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Papers of a Norwegian-American author of mystery novels, some of which have Minnesota settings. The file consists mainly of manuscripts, working papers, correspondence, and clippings.
Includes:
"Minnesota Quarterly." Includes: essay by Kenneth Seeley, "Vinegar and Gall" (1925) & "Old People" a story by Mabel Hodnefield; dust cover for "Woman of Property" a novel.
A manuscript article concerning Methodist missionaries in Utah. Note: Sophie O. Peterson went from Nicollet county, Minnesota as a missionary teacher in Utah. There she married Peter Melby, from Norway, another missionary. She died in childbirth, September 1890, and her widower asked to be sent to Washington State. Mrs. Hill describes locating her aunt's grave.
Content: Mabel Peterson Hill Article: Methodist Missionary in Utah. n.d.
Newspaper clippings and articles compiled regarding the work of the Norwegian Missionary Society, an off-shoot of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, at its mission in Madagascar.
"Feminists and Church Leaders: Norwegian-American Women in Transition, 1850-1920," a report submitted to the American Studies Committee at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
The writer is a grand-daughter of Peter Norbeck, who served in the United States Senate from South Dakota
An account in the "Minneapolis Star" of a Norwegian-born teacher and political activist. She and her husband founded the Hawkins Foundation which has supported leftist-oriented projects.
Letters by a Goodhue County, Minnesota, farmer to his fiancée regarding her ticket to America and to his parents about farm produce and prices. Mads emigrated from Stjørdal (Nord-Trøndelag) in 1870. His fiancée (Olia Guttormsdatter Kirkeby) emigrated from Meraaker and they were married at Gol Church, May 4, 1873. Later moved to Valley Grove community, 6 miles southwest of Northfield, MN.
A proclamation of the Governor of South Dakota, William Janklow, naming December 10, 1982, as Magda Fossum Paulson Day in honor of her 90th birthday. Magda Paulson, who lived in Webster, South Dakota, was noted for her quilt-making projects on behalf of Lutheran World Relief, Norwegian World Relief, and other charitable organizations.
Photocopies of letters and postcards, most sent from Kristiansund to relatives who emigrated and settled in Michigan. A biography of Christoph Preysz (Danish-American) and a Hendrickson (Kvalvog) family history, relatives of Mrs. Brown, are included. English translations are included.