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Reports (March 7 to March 31, 1962) to Emigranten from the editor, who served briefly as war correspondent for the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, which he had helped recruit. The letters are translated and edited by Clarence A. Clausen. Includes assorted clippings, and a 3-page biographical sketch of Solberg.
Mainly clippings of articles from newspapers and periodicals about a Norwegian-born poet and historian who became a much esteemed professor of history at the University of Wyoming. The file includes several photographs, including one of the bronze plaque erected in her memory at the University of Wyoming. Among the tributes is one by Knut J. Norstog.
Correspondence, documents, and manuscripts of an emigrant from Vega, Helgeland, who came to Canton, South Dakota, in 1882. He started out as a farmer but in 1886-1887 attended the seminary at St. Olaf's School in Northfield, Minnesota, and was ordained in 1887. He served parishes in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. He wrote Husandagtsbog, Raad og Vink i Menighetsarbeidet and Haandsrækning i Religionsundervisning, and served as editor of For Gammel og Ung , 1904-1905., and as associate editor of Fram, 1910-1911. The collection contains 40 letters from O. E. Rølvaag to Farseth.
Correspondence, documents, diaries, and other data of an emigrant from Vestre Slidre, Valders, to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1890. He had been trained as a tailor in Norway and worked at this trade for about ten years in Madison. He joined the local tailors' union, helped organize the central body of the AFL, and was a key figure in the Federated Trades Council for twelve years. He also commanded leadership roles in the local church, Sons of Norway, Ygdrasil Literary Society, Valdres Samband, the Leif Erikson Memorial Association, etc.
A journalist, author, and public official, Barton wrote extensively about early Wisconsin pioneers, often in his column in the Madison Capital Times. Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925).
Includes clippings about Barton; a pamphlet of poems, Lincoln Kissed Her and Other Verses (1931); typescript and printed articles about Knud Langeland, the Weborgs of Door County, Martin Tollack, Caroline Osmundsen, Bertol Wernick Suckow, Martha J. Holland, Gunhild Jackson, and East Koshkonong church; and a bibliography of Barton's published writings (1927) and "Norwegian Books Owned" (1925). Added Dec. 15, 2015: The Beginnings of the Norwegian Press in America (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1916)
Copy of a letter announcing the death of the first Norwegian-born American to be appointed to West Point Military Academy. The appointment was from Douglas County, Minnesota, in 1991. His parents had come from Odnes, Sogn. Col. Bugge held many posts in the United States Army. He was Commandant of Cadets at West Point at the time of his death.
"The Centennial Review of Dwight, North Dakota," and "A History of Wild Rice Lutheran Church, Dwight, North Dakota, 1878-1938," both compiled by Lillian Knudsen Quamme.
Copy of a letter from Amund Bjørnevik in Aalesund, Norway, to Langeland who emigrated from Sunnylven, Søndmøre, in 1866, and moved to Hvidby Island, Stanwood, Washington
The official statement by the President of the United States designating October 9 as Leif Erikson Day in recognition of the fact that Leif Erikson discovered the American continent. Proclamations for Ethnic American Day, 1986, and for National Immigrants Day, 1987, are included.