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A trilogy of historical dramas set in the Norwegian-American settlement along the Goose River near Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota. The plays are based on the author's own family history and on that of their neighbors. An article from the Grand Forks Herald about an April, 1991, production at Mayville State University is included.
Copy of a letter to "Dearest Julia," with title added "My Trip Across the Ocean," dated Evanston, February 24, 1915. The letter relates the author's experiences leaving Norway, crossing England, and the journey across the Atlantic on the "Northland."
A pamphlet, To the Slums with Love, by Marie Sandvig and Doris Nye; a copy of the Minneapolis Tribune Picture Magazine, September 4, 1983, which tells the story of how Sandvig, a Norwegian immigrant, opened a Revival Mission in 1940 and brought material help as well as the Gospel to the unfortunate in what was then a Skid Row district. The Marie Sandvig Center moved to Franklin Avenue in 1974.
"Comprehensive Guide to the Manuscript Collection and to the Personal Papers in the University Archives," compiled by Marilyn Priestly. Of special interest are the pages dealing with Norwegian Americans.
Articles by Nelson, and clippings about him. "American woodcarvers from Telemark." Telemark Historie no 8., 1987, pp. 24-53. (photocopy) "Paintings by Minnesota Norwegians 1870 to 1970." The Norseman, March 2000 pp. 13-16 (photocopy); A review of his Three Landsverks: the art of an immigrant family (1990) is in Telemark historie no. 12, pp. 158-159. (library collection). "Luther College pioneer memorial" (by Tarkjel Landsverk), article by Frieda Nowland, Telesoga May 2002. NAHA in 1994 published a book he edited, Material culture and people's art among the Norwegians in America. Added Nov. 6, 2013: "Herbjørn Gausta, Norwegian-American Painter" (offprint of Americana Norvegica Vol. III, Studies in Scandinavian-American Interrelations, 1971).
Pamphlets and handwritten transcriptions of Norwegian verse which were family mementos from Norway. Also pictures and a letter regarding skiing for Asbjorn Knappen, 1924.
Copy of "Den dansksprogede presse i USA," taken from "Pressens Aarbog," Dansk pressehistorisk Selskab, Copenhagen, 1978. "The Danish-language press in America" is a summary of Marzolf's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Michigan, 1972, which was published in 1979 by Arno Press. A copy is in the St. Olaf Library.
A copy of a clipping "En Pionerkvinde," a biographical note about Marit Rodvang, an emigrant from Vestre Slidre, Valdres, written by Abraham Jacobson and published in Decorah Posten, December 13, 1902. A translation is included.