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Art Exhibitions, New York, collection, 1924-1948
Copies of exhibition catalogs (1933-1949) of Scandinavian-American artists and of the Norwegian Art and Craft Club and a collection of related newspaper articles (1924-1944).
Includes: articles (1925-32) on the "Scandinavian American Artists" and its 1926 and 1932 exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum. Article (July 29, 1924) about exhibition of Scandinavian art planned for Brooklyn Museum; and articles ("Nordiske Tidende" June 22, June 29, 1944) about exhibition of Norwegian art at Wanamaker's Department Store, New York, opened by Crown Princess Martha. N.B. see also P1254 Norwegian Art and Craft Club. -
Luther College (Canada) catalogues, 1961-1969
Information about an academy and junior college of the American Lutheran Church. The college courses were offered in affiliation with the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. -
Per Lysne clippings, 1939-2004
Biographical information about an immigrant from Ordal, Sogn, who settled in Stoughton, Wisconsin, in 1907. He became well-known for his work in floral painting known as "rosemaling"; information about Knut Mevastual, 1784-1862, Telemark rosemaler (includes many digitally printed photos, 2004). -
SCANPRESENCE conference records, 1973
Records of a 2-day seminar (Scandinavian Presence in America) which was organized as a series of panels on various aspects of Scandinavian life and activity in America, to which more than 60 invited participants contributed. The seminar was sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Northwest European Language and Area Studies, the Department of Scandinavian, and the Scandinavian Airlines. Dr. Marion Nelson of the University of Minnesota was General Chairman.
Twelve files including: background papers; Scandinen Core Group, Bergen, 1972; Avant Propos; participants; survey questionnaire; program; reports; finance; and correspondence. Box Two contains: photos; audio cassettes of sessions; and transcripts -
America letter collections, 1800-1956
Original, typescript, and photocopies of letters written by Norwegian immigrants to relatives, friends, and newspapers in Norway, including letters and articles treating emigration to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Queensland. for a selection of letters independently described, see nos. 239, 289, 332, 361, 365, 429, 430, 474, 653, 669, 725, 743, 768, 814, 835, 1211, 1380, 1432, 1463, 1468. A large portion of the letters were collected by Theodore C. Blegen. Some 300 letters have been collected by Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskrift Institutt in Oslo, Norway. The collection contains an index and is arranged chronologically.
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Aid Society Norden papers, 1886-1992
"Hjelpreforeningen Norden" Established in 1886 in Hudson, Wisconsin, when a group of young Scandinavian men decided to do something to aid one another when sickness and death fell on their numbers. Membership was for men or women of Scandinavian origin between the ages of 16 and 50, in good health, and not engaged in the sale of liquor. They took turns nursing when night aid was needed. Over time, you were allowed to join if you married a Scandinavian. Minutes were kept in Norwegian until 1936. The organization disbanded in 1992.
Includes copy of member roster, 1931-1948. Published in the PIPOST, vol. 20, no. 2, Sept. 2004 (newsletter of the St. Croix Valley Genealogical Society). -
Moum family papers, 1896-2003
Moum Family materials (1896-2003) collected by or created by Stanley G. Moum, including poetry by Erik Olsen Moum (translated by Berit Lindley), Moum and related family genealogies, photographs, and biographical information. Erick Moum (1873-1943) was born on the Moum farm near Soknedal, Trondelag district, Norway. He immigrated with his father in 1890 and worked in Menomonie, WI, for the Stout Lumber Company. He relocated to Santley, WI about 1900.- Moum/Moen/Mohn/Egdahl Family Directory. Printed genealogical booklet with photographs. Includes family of Lauren "Bud" Egdahl, St. Olaf '50, who was involved in transfer of desk on which articles of incoporation were signed. 32 pages,v2003
- Biographical information, family stories, and photographs (c. 1860s-1939). Printed copies of pages from www.myfamily.com: Smoum (password protected). 34 pages. 1999-2002
- Erik Olsen Moum poetry notebook (English). Photocopy of manuscript. 68 pages, 2003
- Erik Olsen Moum poetry notebook, 1896 (English). Typescript. Incomplete. Includes correspondence about translation by Berit Lindley (2003). 24 pages, 1896
- L. F. Haanshus, Geneology of Haanshus-Soelberg (Christiania, Norway, 1913). Photocopy of published genealogy. Includes photocopy of 1968 additions, corrections, and related material. 74 pages. 1913-1968
- "A Detlie Family from Oppdal". Photocopy from an unknown source. Includes genealogical information about Lossius, Hals, Meldal, Bull families. 18 pages. 1913-1968
- Erik Olsen Moum poetry notebook (Norwegian). Manuscript. Includes: several copies of letter to Congressman James A Frear, protesting British interference with Norwegian and American commerce (in English). 75 pages. 1896-1914
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Hegge family documents, 2003
Hegge family documents (photoscan and summary) detailing family bible and the "Mayville" and "Whitehall" documents [retrieved from farm of Hegge, Norway either in 1880 or 1906 and brought to Whitehall, Wisconsin by Nels (Neils) Hegge. Some of the documents were later given to Isaac Hegge of Mayville, North Dakota.
Summary information and photoscans of several documents grouped under "Mayville" documents, including: a deed to Torger Pederson Heggen of a part of the farm of ostre (east) Hegge (1722); Anders Anderson Klocker has purchased the farm of Heggen at public auction (1726); a deed to the farm of Hegge (1727); Klocker paid his debt (1728); at the farm of Kluke in Biri, registered at Melby court on Nov. 17, 1730. Klocker sells farm to Ole Olsen Onsom of Ringsaker parish (1730); Record of payment of dues (rent) (1731); a form letter related to the last will and testament of the former "vaktmester" of the Opland Dragoons regiment Ole Olson Hegge. (1821/31); Last Will and Testiment of Ole Olson Hegge III (1832); a '"foderadsbrev" (retirement agreement) between Ole Baardsen Hegge and wife Oline Nielsdatter on the one hand, and their son-in-law, Frederik Evensen Krageberg, on the other (1833); a small pox vaccination certificate for Even Fredriksen Hegge (1838).
"Whitehall" documents include: letter from the royal viceroy to the following people on the two Hegge farms. It is an evaluation of various farms in Biri. The letter is directed to (Torsten Pedersen Hegge, Marte Olsdatter, Ole Arnesen, and Halvor Olsen Hegge). Note: Ole Olson Onson purchased Hegge in 1730; a froderadsbrev (pension agreement) stems from second husband of Mari Baardsdatter who married Ole Olson Hegge II (possibly the same as one of the "Mayville' documents; a letter from King Frederick the 4th of Norway relating to the crown's sale of ostre (east) Hegge to Klocker (1726); Ole Olsen ostre Hegge's transfer of the farm to his son Ole Olsen and daughter-in-law Mari Baardsdatter (1748); Settlement of the este of Ole Olsen Hegge I and his late wife Eli Pedersdatter. This document provides genealogical information, which is not in the printed Norwegian sources (1767); Baard Olsen ostre Hegge purchases the farm (1782); Baard Olsen Hegge's pension agreement with his mother (1783); Gubir Pedersdatter Simestad had been the ward of Ole Olson Hegge (1765) -
Stephenson-Hanson family contract, 1895
Stephenson-Hanson Family Contracts drawn up in 1895 between Christopher and Karen Stephenson of Wesby, Wisconsin, and their daughter Anna Marie and husband, Bernt Hanson. A Norwegian pension practice continued on American soil.
Contract agreed upon to provide parents $845 for the farm, and agreed to support them for the rest of their lives. Conditions clearly spelled out such as yearly supply of firewood, coffee, and spending money. -
America-America letters, 1862-1998
Original, typescript, and photocopies of letters written by Norwegians immigrants to relatives and friends in America.