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Gunder Nelson Overland (Olson) papers, 1910-1964
Overland was born in Drangedal, Norway. Emigrated in 1890 and settled first at Appleton, Minnesota where he worked as a carpenter. Appointed as a mail carrier from Benson to Glenwood.
Includes a clipping "The mail did go through" about Gunder Olson delivering the mail in all types of weather. Gunder was partially crippled in one leg; letters from his brother in Norway (circa 1930); estate settlement papers. -
Otterness autograph books, 1885-1893
Otterness autograph books (1885-1893) belonging to Lisa and Severina (Lizzie and Sarah), Leon Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota.]
Autograph Book 1:- Lisa Otterness includes notes from the following: Anna Ostegaard, St. Ansgar Sem and Inst., '93 ( home: Grand Meadow, MN);
- Rachel Nubson (Meroa, Iowa);
- Emma Wrolstad (Volstead?);
- Hannah Jorstad (Kenyon, MN);
- Carrie Nelson;
- Tilda Jorstad;
- Lina Wrolstad (Volstead?, Kenyon, MN)
- Ella Dalbotten (1885);
- John Brakke (1889);
- Ellen Lees (1884);
- Arne Monson (1886);
- Carrie J. Olson (1884);
- J.M. Gjellum (1891);
- Arne Eide;
- Berty Flom;
- Ella Bygd;
- Gurina Houge (1886);
- Wilhelm Olson (1884);
- Lars J. Gemse;
- Mary Bestul (1885);
- Oliver Olson (1889);
- George Olson;
- Christine Olson;
- Belle Anderson;
- Randi Ramstad;
- Nels J. Haugen;
- Oliver Brakke;
- Arnie I. Underdahl,
- Gertie Lee;
- Gertie Flom;
- Nettie Holum;
- Mary Anderson (Westedo, MN);
- Andrew Ellingsen (Cannn Falls, MN);
- William Olson
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Halfdan Bendeke (Bendecke) photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, 1869-1915
Bendeke was born in 1869 in Trondhjem, Norway. He was a son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fredrik Bendeke and Else Mathilda (Due) Bendeke. His great grandfather was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Norway in 1814. After immigrating (1889) and settling in North Dakota, Bendeke established a real estate, loan, and abstracting business. In 1898 he was appointed Norwegian-Swedish vice-consul for North Dakota. In 1905 he became Norwegian vice-consul, after the separation of Norway and Sweden. In 1911 he was decorated by the King of Norway as Knight of the Order of St. Olaf.
Includes photo albums and clipping scrapbooks, and photocopies of obituary. Albums contains family images: William and Jose Olson; Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fredrik Bendeke; group photo of boys from middleskole (Trondhjem); "Tante Dik" & Johan Frederick Knudtzen; Tante Eleanor Kehr.
Clipping scrapbook contains several political posters (Bendeke ran as a Republican for several state positions). Autograph of Captain Roald Amundsen and several letters from Amundsen to Bendeke, 1912 August 14. -
Arnold Berwick writings, 1993-2001
A Nowegian-American author living in California who stories center in Norway.
Includes: photocopy from "Reader's Digest (May 1993) "The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time." The story tells about the author spending the summer of his 10th year in Norway with his grandfather, Jørgen. Berwick returned to Norway with his family 34 years later and was able to re-connect with a grandfather who had been gone for decades. A DVD produced by Norwegian TV-NRK (1997); "Eric of Bjørndal" (spiral bound, 293 pages. 2001). A historical novel set in the early 1500s in Norway; "Who Was Uncle Ole? The Life and Times of Ole Nelson (1864-1945)" compiled by Berwick. A traditional family picnic called the "Uncle Ole picnic" got the young people asking "Who was Uncle Ole?" The author's mother, a niece of Uncle Ole, decided to find answers about this Norwegian immigrant who ended up in Santa Barbara, California. Using transcripts from interviews in the 1970s, the author was able to learn about the group of friends from Stranda, Ansok and Overå, Norway who were able to buy adjoining parcels of land in Santa Barbara and start new lives; "The Search for Clary Downer" a play (spiral bound, 287 pages). -
S. Gesley family account book, 1862-1897
S. Gesley family of Beloit, Wisconsin account book, 1862-1897. Apparently he was a farmer and business owner. Mrs. Gresley kept the records from 1875-1897. They owned land in Rock as well. No other information is known about them, but mentions (George and Sabel).
Includes entries such as: money spent in saloon; paying bounty; hired girl; monthly grocery bill; sale of hogs, corn, cattle, wood, rye, wheat, horses, hides, calves, and butter and eggs. -
Reverend Ingebrigt Lium student notebooks, 1860-1913
Reverend Lium student notebooks from when he attended Augsburg Seminary, 1883-1891. Margin notes by Professor Sverdrup.
Includes essays: "Ambition"; "Vacation"; "Daniel Webster"; "The Feudal System"; "Originality"; "Wealth and Whay Sought"' "Out not United States restrict or prohibit Immigration?"; "Strikes"; "Character"; and "Heroism." -
Adolph G. Ensrud family papers, 1879-1948
Majority of the collection focuses on Adolph Ensrud's youth spent in Wells, Minnesota and then at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN (class of 1917). Additional photos and memorabilia from the family of Bernt O. Ensrud and Randi Henjum Ensrud.- photo/postcard album (Wells and Northfield, MN). Includes Rev. Joseph O. Ensrud, Edmore, ND; Henjum Machine Shop, Wells, MN; Flour Mill ruins in Wells; group of soldiers (WW I); Ginseng Garden of H. Rolfson, Wittenberg, Wis. 1910-1918
- photographs. Includes images of B.O. Ensrud's General Store in Wells, MN (ca. 1900); Kickapoo Lutheran Church, Viraqua, Wisc.; Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Wells, MN; unidentified minister; Torger Steenson's Men's Clothing Store, Osseo, WI; oversized photo of interior of Our Savior's Lutheran Church; oversized photo of Einar Hooverson's funeral flowers and inset photo [this image placed in oversized folio photo box 4) 1900-1915
- Miscellaneous family documents. Includes: excerpt from the 40th anniversary (1936) of the Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home Society (attached is a photoprint); booklet of the 40th anniversary of Zion Lutheran Church, Chicago (1932); photocopies of citizenship papers; photocopies of marriage certificate of grandparents, Bernt O. and Randi Henjum Ensrud (1887); naturalization certificate of Hans Gilbertson; (1894); obit notice for Bernt O. Ensrud (1948); obit notice for Hans Gilbertson (1927); obit notice for John B. Henjum (1922); obit notice for Randi Henjum Ensrud (1937); obit notice for Betsy Thompson Hooverson (1929); student paper on Eidsvoll by Egil Ensrud (n.d.); Randi Henjum's confirmation certificate 1879-1948
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William E. Thoresen family papers, 1880-1975
Thoresen, former president of Great Western Steel Corp., owned the "Wm. Thoresen Co," of Chicago (419-421 W. North Avenue) manufacturer of architectural sheet metal ornaments. Collection contains many letters, mostly written from Stavanger, Norway (1880-1900).- Miscellaneous documents. 1904-1975
- Scrapbooks. "Photographs" album includes a certificate to William E. Thorsen as a member of Delta Sigma Fraternity (1916), Chicago chapter; clipping about steady growth of U.S. Metal products, co-partnership of Thoresen and I. Newman, (1919); family photos (ca. 1920); "Kodagraphs" album includes a brochure cover "North Cape. Land of the Midnight Sun. Russia Cruise. 1935. Cunard White Star. Raymond Whitecomb"; Iceland; Hammerfest, Norway; S.S. Carinthia & Rotterdam; North Cape; Lyngen and Lapp Colony [quite a photo of fashionably dressed Chicagoans and the laps]; Svartisen Glacier; herd of reindeer; Trondheim; Hellesylt to Merok; Langevand Lake or Frozen Lake; Seven Sisters Waterfall, Geiranger Fjord, Gudvangen-Stalheim trip; Bergen; Haakonshallen; Voss-Ulvik, Haugastol, Hardanger Vidda, Fossli, Eidfjord; Oslo. 1916-1935
- Correspondence (pre-1900 from Stavanger, Norway). 1880-1954
- Photos/Family. 1890-1960
- Photos/Great Western Steel Company & Wm. Thoresen Co. 1908-1950
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Lærdal-Borgund emigration list, 1983-1984
Lærdal-Borgund emigration list (with a short biographical sketch). Research completed by Forrest Brown in 1984 for Alfred Espe, Lærdal, Norway. Includes over 116 individuals/families that settled in Goodhue County, Minnesota by 1880. A short biographical sketch. -
Carl Gustav Finstrom papers, 2002-2003
Finstrom worked as a research chemist before joining the US Army where he served for over thirty years, seventeen years in Europe and four years in Asia. Active member of the Society of Scandinavian Historians, the Swedish military history society called "Svenskt Miltärhistoriskt Bibliotek, the Swedish aviation history organization called "Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening,' the Eight Air Force Association, and the US-Japan Manjiro Society. He has taught courses on eight different subjects, to include "Scandinavia in the Second World War," "The Military Installations in the Hampton Roads," and "The Role of the Military Attaché in International Relations.
Includes: 1 pg biographical sketch; published article, "Our Secret War in Scandinavia: The Story of US-Swedish Military Cooperation in World War Two" (2002); "Polar Pilot Bernt Balchen expressed his sensitivity to the Arctic's beauty through watercolors," by C.V. Glines (2003)