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Julius Ansgar Larson papers, 1910-1980
Autobiography, pamphlets, and family correspondence of a Norwegian forester who came to Connecticut in 1896 and was educated at Yale University, earning a Master's degree in forestry in 1910. After serving posts in Montana and Idaho he joined the faculty of the Forestry Department at Iowa State University at Ames, where he continued until retirement. Many letters are from members of Jenny Spiechermann Larson's family. She came from Oslo to Connecticut to work as a governess where they met and married in 1911.
Includes:- Autobiography (biographical notes). Includes: "Whithersoever I have Roamed," by Julius Ansgar Larsen. ( 1974, 21 p. typescript)
- "Poems of a Forester," by Julius Ansgar Larsen. (28 p. typescript). Includes photo of author, 1970
- Travel diary, 1956
- Letters of Johs. Larson (his brother), 1936
- Letters: Fragments & undated.
- Letters (1910-1920)
- Mrs. Larson's letters to her husband. Includes a postcard collection from the Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)
- Letters 1920s
- Letters 1930s
- Letters 1940s
- Letters (Mrs. Larson to JAL)
- Letters 1960-1964
- Letters 1965-1966
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Bent Vanberg manuscripts, 1979
Copy of "Attack at Norway Lake, Sioux against Scandinavian Settlers," a semi-documentary account of the Sioux uprising of 1862; the fifth chapter, "Heroine from Hardanger," is the story of Guri Endressen Rosseland. An unpaged manuscript, titled "Between You and V; Random Reflections." Vanberg served as editor of Sons of Norway "Viking" for fifteen years, retiring in 1979.
Includes photocopy of transcription of article written by C.C. Nelson and published in the "Lafayette Ledger," about events in New Sweden & Bernadotte townships, Nicollet County, Minnesota. 6 p.; "Between you and V; random reflections," 1 v. (unpaged). In St. Olaf College Library. Also includes "So Deep Are My Roots" written by Vanberg. 47 page pamphlet published in 1975? by Sons of Norway, Minneapolis. Obituary 1989. -
Adolph Tidemand prints, 1956
Reproductions from the National Gallery, Oslo, of paintings by a famous Norwegian artist. Among these are "Brevet fra Amerika," and "Udvandringen." Other prints deal with Norwegian church life. -
Tasa family photographs, 1980
Reproductions of photographic slides of house, barn, and interiors showing details of construction and decoration, of a pioneer home in Holden Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota. An interesting feature of the house was the murals on the walls and floors. -
Paul Paulson photographs, 1920-1942
Posters, photos, and clippings of a dance orchestra leader in Minneapolis. Paulson was also a member of the Norna Leikarring and of Nordkap Male Chorus. Paulson's parents were Ole and Johanna Paulson who emigrated from Selbu in 1907 and settled in Minneapolis, where they were active in the affairs of Selbulaget. Clippings in the file are from family papers.
Includes poster "WTCN and WDGY Radio Artists Latest Sound System Dance! Paul Paulsons Orchestra. Formally with Carl Danielson's Orchestra. The Band with that easy to dance to rhythm. Twin Cities favorites. Entertaining with Scandinavian old and new time music."; pamphlet "Sin" by Olaf Guldseth (n.d.); newsletter "My Father's Business" (Jan. 1942) with article by Clemens M. Granskou "The Mission of Christian Education"; pamphlet "He took God as His Lawyer" by Elizabeth Sisson. (n.d.) -
Christian Fredrick Omang biography, 1975
Data in "Omansposten" about a Norwegian sailor who spent nine years at sea, much of the time sailing between San Francisco and the gold fields in the Sacramento River area. He returned to Hamar in 1865 and became an emigrant agent, first in Hamar and later in Christiania (now Oslo). -
Casper Bernhard Nervig papers, 1936-1940
Why did Anders Emigrate Only Thirteen Years Old? (39 p. tyepscript) and "The Great Snow Winter of 1880-1881" are accounts based on the experiences of Nervig's father, the Reverend Anders Johansen Nervig (1867-1951), who came to the United States in 1880 to live with his aunt and uncle on a homestead near Kerkoven, Minnesota. Casper Nervig was also a Lutheran minister.
Includes translation of articles Anders Nervig published in "Decorah Posten" (Dec. 22, 1936 & Oct. 22, 1940); photograph of A. Nervig and a clipping (1937) about him. -
Endre Larsen Jaastad papers, 1923-1983
Letters to Margaret (Birkeland) Refsland and a manuscript on the church year, 20 p., written by an emigrant from Ullensvang, Hardanger, in 1869. He became a Lutheran minister serving a parish in Rushford, Minnesota, 1873-1920. Also, "History of the Rushford...Congregation and Autobiography of Rev. Endre L. Jaastad, 3/29/20," 49 typescript pages. -
Paul Hjelm-Hansen papers, 1868-1983
Papers mainly about a Norwegian lawyer and journalist who came to the United States in 1867 and became a primary publicist for the Red River Valley. He was associated with several Norwegian-American newspapers: "Frelandet og Emigranten" at La Crosse, Wisconsin, and the Minneapolis-based "Maanedstiden, Budstikken," and "Minnesota Skandinav."
In 1869 he was commissioned by the Minnesota Board of Immigration to travel in the Red River and write about the area. His reports were published in 13 issues of "Nordisk folkeblad" (Minneapolis) and they were credited with bringing Norwegians in great numbers to the Red River region. He died in Goodhue County, Minnesota, while spending the winter with his friend Doctor J. C. Grvold, and is buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Church cemetery at nearby Asplund.
In 1924 the Norwegian-Danish Press Association placed a memorial plaque, done by Paul Fjelde, in his honor in the Minnesota Historical Society building in St. Paul. Articles: "Om utvandringen til America og norske jordbrugeres onomike stilling," photostats of articles published in "Morgenbladet" (Oslo), May 25-June 27, 1866; "Til den kongelig norske regjerings department for det indre," June 20, 1868; "En Nordmand opdager Minnesota," which appeared first in "Nordisk Folkeblad," November 24, 1869, and was reprinted in Decorah Posten, September 25-October 2, 1942, including a supplement "Tre og sytti aar efter," by O. O. Enestvedt; print-outs from microfilm of articles published in "Nordisk Folkeblad," April 16, 1868, and August 9, September 1, 8, 22; eight articles published in "Minneapolis Tidende," April 25-June 13, 1926. Papers: A 20-page biographical-bibliographical appendix by Carleton C. Qualey, from his 1929 honors thesis at St. Olaf College, which includes a biographical introduction; summaries of 16 articles published in "Nordisk Folkeblad," 1868-1870; translations titled "From the Red River Country," August 11, 1869, and "Report...to the State Board of Immigration," February 2, 1870; and "Paul-Hjelm Hansen and the Campaign to Settle the Red River Valley," a paper by Tor Henning Ormseth, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Clippings: Random articles from American and Norwegian newspapers and periodicals about Hjelm-Hansen from 1907 to 1975. -
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.