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Margaret Juleen Munson Lee Erickson memories, 1994-2004
Memories of Margaret Juleen Munson Lee Erickson (1994, with updates thru 2004). Topics covered: telephone party line, quilting, threshing, lefse, harvesting, religion/church, listening to the radio, school, games, berry picking, eggs and candling, taking baths, remedies/sickness, long underwear, reading, ediphone operator, wedding, honeymoon, lutefisk,and Eskimos. Included are several pages of memories of daughter Loretta by others. Obituary: Margaret Juleen Erickson, 91, of Moose Lake died Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Mercy Hospital, Moose Lake. She was born April 25, 1918 in Catawba, Wisconsin to Anton and Josemina (Haugdahl) Munson. Juleen attended high school in Amery, WI and later in St. Paul. Juleen was united in marriage to her first husband, Lorin Lee on October 11, 1941 in St. Paul. They lived in Fargo, St. Paul, Alaska, Richfield and Pine City. Juleen was united in marriage to her second husband, Elmer Erickson on November 27, 1990 in Duluth. Juleen and Elmer lived in Windemere Township."Haugedalen and Pedersen Family History" (ca. 2003), "A Brief Record of the A.T. Munson Family Covering the Years 1904-1923" (ca. 1994). Topics covered: home remedies/accidents, movies, bathing, wedding, pregnancy, scouting, and fruit orchard. Includes letters (1947-1957) from Luther and Lillian Reinertsen, missionaries in South Africa, and "Our Family" by Charles and Clarice Nelson. -
Margrethe Buxton family history, 1980-1989
Copies of articles by a Chicago woman about her Norwegian grandmother, Anne Andersen; about a settlement at Lake Lillian, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; and assorted family related papers.
Includes "Training History: A Practitioner's Perspective," by William Buxton (son); obituaries (1989) and clippings about Buxton; ten short papers by Jennifer Buxton, age 13 (1982) -
Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958
The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago Before the Great Fire (1836-1871). M.A. thesis (Scandinavian Studies), University of Wisconsin, 1958. 157 pp. Contents: --Introduction (Chicago, Norwegian emigration). --Chapter 1: The first Norwegians in Chicago; economic life; religious life; life in Chicago. --Chapter 2: Chicago in 1850; the Norwegian colony in 1850 (population and age, marriage and family, ward distribution, neighbors); church and religion; emigration; economic life; the press; life in Chicago. --Chapter 3: the Norwegian colony in 1850 (as above, minus population and plus literacy); other topics as above, minus emigration; the Norwegian colony in 1870 (as above, plus names, the handicapped, occupations, men and money). --Summary. --Footnotes. --Bibliography. Includes tables for the 1850-1870 censuses giving figures for Norwegian men, Norwegian women, children, occupations, men and money, neighbors. And maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870. -
Mari Lund Wright thesis, 1958
"The Pioneer Norwegian Community in Chicago before the Great Fire (1836-1871)," a University of Wisconsin, Scandinavian Studies Master of Arts thesis, 1958, 157 pages. The study considers the first immigrants, the immigrant's economic, social, and religious life and ward distribution. Includes tables for the 1850 to the 1870 censuses, giving figures for Norwegian men, women, children, occupations, and maps of Chicago in 1839, 1850, 1860, and 1870 -
Maria Oftedahl reminiscences, 1930-1933
Articles and clippings of a Cottonwood, Minnesota, housewife dealing with childhood memories, the "snow winter" of 1880-1881 in Lyon County, and local church history. -
Marie Arnesen Pedersen letter, 1889
Copy and translation of a letter written in Batavia, Illinois, to an uncle in Norway, covering details of daily life. -
Marie Asbjørnsen Hendricksen papers, 1906-1940
Clippings and letters concerning the needlework artistry of a Norwegian-born housewife who emigrated in 1906 and who lived in Superior, Wisconsin. In 1939 some of her work was exhibited on the occasion of the visit of Crown Prince and Princess of Norway. -
Marie Beggren Martin papers, 1880-1920
Biographical information, census and immigration records for Caspar Berggren. Berggren was married in Chicago in 1873 to Christine Mortensen. He remarried in the mid-1880s to Marie Rodikong. Marie Berggren married in 1922 to Awalt Martin (1899-1968). -
Marie Bjornsdatter Hagen family chart, undated
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Marie Johnson Enochson autobiography, 1939
Typescript of an autobiographical sketch. The author recounts her memories of Aadalen, Norway, the journey (1868) to America, and life in the Wild Rice Community, Richland County, North Dakota, located in the Red River Valley.