influential American leader responsible for the vast Scandinavian migration to Minnesota. His Reminiscences: The Story of an Emigrant, published by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1891, is in the NAHA book collection. A number of the clippings, photocopies and originals, concern the dedication of the Mattson Settlement Marker at Vasa, July 9, 1988, and the celebration of "Hans Mattson Day," October 9, 1990. The others address various aspects of Mattson's career. -
Jon Leirfall clippings, circa 1963-1998
Newspaper accounts of a visit to the Midwest by an 84-year-old Norwegian statesman, author, and journalist from Stjordalen, Sor (South) Trondelag. Leirfall had previously been in the United States as Ambassador to the United Nations in 1963, and in 1969 when he sought out his American relatives. A photocopy of his memorial service (June, 1998) and an article from Adresseavisen give further information about his life and career
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John Martin Kalberlahn clippings, 1923-1943
Copies of biographical data from medical and Moravian Church records concerning "the first medical practitioner in America." Kolberlahn came from Trondheim, but became affiliated with the Moravian Church while living in Denmark in 1744. In 1753 he emigrated to a new colony of that church in Bethabara, North Carolina, where he served as a physician. He died during a typhoid epidemic in 1759. Also included, "John Martin Kalberlahn," by Knut Gjerset and Ludvig Hektoen. Offprint from the Bulletin of the Society of Medical History of Chicago, December, 1924, volume 3, pages 308-316. A related account is found in the Elwin Rogers Papers, P 1438.