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Gustav Rosseland letters, 1901-1918
Rosseland spent his early years as a sailor, and served with British supply ships to Africa during the Boer War. In 1903 he married Anna Larsen (born April 10, 1879, Kristiansand) and he emigrated (to Stearns, Kentucky) in 1904, where his wife and daughter joined him. A second child was born 1908 at Stearns; a third was born at Ludington, Michigan; a fourth at Castor, Alberta, Canada.
Letters written to Rosseland's sister and to his wife from Stearns, Ludington, and Youngstown, Alberta. An English translation was spoken onto a tape, which is included (no transcription has been made). -
Oscar Lyders clippings, 1967-2002
Articles and obituaries about Lyders and his wife Esther. Lyders was born on a farm near Ellsworth, Iowa. He graduated from Waldorf Academy 1912, and from St. Olaf College in 1916. Inspired by the example of F. M. Christianson, he returned to Waldorf and "founded a second a cappella choir in the U.S." In 1928 he joined the faculty of Midland College (Fremont, Neb.) founding that college's choir. He retired from Midland in 1951 and continued a second career as a representative of Lutheran Brotherhood. He headed the Fremont agency 1944-1959, and worked on his own until he retired in 1974 at the age of 82. -
Richard A. Larson article, 1991
Lost Norwegians of Iroquois county: presented at monthly meeting of Heimskringla April 1, 1991." Larson teaches in the Environmental Studies department, University of Illinois, Urbana. The beginnings: the sloopers. The Illinois connection: Fox Valley and Chicago. The voyage of the Aegir; Ole Rynning. Beaver Creek, 1837-1840. Beaver Creek since 1840. The people of Beaver Creek. Illustrations: The Restoration. Cleng Peerson. A pioneer log cabin, Muskego, Wisconsin, 1840. Map of Norwegian settlements in the Midwest. Map of early settlements in Iroquois county. Iroquois county townships. Wording of the deed copied by Rynning…for True account. The earliest recorded purchasers of land in Beaverville township and the Middleport townships (from Iroquois county original land purchases 1831-1882, by R.D. Moore and V. N. Moore, 1977). "Using county property transfer records, I was able to find some, but only a very few, records of their land purchases in the area. It is probable that most of them were lost when the US government transferred "unsold swampland" to the states in 1850. The first recorded purchasers of the Beaver Creek land are largely French settlers who arrived in the min-1850s." – communication from Larson (May 3, 1996) to Odd S. Lovoll. -
Mary Paulson King memoirs, undated
"Memories of a Prairie Girlhood" in the 1870s and 1880s. See obituary in Rowberg File of Mary's father Andrew E. Paulson (born Christiania 1840, emigrated 1868 to Fillmore co., Minn., homesteaded near Canby, Yellow Medicine co., Minn. In 1878). Vivid pictures of the eldest daughter's life in a family of nine children, of the trip by ox-team to Canby, life in dugout homes, prairie fires, blizzards, school and social life. In 1922 Mrs. King was living in Tigerton, Wisconsin. "Compiled by Ethel M. King in loving memory of her mother. No effort was made to edit or change the original transcript." -
Jens P. Vigdahl papers, 1938-1965
Born at Fortun, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Vigdahl emigrated in 1908 to Viroqua, Vernon county, Wisconsin. He worked first on farms, then as a merchant, and from 1938 had an insurance agency. He was active in municipal and Norwegian-American organizations, serving many years as president of the Sognalag and as chair of the Bygdelagenes Faellesraad. In 1956 awarded St. Olav medal.
Includes correspondence, 1938-1965, mainly with relatives in Norway; manuscript of talk Vigdahl delivered at a Leif Erickson Fest in 1952; manuscript of a speech by Orland S. Loomis at a 1942 "I am an American day" in Viroqua sponsored by Sons of Norway; certificate of service, Lions Club, 1951/52; 4 photographs of 5th District Sons of Norway convention, (Burchett studio, Rockford, Illinois); church choir; men's club. -
Karel Hansen Toll family history, 1937
Information about a presumed Norwegian who settled in the Schenectady region of New York state about 1680. See A.N. Rygg's article in Norwegian-American Studies, v. 14, (1944) pp. 244-248. "No direct proof that Hansen was a Norwegian can be produced. Nothing definite is known of him before he appeared about 1680 in Albany and Schenectady, where he spent the remainder of his life. But the tradition in his family maintains that he was a Norwegian." In 1712 "he bought 38 acres in Maalwyck. Here he made his home and he or his son Daniel built in 1717 a solid house of stone." He "is regarded as the first Norwegian who sat in a lawmaking assembly in America." Photocopy of pp. 231-242 of "Story of the Maalwyck" by Percy M. Van Epps, published by the Town Board of Glenville, N.Y., 1937.; Correspondence (1993) of John Chamberlin about the Toll family with Karel G. Toll and Susan Erickson.; See in the library collection, photocopy of Daniel J. Toll's Narrative embracing the history of two or three of the first settlers and their families in Schenectady. 1847 p. 57. -
Lars A. Stavig autobiography and family history, 1932, 1987
Stavig was born in Fraena, More og Romsdal fylke and married Maren Hustad there. The family emigrated in 1876, first to Pope county, Minn. In 1884 they moved to Day county, South Dakota. After his wife's death in 1908 Lars moved to Sisseton, S. D. His autobiography (37 p., typescript) was written in 1932. Also, included: descendants charts of Lars' and Maren's family, and of Maren's parents. Announcement of a "heritage day" celebrating the 1876 arrival in the U.S. of the family. Aug. 19, 1987 letter of Harold L. Torness about the several branches of the Stavig/Stavick family. Articles of Torness about his father, Ole Torness (who married Anna Stavig). Letters written by Torness while on a 1967 visit to the family farms in Norway. -
Nils Kolle articles, 1983-1984
"Paa sporet etter Bomlo-emigrantar," six articles published in Bomlo-nytt, June 17, 1983-March 23, 1984, tracing emigrants from Bomlo kommune, Hordaland, to the United States. The author visited Story City, Iowa; Norway Lake, Minn,; Valley City, N.D.; Seattle.; 1.Mote med den nye verda.2. Gjensyn med Lars Steinsland. 3. Den gloymde grav. 4. Mostringane ved Norway Lake i Minnesota. 5. Ein Bremmeskoloni i Nord-Dakota (2 parts). 6. Portrett av ein emigrant (Salomon Sortland).; The "Bremmenskoloni" is Litchville, Lamoure, co. N.D. -
Osmund O. Risvold records, 1900-1925
Risvold was born at Sauda, Rogaland, emigrated 1873, graduated from Augsburg Seminary 1882. Served churches at Centuria, Wis., 1882-1919; Norway Lake, Minn. -
Sigurd Styrk Reque articles, 1938
Series of seven articles, "Fra pionertiden of fremover," published in Decorah Posten, Aug. 19-Sept. 23, 1938. Subtitles: 1. Den aeldste norske bosaetning i det nordostre hjorne af Iowa og sydostre hjorne af Minnesota. 2. Nils Brandts forste kirkelige handling i Iowa. Hans forste gudstjeneste i Winneshiek County. Rare stedsnavne. Den forste brudevielse. Da Decorah bestod af ett hus. Det forste kaldsbrev af 1852. 3. Brandts 40,000 mils missionsreirser. Han blir knyttet til Luther College og Decorah. Diderikke Brandt. Ulrik Vilhelm Koren modtar kaldelsen fra Amerika. Fra has studenteraar i Kristiania. Ordination og bryllup med frk. Else Elisabeth Hysing. 4. Lidt om Pastor Korens og hustrus reise til Amerika. Jernbanen gik med 18 mils fart. En spaendende ferd over Mississippi. Ankomsten til Washington Prairie. 5. Korens forste dag paa Washington Prairie. Nybyggernes forste boliger var primitive. Prestefolkene blir kjendt med sine sognebarn. 6. Af praeriens saga. Erick Anderson. Den forste laererinde. Det hjertensgode, afholdte aegetepar "Onkel" Ole og "Tante" Mary Anderson. 7. Springfield menigheds historie. Menighedens prester fra 1852 til idag. Presteseminar i Springfield. Mange velkjendte navne.