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  Andrew A. Veblen papers, 1902-1964

  The papers consist mostly of manuscript material (data, research notes, genealogical information) for Veblen's "The Valdris Book" (1920), and of World War I military service records of natives of Valdres, Norway. Among the papers are Simle and Ruste genealogies; a family sketch written in the Valdres dialect by Sam Thompson; a description of the journey from Valdres to Whalen, Minnesota, by E. A. Hjelde; letters from Nils Brandt, Juul Dieserud, Nils Flaten, J. C. M. Hanson, and Ole Juul; and a memorial statement by Dr. Laur. Larsen about G. O. Rustad, supervisor of construction operations of the first Luther College building. Veblen was a professor of physics, first president of the Valdres "bygdelag" and first editor of its magazine, and first president of the Common Council of the "bygdelags." NB: See Minnesota Historical Society, Veblen papers, 1876-1933 (5 boxes, including 44 vols. & 20 additional vols.
• Andrew and Josephine Johnson family history, undated

  "Descendants of Andrw Ludwig Johnson and Josephine Gunderson Johnson" by Lloyd O. Johnson and Everett J. Warwick
• Andrew and Sarah Johsnon family history, undated

  "Andrew and Sarah Johnson...A Family Histoy" by Hans and Ellen Running
• Andrew B. Moe biography, undated

  By a Norwegian-born pioneer concerning his father, Iver B. Moe, founder of Poulsbo, Washington, and its first postmaster. Moe emigrated from Fredrikestad in 1880 to Minnesota; in 1882 to Seattle. The biography deals also with the trip across the mountains from Miles City, Montana, to Seattle, and with logging in Washington.
  
  Content:
  Andrew B. Moe Article: "Journey to Seattle Pioneering" (n.d.)
• Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland report, 1975

  Report entitled "The Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Professorship in Norwegian Studies, University of Chicago, 1975" covering the history of the establishment of the Wigeland Professorship. The idea originated with The Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Culture, Inc. in 1955, and was revitalized by the University of Oslo, 1961. The Wigeland gift of $300,000 made possible a Chair of Norwegian Studies at the University of Chicago in 1975. The report was compiled from newspaper stories in "Vinland," a Norwegian newspaper in Chicago. See also Wigeland Papers, P1120.
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  Andrew Ellsworth and George Norman Wigeland papers, 1857-1972

  An extensive collection was received in 1980 of the papers of the Wigeland brothers who lived in Chicago. Their papers include also those of their grandfather, great-uncle, their father and their aunt. The grandfather of the brothers was George A. Wigeland (1823-1885), who emigrated from Norway in 1843. His brother Arents Wigeland (1812-1862) also came to America and settled on a farm near Racine, Wisconsin. This farm was passed on to his daughter, Mary Wigeland Johnson, and became known as the Johnson pioneer farm. Amanda Johnson, a daughter of Mary, came under the guardianship of the Wigeland brothers. Various papers for all of these members of the family are in the file.
  
  The father of the Wigeland brothers, Andrew Wigeland (1864-1906), entrusted his motherless sons to the guardianship of his sister Marn Wigeland (1859-1939). Her warm relationship to the brothers endured throughout her lifetime. Both brothers were graduates of the University of Chicago and were prominent in Norwegian-American activity in Chicago. Andrew (Vice President of the City National Bank of Chicago) had a distinguished career in banking and investments. He taught at Northwestern University and appeared at seminars on banking topics at many Mid-western banking associations. Norman ran an advertising agency. Both became very wealthy and were generous in their support of Norwegian and Norwegian-American interests in the United States. For their efforts on behalf of American Relief for Norway each of the brothers received the "Frihetskors" from King Haakon in 1947.
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  Andrew Fossum papers, 1887-1941

  Biography/History: 
  Andrew Fossum was born in Allamakee County, Iowa. He attended Luther College from 1876-1882 and again in 1884. He continued his education at Johns Hopkins University where he received his Doctor of Philosophy. Fossum’s scholarly journeys to Greece led him to work alongside notable African-American Archaeologist Wesley Gilbert at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in the early 1890s. Fossum taught at Concordia College and St. Olaf College in Minnesota and was the author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918) and of articles on the theater in ancient Greece. 

  Scope and Content: 
  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and records of a teacher, author, Greek scholar, and archeologist. Correspondents include George O. Berg, Gisle Bothne, Albert E. Egge, O. G. Felland, J. F. Fries, Hjalmar R. Holand, Olaf Huseby, Th. N. Mohn, Anna Mohn (Mrs. Th. N.), Knute Nelson, George A. Torrison, Andrew A. Veblen, and H. T. Ytterboe.

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  Andrew Furuseth papers, 1874-2004

  Biography/History: 
  Andrew Furuseth (March 17, 1854–January 22, 1938) was a Norwegian-born merchant seaman who became one of the most influential American labor leaders in maritime history. Born Anders Andreassen Nilsen in Åsbygda, Hedmark, Norway, he experienced poverty early and went to sea in 1873, sailing under several national flags before settling in San Francisco in 1880. Joining the Coast Seamen’s Union in 1885, he quickly rose to leadership and, in 1891, helped merge unions to form the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, which he led for decades. Furuseth also played a central role in building national maritime labor organizations, serving multiple terms as president of the International Seamen’s Union of America. Known in later life as “the Old Viking,” he was tireless in advocating for sailors’ rights, though his legacy also includes his participation in the founding of the Asiatic Exclusion League in 1905.

  Furuseth’s greatest impact came through his success in securing landmark legislative reforms that transformed life at sea. He was instrumental in ending corporal punishment and imprisonment for desertion through the Maguire Act of 1895 and the White Act of 1898, and he was the principal architect of the Seamen’s Act of 1915, widely hailed as the “Magna Carta of the Sea,” which regulated hours, wages, safety standards, food quality, and crew qualifications aboard American vessels. He later supported the Jones Act of 1920, shaping sailors’ compensation rights and domestic shipping policy. Despite setbacks during the post–World War I downturn and internal union conflicts, Furuseth remained a respected moral force in labor circles. When he died in 1938, he became the first labor leader to lie in repose at the U.S. Department of Labor; honoring his final wish, his ashes were scattered at sea, a fitting tribute to a man who devoted his life to the dignity and welfare of seafarers.

  Scope and Content: 
  Papers of a Norwegian-born labor leader and author of pamphlets and articles in professional and technical journals. The collection includes pamphlets, correspondence, reports, congressional records, and more. Furuseth's constant agitation for improved status of seamen resulted in the passage of several laws, including La Follette's Seamen's Act of 1915. He was president of the International Seamen's Union of America, 1908-1938, and has been called the "Abraham Lincoln of the Sea."

  
  
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• Andrew Gullixson papers, 1891-1959

  Papers of a physician at Albert Lea, Minnesota, who attended Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.
  
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  • Letters written to Gullixson while he was a student at Luther College, and after he was established as a physician at Albert Lea, Minnesota (1891-1920).
    • Correspondents are: J. E. Granrud, W. Sihler, Ludvig Hektoen, T. A. Rossing (his uncle), and S. Sondreson of Lillesand, Norway. Also a group photograph taken at Luther College c.1897; identified in the photograph are: Erling Bolhue, Alfred Marlehus, O. K. Omlie, Eli Lewison, G. B. Wollan, Andy Gullixson, Jake Stub, E. A. Boyd.
  • Speeches and clippings of T. F. Gullixson (brother of Andrew), President of Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota (1941-1959, n.d.).
• Andrew I. Snesrud papers, 1895-1946

  Snesrud was born at Rodenes, Ostfold fylke, and emigrated with his mother, brother and his sister's family in 1869 to join a brother Christian who emigrated in 1868. The family first settled in Goodhue co., Minn., and Snesrud married the daughter of pastor Olai O Bergh. After living some years near Webster, Rice co., Andrew moved to a farm east of Kasson, Dodge, co.