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Anne Abrahamsen family history, 1976
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Anne Dahlby papers, 1850-1918
An emigration document and letters (mainly from Kvikne, Tynset, Hedmark, 1883-1890) to Mrs. Dahlby, a Norwegian-born farmer's wife at Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.
Correspondence includes 1918 letter from the Rev. Henrik Voldal from Torquay, Sask.
Contents:
Anne Dahlby Papers, Correspondence. Includes 1918 letter from the Rev. Henrik Voldal from Torquay, Sask. -
Anne Syverson family history, 1998
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Annie J. Olson Brustuen papers, 1885-1916, 1960
Reminiscences, 1960. "Pioneer Incidents as Told by My Mother," Hegbert Township, Swift County, Minnesota and seven family letters (1885-1916) translated by Conrad Byre. Contents Article. Note: Nearly all the people mentioned in the letters are named in the family history.
- Wagon train
- river crossing
- Bruno Arnold family
- Thor Brustuen
- Long Lake
- prairie fires
- melted silver
- Matt Bystad
- Blizzard of 1873
- grasshoppers
- Peder Ness marriage
- Peder Emmerson twins
- Amund Paulson
- poet Ole Hegstad
- John Wilson
- formation of Hegbert township, named for two founders, Bertness Christianson and Ole Hegstad
- mortgages
- Sandbro farm
- picnics
- speakers Albert Lang and Congressman Rev. O.J. Kvale
- Sonora Brustuen, Appleton
- Oliver Haugland, Milan
- Margaret, Camillla and Alice Persen
- Mildred Hentzen, Melba Brustuen, Alice Freeman
- 4th of July 1890, Andrew Akre
- Jens and Maren Pederson.
Translated letter from Annie Brustuen written to sister Rönnag, 20 August 1885. Topics: Death of Ingeborg Swedsmo and Guri Raastad - Anne Nilsdatter Moen marrying Peder Foten
- baby girls born to Marit Ofun and Kari Mo.
Translated letter from Kari Mo to her brother John Olson Feb 16, 1889. Topics: 20 years apart - death of minister Pastor Selmer, replaced with Holmbo
- living children Anna (who had a birth defect of the mouth) Iver, Ole, Mari, Kari and Hanna
- dead children Thor, Kari and Hans, all dying between ages one and three.
Translated letter from Ole Mo to John Olson, Feb 21, 1892. Topics: Thanks to John for helping children Anne and Iver get to America - Son Ole is leaving for America, asking for help in securing a position for him
- shortage of feed in Våga
- new railroad from Lillehammer to Sel.
Letter from Kari Mo to John Olson, March 22, 1903. Topics: Anne has had her defect repaired (harelip) - Kari opened coffee house and took in lodgers
- lots of debt, asked for help from America to alleviate suffering
- asked for help with their debt.
Letter from Kari Mo to Annie Olson, Jan 29, 1908. Topics: Thanks for sending picture - news of blind niece Nora
- sending picture postcard.
Translated letter from Kari Mo to John Olson, Feb 2, 1913. Topics: Thanks for sending money ($5) - encouraged John to send daughter Annie along to visit her.
Translated letter from Kari Mo to John Olson, June 27, 1916. Topics: Siblings are all getting older
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Anniversary pamphlets, 1900-1943
Abstract
Includes birth, death, ordination, and wedding pamphlets.
Contents- Includes pamphlets on Pastor Rasmus B. Andersen, Karl R. Andresen, Commercial Club Banquet Committee (1911), "Til Guldbrudeparret Guldseth," by Johannes Hoeifjeld, Ernest Johnson (wedding 1921), Andrew G. Lundblad (wedding 1900), Joseph G. Norby (1937), Johan Nygaardsvold (1942), Frederick Ingvald Schmidt (ordination 1943), Captain Otto Sverdrup (1910)
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Ansten Anstensen papers, 1916-1977
The papers consist of a "Sjøfartsbok," recording his terms as a merchant seaman, with notations for 1916-1918; a handwritten notebook entitled "Norske Stiler av Ansten Anstensen," with marks and corrections, perhaps from his study at St. Olaf College; and clippings by and about Anstensen, 1925-1942. Anstensen graduated from St. Olaf College in 1925, received a Ph. D. from Columbia University and studied in Germany, and founded the German Department at the University of Saskatchewan.
The papers were found in the attic of Old Ytterboe Hall, a men's dormitory at St. Olaf College, in March 1977.
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Anton Beutlich papers, 1980
Biographical notes and other data about an immigrant from Stavanger who came to Chicago in 1887 and became a commercial portrait artist, working with other Chicago artists. Together with his wife, Emilie Pederen Beutlich, he exhibited at the Chicago Norske Klub. Also information about a relative Anna (Schiotz) Nygaard, who also exhibited at the Klub. -
Anton Christian Bang sermon, 1908
A sermon preached in Minneapolis by the visiting Norwegian bishop and church historian. At the request of the bishop, proceeds of the sale of the pamphlet (16 p.) containing the sermon were to be used for the relief of the poor Norwegians in Minneapolis. Includes: framed photograph of Dr. Bang (profile), ca. 1900. -
Anton Gustav Helgeson Overn sermons, 1879-1905
"A Pioneer's Proclamation: Uncompromising Truth/Unfailing Love," (1983, 751 pp.) the translated sermons of a minister who served the Norwegian Synod from 1879 to 1905, in parishes of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, and Utah. The translator, Alfred Victor Overn, is a son. -
Anton Hillesland papers, 1923
The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the Red River Valley is a University of North Dakota Master of Arts thesis, 1923, 152 pages. The file includes seven pages of notes from interviews with Swen N. Heskin (1854-1924), a Norwegian-born farmer and lay preacher in the Goose River settlement in North Dakota, regarding early pioneers and the Hudson's Bay Company. Contained in the articles are names of settlers and early ministers, including August Weenaas; a note on Marcus Thrane's visit; shipping and stage lines.
Content:
Anton Hillesland Manuscript: Goose River, N.Dak. Pioneers, Hudson's Bay fur Co.