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Lerstad family history, 1978
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Lester G. Lindley history, 1984
"To Fulfill this Mission: A History of Kendall College, 1934-1984," by a teacher at Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois, to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Originally a two-year college called Evanston Collegiate Institute, it changed its name to Kendall in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1974. Kendall received its property from the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Theological Seminary and the Norwegian-Danish Theological Seminary.
Includes "To Fulfill this Mission: A History of Kendall College, 1934-1984" by Lester G. Lindley (78 pages), correspondence, a photo of the building, tracings from the Sanford Fire Insurance Maps of 1889 and 1920, a map of Evanston in 1986 showing the building, and a newspaper clipping, "Metodistenes nye skole" (9-20-1934). -
Lester Thomas Nilson family history, 2007
Austevoll Saga: Jacobson-Baardsen Reflections. Their Homeland, Their Ancestors, and Their Descendants. -
Lester Welhaven Hansen autobiography and family papers, circa 1955
Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II, investments in farm and city property, travels, and retirement to St. Petersburg, Florida. The short manuscript by Hansen has the title "The Viking Race." He is the author of the Anderson Krogh Genealogy, 1956. Also includes family papers.
Includes:- Typescript of Autobiography of Lester W. Hansen (1965). Includes photographs
- Hansen manuscripts "The Viking Race," "My Most Unforgettable Character," and "The Meditations and Dreams of a Genealogist."
- Lewis A. Larson (Hansen's father) Biography, diary, Civil War letters (1864-1965)
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Letter book, 1834-1888
Transcriptions of Norway letters dealing largely with spiritual matters. Names which appear are Elling Eielsen, Jens Johnsen, Niels C. Haugene, Ole Olsen Oterholt, and Inger L. Flood. Cover says: "Coppie af Breve, 1843 den 28 Juni" -
Letter from Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1904
Three page letter from John A. McCall, President of New York Life Insurance Co., Grand Forks Branch Office., to his brother, containing information regarding purchase of land. Reference is made to Jacob J. Stampen, designer and superintendent of Babson Brothers cream separator company.
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Letters from Betsy Larson, 1977
The following notes were compiled by John E. Bye, Fargo, N.D., March 2013: Author Beryl Ebersviller Toftley appears to have used the immigrant letter format to tell the story of her grandmother, Norwegian immigrant, Betsy Larson and her family who lived in North Dakota and Minnesota. No publication date is given with Letters From Betsy typescriptbut it had to be done before 1977 when Toftley died. A copy was acquired by Connie Lillehoff of Fargo, although she does not recall when or how sheacquired the copy; it may have been an online purchase. BetsyEngebretsdatter was born July 6, 1862, according to church records, in theparish of Nes, Norway. Her parents were Engebret Larsen and KristianaLarsdatter and were living on the Folberg farm at the time of her birth. OnJune 18, 1880, Betsy and brother Edon were found in the Oslo emigrationrecords leaving for America with their destination listed as Elgin, Illinois.Edon and Betsy make their way to Northwood, N.D., where he homesteads northwest of Northwood and receives title to his land in 1888. Betsy married Frank George Smith on Sept. 4, 1887 according to Grand Forks County marriage license. By 1900 the family is living in Dickey County, N.D.(Porter Township) and there are six children listed (Della, Nora, Clarence, Florence, Marion and Dorothy. The family later moves to Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Betsy died on July 11, 1936 and is buried at the Vergas City Cemetery. -
Letters from Ole Rocksvold, 2017
Letters from Ole Rocksvold. Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company. 492 page bound volume of the life, letters, and family history of Ole Rocksvold, born 1832 at Roksvold(en) farm, Vestre Toten, Norway and immigrated in 1853 to US through Quebec, Canada, then Wisconsin, and finally to Glenwood, IA. Served in the US Civil War and was a captured prisoner of war at Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing, TN. He was released from prison, then also served at the battle of Vicksburg, MS. After he was mustered out in 1864, he married Anne Gulbrandsdatter (Gilbertson) Strandbakken (b. 1839 at Strandbakken farm, Handeland, Norway) in Decorah, IA. Ole was Postmaster of the Thoten Post Office for 25 years and a founder of the Glenwood Lutheran Church. He died in 1922. Also included in collection is companion CD. -
Leum family history, 1979
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Lew Linde article, 2003
Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl, Minnesota's judicial pioneer. A paper "presented at the NAHA International Conference, Bergen, Norway, June 25-28, 2003."; Amdahl was born in Mabel, Fillmore co., Minn. January 23, 1919. His father's parents had emigrated from Sand, Rogaland, in 1895. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1946, receiving his J.D. in 1951. He first worked as an assistant county attorney in Hennepin county, and for the county commissioners. In 1961 he was appointed judge of the Minneapolis Municipal Court; in 1962 as judge of the Fourth Judicial District. July 1980 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court; in December 1981 Chief Justice. He retired in January 1989. "He was the main innovator and force behind many positive improvements in Minnesota's legal system." Partly based on personal interview.; The author is a first cousin of Amdahl, and a lawyer.