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Typescript of a speech delivered by a native of Slemmestad, Norway, at the annual convention of Landingslaget, Mayville, North Dakota, 9-10 July 1971. Also in the file is a covering letter from Mr. Sandaker to Clarence H. Tollefson.
Biography/History: Papers of a Asbjørn Ousdal, a Norwegian-born osteopathic physician and surgeon of Santa Barbara, California.
Scope and Content: The clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, and pictures, including "Vinland Saga" (1937) by Ousdal, deal with the founding of Norroenn Federation of America and its promotion of Leif Erikson Day. They deal also with Ousdal's fossil museum, including his collection of fossil whales rated as matchless by the Smithsonian Institute. Ousdal is the author also of 'Our Revolting Society' (1945) and of several monographs on paleontological subjects. He made translations of Sanskrit and Old Norse into English and invented the Solar-Ray.
"A Memoir of the Aslag Anderson Family in Ephraim [Wisconsin]," by Marianne Kellman with contributions by Helen Timmons (Ephraim Historical Foundation, Inc., 2008, 96 pages). Family operated a general store for many years.
Formerly part of P539.
Copy of a letter and a typescript translation of another, both from Four Mile Prairie, Texas, by a cobbler, describing geography, government, settlements, health, farming, Indians, church, and school. Also a 12-page typescript biography of Smeland by his great-granddaughter, Mildred Hogstel.
A Norwegian American Cabinet Maker in Wisconsin, 1848-1886, a paper by Jack Holzhueter presented at a meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians held in Madison, Wisconsin. The paper describes the work of an 1848 immigrant from Valdres, Norway. Olson was also a carpenter, blacksmith, and designer. See article, "the Aslak Olson Lie House: a first phase of restoration," by Paul Scheffel, in "Budstikken," May 2004, pp. 7-9, reference is made ot an article in the December 2003 "Budstikken," and to a photograph (ca. 1875) by Andreas L. Dahl of the house and famiy.
Deeds (1857-60, Wanamingo Twp, Goodhue Co., MN), college report cards from Luther College (1877-82), and a letter (July 18, 1880) to Mrs. Huset from her brother, Lars Aaker, Alexandria, Minnesota, in which he reports the arrival of Torjus Schibstad, the grandfather of Henrik Shipstead.
Content: Aslaug Aaker Huset Papers: Letter and Records
