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Magazine of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1968
The 29 September 1968 issue is devoted to Scandinavians in Chicago relating to food, fashions, persons, societies, and Leif Erikson. -
Anna Sekse Kindem papers, 1957-1976
Clippings of letters and articles by Mrs. Kindem and a few articles by other authors which appeared mostly in the Norwegian newspapers: "Hardanger," "Telemark Tidend," and "Odda Kyrkjeblad." Written from Northfield, Minnesota, the letters include topics such as prices, employment, politics, crops, Fourth of July, 1939 visit of Norwegian royalty, World War II, memories from Norway, St. Olaf College, Norwegian-American festivities, travel in the United States and Norway. Mrs. Kindem immigrated in 1923.
Includes:- Clippings, "Hardanger" (12 August 1938-11 December 1957)
- Translations of Anna Sekse Kindem's letters to Norwegian newspapers, by Charlotte Jacobson (1978)
- Clippings, articles, and letters (1946-1959)
- Clippings, "Hardanger" (5 March 1958-14 March 1976)
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Mabel Fredricksen album and volume, circa 1840
Photograph album and small bound volume entitled "Den gamle Richards Kunst at blive rig og lykkelig" which is a Danish translation, published 1840, of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac." -
Tilla R. Dahl Deen manuscript, circa 1890
A sixteen-page mimeographed typescript entitled "Chronicles of a Minnesota Pioneer" covers the period 1870 to c.1890 in Blue Earth and Lyon Counties, Minnesota. -
Philip D. Jordan bibliographies, 1961
Bibliographies of Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, and of Edward Bonney and "The Bandit of The Prairies" compiled by students in History 200, University of Minnesota, Professor Philip D. Jordan. The second item pertains to the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840s. -
Lester Welhaven Hansen autobiography and family papers, circa 1955
Autobiography of a teacher and railway postal clerk in Hendricks, Owatonna, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Huron, South Dakota. Discusses farm and school life in Minnesota, the Civil War experiences of his father, World Wars I and II, investments in farm and city property, travels, and retirement to St. Petersburg, Florida. The short manuscript by Hansen has the title "The Viking Race." He is the author of the Anderson Krogh Genealogy, 1956. Also includes family papers.
Includes:- Typescript of Autobiography of Lester W. Hansen (1965). Includes photographs
- Hansen manuscripts "The Viking Race," "My Most Unforgettable Character," and "The Meditations and Dreams of a Genealogist."
- Lewis A. Larson (Hansen's father) Biography, diary, Civil War letters (1864-1965)
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L. A. Fries papers, 1968-1969
Letter and typescript containing data regarding Knud Langeland, Soren Bache, Mons Adland, and the Beaver Creek and Muskego settlements.
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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.
Includes:- 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)
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Isak Rasmussen Solberg article, 1912
"En gammel Setlers Histori Skreved da jeg var 68 Aar" by Solberg, treating life in the Crawford County, Wisconsin area. The topics discussed include prices, crops, land, machinery, livestock, logging, wages, buildings, fire insurance, the Farmer Trading Association (farmers store), temperance movement, district school, disease and medical service, congregations, and synodical controversies. Identification of the author was done by Rasmus Sunde. -
Olaf Thorshov (Thorshaug) correspondence and clippings, 1901, 1921-1928
An America letter (1901) written from Willmar, Minnesota by a Norwegian architect, designer of the Radisson Hotel, Curtis Hotel, Dayton's (Marshall Field's) Department Store, and Walker Art Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes clippings (1921-1928).