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Johan Olsen Brunstad letter, 1852
A Travel Letter from Texas, 1852, by an emigrant from Romedal who settled at Four Mile Prairie. Translated by Alvon Nelson with an introduction by Kaare Sveen. The Norwegian original was published in "Gamalt fraa Stange og Romedal" (1975, pp. 10-19). "Norge i Texas" (1982, pp. 270 (1851: 58-65). -
Johan P. Lunde papers, 1870-1901
Copies of documents and letters, together with diaries of an immigrant who came to Chicago in 1880. Some items are translated by Karl Johan Berner Schultz (1981). The diaries reveal the introspective nature of a devout Quaker struggling with problems related to education, military service, and employment, first in Norway and later in the United States. The later diaries indicate that he found work in Marshalltown, Iowa.- School report (Halvorsens Skole, Stavanger). Photocopied. 1870-1871
- Logbook, translation and translator's letters. Atlantic crossing on board "Nanna." (n.d.). Photocopied, undated
- Letters and translations. Photocopied. Christiania, 1875; Stavanger, 1893
- Diary and translations. January-February, 1880. Photocopied.
- Diary and translations. March-July, 1880? Photocopied.
- Diary and translations. August-October, 1880. Photocopied.
- Diary. January-July, 1882. Photocopied.
- Account books. Photocopied. 1875-76 in Kristiania, Norway; 1881-1882, Marshalltown, Iowa 1875-1882
- Diary and translations, 1901 Photocopied.
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Johan Reiersen papers, 1844-1984
Biography/History:
Johan Reinert Reierson (1810-1864) was born in Vestre Moland, Aust-Agder, Norway. He was a Norwegian-American writer, author and publisher as well as an early Texas pioneer and emigration activist. Reierson had been sponsored in 1843 by a group of prospective emigrants and financiers to tour the United States and report settlement possibilities. He made his way to the Republic of Texas. Reierson traveled to Austin, where President Sam Houston encouraged him to bring Norwegian settlers to the republic and promised aid in the establishment of a colony.
In 1844, Reierson wrote and published a comprehensive book about America titled Pathfinder for Norwegian Emigrants to the United North American States and Texas, a comprehensive book about America published in Norway. Reierson particularly advocated Texas as the most promising region for settlement.
Reierson immigrated to Texas and established a Norwegian colony in the spring of 1845. Before departing for America, he established a monthly magazine, Norge og Amerika, to report on the progress of the Norwegians in America to the people of Norway. When Reierson immigrated to Texas, Elise Wærenskjold assumed the editorship of the popular magazine until she herself immigrated to Texas in 1847.
Scope and Content:
Papers of the Norwegian-born founder of the Brownsboro, Texas, settlement: a bound volume of twelve issues of "Norge og Amerika" and a copy of an article which appeared in "Morgenbladet" (July 11, 1884). Both items aim to treat conditions among Norwegians in America in such a manner as to arouse people of Norway to free themselves of non-democratic constraints. Includes Reiersen’s original travel journals from 1843 and onward. He talks about meeting Sam Houston, and details his path to get to Texas.
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Johan Ronningen family history, undated
Includes the story "The Golden Rule, Isaac's son" and a letter.
Formerly part of P539. -
Johan Selnes papers, 1918-1998
The file contains poems, correspondence, stories, and articles by Selnes, and biographical information about him. Of five collections of poems and stories, "Vestlandstoner" (1918) was the only work to be published in the United States. He contracted tuberculosis and spent some time in a sanatorium in Portland, Oregon. He returned to Norway in 1920 where he remained. See "En Amerikareise, med nedtegnelser av J. A. N. Selnes fra hans reise i 1906 og hjemturen i 1920", by Bjarne J. M. Selnes, Oslo, 1998, in the NAHA books collection. -
Johan Wikander biography, 1975
"From Grimstad in Norway to Florida in the 1830s: Knut Sørensen Bie (1812-1884)," a translation by a Norwegian of an article published by "Selskapet for Grimstad Bys Vel." The Knud Bie who is written about came as a master mariner to the Jacksonville, Florida, region and, according to the account, "was well established by 1840." In the census for 1840 he is listed as John Johnson. He continued to live in the Jacksonville area until his death -
Johanne Marie Mickman biography, 1895-1996
While living with a sister in England she met John Ernest Mickman, and later immigrated to St. Paul, to marry him. She was active in Norwegian-American groups in St. Paul.
Includes biography by Wells; photographs; articles (with English translations) about Mickman's parents' golden wedding anniversary, and about their son Herman Olson (d. San Francisco 1960); correspondence between Wells and Kadden.; Mickman was born at Porsgrunn to Ole Andr. Tollefsen and Hanna Dorothea (Sorensen). -
Johanne Mauritzsen poems, 1807-1999
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Manuscript volume of poems copied by Mauritzsen at his gaard, Ostrimdahle. Probably donated by M. Muritzen, Chicago, 1936. (A Johannes Mauritser Austrumdal (age 22) emigrated from Bjerkreim, Rogaland, April 20, 1850, with brother Hans Tobias (24) and sister Serine Gemalia (20): see "Sem Austrumdal, Bjerkreim skipreida, herad og kyrjesokn" (Stavanger, 1932, pp. 455-456, includes portrait of Johannes. According to Lisabet Risa's letter of Dec. 16, 1999, Johannes was born June 18, 1823, died in Chicago 1863, married in Chicago, had many children. His father Mauritz Halvorsen (baptized March 31, 1782) received a correspondence from Cleng Peerson (dated Dec. 20, 1824/See P0435 America Letters/photocopy/original held by MHS) via Thormod Madland, As a result, three of his children emigrated as did his widow (Mauritz died 1836).
FAMILY LETTERS. ( Previously entered as: Napoleonic Wars. Correspondence, 1807. Letters written to families at home in Norway by men in military service at Christiansand during the Napoleonic Wars. P 254) Letters dated 1807, Christiansand, on one sheet but two signatures. On the reverse is written: Johanes Muritzsen, Østrimdahl, 1832, also, drawings like those in the poetry book. -
Johannes (Johan) Moe family history, undated
No description available.
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Johannes Halvorson address, 1899
Copy of the English address at the dedication of the new seminary of the Norwegian Synod, which became known as the Hamline Seminary, in St. Paul. Included are a program of the dedication and a copy of a speech made by the president of the Seminary, opposing the location of an Armour packing plant in the Midway district of St. Paul.