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Jon Norstog papers, 1903-1951
Clippings and articles about and by Norstog and five issues of "Dolen," a journal of poetry written and published by him. Norstog was a Norwegian-born author and farmer at Watford City, North Dakota. "Writing in the Sand, the Enigma of Jon Norstog," by Ronald Vossler, in "North Dakota Horizons," Summer 1979; and "Dakota-dikteren Jon Norstog," by Carl Soyland, "Nordisk Tidende," November 20, 1941. Erik Williamson's Master of Theology thesis, "Jon Norstog, Norwegian-American Author and Lay Theologian (1877-1942)," 1977, is on file at Luther Seminary, St. Paul.
Contents include:- Books, 1903-1941
- Journal and clippings, 1908-1951
- "Telemark historie," nr. 2l, pp. 133-155, "Jon Norstog, 'spørgsmaalstegnet i norsk-amerikansk litteraur "' by Orm Øverland. Also, Øverland's "The Western Home" (NAHA, 1996), chapter 20. In "Telemark historie" 1987, pp. 61-70, "Jon Norstog: telemarking, norskdomsforkjempar, bladmann og diktar i det norske Amerika" by Arne Sunde (partial photocopy included here).; section on Norstog from Peter Hallaraaker, "The nynorsk language in the U.S.", pp. 108-112; Sunde, Arne. "Jon Norstog - telemarking, norskdomsforkjempar, bladmann og diktar i det norske Amerika" ("Telemark Historie" no. 8 (1987) pp. 61-70 (photocopy); See in library collection: "Telemark Historie," 1988, pp. 148-151, "Jon Norstog: præriediktaren fraa Byrtegrend i Mo," by Olav Skaalen. 1908 1951
- "Writing in the Sand…" by Ronald J. Vossler, 1979
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Jonas and Sirid Olson family history, undated
Family history of Jonas Olson and Sirid Maria Nilsdotter of Grant County, Minnesota. -
Jonas Gatland family history, 2014
"Jonas Gatland--the U.S. immigrant who returned to Norway" (2014).Gatland emigrated from Osterøy, Norway in 1903 and eventually settled in Cloquet, Minnesota. Family escaped the great fire of 1918 and lost everything. Soon thereafter his wife died due to the influenza outbreak. Gatland and his six children returned permanently to Norway in 1920. -
Jordahl letters, 1890-1950
Jordahl letters: Original letters transcribed by Ruth Jordahl Anderson Collection of letters that tells the story of two sisters, Ida and Martha Wangen, who married two brothers, Jens and Sivert Jordahl. -
Jordeth family history, 1984
"Descedants of O.E. Lovesetter Jordeth and Johanna Floden Jordeth" Compiled by Inga Jordeth Haanstad and Updated by "the Cousins" -
Jorgen Fay Heiberg poems, 1897-1910
Poems by O. S. Sneve, Fredrik Lhen and by Ben Blessum; letters (H.H. Aaker, F.L. Trsdal, B.B. Haugan) and clippings about a "Prohibition Park" near Twin Valley Minnesota (later called Heiberg Park), which had been established by Heiberg, a flour mill operator and an ardent Prohibitionist; and "The Slettebak Saga." A daughter in the Slettebak family, Augusta Ann, married J. F. Heiberg. -
Josendal-Williams family history, 1997
Written by Margaret Paisley-Otell.
Formerly part of P539. -
Josendal-Williams family history, 1997
Written by Margaret Paisley-Otell. -
Joseph Langland papers, 1863-1964
A biography and critique of a second-generation Norwegian-American poet and professor of English at the University of Massachusetts. Langland spent his early life in northeastern Iowa and has written two volumes of poems, "The Green Town" (1956) and "The Wheel of Summer" (1963). "Norwegian Rivers" is a poem written for the sesquicentennial of the Norwegian migration, 1975. The file includes information about Langland.
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Joseph Langland Papers: Clippings and Poem. -
Josephine Brack papers, 1907-1987
Papers of a St. Paul woman who was a leader in Norwegian-American organizations, especially in the Norse-American Centennial Celebration in 1925, the Norse-American Centennial Daughters of St. Paul, and the Minnesota Leif Erickson Monument Association. She held offices in all of these organizations and continued to sponsor an annual Leif Erickson celebration after the monument had been erected in 1949. She was also an officer in the group which administered Lyngblomsten Home for the Aged in St. Paul. The papers include some of these records. The above papers were donated by Mrs. Brack's daugher, Ione Kadden, St. Paul. A collection of the records of the Norse American Daughters of St. Paul was donated by Mrs. Brack earlier and has been cataloged separately.
Select materials from the Josephine Brack papers have been digitized and available online here.