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Herman Olaus Fjelde papers, 1870-2000
Miscellaneous records of a physician who was born at Ålesund, Norway, and who received his early education there and at the University of Oslo. He emigrated to the United States in 1889 and attended the medical school at the University of Minnesota, 1890-1895. He began to practice medicine in 1895, first at Martell, Minnesota, and later moved successively to Abercrombie, Fargo, and Rolla, North Dakota. A man of many interests, he worked tirelessly for the preservation of the Norwegian heritage of his countrymen in the New World. He helped establish Det norske selskap and Søndmørelaget and belonged to other Norwegian-American societies. He was instrumental in the erecting of monuments honoring famous Norwegians: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson at North Dakota Agriculture College, Henrik Wergeland at Island Park and Rollo of Normandy (Gange-Rolf), all at Fargo, North Dakota; Ivar Aasen and Hans Nielsen Hauge at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota; and Henrik Ibsen at Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Dr. Fjelde came from a gifted family. His father, Paul Michelet Fjelde, a woodcarver, came to Chicago with his son Oswald in 1870. His brother, Jacob Fjelde (1859-1895) became a well-known sculptor whose works include a statue of Ole Bull in Loring Park and one of Hiawatha and Minnehaha in Minnehaha Park, both in Minneapolis. A sister, Pauline (1861-1923), was a painter and needlework artist, who had studied in France mastering the art of Gobelin tapestry weaving. Her most famous work is a Hiawatha tapestry. More information about the family is scattered throughout the collection, mainly in the scrapbooks. -
Peter Andreas Munch papers, 1855-1985
Records pertaining to the Norwegian-American interests of a sociologist who was born at Nes, Hedmark, and who received his early education in Norway. After graduate study at the Universities of Oslo, Oxford, Halle-Wittenberg and Chicago he received his first Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Oslo. He came to live in the United States in 1948, starting as a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin. He taught at St. Olaf College, 1949-1951, at the University of North Dakota, 1951-1957, and at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1957-1977.
He was also a lecturer and visiting professor at several other American and Scandinavian Universities, and served on the Editorial Board of the Norwegian American Historical Association, 1961-1984. In 1939 he wad been part of a Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha, an island in the South Atlantic. The experience led to his becoming an expert on the island about which he published numerous articles and books, the most famous being "Crisis in Utopia" (1971). In 1970 he and his wife, Helene Munch, published "The Strange American Way," which was based on their traditions of the letters of Caja Munch, his grandmother, and on excerpts from the autobiography of the Rev. J. St. Munch, who served parishes in Wiota, Wisconsin, and in the surrounding area, 1855-1859. P.A. Munch's essay, "Social Class and Acculturation," is part of the book. After Munch's retirement from Southern Illinois University in 1977 he was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science for his contributions to Sociology.
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Esther Gulbrandson papers, 1887-1991
Miscellaneous papers of a teacher of Norwegian at St. Olaf College who was active in promoting Norwegian studies and interest. The bulk of her papers are in the St. Olaf College Archives. The papers here consist of a family history; diaries; the WCAL "Coffee Hour" program; Camp Little Norway; Normanns Forbundet correspondence; sermons of her father, the Reverend Ole Gulbrandsen; photographs; funeral folders and a memorial statement by Lloyd Hustvedt. -
Peder Olsen Langseth histories, 1903, 1917
Langseth was born in Tingvold, Nordmøre, and emigrated in 1887. He was a pastor and teacher at Tacoma, Sioux Falls, rural Princeton, Minnesota (in the area treated by the first history) and Hazard, Nebraska. In addition to these histories he published "Norsk barnehefte," "Telesoga" no. 14 : "Telerne i Santiago og Glendorado i Minnesota" (a supplement to the first history); and "Nils Greve i Amerika: fortælling av Norsk Amerika."- "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
- Translation of pages 50-55 are in Nordmaendenes i Rock County, Wisconsin og nærmeste omegn. Typewritten (on one side of each leaf): 337 leaves, no. leaf 169. No author, place or publisher on the title page.
- "Av Pastor Peder O. Langseth" and "1917" are written in manuscript
- A manuscript map "Rock Prairie Settlement" by C.H.T. is frontispiece.
- Leaf 199 is a manuscript substitution for missing typed leaf which is included in the Tollefsrude History. There are manuscript corrections and additions throughout, and several manuscript pages inserted. The work is credited to Langseth in "Who's who among pastors…"; and to Langseth and Christian H. Tollefsrude in "Litteratur om utvandringen fra Norge til Nord-Amerika" (p. 70). The section ending on leaf 153 is signed "P.V." (i.e. P.L.); the section ending on leaf 189 is signed "P.L." Chapters beginning leaves 54, 190, 204, and 235 are credited to Tollefsrude. Leaves 117-124 are a history (in English) of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Beloit, by John N. Brown (1883-1966) who was a pastor there (1909-1917). 1996: a letter from Dr. J.S. Johnson to C.G.O. Hansen (found in the Hansen clipping file), Dec. 31, 1928, describes planning on this history. Leaves 195-203 contain "æresrullen" (roll of honor): list of men who served in the Civil War, with township, regiment and company mustered in and out, and notes. See Christian H. Tollefsrude History (P1424).
- Both copies should be consulted, since each includes corrections and additional material not found in the other. See that history for copy of letter from Tollefsrude about the book (contents: Rock County, Wis., Jefferson Prairie, Torpekolonien, Rock Prairie, Janesville, Orfordville, Beloit, Brodhead, Sand Prairie og Avon, Albany, Albany by og nedre Albany settlement, Rock Run og Durand, Edgerton).
- "Norske settlementer og menigheder i Sherburne, Benton og Mille Lacs countier, Minnesota, udgivet" af presterne P. Langseth, A. Larsgaard og R.J. Miland. Udgivernes forlag, 1903, 60 p., many photographs. (Anders Larsgaard (1872-1931) served churches in the area (1901-1912); Rasmus J. Meland (1869-1961) served churches there (1900-1903). An English translation (by Julius P. Anderson) of pages 4-26 (photocopy of typescript in Minnesota Historical Society) added 1996.
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Thomas Thomason papers, 1862-1984
Copies of various autobiographical, genealogical, and miscellaneous writings of a carpenter who emigrated from Arendal to Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1861. In 1867 he settled in Stevens County, Minnesota, where he farmed and served in many county offices. He was appointed a first lieutenant in the Minnesota militia in 1870. He visited the Pacific Northwest in 1883 and Norway in 1897. He moved with his family to Sand Point, Idaho, in 1904. Papers consist of clippings of his contributions to newspapers about himself and various members of his family, personal documents, and letters from his family in Norway, including a vivid account of the 1863 fire which destroyed much of Arendal. Thomason interspersed his account with philosophical observations and poetry.
Includes:- "Slægtregister" (Genealogy), 1904
- Sefond journal. (second journal), undated
- Clippings, letters, etc. Includes photograph. Obituary (1913); "A Trip to Spokane Falls in 1883" by Doris Thomason Winslett (1984)
- "Slægtregister" (Genealogy) translation, 1904
- "Erindringer fra Ungdomsaarene" (Memories of My Youth), 1904
- Letters from his father, brother and sister in Norway, 1862-1889
- Second journal, translation, undated
- Newspaper clippings, translation, errata sheet. Includes: "Scraps of early history. Reminiscence of early days. Trails of the first settlers and other interesting bits of recollection from a paper prepared by Thos. Thomason for the Old Settlers" [Morris, Stevens County, MN]; translations regarding life in Morris, MN (1882, 1895); "Kootenai County, Idaho" (1905)
- Thomason's manuscripts. Includes "The Winter of 1896-97 versus 1872-1873" (blizzard) n.d.; "From the Fifties [1850s]; "Ocean Ice"; condensed autobiography covering years from emigration (1861) to move to Sandpoint (1904)
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Albert H. Quie papers, 1862-1982
History/Biography:
Born in Wheeling Township, Minnesota, 1923. Quie graduated from Northfield High School and joined the US Navy during World War II. After returning home, he enrolled and graduated from St. Olaf College. Quie first ran as a write-in candidate for the House of Representatives in 1952 but lost. However, from 1955-78, he served the Minnesota Senate. In 1958 he ran for Congress after August Andresen died. He won and was elected until 1979 when he ran for governor. He ran against incumbent Rudy Perpich and was elected. He served one term and did not seek reelection.
Scope and Content:
Papers of a Norwegian-American politician from Dennison, Minnesota, who served in the Minnesota Senate, 1954-1958, as Congressman from the Minnesota First District, 1958-1978, and as Governor of Minnesota, 1978-1982. Papers include:- Speeches, etc. and Photos
- 'Quie's Quest for a Cane"
- "Gov. Al Quie Scandinavia Today. Metrodome Welcome, September 11, 1982"
- "Gov. Al Quie Farewell Address" (1982); statement concerning political career
- Photographs of Quie in office
- Family photographs
- Book "Politics with Integrity. Al Quie of Minnesota," by Wilfred Bockelman, foreword by Gerald R. Ford.
- Family History
- Nette and Albert Quie tree
- "Slekt-historie, 1638-1962" by O.K. Opsahl (26 p.) and translation
- Finseth, Brandvold, Ulsaker, Tryhus family tree, by Knute A. Finseth, 1933
- Rice County History excerpt; Flaa, Norway, history (photocopy)
- In library, Nancy Vaiden and Gretchen Quie's "The Seeds have Blown: Quie Family History. A supplement to "From Lantern to Yard light."
- Ole Quie. "Freds-Rosten" (1890, 1896) and "Blikket paa Jesus" (1906)
- Albert K. Quie Memoir (1968, 12 p.) and letter concerning Nerstrand State Park, 1972.
- Legal Documents of Halvor Halvorson Quie.
- Lease, Truls H. Quie, 1873
- Warranty deed, 1862
- Satisfaction of mortgage, Christian Knutson, 1896
- Naturalization papers, Halvor H. Quie, 1881
- Certificate of change of name, Halvor H. Quie, 1881
- Lori Sturdevant, "Roots of state's ambition stem from Civil War. One notable vet dreamed of education for all kids. Does that goal endure?" (Star Tribune, March 31, 2013)
- Map and letters from Norway
- Includes map of home areas in Norway; translations of letters from O.K. Opsahl and Nils Gislerud in Norway; and copies of pictures from Norway.
- "In the Potter's Hand" autobiography by Gretchen Quie with Karen Matison Hess (Augsburg Publishing House, 1981)
- Jacobson Family History (109 p.). Jacob J., 1768-c. 1842; Anne (1776-1854) typescript.
- Al Quie Day, Proclamation by the State of Minnesota, 2022
- Speeches, etc. and Photos
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Erwin Kalevik pamphlets, 1984
Two accounts, "Kallevig Reunion" (1978) and "Georgeville, Minnesota, from 1860-1983," edited by Kalevik, a Norwegian American, who at one time was a resident of Georgeville, Stearns County, Minnesota. The Kallevig reunion was held at Willmar, Minnesota, where descendants of the three brothers, Alias, Johannes and Olle Kallevig gathered in the area where the three brothers originally settled in the 1880s and 1890s, after emigrating from Moster, Hordaland. -
Bertha Buan clippings, 1932-1964
Lyric verse published mainly in the "Duluth Skandinav" by a poet who came from Beistad, Trøndelag, and who lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Some of her poems were set to music, of which several are found in the collection. Includes a 16-page pamphlet titled "Stevne minne; Dikte". For a biographical sketch of Haldor S. and Bertha Buan, see "Family Sagas," ed. Kristine Leander (1997), pages 19-20.
See in library collection, "Tre-Kløver-Hjørnet" (Duluth, Fuhr, 1947, 56 p.), on which she collaborated with Rosanna Gutterud Johnsrud and Marcus Tellevik. Another copy in Johnsrud papers, (see P0948).
Includes scores, "Bluebells" (1944); "DU Deilige Trondhhjems Fjord" (1943); "My Christmas Boat" (1942); "My Home Land (Norway)" (1944); "Song to our Flag" (1942); "When the Boys Come Home Again" (1944). Poems: "Trøndere!"; "Tribute to Minnesota"; "Vår Syttende Mai"; "Christian Ellingsen og Egil Hammer (in memoriam)"; "Marcus Televik (in Memoriam)"; "Henrik Ibsen" -
Norwegian Art and Craft Club papers, 1937-2001
Miscellaneous records of an amateur artists' group in Brooklyn, New York, organized under the leadership of Karl Larsen, a painter from Flekkefjord, "to stimulate interest in art among Scandinavians in America." Beginning in 1939 the members held exhibits of their work at various galleries, museums, and other halls in the area. In addition, they sponsored workshops for students of drawing, painting, rosemaling, weaving, wood carving, and other crafts. For a time the membership numbered more than a hundred.
See also P1135 Art Exhibitions, New York.
Includes membership lists; correspondence, 1937-1942; Bernhard Berntsen clippings; clippings of history of the group; catalogs of exhibits. -
Peder Ingbart Reinert Reinertsen autobiography, 1901-1980
An account by a Norwegian Augustana Synod clergyman who emigrated from Sandvigen, Bergen, in 1875. After ordination in 1883, he served various Midwest parishes. Translation is by P. D. Reinertsen, a son.
The file includes a letter, July 30, 1901, from Reinertsen to Professor Kildahl, recommending Ole Rolvaag for admission to St. Olaf. See O.E. Rolvaag papers, P0584 box 52, for 1960 letter from his son to Gudrun Hovde about relations between Rolvaag and Reinertsen.
Also includes family histories, photographs (photocopies), obituaries from Ladies Aid scrapbooks of Bergen Lutheran Church, and Bethesda Lutheran Chuch records, Bristol, South Dakota.