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Ole K. Broste papers, 1868
Typescript copy of a manuscript "Coming to America, 1868," as told to Petra M. Lien, Hanska, Minnesota. Eight families from Lesjaskog and Romsdalen emigrated to Linden Township, Brown County. -
Lawrence Brynetad papers, 1860-1880
Copy of a report by Brynestad "Norwegian Lutheran periodicals, 1860-1880, and their reference to the 'Darwinian Theory of Evolution'" prepared for Michael C. D. McDaniel. -
Ingebret Simonson papers, 1870-1874
Diary kept by Ingebret Simonson, translated in 1969 by three of his daughters, Mabel Nuella Simonson Barnes, Della Simonson Meldahl, and Delores Simonson Moe. Covers the years 1870-1874, his last year in Norway, part of the trip to America and the first years at Hanley Falls, Minnesota. -
Sidney Gaylord Sønneland papers, circa 1921-1972
Papers of a Norwegian-American (born in Harlan, Iowa) neurosurgeon who graduated from the George Washington University Medical School in 1921 and practiced in Los Angeles, California. In 1972 he established the S. G. Sonneland Foundation at the University of Oslo.
Also includes the papers of Caroline Marie Stuverud Short, mother of Amelia Short Sønneland, mostly concerning her son, Lloyd Short, who died in The Battle of the Marne in France (1918) during World War I; and the American Pilgrimage Gold Star Mothers and Widows (1930) to American Cemeteries in France. Amelia was a philanthropist who contributed to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Opera and USC. She was a graduate of George Washington University and held a law degree from LaSalle University. She and her husband, psychiatrist Sidney Gaylord Sonneland, endowed a science chair at the University of Oslo, Norway
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Duane R. Lindberg papers, 1970
Papers and articles of a graduate student at the University of Minnesota studying the role of Norwegian Lutheran clergy in America. See also "Men of the cloth and the social-cultural fabric of the Norwegian ethnic community in North Dakota" (1980) in the St. Olaf Library (Originally a thesis, University of Minnesota, 1975).
Includes:- Papers and articles written by Lindberg: "'American Saloon' and 'American School': Immigrants meet the 'Beast' on the Upper Plains (A study of the attitudes of Norwegian Lutheran clergy toward American environment, their role in ethnic cultural maintenance and influence on institutional structure of Upper Plains society)" (5 May 1970); Perceived ethnicity among Lutheran pastors and parishes in North Dakota: an empirical guide for ethnic group action" (n.d.).
- Papers and articles written by Lindberg: "Pastors and Prohibition: The role of Norwegian Lutheran clergy in the North Dakota abstinence movement, 1880-1920" (n.d.).
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Stener M. Stenby papers, 1941
Photographs and other items about an 1882 immigrant from Biri, Norway, who was ordained in 1886. He served the Bethlehem Lutheran Congregation, Clear Lake, Iowa, throughout the 55 years of his ministry. He was president of the Elling Eielsen Synod, 1902-1941. Includes: Articles (n.d.); Memorials (1941); Photographs (n.d.). -
Gulbrand Olsen Berge papers, 1886
Copy of "The Autobiography of Gulbrand O. Berge, 1827-1886." Born in Valdres, Norway, Berge emigrated in 1849 and settled near Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He served in the 37th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War. These memoirs were published in Decorah-Posten in 1932, August 9 and 16. See also Ole Olsen Berge Papers, P 35. -
Millard L. Gieske papers, 1965, 1995
Papers and biography by Gieske about Knute Nelson.
Includes:- "The Politics of Knute Nelson, 1912-1920" (1965), a thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of the University of Minnesota.
- "Heroes, Sagas, Politics: Knute Nelson, 1861-1864" (n.d.); for further information see P0744, Nora Solum Papers.
- Biography manuscript of Knute Nelson (n.d.). This was the basis for "Norwegian Yankee: Knute Nelson and the failure of American politics" by Millard Gieske and Steven J. Keillor, published by NAHA in 1995; for related materials, see P1000, NAHA Publication Papers, Box 47.
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Hans Nilsen Loe papers, circa 1862
Diary and account books of a wagon-maker who came from Eidsvoll in 1862. -
Mathilde Berg Grevstad papers, undated
Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg: Pioneers, a translation of Mrs. Grevstad's account of her parents who emigrated from Norway in 1861, first to Wisconsin, then to Fillmore County, Minnesota, and finally to the Red River Valley. The author presents a vivid picture of the journey to the Red River Valley and of the pioneer community (Lake Park) where her parents settled. Translated by Agnes Grevstad Lee.