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Ole P. Gaukerud songs, circa 1928, 1973
The Song of Ole P. Gaukerud circa 1928, translation by Prof. Clarence Clausen, 1973. Twenty-three part saga of Gaukerud’s life (parts 11-18 missing). Born in Torpen, Nordland, Norway, he emigrated in 1875 and first settled in Zumbrota, Minnesota, and later Portland, North Dakota, and Roseau County, Minnesota. Includes song transcription and photocopied obituaries.
Formerly part of P539. -
Norman T. Olness reminiscences, 1961
Norman T. Olness boyhood memories. The following topics are covered/page reference: Early accounts as told by grandparents (23) Buffalo (24) Diphtheria (25,37) Cheating/swindling in real estate, livestock (24) E.A. Hjelle (25) Indians/Native Americans (26) Wagon trains or "movers" and those that died (28, 37) Corn husking contest (32) Haugians (34, 52) Norwegian folk and ghost tales/supernatural (34) Wine making, wedding practices (34) story of a boy sleeping/sex with his girlfriend (35) Crossing the Atlantic Ocean/food dwindling (35) Plow, yoke Oxen, flower and garden seeds as a wedding gift (36) Homemade clothes (36) Panther, diseases, crops, and farming equipment (38) Log houses (40) Quarantine (44) Lightening striking house (45) Halley's Comet (46) Winter woodcutting (47) Having to wear high-buttoned girl shoes to school (48) Moccasins worn by Norwegians (49) Gopher snaring/trapping (50) Dancing and folk gaming (53) Grave digging and stories associated (54) Horses (55)
Olness compiled a Norwegian-English dictionary, created to teach his own children the Norwegian language. Olness stated, "the primary purpose of this compilation is to provide a dictionary that will be quick, easy, precise and representative. In particular to those Americans of Norwegian extraction who wished not only to learn the Norwegian language but, also are interested in Norwegian history and literature. ...included with it are dialects, variations, modern and English words which have been incorporated into the Norwegian vocabulary. Also included are some Norwegian-American coined words." Formerly part of P539. -
Sandberg/Kjos family papers, 1884-circa 1940
Family history of the decendants of Johan Olaf Sandberg and Tolline Thronsdatter Vestre Midsem. Caroline immigrated in 1884 and worked as a domestic in St. Paul. She married Christian Andersen Kjos in 1889, McIntosh, Polk County, Minnesota. Caroline died in childbirth 5 children survived. John apprenticed as a seaman in 1883, immigrating to America in 1900 and settling first in Polk County, Minnesota and later Mohall, North Dakota.
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Correspondence between Caroline and John, 1884-1889
Norwegian documents, undated
Photograph album, undated
Land records, undated
Mohall, North Dakota, and Miami, Florida where John owned Quail Lodge, a 5-acre citrus grove
Family genealogy
Formerly part of P539. -
Anders T. Berg correspondence, 1888-1894
Letters to a Norwegian-born farmer at Sunburgh, Minnesota. Correspondents include Thorstein Berg, Johannes Halvorson, Bjug A. Harstad, T. T. Kopseng, T. P. Satner, and Johannes Tingelstad. All in Norwegian. -
Knut Eilevson Berge (Bergh) poems, circa 1857
Manuscript volume of 4 poems about immigration to America. Bergh was a teacher at Luther College, 1868-1872. Born in Voss to Ellef Storksen Berge, he emigrated in 1857 and taught in Liberty Prairie, Wisconsin and Big Canoe, Iowa. Representative in Iowa legislature, 1872. Poems in Norwegian.
Contents:
Knut E. Berge (Bergh) Poems. Mimeographed copies. Manuscript volume of 4 poems. -
Ole Olsen Berge papers, 1853-1865
Papers of a Norwegian-born farmer at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Civil War letters by Berge, other correspondence, and a poem. Berge served in Co. E, 19th Wis. Infantry. His wife was Berit Veblen Nygard.
According to Robert Bjerke (Univ. of Wisc. Center-Manitowoc Co.) Ole was born at Berge in Vang, Valdres; emigrated in 1850; died Manitowoc Co., Feb. 25, 1911.
The poem (a ballad in 40 verses) concerns the adventures of an "Ole" from childhood to 1825.
The Civil War letters are written from "James River" (January to March, 1865). A letter from Berit's parents, April 28, 1852. Also included is a letter from Gjermund Gjermundsen (Barboe) (1812-1883) of Saukville, Wis. to Gunder Halvorsen (Kiland) (1823-1885) of Manitowoc. It's not clear if this letter or the ballad have any connection with Berge. One page of the letter from Berge and his wife (undated but during the Civil War since his unit is mentioned).
See also the papers of his brother Gulbrand (1826-1886). -
Arne K. Berger papers, circa 1905, 1926
Papers of an artist born in Valdres who worked in Decorah, Portland, and Minneapolis. Two catalogs (about 1905 and 1926) include reproductions of portraits, landscapes, and altar pieces. Berger painted many portraits of church, academic, and political leaders. According to Carl G. O. Hansen ("My Minneapolis," p. 174), Berger was born in Valdres, 1872, came to Minneapolis at the turn of the century, was in Decorah, Iowa for a few years, going from there to the West Coast. He had a studio in Portland, Oregon, where in a few years he turned out more than 60 altar pieces and a number of portraits. In 1917 he moved to Minneapolis. In addition to portraits and altar pieces, he did landscapes (often picturizations of pioneer life) and genre painting. He died in Minneapolis, 1951. -
Berges Julius Bergeson papers, 1925-1942
Pamphlets written by the founder of the Mid-west Livestock Commission Company, Sioux City, Iowa. Contents include "Rambles 'Round the Range of the Sunshine, Sandhill and Treasure States" includes a description of their visit to the Norse-American Centennial in June 1925. Publications summarize their travels throughout the United States visiting cattle farmers and markets, dates range from 1925 to 1942. -
Bolette Stud Bergh clippings, 1872-1905
Memoirs of a Lutheran minister's wife, Bolette Stud Bergh (Mrs. Johannes E. Bergh), who lived at Sacred Heart, Minnesota from 1872-1905.
Contents:
Topics addressed in memoirs include Rev. Thomas Johnson's farewell sermon; illness crossing the Minnesota River; skinning a calf with theology; Bergh serving many congregations; A prairie fire; vermin interrupting sleep; water through the ceiling; living in a cellar; snowed in; three miles down the river to get the mail and a scare by drunk men; farmers building a new parsonage; a record storm on Jan. 7 1873; a new cow; a gift piano; Christmas celebration; saving for a new church; grasshopper scourge; building schoolhouses; healthy children; indians move away; good neighbors; Ingeborg Stensrud's kindness; forming new congregations; the Ladies Aid; building a new church; a sick woman; skiing; shoveling; snow and no mail; "Bow-wow-wow!" (a story about a dog); a wedding in a snowstorm; party games; the young people get rid of the old; driving in circles; Pascha Parsonage; (Norwegian copies of all)
Clippings of English trans. by O.O. Enestvedt, which appeared in the "Sacred Heart News," (June 1-15, 1944); and of the second and third parts of the Norwegian original, from "Decorah Posten," (May 25-June 1, 1944)
Clipping of article (Sept. 10, 1935) in "Skandinaven" concerning memorial service at Vor Frelsers congregation, Sacred Heart, upon the thirtieth anniversary of her husband's death. -
Gisle Biornstad papers, 1923-1939
Papers of a Norwegian-born physician who established a clinic and sanitarium in Minneapolis. File includes newspaper clippings from 1923 to 1939, and two pamphlets, "The New Science of Curing Diseases" and "Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine."