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E. Stengel letter, 1882
Copy of a letter from E. Stengel to his daughter Martine who emigrated to San Francisco with her two sons Einer and Elmer in 1882, to join her husband who had emigrated a year earlier. -
Hilton family letters, 1847-1908
Copies of transcription letters (1847-1908) from members of the Hilton family who emigrated to the United States to their relatives at Ullensaker, Norway. The letters are chiefly from Christopher Jacobson, who emigrated in 1854, to his brother Hans Jacobson Hilton, and from Hans's son Jacob, who came in 1874 and after a few years settled in Socorro, New Mexico. There are also some letters from Jacob's brothers Oluf and Christopher from New Mexico. There are references to August Hilton, the father of Conrad Hilton. The letters were obtained through Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskrift Institutt in Oslo. -
Henrik Ibsen collection, 1928-1965
Translations, clippings, programs and Centennial events (1928) of Norwegian playwright. Bibliographic note: Fjelde, Rolf, ed. "Ibsen: A Collection of Critical Essays." N.J., 1965 (Twentieth Century Views). Reviewed by Carl Soyland, "Nordisk Tidende," Nov. 18, 1965. N.B.: There are Ibsen studies in "Norwegian-American Studies" v. 11, pp. 1016; v. 20, pp. 1-23; v. 25, pp. 167-185.
Includes:- Clippings from the "Minneapolis Tribune," "Minneapolis Star," and "Minnesota Posten" which are reviews of the Guthrie Theater performance of "The Master Builder"
- Translations of "Terje Viken." H.F. Rosing (Minneapolis, 1917, 19 p.); Haldor Hanson (Chicago, 1929, 17 p.); C.A. Sandhei (Taylors Fall, MN, 1952, 11 p.); Laura E. Poulssen (in manuscript form, 22 p., n.d.); C. Rasmussens Forlagsboghandel (Minneapolis & Chicago, 1909. 17 p.)
- Guthrie Theater "The Pretenders"
- Programs, clippings, etc. Includes minutes of the Ibsen Society of America (1982); photocopy of "Samfundsbladet" (Ibsen served as editor in 1851); photocopies of a poems and manuscripts written by Ibsen (1849-1881); program "Peer Gynt" VocalEssence (Oct. 2005)
- Clippings--World Premiere of "Ghosts," (Chicago). Includes clipping of revival with Liv Ullmann at Chicago's Shubert Theatre (1982); added clipping "Abraham Lincoln" poem (1865) translated by Theodore Jorgenson (1963).
- Program and press releases re: "An Enemy of the People" (Chicago)
- Article "Not Just," by Dan Emerson published in "Viking" (Feb., 2004) re: Ibsen Festival, Commonweal Theatre, Lanesboro, MN. Headline play: "Rosmersholm." added June 28, 2012: "Henrik Ibsen Liv Og Verker (2 Vols.) by Gherhard Gran" reviewed by Prof. Gisle Bothne (The North Star, Sept.-Oct. 1921. Article reviewed in 1919). Added Aug. 18, 2015: "Commonweal Theatre's Ibsen Festival: Norwegian Heritage with a Modern Spin," by Megan Proft (SouthernMinnScene, April 2015).
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Lutheran Historical Conference newsletter, 1966-1973
An incomplete file of a typescript newsletter distributed by the Lutheran Historical Conference organized in 1962 at Chicago, Illinois, to provide cooperation among persons concerned with the research, documentation, and preservation of resources relevant to Lutheranism in America. -
Richard Canuteson papers, 1974
A letter, a photograph, and clippings concerning the erection of a marker at Kendall, New York, commemorating the "Slooper Settlement" there following the arrival of Norwegian immigrants on the sloop "Restauration" in 1825. Several other clippings on Kendall are included, including "Township of Kendall," an excerpt from "Historic Sites in Orleans County, New York." Canuteson wrote several articles on the Kendall settlement which were printed in "Norwegian-Amercan Studies," volumes 18, 25, and 27 (1954, 1972, 1977). -
Storm Bull papers, 1894-1907
A copybook of letters written by Storm Bull, a Norwegian-born, Swiss-educated engineer, who came to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1879, where his uncle, the violinist Ole Bull, had lived earlier. Storm Bull, a member of the engineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin, served on the city council and was for a time mayor of Madison. The letters deal with University affairs. The file also contains four obituary notices. -
Carl Martin Roan papers, 1880-1907
The Immigrant Wagon, typescript of a family history written by a Minneapolis physician about which he states in the introduction: "A commonplace narrative of pioneer events interwoven with contemporary data" The narrative is chiefly the story of his immigrant parents. Roan's father, Ole Roen Johnson (1825-1903) came from Hedalen, South Valdres, Norway, to Grant County, Wisconsin in 1852; Roan's mother, Beret Eggen (1932-1907) came from Tolgen, Trondhjem/Trondheim diocese, Norway, to Southern Wisconsin in 1853. After their marriage they moved to Minnesota. In 1855 they settled in Bergen Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, where they lived for thirty years. In the 1880s they moved to Todd County, Minnesota, some twenty miles from Alexandria, Minnesota. -
Franklin Petersen papers, 1900-1911
Manuscripts of sea stories and poems by a Norwegian-born New York City editor, poet, and railroad employee. Petersen was editor of "Nordisk Tidende" (1907-1911), founder of "Det nye Norge" in 1911, and contributor to "Norgesposten." He was author of two collections of poems: "Ensomme frivagtsstunde" (1900) and "Siv i strommen (1907).
Includes:- Kallebas' første feise tilsjøs" published in "Decorah Posten" (1938).
- "Farlige skibskamerater" published in "Skandinaven" (1938).
- "Episoder fra de hvite seilsdage" (n.d.).
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Carlo A. Sperati biography, 1970
Biographical sketch by Barbara L. Bauman, prepared for a course in Music Education by a public school teacher in Edina, Minnesota. It contains a bibliography. Sperati, an ordained minister, came in 1905 to Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, where he stayed for the rest of his life. He had a distinguished career as a teacher of music, band director, choral director, and promoter of musical interest in the church and in the nation, as well as at Luther College. -
Christian Fredrik Midelfort papers, 1970-1982
Non-Migration and Migration in Twenty-five Hundred Families, by a physician at the Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin. A statement in the preface reads: "One of the purposes of this study...is to throw light on the non-migratory families, their physical and mental illnesses." The study is based on clinical histories of patients seen by the writer over a twenty-year period (1950-1970). The patients come from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Dr. Midelfort is the author of The Family in Psychotherapy, New York, 1957. Norwegian Families is an offprint from Etnicity and Family Therapy, 1982.