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• Emma Quie Bonhus manuscripts, 1910-1970

  1. "Treklöverblade: fortælling" was published in Decorah Posten (Ved Arnen), April 22-June 3, 1943. It is represented in a manuscript transcription (200 p.) and in English translation, "Three leaf clover," by Marie Voxland. Two typescript versions, single-space (77 p.) and double-space (162). A preface by Voxland gives background information, identifying possible sources for the characters in the families of Dr. Just Christian Grönvold and Halvor H. Quie, the church (Holden, Kenyon) and the college and academy (St. Olaf's School and College). A 6 page manuscript "Notes on the Gronvold ‘farm' and members of the family" by Voxland "based on notes from Harriet Voxland" gives additional information. A photocopy of the Ved Arnen publication is also included.; 2. "Den Lille Kapellan" (Familiens Magasin, Dec. 1925, pp.6-11). "Det skjer noe i det som skjer" (Juli Vesterheimen, 1947? Pp. 38-43). "En Nittiaarig pretekone forteller"
  
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  • Magazine section, Decorah Posten, April 22, 1943. Fortatline Emma Quie Bonhus. Includes: loose binder containing handwritten manuscript of Trekløverblade: Fortælling av Emma Quie Bonhus, 200 pp.
  • Novel, Stories, 1910-1970
    • Includes: post card, View from Stalheim, with Miss Clara Bonhus, Kenyon Minn on verso (1910); photocopy of manuscript Notes on the Gronvold farm & members of the family, by Marie Voxland, based on notes from Harriet Voxland (c.1970), 6 pp.; Bonhus, Emma Quie, From Lantern to Yardlight (Minneapolis: Lund Press, 1948, CS71.Q5), with Albert Quie's name inscribed; photocopy of From Lantern to Yardlight; double-spaced typescript of Bonhus, Emma Quie, Three Leaf Clover, translated by Marie Voxland, 162 pp.; photocopies of Trekløverblade: Fortælling av Mrs. Emma Bonhus, from Ved Arnen, Decorah Iowa (Apr. 22-Jun. 3, 1943). File also includes 3 articles torn from publications: Den lille Kapellan (Familiens Magasin, Dec. 1925, pp. 6-11); Det skjer noe i det som skjer (Jul i Vesterheimen, 1953, pp.44-48); En nittiårig prestekone forteller (Jul i Vesterheimen, pp. 44-48)
  • single-spaced typescript of Bonhus, Emma Quie, Three Leaf Clover, translated by Marie Voxland, 77 pp.; preface by Voxland giving background information, identifying possible sources for the characters in the families of Dr. Just Christian Grönvold and Halvor H. Quie, the church (Holden, Kenyon) and the college and academy (St. Olaf's School and College), 1943
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  Julius Boraas papers, 1891-1997

  Papers of a professor of education at St. Olaf College: articles on educational subjects, a history of the Boraas family, correspondence, biographical data, clippings, diaries (55 volumes, 1899-1951), and a record of Boraas's public addresses. Some material concerns his work as superintendent of schools in Goodhue County, Minnesota, and with the Minnesota State Board of Education, on which he served 28 years.
• Henry Bordewick papers, 1880-1940

  Letters, documents, photos, and other items of an emigrant from the Lofoten Islands, who came to Chicago in 1864; here he enlisted in the Navy and served on a Mississippi River gunboat during the Civil War, after which he sailed on the Great Lakes for about three years. He came to Granite Falls, Minnesota, in 1872, where he held office as county auditor and as postmaster. In 1897 he was appointed to a consular post in Christiania, Norway, in which capacity he remained until his death Includes biographical data, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family history information.
  
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  • Biographical data. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and family history information. 1912-1940
  • Correspondence and documents. Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and documents from Norway and the U.S. 1890-1912
  • 30 photographs, portraits, and postcards. Studios include Bordewich and Henrichsen, Henningsvær; H.L. Olson, Granite Falls; Finne, Kristiania; Selmer, Paris; Lind, Kabelvaag; Christensen, Christiania; Maartmann, Christiania; Steward, Granite Falls. 1880-1912
  • "Walt Whitman" by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1900; stole from the funeral of William McKinley, St. Edmund's Church, Christiania. 1900-1901
  • Includes programs, city guides to Oslo, invitations, notes, and correspondence. 1900-1923
• Michael O. Borge papers, circa 1870-circa 1890

  Papers of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, consisting of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a family history. Some 1870s letters are from the Morrisonville, Wisconsin, area. Clippings consist of articles about pioneer life in the Volga, South Dakota, area in the 1880s. References are made to H. A. Preus and U. V. Koren.
  
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  • Volumes: 2 Family histories of Michael Oleson Borge (1846-1928) and Aagot Fosmark Borge (1852-1930) (1986, 1988)
  • Correspondence of Michael O. Borge and Aagot Fosmark (1870-25 August 1873)
  • Correspondence from tour of Norway (12 May-7 September 1902)
  • Clippings (1948-1968) and photographs (1881-1967)
• Oral History

  Bjorn "Erik" Borgen interview, 1996 February 13

  Abstract:
  In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and “The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today,” Bjorn Borgen and Odd Lovoll discuss Bjorn’s childhood in Norway during World War II and his subsequent immigration to Wisconsin. Bjorn also details his many academic and economic successes in business. He explains his history with the sport of skiing, the process of adjusting to living in a new country, and his later business ventures. Bjorn also talks about his thoughts on Norwegian values and his political views.
  
  

  Biography:
  Bjorn Krogh “Erik” Borgen was born September 22nd, 1937, in Åndalsnes, Norway, to Helene and Truls Borgen. He was nicknamed “Erik” by his grandmother. After World War II, his family moved to Wisconsin in 1947, where Bjorn grew up in the town of Strum. Bjorn earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1962 and later an MBA from Harvard in 1966. While studying at Harvard, he met his wife, Katherine, with whom he has three children. Today, Bjorn is a successful businessman living in Colorado, where he continues skiing.

• Norman Borlaug papers, 1948-2006

  Papers of a Norwegian-American agricultural scientist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 10 December 1970. Dr. Borlaug was born on a farm near Cresco, Iowa, and was educated as a scientist at the University of Minnesota. He was honored for his work in developing high-yielding dwarf wheat which held great promise for alleviating world hunger and he was hailed as a leader in the "Green Revolution."
  
  Includes: Clippings, programs, speeches regarding: Borlaug's work, the awarding of the Peace Prize, and the Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation (1948-2004); added January 2008, "The Man Who Fed the World," by Leon Hesser (2006).
• Hermine Haugan Borresen letter, 1913

  Copy of a letter to her niece Edna from a La Crosse, Wisconsin, woman, who emigrated from Kristiania in the 1860s. She apparently was a teacher in Chicago. An English translation of the letter and notes concerning the writer and her family are in the collection.
• Glenn L. Borreson collection, 2016

  "Look Out Below! Ski Jumping in Western Wisconsin's Trempealeau County" by Glenn L. Borreson
• B.E. Bothun autobiography, 1925

  Presents "the saga of two Fillmore county (Minn.) lads": the author (then living at Eureka,Mont.) and Hans I. Olston (then of Lake Preston, S.D.) Olston, son of Iver Olson, emigrated with his family from Supellen, Balestrand, 1861; they were pioneer farmers near Lake Preston from 1884. Hans was a businessman there from 1886, a banker from 1890.
  
  Includes: Article, "The saga of Damon and Pythias of the present time" published in Levang's Weekly, Lanesboro, Minnesota, July 9-23, 1925.
• Letters from Ole Rocksvold, 2017

  Letters from Ole Rocksvold. Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company. 492 page bound volume of the life, letters, and family history of Ole Rocksvold, born 1832 at Roksvold(en) farm, Vestre Toten, Norway and immigrated in 1853 to US through Quebec, Canada, then Wisconsin, and finally to Glenwood, IA. Served in the US Civil War and was a captured prisoner of war at Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing, TN. He was released from prison, then also served at the battle of Vicksburg, MS. After he was mustered out in 1864, he married Anne Gulbrandsdatter (Gilbertson) Strandbakken (b. 1839 at Strandbakken farm, Handeland, Norway) in Decorah, IA. Ole was Postmaster of the Thoten Post Office for 25 years and a founder of the Glenwood Lutheran Church. He died in 1922. Also included in collection is companion CD.