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Martha Ostenso papers, 1924-1980
Translations by Johan Tofteland (English to Norwegian), of fifteen poems from "A Far Land" by Ostenso, a Norwegian-American novelist, who wrote in the 1920s and 1930s; a collection of clippings (1924-1938); and Joan N. Buckley's Ph.D. dissertation on Ostenso, University of Iowa, 195 pages. For an article about Ostenso by Joan N. Buckley, see "Norwegian-American Studies," volume 28, 1979. O. E. Rvaag translated into Norwegian Ostenso's "The Story of a Pioneer of the Prairie, Einar Hoidale of Minnesota." The original and the translation are in the Rolvaag Papers, box 26, volume 17.
For additional information see, see Einar Hoidal collection, P 163.
Includes:- Translations, clippings, etc.
- Materials collected by Pauline Farseth, C.G.O. Hansen clippings. Includes "Martha Ostenso, Daughter of the Vikings," by Charles C. Baldwin (Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 20 pages., n.d.)
- "Martha Ostenso: A Critical Study of Her Novels," by Joan Naglestad Buckley. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Iowa. July, 1976. 195 p. typescript; "Slegten," (Oslo, 1927); "Wild Geese" (New York, 1925); "The Dark Dawn" (New York, 1926)
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Lorna Anderson papers, 1956-2000
Clippings, letters and outlines for a slide presentation entitled "Overland over Sea," a general view of immigration which features Anderson's great-great-grandparents who came from Kviteseid, Telemark in 1851, and to Fillmore County in 1854. Includes a reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980. See in St. Olaf Library, "Overland Family History with Roots in Telemark, Norway," by Audrey Overland and Lorna Anderson. 3 v., 1986.
Includes:- reprint of "Fillmore County Pioneer" for May 7, 1856. And a newsletter of the Fillmore County Historical Society, February, 1980.
- "Anderson/Holen Family Memoirs," dedicated to Helen and Manfred Anderson….Lorna Anderson, editor." Typescript. Sequel to "A Genealogical Record Compiled by Anders Anderson Myrum descendants," 1978. Pages 1-8: Helen Holen Anderson, "Growing up in South Dakota 1902-1912," Britton, Waverly Township. Mentions: threshing, cook car, prairie fires, and angel food cake and egg noodles. "Life in Louisburg, Minn." (pages 9-13). Mentions: swallowing a pumpkin seed and lodging in her windpipe. pranks. "Rural School teaching, Louisburg, Minn. 1918-1923." (pages 14-15). "Farm Life, Depression and Drought of the 1930s" (pages 16-21) with sub-chapters of "A Farm Wife's Typical Day During Threshing," "Fires," "Mail in the Good Old Days," and Orval (Rusty) Holen's "M.O. Horses."
- Papers. "Grass Roots Grow Deep," a book to be written by Lorna Anderson. 2000 years of stories, following the Eric Overland family--Halvor Erikson--Fillmore County." 221 pages, typescript.
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Westergaard Foundation, Honnold Library records, 1969
A brochure and a list of books describing a collection of Nordic materials left to Pomona College, California, by Waldemar Westergaard, a teacher of history, first at Pomona College and later the University of California at Los Angeles. -
Clarence Tweet clipping, 1978
An article in the "Minneapolis Tribune Picture Section", November 26, 1978, about a retired Norwegian-American farmer in Reeder, North Dakota, who had donated his collection of 16,000 books and other materials to the local school library. He had been known as a "populist radical." -
Abraham Thorson papers, 1901
Letters and a poem, "Solnedgang," written by an emigrant who had come to Marinette, Wisconsin, in 1901. -
Martinius Stenseth clipping, 1979
An article about a World War I flying "Ace" from Twin Valley, Minnesota. He attained the rank of Brigadier General and served in the military for 42 years. -
Herman Smith-Johannsen clipping, 1979
"The Old Man and the Ski," by William Oscar Johnson, which appeared in "Sports Illustrated," December, 10, 1979, concerning a Norwegian-born Canadian citizen, a "man many credit with bringing skiing as a sport to the North American continent." -
Don Pierson clippings, 1980
An account covering part of the experience of a physicist who for ten years worked with the National Aeronautic and Space Administration. He was involved in the moon landings and other exotic undertakings. Later he became the first chairman of Texas State Technical Institute's laser department at Waco, Texas. Pierson is a descendent of Ole Pederson Songe who emigrated from Trom, Norway, to Texas in 1853. -
Hjalma Peterson poems and songs, 1900-1977
"'Olle i Skratthults' Nya Viser och Historier," a collection of poems and songs, compiled by a Swedish immigrant who became popular in Scandinavian communities as a singer and story-teller. "The Man who gave us Nikolina," by Maury Bernstein is an article excerpted from "Earth Journal," Spring-Summer, 1977; "Snoose Boulevard, 1973"; "Olle i Skratthults populara success, Nikolina, ord och musik"; and an English-language version of Nikolina, first popularized by Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid and later by Anne Charlotte Harvey in the 1970s. -
Casper Oimoen papers, 1973-1979
Memorabilia and a biographical sketch of an immigrant from Raufoss, Toten, who became a famous American skier. He was captain of the U. S. Olympic Team in 1936 and was inducted into the Skiing Hall of Fame in 1963. He was later recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award, the highest honor the State of North Dakota can bestow on a current or former citizen of the state. His daughter, Sonja Oimoen Afset, traveled with her parents to Norway in 1979. Her diary of the trip is included.