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Einar Lunde papers, 1902-1963
A biography of and articles, speeches, essays, manuscripts, and meditations by a Norwegian-American journalist who had a long-time career as editor of Decorah-Posten, beginning in l927. The biography, "An Editor Chooses America: The Story of Einar Lund," is written by his daughter, Eva Lund Haugen. Ms. Haugen states that a thesis on Lund written by Baard Meyer-Myklestad had overlooked items her article includes. The mentioned Meyer-Myklestad thesis is in the NAHA Book Collection. -
Arne E. Boyum diary, 1899, 1984
A journal kept by an emigrant from Balestrand, Sogn, who came to the United States in 1853 and was ordained into the Ellings Synode in 1858. Original volume and photocopy. He served the Arendahl Congregation at Peterson, Minnesota, of the Hauge Synod, 1858-1896, and was pastor emeritus for the congregation until his death. He was President of the Hauge Synod, 1876-1887. The journal covers the everyday happenings in home, church and community during the year. The last entry tells of the death of his wife. A translation (28 typescript pages) was made in 1984 by Anna A. Boyum Lubbers, a grand-daughter of Arne E. Boyum.
Includes Boyum's Daily Diary (1899) original (written in Norwegian) and an English translation, A.E. Boyum's biography (in Norwegian), "Remember the Days of Old: The Centennial Saga of Arendahl Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1856-1956" by Ernest M. Maland, Mrs. Boyum's obituary, a letter from Ole C. Ask "architect, contractor and builder" (1899) for building a house, and 2 personal documents in Norwegian. -
Svein Grodys articles, 1984-1986
Two articles and a letter by a Norwegian writer who attempts to prove that the explorer and discoverer of America was not Italian, but a member of a family from Nordfjord, Norway. -
Monys Ann Hage thesis, 1984
"Norwegian Pioneer Women: Ethnicity on the Wisconsin Agricultural Frontier," a University of Wisconsin Master's thesis. -
John Heitman papers, 1945-1955
Copies of poems used as Christmas greetings (1945-1953), and letters (1951) to a nephew, written by a Duluth, Minnesota, lawyer, who came from the island of Dønna, Norway, in 1894. Educated in Norway, he first became a member of the editorial staff of Minneapolis Tidende and later studied law at the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1902. In addition to his work as an attorney, Heitman ranks as a significant cultural figure on the immigrant scene, speaking and writing about Norwegian-American cultural interests, particularly Norwegian-American literature. -
Peter L. Hoen autobiography, 1932-1986
"My Life," Dyre Dyresen's translation (64 typescript pages, 1984) of an account written by an emigrant from Nordrehaug in Ringerike. After coming to Chicago in 1871 he became a Seventh Day Adventist and spent the rest of his life as a layman working among the Scandinavians for this denomination. The file includes a biographical sketch of Peter Hoen's son, Reu E. Hoen. -
Henrietta M. Larson papers, 1962-1983
Clippings and an appreciative essay about a Norwegian-American historian who in 1959 was the first woman to be appointed to a full professorship in the Harvard School of Business Administration. She is the author of the four-volume History of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). Born in Ostrander, Minn, she graduated from St. Olaf College in 1918. When she retired she returned to Northfield to live with her two sisters.
Includes the Skjeggerd sisters' genealogy, Appreciative essay, reprinted from "The Business History Review," St. Paul Pioneer Press Article, "Prof. Henrietta Larson set Harvard School of Business on end, joining faculty in '28," Obituaries from Northfield News, Minneapolis Tribune, Chicago Tribune. -
Orin M. Loftus book, 1984
Pioneers in the Norwegian Settlement, a photocopied and copyrighted compilation of information about the families of immigrants who came to Albany, Wisconsin, beginning in 1849. According to the compiler the work is intended as "a layman's history of an entire settlement" which lists members of various family groups through four generations.
For more on the Lofthus family, see C. H. Tollefsrude's scrapbook on Rock County, Wisconsin, P1424, pages 636-638. -
Hans C. Mamen clippings, 1975-1984
Articles by a Norwegian minister concerning the contributions Norway made to immigrant church life in the United States. A letter giving additional bibliography is included. -
Egil Halvorsen Midtbo clipping and notes, 1958-1984
A biographical account by Bob Cory (Minot Daily News, April 14, 1984) of the life of a Norwegian-born Lutheran minister and of his son Herman, both of whom took homesteads in Mountrail County, North Dakota. Herman (d.1930) was an unsuccessful candidate for several political offices, 1908-1912.
A book, Sjaele-og Taenkelaere, by F. Nielsen (Copenhagen, 1858. 94p.), with added pages of hand-written notes, which had belonged to the Midtbo family is also in the collection.