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Harry J. Williams papers, 1982-1992
An article in the "Chicago Tribune" about contrasts in two suburbs. Williams, a retired vice president of the Wilson Food Corporation, is pictured as typical of the residents of Kenilworth, Chicago's wealthiest suburb. Other photographs show Williams with prominent Norwegians in Chicago. A biographical questionnaire with a photograph and a memorial service program (1992) is included.
Williams was a long-standing member of the NAHA Board of Directors and that organization's promoter and benefactor. -
Vidar Støen history, 1983
"Folldal in America," an article dealing with a settlement called Folldal, 45 miles south of Eau Claire; "The Town that Moved to America," by Stoen, which appeared in Sons of Norway "Viking," March, 1985, is also about emigrants from from Folldal.
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Karl Johan Berner Schultz memoir, 1977
"Bevegelsen gjennem livet," a few reminiscences from his childhood by a Norwegian who immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was five years old. Schultz lived in the Chicago area.
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Knute Rockne biography, 1982
"Vossingen som revolusjonerte amerikansk fotball," by Anders Buraa in "Nordmands Forbundet," no. 5, 1982. The article is a distillation of the information in Buraa's book "De Reiste Ut." Rockne was the famous Notre Dame football coach.
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Alice Larson Peterson memoir, 1981
"Random Recollections" of a Norwegian American who grew up in Polk County, Wisconsin, but who spent much of her life in or near Northfield, Minnesota.
Peterson, Alice Larson (1894-1981). "Random Recollections" of a Norwegian American who grew up in Polk County, Wisconsin, but who spent much of her life in or near Northfield, Minnesota (attended St. Olaf College). Father, Peter Larson (family name was Myhrehaugen), was a shoemaker in Gudbrands Dalen, Norway. Mother was Ingeborg Aasen from Brottum, Norway. Includes clipping about the 1898 tornado that struck Richmond, Wisconsin; and St. Olaf Professors P.O. Holland and F.M. Christiansen. -
Hjalmar Olsen family history, 1982
Roald Steen's translation of his article about a naval family, which was published in "Nordmanns Forbundet," no. 3, 1982. Hjalmar Olsen, an emigrant from Oslo, had a long career with the United States Navy. Five of his sons pursued a similar career. -
Mount Olive Cemetery Association history, 1886-1983
"History and Information..." (24 pages) concerning a cemetery originally surrounded by farmlands, which served middle class families, mainly Scandinavians, in the north and west portions of Chicago and surrounding communities. The cemetery held the name "Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery" when it was founded in 1886 and changed to "Mount Olive" in 1903. "Mount Olive, the Scandinavian Cemetery in Chicago," by Nils William Olsson is included.
Includes photostats of articles in "Skandinaven," Sept. 22 and Nov. 17, 1886; Aug. 31, 1898. Photocopies of list of stockholders, and record of lot owned by Mrs. Ole Stangeland; article, "Mount Olive, the Scandinavian Cemetery in Chicago," by Nils William Olsson (Swedish American Genealogist, Sept. 1983). -
John Linderup student paper, 1983
"John Linderup and the Norwegian-American Press," by Cindy Perry, covering Linderup's journalistic contributions to the Chicago papers "Skandinaven"," Scandia," and "Viking." Born in Tromso, Norway, Linderup came to the United States in 1924.
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Hans Johnshoy (Jenshus) autobiography, 1928
Photocopy of a 60-page manuscript account of the life of an emigrant from Søndre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, who came to Wisconsin in 1867 and moved to Pope County, Minnesota, in 1870, where he settled on a homestead south of Starbuck. The account deals with many aspects of pioneer life.
A translation (1985) of the autobiograghy by Gunnar Malmin is included. -
J. Rode Jacobson papers, 1914-1921
Clippings, photos, programs, a music school catalog, and "Scales and Exercises" (1914, 34 p.) of a Chicago composer, teacher, and organist.
Jacobson was born in Madagascar where his Norwegian parents were missionaries. He was sent to Stavanger at age 13 to attend school. Later he studied music in Oslo and in Berlin. He came to Chicago in 1898 and was influential in the musical life of that city.
Includes photograph of choir of Christ Norwegian Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois (Rev. J.H. Meyer, Prof. J.R. Jacobsen, organist); Catalogue of the Anna Balatka Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (64 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois, 1921); Souvenir Program for Kristus-Kirkens Indvielse (1912) for Kristus Norwegian Lutheran Church, Chicago; "Geburtsdags Sang" for Marie Byhre; "Tredie Komle Lag Niende November 1924"