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"Reflection on Our Times: The Art of Lloyd Herfindahl," a catalog giving information about exhibits at the Minnesota State Capitol and at the St. Louis County Heritage Arts Center in Duluth. Herfindahl is an artist from Albert Lea, Minnesota, where many of his murals are located. He has exhibited in London, Paris, and Monte Carlo, and is the recipient of several European awards.
Papers of a native of Urland parish, Leon township, Goodhue county, Minn., who graduated from St. Olaf college and received a PH. D. from the University of Wisconsin for his dissertation on Rasmus B. Anderson, which was published by the NAHA in 1966. He taught Norwegian at St. Olaf from 1954 until retirement, and served as executive secretary of the Association from 1959 to 1999.
A continuing file for newspaper clippings and other materials which describe specific communities where Norwegians settled. References to similar accounts found in other collections are added as they are identified.
A church register that lists members, officers, etc. of the Square Norsk Baptist Menighet. The minutes from 1908 to 1918 are in Norwegian. The file includes six pages of photocopied material concerning the church.
Copies of newspaper articles which relate the story of a successful search for ancestors in Naustdahl, Sunnfjord, by a woman whose adoption papers indicated a Norwegian background.
A detailed daily journal kept by Lois Rand while her spouse, Sidney Anders Rand, served as the U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1980–1981. She writes, “I was sure we would want to remember the process and the people involved if Sidney’s appointment actually came to pass, and I was equally sure we wouldn’t unless we had some help. So I began making notes of people, events, and anything noteworthy so we could remember.”
Also includes clippings and notes on the visit King Olav V in 1982.