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Olaf Halvorson papers, circa 1940-1948
Papers of Olaf Halvorson regarding his business with the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA). Halvorson was President of NAHA from the late 1930s to mid-1940s. Includes investment records, correspondence with Theodore Blegen, Birger Osland, J. Jorgen Thompson, and more. -
Rev. Torstein Moen diaries, 1875-1888
Pastor Moen was born in Lysefjord, Strand Prestegjeld, Stavanger, Norway. He attended Strand Seminary for three years and then taught school for eight years. He attended Stavanger Mission School for five years and then took an examination to become a missionary to Zula. He emigrated to the United States in 1874. On November 8, 1874 he was ordained from Augsburg Seminary.
He and another pastor served 18 congregations in the Osakis, Minnesota area. In 1881, Rev. Moen and his family moved to a farm in Nidaros Township, and he served congregations in the Henning, Battle Lake, Clitherall, and Leaf Mountain areas. He retired in 1914. -
Oddvar Høidal papers, 1968-2012
Biography/History:
Oddvar Høidal is a Norwegian-American historian. Born in 1938 in Ålesund, Høidal moved to San Diego with his parents in 1947. He studied at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1970 with a thesis about Vidkun Quisling's activities from 1933 to 1937.Høidal is professor emeritus at San Diego State University. He has published several books, including “Quisling: A Study in Treason” and “Trotsky in Norway: Exile, 1935–1937.”
Scope and Content:
The collection includes Høidal’s academic correspondence at San Diego State University, speech given on July 22, 2011 after a horrific shooting in Norway, and reminiscences on his travels to the United States in 1946. -
Martin T. Annexstad Sr. scrapbooks, circa 1900-circa 1960
Three scrapbooks: 2 scrapbooks with cartoons about "Han Ola og Han Per" from the 1940s, in the Decorah-Posten, 1 scrapbook with political cards, mid-20th century and earlier. All compiled by Markin T. Annexstad Sr., Lake Park Farm, Norseland, Rte. 3, St. Peter, MN. -
Gretchen U. Beito papers, 1955-2021
Biography/History:
Gretchen Beito is the author of "Coya Come Home," "Tales of the Secret Earth River," "From Agassiz to Zeh," and five Scandinavian doll books.. She earned a Master's degree in history at University of North Dakota.Scope and Content:
Publications written by Gretchen Beito, along with research notes, clippings, and articles on Coya Knutson. -
Eidsvold family papers, circa 1880-1996
Biography/History:
Engebret Eidsvold was born September 17, 1856 in Viken, Norway to Hans Kristoffersen Eidsvold and Rebekka Sypriansdatter Eidsvold. They had four other children: Hans Tollevsen Eidsvold; Peder Nielson Eidsvold; Carl Ely Eidsvold, and Syprian Eidsvold. He emigrated in 1872. In 1878 he married Maren Helene Grasmoen. Together they had ten children: Hilmer Eidsvold, Gertrude Corrine Fritz, Henry Eidsvold, Robert E. Eidsvold, Maria Eidsvold, Alfred Eidsvold, Hans Eidsvold, Ida Eidsvold, Mable Seidel, and Cozetta Rogers. They lived in Fairfax, Minnesota.Henry Eidsvold (1879-1974), son of Engebret and Maren, was married to Maud Amanda Gumpolen (1879-1958). Maud Gumpolen Eidsvold was the daughter of Hans and Anne Gumpolen of Fairfax, Minnesota. They had three children together: Harold Edgar Eidsvold, Mildred Eidsvold, and Lyman Woodrow Eidsvold. The Eidsvold family was involved in creameries and were grocers in Minnesota. He founded Henry’s Food Company, first in Minneapolis, and then eventually in Alexandria, Minnesota. His son Lyman Eidsvold (1913-1991) married Julie M. Mason. They had four children: Gary, Janet, Jim, and David.
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The Eidsvold family papers include numerous photographs, correspondence, clippings, and genealogical materials that document the Eidsvold family in the United States. The Eidsvold were prominent members of the community, both in Minneapolis and Alexandria. In Minneapolis, where their grocery store was located, was called the “Eidsvold block.” Henry Eidsvold started Henry’s Food which is still in existence today. The collection also contains material from Peter Pryts, who was born in Norway and emigrated to Minnesota. Pryts was an alderman in the Minneapolis’ 11th ward.
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The Great Storm: Minnesota's Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873
On January 7-9, 1873, Minnesota residents experienced a violent blizzard when dozens of people died primarily on the State’s flat, tree-less prairies. Minnesota native, Carolyn Mankell Sowinski takes the reader back 150 years and tells the stories of these victims using primary documents and secondary sources in her latest book, The Great Storm: Minnesota’s Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873. She has identified 84 people from 31 western and southern counties who died in this storm: men and women, children and babies, Civil War veterans and recent immigrants, homesteaders and villagers, state residents and visitors. Friends died together, neighbors died together, family members died together. Many died alone--suffering for one, two, or all three days. Sowinski also tells the stories of 25 people who suffered amputations and other life-changing injuries. The biography of each victim provides genealogical information, immigration story, place of residence, journey in the storm, and burial location. Each biography also includes a section titled “Adventures in Research” where Sowinski provides other information about the victim, local history, or her research process in identifying these victims. The reader will also learn about the State’s Native American population who were removed from their historic lands, making room for the homesteaders.
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Mindekirken: Against The Current, 2022
"Mindekirken: Against The Current" tells the story of the founding of Mindekirken in 1922. It describes the context in which it was born and examines how young people in the Phillips neighborhood worked to found an exclusively Norwegian speaking congregation, going against the currents of the day. It tells of the building of the church edifice from 1926-1930, led by Pastor Christian Munson, and finished just as the Great Depression struck. The group was left with an enormous debt. When Pastor Elias Rasmussen came to serve the congregation, it had a debt of almost $250,000 and not quite $50 in the bank. The book tells the story of how the congregation emerged from the Depression, lived through World War II, and the Fifties, and the work of their diligent pastors, Mons Wee, Anders Hulteng, Christian Munson, and Elias Rasmussen. -
Norseland Church records, 1858-1926
Early meeting records of the Norseland Norwegian Lutheran Church (Norseland, Minnesota). The church was formed on June 6, 1858. The original records were written in Norwegian and spanned June 6, 1858-May 16, 1926. Translated by Rev. Milton E. Tweit. -
Koefoed family papers, circa 1900-1966
Letters, documents, and photographs related to the Koefoed family in the United States. Organized by Henning Koefoed who was interested in family history and the American branch of the Koefoeds. An English family history was created in collaboration with Olivia Peterson of Starbuck, Minnesota.
Included in the collection are:
- Henning Koefoeds draft of the family book with a brief outline of the American branch;
- Records regarding Hans Oluf Koefoed
- Records regarding Magnus Martinius Koefoed
- Records regarding Hansine Koefoed (Peterson)
- Records regarding Hilma Koefoed (Wollan)
- Records regarding Lauritz Marius Koefoed
- Records regarding Johan Christian Gerhard Koefoed
- Records regarding Eilert Koefoed
- Photographs and clippings of the Koefoed family reunion in Minnesota, 1955
- Photographs and pamhlets from Glenwood and Pope County, Minnesota
- Builders of Pope County
- The Secretary's Record of the First 50 Years of the Indherred Congregation
- Glenwood Lutheran Church (1880-1955)
- Indherred Menigheds Historie, 1870-1920