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Olav Elling Eidbo dissertation, 1956
Dissertation presented to the Graduate School, University of North Dakota, in partial fulfillment of requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.; Contents: Introduction. The Norwegian people and their music. Publications dealing with songs of the fold. Major organizations singing songs of the fold. Institutions and associations contributing to the Norwegian vocal heritage. Norwegian-American musicians (singers, conductors, composer-arrangers, instrumentalists, song book compilers, patrons). Polling results; questionnaires and surveys. Summary and conclusion. Appendixes A-F. Vita. (Bibliography, pp. 176-188). -
Orvillel Felland manuscript, 1979
"True account of the adventures of two sons of Norwegian immigrants. The story unfolds in the year 1928 in the town of Harmon, Minnesota, then moves on to the wilds of northern Alberta on the Peace River.
HOMESTEADING ON THE PEACE RIVER, by O.F. and Orville Severson, ed. by Ken J. Torgerson. Published by Fillmore Publishing company, Mabel, Minnesota, c. 1979. 64 p. (photocopy). -
Mikael Granum autobiography, 1995, 2004
Growing up on a farm near Lake Mjosa, Granum joined the Norwegian merchant marine for two years in 1936, then he was drafted into the Norwegian navy for nearly two years. Rejoining the merchant marine in 1939, he was in England when Norway was invaded. Ending up in Minnesota, he joined the U.S. Army and became a U.S. citizen. Eventually he was sent to France and participated in the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Buchenwald camp. Revisiting his family after the war he discovered that one of his brothers had been a collaborator. Returning to Minneapolis, he was trained as a printer and worked for over thirty years for the Minneapolis public Schools. -
Emil A. Erickson papers, 1953
"Account of the lives and life-work of "the author's parents, "Based on the recollections of friends, relatives, and members of the family, the whole emphasis is on the parents, their early lives, the building of the farm, and the raising of the family." Forward.; Born at Vestnes, Romsdal, in 1875, Christopher worked as a sailor from ages 17 to 25. In 1900 he emigrated to Wisconsin, working in the woods and in the kilns of Ashland, Wis. There he met Anna Leidenberg, who was born in Minnesota 1882 to a Swedish father and Norwegian mother. In 1907 a farm near Grand Rapids, Minn., was purchased and the family moved there in 1912. Christopher died 1950. Genealogical data on the family on p. 19. -
Elsebeth Hansen thesis, 2001
A thesis presented to the Department of British and American Studies, the University of Oslo, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Cand. Philol. Degree. 146+ p.; "I have concentrated on issues between 1889 and 1945. The journal addressed an urban readership consisting of immigrants from Norway, their children, and Norwegian migrants from states further east. It became a cohesive factor among Norwegians in the maturing immigrant communities on the Pacific coast. Most of my newspaper references have taken from the journal's editorial comments, letters to the editor, its question and answer department and announcements and advertisements. Its foreign affairs reporting, much of its reports on internal American issues and several other departments have been left out due to space limitations."; Another copy in library collection.
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Goodhue County School District papers, 1875-1913
"On August 8, 1875, at the summons of Pastor B. J. Muus, a meeting was held in the schoolhouse in school district no. 56 to organize the affairs of a Norwegian religion school." Ole. J. Solberg was hired for 1874 for $80: 60 days at $1 a day, and living expense of $2 a day for 2 weeks. Most of the book consists of records of payment by term, through 1913; and minutes of annual meetings. Some individual receipts are pasted in the book. -
Brandt-Galby family records, 1874-2000
Mathilde Brandt was born in Winneshiek County, Iowa, and married R.O. Brandt 1883. They served five parishes in Deuel County, South Dakota (Deer Creek, Highland, St. Johannes, Leganger, Wood Lake) until 1900 when they moved to McFarland, Wis. Where her husband served until his death in 1927. Mathilde Brandt also wrote "Parsonage life on the Dakota prairie 45 years ago" in Widening the frontier, ed. by J.C.K. Preus, Augsburg, 1929.
Manuscript "Reminiscense of Seventeen Years in the West as Pastor's Wife" written by Mathilde Galby in January 1929 while at the Spring Prairie parsonage in Wisconsin. The manuscripts social aspects of prairie pioneering. Included are the printed copy and the original draft manuscript.
The collection also includes:- "Various anecdotes";
- "Some incidents of the winter of 1880-81" as told by Mrs. Lou Norman, Brandt, S.D.;
- "Brandt Bugle," newspaper published 1900 by the Brandt children;
- family history data and descendancy chart from Otto Ottesen, 1743-1819; accounts of her father and mother (Johan Thorn Galby, 1830-1870;
- Margaret Aaker, 1837-1825).;
- Account of the last illness of her son, Olaf Brandt (1887-1908)
- Brandt and Galby family letters (200+, 1874-1916), Brandt family histories and correspondence (Josie Galby letters (100+, 1874-1905), and published church histories. Of particular interest are courting letters between Realf Brandt and “Lettie” Galby (married Sept. 1883). Realf Brandt, son of Nils and Diderikke Brandt; Lettie Galby's notes on her trip to the Minnesota State Fair, Sept. 5, 1882; musical recial of Louise M. Bever, May 31, 1883; Luther College Cornet Band concert, April 15, ca. 1883; letter from Lina Koren, 1883; Collection Compiled and partly transcribed by Lois Edel Brandt Drews. Donated by Michael Drews on behalf of his mother, Lois. Added 10/3/2012: Decorah Posten newspaper, Friday, September 5, 1924, article "Pastor R.O. Brandt's Ungdomsminder fra Decorah (Childhood memories from Decorah)".
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Ole Halvorsen Dahl autobiography, circa 1914-1919
Born on the Smaadal farm, Baastad parish, Trogstad kommune, Ostfold, on Aug. 26, 1836. Emigrated with his family in 1870 to Litchfield, Minn., where his brother, Theodore H. Dahl (1845-1923) was pastor. After a few months moved to St. Paul and worked as a carpenter for six years. Then homesteaded in Pope county, Minn., worked as a carpenter and merchant. The account closes with his wife's death in 1915. The larger part of the autobiography concerns his life in Norway, including seven years in the National Guard cavalry.
Autobiography. Three letters (1914-1919) to his grandson Gerhard are also included. Translated and with an introd. by grandson Spener Lloyd Bull Dahl. -
Ivar Aus sermons, 1968-1977
Aus was born near Oslo, and was called in 1947 to serve the Norwegian-speaking congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City. Twelve years later he became pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in Minneapolis. He retired in 1971, but worked two years a Shepherd of the Hills Church in Edina, ten years at Central Lutheran Church. Sermons (and service folders) for Norwegian Advent services at Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College. Some were sponsored by the student society Idun-Edda. -
Linda Lawrence Hunt article, 1995
Telling about the cross-country hike (4,600 miles) by Helga Estby (age 36) and her daughter Clara (18), May 4-Dec. 23, 1896. Helga was born in 1860 in Oslo, her family emigrating to Manistee, Mich. When she was 11. After marrying Ole Estby the couple homesteaded in Minnesota and in 1887 (with 8 children) moved to Spokane, Wash. Poor health, unemployment and a large family inspired Helga to seek the prize of $10,000 for the hike offered by a New York woman. However, the offer was withdrawn (on the grounds that delays caused by accidents could not be considered), but then was made conditional on Helga's writing a book about the trip. Embittered and depressed, Helga never mentioned the trip again. After her husband's death in 1916 she began secretly to write an account, but a daughter-in-law burned it after her death, 1942.; Hunt is an Associate Professor of English at Whitworth College in Spokane, and a free-lance writer. Gift of the author, Hunt's book on the subject, Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's forgotten walk across Victorian America (298 p.) was published in 2003 by the University of Idaho Press. A clipping of an article about Hunt and her book (Spokman-Review Apr. 28, 2003) is included here.