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• Olai O. Bergh autobiography, 1929-1993

  Autobiography of a Norwegian-born Lutheran pastor and farmer, Volga, South Dakota, 1884-1919. Translated by his son, John E. Bergh, Volga, 1954. A reprint with much additional information added to St. Olaf Library, 1994. Also includes: "Three Generations-descendants of Rev. Ole A. Bergh" [father to Olai O. Berg] by Dorothy Steinberg (30 pages typescript, 1993).
• Betty Bergland article, 2003

  Faculty member at Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls, Bergland presented her paper, "Norwegian Immigrants, Wisconsin Tribes and the Bethany Indian Mission in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 1883-1955" (37 typescript pages) at the NAHA-Norge, 2003.
• Bob Selmer Bergland papers, 1978

  A brochure, prepared by Halvor Nordbø, welcoming the Berglands to Telemark, Norway. Includes information about Bergland's Norwegian ancestry and about the Bergland farmstead in Telemark. Bergland, a former Minnesota congressman, was Secretary of Agriculture at this time.
  
• Oral History

  Edna G. Bergsgaard interview, 1995 August 23

  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Terje Joranger interviews Edna Bergsgaard of Spring Grove, Minnesota. Edna tells about her early childhood and family life and history, as well as her relationship to the Norwegian language. She narrates her marriage and details some stories from her early married life, and tells about her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She talks about the Sons of Norway Syttende Mai celebrations in detail and gives a brief account of her feelings on politics, as well as her impressions of religion as a child. They finish with Edna’s thoughts on the meaning of being a Norwegian-American.
  
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  Bergsgaard, Edna G. (1918-2004)

  Edna Bergsgaard was born December 13th, 1918, in Spring Grove, Minnesota, to Julia and Edwin Goodno. She grew up in Iowa, just over the Minnesota border, on a farm with her grandfather, mother, and younger cousin. Edna began working at a young age, and in 1940 she married Palmer Bergsgaard, with whom she had seven children. Edna was involved in her Lutheran church and in the Sons of Norway, and when she died December 5th, 2004 she had already seen the births of many great-grandchildren.

• John Bergstrom diary, 1876

  Handwritten diary in Norwegian telling the story of the John Bergstrom family migration to Wisconsin.
• Hans and Anna Skinvik family history, 2003

  Hans and Anna Skinvik: From Norway to Wisconsin (2003). Family settled in Minong/Frog Creek (1891-1913) and Oak Grove Township(1914-1925).
• Olaf Bernts papers, 1828-1966

  Papers (chiefly personal) of a Norwegian-born attorney who came to the United States in 1907 and began service with the Norwegian Consulate in Chicago in 1909. He was appointed Consul General in 1920 and held that post until his death in 1936. In 1931 he was decorated by the King of Norway with the Royal Order of St. Olaf.
  
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  • Scrapbook, includes many articles and photographs of various royal families of Europe. (dates unknown)
  • Correspondence, Eldrid and Norma Bernts (daughters), 1926-1966
  • Correspondence, Mrs. Nora Petersen Bernts, 1935-1963
  • Photographs. Includes photo of Bernts presenting Jane Addams with the Nobel Peace Prize (1931).
  • Newspaper clippings from both English and Norwegian papers (mostly Norwegian), for the most part articles which reference to Bernts, 1913-1935
  • Correspondence, some in English, some in Norwegian. Includes birth certificate of Bernts' daughter Eldrid Martha Bernts, 1904-1955
  • Documents, pertaining to Bernts' education and appointment. Includes diplomas; certificate declaring Bernts' Vice Consulship (1916); a Membership List of the Consular Corps of Chicago (1931); document awarding the order of St. Olaf to Bernts (1931).
  • Personal Documents, 1828-1871
• Jacob Amundson Berven papers, 1911-1927

  Clippings, consisting of an account of an emigrant journey in 1872 from Bergen to Lee County, Illinois; poems and memorial tributes to friends, most of which were published in "Visergutten" and in "Lutheraneren". Berven, a native of Hardanger, moved from Illinois to Radcliffe, Iowa, in 1882, where he was a farmer. Part of his written work was compiled in "Reisebreve og Digte," Radcliffe, Iowa, 1916.
• Arnold Berwick writings, 1993-2001

  A Nowegian-American author living in California who stories center in Norway.
  
  Includes: photocopy from "Reader's Digest (May 1993) "The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time." The story tells about the author spending the summer of his 10th year in Norway with his grandfather, Jørgen. Berwick returned to Norway with his family 34 years later and was able to re-connect with a grandfather who had been gone for decades. A DVD produced by Norwegian TV-NRK (1997); "Eric of Bjørndal" (spiral bound, 293 pages. 2001). A historical novel set in the early 1500s in Norway; "Who Was Uncle Ole? The Life and Times of Ole Nelson (1864-1945)" compiled by Berwick. A traditional family picnic called the "Uncle Ole picnic" got the young people asking "Who was Uncle Ole?" The author's mother, a niece of Uncle Ole, decided to find answers about this Norwegian immigrant who ended up in Santa Barbara, California. Using transcripts from interviews in the 1970s, the author was able to learn about the group of friends from Stranda, Ansok and Overå, Norway who were able to buy adjoining parcels of land in Santa Barbara and start new lives; "The Search for Clary Downer" a play (spiral bound, 287 pages).
• Anton Beutlich papers, 1980

  Biographical notes and other data about an immigrant from Stavanger who came to Chicago in 1887 and became a commercial portrait artist, working with other Chicago artists. Together with his wife, Emilie Pederen Beutlich, he exhibited at the Chicago Norske Klub. Also information about a relative Anna (Schiotz) Nygaard, who also exhibited at the Klub.