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Knutson family history, undated
Knutson family record. -
Koefoed family papers, circa 1900-1966
Letters, documents, and photographs related to the Koefoed family in the United States. Organized by Henning Koefoed who was interested in family history and the American branch of the Koefoeds. An English family history was created in collaboration with Olivia Peterson of Starbuck, Minnesota.
Included in the collection are:
- Henning Koefoeds draft of the family book with a brief outline of the American branch;
- Records regarding Hans Oluf Koefoed
- Records regarding Magnus Martinius Koefoed
- Records regarding Hansine Koefoed (Peterson)
- Records regarding Hilma Koefoed (Wollan)
- Records regarding Lauritz Marius Koefoed
- Records regarding Johan Christian Gerhard Koefoed
- Records regarding Eilert Koefoed
- Photographs and clippings of the Koefoed family reunion in Minnesota, 1955
- Photographs and pamhlets from Glenwood and Pope County, Minnesota
- Builders of Pope County
- The Secretary's Record of the First 50 Years of the Indherred Congregation
- Glenwood Lutheran Church (1880-1955)
- Indherred Menigheds Historie, 1870-1920
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Kolbrennar-Aetta family history, 1964
Includes pamphlets Goplerud: En gammel aettegard Hedalen, Valdres and Kolbrennar-Aetta og 100-ars-jubileet for Elling Goplerud av statsstipendiat Knut Hermundstad. Both in Norwegian. -
Koller family history, undated
No description available.
Formerly part of P539. -
Kolsrud family history, undated
"Kolsrud Slekta" -
Kolstad family pamphlet, 1978
Kolstad Jewelers, 1853-1979, an illustrated booklet issued as a memento of the 125th anniversary of the oldest retail store in Texas. Members of the Kolstad family have operated this business for five generations and have been community leaders in Palestine, Texas.
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Komelelag papers, circa 1924
History of the Bygdelag:
Papers of "bygd" societies and their Common Council ("Bygdelagenes Fellesraad"), clippings, constitutions, correspondence, minutes and financial records, pamphlets, pictures, programs, and reports, dealing with conventions, officers, special projects, and the Norse-American Centennial of 1925. The bygdelag, organized around the turn of the century, are societies based on regional origins in Norway. They were active in the Eidsvoll Centennial in 1914 and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. While activity dropped off after the beginning of World War II, a revival began in the 1980s as a result of renewal of ethnic interest, and with emphasis on family history. Odd S. Lovoll's "A Folk Epic; The Bygdelag in America" (NAHA, 1975), which includes a. bibliography of lag publications.Papers of the various "bygdelag," "social organizations of (Americans) from the same homeland district, usually rural" which began in 1899 with the organization of the Valdres Samband. About fifty other lag with national-wide appeal were formed, as well as many others which were more local. They held annual "stevner" (meetings) and many published periodicals, yearbooks, or monographs which often contained extensive genealogical materials. A decline came after World War II, with a revival in the 1970s particularly through renewed emphasis on genealogical research.
A Council of Bygdelags (Bygdelagenes Faellesraad) coordinates activities of the groups. They were very active in the Eidsvoll centennial celebrations in 1914, and the Norse-American Centennial in 1925. Holdings for the various lag vary, but usually include clippings of newspaper articles about their meetings, correspondence, programs, and copies of their publications, duplicates of library holdings, in the periodical and book collections (monographs and annuals included in the latter). In some cases regional associations are included with the national groups, and in others separate groups which later merged are included under the merged name.
Oversized lag photographs and panoramas are located within the Photograph Collection (P0655). -
Kongsli/Kinsley and Sørli/Sorlie family records, 1879
Includes 1879 purchase contract for a parcel of land in Christiania sold by Julius Kongsli, a 1878 document form the minister at Skedsmo Church stating that Bergitte Larsdatter has been baptized, confirmed and vaccinated at Skedsmo and had moved to Christiania, and a 1879 document from a Notary Public verifying that widowed carpenter Peter Julius Kongslie and Miss Bergitte Larsdatter Sørli,members of the Methodist Church at Kampen are to be married according to the dissenter law of 1845. One of the witnesses was Ole Sørli, likely the brother of Bergitte. All documents translated. -
Konrad Birkhaug volumes, 1946
Birkhaug, born in Bergen, emigrated in 1912; graduate of Johns Hopkins University in medicine; joined the faculty of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, to which he returned in 1945 after a period at Chr. Michelsens Institut in Bergen; Resident of Bergen, 1970.
Includes three volumes of typescript of Birkhaug's translation of his book entitled "Telavag [Televaag]: Fiskevaeret som tyskerne slettet ut i 1942" (Oslo, 1946). Title of translation is "Tela Bay: The Norwegian Fishing Village Destryed by the Germans." Tela Bay, located on an island near Bergen, was an important center of traffic with England during World War II. -
Kontakt (Norsk ungdomsklubb i Minneapolis, Inc.) records, 1956-2021
Kontakt was started by immigrants from Norway who came to the Midwest after World War II, as a way to keep in touch while learning the English language and customs of the United States. Also known as Norsk ungdomsklubb i Minneapolis, Inc., the purpose of the club was to gather members in sociable get-togethers, athletic activities, competitions and work together with other Norwegian clubs to promote Norwegian culture.