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Sven Olsen Braaten poems and articles, 1883-1912
Poems by a Norwegian born Lutheran clergyman, Thompson, North Dakota. From Rolvaag Library Vault. Many of the poems are for/about specific occasions.
Poems (1883-1904) and Articles (1912). 18 items, typescript. Added Nov. 1994: Article, "Et tilbageblik paa de kirkelige pioneerdage I dan nordlige part af Red Riverdalen," published in Fram, June 6, 1912. From C.G.O Hansen clipping collection. (The newspaper also includes an article about the H.N. Hauge monument at Concordia College, Moorhead; an article about "Moorhead kreds" by J.M.O. Ness; and an article "Fra Bethesda-missionen I Brooklyn, N.Y." by J. Haldorsen.) -
Josephine Brack papers, 1907-1987
Papers of a St. Paul woman who was a leader in Norwegian-American organizations, especially in the Norse-American Centennial Celebration in 1925, the Norse-American Centennial Daughters of St. Paul, and the Minnesota Leif Erickson Monument Association. She held offices in all of these organizations and continued to sponsor an annual Leif Erickson celebration after the monument had been erected in 1949. She was also an officer in the group which administered Lyngblomsten Home for the Aged in St. Paul. The papers include some of these records. The above papers were donated by Mrs. Brack's daugher, Ione Kadden, St. Paul. A collection of the records of the Norse American Daughters of St. Paul was donated by Mrs. Brack earlier and has been cataloged separately.
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Nils Brandt papers, 1907-2003
Memoirs (1907) and Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman who emigrated in 1851 to a pastorate near Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The memoirs deal largely with his travels as a home missionary in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Brandt was the first Norwegian pastor to preach west of the Mississippi River.
Inlcudes:- Clippings (1923-1970).
- 2003 copy (translated by Walther I. Brandt). Topics covered: sailing for America aboard "The Incognito"(p2); arrival at Muskego (p2); sister and husband, Ivar Ringestad (p3-4); first Norwegian-American wedding in Winneshiek County (p6); organization of the Scandinavian Press Association (p10, 18); encounters a rattlesnake (p12); Anna Ringestad (p13); corduroy roads (p17); preaching against slavery (p18); Native Americans near Manitowoc (p19); cholera (p19); Captain Johan Gasmann (p20); missionary journey to Goodhue County, Minn. in 1855. Mentions: first Norwegian-American Wedding, Talla brothers, and "German Grove" later known as "Valley Grove" (p21); and new parsonage for Rev. Koren, Decorah, Iowa (p23).
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R.O. Brandt papers, circa 1824-1929
Biography/History:
Realf Ottesen Brandt was born near Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, Wisconsin in 1859. His father, Nils Olsen Brandt, was born in Slidre, Valdres, Norway. His Mother, Diderikke Ottesen Brandt, was born in Sande Parish, Norway. Nils Brandt was President of Luther College. Realf Brandt graduated from Luther College in 1877, and Luther Seminary in Madison, Wisconsin in 1883.Realf Ottesen was ordained in 1883 by Rev. U.V. Koren. Throughout his 44 years in Lutheran ministry, he served Deuel County, South Dakota, and McFarland, Wisconsin. Beginning in 1906, he was one of the first editors of the Lutheran Herald. Realf Brandt married Thalette “Lettie” Mathilde Galby in 1880.
Scope and Content:
The R.O. Brandt papers consist of various notebooks he kept from 1876-1900, copy books of letters he wrote from 1887-1901, letters from 1906-1907, and a scrapbook created by Lettie Brandt called “Reminiscences of Seventeen Years in the West as a Pastor's Wife” that includes photographs. Also includes letters and documents of Diderikke Brandt. -
Branstead family history, 1866-
Branstead Family: Norway to America In 1866, Lars Jonson Branstad, a single man from the fyords of western Norway left his parents, sisters and brothers, to cross the Atlantic for Chicago. He was a skilled carpenter. A strong Norwegian community and the Lutheran church welcomed him. Elizabeth Branstead is a third generation Norwegian American who regales with photos and stories of Vikings, immigration, and new life in Chicago and California. 175 pages, photos, maps, charts, text. -
Karl Braud diary, 1896-1907
Karl Braud's diary written from 1896 to 1907 on his travels back to Byberg, Thimes, Norway, and back to the United States. Also includes a transcription and translation of the diary. -
Adolf Bredesen papers, 1920-1923
Contents
Articles of a Norwegian-born clergyman.
- "Mod Bennett-Loven, vidnesbyrd og grunde," 8 pages, no date.
- The Bennett-Law, passed in 1889, required school attendance of children from 7 to 14 years of age in Wisconsin. The stipulation that instruction be in English was opposed by supporters of the parochial schools.
- "Slaveristriden i ny belysning" (offprint from "Teologisk tidsskrift," January 1905), 34 pages. Article on Herman Amberg Preus (Decorah Posten, March 20, 1920 reprint of an article which appeared in "Symra," volume 6, 1910, pages 114-125).
- Three obituaries.
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Amy R. Breish pamphlet, 1993
I am the Good Shepherd tells of the Norwegian-American artist, Sara Kirkeberg Raugland (1862-1960). The account emphasizes her altar painting "I am the Good Shepherd," originally in the York Lutheran Church, Blanchardville, Wisconsin, but now located in its successor, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, New Glarus, Wisconsin. Raugland was born near Gunder, Clayton County, Iowa, to parents who emigrated from Valdres. She studied art in Minneapolis and in 1891 married Carl Raugland who ran a music store and composed and published music. Sara Raugland is reputed to have made between 200 and 300 altar pieces. She ceased painting after the death of her husband in 1918. The painting under special treatment is a copy of one done by Bernhard Plockurst (1825-1907). The collection includes related newspaper clippings, For three songs by Carl Raugland see P 558, box 2. -
Sjur J.Brekke sermon notes, 1904-1908
An unpaged book of handwritten sermon notes by a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, who at the time was serving churches at Sacred Heart, Minnesota. -
Kristine Brevik clippings, 1968
A pamphlet "Silver Mountain," a fairy tale by Kristine Brevik, illustrated by Odd Nesse, published as a supplement to the Chicago Tribune, 14 January 1968, and a clipping from Vinland Describing the work.
In the NAHA Collection of the St. Olaf Library is a book, "Search for Silver Mountain" by Kristine Brevik, given by the author, 1979.