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Nora O. Solum papers, 1904-1971
Papers of a professor of English at St. Olaf College, 1919-1960. Author and translator. Author with Theodore Jorgenson, "Ole Edvart Rølvaag: A Biography" (1939); translator: Rølvaag, "Peder Seier" (1928), "Peter Victorious" (1929); Rølvaag, "Længselens Boat" (1921), "The Boat of Longing" (1933); Lise Lindbaek, "Tusen Norske Skip" (1943), "Norway's New Saga of the Sea" (1969). -
Arthur Hansin Eide papers, 1915-1975
Papers of a Norwegian-born teacher, missionary, author, and lecturer, consisting of articles, correspondence, and clippings. Among the correspondents are Frithjof Werenskjold and H. A. Eckers. Eide was a teacher among the Eskimos on Little Diomede Island; a missionary at point Barrow, Alaska; promoter of the establishment of industrial schools for Eskimos; donor of his collection of Alaskan artifacts to the Museum at Anchorage; and author of three books on Alaska: "New Stories from Eskimo Land," "Blandt byttekonefolket," and "Drums of Diomede."
Includes:- Letters, Frithjof Werenskjold (15 November 1937-20 April 1939, n.d.).
- Clippings (10 August 1925-1963, n.d.).
- Correspondence, H. A. Eckers (10 November 1937-19 September 1938).
- Articles and correspondence (26 July 1915-11 January 1968).
- Part 1 and 2 of manuscript of "Blandt Byttekone Folket" (1938).
- Miscellaneous letters donated by Eide, 1972 (1914-1969).
- Papers from H. M. Blegen (1957-1975).
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Konrad Birkhaug volumes, 1946
Birkhaug, born in Bergen, emigrated in 1912; graduate of Johns Hopkins University in medicine; joined the faculty of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, to which he returned in 1945 after a period at Chr. Michelsens Institut in Bergen; Resident of Bergen, 1970.
Includes three volumes of typescript of Birkhaug's translation of his book entitled "Telavag [Televaag]: Fiskevaeret som tyskerne slettet ut i 1942" (Oslo, 1946). Title of translation is "Tela Bay: The Norwegian Fishing Village Destryed by the Germans." Tela Bay, located on an island near Bergen, was an important center of traffic with England during World War II. -
Laura Edseth Johnson papers, 1953
Reminiscenses in manuscript of a housewife who spent her childhood at Halstad, Minnesota. -
Nils Brandt papers, 1907-2003
Memoirs (1907) and Recollections of a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman who emigrated in 1851 to a pastorate near Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The memoirs deal largely with his travels as a home missionary in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Brandt was the first Norwegian pastor to preach west of the Mississippi River.
Inlcudes:- Clippings (1923-1970).
- 2003 copy (translated by Walther I. Brandt). Topics covered: sailing for America aboard "The Incognito"(p2); arrival at Muskego (p2); sister and husband, Ivar Ringestad (p3-4); first Norwegian-American wedding in Winneshiek County (p6); organization of the Scandinavian Press Association (p10, 18); encounters a rattlesnake (p12); Anna Ringestad (p13); corduroy roads (p17); preaching against slavery (p18); Native Americans near Manitowoc (p19); cholera (p19); Captain Johan Gasmann (p20); missionary journey to Goodhue County, Minn. in 1855. Mentions: first Norwegian-American Wedding, Talla brothers, and "German Grove" later known as "Valley Grove" (p21); and new parsonage for Rev. Koren, Decorah, Iowa (p23).
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Olai O. Bergh autobiography, 1929-1993
Autobiography of a Norwegian-born Lutheran pastor and farmer, Volga, South Dakota, 1884-1919. Translated by his son, John E. Bergh, Volga, 1954. A reprint with much additional information added to St. Olaf Library, 1994. Also includes: "Three Generations-descendants of Rev. Ole A. Bergh" [father to Olai O. Berg] by Dorothy Steinberg (30 pages typescript, 1993). -
Carl Questad papers, 1830-1976
Papers of a Norwegian-born Texas rancher, who emigrated in 1851.
Includes:- Correspondence (25 July 1851-6 December 1876, n.d.)
- Letters, Elise and Wilhelm Waerenskjold (19 March 1865-10 November 1876)
- Correspondence, Relatives (26 June 1853-11 March 1875
- Correspondence, Civil War (13 December 1862-31 October 1872). 1862 1872
- Letters, Even Lie, Eau Claire (11 August 1867-May 1889)
- Correspondence, sister, Sophie Lie Family (7 October 1868-17 February 1878, n.d.)
- Biographical material (18 November 1830-27 October 1957, n.d.)
- Letters, A. A. Brynie (12 May 1885-6 January 1895)
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Austen Daae papers, 1907-1979
Clippings, photographs, and documents about various members of the Daae/Doe family. Anders Doe (1852-1924) emigrated 1880, became a prominent doctor in Chicago. His brother Ivar (1843-1921) was a furniture manufacturer in Chicago. Anders' son Jens became a major general, was active in the Pacific during World War II. Much of the collection consists of clippings of articles by and notices about Austen Daae (1905-1978), who at one time was editor of the newspaper "Scandia" during the period 1940-1975. -
Julia Sando Vallon papers, 1937
Typescript copy of an article which first appeared in the "Grand Forks Herald" about scouting for land in the Red River Valley, North Dakota, by her father, Halvor Lars Sando. -
Jesse E. Saugstad papers, 1963-1996
Papers regarding Jesse Saugstad's great uncle, Christian Saugstad, and his founding of a Norwegian colony in Bella Coola, British Columbia.
Includes:- Article "A Mountain is Named" by Jesse Saugstad about his great uncle, Christian Saugstad, and his founding of a Norwegian Colony in Bella Coola, British Columbia (1963). Includes map of the area.
- Articles, letters, and clippings regarding Christian Saugstad and the Norwegian colony at Bella Coola, British Columbia (1969-1996); 5 Photographs of the area and of Saugstad; "Like the Shade of a Great Rock," Founders Day Address, Augsburg College, by Dr. Bernhard Christensen (16 November 1976).