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Bjorn Winger papers, 1916-1940
Poems, stories, and an upublished novel of a Norwegian-American teacher, folklorist, and writer. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1914 and received his M.A. degree fom Indiana University in 1930. He taught English in an Indianapolis high school from 1916 to 1941, save for military service in France during World War I. The papers include infomation about his father, Anders Winger (1861-1928), a Norwegian actor who emigrated in 1882 and lived in Minnesota the rest of his life -
Peter P. Wolden correspondence, 1861-1877
Letters by clergymen and laymen in Norway, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa to Wolden regarding private religious problems with an occasional reference to the relationships between the Augustana and Conference synods and their schools. Wolden, who immigrated in 1866, was an itinerant Norwegian schoolteacher. He was born in Sondre Fron, Gudbransdalen. Married to Bertha Bergum. -
Mabel Ewen Wolsted article, 1966
Article dealing with the culture of the Norwegian immigrant and the hardships of the emigration journey. Typescript, pp. 23-38, apparently part of a longer work, since it begins in the middle of a sentence. Very general, no documentation. -
Lorence Munson Woodside papers, 1888-1953
This extensive collection covers all aspects of Woodside's impressive career as educator, public speaker, author, translator, civic leader, and gardener. Born in Hamilton County, Iowa, the daughter of Norwegian emigrant parents, Sivert and Mesine Munson, she graduated from Highland Park Normal College at Des Moines in 1893. There were later studies at the University of Chicago and at Boston University. She was instructor in elocution at Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, and the director of Physical Culture for the Iowa WCTU for a brief time.
From 1901 to 1927 she was employed by the Redpath Lyceum, Eastern Lyceum, and the Chautauqua system as reader and occasionally as manager. In 1909 she married Alonzo Woodside, a veteran of the Spanish-American War who also served in World War I. He later served as a superintendent in the inquiry section of the Boston Post Office. Lorence Woodside's interest led beyond a career in public speaking. She developed a cut-flower dahlia named the "Mrs. Woodhouse." Much of her energy was given to community service. She held offices in the Massachusetts Food Administration, 1918; the Advisory Council of Women at Massachusetts State College, Amherst, 1926-1953; Boston Rental Housing, 1951-1952; and many local organizations. Her trips to Norway in 1906, 1913, and 1926, the last as an Honorary Fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, brought her into contact with Norwegian writers. Her major achievements in this regard were the translation of Sverre Brandt's "Sonja's search for the Christmas Star", produced by the New York Junior Players, December 1929, and the translation of Barbara Ring's "Peik", published by Little Brown in Boston, 1932. -
Andrew Wright papers, 1857-1921
Legal papers, correspondence, sermon. Includes:- Papers of a pastor born Namdalen, immigrated 1860. He worked as a tailor and farmer 1860-70, then as pastor at Coon Prairie (1870-71); Rushford, Minn. (1871-1901); Highland, Minn. (1877-1910). Was president of the Norwegian Augustana Synod(1885-88), editor of "Luthersk Kirketidende" (1873-91) and Børnebudet" (1878-89).
- Active in the temperance movement, and published many articles in "Reform" and other journals. Many of his writings (some identified by place and date published, others not) as well as other clippings he found of interest are in the scrapbook.
- There are typed transcriptions of his series of articles published in "Luthersk Kirketidende" in 1886 about the spiritual awakening in Namsos during his youth, "Da vakkelsen kom til os" (73 p.); and a brief autobiography published in "Reform".
- In addition there are legal documents (both Norwegian and American), pamphlets Wright published, and some letters of his widow.
- Pamphlets: "Gjenløser iblandt syndere" (1881) (in library); "Herrens banken paa hjertets dør" (1871 and 1892); "Nogle ord om synd, naade og kamp" (1885); Hvorledes bør præster og menigheder stille sig til drikketrafiken" (1893); "Skaal!" (1894); "Turtelduen" (1877)(songbook for children - in library); "Religionsskolen" (1904).
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Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958
The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago Before the Great Fire (1836-1871). M.A. thesis (Scandinavian Studies), University of Wisconsin, 1958. 157 pp. Contents: --Introduction (Chicago, Norwegian emigration). --Chapter 1: The first Norwegians in Chicago; economic life; religious life; life in Chicago. --Chapter 2: Chicago in 1850; the Norwegian colony in 1850 (population and age, marriage and family, ward distribution, neighbors); church and religion; emigration; economic life; the press; life in Chicago. --Chapter 3: the Norwegian colony in 1850 (as above, minus population and plus literacy); other topics as above, minus emigration; the Norwegian colony in 1870 (as above, plus names, the handicapped, occupations, men and money). --Summary. --Footnotes. --Bibliography. Includes tables for the 1850-1870 censuses giving figures for Norwegian men, Norwegian women, children, occupations, men and money, neighbors. And maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870. -
Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958
"The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago before the Great Fire (1836-1871)," a University of Wisconsin, Scandinavian Studies Master of Arts thesis, 1958, 157 pages. The study considers the first immigrants, the immigrant's economic, social, and religious life and ward distribution. Includes tables for the 1850 to the 1870 censuses, giving figures for Norwegian men, women, children, occupations, and maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870 -
Babe (Mildred) Didrikson Zaharias photographs, 1914-1956
A pictorial record of a remarkable woman athlete, the daughter of Norwegian-born parents. A biographical sketch is included in the file, with details of her many athletic achievements. -
Theodor Bugge Zahl papers, 1891-1921
Papers of a Norwegian farmer consisting of correspondence and a poem regarding Norway's relations with England, France, and Germany. -
Solveig Zempel collection of America letters, undated
Photocopies of 1,274 America letters collected in preparation for her book In their own works: letters from Norwegian immigrants, published in 1991 by the University of Minnesota Press in cooperation with NAHA. The letters were collected from NAHA, Minnesota Historical Society, many private collections, and "more that a thousand letters" were collected in Norwegian archive in 1984. Zempel selected letters from nine immigrants which she translated and edited.
In some cases, letters from the donor, translations, and related materials are included. Box 7 includes a computer print-out (285 p.) which gives for each letter: number, archive, sender, place from, date, receiver, place to, subjects, evaluation, language, remarks. Also, a subject index.
Items are indexed in the Rokke Name Index.